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

VI SuOl WulCH lLAWlh klNG Ah pIAIG5 " 10
boys under is years of age who pillow,
plant and raise the best one-half acre OF
corn this umner The first prize Will be
So. second, si2: third, IS, and fourth, So.
TYNDALL-Arrangements are being
made for q shooting tournament for anna
tours, which will be held, here on Wednes-
day, May q. under the Auspices OF the lo-
cal gun club and In accordance with the
rules of the Interstate association, which
has contributed $50 toward the prizes.
Marksrnen from all the towns in this part
of the state will be present to compete.
Special to The Tribune.
w~ESsINGToN sPRINGS-Despondent
because OF III health, Miss Marie Vibrant,
aged SO. who rlade her home on a farm
In Jarauld county with her brother. Ernest
Vibrant, committed suicide by swallowing
a quantity OF paris green. The dead ON
an was born in Germany, but had lived
In the United States a number Of years.
WILLOW LAKEs-A baseball a~ssocia-
ton has been organized here and atteam
placed in the field. The following OFF,
GERS were elected: President>W. O. Syver-
son: vice president, @. w. Turley; secre-
tary-treasurer, f. l. .Glidden: Z mayer,
w. G.. Douglas; captain, J. w. Cluett;
official scorer. DIR. w. J. Banner.
'TYNDALL-The county commissioners
have sold the $4,000 in bonds which were
voted at the election last fair for the
erection OF q new Bon Homme county
court house. and the work OF construc-
tion will commence in the near future,
The new court house win be erected close
to the old court house. -
EUREKA-PhiI Schamber. postmaster
at Eureka, is anxious for the Wilson adj
ministration to decide Upon Its policy re-
garding postmasteEships in South Dakota,
in order that his successor may be ID
pointed. He sent In his resignation sew
eral weeks ago,
GETTYSBURG-A lot has just been pur-
chased here for the new city hall author
ICED by the voters, bonds for which, in
the sum of 5000, were recently sold to
the state. The building viii be 24x7o feet
in size, two stories high. and of brick.
IRoQUoIs-The Iroauois Chief has Just
completed Its 25th year here. IT was es-
tablished Is years ago by J.. r.. Halladay,
former state auditor, who Ettn publishes
II. The paper IL one of the best known
small town weeklies in South Dakota.
GREsBARD - Howard AfricaE post
master at Chelsea, and editor of q news
paper there, has been here looking over
the local field preparatory TO, establish
ing a new newspaper In Cresbard. The
first issue Is expected to appear soon.
CAsTLEwooD--steps have been taken
TO nQld a great GeiepEaIHOH Ia ~dSAN"0VA
on May II for the Eorwegians OF this
part OF the state, May II being their In
dependence day. Thousands OF Norweg-
ians are expected to be present.
MILLER-wheat and small grain seed
ing. Is practically finished in this section
and much of the earliest sown grain Is up
and doing nicely. The PLANTING OF corn
will begin soon and q larger acreage will
be put out than formerly.
HowARD-The city council has called
a special election for May 10, when the
voters will elect the men who will run
the two saloons which will be permitted
in Howard after July ].
ALCESTER-The baseball team which
has Just been placed In the field here
has elected the following officers: Cap
tain, A. A. Treick; manager Tony Drey:
treasurer, A. o. Ofstad. @'@ aR~
ABERDEEN-The work OF removing
the present buildings from the site of the
proposed 800, 900 city hall has been COM
menced and work on the new structure
will be started soon. .
MITCHELL-Friday night the debating
contest between teams OF Ripon, Wis. col
lege and Dakota Wesleyan university, of
this city, was held. the decision going to
the Rlpon team. #""
TORONTO-At a meeting held here 1t
was decided to place a baseball team in
the field for the season. c, +. Hage was
elected manager.
HURON-Huron now has a real live
commercial club. It Is composed OF near
~ 200 members. The officers are: j. F.
walsh, president: Charles p. Warren. vice
president; Thomas HI. Campbell. treas
urer. A secretary will be named later by
the board of directors. which Is composed
of J. P. Walsh, Charles P. Warren, r. +.
Cone, D. @. Medberry. r. O.'Grover, B. NJ.
Beach and Alex. Urquhart. -
MTTCHELL-The board of county COM
| missioners VI Dawson county this morn
ing awarded the contract for all the engi"
.neering and survey work on the roads to
be built in this county this year to the
Dakota Engineering company for the sum
II $22.5 80 per mile. Last year the board
paid SOS. % a mile for the same work. Davi-
son county will expend $4,000 on good
roads his summer and about 30 miles OF
new roads will be built.
ABERDEEN-The Brown County Jour,
nal is the name of a new paper just es'
tablished at Hecla, in this county, by s.
w. Dolan, who purchased the plant Of the
Day County Democrat at Bristol for the
venture. The Journal makes the second
paper for Hecla. the Standard, by L. c.
Cole. having been published for a mum
Der Of years.
ABERDEEN-The James river is report
ed to be very high, and in danger OF
| breaking out of fts banks along the low
lands in this county.
GETTYSBURG-The city council has
| purchased ground upon which to erect q
! new city hall building, for which the vot'
| ers, authorized the issuance of bonds ir
| the sum of 5000. The bonds have beer
| sold and the money now is on hand. Tn
structure will be pushed to completion as
| speedily as possible. The tentative plans
| are for a building Ax70 feet, two stories
high, to be constructed of brick.
APPROPRIATENESS men and other resi-
| dents have formed a stock company with
| the purpose of installing an electric light
system, something which Hudson has de-
sired for a long time. Within q short
time 5000 was subscribed and this Will
be rapidly. increased to the necessary
amount. The work of installing the sys-
tenn will commence with as, little delay
as possible.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES have been
completed for the annual convention OF
the w, e. T. u. OF the First district, to
be held in Beresford on Tuesday, Wednes-