The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-10-08
DAKOTA STATE NEWS

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being expended on purely public improve
ments, In addition to which may be added
the new postofflce building, a large dou-
BILE mercantile building, two stories, a two
story business block, a brick garage, a
Carnegie library, another S75 $780,, and last,
but not least. IL is proposed to pave the
entire length OF Main street, which is
just an even mile in length and 100 feet
wide.
PIERRE-Articles Of incorporation were
filed here Tuesday for the First Mortgage
& Loan Co.. of Sioux City. with a CAPT.
tai OF $26OgOo0. -Incorporators. w. l.. Mont
gomery. vice president of the First Ma
tional ban OF Sioux City. and o Ennis,
Sioux City; A. Is. Fairbanks, Sioux Falls.
For the Theater Pharmacy company, at
Mitchell, with a capital OF $4,000. Incor-
porators, l.. J. WEIGH, It. J. Spangler,
Fred II. Scott. William A. Scott, j. G.
Wood.
AURoRA-Death came suddenly to c. s.
Ripley, one OF the best known OF the pio-
neer settlers OF Brookings county. He
was found dead near the baseball grounds
In Aurora, death having resulted from an
attack of heart failure. 1t Is thought he
was on his way from the s~tockyards to his
home when he fell dead at the point
where his body was found. He had been
a resident of Brookings county since 1873.
County auditor Ripley is a son Of the dead
man.
FAULKToN-A. A. Colgrove, living on
n fine farm some miles from Faulkton,
is the bonanza farmer of his section. He
has this season harvested and threshed
mall grain to the amount OF 1000 BUSH
els. His wheat threshed out % bushels
per acre, barley 30, rye %. 1t is estimated
that in addition to the small grain he will
have not less than 1900 bushels OF corn.
The farm contains five quarter sections,
but only a part of 1t Is being cultivated.
DALLAS-A large deal in realty has
been closed by the Guenthner Bros. Land
company. OF Dallas; 1880 acres were sold
to william Frederick, who is one of
Hutchinson county's wealthiest citizens,
The land il a ranch In Trip county bor-
dering on White river and will be used
by the purchasers for the breeding and
raising OF cattle. The consideration as
expressed in the contract is $4,000.
CARTHAGE-Ben II. Surber, a farmer
living near town, marketed here a hog
which weighed 200 pounds and for which
he received $50 so. This is the highest
price ever paid for a single hog on the
local market.
ETHAN-As the result OF finding and
exploding a dynamite cap, 5-year-old Roy
Martel, OF this place, was seriously In
jured. His limbs and hands were badly
slashed and cut by the explosion.
CENTERVILLE-The determination of
the local authorities to enforce the auto
mobile speed laws has resulted In a num-
Der OF arrests recently. Thus far eight or
10 persons have been arrested on the
charge of exceeding the speed limit and
fines of S. and costs were assessed In each
case. Some others were arrested for not
having the number of their autos prop
erly displayed.
SPRINGFIELD-Jacob Hickman Bryan,
aged 50 years, died here at his home. Mr..
Bryan came to Dakota territory In 1858
and resided in Clay county since h with
| the exception OF the few months that he
has lived I'm Springfield. He was promi-
nent I'm politics in Clay county, where he
| held the offices of sheriff and register OF
deeds.
CONDE-After this place had been with
out street lights for several weeks, be-
| cause OF differences between the city au-
thorities and the owners OF the electric
| light system, arrangements have been con-
cluded whereby the lights have again been
turned on. The difficulty was over rates,
which now have been adjusted.
ARMouR-The Douglas County News
| (democratic), published at Corsica, Doug
las county. was a-malgamated with the
Corsica Globe on Monday of this week.
William Bordewyk, of the News, has run
the paper for several years and finally de-
| cided to sell to his opponent, George r..
| Culver. editor of the Globe.
COLTON-An important event in re-
| igious circles In this vicinity was the ded-
ication OF a fine new Lutheran church at
a point I'm the country near Cotton. 1t
will be known as the Zion church. Mem
bers of the United Brethren denomina-
ton from a wide scope of country were
present to aid in the dedication exercises.
wAUBAY-otto Picht, a well known
Day county farmer. is In a serious condi-
ton as the result of being kicke in the
abdomen by one of his horses. At first IT
was thought his injuries were trivial, but
It was discovered that his intestines were
badly bruised by the force OF the blow
from the horses hoofs. -.
wESSINGTON-The annual conference
of the Methodist Episcopal church of
South Dakota will open here Tuesday, Oc-
tober 6. There will be about 800 or $50
delegates in attendance. The Free Metho-
dist annual conference will also convene
here the following week. .... .
MILLER-In ascending the high Sex
auer elevator here in a basket to nail on a
piece of loose siding the rope broke and
Selmer Eiknes. of Minneapolis, fell to the
iron roof of the shed below, breaking three
ribs and injuring his head and back. 1t is
believed that he will recover. .
LAKE ANDES-The little son of Mr..
and Mrs. Lars Langeland ound a dyna-
mite cap which some person had lost In
the road, and taking a hammer exploded
II. The force OF the explosion nangled
one Of his arms quite badly.
wITTEN-The state fish and game de-
partment sent 20 gallons of live fish to To-
cal parties and they have been placed in
a fine lake near Witten. The a k Is about
a quarter of a mile long n has an av-
erage depth of eight feet.
HITCHCOCK-August Steinheuser Is the
bonanza farmer Of this section, He has
Just threshed the grain from 1855 acres
which he had under cultivation this sea-
son and finds that he has a total yield of
5,492 bushels.
NoRTHvILLE-The potato crop of this
section now is being harvested, and is
one of the largest ever produced in this
region. Many of the fields are yielding
from 100 to $50 bushels per acre.
HURLEY-At a special election to be
held here on October q the proposition of
issuing bonds in the sum of $4,000 for the
erection of a city hall will be submitted
to the voters.