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The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-14
AND WINNER
SECURE TAFT'S ORDER.
TO STAY PROCEEDING
Towns Appeal Directly
to President Taft Against
Transfer of Office.

Pierre, S. d., March 12.-The execution
Of the order transferring the land office
and point Of registration for Bennett
and Mellette county lands from Greg
DRY to White River appears to have
been stayed for the time being upon
an executive order. The residents along
the Northwestern's Trip county ex-
tension, including the people of Greg
DRY and Winner were much angered
at the action of the general land office
in transferring the filing point to White
River, TO which Murdo, on the Milwau-
kee, is the nearest railway point. thus
causing them to lose the large vol
ume of trade which h landseekers
would bring.
Last fall on the occasion Of President
Taft's visit to South Dakota, a good
sized party of Rosebud boosters drove
through the 100 miles OF sleet and mud
to Pierre, wearing rosebuds aJ1d white
hats to greet the president. They called
him out to the porch Of Congressman
Burke's home where he addressed
them, and he again mentioned their
long journey in his final speech the
next day.
These people appealed over the head
Of the department directly to the pres
ident, and he. remembering their trip
to meet him last fail, has at least tenn
porarily stopped the removal Of their
land office.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-14
Neus Brevities

OTTAWA, ONT.-Five persons were
killed and IL injured, two seriously,
yesterday, When a Canadian Pacific
passenger train was wrecked IN a COL
lision with a freight train between OF
tawa and Hull, Ont.
NEW YORK-Colonel Roosevelt was
notified yesterday that all requirements
Roosevelt supporters on the ballots at
the primaries here March &c to select
district delegates to the republican ma
tional campaign.
TELLURIDE, COLO.-Four are dead,
one is dying and four others were in
jured in a snowslide at Ophir loop, near
here, yesterday. The dead are foreign
ers employed in clearing a slide from
the Rio Grande Southern track, when
they were buried by q second slide.
LAWRENCE, MASS.-The average
increase of Z per cent in a prom
Used by the American Wooden company
to its striking employees will be equaled
by most of the other textile mills here.
Hitherto officials Of other mills have
announced only that the increase would
be at least 8 per
LONDON-After extended talks with
committees representing coal mine
owners n their strikin employees yes
terday, Premier Asquith invited repre-
sentatives Of both sides to hold a joint
conference with a view to a free dis
cussion of the whole situation"
DANVILLE, ILL.-Two dead and 80
injured, only a few, II any, Of them
fatally, 1t Is thought last night, are the
results OF the wreck near West Leba-
non, Ind. of the Wabash fast train.
ATLANTA. GA.-For the first time
since she was arrested in connection
with the shooting of their husband,
Mrs. Daisy Obie Grace yesterday
showed signs of breaking down under
the nervous strain. She expressed a
pending the result of Grace's wounds,
and no effort was made to agree upon
bond for her. Mr.. Grace's condition
showed a slight improvement and he
made his will. 1t is understood he made
his mother, Mrs. s. l.. Hill, of Newman,
Ga, sole beneficiary.
LANSING, MICH.-The senate yes
terday, by a vote Of 20 to IL, passed the
house bill which provides for a presi-
Dental preference primary to be held
in April to instruct national convention
delegates selected by the state V
ton. Under the constitution, however,
a two-th1rds majority is necessary to
give the bill immediate effect.
MERRITT, Il. Cor the 20 men in
the mine of the Diamondville Galleries
| company when q gas explosion occurred
Thursday, seven were killed, two in
| jured and IL rescued uninjured. The
| men who escaped death or injury were
in a level apart from the one in which
' the explosion occurred.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-14
MRS. WAR BONNET SEES
FlANCE SHOT AT SIDE

