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The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-03-05
Notice OF Primary Election.

Notice Of hereby given, that a
primary election will be held at
the regular polling place in all yo-.
ting precincts Of Bon Homme
county, South Dakota, on the Oath
day Of March. between The hours
of 5 O'Clock a. M. and 5 o'clock
T. M, for the purpose of allowing
the members Of each political par
.ty in the state by their own sepa-
rate party vote to choose their par
ty platform and their several par
ty candidates for all national,
state, congressional, judicial, legis
latiye and county offices, which
are to be filled BY election at the
next general election, and to elect
their several national, state, coun
ty precinct committeeman and
state party chairman and delegat-
es to the national convention; also
to nominate in the same manner,
the several party candidates for
the Office of United States senator
which is to be filled BY the next
legislature Of this state.
Dated this 10th day Of Februa-
ry 1914.
@. E. Stoddard
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Frank Nedved ST., died at the
home Of his son Charles near Lake
Port of old age, Monday morning.
His demise was unexpected and
members Of the family did not
notice anything until they pro-
ceeded to wake him, they found
he was dead. Funeral was held
from the home of his son and il
ternent made Id the Nedved ceme-
terry which is situated in one cor
ner Of the sarm, The funeral ad-
dress at the home and cemetery
was delivered By j. AL Dvorak
and the attendance was very large.
The deceased was bornin Bohemia
8g years ago. He came I'll CIeye-
land with his family in the spring
Of 1857. Two years later he fled
on homestead 10 miles northwest
of Yankton and lived there contin-
ually He was one of the very
first Of the Bohemian settlers to
this state. His wife died about 20
years ago and the past eight years
he had been living with his son
Charles on the old homestead
He leaves FIVE sons, all prominent
farmers, and two daughters to
mourn his loss. The sons are
Vaclav, Frank and Charles, who
own farms near Lakeport, Anton
who lives north Of Tyndall and
Stanley who lives near Green
wood. The daughters are Mrs.
Jaknb Skvaril Of Lake Andes and
Mrs. Anna Walter of Crofton,
Neb., all Of whom were present,
The independent extends SYM
nathy.
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FUhb RhMH& Am
I Changed every Thursday.

3 tlCVOA A1CS9dLi WdS db y 3AluaAi
early iIl the week.
q. M. Petrik was at Lake An
des on business matters Thursday.
For i square deal, good lumber, and
low prices come to J. H Queal GO,
Joseph Vinatieri Of Yankton
vas here on business last Friday
The Tabor Motor Co. received
two small Avery tractors this
week.
Bart Wagner Of fnear Dante was
visiting relatives here early ia the
week.
J.. j. Petrik Of Lake Andes
visited relatives here early in the
week.
Get q receipt for your taxes at
the Farmers Savings Bank this
month Adv.
Ed Zolnowski Of near Dante
waa visiting relatives here early
IN the week.
For sale, 5000 cottonwood trees,
3 toe feet high. f. Al. Hladky,
Utica, s. ID. Adv.
Thos. Hamburger and his wife
oftnear Tyndall were visitors here
z last Thursday.
400 bushels Of seed oats for sale,
guranteed to grow. Jos. +. Kron-
aizl. ADV. 3,5.
Jos. W. Wagner attended the
meeting Of the Board of County
Commissioners Monday,
Henry Schneider of Wagner
was shaking hands with his many
friends here Monday.
Ed McLinn and his family
moved on the rented farm near
Kaylor early this week.
Editor Wagner Of the Utica
Times and cashier Tom Wagner
we're here Sunday visiting
friends.
Mrs. Parott Of Mitchell spent
the early part Of the week here vi
sitting with her brother, r. a..
Goodwin.
John Karel and his wife of near
Gregory visited at home ;of their
dNuOhter. Mrs. Chas Stibral last
week.
"a. y. Hajek Of Tyndall and
Matt Herman of near Running
Water we're among the visitors
here last Saturday.
George Petrik came down last
Friday from Sioux City where he
is attending school to spend a few
days here. He reformed Tuesday.
u. al. Dvorak, and his wife and
Mrs. Frank Hessman were Tyn-
dali visitors Monday The new
Court House in nearing completion
since it lis now in the hands OF the
plasterers,
Joseph Skorpik, accompanied
BY Frank Carda and Joseph Black
were at Scotland Tuesday and re-
turned with a new Buick car for
which Joe has an agency.
