The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1913-01-16
DAKOTA STATE NEWS

Court Clerk Frank Crane and Mrs. Crane
leave the church and are to live in Wa
tertown, after so%journing through the cold
weather In Florida; Mrs. l. Al, owen. and
her mother, Mrs. withrow, who have lived
in Pierre for more than Is years. where
Mrs. Owen has conducted during that time
Pierre's highest class millinery shop, will
live in Oregon: Mr.. and Mrs. r.. T.. Kolb
leave to engage i'm irrigation and farming
In Minnesota. Professor Kolb has been
principal OF the Pierre high school, Mr..
and Mrs. JIG. Tate and family will leave
to make their future home In Montana.
Governor yessey n family also were
prominent members or the church and
have left this past year
MITCHELL-Chicken thieves have been
working the hen roosts In this city for the
past month with a marked degree OF sue
cess and some valuable birds which were
being groomed for the coming state pOul-
try show were removed from their
perches. Last night after q hen roost had
been profitably cleaned up SCOTS blood
hounds were placed on the trail Of the
parties and two local characters by the
name OF W. N. Vandrey and Ewing Dono-
hue were placed under arrest charged
with the theft. the dogs following the
scent TO the places where the men were
stopping. They pleaded guilty in police
court and Vandrey gotta sentence OF Is
days and Donohue got 20 days.
j RRooKINGS-4The first annual meeting
OF the Dakota tDeaconess Hospital assoc
citation, held at Brookings. transacted con-
siderable business and elected the follow
ing officers for the ensuing year Presi-.
dent, w. M. Cheever; irst vice president,
r. A. Bruce; second vice president. III, b.
Matthews: secretary, F. w. Cuckow3
treasurer and manager OF the building
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kin superintendent and treasurer of cur
rent expenses, Eleanor s.. Moore. The Or
ganization, which operates by authority OF
the general conference OF the Methodist
Episcopal church for South Dakota, is en-
gagged in buying a modern hospital at
Bronkings. |E
MITCHELL-Two bloodhounds were enl-
ployed to run down some chicken thieves
in this city, who have been disturbing the
roosts OF several OF the chicken fanciers,
who are preparing their birds for the COM
ing state show. In two instances some
very valuable birds were taken. The
hounds were given a fresh scent of the
robbers, mi they followed the trail right
to the house where they were staying. w.
M. Yrayner and Edwin Donohue were the
parties who were tracked, and when the
made their appearance the
men did not hesitate about coming out
and yielding to arrest, In police court
yrayner was given Is days in Jail and
Donohue drew 90. ~
BROoKINGs-A committee of the South
Dakota Holstein-F riesian Breeders as
sociation met at Brookings to devise a
method for the cooperative advertising OF
that breed OF dairy cattle Plans were
also discussed to arrange for a series Of
tests of dairy cattle, under direction OF
the South Dakota state college. IN work
was entrusted to q committee, the mem
bers OF which are r. A. Zollman, of Alex
andria. president OF the association; Clyde
Brown, of Hartford, vice president; II. al.
Crothers. OF Badger, secretary; r. r. Cor
win, Of Sioux Falls, and Prof. c. Larsen
of the college. u
BRITToN-oyer 500 In PRICES was, dis
ttributed at the Better Farming Short
Course recently conducted at Britton BY
superintendent Fl. r.. Patterson, OF Aber-
deem, head OF the South Dakota Better
Farming association. The attendance DUR
ing the three days wa much larger than
the promoters ofNthe short course had
expected, and the enthusiasm over the
better farming propaganda was surpris-
ing. Over 6 entries were made In the
corn contest, and the Marshall county
girls won many prizes in the domestic SCI
ence exhibit OF cookery and sewing,
RAPID CITY-The Business Mems club
has elected a board OF directors for the
ensuing year composed Of: Robert Benz
ton, "A. G. Hunt. w. H. Putnam, Harry
Jones, Il. M. Reeves, G. w. McEwan. II
is proposed to reduce the annual dues
and inAugurate a vigorous campaign for
boosting Rapid City and its natural re-
sources. Pressure VIII be brought to bear
on the railroads {centering here to have
freight rates adjusted on incoming coal
and outgoing building material consisting
of stone, brick and lumber.
ABERDEEN-Miss Lucy Steele, former
ly employed as a stenographer in a To-
cal law office, has gone to New York.
where she has established her ~headquar-
tiers Is a writer OF short stories. Miss
Steele has had several stories published.
among them being THE First Long
Trousers" which made a decided hit, and
was dramatised by a moving picture con-
Germ. ;s IT, z &
LESTERVILLE-At the annual business
meeting OF the members OF the Lester
vile Commercial club the following Off
GERS were elected for the coming year:
President. II. A. Kill.on; vice president,
Thos, j. Wagner; secretary, f.. F. Eisen-
mann, treasurer. John T. Janda. Plans
were made to ecure a number of new
enterprises for the town during the year,
ABERDEEN-The Milwaukee, railroad IS
employing a large force Of men putting
In eight-foot fences along all cuts on the
roads branch lines west of the Missouri
river In South Dakota, the main line cuts
having been previously fenced. BY fence
ing the cuts the danger Of snow blockades
is greatly Iessened, as the fences hold the
snow and prevent it drifting In the cuts,
ALPENA-R Il. Dye, postmaster at AL
pena, s. D.. has resigned. The office is
fourth-class, and three residents of the
town have taken the civil service exam
nation for the place. They are Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry H. Hatch, who recently pur-
chased the Alpcna Journal from Mr.. Dye,
and +. w. Adabar. Mrs. Hatch is the
present deputy postmaster,
TYNDALL--At a good reads meeting
held here representatives were present
from Tabor and other Bon Homme county
towns, and arrangements were made for
the construction of good roads between
the various towns Of the county. The
county commissioners will be asked to CO.
operate. The work will m in the
spring q "a
ABERDEEN-The Budget committee OF
is members of the Aberdeen Commercial
club has succeeded In raising, by volun-
tary subscriptions by the business men
of the city, $ll,500 OF the SIS, 900 required
for the budget fund for the present year,
n the fun amount will be raised without
difficulty,
CONDE-At the last meeting OF the city
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