The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-05-08

J ceeds o. s. Basford az insurance com.
\ missioner about September 1, has ac-
cepted the position of deputy fire mar
shall. He Will know that portion OF
! the insurance business from the I'M
side before taking his other position.
Basford will remain in the office until
=, early autumn. -* &- "t&. ~.
! MILLER-pVessington recently ship
ped in one day $3.50 600 worth of eggs.
} One dealer here alone in one day paid
+; out $1S7.4T for cream. Dairying and
| poultry raising are both receiving a
| great deal of attention all along this
l line. each CT the towns shipping large
quantities of cream n eggs each
! week.
MEADOW-Oscar Bereen has been
losing cattle from a mysterious disease.
( Four valuable cows have died and sew
eral Others are sick. The animals
sicken and die in a few days and upon
examination the lining of the stomach
Eappears to be eaten away in places.
PIERRE-The Lane Mortgage COM
pany, of Dallas. with a capital stock
of $50, 900. has been Incorporated by
Ray Lane, Win A. Lane. of Dallas, and
Il. l.. Bower, of Guthrie Center, Ia.
The company will do a general loan
n mortgage business In Dallas.
! ALPENA-The annual convention Of
LlIG W. -. l.. w. 1OI IDS EOuFlk uLSIElCl.
which has just been held here. was a
well attended and successful gather
ing. The district is composed OF Au-
rora. Hanson, Buffalo, Sanborn, Brule,
! Dawson n JerauId counties.
! MILLER-The rural mail carriers are
having such an increased a. business
since the parcels post went into effect
that they sometimes have TO leave
! packages until the next trip. Some
IA arc intending fn nnlnrDn their
wagons. 1885,
! LAKE PRESTON-Thfs place needs
a new hotel. and If some outside CAPT
talist does not take advantage of the
opportunity to erect il. IL is probable
, the business men. will form a stock
, company for the erection of the struc-
,ture. .
i PUKWANA-The business men. as
the result Of several recent meetings.
have organized a Booster club. The
following officers were elected: Presi-
dent, II. Fl. S~hephard; secretary, r. E.
Bickle; treasurer. Harry Sanborn.
REDFIELD-A shower every other
day has been the record here for some
time past. Many fields sowed before
the snow storm a month ago are now
entirely green and everything looks
propitious for a good season.
PLANTATION Preparations are
being made for a chautauqua for the
week commencing Tune ~. Some ex-
cellent talent has been promised by the
Redpath C~hautauqua bureau, which
has the matter in charge.
{ WEBSTER-The Webster CONNER
Cial club has raised a budget fund to
meet all public subscription purposes.
The sum of 81, 207. so has been raised
n it is probable this sum will be
materially increased.
WAKONDA-Funds 10 the amount
Of more than $500 have been Secured
by popular subscription for the pur-
chase Of land to be fitted up for a
public park.
Observation-Disclosures Coolidge
won first place in the eighth grade
I decIamatory contest in which II mem
bers took part.
.HOWARD-The baseball meeting
which was held here was an enthusi-
astic AFFAIR. Representatives were here
from Madison, Letcher, Woonsocket,
Atresian, Washington Springs and
Winfred. The initial steps were taken
for the orga nization of a league com
posed Of the local club and the above
named towns, A meeting will be held
at WoonsOcket tomorrow to elect Of
fceTs and arrange schedules.
BROOKINGS-A homecoming OF
alumni and various alumni celebrations
will be speacial features of commence
ment week this year at the State COL
lego. Two hundred and five alumni
and ]alunlnae have already written from
all parts OF the western hemisphere
signiiying their intention to be OH hand
for the biggest ConClaVe-of old grads
in the history of South Dakota.
LEAD-The knights OF Columbus of
Lead and other towns of the Black
Hills are preparing to send delegations
to the annual convention of the
Knights OF Columbus organization of
South Dakota, to be held at Water
town On May IL. The convention will
be the most important gathering of
Knights Of Columbus ever held in the
state.