The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-04-17
DAKOTA STATE NEWS

waiter SHERMAN, OF THIS CITY, VINO was
the winner in the recent local peace con-
test here. Sherman win enter the state
contest which will be held at Brookings
Monday night and which will be entered
by representatives from Huron, Yankton
and Brookings. The winner will go to
St.{Louis the first week in May to par
ticipate in the interstate peace contest.
Sherman Is also the delegate from the stu
dents association here to help form an
organization in this state which will have
charge of the annual peace contests in the
future. .. y,
swEBsTER-H. f. Hart, the promoter
who IL engaged In raising funds for the
construction of a new railroad from Luff-
a In Marshall county, through W>b-
ster to wallace, in Codington county, on
the Minneapolis & st, Louis road, is re-
ceiving considerable encouragement from
farmers along the proposed route, and be-
lieves the road will be built. Farmers
along the line are asked to subscribe to
100000 worth OF bonds In the new enter
prise, the bonds to draw 6 per cent. A
committee to solicit subscriptions to this
proposed ond issue has been named, with
representatives from Huffman, Roslyn,
Eden and GrenVille. towns that would be
benefited by access to a railroad, on the
committee. ... - ID. 80. 3d.. ....'
ABERDEEN-The art exhibit being
conducted by the Aberdeen City Fedora
ton or women's clubs, was fairly well at
tended on the opening night, when Rob-
ert Koehler, the well Known artist and
art critic Of Minneapolis, lectured on
Art, the Pleasure Of Life" The exhibit
ton will continue the remainder of the
week, and will be open for a time on
Sunday afternoon for the benefit Of those
unable TO attend at other times. Among
thu ninfuraa are cazaPoI hxk Mice IN~a ~ -
Crapmer, now of Minneapolis, but for
merly Of Aberdeen, who has some por-
traits and other work on exhibition.
wEBSTER-The social service commit
tees of Webster has inaugurated a clean
up movement, by which 1t is hoped to
make Webster a. cleaner, healthier and
better place In which to live. The cam
paign inaugurated Includes the cleaning
UP of the alleys and backwards. The
movement met with a hearty reception.
and is expected to add greatly to the ap-
pearance OF the town. .s.. -.
MITCHELL-Jack Philips, a young
farmer who lives II miles south of this
city, came nearly bleeding to death this
morning. While he was skinning a COW
with a dangerously sharp knife, the same
slipped and his hand was badly cut. He
was rushed to the city and left a trail of
blood behind him. He was taken to a
physician's office in the Western Nation
al bank building n so badly did he bleed
that the sidewalk in front of that build
ing n the corridors inside were spotted
with blood. 1t Is stated that the our
dressed successfully. .~..
ABERDEEN-The annual city election
in which one commissioner and two mem
beers OF the school board will, be chosen,
is being held here today. The question as
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sold In the city for the ensuing year will
also be decided. Charles C. Fletcher, /. D..
Davies, Robert III. Woods and w. @.
Mock are candidates for the city mmis
sionershipt G.. M. l.. Erwin, r. J. Welsh.
Arthur Arnett, W. G. Wells and l.. M.
Gerhardt are in the race for the school
board position. The election promises to
be a lively one and 1t may be that non
OF the candidates will secure a clear ma
5ortty In which case another election will
be held. ."" y
RAPID CITY-Ben M. Wood, secretary
of the South Dakota Good Roads associs-
ton, has signed a contract with the Britt
Lyceum bureau to lecture Tor it at q
series OF Chautauqua meetings to be held
In Nebraska n Colorado during the
coming summer Secretary Wood Is recog-
nized as n of the leaders in road work
and good roads legislation In the west. To
Secretary Wood is due the present road
law Of the state which is considered one
OF the best which appertains to any state.
Wood is preparing to attend the Mitchell
roads convention, to which he will make
an address n also present his report or
the state organization.
SIOUX FALLS-Eforts are being
made to transfer to the United States
court In this city a suit which recently
was instituted in the state circuit court
Of Pennington county by Emory D.
Warrington and j.. c.. Moore, the de-
PENDANT being the Chicago, Burlington
& Quincy Railway company. The two
piaintlffs seek TO recover damages in
the sum of $4,000 from the railway
company for damages alleged to have
been sustained when they we're, ii is
alleged, forcibly elected from a train
in the Black Hills. -
Observation-Disclosures high school
carried off one first and two second prizes
at the inter-high school decIamatory con-
test held at Redfeld last week. Aberdeen,
Redield and Huron high school scholars
competed. Miss Elizabeth Bennett won
FIRST prize In the humorous class: Miss
Dorothy Campbell second in the dramatic,
and Harry Gagstetter.> second in the ora
torical. h local high has been ex-
ceedingly fortunate N carrying off prizes
In ~declamatory and debating contests this
year. lea r..
BROOKINGS-Over 200 enthusiastic
road boosters met here last week and dis
Cussed plans for the proposed Chicago,
Black Hills and Yellowstone Park auto
mobile trail. Governor Byrne, Judge &C.
Sherwood, Of Clark; Professor Solberg. OF
the state college. and T.. K. Lathrop, a
road builder Of Portland, Ore, addressed
the gathering. The boosters came from
towns on the Northwestern road between
Elkton and Wolsey and represented
Brookings, Beadle and Kingsbury coun-
ties. a F. .~lH w.
MILBANK-The annual tournament Of
the gun clubs OF South Dakota. will be
held at Mtlbank on n S, and members
OF the, local gun club are preparing to en-
terrain the visitors handsomely. The
meeting is being advertised in eastern pa
pers, and a number OF the best shots from
New York, Boston and Philadelphia, as
well as other places in the east, are ex-
peoted to attend the shoot here, as we'll
as all the crack South Dakota shots,
BRITTON-The Aberdeen presbytery
has concluded it's meeting here after
the election of Rev. J. Rosser Jones,
ID. D., Of Aberdeen, moderator for the
coming ear and Rev. J. s.. Butt, of
Groton, commissioner to attend the
grand assembly to bS held II Atlanta,