The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-04-18
DAKOTA STATE NEWS

SNssA q IA 1850
pointment of a committee on perman-
ent organization and officers, and the
report of this committee was made
here, followed by the election of TIE
following officers: l.. Il. Skiff, Brook
ings, president; d. ]. Arnold. Belle
Fourche, vice president; &. Dressed
hugs, Aberdeen, secretary and treas
urer.
MITCHELL-The state oratorical
contest of the Intercollegiate prohibi-
ton league was held at washington
Springs Wednesday evening n Da-
kota Wesleyan of this city was repre-
scented by Rev. Walter McClarinon. He
was awarded first place by the judges
and will represent the state In the nine
state central oratorical league at Red
Wing, Mimi, MAY 10, which will select
an orator for the national contest. Sell
mer Berge, Of Augustana college Of
Canton, was given second place. Five
colleges are represented.
WHITE OWL-Wiley Pharis returned
a few days ago to his Sulphur creek
ranch, after an extended visit at his
old home in the south. He was ac-
companied by Guy Edwards and Gren-
berry Murphy, two of his old n~eighbors
who expect to become residents OF this
section. These gentlemen, as well as
Wiley and his brother, Emmett, are well
acquainted with the Allen boys, who
have attained so much notoriety OF late
in connection with the shooting OF the
judge and several other persons at
Hillsville, N. G.
MITCHELL-The city council has
advertised for bids for the paving Of
Main street a distance Of eight blocks
and half block east and west of Main
street up to and including Fifth street.
The bids will ha Ooanal Nav q Com
crete paving is to be used throughout.
Bids will also be opened on the same
date for laying water mains and dig
ging sewers. 1t is expected the city
will expend about $45,0 900 in this work
this summer.
PlERRE-The land department sold
500 acres Of land in Lake county for
$43,G0 or S53.75 per acre. At the time
of the constitutional convention 25
years ago, it was argued that there
were only a few school sections in the
state that would sell for more than the
minimum price of $40 per acre, one Of
these sections being very close to the
townsite Of Madison City In Lake our
ty.
FLANDREAU-The members Of the
local Civic league at their annual
meeting elected the following officers
for the coming year: President. Mary
As ihhoSCii, NiSS u ". "a
Bennett. Mrs. L. NJ. Hardin, Mrs.
Thomas Kelley; secretary, L. T.
Krause; treasurer, Mrs. A. ]. knight;
auditor Mrs. George Rice.
PIERRE-The 22nd annual report of
the state railway commission has been
received from the printers and is ready
for distribution. 1t contains a complete
statement of the work OF the board for
the past year. including a list Of
ltnanona xya -.1 D-.., l,A-sI-l
accounts Of the workings OF the differ
ent railway companies.
PIERRE-The state auditor is send
Ing out the railway blanks to the
different companies operating in South
Dakota. In which they are required
to give a detailed account Of their
valuation for each civil division for
the guidance of the state board of
equalization in levying their annual as
sessment.
SALEM-The managers of the Coun-
ty Fair association have decided to
have a republican and a democratic
oay during the annual county fair this
summer, when prominent speakers of
the two parties will be invited to be
present n make addresses. Otherwise
the fair will be n~on-political as hereto
fore.
HETLAND-H. E. Jackson has be-
come proprietor OF the local hotel and
after 1t has been thoroughly Overhauled
will open it to the public. Another
change in local business circles Is the
purchase by Burton z. Lee, late Of Ar
ington, OF the drug business of DR..
e. III. Grove.
MITCHELL-The baseball fans have
organized a team for the summer sea-
son and will have their first workout
with the university this afternoon. j.
r. Wells was elected president: J. M.
feeling, manager; A. f. Scharnweber,
secretary and treasurer; Steve Meter,
captain.
ABERDEEN-Ira Kruger, formerly
alderman from the First ward, fell from
a 12-foot ladder while engaged in de-
molishing the old Milwaukee round
house, for which his firm has the con-
tract, and was painfully injured, e
eral ribs being sprained and muscles
torn.
VERMILLION-Work on the new
court house at this place is being
pushed as RAPIDLY as possible with a
large force of men at work.
OLDHAM-So great has been the
growth in population that at the pres
ent time there is not a single vacant
dwelling house in Oldham.
PIERRE-E. w. Fiske, of Redfeld,
and Major C. Boyd Barrett, Of Aber-
deem, have both filed their petitions
with the secretary of state as candi-
dates for the democratic nomination
for congress from the Second district.
PIERPONT-The present corps of
high school teachers has proven so sat-
isfactOry that the local board Of edu-
cation a by a unanimous vote de-
cided to retain them for the coming
school year.
PIERRE-The first of the petitions
filed for a vote OF the senatorial pri-
mary preference at the primaries in
this state next Jun is that of Robert
j. Gamble, who asks for his return to
Washington.
CHANCELLOR-At a special cleo
ton to be held here on April "A the
voters will have submitted to them the
proposition OF issuing bonds of $4,000
for the construction of a new school
building.
three years pastor of the First Baptist
church here, has rendered his resigna-
ton to take effect Tune /. when he will
depart for Ohio to be near an invalid
brother.
STURGIS-Three prisoners broke out
OF the guard house at Fort Meade q
Few days ago but their period Of lib
erty was short, as they were re-
captured at Dcadwood the mex day.
HOT SPRINGS-The first rain of
the season began here last evening.
Every prospect is favorable to the best
crop year ever experienced in the
southern hills.
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