The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-07-17
DAKOTA STATE NEWS

and honey. There win be some hives
or bees on the ground for practical
demonstration, Inc q short program
will. be given. II. "A. Syverud, state
bee inspector, will talk on bee disease
and how to extermSnate them. j. j.
Duffack OF Yankton. will demonstrate
handling bees and ak on comb honey.
r, A. Morgan OF Vermilion, will speak
OF b relation OF bees nj plant lie
and their benefits.
FoRESTBURG-The county com
missioners OF Sanborn county, acting
as a board OF equalization, have been
having a serious tussle with the books
OF the local assessors. While the as
SCISSORS claim they tried to follow orr
ders, and list all property at actual
value, the variations have been very
marked, apparently due to the desire
OF some officials to favor persons
within their jurisdiction. The county
board can raise or lower the valuation
of a township. but cannot disturb In
.dividual assessments.
KIMBALL--The city council has
called a special election to be held FRI
day, July IL, at which the proposition
of issuing bonds In the sum of $4,000
for constructing a new well and muni-
cfpal w~aterworks system viii be sub
mitted to the voters. The water sup
ply is somewhat short and pending the
completion of the new well the resi-
dents OF Kimball are prohibited from
using water for other than strictly do
nestle purposes under penalty of ar
rest and fne
DEADWoOD-The notorious Man
sion saloon is closed temporarily be-
cause p. N. Carr and Rody Mcnamara
ave been unable to get together on
the terms on which the place shall be
operated The building belongs to Carr,
who is said to have leased IL to McNa-
mara for one year with the privilege
has been issued TO Carr, who
proposes TO run the place himself, but
Will be unable to- get possession II Nc
NaInara wants to hold on and contin-
ues to pay the rent. ~"
HERMoSA-To sleep all night with
a huge rattlesnake as a roommate
without being struck by the fangs Of
the deadly reptile was the experience
OF Miss Title Hesnard, who lives with
her brother on q homestead in the
eastern or prairie section Of Custer
county. When the young woman
awoke In the morning she was Mortified
upon glancing upward to discover the
snake cllnging to he wall at h head
Of the bed. &e
YANKToN-one more interesting
college wedding took place here Tues
day, in which Prof. George thinner
man, Instructor In German and chem
istry at Racine, Wis, college, was
married to Miss Minnie Grimes. daugh4
ter of Judge and Mrs. Adam Crimes,
of this city. The contracting parties
were both members of the college class
OF 1912. A second wedding of interest
was that OF Henry s. Peterson, of Violin
and Miss Martha M. Lee, Of Yankton.
lPIERRE-The state tax commission
made its first move on assessment CT,
corporate property for this year, In
creasing the total of express company
assessments from 1861 ,219 last year, UP
to $2,779, 319 for this year the American
and Wells-Fargo companies each being
listed at yer 81, 900, 900. The assessment
of Pullman cars in the state was run
up from 100000 last year, to 1892, 900 this
year. July ~ has been set for review
OF this assessment. ~, 4
SIOUX FALLS-william r. Todd,
proprietor Of a restaurant al 113K-l15
East Tenth street, was arrested by a
United States deputy marshal yester-
day morning upon complaint of the
United States revenue collector and
given a hearing before United States
Commissioner ID. j. Conway. He was
bound over to the October term of the
federal court for alleged selling OF
liquor without a government license.
SCoTLAND-The 10th annual con
vention Of the Second district of the
Women's Christian Temperance union,
In session here, elected the following
officers for the coming year: Presi-
dent, Mrs. Julia Rardln, Midtown; vice
president. Mrs, Kathrine Smith, Avon;
corresponding secretary, Mrs. Elizabeth
Lester, Lake Andes; recording secre-
tary, Mrs. Emma Farmer, Lake Andes;
treasurer. Mrs. Lulu Monfore, Spring
field. #ra Es \
SIOUX FALLS-At an adjourned
meeting OF the city commissioners,
upon the auditors recommendation
nnding the petition valid, the commits
decided by "a vote of 4 to 0 to
hold a special election for the recall
Of Commissioner II. N. Gates, head OF
water and sewer department OF the
city. The election will come on August
IL. The petition asking for the recall
has $50 signers.
PUKwANA-That this territory IS
becoming a great hog raising region is
shown by the fact that during the past
six weeks the farmers of the country
Pukwana have marketed 4
hogs here which have brought them an
aggregate of $500 per day. A num-
Der of individual farmers have market
ed hogs which have given them a re-
turn. of several thousand dollars.
YANKTON-In an accidental way,
through efforts to s~traighten out some
roads, the Yankton city commission
has learned that three roads leading
into the city are under the control of
private owners, who can close these
roads at any time. The roads were
supposed to be public, for many years
past, and citizens are much concerned
over the discovery. ~
wAGNER-Reports made at the an
nual meeting OF the stockholders of
the Farmers Co Operative association.
which Is engaged in business here, /
show that during the past year the
company transacted a business
amounting to 1924, 6S3.7S. The assoc
now has about 100 stockholders,
these including all the leading farmers
OF this vicinity.
CARTER-Tom Wright, jr,, who
lives near Oak Greek, was shot through
the left leg just below the knee by
Jensen, of Carter, According
to the report that reached here, Wright