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The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-08-17
Grazing lands, known as g.

Grazing lands, known as G.
The number of acres under each of
the above classifications and the prices
to be pair per acre in Mellette county
are as follows:
Glass Al, 1875 acres. $500 to $500
per acre.
Glass Az. 7s,45s acres, $500 to $3.50
per acre.
Glass G. 2o1,ss2 acres, rs cents TO
$500 per acre.
And in Bennett county the proportion
of each classification and the prices to
be paid are as follows:
Class AL, GIT acres, $3.50 to $500
per acre.
Glass Az. 1924 acres, $500 to $500
per acre.
Glass G, 1914 acres. so cents to
$3.50 per acre.
The following rules and regulations is
sued oy Judge Witten, will be In effect
during the registration:
Method of Rssi stering.
All persons who desire to register for
lands must go to either Chamberlain,
Dallas, Gregory or Rapid City. 8. D.. on
or after October 2, and not later than
October q, 1911, and there swear to their
applications Applications cannot be sworn
to at other times or places and each per-
son must swear to his own application,
except that certain soldiers and sailors
Cor their widows or minor orphan chill
dren), as hereafter stated, may appoint
agents and need not go in person to the
places or registration to swear to their
applications, but their agents must go to
those places and swear to their applica-
lions for them. No person can at either
OF these openings present more than one
application in his own behalf and one as
agent Tor a soldier or sailor Cor his widow
or minor orphan children). II more than
one application is presented by the same
person In his own behalf, or more than
one by him, as agent, or IL any person
presents an application In any other than
MS true name, or does not swear to his
application at one of the registration
points named above, he will be denied
the right to make entry under any num-
Der assigned to him. Any qualified per-
son Is entitled to present one application
In his own right and one application as
agent for former soldier or sailor Tor his
widow or minor orphan children).
Who May Register.
Any person who is qualified to make
entry. under the general provisions of the
homestead laws may register
(a) a married woman who has not been
deserted or abandoned by her husband
cannot register; but If the husband is in
capacitated by disease or otherwise from
earning support for his family and his
wife is the head of the family ard it's
main support, she can register and make
entry In her own right. A deserted wife
may register.
CD One who is not citizen of the
United States and has not declared his
intention to become such citizen can
not register. Persons who We're formerly
citizens OF the United States, but who
have become citizens of some other coun-
try must declare their intention to become
Citizens Of the United States before they
can register or make entry.
&C. Minors cannot register except in
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cases where they will become Fl year
old before they are required to make
entry next spring, or where they are the
head of family and Its main support
Minor orphan children of former soldiers
or sailors may register as hereafter ex.
planned.
I'D A person cannot register who is thu
proprietor Of more than 160 acres of land
In the United States regardless of whether
he obtained title to his land from the
government or otherwise. Ownership Of
land in Canada or elsewhere outside Of
the United States does not disqualify one
from registering. A person owning a
town lot or town lots In the United States
in addition to 100 acres OF land is not II
tho area Of the lot or lots Is less than
one acre. considered to be the owner OF
more than 160 acres Of land. and is not
debarred from registering. II the area Of
the lot or lots makes him the owner OF
ISL acres or moro OF land In the United
States, he cannot register. person who
holds an enforcible contract Of purchase,
or a bond or deed to lands, or who
claims ownership OF lands under a regis.
tiers final certificate issued on final proof
under an entry of any kind made by him
is considered the owner Of the land EN-.
braced in the contract bond or certificate
for the purpose Of determining his right
to register
(e) A person cannot register who has
acquired title to or Is claiming under any
Of the non-mineral public land laws
through settlement or entry made since
August 30, 1890 any other land which with
the land applied for would In the aggre.
gate amount to more than 800 acres.
Previous Honnesteaders.
No person can register who has previ
ousiy made homestead entry except as
follows, when he is otherwise qualified:
90 One who commuted a homestead
entry prior to June g. 1900, and has not
since that date made another entry, may
register and make entry, but he cannot
commute the entry so made. person
who committed an entry for 160 acres
since that date cannot register.
CD A person may register who prior
to May II, 1900. paid for lands in a former
Indian reservation to which he would
have afterwards been entitled to receive
patent without payment under the Fret
Homes Act"
(h) person may register who prior
to February g. 1911, made entry under the
homestead LAWS, but who subsequent t:
such entry from any cause lost, forfeited
or abandoned the same; If the former en-
try was not cancelled for fraud or relin!
pushed for valuable consideration in e&
cess of the filing fees paid BY
him on his original entry. When
such entryman sold his relinquish
ment for more than the amount
of his fling fees or received more thar
that amount for his Improvements as an
inducement TO relinauish or abandon hi,
claim, he cannot register regardless OF tn,
fact that his improvements may have cos.
him more than the amount he received
from them.
ID A person who has made final proof
under the homestead entry for less than
160 acres may register and make entr,
of such area as will. when added to the
lands embraced in his former entry no,
exceeding 160 acres.
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city with brick buildings, electric
lights, sanitary sewer system and all
the modern improvements. They viii
find that, while II is a new country.
only modern methods Of travel are
used. Automobiles by the hundreds are
used to show prospective purchasers
and homesteaders the land. Beautlful
farm homes comparing well with those
OF older states are to be seen, while
even those who settled on claims In
1908 are showing signs of prosperity.
While the manner of registration this
fall will be the same as in other years,
the price to be paid by the homesteader
will not depend upon the number as
signed to him at the drawing. All the
land has been inspected and appraised
by a committee Of three appointed by
President Taft. The committeeman
are John H. Scriven, representing the
department of the interior; A. E. Kull
of Burke, s. D., representing the
prospective settlers; r. d. Ellston, of
Herrick, s. D., representing the Sioux
Indians. When the homesteader files
on quarter sectio., of these lands he
will enter into an agreement to pay
the price fixed by the commission, re-
CARELESS OF the number he drew In fill
ing.
Grading of Lands.
The land has been graded by the
commissioners as follows:
Agricultural lands Of the first class,
known as AL.
Agricultural lands of the second class,
known as Az.
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second floor being utilized for publ"
hall purposes, the Woodmen lodge alS
will have quarters there.
HURLEY-The Methodist church
building at this place has been extern
sively improved and now is one Of the
finest edifices of it's kind In this par
of the state. About $4,000 was ex'
pended in making the Improvements.
IROQUOIS-During a severe electri'
cal storm, lightning struck and set fire
to the fine farm home Of c. w. Pat
rick, some miles from Iroquois. The
build'r vas destroyed but most Of TN
cont'I 5 we're saved.
LAKE NORDEN-Rev. N. A
Stphkjaer, who for some time has beeL
in ,aafge of the Lutheran churches a.
this place and at Bryant, has tendereG
HI r-si5nation, having accepted cav
to the pastorate of the Lutheran
church at DeForest, Wis. The retirihs
clergyman has endeared himself to Tux
people of Norden and Bryant and they
greatly regret his departure.
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STURGIS-The local postoffice has
operated since July 20 postal saw
inSs bank and the business thus far Is
reported to be Of a very satisfactory
character.
FLANDREAU-The Hon. A. f..
GRAY who underwent an operation last
week at the hospital for appendicitis
is getting along nicely and will be able
to be taken to his home In a few days.
DALLAS-On behalf of the CONNER
cial club Of Dallas, S. D., Representa-
tive Burke yesterday extended an in
vitation to President Taft to visit Dali
las on the occasion of his western trip
in the fall.
COTLAND-Edward Woitha, aged
s, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. A. ]. Woitha,
who reside on a farm near town, had
q narrow escape from being Killed by
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-08-17
THOUSANDS WILL FLOCK TO DAKOTA
TOWNS IN OCTOBER FOR HOMES
Judge Witten, Popular Govern
ment Official in Charge Ct
Such Events to Be at
Gregory.
GREAT PREPARATIONS MADE

