The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-09-12
DAKOTA STATE NEWS

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former resident OF ~Iroquois, who for
some time had resided at Clear Lake,
has mysteriously disappeared. Lorent-
zen had trouble with another man, and
In some quarters 1t Is believed this may
have had something to do with his
strange disappearance. The person with
whom he had trouble claims that Lor-
entzen left a note stating that he was
leaving Clear Lake and Deuel. county
for good, but whether such a note
lists, and Is bona fde IL II does exist.
has not yet been determined.
MITCHELL-A government rifle
range is to be installed near this city
for the benefit of he members OF the
South Dakota national guard, 100 acres
for the practice range. The grounds
are ideally situated and there Is
not the least danger to the
| innocent bystander for the shooting
will be against a high bluff, where the
bullets cannot get away. The old
abandoned OIL account OF. this danger.
WHITE OWL-An accident to- the
washta- White Owl stage was luck
lily not fatal to n Of the passengers,
among whom were u. s. Commissions
! Johnson, r. W. Patrick, cashier of h
First State bank, and Roy Dean, man.
ager of the Shaw store. The horses
frightened at apparently nothing and
q passenger riding with the driver
caught hold of n Of the lines, over
turning the stage. Driver Cox was Sc
verely injured by a cut on the head
and O horse was killed.
MITCHELL-The county commits
| sioners have made their levy for the
! years expenses, estimated at $685. 33.
| The principal items are h general
fund Of $3l, 600 and the bridge fund OF
SIS, 900. Looking towards the lettering
| of the roadways OF the county they APP
propriated over sec 900 for this purpose
and a good portion Of 1t will be ex-
pended west of the city, where the
South Dakota Scenic Highway will be
run. They also appropriated 5000 for
a county exhibit at the state fair.
MILLER-For the first time in the
history OF this section, parties are ex-
kperimenting with a new system OF
breaking up the ground to h depth Of
IA inches with q sort OF iron prong
that cracks the hard soil. 1t is be-
| lieYed that this will cause the ground
to take in all the moisture that falls
upon it and will be in condition to
stand O dry period and produce q good
crop.
4 WEBSTER-Sales Of liquor to those
with Indian blood In their veins have
been reduced to the minimum since the
saloonmen Of Sisseton, Wilmot and
Waubay decided recently not to. under
any circumstances, sell "hrewater" to
full blood or mixed blood Indians, this
applying particularly to the Sisseton
Sioux Indians, who have their homes
in this part Of the state.
HURON-A fatal accident occurred
on the Brandmier farm a few miles
northwest of the city, yesterday. Har-
old s, the 14-year-old son of simon
lBrandmier, and wife, was thrown from
a horse he was riding, striking the
ground with force sufficient 70 render
him unconscious and inficting injuries
which resulted in death a few hours
later.
IRENE-An interesting event here
was the ordination Of Edwin Munk~
void as q clergyman Of the Lutheran
church. The services were participated
in by a number Of clergymen OF the
church from this part Of the north
west. The new clergyman was raised
in this vicinity and spent all of his
young manhood here.
PIERRE-while rigging up the gas
oline tractor for threshing at Uncle
Sol Catron's, in Butte county last week.
one Of his inquisitive calves observed a
nice clear liquid in a nearby can and
absorbed several quarts. DR.. Mock was
called and Ivy means of a spark plug
Il dlhN TIC CTdLhIIIB UP ITCdlIHSnI SOOJl
has the calf out Of danger.
ALEXANDRIA-Whfle employed at
the New Elm Spring Mennonite colony
in Hutchinson county. d. E. Belts, a
local nan found embedded in sand
stone the teeth of some large seaflsh,
which many claim are sharks teeth.
A number of teeth were found in some
rocks, while others contained none.
PIERRE-The immigration depart
ment has just received the consign-
ment of its 10000 copy edition Of a sta
| tistical book, printed in German, On
South Dakota and it's resources, which
will be largely distributed in the old
country, and among Germans through
out the eastern states.
YANKTON - At state democratic
headquarters in this city, State Chair.
man Caffy and a big force is kept busy
working on campaign material. The
utmost optimism prevails and thu
democratic stronghold believes 1t II
going to sweep the state this fall.
GARDEN CITY-Fire totally de,
stroyed the Milwaukee railroad depo'
here. 1t is supposed to have been start
ed by an oil lamp hanging on the out
side of the building either falling Of
being blown down and scattering burn.
ing Oil on the structure.
MOBRIDGE-That this county takes
good care of its poor is shown by a bill
submitted to the county commission
ers, which covered the cost of a hail
cut, Turkish bath and a massage fol
John Blum, the only county charge
the total cost being $3.75.
YANKTON-The city of Yanktol
has Just acquired, by purchase, for thu
sum of $4,000 the beautiful and fnel!
located Foerster's park, planted t
/ trees 40 years ago by a pioneer brewe
who gave his name to the park.
) MILLER-The city has let the con
tract for the new electric light build
5 ing to Frank Burke. 1t is to be OF ce
ment blocks and completed within 8
, days.
VOLGA-A peculiar insect, which ex
perts are unable to classify, Is doini
a great deal Of damage to trees her
a by entering the trunks and limbs an
sapping the vitality of the trees. Tn
insects appear to be increasing at al
alarming rate.
BIJOU HILLS-Within a brief pc
) Rod G. w. Farrand had the misfortun
I to lose two valuable horses from
e mysterious disease. One of the animal
= figured in a runaway with a binde
G some time ago that resulted in tn
s death of Miss Kitty Ames.
Z neutrality-suspicious. OF Publ