Mrs. John Hruska and her
daughter, Miss Christina arrived
4 here from their home near Bolivar
Mo-, last Friday for a short visit
with relatives here. They were
former residents here.
al township election was held at
Lakeport Tuesday and the liquor
question was decided in favor OF
the vets. there being So votes for
license and against, Lakeport
will have q saloon.
Frank Stanicek Of Tyndall was
here last Friday to make arrange
menGs TO teach the band Of small
boys. Frank is an all round musi
clan and no doubt will be success
full with the boys.
Frank Hnilo and his family ar
rived here from Texaslas Friday
they have rented the dwelling be-
longing 10 John Machacek, west
of Mach's shop where they willre-
side until they can rent q farm
here.
Before having life insurance Of
any kind, see Kostel q Jezewski
at Tabor. They representthe y.
s. Annuity Life Insurance Co.
which il gaining members daily
ia fact It is one Of the best.
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You Are Invited

to make your headquarters at our
store when in Tabor where you will
ait all times find a complete supply
Of General Merchandise for your
needs. We are very particular that
our customers get nothing but the
/. best at prices that are right.
Order by phone or Parcels Post.
{, Highest price paid for Butter and
Eggs.
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Word IS received that Mrs. j.
wv. Schneider, old pioneer, died at
the home Of her daughter, Mrs. y.
Mattison at Yankton, Thursday
morning, OF pneumonia
Bring III your spring work now
and do not wait until the last mo-
ment- you may not get il in time.
Velek 81 Siman, blacksmiths.
A twenty-five cent social will
be given Saturday evening March
7th at the Rezac school one half
mile south and ~ miles east Of
Tabor. Ladies' please bring bas-
kets. Boys get q good supper for
25c. Good entertainment. Every
body welcome,
a. team Of horses belonging to
Frank Kulis broke loose as he
had them tied in the rear Of Skor-
.pik's store Saturday evening and
ran away. The buggy loaded
with q gasoline engine was found
on the corner near town, but the
horses we're gone. Next day after
a thoro search he found them at
John Vanacek's place. Mr.. Va
nacek picked them up onthe line.
They we're not hurt in the least
and the wagon was not damaged
much.
The auction sale Of the farm
goods and the farm property be-
longing to g. r. BIachnik held
here last Saturday was the largest
ever held here. All articles brot
a fair price. The farm was sold
to Frank Chadim of Victor, Iowa,
who came here for that purpose.
The price paid was $136 T5 per
acre, representign d total sum for
the 320-acre farm Of $43, 7e0. In.
this connection it may be said that
Mr.. Blachnik homesteaded on the
land forty years ago and was IN
about the same financial condition
as the other settlers; that is had.
no capital. From the sale heI
has realized over $40, 900 90 and
has besides some money at the
bank. This is not a bad record as
far as the money side. However,
Mr.. Blachnik besides has raised al
large family. There are Others
who have done as we'll or even bet
ter all of which proves that South
Dakota is the best state in the u
MON.
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Notice OF Voting Places.

The Primary election on Tues
day March gath 1914 will be held
at the following places, to-wit:-
Precinct City Hall
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Satisfaction

of our customers is our Motto and
Policy. III order to be able to live
lip to this self imposed task, we
spare nothing to succeed.
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fatal accident 1t was planned that a
dummy should he used To represent the
weight of the man In the preliminary
trials. But this plan was not carried
out, however, and here Is where Mr..
Langley for the first time seemed to be
surrendering to the inevitable and los
Ing some Of his iron grip upon himself.
Originally I should never have
volunteered to take the place of the
proposed dummy. but my heart had be-
come utterly absorbed in the under
taking and for Mr.. Langley's sake
wanted him to succeed In 1908, when
the large aerodrome was finally COM
pleted, so much time had been lost that
l proposed to assume the risks of such
an accident and to guide the machine
at it's first test in the hope of avoiding
a disaster. with the consequent delay
OF months for repairs. which the
presence Of controlling hand capable
Of correcting any inaccuracies of
balancing rendered far less likely to
occur. To this proposal Mr.. Langley
assented with great reluctance. as he
fully realized the danger involved.
