The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-08-03

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SIDNEY-Charles Banzung wos
! down and killed by the fastest TRAN W
| the Union Pacific. He had homes
near the Colorado line and leaves wa,
and eight children. we
MITCHELL. S. D.-Funeral sorr,.
We're held this afternoon over tho YES
! mains of Mrs. G. w. Warath. a. ~
Methodist Episcopal church, and w me
conducted by the pastor, DR.. 1tSe
| Hoagland. A large concourse OF f,iess
| attended. for the deceased was pom,IuSs
| in church circles. She was IS v vSar
old and was married to c. w. Wahsn
| four years ago.
HOT SPRINGS-The Chicago D..
| lington d. Quincy picnic was snd our
success that officials OF the come,
| say it will likely be continued no ny
| annual feature OF the Wyoming J,. az
sion. Special trains totaling % coacbi'
| brought employees from as far east ~
| Ravenna, Neb., from Sheridan, w"
! and Deadwood on the north. Tb,o,,
refrigerator cars were required 10 car,r
the lunches. Coffee. ice cream and w.
| termelons for the spread were fns
nished by the company as wen =.
transportation. Three bands accom-
! MED the picnickers.
HURON-The big reservoir in cor
nection with the waterworks svstn,
has just been completed and WORK /.
now being pushed as rapidly as pos,i
BILE on the big standpipe. This, WIKI
the placing of pumps and other ma
chinery in the pump house and the lsv
ing OF additional water mains, win h
finished about the LIST OF Septembsr
The standpipe will hold 100000 gallon,
and all water will be filtered before %
ing into the mains.
ABERDEEN-"Sou Dakota scboo,,
for South Dakota teachers" is N.
motto adopted by County Supcrn
tendent NJ. NJ. Guhin, who has an
nounced that he will not refer outsS.
school teachers to school Officers d,
the Brown county schools until hs
supply Of home teachers is exhausta5
The home teachers are more numerms
this year than is ordinarily the cas-
and the demand for teachers from
other states is not SO large.
YANKTON-Anthra has broken or, |
COW that died to some hogs, which ara
row dying rapidly. A horse is aI,o
dead, and the farmer has decided tha,
feeding dead cattle to hogs does Drr
pay. The state veterinary has pn.
nounced the disease anthrax and every
precaution is being taken TO prey@t
the spread of the disease. This Is ths
first time in two years anthrax has an.
peared In Yankton county.
HOT SPRINGS-Floyd Chaulk aysa
years, was probably fatally injured
when a horse weighing 1880 pounds
Knocked him down and stepped on his
stomach. The accident happened ,,
the home of his father. James ChauR
a
train from there had already gone and
he was placed in an automobile, Which
arrived an hour ahead of the train Dr
Walker operated at once, but the in
tcrnal organs are so badly mangled that
he says the child has but one chanr
in 1000.
ALEXANDRIA-Th people OF this
place take great pride in their mun!c.
pal waterworks system During The
dry weather this year. when many
other towns had q shortage of water
and the residents had to be very eco.
nomical in its use, the people of Alex.
andria had an abundance to keep Their
lawns and gardens soaked, ana the
streets were thoroughly wet down ev.
cry day. The large quantity Of water
required extra work. but the water.
works system was equal to the de.
mand.
PLATTE-The body found in The
Missouri river II miles west Of
this city q couple of weeks ago was
identified today as that OF William +
Banks. OF Blair, Neb. j. w Lamb Of
Fremont, came here and went out in
company of Sheriff Rifle. took The
BODY up and examined It. The denti.
fiCation was made by two gold crowned
teeth. Banks had been visiting his
sister in Presho and started home
The last heard OF him was at cham.
found on the bank of the Missouri
river 1t was "A case OF suicide
SIOUX FALLS--The Sioux Falls
Modern Woodmen of America degree
team swept everything before them al
the state Log Rollers picnic AT Woon.
socket on Wednesday. The local team
has won first prize at the annIa! pic.
mic of the Log Rollers, which is a side
branch of the Woodmen, for a number
or years. This year they had for OF
ponents the WooDsocket and PlankiA.
ton teams, both OF which have been
working hard for number Of months
in hopes of defeating the local hOys
The Sioux Falls boys won by a large
margin In points.
ARLINGTON-The county commits
sioners of Washington county have
filed the first application with the STATE
board for assistance in building
bridge under the new state law. The
board asks for help in rebuilding 20
foot structure across the Elkhorn south
Of this place. When the law was
passed it was in such form tina, Il was
thought only Platte river bridges would
be concerned, the Platte being veTF
"a iS
bridges over the Elkhorn can be maze
long enough to secure the benefit Of The
new act.
PIERRE-Hisega lake. which IS BE-
ing built by damming Rapid creek
Hisega, in Pennington county BY
Pierre people, will cover several acres
of water from three to 16 feet deep. >
large dam has been made and will y
completed this week. which will max
this new lake. 1t will furnish grsa
boating and bathing resort, as vel ~
supplying the trout with a good r.
treat. The lake will also furnish
large amount OF splendid ice and. oels
located right on the Crouch line 81 rail-.
road, 1t will be easy to ship 10 al pars
OF the Black Hills. where high GraN
Of ice is rather scarce.
MITCHELL. d. Deits. coInms
sioner OF immigration of South DaRo@
is making a tour or the state 10 u,
and interest the commercial cIHps
the enterprise OF having South DaAD
Ia represented at the nationa Hn
show to be held at Chicago Detemv.
Q. Mr. Deits said there We're nC iuh.'
provided I'm the immigration bureau
bear this expense. and that the occSs
ion was one which would have 10
met hN DOpIlar SubscriDtion. it W@