The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-06-29
DAKOTA STATE NEWS

HURoN-The mangled body Of
Charles Sterr. Of Ramsey, was found
three miles east OF Wolsey this morn
ing. 1t is believed he fell from the
blind baggage on last nights west
bound express.
TRIPP-The Trip baseball team
has been strengthened by the addition
of George Barrett and Joseph Parish.
of Morningside college. Mr.. Parish
has teen placed In charge of the team
| on the field
| CENTERvILLE-Th the people of
| this place are enjoying a high degree
| reports of the local banks, the deposits
In which aggregate $634,5Ss. while the
| total resources are $66S,854.73.
ABERDEEN--Seven eighth grade
| pupils in the Perkins county schools
have passed the examinations and re-
| ceived diplomas which entitle them to
enter any high school in the state with
out examination.
SIOUX FALLS-December s, and
next has been fixed as the time for
the annual convention In Sioux Falls
OF the Retail Implement and Vehicle
Dealers Association of South Dakota,
Southwestern Minnesota and North
western Iowa.
GROTON-The annual picnic Of the
Young Peoples Lutheran league, OF
this county, and the annual picnic and
celebration of the Old Settlers asso-
| citation were held Jointly yesterday
| at what Is known as the John Benson
grove, some miles from Groton.
KIMBALL-The Farmers Cooper
alive company, which conducts an ele-
vator here, has elected new officers
as follows: President. J. p. Beebe;
secretary, J. w. Smith; treasurer, O.
E. Matson. George Bray was elected
manager. Reports show the company
to be In good financial condition.
ABERDEEN-D @. Gailett, the local
weather observer, states that his rec
ords show Wednesday and Thursday to
have been the hottest days since he has
been keeping a record Of weather con-
rose to 1O2 degrees, and on Thursday
the maximum was 104.
PIERRE-At the special bar exam
ination held here on the 18th Of June.
| all six applicants passed and were adj
mitted to practice. The names OF the
applicants are A. f. Stirret. Of Lead;
r. A. Little and p. r. Ward. OF Hot
| Springs; A. o. France and c. j. Camp
bell, Of Vermillion, and r. A. Bielski,
ABERDEEN, s. D.--Mrs. Alexander
Hazard. a pioneer resident Of Aberdeen,
| 10 dead. She was born at Tamith, Ont,
| on July 20, 1886. and leaves Ave grown
children and a number Of grandchild-
rem. She and her husband came to
and she has lived here since, her hus-
band having died several years ago.
LEAD--After the most bitterly con-
tested school election ever seen here,
Horace s.. Clark was elected director
over L. A. Fell, who was a candidate
to succeed himself. The total vote was
1.8<6 and Clark's majority was $50. One
OF the features Of the election was the
voting of the women. At Deadwood,
Capt. r. w. Medbury was chosen d.
rector without opposition.
MANILA--While closing a window
late at night, Mrs. Jacob jacobson,
wife of a homesteader living near
here, was attacked by rattlesnake,
which evidently had crawled into the
house through knothole during the
day. The fangs entered one of her
limbs. Her life was saved by her
husband, who promptly cut the wound
to the bone and sucked out the poison.
ABERDEEN-A large section of
county, was burned over by prairie
fire recently. The strip burned over
was five miles long and about two miles
wide, and will cause severe hardship
to the homesteaders affected, as 1t de-
stroyed grass and hay and leaves them
without feed for their stock as the
grain crop In that section Is a failure.
WAGNER-The corner stone for the
new Catholic church being under con-
struction here will be laid with impress
sive ceremonies on June n. Bishop
O'Gorman assisted by a large number
of priests of this diocese will have
charge of the ceremonies. This church
when constructed will be one Of the fin
est edifices in this part OF the state. 1t
is being constructed at cost OF about
$4,000, exclusive Of furnishings.
DEADWOOD-while the sheriff at
Belle Fourche was waiting for him
with a warrant charging embezzle-
ment, Odin c. Hameister, aged q,
cashier Of the Northwest State bank,
at Newell. ended his life by shooting
In his room in a local hotel. The body
was not discovered until this after
noon. A deputy bank examiner from
Morrison has been going over the
have found Of shortage of $4,000.
PIERRE-Col. Thomas Brown, the
new commander Of the state G. A. R.,
announced his appointive officers
Council Of administration, Philip
Lawrence. Huron: c. T. DeJean,
Plankinton; c. S. Blodgett, Rapid
City; George w. Snow, Springfield;
s. v. Arnold, Ipswich Judge advocate
general, o. S. Clifford, Canton chief of
staff w. III. SHAFT. Canton; quarter
master general, ]. b. Fox, Sioux
Falls; assistant adjutant general, C.
A. B. Fox, Sioux Falls; Inspector gem
eral, E. M. Thomas, Huron; patriotic
instructor, Capt. Van Etten, Highmore.
DELL RAPIDS-Tom Chong arrived
home last Saturday from his long
absence. He left here nearly two
years ago, going to the Alaska Yukon
exposition, at Seattle, and from there
to San Francisco, and then back to
China to visit the old home. He re-
turned several months ago, but was
held up and not permitted to land at
San Francisco, being detained on an
island station there for over four
months, until the aid Of our congress-
men was invoked. He left again Mon
day to visit friends at Sioux Falls,
Mitchell, Madison and Pipestone, and
will return to take charge of his
laundry business in week or SO.
BRIDGEwATER, s. D.-The crop
situation in this portion OF the state is
fast taking on serious aspect The
hot winds of the past three days have
practically ruined the small grain and
corn has reached a critical stage. A
number of farmers have turned their