Pierre, S. D., March 12.-Francis
Charging Cloud, a Cheyenne river In
dian was fatally shot while standing
Bonnet. at the holne of the widow on
that reservation. War Bonnet died
about a year ago, leaving consid .
cradle property in cattle and horses
under the guardianship Of his brother,
Charging Cloud, with the understand
ing that he was to wed the widow,
which was agreeable to her. The match
was bitterly opposed by the bride-to-
be's parents. The shooting occurred
in the evening. Charging Cloud and
Mrs. Bonnet were standing at the rear
of the house when of a sudden a shot
was heard. Charging Cloud fell dead
and Mrs. Bonnet ran to the barn shout
ing Hes shot himself" Examination
of the corps showed this to have been
impossible, but the murderer has NOT
as vet been apprehended.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-14
PAGE FAMILY TROUBLES
CONCLUDE IN DIVORCE

Sioux Falls, S. D., March 1.-THE
granting by Judge Jones, of the state
circuit court, Of a divorce 10 Mrs. Mabel
NJ. Page from DR.. George r. Page, q
prominent and wealthy dentist of Sioux
Falls, is he sequel to the domestic
difficulties of the couple, which for
some time nave been a subject of Cos
sip in the city. The divorce was grant
ed on the grounds of cruel and inhu-
man treatment. The court also allowed
for herself and $25 additional for the
support of the child OF the couple, who
Is In custody of the mother. The father
was granted permission to visit the
child, and after it has reached the age
OF s years he may, IL he desires. have
the custody of it during the months Of
July and August Of each year DR..
Page was required to furnish q bono
guaranteeing the payment Of the
monthly alimony.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-14
wASHINGTON-Plans for Presiden.

WASHINGTON-Plans for President
Taft's trip to New England practically
were completed yesterday. The presi-
dent will make at least half a dozen
speeches in Boston and two in New
Hampshire, and will ride at the head
Of the st. Patrick day and the "Evacu'
alton day" parades in Boston. He will
speak In New Hampshire at Nashua
and Concord. He will leave Washing
ton On Sunday night, spend Monday In
Boston, Tuesday in New Hampshire
and probably be back in Washington
on Wednesday.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-14
SCHEME FOR COOP ROADS
WITHOUT GREAT EXPENSE

Pierre, S. D., March 1.-THE state
engineer has evolved a plan whereby,
II enacted into legislation, and the
proceeds devoted to road building,
great stretches Of the finest sort Of
good roads could be built in South
Dakota with no additional tax burden
upon the people whatsoever. 1t is an
adaptation Of Governor CAROLS Iowa
plan, to rent the vacant portion Of the
highways for agriculture and grazing
purposes. Governor Carroll. figuring
on a 20-foot road bed, has estimated
that the surplus land should have IN
annual rental value of nearly $1,000
600 in his state. Engineer Lea bases
his estimate on a 40-foot highway,
which, he says. is necessary to secure
the best possible road There are
about $4,000 miles Of public roads In
the state. Possibly the borders Of 50,-
900 miles of o could be titled or
pastured. This would make a total
Of 10000 acres Of surplus land, now
practically wholly waste and devoted
to weeds, the seeds from which infect
the neighboring titled land. A reason
able rental value Of 81 an acre would
produce about $165,000. The very
be constructed for 5000. That sum
would pay for $50 miles of the best
road on earth, or across the state and
half way back again. In 10 years it
could build first rate trunk lines in
every portion Of the state. The ma
chinerv c" our state school and public
lands department is all working in such
shape that with q little additional help
It could take care Of this work.
While in many places roads are
lined with bitches, in most OF the
prairie country the land could be
cropped to the edge Of the roadway
with little inconvenience and with
profit to the farmer. Frequently the
owner Of the adjoining land could be
induced to extend his operations to
the edge of the road.
Much Of the rougher Ian could be
devoted to sheep pasture, as is the
case in California, where Portuguese
sheep owners pasture large fiocks of
several thousand e IN the road
sides, continually driving and feeding
their herd around a 50-mile r~ectangle.
Engineer Lea plans to go over the
line of the Meridian road in South
Dakota as 500 as the weather per-
mits, n give good road talks at the
/ principal towns. He is also consider
Ing a trip owe the entire length, from
Winnipeg to Galveston, in company
with Joseph Mills Hanson. OF Yankton,
the state secretary of the ~organiza-
ion Mr.. Lea is the president Of the
International Meridian Road associa-
tion.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-14
ROMANCE GROWS OUT OF
FARMERS PAPER CONTEST