The last time Mr. Langley visited
the experimental station down the
Potomac was on September 3, 1908.
when everything seemed to be in readi-
ness for a trial fight. ! had made my
will. drawn out Of the bank all OF my
funds and given to my brother my per-
sonal papers. being keenly alive to the
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u went to Washington and called on
Mr Langley. our conversation was
brief and then Prof. Langley turned to
ne abruptly and said; How soon can
you begin work?' | answered. AS
soon a. | have had some luncheon
That seemed to please him and he then
explained the situation. He was some
what run down and was anxious to take
trip To Europe. 1t was then the first
day Of June and his passage was booked
Tor the middle of the month. In short
| accepted the position. but not with
any particular enthusiasm and certainly
not with any especial interest in me-
ehdu.yd hight itself looked upon the
chance as an engineering opening pure
and simple.
YOU are probably quite familiar with
much Than has been written about the
personality Of Mr.. Langley-observe
mat ! omit the popular title Of pro-
lessor onc Of the first things that Mr.
Langley said to me the day of my
meeting him was:
Don't call me professor; call me
Ar Langley or secretary. as I am COM
monty known by most OF my associates
mere IN the Smithsonian Institution
EVERY NTH rate musician, chiropodist
successful barber and the like dubs him.
sell professor, and ! don't care to be
confused with gentry Of that kidney
Ihrrr was absolutely nothing In the
way at parade about the man. and III
""'' ~ I'D whatever to popularity
indeed u.. manner Of abstraction a
"n''S Was H part responsible for mucf
"'N""' standing, especially by thos,
W'i knew him only slightly and mis-
""N Dis moments Of intense mental alb
~rp'i"n tor discourtcsy or at least lacl
Of Interest
Early n 1895 and before war will
SPAN "ts declared President McKinlc,
""''"i .'" Langley 'aerodrome' nigh
'"''."nrd into a military instrument
:" u ""' known he laid the matte
"'"r' I'd i.r' board Of army and nav,
'''.'- ana they indorsed the Presi
". '. i' The problem was how
"S.' ... necessary funds without seek
-p''li'e appropriation from Con
errS>
mere was then as now a large an
"''' '"auc" granted the War De
""' "' Ton Us" under the recommen
''' "I ''t" BOARD Of Ordnance an,
N, '''"'"i' aud Ia Dr. Charles T
"'''oi credit must be given for pro
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the portion of the work which seemed
to he specially mine-the demonstra-
ton of the practicabiity of mechanical
highland for the next stage, which is
the commercial and practical develop
ment of the idea, It is probable that the
world may look to others
"In short, the more ambitious pro-
gramme forced upon him by others and
perhaps by the imminence of war. Gull
minated in discrcditing for years TO
come his actual successes and in rob-
bling him of the laurels which were his
by right.
although in 1896 Mr., Langley had
made the firm resolution not to under
take the construction Of large man
CARRYING machine. as he realized that
his multtudinous administrative duties
left him practically no time available
for original research. yet the longing
to take the final great step of actually
Transporting a human being through
the air. which the successful flight OF
the models had now for the first time
in the history of the world actually
proved to he possible, soon became ire
slstible.
Ten years of almost disheartening
difficulties had already been spent In
demonstrating that mechanical flight
was practicable, and Mr.. Langley thor
oughly realized that the construction
of large aerodrome would involve as
great If not even greater difficulties
Nevertheless his indomitable will, which
| baked at no obstacle, however great IL
| might seem, prevailed against the adj
vice of his close friends and associates
| and even that of his physician, who
had counselled him that resumption
of concentrated thought and vigorous
cndeavor would materially shorten his
| life. which had already passed three
score years.
| "Only few were privileged to come
| into close contact with him in his daily
| work and thereby catch the inspiration
| of his unwavering persistence, his
| ceaseless perseverance, his plain in
| ability To submit to defeat: but no one
! who has read the record OF his astro'
nomical expedition to Mount whitney
or the story of his development of the
! bolometcr can have failed To- obtain
some appreciation OF this mos, striking
feature of his character. Having one,
| determined on the accomplishment OF
| "a definite object, no amount OF difficultN
| that might arise deferred him from
pushing on until In some way and by
some means he had succeeded; and NJ
one appreciated better than he that Il
the thin edge of the right wedge car
be inserted under an obstacle, that oh
| stacle can be removed, no matter how
formidable 1t might seem.
