The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-03-06
DAKOTA STATE NEWS

water. The promoters in both counties
have been ready to begin work whenever
1t appeared to them that they would have
the right to proceed with the sinking OF
the artestan wells. The county commits
sioners are said to be in sympathy with
the work and will help. ~" +Ea
CASTLEWOOD-A Jury in the Hamlin
county circuit court, after a sensational
trial lasting several days, has returned a
verdict awarding Mrs. Martha Lteck,
wife of Arthur Lueck. a Judgment OF "a
600 and costs against william Lueck q
brother of her husband. The PLAINTIFF
sought to recover damage in the sum of
$4,000 for Islander, the filing OF the suit
being the elimination Of a family SQUAD
BILE which kept the neighborhood In \
state Of excitement for some time.
MADISON-At a meeting OF the Liquor
Law Enforcement. league the light
against the wet interests of this city,
which is sure to come up at the spring
election. was formally i~naugurated. Al
ready. the petition calling for a vote on
the question under the local option law Is
being circulated and from all indications
enough signe's will be on the list to as
sure a vote. ..r .
Observation-Disclosures of the bust
ness section do not look with favor upon
the new electric headlights. When en-.
gines are standing attached to trains at
the depot the headlights cast their rays
directly up a business strie.. The intense
flood of light blinds the eyes of the PEG
pie approaching the depot, and frequent
ly causes them to stumble on the tracks
or other distractions.
HIGHMoRE 49, The Boy Scouts have
adopted a new savings bank scheme that
is working we'll. One of the members han
baan anpninfa3 tran Surep and other mpm-
beers can at any time deposit with him
any sum from / cent to 81. The saw
inss fund is deposited by the treasurer In
a bank, where the money draws interest.
DEADwOOD-At the top of an electric
light pole Jack Johnson, a lineman, fell
dead of heart trouble. His fellow work
men thought he had been electrocuted and
shut off the current for the whole city
in order to extricate his body from the
wires. Physicians worked hours before
they learned the cause of his death.
WEBSTER - While playing with
matches and some birthday candles that
had been given her In ono of her birth
day anniversary, Carol Anderson, a little
Webster girl, set fire to her hair. She was
severely but not dangerously burned be-
fore her parents succeeded In extinguish-
ing the flames.
FIEftIE-lne MeTCndntS bullulbS as
ISOLATION, of Rapid City, has been char
tered by Peter Sweeney, George II. Ran
dali and Ed Stenger, the former two of
Rapid City and the latter OF Hermosa,
Custer county, with a capital stock of
500, 900. They will conduct and manage a
bank and office building in Rapid City.
,LENNox-The home of Mr.. and Mrs,
Andrew DeVries, some miles from here.
was the scene of a triple wedding. The
principals in the unusual event were:
William DeVries and Miss Flora High
street, John DeVries and Miss Lena Hill
brands. and Henry F, Highstreet and
Miss Minnie DeVries.
GREGORY-The Free Methodists will
hold q quarterly conference here this
week, commencing this evening n con-
tinuing over Sunday. Rev. Mr.. Macelfresh,
of Lincoln, district superintendent. will be
In charge of the conference. Ministers
from all over the district are expected to
be present. -
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS are being
made for extensive building when spring
opens. A number OF dwellings and
several business houses will be erected in
FlandreaA while the farmers of the sur
rounding region also will make extensive
improvements in the building line.
ABERDEEN-R. c. Rasmussen, who re-
Gently closed out his grocery store here,
has signed a contract to travel with the
Royal Male quartet as first tenor. The or
ganization is one Of the leading choral
companies, and will open the season this
spring with a six weeks tour in New
York state.
WEBSTER-H. F. Denton, one of the
publishers OF the Reporter and Farmer,
at Webster. s. D., and a prominent South
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point Of death at his home at Webster.
Mr.. Denton has been suffering from
Bright's disease for a number of years.
BRUCE-Max Royig, the 12-year-old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Ole Rovig, living some
miles from here, was badly hurt as the
result OF being kicked in the head by a
horse. Is His skull was cracked. He is
supposed to have been reaching for a
line when the horse kicked him.
HURON-In response to the urgent re-
quest of members, r. w. Clark, of this
city, chairman of the democratic state
committee, acting under the provisions
Of the new primary law, has called a
of the committee to be held in
Pierre on Tuesday, March f.
WHITE OWI-The Brushie Blade, pub
Iished at Brushie. which is about 20 miles
northeast of here, suspended publication
With the issue OF this week. the SubScrlp-
ton list has been transferred to the White
Owl Oracle, and the subscribers will re-
ceive that paper. @ ,
BELLE FOURCHE-Angered because a
catsup bottle was broken over his head,
Kee Sing, a Chinese re~staurateuT, shot
and mortally wounded John Hilton, of
this place. The men had previously quar-
relied when Hilton elected Sing from a
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HETLAND--A committee has been APP
pointed by the city council to purchase
new equipment for the fire department.
Chemical engines will be among the
things added. The next Improvement will
the securing of an electric light
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DoLAND-One Of the boys on the Bell
farm near here was attacked by a vicious
COW and badly hurt before he could be
rescued. A chunk of flesh was torn out
OF one of his legs Inc his face was badly
bruised.
P~IERRE-The Pierre high school bas-
ketban team played Rapid City and was
defeated ~ to IL. They expected, defeat,
recently the Rapid City teanf-came to
Pierre n proved a superior organiZa-
ton. g..
TRIPP-New officers OF the volunteer
fire department are: Chief. Theo. Schliess-
mann; assistant chief, Jacob Bujer. 1t
was decided. to hold the annua ball on a