The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-09-07
DAKOTA STATE NEWS

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the following officers for the eiects
year: President. Mrs. Basse,t.O nls
president, Mrs. Carlson; secro, w
Mrs. Inlagen and Mrs. Carr; treasa1s
Mrs. l. III. Huffman. u's
: WAGNER-A tract of land aa,.,
the city limits was sold by Franz
ton, a well known pioneer, for @o a.
acre--the highest price at wbicb
land ever was sold in Charles AN
county. The land is highly imnroaNt
ABERDEEN--At an exam,,..
held before William Wallace, Tasa
States commissioner, III. II. Tillev ns
prietor of the Dakota Hide and nv
company, of Aberdeen, arrested rV
charge of having used the mails N
fraud, was bound over to await tbs y.
ton of the federal court. Tillev o.
fight the charge, and has retained W.
Van Slyke. former states attorner }.
Brown county. to defend him.
EAGLE-Preparatio are being a..
pleted for the annual conference ~ I
Central West Bohemian presbv,,@a
which will be in the Bohemian preshl
terrain church at this place on Septsys
Der IA to IS. Delegates will be nrssaa,
from a number of the states Of the csa
trail west.
Observation-Disclosures Green, OF A.
state engineers office, has retnrras
from Rifle township. north Of MA
land, Stanley county, where he locats,
four artesian wells for the townsha
They will be three inches in diamess
will cost about $4,000 apiece, and MIN
be used for stock watering.
wHITE--In a period of less than ,r0
weeks after the death of her hushaM
Mrs. George Boothroyd, web Know
pioneer resident of this region av
passed away and followed her husbans
to the grave. She was 81 years Of a..
and herself and husband had been rss
ldents of this part Of the state for mn,
than 80 wears.
SALEM-Mr. and Mrs Olaf Beny
son, pioneer and prominent resideDs
of the farming, region near here r.
Gently celebrated their golden weddh,
anniversary They were married i
Sweden 90 years age. They took Nm
their residence in this vicinity early h
the sos. They have four children an
Of whom are married.
ST. ONGE-His horse stumblh,
which threw him forward on the sad.
die horn, caused a fatal accident b
Rudolph Johnson, 1G-year old son d
Charles Johnson. q farmer here. IN.
boy was riding home when the accdpnt
occurred, his head coming violently N
contact with the horn of the saddle
and was crushed.
SIOUX Preparations hav
been completed for the annual CONVEX.
ton of the South Dakota Rural Mai
Carriers association. which will be he'd
in Sioux Falls on Monday and Tuesday
OF next week. The address of welcome
to the visiting rural mail carriers will
be made by G. l.. Dotson. president q |
the Commercial club.
MENNO-In O period of IL working
days, Fred H. Mettler, jr., and his
brother we'll known farmers of this
vicinity, with the formers TRACTION
engine and eight plows. plowed an az.
gregate of 325 acres of land-or an ay.
erage Of q acres per day. The 81
acres were plowed at a cost of only
1922 for fuel and oil and for the
sharpening of the plows.
CARRYING state school for the blind
Mt this place will open for the fall and
winter term on Wednesday of next
week. The faculty remains the same
as during the last term, with the eI
ception that Miss Harriet AinswOrth
Of WATERFOWL, will succeed Miss Witt
tendance at the state school is expected
TO be larger this year than last
VERMILLION = Yeggmen entered
the store at Greenfield, and after blow
ing off the safe door with nitrO-gy.
cerin, took about $50 in currency and
many valuable papers belonging to
J. Hansen, the proprietor. Mrs. Han.
sen had Just banked $500 the day prev
ious at Vermillion. Nine years ago this
month this same store was entered and
$50 was secured, besides a quantity o.
postage stamps.
REDFIELD-The local campaign for
an endowment and building fund for
the greater Redfield college has cum
mated with q total subscription OF S5S.
600 by the citizens of Redfield and
Sphinx county. This is a greater amount
than has ever been subscribed by any
other South Dakota city. Redfield mas
a population of 5000, and in proportion
to population this subscription mas
never been eoualed in the United
States.
PIERRE-The state board of embal'
mers has filed a statement of finances
of that board for the past year win
Governor Vessey. They show recepE
of S710.50, leaving q balance of SSSis'
in the hands of the treasurer of the
board Most of the expenditures ior
the ear were incurred in conducting
school OF instruction for emblamers al
this city during the time of their an
nual meeting in June. at which an IN.
structor from Chicago was employed u
the work for week
ABERDEEN--Wi Within a few hours az
ter returning home from a vacation
which he had spent on the Pacln'
coast Benjamin B. Boothroyd' =
pioneer Of Brown county, was taken i
and died within a short time. He wa
Lorn at Red Wing, MINI, in 1861 AM
came to Brown county in 1889, rcsldln'
on homestead near Warner, ,. u
until 1902. when he moved to Aberdeen
He was for a number of years an ex
press messenger for the Wells-Fars
Express company on the MilwauRe
road.
HOT SPRINGS-The team, WACO
and every earthly possession of JON
Lavery, q prairie schooner emiGrah
were lost in the Cheyenne river yes
terday at the Sleeve crossing, lev
miles east Of this city. Lavery cam
through Hot Springs on his way TO ~
braska He had been on a ranch som
distance west of here, but deserted
and had all his effects with him. ~
river was high and he drove SON
loose horses into the water TO ,.
where the best ford was. While
was a short distance away his toal
followed the horses across the strcdn
One Of his animals started to float aH
In the ENHANCEMENT which folioWt.
both horses were drowned ana y