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The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-01-25
ZEAL OF THE HILLS
IN ARRANGING FOR
GOOD ROADS BOOST
Plans of Welcome for First Con.
vention of Dakota High.
way Improvers.

Deadwood, S. D., Jan. 22.--By n pc
culiar caprice on the part of fate, the
people OF the fiat and level sections
Of South Dakota will come 10 tho
mountain section of this state for tn
purpose OF holding the first good road
convention ever attempted in this com
monwealth.
A state good roads convention is IL
be held in his city, February 2 and ),
n 1t Is expected that delegates IRON
nearly every county In South Dakota
including many chosen by the Commer-
cial clubs Of various cities and the rep
resentatives OF automobile
turers, who have agents in South Da-
kota, together with delegates from
neighboring counties in Montana and
Wyoming, will be in Deadwood at that
time.
The chief incentive for the locating
of the state good roads convention here
IL the fact that the county commits
sioners Of Lawrence county have ac-
complished astonishing things In high
way building over the ~altitudinous
routes in the very heart Of the Black
Hills and that there has been practical
ly completed an overland highway be-
tween this city and Spearfish, which Is
pronounced to be a remarkable achieve
ment in the surmounting OF heavy
grades and wiping out long detours In
mountain travel
And not only Ia the road between
Deadwood and Spearish. which towns
are 20 miles apart, been placed In such
condition that automobiles can traverse
II upon pleasure runs with safety at q
30-mile speed, but through the rugged
gulch Of Deadwood creek, between this
city and Lead, a distance OF three miles
equally great things have been ac-
complished in highway making. by the
commissioners Of this county.
The delegates to the convention of
next month will be shown these high
ways through the mountains and will
two One is so that the peo-
pie who live In the agricultural valley
Of the Spearfish river, can haul farm
produce into the cities of the Black
Hills and sell 1t at a profit, the good
roads making the moving OF heavily
loaded wagons possible, and the other
reason, that the summer tourists to the
Black Hills, who are expected In very
greatly increased numbers next sum-
mer, may be able to our this noun
famous region In auto and enjoy the
scenery and the various points Of in
~terest, without having to depend upon
railroad trains or horse drawn vehicles
for their transportation.
The people of Lawrence county will
vote this ear at the general election
upon a proposition to bond the county
for something like S100, 900 to be ex-
pended I'm road improvement n as
there is very little opposition. 1t Is ex-
pected that the bonds will be issued.
Deadwood's Commercial club will be
prepared to extend a warm welcome TO
all visitors during the good roads con-
yentiOn.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-01-25
DECAMPED WITH fund
ENTRUSTED BY INDIAN
TO BUY SONS COFFIN
Meanest Man in South Dakota
Leaves Mellette County
While Father Mourns.

Sioux Falls. 8. D., Jan. 23.-The res
idents of the coded portion Of Mellette
county, when casting about for the
meanest man. believe the honor
should be conferred pon an individual
named II. G. Shaden, who, for a time,
worked as a day laborer at White River.
a new town and county seat Of the
new county Of Mellette, who has dis
appeared, 1t is alleged, with $46 OF cof-
fin money which had been entrusted to
him by Red Shirt, a Brule Sioux a
rior, residing on the Rosebud reserva-
ton.
A son OF Red Shirt died and the
father gave Shaden the SAG n hired
him to drive to Rosebud agency and
purchase a coffin for his dead son with
the money. Shaden arrived at the
agency, all right, but almost Immediate
ly engaged q rig and drove to Valen-
tine. Neb., where he had supper at q
afterward In such haste that 1t Is al
legged he forgot to pay the hotel man
the price of h meal.
In the meantime, there was anxiety
In the Red Shirt home, and the return
Of Shaden with the coffin was eagerly
awaited, but Shaden appeared not. AZ
ter holding h corps three days be-
yond the allotted time, in hope that
Shaden would yet appear, the father
Of the dead young Indian was forced
to have a coffin made by one Of his
friends.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-01-25
LEADER OF MENNONITES
DIES OE TRlCHINQSiS

Huron, 8. D., jan. 22.-David B.. Hof-
er, living 26 miles north of this city
In Sphinx county, died last evening from
the effects Of trichina infection. He
has been suffering from the disease for
rs days past, n for "a days of that
time he has had no sleep. whatever, ex-
cepting hat induced by opiates. His
wife and four children are also very i'll
with trichinosis, and little hope of their
recovery is entertained.
The infection was from home made
sausage, In which an examination at
The state university has since discov-
cred h presence of trichinae in large
numbers. The same process Of sausage
making has been employed by the Hof-
er family for 80 years. and heretofore
they have escaped infection. The sau-
sage is made by smoking. but is not
cooke and is eaten In slices uncooked.
as IL the custom with many Of the
Germans and Russians.
This IL the first known case Of tri-
chinosis In this locality in years, the
disease among hogs having become
much less common than at one time.
d. b.. Hofer was q man of prominence
among the Russian and German men,
nonities, Of whom there are many in
this locality, the Hutterische brother
hood owning a 500. 900 colony-farm
near h Hofer property.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-01-25
BEOoD LETTING FROM WOUND
MEAL FATAL TO RHEUMATIC

