The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-05-23
DAKOTA STATE News

q number of valuable horses and cat
tie. The wells also are believed to
have reaped their toll in IN lie.
A homesteader living near Faith, VINO
mysteriously disappeared, Is believed
to have fallen into one of these wells
and lost his life. Not the slightest
race of him has been found.
HOT SPRINGS-Roy e. Weatherly,
who was shot while beating his way,
near Edgemont, on a Burlington train,
is expected to die of his wounds. The
ball entered his abdomen. piercing the
intestines in seven PLACES. Railroad
officials and civil authorities both de-
hours elapsed before. he was brought
here for relief. Weatherly was a
member of a gang ot.tramps who were
beating their way m 1t Is claimed the
bullet was fired by one Of the train
men. .... +.
RAPID CITY-Through the disap-
pearance OF Iarnes Drysdale. the prin-
cipal witness for the prosecution In
the wolf bounty fraud case against
+. r. X. Hewlett, the case has been
Indefinitely postponed. Drysdale, who
out Of sight and Is thought to be
headed for Canada. For the same
eason h other cases against Auditor
John Fall and Deputy Auditor David
Fall, charged with having obtained
money under false pretenses, were
continued,
STURGIS-Frank Hanna, a prisoner
at Fort Meade, made his escape" last
evening, while working under guard.
Hanna struck his guard on the head,
rendering him unconscious and badly
on at the time of his escape, took the
guards pistol and rife. No trace %
Hanna has been found, but the au-
thorities are securing the country.
Hanna escaped from the guard hou
last month, but was recaptured.
SIOUX FALLS-WhiIe engaged in
breaking prairie with a four-horse
team, Van Denway brothers, living in
Aurora county. lost a $500 team OF
horses in a peculiar manner the
driver was driving he four horses
through q water hole when n OF
the animals trtpped and fell. This
caused the other three horses to fall
also, and the four animals became
entangled in a heap. the W at h
bottom Of the heap being drowned.
WHITE oWL-Mail Carrier Bob
Cox, on the star route between this
place and Wasta, Is testing a new
/. n. C. auto truck this week to see II
It can be made to work satisfactory
over the Belle Fourche river and Elk
creek breaks. Should he decide to
keep the machine, 1t will enable him
to max the round trip to the railroad
and back in a day or less. sr'
BoNESTEEL-The patrons OF the
schools in Bonesteei are highly
wrought up over the action Of the
school board at its meeting yesterday,
when 1t rejected the application OF
superintendent w. G.. Harpster for a
.S, - Aka nnrfront fnH onnfhaR
year. Indignation Is running high. Two
members. Alexander and Flisram, are
being roundly ~censured-
MILLER-The old soldiers this year
turned over the arrangements and
management of Memorial day to the
citizens. A program has been made
I'D and the memorial services will be
on May 26. with a sermon by Rev. J.
II. Kearton, Of the Methodist church.
The Decoration exercises will be May
30, with H. ]. Bushfield and F. r.
Fisher as orators.
BONESTEEL-This city is to have
a third newspaper, and the first issue
is announced for next week. 1t will
be democratic politically, and fathered
by w. A. Lamson, an old time news
paper man, and p. j. Donohue, a
prominent democrat and candidate for
the legislature. 1t will be called the
Gregory County Leader. =.
ELK POINT-The revetment work
on the Missouri river, w and a half
miles west of town, was commenced
this week.. About 20 men are employed
repairing the riprap and protecting
the wing put in by the government a
few years ago This wing was ONE
what damaged by the ice gorge this
spring.
WHITE OWL-Oil burning locomo-
tives are to be placed on the Pierre
and Rapid City line of the Northwest
ern, and five of them are now being
fitted up for this service. The COM
pany has been experimenting with
these engines on the Chadron line and
has found them satisfactory.
TYNDALL-The local gun club is
arranging for a shooting tournament,
to be held on the grounds of the club
on July 80, and in which all the gun
clubs of this part of the state will
participate. The local club has re-
Gently become affiliated with the ma
Gonal association.
TABOR-The commencement If
damage suit as h result Of Mrs.
Carda, an aged women OF this place,
being knocked down and trampled by
q vicious COW has been averted by the
owner of the animal paying Mrs. Carda
$3.50 in full settlement of the injuries
sustained by her.
CLEAR LAKE-Rt. Rev. Thomas
O'Gorman, of Sioux Falls. Catholic
bishop of South Dakota, will visit Clear
Lake on Monday, June 10, for the pur-
pose of administering confirmation to
a large class. Elaborate preparations
are being made for the visit OF the
bishop.
SALEM-At a meeting Of the men,
bers Of the Sun Prairie Swedish Bap-
tist church, situated in a wealthy Swe-
dish community near here, it wae de-
cided to invite the Swedish Baptist
| conference of South Dakota to hold its
annual meeting here next year.
OLIVET-It has been decided by the
business men and other residents to
have a rousing Fourth Of JMly cele-
bration. The Commercial club will
have charge OF arrangements.
MILLER-The Popel ranch of 1,4S0
acres, southwest OF this town, was
| sold this week to Nebraska parties for
$51, 500. The place Is improved.
MELLETTE-As the result OF a
meeting held by a number Of local
| fans a baseball team has been placed
in the field.
WENTWORTH-A postal savings
/ department will be added to the local
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