The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-07-24
DAKOTA STATE NEWS

Tee church. I'D Heminger, an Inulan
deputy sheriff, made the arrest, The
prosecution was conducted by State
Attorney Thomas Man, a full blooded
Sioux, and a very successful lawyer.
Justice Bailey, who is also a n Indian,
held the defendants to the next term
OF circuit court under bonds of 500
each, which was furnished. h
wooNsoCKET-The officers of the
Early Settlers associations of Sanborn
county, have ixed upon July Is at
Rushing park as the date for the ar
nual reunion and picnic. j. III. Kear-
ton has been engaged as the speaker
Of the day, and a ane program Of
sports, including swimming races by
men and women, canoe races, foot
races, horse races, ball games and 9TH
er amusements are being prepared.
TWIN BRooKs--The home OF Burt
Roberts OF Twin Brooks was complete
ly wiped out by fire, with all its con-
tents. The blaze was discovered in
one OF the bedrooms n Ruby Rob
erts, a ~12-year-old girl, was quite bad
ly burned about the head and face be-
fore she could BE rescued. The family
were able to save but little from the
burning building, the children being
rescued in their night clothes. e
ALExANDRIA-Clam diggers, who
for some weeks have been operating
along the streams of this vicinity, have
Just shipped to eastern button factories
an aggregate of so tons of clam shells,
for which they receive $50 a ton at
the factory. In addition to the money
derived from the sale of the shells they
also profited greatly from pearls which
they found in some Of the shells.
~DEADWooD-The matter of assess
ment of III Homestake Mining COM
,.raII .Ar.v h. a.,A -. 30 HhA state
tax commission. The county board of
equalization refused to take any action
on the protest against it's inequitable
n insufficient assessments by the To-
cal assessors. The matter Will now be
appealed to the. state tax commission
by Editor Sem, OF the Telegram, who
filed the protest to the county board.
ABERDEEN-At the recent o
vocation of Indians Of the Niobrara
deanery of the Episcopal church at
Sisseton, $4,000 was subscribed by the
Indians, about 1000 in number, to the
support Of the church. OF this amount
5000 was subscribed by the male In
dams and the remaining $1,000 by the
women.
SIOUX FALLS-Charles III. Craig,
city editor Of the Argus-Leader, was
troubled about his weight of $40 pounds
and six weeks g began to neither eat
nor drink anything but buttermilk. He
has lost 81 pounds, is not hungry, m
joys the buttermilk and feels fine. He
is going to continue the treatment dur
ing July. ..#~ .#H# .. AIR. 3
r., DALLAS - Definite announcement
=. that the Northwestern will soon com-
mence the erection Of @ new, modern
depot here is taken to imply the prob
ability that Dallas may be the perma-
nent division point when the road is
extended to the northwest. The pres
emit depot at Dallas was constructed
only six ear ago. &c., H@.
WATERFOWL - During the year
there have been 274 births in the county
of Codington and only SO deaths. The
records show that there have been l57
couples united in marriage, 22 divorces
have been granted, and IL of foreign
birth have formally declared their in
tentioH Of becoming United States, cit
tzens. ~.
MARvIN-H. c.. Bachelor has sold
a controlling interest in the Marvin
State bank to p. c.. Scholberg, of~Cor-
rell, Mimi, and j. c.. Cans, OF Odessa,
MINI. The new officials of the bank
are J. c. Cans, president; K. A. Ram
sey, vice president, n p. c. &Schol-
berg, cashier. Mr.. Bachelor will re-
turn to Iowa, his old home. =.
CENTERvILLE-Rev James Wat
son, who has held the passionate Of the
local Congregational church for some
three years, has just rendered his res
ignation to take effect August /. MI.
Watson has accepted a call to the pas
torate of the Congregational church at
Rapid City, s. D..
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES a period of
30 days a total of 552 cans Of cream
were shipped from Cottonwood. In
payment for the cream shipped the
homesteaders and ranchers of this VII
cinity received an aggregate of about
$4,000 in cash. The cream industry is
increasing rapidly, - -
PIERRE-Printers from all over the
state are daily arriving at the capitol
to inspect samples OF the materials and
articles required in the next bidding,
contracts for which will be let or July
80 at Pierre, the second bidding since
the new law became effective.
PIERRE-Governor and Mrs. Byrne
entertained at dinner the Faulkton
company of state troops, which came
through Pierre on their way to the
Fort Meade maneuvers. The militia
men We're shown through the capitol
building by the governors son, who is
a member of the Faulkton company.
WHITE owL-A. B. Bouton, special
agent of the general land office, has
been investigating a number of home
stead and desert entries In this section
and also ~appraising the value of desert
claims. A number of homesteaders
object to having their desert land
valued at SO per acre. "s
PIERRE-The contract for the
bridge and dam ON the capitol grounds
has beer let. today to Joseph Stainer,
Of Pierre, being lowest, bidder with
S4,125 bid on the bridge. and $S,351
on the dam, total $12,476. Ward and
Weighton, of Sioux City, bid $4,143 on
the bridge and s10,605 on the dam.
YANKTON-Peter SIowey, a young
married farmer OF Yankton county.
suffered the fracture Of a leg In a
peculiar manner. He was attempting
to milk a wild COW and had tied the
animals leg to keep her from kick
ing. In struggling the COW stepped on
Slowey's leg and fractured It.
PIERRE-The reduction in coal
rates from wyoming mines to the Mis-
souri, river, which were ordered by
the Interstate Commerce commission,
are not to go into effect this month.
The roads have secured a ~rehearing
on his order and their pleas will be
made at Omaha on July IA.
STURGIS-The Fourth regiment,
South Dakota National Guard, IL COM
panles, which have been In annual en-
campment the past eight days near
Fort Meade, viii break camp today n
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