"Mr. Langley has been called a cole
man and without personal charm. bu
such was very far from the fact True, h
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noting interest on the part of the
military authorities. Unlike Mr.. Lang
ley, whose rather retiring nature kept
him aloof from making influential
acquaintance. Dr. walcott had friends
In many OF the Government depart
ments and instinctvely knew In which
direction To turn in appealing for aid
In a case of this sort.
Again Capt. |. n. Lewis of the army
was recorder of the Board OF Ordnance
and Fertilization. and being an inventor
of note in his profession, used his good
offices In promoting a favorable atti-
tude on the part Of his associates on
that board. In short. where Mr. Lang
ley would have hcsitated or failed be-
cause Of his personal interest involved.
DIR. WalCott. Capt Lewis and the other
members Of the Board of Ordnance and
Fertilization came to the rescue. and it
was recommended and approved that a
total allotment of $4,000 out Of this
War Department fund be granted;
$4,000 to lee Immediately available, and
similar sum To lie pledged for 1899.
1t is necessary to mention this mat
ter Of money In order to emphasize later
how sheer nisgardliness i'm this particu-
lar ultimately prevented Langley from
seeing in his own lifetime the successful
performance " the flying machine
| which his genius created. Indeed. IL
was this Withholding of funds that made
his burden so heavy in the end and
brought him To point where unfair
criticism and even vrulent attack
| proved too much for that man of iron
will
Had he halted his work I'm 1897, with
its then wonderful record Of achieve
ment and had he not assented To-
President McEinley's wishes. Mr.. Lang
! ley might be alive to-day and would
surely have been recognized for his
prominence In the art His own words
are singularly prophetic upon this
! point. 4 have now brought To close
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low CRITICISM BROKE THE HEART OF A FLYING GENIUS

was favorable and a tug was sent ior
to pull us down to that point mt the
lower end OF Washington where the
Potomac and Its eastern branch mee'
and form Y-Anacostia ana tne
browning walls Of st. Elizabeth's Asylum"
lying of to the southeast.
1.-THE tug had Its difficulties with the
current and the ice In the river anu "
was late in the afternoon before we were
in position affording sufficient room
for a flight In the meanwhile nasty
wind was blowing straight from the
south and east. In desperation ! deter
mined to make try, because l knew
how much hung upon my success. o"e
good fight and there would oe NO
further trouble about funds; Tor tha'
end | was ready to gamble with iate
and to take chance that many aviators
later on would have turned down.
"The sun was just dipping over Inc
Virginia hills to the west when l toon
my seat and started the engine. mo,
ment later | gave the word Co anu
the aerodrome was literally thrown into
the air, but almost instantly II was
twisted around with Its tail directly
down and the lower platform upper
most
by 'skinning the cat ] managed 10
swing myself about so that l could race
the houseboat. and then down we
plunged straight into the icy flood. The
wreckage covered me, but ] was pro-
vided with cork jacket OF my own
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The Langley aeroplane in fight.

hazards before me; just the same had
no personal fears, although | knew the
odds were against me. | had taken my
seat. switched on the spark and turned
around to crank the engine. but no
amount of work on my part could in
duce even a cough from the motor.
THE batteries had failed because Of
the intensely humid weather and the
heat. and out of whole barrel of dry
batteries | coulf not get enough tn make
suitable spark We were working out
in the broiling sunshine and in a tenn
perature of 104 degrees. and we were
all down and out when our labors came
to naught. am sure that Mr.. Langley
was deeply grieved by the turn of events
and I think the setback hurt him physi-
cally.
more than a year previously the
original allotment of $4,000 from the
Board of Ordnance and Fertilization had
been exhausted and the $4,000 suisse
quently used came from the Hodgkins
fund This money Mr.. Langley had
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THE solution of the difficulty, 1t was
believed, was to be found in the use OF
an internal combustion engine, but Mr.
