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

the public schools, and will look after
+, the health of the children while al
| school.
| CLEAR LAKE-An adjourned term
| of state circuit court will convene here
J Tuesday Of this week, with Judge Sew
f, ard, Of WATERFOWL, presiding. large
1 number of cases are to be disposed OF
| and the term will continue about three
| weeks.
MILBANK-The Herald Advocate. a
local weekly newspaper which ranks
well with the newspapers of this state,
few days ago celebrated the 33rd an
| niversary Of the founding Of the paper.
which was the first to be established
| in Grant county.
wATERTOWN-AI overhead wires
In the business section Of the city were
cut down today and the poles are being
| removed. The electric light people
wereF the last to vacate the streets
which ere now free from the net work
CHElSEA--Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Benson3 Aged and pioneer residents of
the farming region near this place, q
few days ago celebrated the 50th an
niversary Of their wedding. All their
living children were present to aid them
In suitably observing the anniversary.
GARRETSON-The local Epworth
League has been reorganixed and the
Following officers were elected: Presi-
dent, Miss Edith Mead; vice presidents.
Miss Lydia Claussen, Miss Ada Palmer,
Mrs. Everett Pierce; secretary-tre
urer. Horace Ibach; organist, Miss Eva
Common.
TABOR--A local company has in
stalled an electric light system of suf-
ificient capacity to lights it's own place
OF business and a number of other
business houses as WELL The plant will
be extended, AIT Is believed, until tho
entire town will be provided with cleo
trio lights. ~
ARMOUR-BloonN brothers thrashed
30 acres Of fax that m1de Is bushels to
the are. Ordinarily Hxnushels to the
acre Is ecnsidered co. yield in this
conntry. nd much OF 1t IL going about
bushcl ~ Ibis flax, the Bloom brothers
realize profit OF $26.75 an acre.
BONESTEEL-A farmerg company
which was organized here some months
ago under the name OF the Farmers
Cooperative association. and engaged
in the lumber and elevator business,
did not prove financial Success and
now 1t has been decided to dissolve
and sell its property to clear up the
Indebtedness.
PIERRE-The Meridian road prop
osition will be taken UP by the state
engineer. who proposes, starting at
Yankton to follow the nfoposed route
f f,nSinr c the state milar path.
entire expense paid byslocai CONNER
cial associations eager to secure the
road through their places.
IROQUOIS-The Degree OF Honor
lodge has purchased the bonds in the
sum of S11,500 which recently were
authorized to be issued for the con-
struction or new public school build
ing at this place. In the execution OF
the bonds the chairman of the board
of education, clerk and treasurer each
signed their name $40 times.
YANKTON--This town is in the
midst of hot campaign once more
on the early closing movement, on
account of few stores keeping open
campaign for shorteefF hours was
fought here and the whole town Will
be unionized before those lighting for
their evening will admit defeat.
PIERRE-Jud Robinson. Mof Les
lie. for 80 years a resident of this
country, is not scared by the dry
weather Of the early summer, which
drove out many tenderfeet and has
rented 1.500 acres Of the deserted
land, which he will plant to winter
wheat: Recent rains have put the
land in splendid condition for pillow
ing. which will be done with a gaso-
line outfit.
PIERRE-Governor Vessey has BE-
lected the following delegates from
this state to the third national con-
servation congress-, which meets sat
Kansas City on the 9th OF this month:
G. II. Lien, OF Sisseton; George r.
Farmer, Of Madison; G. A. johnson,
OF Fairfax; r. Q. Culbertson. %
Mitchell; Harry Wentxy. of Rapid
Noah Newbanks. Of Pierre; M. p.
Beebe, OF Ipswich.
BRoOKINGS-This morning the
gates of the Brookings County fair
position. IL the weather continues
fair 1t promises to be the best In the
history of the association, the exhibits
OF agricultural products. poultry, pure
bred cattle and household effects be-
ing far superior In quantity and quail
ity to anything before attempted. Tie
piece de resistance will be the Brook
ings county exhibit, which took first
prize OF $17b, ut the state fair at
Huron. The sale Of pure bred stock
Thursday morning promises to be in
teresting.
BELLE While playing
in sandbank four miles north of
Bixby. Luella, the 2-year- old daugh-
ter OF Mr.. and Mrs. c. M. Cakes,
ranchers. was crushed to death by
the caving OF the bank. The father
was working In the North Dakota
harvest fields at the time and the
mother and her children had gone to
a dugout near their home for a load
Of sand to use in repairing their house.
The children were all playing in the
sand when the bank gave way and
buried Luella When the frantic
mother managed to extr!cate the child
she was gasping her last and died
before help could be summoned.
MISUNDERSTANDING operations
In this city are as lively now as at any
time during the summer. The founda-
ton for the new $4,000 union passen-
ger station IL completed. and work OF
the superstructure will begin this
week. The footings are in for the new
Harper block on Maple street across
from the new four-story hotel building
which Is now nearly enclosed The
contract is let for the Hamm Brewing
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