The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-12-03
DAKOTA STATE NEWS


| completion of Sibley's electric light and
power plant and the present construction
of an electric transmission line connect
ing the towns of Ocheyedan, Harris and
Lake Park with Sibley's plant When ths
system Is completed the various towns
viii have day and night service
| DENIsoN-Ed Myer, Fred. Ernst and
Bonnie hunger, four Germans living on
| farms near Ricketts,. Ia, met with an auto
accident wednesday afternoon at the ole
six-mile house, northwest OF this city
They were returning home and were
passed by another auto, which left such
cloud OF dust that when they came to
| turn In the road Bonnie Bunger could
not see and ran the machine into bank
1t was overturned and all the men SO
badly injured that they were brought tc
the Denison hospital for treatment.
CEDAR RAPIDs-The first municipal
Thanksgiving ever celebrated In Cedar
Rapids will occur today when representa-,
| tives OF different churches and civic bodies
assembled In the big tabernacle on Munich.
pal island, and listened to addresses by
laymen and ministers. The principal talk
was given by the Very Rev. Dear
Toomey. OF Immaculate Conception
church on World Peace" The idea OF
a municipal Thanksgiving originated with
the Cedar Rapids AID club.
CLARINDA-A manila board shipping
tag Sx6 inches In size. upon which was an
Identification card and pass through the
lines at the Gettysburg reunion last year,
proved the best passport anybody could
want during his recent trips through Ger
many, Holland and England by John ID.
Rope, of this city. who relates with much
glee his experiences in impressing upon
the officers. railway guards and even men
in the foreign consulates the Importance
of his passport
DIES MOINES-Biron s. Hutchinson en-
tered a friendly suit In the district court
to find out whether the proposition to buy
the water works carried by a sufficient
vote at the election on November 3. An
injunction is asked to prevent the city
from further issuance OF bonds for acqutr-
ing the plant. Hutchinson contends that
the affirmative vote at the last election
was not large enough by several thou
sand votes to comply with the require
ments OF law. H.. &.
DoLAND--Mrs. Frank Boullion, wife OF
well known farmer living some miles
from here, died suddenly while apparently
enjoying the best of health. Between 0
and 10 o'clock I'm the morning she COM
planned of having a pain In the back OF
her head. She requested her husband tn
get her drink OF water, but before he
could return with the water she was
dead. Physicians say she died OF hemor-
rhage of the brain. .
ROSLYN-R. C. Haaseth, a prominent
farmer living near here, sustained q heavy
loss when mis- barn was destroyed by fire.
In addition to the burning of 800 bushels
of wheat and 600 bushels OF barley and
oats, he lost other property, and eight
head of cattle and three valuable horses
were burned to death. There was some
insurance on the barn, but none of the
stock and grain.
COUNCIL BLUFFS-H. w. Hoffman,
principal OF the Lincoln high school, and
Miss Effie Clare Blum, of Monona, Ia,
were married here Thursday. Professor
Hoffman came to Council Bluffs last Sat
| urday and secured his license and a prom
Use to withhold it's publication until the
| day of the wedding. The license shows
| that Professor Huffman Is 80 years old,
| and his bride rs.
| CASTANA- are being
made here for community Christmas
| tree One of the trees in the park is &c
be decorated and lighted during the week
| of Christmas and on Christmas eve a
program will be given by the children OF
| the community in the opera house. There
will be no programs at the churches as
all have united I'm the community service.
PIERRE-The first prosecution In the
state for chasing deer with dogs, resulted
| In a fine and costs of $43 and loss of IL
| cense of Emmett Ward of Lawrence
county. The dog chased deer into a
| creek within a few rods of where Dep
uty Warden Edholm was patrolling the
| timber Ward was arrested
| HowARD-CharIes Anderson, late 'of
Lake Preston, who Is arranging to build
and operate a creamery here, is meeting
| with good success, a large number of the
i farmers of the surrounding country hav-
Ing promised to Loyalty support the insti-
| tuition and sell II their milk and cream.
| PIERRE--It is reported that home pro-
tective associations have been formed
1 both on the east and west sides of the
| Missouri river to look after the numerous
/ complaints as to the operations of cattle
| "rustlers." who have been getting away
| with a lot OF stock on both sides of the
| stream.
/ BONESTEEL-Many deaths among cat .
| tie from the mysterious corn stalk disease
is reported by farmers of this vicinity.
/ The direct cause Of death Is not known,
| 1t is commonly attributed to smut, but one
farmer who lost eight head contends that
\ he had no smutty corn in his field, and
/ his theory is that the cattle died from
| eating the late, non-ear bearing stalks
which remained comparatively green and
| evidently contained poisonous sap. The
poison does not affect horses. +
| MISUNDERSTANDING are being
| made here for the organization of
/ booster band" TO be composed exclusive
| ly of Spearfish women. The business men
| OF the city offer to contribute fund for
| the support OF the concert band which IL
| Is proposed to organize, and for the Sc
| curing Of competent musical director.
| DEADWOoD-Whilep putting fuel In the
! kitchen stove in the absence of her par
| ents 10-year-old Vera Mccall was burned
| TO death at the ranch of George Mccall,
| northeast OF Newell. Her dress caught
| fire, and although her little playmates
| poured water on the blazing garments, the
| child died few hours later It'll
| FAULKToN-Peter Paul appeared in
4 the state circuit court here and pleaded
/ guilty TO the charge OF forging the name
! OF a well known citizen to a check. He
( was sentenced 10 a term of eight months
| in the Sioux Falls penitentiary. r
| PUKWANA--A. l.. Newman has been
/ appointed secretary of the Pukwana
| Booster club, to succeed It. T.. Bickeli,
| who has deciLed to take up his residence
in another part of the northwest.
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