The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1913-01-09
DAKOTA STATE NEWS

heavy ioss the past few days In the death
OF . lumber OF their thoroughbred cat
tie Among the loss was tho fine Rome
Shorthorn bull they recently purchased
from j. r. Edelstein. at 4 cost az sSs0
stockmen say that in eastern markets tho
bull would easily have sold for 500. They
have not found what IS causing the de-
struction OF their stock.
ABERDEEN--The south Dakota Hu-
name society, recently organized IN Aber-
deem, held its nnual meeting and elected
the same officers chosen at its organixa-
ton In December. They are. President,
8. a. Darling; vice president, Rev. E. &c.
Kneedyi secretary, Capt. H.: ID. Cough,
OF the salvation army: treasurer, Mrs. 9.
Littlefeld. Captain Cough was selected
to represent the society before the South
Dakota legislature.
FAITH-Business conditions hare ana
throughout this portion OF western South
Dakota are very encouraging n have
been favorable all fall and up to this time.
There will be great development along all
lines In the spring. One OF the good things
In store for HMltth this year win be the ex-
tension OF the Milwaukee railroad west
ward from this place. The extension will
ADD greatly TO Faiths trade territory.
sTRooL-A liveryman here has an un-
claimed teamNof horses on his hands. Two
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barn and left q buggy drawn by two
horses. He told h liveryman q short,
heavy-set" mar would call for the rig the
next day, and departed. The Short,
heavy-set man. has not yet appeared,
and the liyeryrhan is at a loss to know
what to do with the team.
HOT sPRINGs-A rock was placed on
the Northwestern railroad track at one
q the city crossings by Henry Shell, who
said ne wanted to have some FUN. The
pilot OF All incoming passenger train
showed the rock aside without doing any
damage and after an Investigation by off,
GERS, Shell was released as his act was
not malicious. He ~ regarded as an ig-
norant, half-witted man.
YANKTON--At the annual Yankton Dis
trict Medical Society meeting here DR.. 10.
NJ. Morehouse was elected president; DR..
G. n. Keeling, Springfield. vice president;
DIR. James Roane. Yankton, secretary
treasurer: DR.. Bushnell, Elk Point, censor
DR., Dugood, OF Springfield and Or. q. 8.
Adams, OF Yankton, were elected dele
gates to the state meeting to be held at
Vermillion In June. .'@
PIERRE--At the meeting OF the direc-
tors OF the Pierre Commercial club the
officers selected We're j. l. Lockhart,
president; Lyle Branch, vice president; A.
Gnnderson, secretary; = John HIRING,
treasurer. The rooms formerly occupied
by the First National Life Insurance
company In the Hyde block nave been se-
cured and are being ftted up for club
rooms.
ARERDEEE-Merritt McPhea, aged sc
OF Bowman, N. d., and VIII Connolly. Oh
YpsiIan.i, Mich, were burned TO death in
y Gre which destroyed the Sterling hotel
at Bowman and the adjoining barber
shop and restaurant. Tom Connolly,
q brother OF the dead man, was severely
burned when he attempted to rescue his
brother. Loss. $4,000. 5
TABoR-Death came suddenly to Mrs.
Vaclav Hladky, a well known resident OF
the territory near Tabor. She was recov-
eriag from an attack OF pneumonia. While
at dinner she was attacked by heart fail
nre and died almost instantly. She was
" years OF age Mrs. Hladky took up
her residence In this vicinity In 1875.
YANKTON-The vital statistics for
Yankton county for the year 1912 show
$50 births. exceeding all past highest rec
ords by 40. The deaths at $50, 16 less h
the previous highest record. while the
marriages were 1855, 50 more than the pre-
vious highest record. The divorces did
not average one a month,
MILLToWN-An explosion OF gas set
fire to the place OF business OF Roth Bros,
and for a time threatened the complete
destruction or the building. BY hard.
work the building was saved, but the
stock was badly damaged. The loss IL
covered by Insurance.
ABERDEEN-Miss Elizabeth Riecker.
Of Hamilton, Mich, a graduate OF Teach
crs' college, New York, has been elected a
critic teacher in the training school OF
the Northern Normal and Industrial
school here, making four critic teachers
for that department.
REDFIELD-The members of the Sphinx
County Agricultural association viii hold
their annual meeting here early this
month TO close UP the business OF the past
ear and decide whether or not the assoc
citation shall hold a county fair during the
coming summer. sEn
WHITE oWI~-Ranchers around Plain
view, about Is miles east of here, complain
that a number OF residents OF thai Sec
ton are applying the free herd, free beef
reported to be selling quarters as low as
Z cents per pound. N2
Il PIERRE-The Farmers and Merchants
Telephone company, Of Elk Point, has
been Incorporated, with a capital stock OF
$50, 900, n w. J.. Brownel, of Sioux City;
W. 8. Funk. of Sioux Falls, and E.
Greenleaf, OF Akron, Ia, as incorporators.
WATERTowN-o. S. Basford. state
commissioner of insurance. was operated
upon Tuesday at the WATERFOWL SanatoF-
ium, and Is reported by the attending
surgeons to be doing very we'll" 1t is
believed he viii speedily recover. -
sPEARFISH-Among h new strrc-
lures already planned for spring is a large
building, the upper floors OF which will
be utilized for hotel purposes and the
ground floor for business houses. The
structure will cost about 10000.
ABERDEEN-The first parcel to pass
through the Aberdeen postofice was
mailed by NJ. p. Beebe, OF Ipswich to his
brother In New York. No package was
received by any Aberdeen resident on the
first day of the system.
MILLER-After having eaten. her break
fast and gone into the parlor to sit down.,
Mrs. James Moore, OF this place, was
found dead sitting in her chair . few mo-
rnents later, by her daughter who went to
give her medicine. ( .''..a
ELK POINT-The Lutheran people of
Elk Point and vicinity are planning to
have an English Lutheran church build
fng erected here. The edifce viii be one
VI the finest or It's kind In southern South
Dakota.