The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-14
DAKOTA STATE NEWS

How EN-The town council Is discussing
the advisability of establishing fire limits
and thereby preventing the erection of
buildings in the business district which
are not fireproof.
PTERRE-The Hartford Life Insurance
company. of Hartford. Conn. which with.
drew from the South Dakota field in 1909.
has again made application to do business
In the state.
CORSICA-Local capitalists have pan.
chased a site and 1t is reported are pre-.
pairing to install an electric light plant
something which Corsica has badly need
ed for some time.
KADOKA-All the dams which were
constructed in this vicinity last sumne
now are full of water from melting snow.
and VIII furnish the homesteaders an
abundance of water for all purposes.
LEAD-The city council has decided to
have the business streets lighted by
cluster lights. There will be 1856 Of these,
of 80 candlepower each, assuring that Lead
will be one Of the best lighted cities in
the Black hills.
WESSINGTON-A well with remarkable
features has been struck on the Schimhe
farm. some miles from here. 1t is II drilled
well and at a depth of only $50 feet a
strong flow of water was struck. II being
the shallowest flowing well ever struck in
this part of the state.
WHITE OWL-Summer-like weather
ended here last night when one OF the big
gest SHOWS of the season fell, being one
foot to IS inches in depth on the Level.
1t Is as light Gs feathers and should the
wine arise a little a bad blizzard would
materialize at our doors.
WITTEN - Officers arrested Thomas
Dawes o n a warrant charging him with
cattle stealing. It is charged Dawes drove
off three head Of cows and three yearling
calves, the property Of Joe Maulis a
homesteader. Dawes was placed in Jail to
await a preliminary hearing.
YANKTON-Emil Bauer, son OF a con-
ductor of the Willmar-Yankto run OF
the Great Northern, was held to circuit
court here on the charge of turning a
switch In the Great Northern yard the
night Of March 1. AS circuit court con-
venes next week the case will be tried
then.
ABERDEEN - The Home Industry
league Of the Commercial club has an
nounced its intention of holding an ex-
hibition of Aberdeen made products In this
city about the second week in April for
the purpose Of showing the Aberdeen pub
lie what Is really manufactured here and
what Is not.
COLOME-Ofhcial notice has been re-
ceived here from the postoffice depart
UlCllt III ti"t oh <h"s a t'AA
new rural free mail delivery routes will
be established from Colome. These with
those already in operation will make
Colome the center of the greatest rural
delivery service in Trip county.
WHITE OWL-The First state bank
has made arrangements to nave a copy OF
the tax list for townships Z, s and 9,
ranges 10, IA and Is. 1t is now being pre-
pared at Sturgis, and should be here the
1a.t 90 n zoo @ onnn nc fhnx. "
received, 1t will be possible to pay taxes
at White Owl instead of writing to the
county treasurer for the amount.
MITCHELL-Bore Boreson, a wei!
known farmer living southeast OF this city.
was instantly killed while hauling a load
Of hay. On returning from the field with
his wagon loaded Mr.. Boreson in some
way fell from the wagon into the road,
and the two wheels passed ov.r his head,
crushing 1t and killing him instantly.
DEADwOOD-while taking testimony
in a case in court, George w Inglis,
court stenographer for the Eighth judi
cial district and well known in tine west
ern part of the state. was stricken with
paralysis and was at once removed to
St. Joseph's hospital here. where he Is
In a critical condition. Mr.. Inglis has not
been in the best of health for some time.
PIERRE-State Engineer Lea is urging
the adoption by South Dakota of the Wis
consin bridge Law, whereby 1t Is unlaw-
full for any road district to construct any
bridge, culvert or drain, exceeding four
feet in width, except by approved stand
ard engineering plans: ana they must be
made capable Of carrying a load of Is
tons without planking. Good bridges 60
a long WAYS toward making good roads.
NORTHyILLE-R. ]. Holland, a pro-
g~ressive farmer living near town, had
such good success as the result of expert
ments with alfalfa last season that he
will this spring sow 20 acres to alfalfa.
He sows the alfalfa in rows three feet
apart and cultivates like corn. For one
acre of alfalfa he last season secured $50
worth Of seed and three tons of hay, the
aggregate, price received for the product
being much more than the value Of the
land.
yesterday afternoon almost entirely de-
stroyed the treatment plant Of the Mogul
Mining ompan at Puma, near here.
The mill was an old one. remodeled four
years ago, and has been handling 400 tons
Of ore daily. The loss Is about $3.50. CN,
fully covered by insurance. Two hundred
men are thrown out OF employment. The
company is controlled by Pittsburgh cap
itGlists, the general manages being J. "
N. Dorr, of Denver, Colo.
PIERRE-The Chicago, Milwaukee, & ST.
Paul Railway Co. will take q test case
OF South Dakota double damage" law to
the Omitted States supreme court. The
case in question is one brought by c. b.
Kennedy, of Canton. against the road for
damage to meadow land by fire. In which
the company contested the claira for dam
ages, and being won by Kennedy. Under
the law the assessment OF damages
against the company was made at double
the amount sued for. Kennedy secured
judgmen in the lower court, won out on
appeal to the supreme court Of the state,
which tribunal q few days ago denied an
application for rehearing asked by the
railway company, and now the road will
carry the case to the United States su-
preme court.
PIERRE-A number of new corpora
lions were commissioned today: The MI
tual Grain company. OF Canton. with {
A. Reynolds and j. a. Carpenter incor'
porators: the Western Grain and Lumber
company, Of Lennon, E. j. Watson, sec
rotary; the National Alabaster company,
at Hot Springs, with r. H. Perry, the
we'll known brick and plaster man IN
charge; the Northwestern Cement Silo
company at Roscoe, by w. L. McCaffer-
ty and c.. ". Christen. and the Amer!'
can Brokerage company, of Deadwood. by
N. T.. Mason. J. M. Hodgson and G. A