The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-08-29
DAKOTA STATE NEWS

son, vice president. Robert Borne; Sec
rotary, Clifford Force. The organiza-
ton will secure the enforcement OF law,
especially during the present dry" PEI
Rod which prevails here. A standing
reward OF $50 has been offered for the
conviction of hose who sell liquor
within the town limits. aa
MARTIN-Joseph Horn Cloud, q
Sioux Indian. who Is one of the few
survivors of the bloody battle OF
Wounded Knee creek, has returned
from Louisville, KY, where he went as
a delegate to the annual meeting OF the
Catholic congress Of America. He Is
been honored. Horn Cloud is an edu-
Gated Indian and has long been promi-
nent in the work Of the Catholic church
among his people. #
RAPID CITY-Arrested near Alzada,
Mont, Pryce Ryther and Fred Berry,
two local youths, are now out on $1,-
900 bonds, charged with horse stealing.
The horses belonged to ]. H. Gale. OF
the First National bank, and c. T!
missed the boys disappeared and we're
traced to Montana, where Sheriff
Hewitt had them arrested p
MITCHELL-A big sale Of land al
auction near Kimball resulted in the
bringing of good prices for the man
ner OF selling. There were more than
1000 acres in the tract sold and an Inn
mense crowd was present. A bunch
Of $50 acres brought An average Of
for $32. The owner considered 1t too
low n bid 1t in at $50 per acre. Two
other quarters sold for $40 per acre,
BLUNT-within "a hours after I'D
Quinn, a local stock feeder, had closed
q deal for 400 acres OF a In what is
known as the Big Bend Of the Mis-
souri, river, on which he intended to run
q bunch Of cattle during h winter, a
prairie fire swept over the tract n
wholly destroyed the abundant growth
Of grass, which would have made excel
lent winter feed.
MITCHELL~Work on paving Main
street is being carried forward n the
greatest part of 1t will be completed
in time for the corn palace, so the
streets q be used. Fifty posts for In.
stalling the new lighting system fol
Main street arrived today and these
will be set up Immediately SO that the
illumination will be exceptionally hne
%MITCHELL-The city schools will
open Monday next, a week earlier thar
most of the schools Of the state, Or
account Of he weeks vacation that Il
given during corn palace. The board
has found 1t advantageous to get II
at least a month of school before thu
palace opens. by which time the schoo
will be in fairly good running order
observation-disclosures Fridkey wa
drowned in the lake at lake Benton
Mimi, while sailing a boa containing
four Brookings young women A sud
den squall swung the boat around
throwing him into the water. Although
he swan for some distance, the boa
could not be returned quick enough
to save him. The body was recovered
YANKTDN-Fred Schwenk is the 20
SCISSOR Of a fine rattle obtained from
full grown rattlesnake he killed in thu
city, about the same time Mrs. e. M
Coates killed on Third, street a verl
large prairie snake. Since these TIVE
incidents, Yankton people are all seeing
snakes. The snakes may have es
capped from a carnival show here.
PIERRE-The bureau Of immigra'
ton has Just received a large number
Of maps of South Dakota from thu
presses Of Rand, Mentally & Co. Be
sides the map itself, there Is on thu
back OF the folder a great deal Of valu'
able information concerning the re-
sources OF the STATE. The map folder
Is sent to inquirers free Of charge.
PARKER-The 18th. annual reunion
of the Pioneers Association of Bor
f1uIlIle SOulLy VIII DC uSlu III dull
Homme on Wednesday, August %
1912. Nothing but a monument marks
the site OF the old town which was tht
scene OF the first settlement In tht
state. The program is thronged with
interesting features.
WHITE 0wL-w. A. Derrick has
resigned as manager OF the Greenwood
Lumber coLnpany's yard n store al
Red Owl, and In the future they will
- .,H ~, yT HNhk,roSoa No Onnnnn-
tion with his general store. Clarence
Bowling, general manager Of the COM
Many, made the transfer this week.
CUSTER-The fact that the city OF
Custer is out of its swaddling clothes
is revealed when II is taken into con
sideration that the Custer Chronicle, o
weekly newspaper, has just started on
It's $50 year. It is one OF the Oldest
newsp1 pers in either North or South
Dakota.
STURGIS-Owing to the fact that
the small" grain crop Is so much
heavier than at first anticipated, there
is a shortage of binding Irvine In
Sturgis. One firm reports 1t was
forced to decline an order for 1000
pounds as we'll as several smaller
orders.
MITCHELL~John A.. Blenkiron has
purchased ground in III business dis
trict and will ommence n erection
Of a three story building thereon In
the course Of n week. Mr.. Blenkiron
10 just finishing a three story build
ing on Main street.
KIMBALL-The city council has
granted to a syndicate of local men
a franchise for an electric light sys-
tenn. The contract also has been
awarded for the laying Of new water
mains in connection with the city wa
ter works. .
ARTESIAN-Grain shipments are in
creasing rapidly. Thus far about 20
carloads Of the new crop have been
shipped and the shipments are increas-
ing daily, with the prospect OF a rec
ord breaking run so days from now.
ARLrNGTON-In accordance with
the result of a special election, when
bonds in the sum Of $40, 200 were voted
for q municipal electric lighting. sys
tenn, steps will al nee be taken to
start the enterprise.
GREGORY-John A. Ross, q pron1i-
nen democratic newspaper man. for
some years publisher of the Public at
Sioux Falls, will take charge OF the
Gregory County Democrat, published
In this city.
TRENT-The stockholders Of the
farmers elevator, which h been in
existence here for some years, have
decided to retire from business and
the elevator has been sold to Roy I'm
derwood.
MIC STnNyr boho has hean