The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-09-26
DAKOTA STATE NEWS


NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. q technical
lty, the original case against George
KNITTED, a former resident or Trip
county, who recently took a plunge
into high nance and was captured In
North Dakota and brought ack to
Charles Mix county, was dismissed,
but he was immediately rearrested on
another charge and has been held for
trial. The original charge against him
was that he mortgaged a farm which 4
did not belong to him and with a por-
tion OF the money purchased an auto
mobile, in which he fled nOrthward.
The other charge is In connection with
the alleged passing OF forged checks.
HURON-The dental office OF DR.. S.
w. Ullom was entered by thieves last
evening and gold valued between $40 4
and $50 was stolen. The robbery was
not discovered till morning, giving the \
robbers ample time TO make their
escape from town. The office OF DR.. /
M. T., Walton was also broken into, I
but. as all OF DR.. Walton's valuable I
metals were kept In safety deposit, \
nothing was stolen. No trace OF the F.
men has been found.
MILLER-Ping Brothers. north OF
town, have realized a profit Of $4,000
ST. Paul last April, besides nearly
$1,000 on other cattle bought here at
the time. Many others in this vicinity /
have made big money on cattle shipped
in last spring that have only eaten ma
tive grass since. Many are already /
next spring II they can find the cattle
in the markets.
ABERDEEN-The little town or
Volga, in Brookings county, Is thinking
OF changing its name to Twin City
Not that it plans to rival the Twin.
cities of Minnesota. except on q modest
scale, but because three sets of twins
were born in the town within the past
two weeks.
COTTONwooD-Many OF the ranch
ers in this part Of the state have large
watermelon patches and reportethat
coyotes, which during the past few
years, have developed a great taste for.
watermelons, are causing heavy losses
by their raids on the patches.
LETCHER-Reports just made by
the two banks which do business here
show aggregate deposits of $264,137.9O
"a substantial increase Over a few
months ago. 1t is believed no other
town Of Letcher's size in the state can
make q better showing.
DELMONT-A carload OF wheat
shipped from here was short weight
when 1t reached Armour, when ii was
discovered that about zoo bushels OF
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the door and was scattered along the
track all The way from belmont TO
Armour
REDFIELD-At an auction sale OF
livestock on the farm of william Ar
nett, seven miles west OF Redfiel1, "a
graded Holstein cow sold for 500, aft
er spirited bidding. The COW last
the 81 days.
ABERDEEN-F. b, Miller, publisher
of the Cheyenne Junction dewey
county, Record, has returned to his
former home at Iowa City, La, where
he has property interests, and has
been succeeded IN the Record by w.
II. Kessler.
ABERDEEN-At the last meeting OF
the board of county commissioners for
Grant county, a resolution was adopted
for submission to q vote in the No
yember election of a proposition to is
sue bonds of $4,000 to build and furnish
a building for a county insane asy-
lum on the Grant county poor farm.
NAPLES-A young man who had
been employed during the greater part
of the summer by John Amundson, a
farmer living near town, has disap-
peared, together with $50 of his em-
ployer's money and two suits OF cloth
ing.
MITCHELL - In another week
Mitchell's street paving will be COM
pleted n the cluster electric lights
installed, all Of which win be ready for
use by corn palace time, September %.
The street can be used only for pedes-
TRANS until the concrete hardens suf-
flciently for other traffic.
LAKE ANDES--After a lapse or a
year or two, cattle rustlers appear to
have again selected this part Of the
state as their field OF operations. With
in h past few days a number OF cat
tie nave disappeared from b ranch
of b. H Freeman and other losses
are reported.
DALLAS-At a meeting of the board
Of directors Of the Rosebud Stock.
Grain and Corn Show association, IT
was decided to offer q purse OF $25 In
cash for the best 10 ears Of corn raised
this year in h Rosebud country, and
an additional SIS for the largest 10 ears.
WAGNER-As the result OF a diff
Guilty over some hay, John fCroy,
q farmer living some miles from town,
is charged with having drawn o gun
on one OF his n~eighbors and threatened
to shoot him.. Croy was arrested and
a fine Of SIS and costs was imposed.
PIERRE-MaJ. Ben Ash. long D resi-
dent of this city, on returning lately
to pack up the family goods, unearthed
an ancient picture OF the Pierre town
site painted in 1882. It depicts the
landscape much changed. He present
ed it to the State Historical society.
PARKER-ODe OF the live organiza-
tons Of Parker is the Commercial club.
BY a report just made it is shown that
thus far the club has raised $830.21 to-
ward clearing up the Indebtedness
against h new city hall building.
CORSICA-Jas. A. Mullen has been
elected chief of the local volunteer
fire department to fill the vacancy
caused by the recent resignation OF
Geo. J. Johnson.
MARTIN-The county commission
ers have accepted the new Bennett
county courthouse, recently completed
here, and the county officers are now
occupying 1t. The building is a very
creditable one.
ABERDEEN-The city commission
ers of Aberdeen la just passed the
budget ordinance for the ensuing year.
The tai levy for the year for all munic-
ipal purposes is so mills, a reduction
of IL mills over last years levy.
WAGNER-At a meeting OF the
Charles Mix County Teachers associa-
ton plans were adopted for the organ
ization OF an association to oversee the
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