The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-08-29
MERIDIAN Highway
. INSPECTION JAUNT
SOUTH TO WICHITA
Official Tour Over North and
South Road From Winnipeg
To the Gulf.

Pierre, s. D., Aug. 26.-The follow
Ing 10 the itinerary Of the proposed
Meridian road trip from Winnipeg to
Wichita, Kan:
Leave Winnipeg. Canada, Monday,
September 0 at $3.50, Fempina, N. d.
lunch, Grand Forks, 15S miles.
Second day. leave Grand Forks at
$3.50. Fargo. lunch, Wahpeton. las
miles.
Sisseton, 6. D., lunch, WATERFOWL. 125
miles.
Fourth day, leave WATERFOWL at $50,
Madison, lunch, Bridgewater, 121 miles.
Fifth day, leave B~ridgewater at
$3.50, Yankton, lunch, Columbus. NED,
49, miles.
sixth day, leave Columbus at $50,
York, lunch, Hebron, 103 miles.
Seventh day, leave Hebron, Neb, at
$3.50. Concordia. Kan. lunch, Salina'
105 miles.
Eighth day, leave Salina at $50,
Newton. lunch, Wichita, 1927 miles.
At Wichita the Meridian road forks,
one branch passing through yelling
ton and following the Rock Island rail-
way; the other branch passes through
Winfred and follows the Santa Fe rail-
way. 1t is proposed to go south over
branch and return over the other:
The line is not definitely located
from Fort Worth or Dallas to the gulf
and is therefore not ready for an Of
fetal inspection. Work is being done,
however, on the Texas division and 1t
is possible hat this may yet be in
cluded in the itinerary.
The schedule proposed is something
over 100 miles per day. This should
allow time for stops at the small towns
where local meetings are called.
1t is expected that each state d.
vision will provide q car for the inter-
national party across h state. An Of
fetal state party should also act as
escort in the state. The state party
should comprise the governor or his
representative, the state highway en-
gineer and n or more members, one
Of whom should be a good speaker.
The international party will consist Of
the president, vice president, secretary
treasurer, an Associated Press cor
respondent, a representative OF the
Automobile Blue Book, an A. A. asso-
citation representative and q good roads
orator and q magazine writer, N OF
the party should be an expert pho.
tographer.
The towns where stops will be made
are expected to furnish" hotel and gar
age facilities for the entire party free
Of charge. Local cars are expected to
act as escorts across counties and from
own to town. A complete schedul will
be prepared later showing time Of ar
rival at each town Suggestions will be
received concerning the itinerary and
local road officials are requested to
put their subdivisions in good condi-
ton before the trip.
DEATH OF sLEUTH FROM
"1EATING UP" BY THUGS
Lead, s. D., Aug. 26.-As a direct re-
suit OF the beating he received at the
hands Of a, gang Of thugs in Butte a
e ago, w. /. Somers, for two years
past one of the chief detectives Of the
Homestake Mining company, died at
his home here OF paralysis. Somers'
end. while ultimately expected, came
suddenly, as he had been about the
streets a few hours before.
Nearly two. years ago, during the
Homestake labor troubles here, Somers
who, for 80 years had been in the Pink
| erton service and had operated from
coast to coast, particularly hunting
down Western Federation men, came
here from Denver. During the trouble
here "Pettibone dope" was used in AZ
attempt to destroy mi Of the Home.
stake cyanide plants and was traced
to Emmett O'Grady, a young fedora.
Zionist. Somers got on his track and
followed him until he was arrested in
Butte. While Somers was taking his
prisoner to the police station there a
crowd of O'Grady's, friends set upon
him and beat him so severely that he
was in the hospital for months, O'Grady
escaped but later Somers traced him
to Chicago, brought III back, and he
was tried and convicted here, and Ia
now serving time in h Siou@ Falls
pe~nitentiary for the crime.
Friends of O'Grady are alleged tc
have made the boast that they would
get" the detective, but he laughed al
threats, although he never recovered
from his Butte injuries.
Somers was a valuable secret serv-
Ice man and for the past 10 years had
been devoting himself to Kidding the
mining camps of b west OF the vicious
criminal element. He was 40 years
dren here.
LICENSED TO HUNT IN .
WILDS OF SOUTH DAKOTA
Pierre. 8. D.. Aug. ga report from
the Office OF h state game n fish
commissioner shows that there were
27,728 resident small game hunting Ii
censes issued during the year ending
June 80. These brought in a cash total
OF 1LI,IZ0. 1ncTG "SIS Afo HOU- ECbIACIll
small game licenses issued. bringing In
3,720. Only two nonresident big
game licenses were issued, they being
in Custer county. Residents In the
state bought 356 big game permits.
which brought in $1.780. There were
1911 resident fishing licenses and
only one nonresident trapping license
issued during the year The greatest
number of resident hunting licenses
were purchased in Beadle, 1861;
Brown. 1929; C~ocington, 1920; Law
renee, 1,341; and Minnehaha, 1,427.
One hundred and seventy big
game licenses were sold in Lawrence,
seven in Meade. 98 in Pennington, four
in Campbell, 81 In Custer, JIG in Fall
River and three In Harding. Forty
on-resident ns.ling licenses were
bought In Charles Mix and 11S in
Union.
SPEARFISH-A public library asso-
citation has been organized by the MEM
bers of the local W. C. T. ". The fol-
lowing officers were elected: President,
Mrs. Henry Peters; vice president, Mrs.
Sarah Coilett; secretary, Mrs. M. r.
Lemon; treasurer. Mrs. T.. N. Mat
thews.
HARTFORD-The board OF educa-
ton has just paid off the last dollar
Of bonded indebtedness against the
school district.