The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-07-30
DAKOTA STATE NEWS

and fracture az the skull suggested that
| the man either fell from a car or had
been attacked with club. He was
breathing laboredly when picked pp and
medical atten lance summoned. He died
| at $50 a. m. Thursday. There was moth
ing on the body to identify the victim. but
Il is believed that he came in with the
harvest hands from Kansas, who have
been arriving here at the rate Of 100 to
160 daily. The stranger Is above medium
size, of sandy complexion and probably
about s5 years of age.
FAULKToN-C Curiosity cost Reynold
Warner. OF this place, the loss Of his eye
brows and eyelashes and brought him In
tense suffering from burns when he got
possession Of match while playing In
the backyard OF his home. Wondering
what effect the dropping OF a lighted
match down the sewer pipe would have,
the boy perched above the opening and
tried the experiment. The explosion OF
the sewer gas took away the hair on his
face and badly burned his forehead, miss
Ing injury to his eyes by narrow mar
gin.
LEoLA-Falling into pail of scaiding
water while playing about the house,
Frederick Schoenfelder, the 2O-month-old
son OF Mr.. and Mrs. +. c. Schoenfelder,
was literally boiled alive, receiving in
entire body OF the little fellow was Bills
tered to such an extent that physicians,
called Immediately in an attempt to save
him, were unable to do much to relieve
his agony.
. DALLAS-Struck by lightning while
driving toward his home at Wewela
John Remus' first knowledge OF the acci-
dent was when he regained conscious
ness and found himself IN the middle of
\. 4 IA.
made his way to a nearby farm house and
telephoned to friends who came to his as
sistance. He was severely but not fatally
burned by the electric current that had
thrown him from his seat in the, buggy.
DEADwooD-Suffci capital for the
complete development OF the properties
of the Deadwood Zinc and Lead company,
better known as the Aaron Dunn prop
erty In the Lexington Hill district, has
been assured by negotiations just closed
here According to terms OF contract
signed recently, 1900 month is to be
expended for development work during
the next II months. ..
oACoMA--F. X. Hoverson, of Dixon,
met with an accident that nearly cost
him his life and badly wrecked his auto
mobile when he lost control of the ma
chine on bridge just east OF town, crash
ing through the guard ran into the creek
10 rect below, Inc car turned over, OUT
the narrowness Of the creek bottom en-
abled him to crawl out from under the
machine uninjured. .E"
DEADwooD-The concrete base for the
monument TO be erected TO Rev. Henry w.
Smith, the pioneer preacher who was
killed by the Indians In the Hills August
20, 1876 has been completed A huge
granite shaft win be set on the bsse. The
ceremony OF dedication will be held on the
M, Ia 49, n.
ment IS on the Spearflsh road about three
miles from here.
sPRINGFIELD-J. w. Wallace, former
| county surveyor, his son, Joe, and w. c.
Parsons. have filed on GOO acres OF Mis-
souri, bottom land a few miles east OF this
| place, which they will seek to claim as
accretions shifted from the Nebraska side.
| AS the court decisions on these points are
| somewhat complicated II is expected that
| the fling will at least result in litigation.
HENRY--sto Stockholders in the Farmers
/ Elevator company at meeting here d.
| vided up more than 81, 600 representing pro
rata returns on the operation for the past
| year. Two cents per bushel on all grain
| and so cents per ton on coal was returned
| TO the stockholders. The company has
now completed $1,000 elevator equipped
with the most modern machinery.
LEMMoN-A train load of Mexican
! cattle reached Lennon Wednesday direct
| from Mexico. They had been confiscated
| by villa and were sold direct to American
| buyers by him, the money going to pur-
| chase arms and ammunition. The cattle
| had the appearance of going through a
/ war, but viii soon Pecuperate on nutTi-
| tious grasses Of Perkins county.
FORT PIERRE-The whereabouts of
| Donald Gaunt, better known as "Scotty,"
/ Is surrounded with mystery. He left here
! June u, but left no word as to his des-
| tination That he had gone any distance
| could not be possible, as his clothing and
other things were left just as they had
/ been every day in the Huston house. A
1 stack Of mail has accumulated there
| without a word from him as to where to
forward 1t, and foul play is feared.
\ DEADwooD- The first teaching plant
4 for the treatment of copper bearing ores
/ ever erected in the Black Hills is soon 20
/ be built on the property of the Jungle
j Mining company in the Custer Peak dis
l trict, Is miles south of this city. 1t will
1 have an initial capacity OF 80 tons daily
4 and will be capable OF producing pound
4 OF copper at cost Of cents.
4 ALEXANDRIA, Director OF the New
Farmers Grain company here, have voted
| to pay dividend of per cent on the OUT
| standing stock. In addition the stock
! holder patrons Of the company viii receive
an extra slice of the financial melon in
the shape of one-half cent a bushel for
all grain delivered at the elevator during
the past year.
Il BROOKINGS-Flve men from the south
| eastern part of the county were arrested
4 by deupty game warden and brought
4 before one OF the county justices on the
charge of shooting prairie chickens out
II OF season and SEEMING game fish, The
/ state game warden says offenders will be
severely dealt with in all parts Of the
| state.
/ FAULKTON-Autom owners of the
county have organized club. The fol-
lowing officers have been elected for the
year: N. A. Gardner, Of Orient, president;
w. ]. Jacobs. OF Faulkton, secretary; A.
Boiler of FauIkton, treasurer; John Dix
on, of Seneca. and j. Freitag, of Carlyle,
vice presidents.
SISSETON-A grain shock-loading ma
chine, on the order of a hayloader, has
been perfected here by Cottingham Bros.
and Aaron ArroWsFnith who plan to give