Centerville, s D., Jan. ga peculiar
accident occurred here yesterday after
noon when Pace Verley, a farmer liv-
ing eight miles north of here came
nearly bleeding to death. unknown to
himself, from a slight cut IN his leg.
lust after reaching town he slipped
and fell, probably striking a piece Of
broken glass, but having no feeling in
that particular leg due to rheumatic
troubles, he was not aware that he had
cut himself till the blood which was
running in a small stream had soaked
through his Iunderclothes, trousers and
all and hadlnearly filled his shoe. He
went at once to a physicians Office,
where the bleeding was quickly stop
ped.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-01-25
EDITORS TABOO POLITICS;
ADVISE HOW TO MAKE MONEY

Yankton, 9. D.. Jan. 23.-The South
Dakota Press association, made up Of
newspaper men of all possible shades
of political opinion, Saturday adjourned
after q most enjoyable three-day ses-
sion, In which good will and business
harmony predominated.
The only time politics was limited at
was at the fine banquet served the
visitors by DR.. L. G. Mead at the state
hospital. Here the newspaper men, led
by G. N. Day, Of the Argus Leader,
went on record as solidly against the
interference Of state politics in the state
institutions and pledged their respect
i've papers toward eliminating this
fruitful source of trouble In state in
stitutions. Political spoils, In whatever
form, got a hard rap from the W
paper editors, once they got started on
h subject. Aside from this the wish
tors rubbed shoulders day after day
and apparently little cared about poll
tics but a good deal about the business
ends of their plants and how they could
be made to show a profit, as other bust
ness enterprises were doing. One crit
ical member thought the association
was In danger of becoming a job print
ing organization with the newspaper
end, editorials and gathering news a
background consideration.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-01-25

Principally for use Of gasoline bar
rels standing around a more or less
public garage, a locking and latching
faucet has been designated to safe
guard the contents of the barrel. The
handle consists of three pieces. The
latch ngages in the closed position,
and IL 1t is desired to lock the faucet
4 small paddock on a chain Is slipped
through a hole which pierces the three
parts of the handle. To make the de-
vice doubly secure, one end OF the
chain is secured to the screw at the
end, lower end of the plug, thus pre-
venting the abstraction of the contents
by the removal Of this part of the
faucet.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-01-25

The city OF Toxic contains 500 cheap,
portable bath houses for the use of the
public, costing from 5000 to $1,000 q
house, not in the palatial style of the
new municipal baths of New York,
Boston and Berlin, but rather more
like the portable shower baths OF
Baltimore, whose free public bath com
mission says these baths, whether In
tents or galvanized iron houses, will
prove Of especial service in play
grounds where connections with water
mains may be made, giving not and
colo showers the year through.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-01-25
FOOD ADULTERANTS ARE
GETTING RIGID PROBE

Lawrence. Kan, Jan. 22.-To ascer-
tain of the nature OF the adulterants
and method Of their introduction into
the foods imported into the United
States, Professor e. H.. s. Bailey, head
of the department Of chemistry OF The
University Of Kansas. left here today
to make a special visit to the countries
from whence the foods come,
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-01-25
GUEST OF A HOTEL CAFE
FINDS PEARLS WORTH $3.50

Watertown, S. D.. Jan. 22.-Discoy-
ering Fl pearls in the oysters he was
eating at the Grand hotel cafe in this
city yesterday was the lucky experience
Of ]. O. VanSyckle. of Huron, a WELL
known travelling salesman. Five Of the
pearls found We're black in color, and
the total number are estimated to be
worth at least $3.50. It Is predicted
that the dealer who sold the oysters to
the hotel will now be swamped with
customers to buy from that particular
shipment.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-01-25

Seven cents a day was allowed fol
food by a class OF prospective school
teachers at the Cincinnati kindergar-
tens training school, who have been
experimenting On themselves. The T.
cent menu includes mush, bread and
coffee for breakfast, peanut sandwiches
for lunch, and for dinner a wild extra
vagance Of split pea soup, salt Goldfish
apple dumplings and tea.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-01-25

CHICAGO-Police Inspector Johr
Wheeler. Capt. w. j. Harding and
Lieuts. George Prim, Daniel T. Kelle-
her and John b. Enright, were ordered
dismissed from the service yesterday
after a hearing on charges Of ineffi-
cheney, incompetency and collision
Los ANGELES, 'CAL.-Leaying
spots of blood as the only clew, a bur
glar ransacked yesterday the residence
Of Oscar Lawler. United States special
prosecutor in the local dynamiting
probe, and escaped with q little money.
The police think the burglar sought pa
pers relating to indictments returned
by the grand Jury,
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-01-25
CALL OF SHERIFF TO CLEAR
MYSTERY OF FOHl1ERG CASE