lola, Kan, Mach 11.-Love calling to
them from afar, resulted in the we'd
ding here Of Miss BERTHE Johnson. Of
Gas City. a suburb, to George +.
Lieski, of Arlington, s. d. Humm1ng
happily in the droning OF the sewing
machines at her work in an overall
factory, Miss Johnson dreamed of a
day when her world would not be shut
In by factory walls. She longed for
the open, for q life when every day
should not be the dreary routine Of
the shop.
An eastern farm paper, to which
she subscribed conducted a contest
in which a prize was offered for the
best 50-word description Of the
writer's surroundings. With only a
faint hope of winning, Miss Johnson
wrote a description of her little town.
A few weeks later she read with JOY
that she was one of the successful
contestants But that was not ala
greater prize was in store. The new
life hat she longed for opened out
for her. Away up in Arlington,
George F. Lieski, a bachelor, with a
we'll stocked farm, pined for compan-
ionship. He read Miss Johnson's let
ter. He fancied from her name she
might, too, have come from Sweden.
months letters travelled back and
forth. Then, one day Lieski started
for Kansas City with a shipment Of
potatoes. Disposing of his shipment
and with several thousand dollars I'm
his pocket he ran" down to Gas City,
met Miss Johnson and two days later
they were married. Now they are on
the way to Arlington to live happy
ever after.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-14

The united kingdom enjoys 80 COM
paratively few sunny days that every
hour of sunshine, during the year is
cherished. A sunshine trecprded is
~Nsaintained oh the isle of Wight, which
VI one of the sunniest places in the
British Isles, but 1T appears that the
crows have been interfering with 1t.
They gather about it in such fiocks and
use it for a perch so much that they
shade the sensitive instrument and thus
make them register cloudy weather
when it is really sunshiny. So a
scarecrow has been erected to keep
them away, and ii is reported to be a
success.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-14
STUDY OF DYNAMITE AS
ACCESSORY OF FARMER

Reliance, S. d., March IF. E.
Dickey, local agent for the c. M. g.
St. p, has SO subscribed to expert
menting with dynamiting land n or
der to loosen up h hard pan, so
water will penetrate to a greater
depth. While 1t has been tried. in
other states with success, II is some
thing new here. Mr.. Dickey is now in
correspondence with the Dupont
Powder company in regard to prices
for dynamite. Unless 1t should prove
o costly. some 20 acres will be ex-
perimented with.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-14

In proportion to its population, the
United States has much greater trans
p~ortaSsor facilities than Great Britain.
The ASea OF his country is "a times
that OF lhe united kingdom, while he
density of population is less than one
twelfth. Yet, in proportion 10 area,
this country has over two-hfths the
miles OF line and one-fourth the miles
Of track OF the united kingdom. In
proportion to population, the United
States has over five times the miles Of
line and three and o%ne-third times the
miles Of track of the united kingdom.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-14

A loyal conservative who .lanufac-
tured whisky sent a telegram to the
tariff reform league Of England saying
that he would contribute to the cause
(that is to the members Of the league)
1000 bottles Of whisky yearly for five
years If ona Law were elected party
leader. The telegram was somewhat
confused when 1t was received, IT
was understood amid great rejoicing
that the contribution was $4,000. When
the offer was correctly interpreted 1t
was not refused,
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-14

In a criminal case in a Louisiana
town on of the jurors held out stub
bornly. The remaining IL had quickly
reached an agreement, but no argu-
ment would move the 18th man. Final
ly, in disgust, when ordering dinner,
the foreman said: order IL dinners
and a bale OF hay"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-14

Atchison, Kan, possesses a very
thrifty young man. He was married
recently and already is complaining OF
the expense. do you know" he said
to a friend, my honeymoon made a
big hole In a S. BILL
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-14

A new theory to explain the rings
of Saturn is urged by Professor Birke-
land, of Christiania, who holds that
they are produced by electric radiation
from the planet, and are renewed,
SO to say, every instant
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-14
GAMBLING and CRIAE
WILL Be SUPPRESSED
With RIGID MEASURE
Rosebud Country Will Be Kept
Free'of Undesirables Dur
ing the Drawing.