Gregory. S. D., Aug. 12-History is
making gigantic preparations to repeat
itself in this section Of the great agri-
cultural west The scenes Of 1908,
when a dozen special trains daily
brought thousands of fasteners.
northerners, southeners and far west
erners to the golden fields Of Trip
county are about to be reproduced in
the wild rush that Is expected when
Mellette and Bennett counties are
thrown open for registration. Uncle
Sam will be host to the huge real
estate party, and Conservative estimates
are that 100000 members of his family
Will make the trip to South Dakota In
the hope Of securing some of the un-
cultivated but valuable land.
The dates of the registration have
been set for October 2 to 81 inclusive.
For the next two months this will be
the time toward which every effort of
Gregory citizens and the Gregory
Commercial club will be directed. When
they are past, Gregory and the sur
rounding towns and territory will be
known in every section OF the United
States where the value Of land Is real
lied and where the back to nature"
call has been sounded.
Judge Witten to be There.
Judge James w. witten, special gov
eminent superintendent or all nome
stead openings and known as 'the
grand old man of the Rosebud" will
again be in charge of the opening. His
very presence, as In the past, will be
guarantee that everything will be
conducted over and above board, for
Judge Witte: has reputation for hon
esty exceeded only by his large ac-
quaintanceship n the west. The moral
tone of The lapi openings has been
greatly impr, ed since he was placed
in charge. He Will spend the entire
time OF registration in Gregory, where
he will be actively in charge.
The city of Gregory will make a
strong bid to secure the larger number
of visitors during the registration. It
will meet keen competition in Dallas,
which is situated only five miles dis
tant. The Gregory Commercial club
has had 10000 descriptive circulars
printed in Sioux City, and these are be-
Ing distributed throughout the country,
giving much necessary information.
A Wide Awake Town.
Those who visit the city in October
expecting to find scenes tyical of the
wild and woolly west will be pleasantly
surprised to find hustling wide awake
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ferocious bull. The boy had been bad
ly injured when the animal tossed him
into ditch. This saved the boys life,
for the bull rushed headlong past the
ditch and the boy was able to run to a
place Of safety.
BROOKINGS-The board Of educa-
ton has been reorganized for the COM
ing year by the election Of the follow
ing officers: President, G. p. Sexauer:
vice president, DR.. e. c. Miller; clerk,
p. ]. Erie.
PIERRE-Representative Burke has
recommended John M. Boucher, son Of
Judge Boucher, Of this city, for APP
pointment as a midshipman at the
paval academy at Annapolis. No alter
nate Is named
ALTAMONT-Jacob Derr, a local
capitalist, has purchased a tract Of
land in the town limits, with a 'front.'
age on business street Of 100 feet,
and upon the site will erect a combin-
alton business and public hall building.
The structure will be two stories in
height. In addition to part of the
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-08-17