Langley had had very little experience
with such engines and was therefore
averse TO undertaking the construction
of large aerodrome until he had as
surance that a suitable gasolene engine
could be secured. Before making an
agreement to attempt the work for the
War Department he had therefore
made a search for "A reliable builder who
would undertake to construct gaso-
lcne engine Of not less than ~ horse
power to weigh not more than one hun
dred pounds.
after a most extended search for the
best builder to undertake this work
contract was entered into on December
~, 1898. However, this was the be-
ginning of a series Of delays and disap-
pointments. and finally it became my
task to design and to build the engine
installed upon the big aerodrome, IN
fact the very engine that did the work
up on Lake Keuka the other day.
at was just this sort of setbacks that
delayed the completion of this big flying
machine and postponed its field trials
until 1908. We were really blazing
our way in well nigh every department
of the undertaking, and I don't think
the general public has ever understood
the many difficulties that naturally con-
fronted Mr.. Langley in jumping from
comparatively miniature models to
full sized apparatus capable OF lifting
its own weight plus the burden OF a
human pilot.
Before the big aerdrome was bull
Mr. Langley decided to prove again the
correctness Of our design by building
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minutes at a time without saying a
word and If he answered you at all 1t
was with the monosyllables, Yes or
NO In way he was temperamentally
as rugged as the New England whence
he came, for you probably know that
he was born in Roxbury, Mass. but he
had as many charming sides to his
nature as the sunlit fields of that part of
the country.
He was passionately fond of chill
dren and singularly at home when
entertaining them with fanciful tales
created upon the instant. Probably one
of the best pictures Of this wonderfully
varied man Is given In the story told by
John \. Brashear. that wizard OF prac-
teal optics. the man that has done so
much to make the telescope what 1t is
to-day.
"Brashear says: Langley was present
at some social function in Washington
and a lady OF some conversational gift
had fallen to his lot. She tried valiantly
to entertain him with a variety of
topics, but failed. At last she asked him
in desperation what he did like to talk
about and he quickly replied. "Chlldrcn
and fairy stories."'
"Mr. Langley's interest in aviation
was never a commercial one. He was
not paid for the work that he did to
| develop the science, and he was ready
| in 1896, after he had finished the first
epoch of his experiments and had proved
conclusively the practicability of the
| heavier than air flying machine, to
| turn over the future development of the
art and its possible commercial phases
| to others gratis. 1t is fact not com
monty known Mr.. Langley was offered
that very year the financial support OF
| a prominent Philadelphia banking
house provided he would make his sue
cess a matter of business. and he posi-
lively refused to entertain the PROPOSE
ton. He was bent upon doing purely
scientific and patriotic service when nc
| agreed to carry his work further In
1s9s with the funds provided by the
Board Of Ordnance ard Fertilization.
| 1.-THE years of experiment with models
| had demonstrated clearly that the
| greatest difficulty in the development o'
| the aerodrome was the construction OF .
suitable power generator, which shoulo
! combine the elements of extreme llsht'
ness and unusual power with fair de-
ere. of durability. Although remark
| ably good results had been secured II
the case OF the models through the use
of steam, It was realized from the firs
that not only would the development OF
a steam power plant for large man
carrying aerodrome present difficulties
Of a CONSTITUTIONAL nature, but tina
such a steam plant would necessarli,
be so fragile and delicate as to make /
constant menace 10 the machine which
II was to propel.
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been reluctant to draw upon. saying
that he did not care to be both the dis
penser and the beneficiary, and his OPP
position was not overcome until the
Board of Regents authorized him to
draw upon the fund. Despite this
authority he was attacked for using the
money, and these criticisms of his con-
duct hurt more and more as time
went on.
Such was the state of affairs when
at last on October Z, 1903, we did make
a flight. Everything worked nearly per-
fectly but one comparatively trfllng
feature of the launching carriage. one
of the rods supporting the front wings
caught and while the aerodrome got
clear of the catapult the forward planes
were bent downward so that they tended
to force the machine earthward instead
of helping to raise It,
However, the aerodrome flew several
hundred yards, but finally plunged into
the river at an angle of As degrees while
travelling at a rate of fifty miles an
hour. Happily l was not strapped in.
had opposed Mr.. Langley In this, who
feared that the pilot might be thrown
out of his seat, and by bracing myself
| was able to meet the shock success
fully. However we sped along under
water for some distance and then /
grabbed the stays overhead and pulled
myself clear, thus reaching the surface
before the wrecked fler. ! swan about
for a while, got hold of the wreckage
and waited for a rowboat to take me
aboard.
Nearly two months elapsed before
we were ready for another flight, and