The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-07-09
DAKOTA STATE NEWS

TOTS OF the state FOOD and drug Depart
ment reached the high water mark last
week. Ten cases In all were started or
completed during the first Ave days of the
week. Eight OF these are due 10 the sale
/ Of bad eggs by farmers. One case was
started against hotel keeper for failure
TO provide necessary means OF escape from
fire, and the tenth complaint was fled
against butcher on Charge of main
tanning a dirty market
PTERRE-The people Of Midland have
gone into court with their county seat
contest having asked Judge Hughes, Of
the Sixth circuit for a writ of man
damus TO compel the county commission
ers and county auditor OF Stanley county
l to place the name OF Midland upon the
ballot as candidate for permanent cum
~ seat of Stanley county at the Nov en-
/ Der election
REDFIELD--Good progress is being
| made in the work of completing the new
| depot building OF the Northwestern Rail-
way company in this city. The structure
viii be one OF the finest of its kind in
/ this part Of the state. The old depot
building will be added to the freight ware
house Of the company, and thus give i'm
creased freight facilities here.
| PIERRE-Papers over the state are dis
| cussing the purchase OF the Philip buffalo
! herd by the state. There is about $50 900
| In the state game fund and II Is being
| suggested that this fund be used for the
purpose, and that the remainder be raised
| by popular subscriptions Specimens from
the herd could be sold to partially reim-
burse the contributors.
KEYsToNE-Drew Palmer. an old resi-
dent deliberately cut his throat in the
plain sight Of two other men. Palmer was
\ 60 years old and unmarried. Having been
| In poor health for some time, II Is thought
| that constant brooding over his condition
| drove him to the deed.
BELvIDERE-Two good rains, OF over
| one-half inch each, fell here last week,
| which assures a good crop of small grain.
Most Of the corn is being cultivated for
| the last time A big first crop of alfalfa
| was harvested. and the second Is we'll on
the way to maturity.
| ISABEL-Robert Jewett was killed
about five miles west OF here by bolt
of lightning while he was riding saddle
i horse and driving team loaded with sup
plies for sheep camp His body was
! badly burned and the horse he was riding
4 also was killed
/ CIIARK-The city council OF Clark has
called a special election, to be held Thurs
day, July 16. at which the proposition Of
| issuing bonds in the sum OF 5000 for the
erection of a combined city hall and ire
department building viii be submitted to
the voters. .a
WHITE LAKE-Fire of unknown origin
destroyed the John Goeres building oc-
| cupied by a hotel and a notion store.
Owing to the highly inflammable nature
OF the contents OF the notion store, in
which the fire broke out, the lower part
of the building became mass Of flames
in few minutes, the dodgers in the
rooms above being aroused barely in
time to escape.
I MITCHELLl-At pro re nata presby-
terry meeting here this week of the Pres
byterian churches in the Sioux Falls dis
trict, II was voted to include Lyman and
Gregory counties and half OF Tripp county
in the district. The Sioux Falls district
OF the church in the state has included
the counties in the southeastern corner
of South Dakota, east OF the Missouri
river.
PIERRE-The revenues for the COM
mon schools Of the state next year win be
swelled by additional leasing OF more
than 900 acres of state school lands
The summary for the two years show that
for the year ending June 30, 1913, Che total
amount of state land leased was 2,049, $50
acres, while for the year ending June
80, 1914, the leaseS had gone up to 2,151,-
439 acres.
/ CLARK-At meeting of breeders of
Holstein cattle OF Clark county, held here
il was decided to organize county as
ISOLATION. The following officers were
elected: President, G. II. Pickles: vice
president, T.. King; secretary, X. H. Du-
bach. It is probable that in the fall the
members Of the new association will hold
a cattle show.
PIERRE--News has been received
here OF the death in Minnesota of Mrs
Louden, widow of the Rev. Clarke Lou
den, one of the pioneer ministers OF this
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this city many years ago, and the body
OF his widow win be brought to this city
for burial by the side Of her husband.
MITCHELL--Seven men were injured
none fatally. when two cars and q ca
boose OF a Milwaukee freight train late
yesterday afternoon jumped the track just
1 north of Mitchell. Three cars went into
the ditch. The passengers were cut and
bruised
HURON-Former visitors to the South
Dakota state fair, who attend the 1914 exc
position at Huron will be in strange
place so far as the grounds are concerned.
State Engineer H. M. Derr has had the
| grounds resuryeyed and replatted, which
means that the roads, alleys and all
streets, including Midway and Machinery
Row will all be differently located and ar
ranged. The new plan will make all parts
of the grouds readily accessible while the
artistic effect will be strengthened.
| DALLAS--John Fletcher, president OF
the Drovers' National bank, OF Chicago,
II with his wife, is in Dallas visiting at the
home of Mr. and Mrs Don r. Foster. Mr..
Fletcher has over $2500OO invested In tho
Rosebud country and is here with view
of increasing these investments
vERMILIoN-o. e. Cushman has re-
signed his position as assistant chemist
with the pure food and drug department,
and will leave in few weeks for Berkeley,
Cal. where he has been appointed to an
assistant professorship In chemistry In the
University Of California.
PLANKINTON-At their last meeting
the directors OF the Farmers Elevator
company elected George HI. Barber, of
Minneapolis. TO succeed w. p. Conway as
manager of the company's business for
the ensuing year The new manager has
assumed charge. ~.
DALLAS-D. A. Mckenzie, Formerly dis
trict Judge in Alaska, has been the guest
| of e. o. Patterson. MIR. Patterson and
J,dra McRenzie will make a trip to Alas