ABERDEEN-The trial OF the
young boys who were arrested for rob-
bling the residence of DR.. r. J.. Murdy
and G. w. Kendall, has been post
poned until the father of one OF the
lads, who Is out of town, returns
tome.
CLEAR LAKE-Completely ex-
hausted from the effects of deadly
gases in the shaft of well in which
he was working. Chris Johnson OF this
place lost his grip on rope thrown to
his rescue and persisted before further
aid could be secured. Johnson was
sent down into the well to investi-
gate roaring sound and discovering
gas, he called for help but by the time
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-08-17
FIRST BIRD MAN WILL
SOAR AT DAKOTA FAIR

Watertown, S. D.. Aug. I'm. r..
baskerville, of this city. will doubtless
be the first South Dakotan to soar
above his home state in an airship.
An invitation was received at Mr.. Bas-
kerville's office this morning from the
secretary Of the state fair board. Of
fering him the honor of being the first
passenger to be taken up by the areo-
naut who will make daily flights dur
ing state fair week ct Huron, next
month. One other passenger will be
given trip, william Owsley, of Aber-
deem, though till recently a WATERFOWL
boy. being the lucky man chosen for
the honor. Mr.. Baskerville is out Of
the city, so his acceptance Of the in
vitation has not been announced, ex-
cept by his friencs.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-08-17

