The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-02-22

Casualty Of New York., the
Delaware Fire Insurance company. ~
Philadelphia, and the Reliance Insurance.
company Of tho same place have decided
to abandon the South Dakota field after
the end Of the present insurance year on
March /. The Metropolitan withdraws be-
cause of the requirement OF the recent
deposit law that $4,000 in securities be
left with the state before license will be
granted for doing business In the state.
Tho Delaware company's risks nave been
reinsured by ms Firemen's Insurance
company of New York.
SPENCER-Strong competition between
bridge firms has evidently saved Geo
county q considerable sum. At q meeting
OF the board of county commissioner for
the purpose Of letting the contract for tho
1912 work. there were IA bids. the Standard
Bridge company, of Omaha. receiving the
contract for 1912 steel bridge work, while
the contract for concrete reinforced work
awarded to the WATERFOWL. 8. D..
Cement Product company. The price was
A per cent lower than for two years ago.
for the same material and same sized
bridges. The present county board or
commissioners is democratic.
BELLE FOURCHE-word has been re-
ceived from Canada from Garfield Mccoy.
the sheepman north OF here who last
month turned his sheep loose on the range
and disappeared. 1t was thought at the
time that Mccoy was insane, but it ap-
pears that he had notified the mortgages
Of the sheep that he was unable to stand
the severe winter any longer and was
forced to turn the animals loose and look
for a new location. He gave nearly all
his money to his wife n set out on
horseback, and on reaching Canada filed
on $40 acres OF land and expects to recover
his losses.
MILLER-The east and west proposed
automobile road across the state will re-
ceive encouragement here. The road IL
already graded half way across the coun-
ty and the other half is generally good so
that little work will nave to be done along
this line. West from here to Blunt the
railroad Is perfectly straight and as the
automobile road will follow along by 1t
there will be many races no u be-
tween the trains and the autos. There
have been such contests in the past be-
fore the roads were graded any.
SIOUX FALLs-Many residents OF
South Dakota are watching with interest
the progress OF the trial at st. Louis.
Mo-, of the suit involving the payment or
life insurance held by George A. Kimmel.
an Arkansas City, Kan. banker. who dis
appeared in Kansas City some years ago.
and who In many quarters Is believed to
have been murdered. It II not generally
known that Kimmel was for several years
a resident of South Dakota, but such 10
the fact. and man South Dakotans re-
member him well.
EAGLE BUTTE-Moses Emery, a well
known resident Of Eagle Butte, was sur
prised and pleased to receive a letter last
week from q brother from whom he had
not heard in Is years. The younger broth
er ran away from home in 1897. and the
family had given him up a. dead. Twelve
years ago the wanderer located at Middle
fork, ID, where he now owns q produc-
tive fruit farm and Is prosperous. Mr..
Emery was greatly r~etoiced at hearing
from his brother again.
PIERRE-wth the thermometer rang
ing as high as IS, the unusually heavy
snows of this winter have about disap-
peared except on tho lea side Of the hills.
The melting has extended over q weeks
time, and practically all the snow has
gone into the soil. The Missouri's Ice Is
becoming honeycombed and crossing Is
dangerous, though the interurban hacks
for Fort Pierre continue to cross. One OF
them is reported to nave broken through,
ARMOUR-Deputy United States Mar.
shall Jerry Carleton was an Armour WIS.,
itor this week and In connection with
Sheriff Luymes went into the ountry
and arrested a young man by the name
of Abel Perry, who is wanted In Omahs
on a charge of engaging in the white slave
traffce. Perry who Is also known al
George Marin and o. =. Mills was taker
to Sioux Falls where he was turned ovel
to the Nebraska authorities.
PIERRE-The farmers Of northern
d..-1o. oo,,nty - hoyin~ ~rAof dffiCYltx
preserving their hay for their own use
stanley county voted for the herd law
and 1t Is nominally in force. but hun
dreds of head Of cattle, ranging ordin
arily to the north Of the Cheyenne, hav'
been driven south int Stanley, wher'
they break down fences, destroy fields ant
pasture and steal hay In stacks and sheds
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. G. Keene, VIII
established the weekly Aberdeen Ameri
can, which was later made q daily paper
after 1t had been purchased OF Mr.. Keen
by T. L. Mckee and T. d. Potwin. ha
sold The Faith at Faith, n has come t
| Aberdeen to take a position as editoria
writer on the Daily American.
ANDovER-The grand master of tn
Masonic order in South Dakota has Gale
q district meeting of Masons at Andove
on February g, at which time the thre
Il II ~ No va - Ss.sA
In which the Masonic lodges at Webster
Groton, Langford and Andover will tax
part.
ABERDEEN-Although the village G
White, in Bookings county. has bee
without a saloon for nearly the whole G
it's corporate existence. the saloon ele
ment believe 1t has a chance to carr
the town for license this year.. Accord
ingly, the question will be submitted {
the voters at the spring election.
LEAD-Belng short OF cash. Arthu
Nicholson, a restaurant keeper here, CT
I'D some case knives and made slug
which he fed the gas meter in lieu {
quarters. The company objected to tn
kind Of payment and Nicholson Is servin
time in the county Jail for his offense.
ARMOUR-Indications all point to a
early spring. The snow is all gone an
the farmers are cleaning their seed graz
and o~verhauling their machinery prepar;
tory to spring work. Even the pin Ia
ducks are returning from their winter pi
grimage to southland.
WHITE OWL-The Engineering Coz
tracing Journal. supposed to be the mo
reliable magazine on railroad subject
SAYS that prospects are good for Il
Northwestern extending its line fro
Newell to this point this year.
MILLER-A branch organisation
militia here to be a part Of Company d
Highmore Is being perfected. Anoth'
branch has been started at Rec Height
When enough member are secured th'
will become companies.
ABERDEEN-The Royal Ncishbors
America will hold a district conventit
In Aberdeen on March Z. which will
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