Gregory. S. D., March 11.-FilinBs fol
homestead lands in Mellette ana Ben
nett counties will be received at White
River, commencing April 10. This inior'
nation was received in Gregory by d
telegram from Judge Witten.
1t is probable that the department
will conduct the fling by the same
methods as used in Trip county. ON
April Is q rertain number OF the Iucky
ones will be called, n the work con-
tinued each day until 1900 names nave
been accounted for, and then the work
will again be taken up in the fall and
the remaining list Of 4,00U names COM
pleted. In a short time the govern
ment will notify each successful draw
er the day and time when hiD number
will be called.
1t is estimated tina traffic over the
Milwaukee and Northwestern railroads
will be about equally divided and To-
Gators who expect to do an extensive
business will maintain Offices at Greg
DRY and Winner to catch the home
seekers who come over the Northwest
ern, and at Murdo for those who go by
the way of the Milwaukee route, while
1t will be necessary for all to have OF
fees at White River.
There Will be no gambling during the
filing for the Mellette county home
stead lands. This is positive n abso-
lutte. The department Eade 1T plain
to the White River delegation In WASH
ington that gambling would not be
countenanced. This was not neces-
sary, however, for citizens had thor
oughly made up their minds to nip
in the bud" any attempt of any oper-
ators in this direction. Local authori-
Al l.. n any
time, any assistance is needed. to call
upon the department and United States
deputy marshals will be sent imme-
diately.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-14

A woman So years old died a week
or two ago at Humboldt, la. She had
not been able since childhood to con-
verse in German. AS death drew near
she lost her English speech and talked
only In
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-14

An English engineer proposes a rail-
way from Port Said, Egypt, across
Arabia to the Persian gulf, and thence
through Persia to unite with the main
lines OF India. 1t would be 1900 miles
IN length.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-14

A combined colander and fruit press
invented by a Minnesota man has a
revolving blade which is screwed down
into the contents Of the utensil as a
handle Is turned.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-14

Old friends are best, but many a
woman deludes herself with the idea
that she is too young to have any old
friends.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-14

A man recently lead in New York
left a handsome estate to his wife, pro-
vided she did not talke the advice OF
her relatives "in any matters relating
to her finances or other affairs"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-14

Ernest Benzon, who, in 1887, won
considerable notoriety by gambling
away $250,000 within a year, becoming
known as h jubilee plunger, has just
died in London.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-14

For testing the dangers of mine gases
a delicate machine has been invented
in England which photographically
measures the duration Of the flash Of
an explosion. ~
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-14

To keep radium emanations from
getting out as well as burglars from
getting in. a safe built in England to
hold that metal has a lead lining three
feet thick inside steel walls of the same
thickness,
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-14

A simple faucet which can be
locked to prevent the misuse Of the
contents Of a barrel to which it is fast
ened has been devised by a Pennsyl-
vania inventor.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-14

Nettles by a new German process are
converted into a fiber which can be
combed. carded and spun like other
textile threads.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-14

Christmas island, IN the Pacific
ocean, is so named because Captain
Cook landed there on Christmas day,
1777.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-14

A machine to hold a drill by which
II may be sharpened by hand on an
ordinary milestone has been invented
in England.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-14

A tuning fork that Is not affected by
temperature, therefore is accurate un-
der all conditions, Is a French scien-
lists invention.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-14

Magnesium Is the principal ingredient
In a new alloy brought out in France
that weighs about t%wo-thirds as much
as cast aluminium.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-14

The Mexican oil fields at Tampico
produce more than 100, 900 barrels Of oil
each day, Of which 40, 900 are lost for
want of storage facilities.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-14

OIL engines have been used for some
time In submarines by the admiralties
Of all countries w England and the
United States.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-14