1t is now claimed that what is known
as the brogue OF the Irish is a truer
pronunciation Of English words than
the present day speech Of England. For
political reasons-to unite the two
races, the English and the Irish
Queen Elizabeth rooted. out the native
irish speech and introduced into the
Emerald isle the language Of England.
This change was effected In 20 years
after the death Of Shakespeare. The
present contention is that this Eliza
bethan pronunciation has beer lost by
England, but retained in out-of-the-
way places in Ireland, which have con-
tinued unchanged since Shakespeare.
lime.
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rope reached him he had lost his
strength. He was found crouched or
his hands and knees at the bottom.
Johnson was single, 25 years of age.
CLEARFIELD-Wit 10 hours
after she had been struck by the fangs
of rattlesnake on the homestead Of
her father, living near Clearfield, HUI
bertha Agnes Roufs, aged 2h years.
died at hotel in Colome, where she
had been taken in order to secure
medical treatment.
LEAD-Unrequitted affection is said
to have been the cause of the attempted
self-destruction of Oliver s. Leonesio,
a miner Of Terry, who IL well known
In the Black Hills. Leonesio swallow
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George AIDE was talking at a we'd
ding in Chicago about matr1mony.
s"Matrimony is perhaps a little too
much idealized," he said. These June
brides. radiant under their white wells
In q glitter of sun shine. seem capable
Of changing earth to heaven. but, as a
matter Of fact, they are not capable OF
anything Of the sort. / am In hearty
sympathy with old Brown, to whom
young Black said at wedding: "A
good wife can make a veritable angel
agreed. MY wife came near making
one Of me with her first batch OF
doughnuts.'
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REVOLVER DRAWN IN AN
EFFORT TO CANCEL DEBT

Mitchell. S. D.. Aug. 15.-For playing
a strong holdup game, VIM. Sayres. of
Chamberlain, will appear in circuit
court to answer to the charge of as
sault with a deadly weapon. Sayres
was in debt to Samuel Dusseau, an old
man.. who held his note for the debt.
Sayres went to the Dusseau home one
day. bolted the door, and with drawn
revolver demanded the Endorsement Of
the note and its surrender. Failing to
do this, Sayres threatened to kill the
old man. Dusseau saw that he was
trapped, and after some parleying, in
the hope that a neighbor might come
in, he made the Endorsement and
turned over the note. Later he caused
the arrest of Sayres and at the pre-
liminary examination the holdup art
list was bound over to the circuit court
in the sum Of 81 900.
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ed about an ounce OF carbolic acid, bul
the prompt action of shift boss, WM
saw the act, will probably save hi
life. Leonesio's wife left his home aio
declined to return, which caused tm
man to brood. He took a phial OF u;
acid and with the words this ends j
ALL drained it. but is now at the Home
stake hospital.
MONTROSE-The board Of educa,
ton has added a great deal Of new
equipment to the schools and ven
successful school year is looked io,,
ward to. The high school will y.
better work than ever before. Anothas
teacher has been added to the h's'
school faculty.
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The Catholic college Of cardinals has
cow the smallest membership recorded
In centuries, and the smallest proper
ton of Italians ever known. The ira
ditional membership is 70, and by the
recent death Of Cardinal Cavicchioni
IL Is reduced to 40. 1t is three and a
half years since any cardinals have
been created. and 1t is likely to be a
year before consistory is called.
whereat alone new cardinals are pro-
claimed
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-08-17
STOLE cHUM'S MONEY
FOR TRIP TO GREECE

Rapid City, S. D., Aug. 15.-Sheriff
Hewett, Of this county. has left for
New York city, where ne goes 10 get
one Peter Rounis, alias John Pappass,
who is wanted here on the charge OF
grand larceny. Rounis Is a section
hand who is supposed to have stolen
$3.50 from a fellow workman's trunk
at Brennan. on July 20. He then flag
ged the train at Brennan and went
direct to Lead City, where he pur-
chased a steamer ticket for Greece.
The number of his ticket was secured
from the Lead office and this number
was teleSraphed to New York. AS 1t
is necessary for steamer tickets to be
stamped in New York before getting
aboard, the man who presented the
ticket was taken into custody by the
New York police, and is being held In
the Jail there awaiting the arrival OF
Sheriff HeMett to bring him back.
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OLD TIME LOVERS WE'D
AFTER so BUSY YEARS

