The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-10-17
DAKOTA STATE NEWS

10 49, IN You'll W ~
Minneapolis. Mr.. johnson and ole
Highland, or Langford, spent the past
week In the Twin cities and Just before
leaving for home partook Of some oy-
sters In a Minneapolis cafe. They
We're both taken very sick and Mr..
home. Mr.. Highland rs In a serious
condition, but VIII cov
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS county COM
missioners are preparing to appear In
he federal court 81 Sioux Fails and
defend an action against the collection
OF assessrpents for the building OF what
is known as the Bridgewater drainage
ditch. The plaintif Is a farmer, who
viii seek to show that he Ii not bene-
fitted blythe. ditch and therefore should
not pay q part OF its cost.
DEADwooD-M. Pic correa, minister
OF agriculture In Brazil, Is expected here
this week from Minnesota for an inspec-
ton OF the Black Hills National forest. M
Correa has visited the forests In New York,
Maine, Michigan and Wisconsin and will
go west from here, He Is studying for
estry methods In the United States with
2 View OF adopting the most improved
IDEAS he finds.
MITCHELL--Chris Anshutz, aged 80
years, living al Mt. Vernon, west or
here, went to q neighbors to attend to
some business. where he drank a prep.
aration OF liquid from q bottle that he
found on q shelf. Shortly after he was
taken Violently I'll, and a couple Of
hours later he died. The bottle con
tined q poison used In doctoring ami
mails.
SIOUX FALLS-Denied q drink be-
cause he was intoxicated, Chris Rraus,
employed on g farm. drew q knife on
Christopher Hart, an Aurora county
saloonkeeper, and inflicted several
wounds upon his arm. face and body.
Some weeks & Kraus, during q hRht
with another farm hand, chewed the
thumb of the latter.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS night robbers
blew open the small safes In the Farmers
Elevator Co., and also In the office Of
Davis & Daniels CO.., at Riverside. three
miles cast. In neither case, however,
were they successful as there was no
money In the safes. AL SCOTS two blood
hounds Were taken over to Riverside, but
furnished no clue.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. are at work
surveying q highway from Mobridge to
Mcintosh, to connect with a highway
recently surveyed and constructed
from Watauga to Mcintosh. A model
highway also has been mapped out
from Watauga to Morristown, and this
Will connect with a highway to Thun-
der Hawk.
BRUCE-About three years ago j. r.
Carter purchased q farm Of 100 acres near
here for So an acre. He has just sold the
farm for $50 an acre--an Increase in value
OF $28 during the comparatively brief time
he held It. The farm produced three crops
for him, these selling for about as much
as the farm cost him In the first place.
ABERDEEN-The South Dakota Bap-
list Ministerial conference elected the fol-
lowing officers: President, Rev. r. La
Kelley, Pierre: vice president, Rev. ID.
McMasters, Aberdeen: secretary-treasur-
er, Rev. a. Pierce Waltz, Burke. Rev. +.
Z. Stockton, OF WATERFOWL. was elected to
deliver the annual sermon next year.
HURoN--Efrorts are being made to
organize a state association OF bowlers.
Cities having expert BOWERS are
Mitchell, Huron, Webster. Aberdeen,
Sioux Fails, WATERFOWL and Yankton,
and It Is likely an organization viii
soon be perfected and a series OF con-
tests arranged for the winter.
SIOUX FALLS-As the result OF
passing between two of his horses lust
as they hinged toward each other; Sc
vert Rommeride, a Clark county farm
er, had his right ear bitten OF. A ply
sician managed to patch the ear to-
gether and sew 1t back in place.
LAM ANDE2-IeWlS ANDERSON, ~
farmer living near town, this year ex-
perimented with what is known MS
African, wheat, the seed of which he
secured last year. It did finely in
South Dakota, and next season he will
increase his acreage. M
PIERREr-In It's annual report to the
railway commission the M. 81 st. L. shows
that II cost It S369.s14 TO operate its
South Dakota lines, from which 1t secured
a revenue Of 500, 06s. 40. Last year the
Great Northern claims II took $467, 446.O7 at
q cost OF So, 7s4st.
|. HETLAND-Rev. Mr.. Hill, for some
time pastor OF the CONGREGATIONAL.
church, has taken UP his permanent
residence at Gilman, Ia, where he has
become pastor OF a church OF the same
denomination. .s
DE SMET-Farmers who delayed
their haying operations are finding
that grass has been badly damaged by
recent freezes and will not make near
as good hay as that cut earlier in the
season. -. =,
PHILIPPINES v. M. Kellar, OF
OF Highmore; s. d. were the speakers
at the farmers institute. Miss Kellar
spoke IN domestic science and DR..
Stoner discussed agricultural subjects.
DEADwooD-The Lawrence County
Bar association has elected the following
officers: President: Judge "A. J. Plow-
man; vice presidents. III. Il. Dewey. w. q.
Rice: secretary, James H Stanley; treas
urer, Robert c. Hays.
IRooUoIs-Grain shipments from this
place are becoming very heavy and are
increasing daily. In six days an aggre-
gate Of "a carloads OF grain left Iroquois
for eastern markets. the cars being of the
s~0-O0o-pound class,
MADISON-The Madison Commercial
club has elected the following officers.
President, r. L.. Mease; wee presidents
DR.. Gregg, w. A. Rothschild; secretary,
J.. c. Schultz: treasurer, Frank schueller,
MADIsoN-At a referendum special
election only six votes were cast
against permitting the -Ffanklin tele-
phone company to extend its lines into
Madison.
MITCHELL. r. Mericle, admitted
TO practice at the October bar exam
inStion at Pierre, Is now a member OF
the firm OF Reams q Mericle. OF this
city.
ONIDA-The volunteer fire depart
ment has been provided with a head
quarters building, in which all the fire.
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