Centerville. s. D., Jan. ~22.--Sheriff
Partridge, OF Clay county. has issued a
call for every one interested in the So
luton Of the Fohlberg mystery to meet
at the Fohlberg farm early this morn
ing. prepared to spend another day
hunting for the lost body which is
supposed to be hidden somewhere in
the snow. Sundays thaw has caused
the to settle and It is hoped some
clew Of the missing man may be found.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-01-25

The German railways in Africa NJ
ready authorized. including those In op.
Grafton, amount to 2,5S5 miles, OF
which 733 miles are in east Africa, 32'
miles in Kamerun, 201 miles In Togo
and 1918 miles in southwest Africa
OF this mileage, 2,131 miles are In op-
Grafton. Of which 444 miles ave been
opened to traffic since the beginning OF
the wear.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-01-25

A close observer has definitely estab-
iished the fact hat magpies n rocks
cannot count further than four. A
rock never returns to it's nest until 1t
Is quite satisfied that there is no danger
near. When four hunters or less de-
parted In succession from n nearby log
cabin, the rook would return to its
nest after the last a gone out OF
sight. But whenever there were more,
the bird lost count and returned to its
nest even while some were stil in the
lint
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-01-25

Texas raises more turkeys than any
other state-perhaps because turkeys
require plenty of room for range anc
Texas surely can give them that. Lit.
tie Rhode Island. however, is said tt
produce the largest number of big tur.
keys-some of them weighing AZ
mound.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-01-25

Egypt has but manufacturing in
dustry, speaking largely-the making OF
cigarets. Cairo is the center Of this
industry, the leading firms having fac
tories there which employ thousands Of
hands the year round. The tobacco used
ie imported. mostly from Turkey and
Greece. Aside from the enormous home
consumption, Egyptian c1garets are ex-
ported to the value OF almost 81, ZOO, 00o
~aovl~r
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-01-25

New Rochelle, N. Y, Is busy with
plans for a new library to cost 500, 900
and there Is a pretty controversy I'VE
whether a gift from Andrew Carnegie
OF $50, 900 toward the fund should be &C.
cepted. Many citizens. It is said. be.
lieve that the city should pay the en-.
tire cost.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-01-25

According to estimates made IL
Washington, almost 100000 women
will be eligible to vote for president OF
the United States in 1912. These women
are to be found in the six western
states OF California, Colorado, Idaho,
Utah, Washington and Wyoming, which
have granted equal suffrage.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-01-25

The opponents Of vaccination may
md facts worth thinking owe in the
smallpox epidemic with which Montreal
has been threatened recently. 1t seems
TO be traceable to the aversion of the
French population to being vaccinated,
and It yielded readily to preventive
measures.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-01-25

Louisiana is suffering from a DO,
famine. A correspondent Of the New
Orleans Times-Democrat complains
that thousands OF boxes of oranges
ready for shipment are waiting for
boxes, while the box manufacturers say
that they have more orders han they
can fill. A corner in boxes is rumored
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-01-25
o n J. FRAINEY DEAD.

Council Bluffs. Ia. Jan. 16.-WorC
has been received here Of the death o.
John J. Frainey. which occurred a
Kansas City yesterday, from heart fail
ure. Frainey formerly lived here ant
was a unique character. He was
lawyer and had at one time served a.
justice Of the peace. He was know
to many as a student OF Shakespeart
and often travelled about the country
giving S~hakespearean lectures am
rnadinna
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-01-25

Pittsburgh, too, is having a crusade
against dishonest weights and meas.
ures. In November. 1896 inspections
were made. or 1895 pairs of scales,
S54 were condemned; OF 1858 weights,
224: Of 1872 measures, 296. That is to
say, one In every five were found false.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-01-25

Why rave the girls of Westminster
college, out in Sharon, Pa, been wear
ing bangs? You would never guess.
The girls have founded a new college
newspaper called Bangs. and hit upon
q novel way OF advertising II.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-01-25

How effectually the bison has been
exterminated may be seen from the
fact that a fine head lent by Idaho peo-
pie for the land show at st. Paul is in
sured for 81, 1000. One used to cost a
morning gallop and a ball from a big
pfstOl.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-01-25

The University Of Paris has estab-
lished q department completely
equipped for the investigation Of every
phase OF utics.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-01-25

The supply of tobacco In Havana is
not large, and prices range from 10
to 30 per cent higher than for the same
grades last year.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-01-25

