The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-08-14
DAKOTA STATE NEWS

drilling an artesian well on the shores
or lake from which this town re-
cdyes its name. The well Will be drilled
make the stage Of water IN the lake
suffioient to transform the lake into
n Of the finest fishing and hunting
resorts in this part OF the state.
KIMBALL-A message has been re-
ceived from DR.. Frank j. Belt, aviator,
that he Will be here to give two per-
tormances daily during the Brule county
fair, August n. 2s and %, in his large
Curtiss biplane. DR.. Bell has also made
q date with Wagner. 8. D., for Labor day.
September ]. AS there will not be time
to pack and ship his biplane, he Intends to
ny from Kimball to Wagner.
YANKToN Charles Conrad, Of
Yankton, had a hand mashed, one fin
ger broken and three ribs fractured
when he was run over by an automo-
bile. He was returning from q trip
to TyndaH, and the wind blew his hat
off into the road. While getting out
to recover 1t the car suddenly started,
n two wheels ran over his right
INCORPORATING playing In a barn
on b farm or Dennis Geyman, seven
miles northwest of Iroquois, a 5-year-
old boy set fire to the structure. The
flames destroyed the barn, two gran
aries, two good horses, 1000 bushels Of
oats, q great deal of other small grain
AND other property. There was no In
surance Fl.
ABERDEEN-Last Sunday a Ford auto
mobile, dtsmantled and with the tonneau
chopped away, was found In front of a
candy store here. No particular atten-
night, when the police took It In charge.
1t Is believed to be the car that was
stolen from Gus ~Schwanger, OF Redfeld.
last week. 81 a ~
ABERDEEN-William White, of the
dairy division Of the bureau Of animal
industry OF the department Of agri-
culture, Is removing to Aberdeen from
Manhattan, Kan, where he has been
located previously. Mr.. White Is in
charge OF a district composed of the
Dakotas, Nebraska, Kansas and Okla
homa. ''.] %e.>
ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of the North
west Iowa association. which is COM
posed of former residents of north
western Iowa, who now live In this city,
n the surrounding country. are maxi
ing preliminary arrangements for their
annual picnic and celebration, to be
held In a fine grove neal, here on Aug
BRooKINGS-The Bookings Coun-
ty Rural Letter Carriers association
q elected the following officers for
Collins, Brookings; vice president, G. Il.
Knudson, Volga; secretary treasurer,
Fred De Groot, Volga. E. e. Lee was
elected a delegate to the state
ton of rural letter carriers. $500
YANKToN-Lee Blair, at. special SEES
sion of circuit court, pleaded guilty to the
charge or robbing George Mortenson on
the night OF July %. He was sentenced to
seven years in the state rpenitentiary.
Clyde Braughrnan, an, accomplice, was
given FIVE years. Nels Blair, the third
suspect arrested, has been bound over to
the next regular term of circuit court,
LEAD-on Geographic information from
the authorities at Cedar Rapids. Ia, Chief
or Police Keffeler arrested Robert
Thomas, the 16-year-old son OF Mrs. j. r.
Thomas, Of Cedar Rapids, on the charge
OF being a runaway. TIL boy was attract
ed by q carnival that went through Iowa
and showed here and followed II. He win
be returned to his home. D..
CoRoNA--T. A. Belgium, Of this
place, is the owner of a valuable and
Interesting family heirloom In the form
Of a wooden drinking cup which has
been in possession Of the Belgium fam
lily for a period of 100 years, or since
1893. 1t was made In Norway and has
been handed down from generation TO
generation. +.''s g y *.
RICHMOND-The general store and
postoffce of Charles Morton here was
broken into and robbed of between $50
and $35 in cash. No stamps were taken.
n robber or robbers gained entrance to
the store by prying up the window with a
Ratchet while Morton slept In the room
above. No arrests have yet been made.
PIERRE-The attorney general holds
that former state Veterinarian Hicks AN
not draw salary for July, even though the
new board was selected July ], and did
not, qualify until July g.. On like
grounds the new board cannot draw-ex-
pense account for July, because OF failure
to qualify until July 2. .
PIERRE-Wolf bounty claims have
been adjusted for the year ending
June 80 last, with a. total OF $l4,1S9
listed against the appropriation for
wolf bounties. This means that certifi-
cate holders will this ear get 81 cents
on the dollar OF face of their certifi-
Gates. Last year they secured II cents.
ABERDEEN-William and Gustave
( 'uch were arrested near Aberdeen, by
s. - Comstock, deputy game warden.
on the charge Of violating the state
game law. by shooting prairie chick
ms. They pleaded guilty and were
fined S. and costs. Their guns were
confiscated. ~ oa
PIERRE-The board Of medical ex-
aminers has moved its offices from the
capitol to Waubay, where the chair
man of the board lives. Their removal
will make room for the new state vet
Urinary board, which will have its sec
rotary and stenographer permanently
In the capitol building.
PLANKINTON--A majority OF the
directors of the Aurora County Fair
association. at a meeting held here. de-
cided to abandon this years fair OF
the association. Lack of interest on
the part Of the people of the county
IN general Is assigned as the reason
ALEXANDRIA-Plans are being
made 20 have the Last day of the Han
son. county fair, to be held here, des-
ignated as old settlers day. and a spe-
cial program Of interest + o the pio-
neers prepared for the occasion,
MILLER-Captain Van ID Etten, q
highly respected pioneer resident OF
| this place, so far as known, now en-
| Joys the distinction of being the only
surviving veteran of the Mexican wal
who lives in South Dakota.
DEADwoOD-Kirk G. Phillips, for.
mer state treasurer and widely known
throughout the state, died last night
following a paralytIc stroke. He never
regalned consciousness. 70, n
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