Mitchell, S. D.. Aug. 15.-After 81
years OF waiting, Mrs. NJ. j. Strong
until recently n resident OF Artesian, s.
D., was united in marriage to Elisha
T.. Higgins two weeks ago and the old
couple are now living at Sandusky
Ohio. The romance i'm their lives
started in the early COS, when they
fell in love with each other and kept
company" with each other for several
years. When the civil war broke out
Mr.. Higgins enlisted and went to the
front. During his absence his sweet
heart changed her affections to an
'ther aud was married to him.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-08-17

Representative Cannon. at q banquet
In Danville, H., said of a reverse:
There are consultations, to DC sure,
but these consultations remind me of
Washington waiter. A friend OF mine
entered famous Washington fish
house and ordered soft shell crabs one
hot June afternoon. But when the
crabs came, they didn't please him.
Waiter he said. these soft crabs are
very small Yes, sah,' said the waiter:
They don't look very fresh, either!
Then, sab, It's lucky that they's small
sab. amt itT"
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Driving TO RESCUE
DROWNING Man AUTO
TORN TO FRAGMENTS
Doctor Meets With Marrow Els.
cape While Responding to
Hurry Call.

Tyndall. 8. D., Aug. 15.--Tyndall wa,
the scene of an accident and tragedy
Sunday afternoon which resulted IN
the death Of James Chambers, % years
old. While fishing on raft in Cleai
lake. six miles northeast Of this place
he attempted to swim out, but wheI
100 feet from the short went down and
did not come up again.
Companions rescued the body In
about 20 minutes and phoned for DR.
Berry, who jumped into an auto driven
by c. Davey and owned by Ed Miller
of Yankton. Davey started on the fasi
gear, but just before getting out OF
town, he met car driven by John
Haney, of Scotland. at the intersection
of two streets.
The cars crashed together and were
demolished but fortunately none OF the
occupants was seriously injured.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-08-17

Robert w. Chambers, the least bohe-
milan Of novelists, has horror of, all
those whose faults are cloaked and
rondoned with the phrase, "the artistic
Temperament" 1.-The artistic tempera
ment," said Mr.. Chambers, may be
best defined as the habit of borrowing
and forgetting TO pay"
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The purists are now obtecting to the
nse of such modern terms as drum
mer'' for commercial traveller, sleep
or" for sleeping car, hard up" ION
the go" and so on. They also oppose
the phrase. IAN awfully pretty girl"
on the ground that beauty never pro-
duces awe in the beholder
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ELEVATOR MANAGER
SHORT IN ACCOUNTS

Aberdeen, S. D.. Aug. 15.-An alleged
shortage of between $4,000 and $40. 0c0
has been discovered in the accounts Of
the manager of the Farmers elevator
at Audover, s. d. Friends Of o. G..
Newcomb, the manager, believe the al
legged shortage is the result Of careless
ness and slack methods, rather than
due to intentional wrong doing. The
institution has apparently been in
very prosperous condition, and has
steadily paid dividends Of 20 per cent
annually for q number of years.
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The drought in Cuba last year proved
! blessing to Santiago City. So little
rain fell during the rainy season that Il
became necessary to bore deep wells in
the San Juan river valley. The water
trom these proved so satisfactory that
the government appropriated q suff1c-
lent amount Of money to make this the
permanent system.
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mas just held its 18th annual conven-
ton. It is their object to regain Pal
estine for the Hebrew race, and their
plan is to purchase 100, 900 acres there
zach year for the establishment Of
Jewish colonies. Already they have az
agricultural colonies in the Holy Land
and but recently they opened & settle-
Raent near Jana for artisans as we'll.
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Recently there has come into wall
paper fashion a type of border that Is
cut along the bottom to follow the lines
of the design, usually vines, leaves or
the like. Against plain wall paper
such q border is particularly effective,
as all who have seen 1t can testify.
At first this border had to be cut out
after the design was printed on the
paper, but a New York man has In
vented machine which does the print
Ing and the cutting at the same opera
ffOp