The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-09-21
DAKOTA STATE NEWS

| SIoSS, ltdulBb VI tHs
Wolf Creek Mennonite colony neal
here, have left for Montana with the
OBJECT OF purchasing large tract OF
land upon which 1t Is planned tC
establish another Mennonite colony.
PIERRE-Rolling Green township
north Of Capa, in Stanley county, ha.
| voted bonds for the construction o.
four artesian wells located by Engin.
eer Green, Of the state engineers force
Bids will be opened for nine wells
likewise located by the state in Grouse
township. Lyman county, October o.
BELLE FOURCHE-The CONNER
cial club of this place has inaugurated
a movement to secure a Carnegie
| public library. 1t is believed the taA-
payers will not object to a sufficient
sum being appropriated each year for
| Its maintenance.
DEADWOOD-The project Of hav-
Ing a city auditorium in this city is
| meeting with favor, and will be
pushed to a successful conclusion, ac-
cording to present indications. The
| structure will be one Of the largest
| Of its kind in the western half of
South Dakota.
| DEADWOOD-Georg Morgan and
Elmer Dunning were found guilty in
| the United States district court here
wick, Fall River county, last spring,
when they secured $500 in cash and
stamps. Judge Elliott sentenced both
to four years at Fort Leavenworth.
DRAPER-A commercial club has
been organized here as the result Of a
mass meeting held by business men
and residents. The following officers
were elected: President. Homer To-
biassen; vice president, George Hayes;
secretary treasurer, ]. II. Kennedy.
The club starts out with a good char
ter membership.
neutrality-suspicious. thieves have
been disturbing a number of Pierre
gardens during the past week. The
woman, speaking little English, and
with large family. She was found
to be in a starving condition and stole
because she knew no one to appeal to
for aid.
SPEARFISH-While prospecting in
the rough country near the South Da-
kota- Wyoming boundary line, G. d.
Willard found an extensive deposit of
Iron oxide. Experts saw iron oxide is
an important ingredient In the making
of paints, and that In all probability
Willard has found something as valu-
able as a gold mine.
RAPID CITY-Anderson brothers.
ranchers and farmers, living on Elk
creek. near here, have entered into a
contract with a Minneapolis concern
whereby they Will furnish IL with 200
bushels OF alfalfa seed. The price to
be paid is 80 bushel and the trans
action totals $4,000. The Andersons
have 100 acres Of alfalfa.
MITCHELL-G. w. Smith, bearing
the soubriQuet of Watermelon" Smith,
is the champion producer OF water
melons In the state. Mr.. Smith has 35
acres Of melons, and he will harvest a
crop Of fully $4,000, which will average
him about 500 an acre. He has had
phenomenal success during the past
fve years, and his melons are shipped
all over the northwest
MITCHELL-Judge Frank Smith
Will leave Sunday for Chamberlain to
join party OF friends for a trip out
to Idaho and Montana, where they
VIII spend q month or six weeks I'm
hunting big game in the mountains.
Judge Smith has been working on the
bench pretty steadily for a number of
years and this is his first vacation
OF any length Of time.
MITCHELL--The 5Oth wedding an
niversary of Mr. and Mrs. Allan Run
ner was the occasion for a large gath
ering OF relatives and friends at their
home. dinner was served to the
company of so at the noon hour In
the afternoon games and many amuse-
ments were enjoyed. Music was one
OF the features and the bride Of so
years ago sang Put on Your Old Gray
Bonnet. The citizens and relatives
made the old couple present Of $50
In gold.
VERMILLION--The school year at
the university will open next Monday,
the first three days of the term being
devoted to registration. At 10
o'clock on Thursday will occur the
annual convocation exercises. At
these exercises President Gault Will
deliver the convocation address. and
brief addresses will be made by Dean
Perisho. Dean McKusick and Rev.
James Henderson. The prospects are
good for large registration and a
propitious opening Of the school year.
MITCHELL-Twenty Presbyterian
ministers and several lay delegates
the Sioux Falls presbytery in this
city. DR.. Kearns, OF Omaha, field sec
rotary OF the board OF missions, and
DR.. Marshall, OF the Theological col
lege, OF Omaha, were the principal
speakers. Rev. d. r. Burr. Of KIM
ball, served as moderator. and Rev.
Norman Mcleod, of Alexandria, and
Rev. e. s. Horton, OF Scotland, acted
as secretaries. The next meeting Will
be held at Parker in April, 1912.
CLARK-S. w. Baker of Clark has
been appointed county game warden.
Baker received the recommendation of
the county commissioners In June, but
State Game Warden Bancroft held he
could continue the former county
game warden in office at his pleasure.
Following a similar course In the APP
pointment Of a game warden sor Cod !
ington county, the matter was brought |
into court and Judge Seward decided |
that only a person who had been |
by the county commits |
sioners could be appointed. Mr.. Ban |
croft then had to reverse himself In |
the Clark county matter.
HURON-Twenty-fl of the 60 or |
more members OF the South Dakota
Osteopathic association attended the
annual meeting of that organization |
here during the state fair. Matters of
interest to the profession were dis
CO. 70" and number Of papers present
90 The next annual meeting will be |
he'd acre during fair week next year.
The following are the officers for the
'osuing year: President, DR.. John w.
az, Milbank: vice president Dr I