A new electric filter for household
use uses current only as water is
drawn through IL.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-14

II the land of England and Wales
were equally divided, there would be a
little more than an acre for each per-
son.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-14

Interesting tests III Germany have
shown that pens mad OF tantalum out
wear those made of steel or gold.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-14

The metropolitan water board of
London supplies more han $50, 000, 900
gallons Of water.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-14

There was a striking falling off of
the natural increase OF the population
Of England and Wales last year.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-14

TIE hardest thing 9, doctor has to dc
is {, cure a woman who has nothing
the~maiter with her.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-14

There IRE times when Cupid is so
busy thai, he has to palm off some cold
ste Esg5 = e en- his customers.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-14

Every man a some good in him,
but sometimes 1t takes a lot Of coaxing
to bring II out.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-14

Why should they be called the fair
sex when they take our hearts by
OtoSm3
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-14
BOHEMIAN IMMIGRANT
CONFESSES TO THEFT

Wagner, >. d., March w tears
streaming down his face and his body
shaking with sobs, Borus Slaba, a
young Bohemian. who had been In this
country only a couple of weeks, con-
fessed to the charge Of stealing $3.50
from his cousin, a well to do farmer
who he had been staying with since
his arrival in this country. At his pre-
liminary hearing before Justice Kab-
erna, Slaba went on to tell the justice
that he was a poor young man, with
out money Or friends and could no
talk the English language, and knowing
Of the place where his relative was In
the habit Of keeping his money, he had
seized the chance Of taking it while
members Of the family were absent
After getting the money he immediate
ly started to Wagner on foot. The po-
lice Of Wagner were notified over the
phone and Slaba was arrested the fol-
lowing morning as he was about to
board an east bound train. About all
the money was found on his person.
He was bound over to the circuit court
and will probably be sentenced at once
by Judge Trip who is holding an ad-
%journed term at Geddes this week.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-14
GEDDEs PARsoN FOUND
IN DISHONEST DEALS

Geddes. S. D., March 12.-Charges Of
dishonesty and immortality have been
preferred against the Rev. John Gar
retson. former pastor of the Congrega-
tiona church Of this place, by Amos
Bowles, a member Of the church. Some
thing over a year ago Rev. MI. Garrett
son was called to the p%astorate Of the
Congregational church Of this place
from a church in Nebraska. on good
recommendations. But he had not been
In town a great while before it was dis
covered that he was playing fast and
loose In money matters, running in
debt at every store and never paying
anything he could get out of. Stories
duct and conduct unbecoming a minis
ter. Last April Garretson was prac-
tically forced to resign. and when he
attempted to move his household goods
they were attached n sold at public
auction. The members OF the church
here were not at first inclined to press
the charges against him, until il was
that he was attempting to
work the same game in the p~astorate
where he is 10Y located in Missouri.
Formal charges were therefore made
by Mr.. Bowles, accompanied by proofs
and laid before the Springfield Associa-
ton OF Congregational Churches and
Ministers OF Missouri. This body will
take action at it's next meeting next
month. 1t is understood that the Con-
gregational ministers Of the state are
standing with Mr.. Bowles In his move
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-14
UTTERER OF WORTHLESS
CHECKS Is APPREHENDEE

sioux Falls, $. D., March 12.-AfteI
a search Of more than "a year under the
direction of States Attorney Martir
Bergh and Sheriff Kelley, of this city
an individual named Charles N. Cor
don has been traced to Peoria, ILL.,, ant
arrested there on instructions from the
South Dakota officers. Sheriff Reiley
has left for Peoria TO bring the prisoner
bach to Sioux Falls, where he is wanted
OF the charge Of passing worthless,
checks. Gordon consented to return &c
South Dakota without requisition pa.
pers. Gordon at one time ran a res.
taurant in Sioux Falls. After placins
chattel mortgages on practically all Of
his property, and passing two checks
one for SIS and the other for $50. which
now are alleged to have been worthless
he on the night of January Z, 1911, dis
appeared. Six smaller worthless
checks will also figure In the case.