Wall paper, IL properly arranged and
giving vertical lines, will make q room
look larger and the ceiling more ele-
waited.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-01-25

In China at the present time there
are 1900 Protestant missionaries and
l,O40 Of the Roman Catholic church.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-01-25

The manufacture Of asbestos shingles
has grown so rapidly that 1t Is antivi-
pated that at no distant time three
fourths Of the asbestos product Of Can
ada will be made up into roofing ma
teriat.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-01-25

The vital statistics report for Eng
land and Wales shows an almost con-
tinuous decrease of remarriages during
the year 1909.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-01-25

ny dinners to invalid mothers, giving
them the choice Of fish and chicken.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-01-25

In the monkey family the orang-
outang and the hylobates are right
handed, while the gorilias and the
chlmpanzee are lefthanded.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-01-25

Among the birds the swan lives the
longest, az times reaching the great age
Of 800 years. The falcon has been
known to live 162 years.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-01-25
SERIOUS LOSS az FIRE
In TOWN OF ROSWELL

Roswell, 8. d., Jan. IA fire. which
destroyed four Of the principal build
ings on Main street, inflicted a loss OF
between Sic, 900 and $50, 900 before it
could be checked. The fire was dis
covered at 2 o'clock last Monday night
in the general store Of ]. c. Lanver,
whence 1t spread to Burke & Trent's
pool hall, H. A. Kenyon's store and
postoffice Inc A. c.. Wilson's drug
store.
The losses are as follows:
LAWYERS stock and building, Sc, 900,
Insurance, $4,000; pool hall, $1,000, in
surance, $500; Kenyon's stock and
building, $1,000, insurance, $4,000; Will
sons drug stock, $2,4OO; insurance,
81, 600.
The p~ostoffice in the Kenyon build
ing was a total loss.
How the fire started is not known.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-01-25


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The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-01-25
BLACK HAND SENSATION
DEVELOPS CONTROVERSY

Pierre. S. D.. Jan. 22.-The Sully
county black hand trouble seems TO
be degenerating into a neighborhood
row between Sheriff Coleman and At
torney Quimby on one side and Editor
Green Of the Okobojo Times on the
other, the l~awbreakers and other minor
Offenders for the time being forgotten.
A few weeks ago, while the sheriff and
states attorney were sleuthing around
their precinct In search Of a 'desper-
ate' criminal, they took occasion, ac-
cording to Mr.. Green, to thoroughly
ransack his safe and private papers
without any legal warrant. He further
charges them with being Of the cold
feet variety in their pursuit Of the law
violator. Now the sheriff and attor-
ney come back in the Onida Watch
man, the other Sully county sheet, with
a denial that they examined anything
OF Mr.. Green's except the township
school record. In a knowing way"
they suggest that there is something
behind" h editors objections to their
his official record.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-01-25
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Iditarod pioneer. (Iditarod, Alaska) 1910-19??, 1912-08-03

$500 toward the defense; was only in
terested in seeing fair play; never knew
German uatil Chapman introduced him;
didn't know for sure who suggested
writing the names OF the suspects on
piece of paper; may have been he, or
it may have been Chapman.
Mrs. Peterson testified that she is
Stenographer and was present at the
preliminary: took testimony for the de-
PENDANTS; transcribed same; was sure
AL the testimony was there; wanted de-
PENDANT acquitted if not guilty; sent
clothes to German while in Jail, but no
pies or cakes, had telephOned to Chap
man to come and see her when he was
down the street; never advised him to
see Maltby; was not to receive part of
the attorneys fees; was to receive
nothing whatever, even if defendants
were cquitted-simply had friendly
feeling toward German; had not prac
ticed at the bar, nor was she lawyer,
but was studying and hoped to become
One-waS not an attorney by proxy in
this case.
Dan Paleaut said he had known Cor
man for year; was in his bunk when
defendant came in; looked at his watch
which showed 1915; his time was the
same as the claim time; he never made
statement that German had on rubber
pacs; never stated that before the
grand jury, nor to Mr.. Crossley.
Al. Walsh, part owner of the Hilltop
association at the head of Happy, said
he knew German; remembered the day
OF the holdup, left his claim about 10
and went down as far as the Wildcat
associa ion; as he came down the creek
he met German between Doc Mading's
house and the Wildcat boys cabin;
Billy Bevins was with him at the time,
and asked witness who defendant was.
His time was the same as Mckay Il
Hotts' time had subscribed $50 toward
defense fund
Walsh's testimony closed the case for
the defense.
c. E. Taylor identified the slicker as
the one brought in from the scene of
the holdup; he recognized it by the but
tons; the sack was brought in three
days later. If his recollection served
him, when Stanton spoke about pro
ceeding against Chapman for perjury
he qualified it by saving "if necessary.
Chapman came to make his statement
alone, and it was reduced to writing by
witness.
George Lee testified that he was