The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-12-20
A Worthy Tribute.

Mrs. Mana Gilbert, editress of
the Salem Pioneer Register pays
this tribute to the Dollards, and to
the Majors book:
The editor Of the Pioneer Register is
in receipt of a complimentary copy of
Robt. Do1lard's book. .'Recollections of
the Civil War and Going West to Grow
up with the Country The reading of
the book is a treat to be enjoyed in the
immediate future. We have dipped in
to its pages and find the book written
in Major Dollard's own crisp, natural
style. "In the Land of Dacotahs' he
begins his "Going west to grow up with
the country" stories, going back to 1878.
He speaks of his first home in SOUTH
Dakota thus. "It was a space dug in
the hill side about ten feet wide and
twelve feet long. Half of it was in the
side hill and the other half was walled
in with sod. 1t had a good board roof
covered with tar paper; a good door
Elm a fl NiIoOW.8 kfAS d SIut lCl IL ILL
swered veryeweil for tile head If tile
family. 1t had n spare oorns in it.
but commenced my residence there
the fall before and woke up IL morn
ing to find the bed covered with a half
a foot of snow which was a reminder
that the holes on the north side must
be closed up for the sake of comfort.u
The book, if placedrin the school libra
ries OF this state would make splendid
supplemental reading in connection
with civics. About fifty pages are de-.
voted to the work OF making a state
constitution, detailing the proceedings
of territorial conventions heldin Can
ton, Huron and Sioux Falls. We un-.
dlerstiand that the book is published by
the author mostly for distribution Il.
mong his friends, but we would recon-
mend that every school library in the
state would procure a copy.
In the removal OF Major and Mrs.
Dollard from the state. the writer pats
with valued fiends. Our visits have
been made delightful in their pleasant
home, where Mr.. Dollard is an ideal.
host and Mrs. Dollard a pleasing grace
ful hostess. Years of planning and
personal supervision made theirs one Of
the finest old places in the state: Shade
trees in abundance, n of which, ofan
oddly ornamental shape the Major
would not allow a single branch Topped
from; fruit trees-w we have Toasted on
cherries, apples and berries grown on
the place; the house with its large com
Portable rooms, unaltered since it was
built years ago, this is the home the
Dollards are leaving, for a climate
I more suited'to Mr.. Dollard's health.
For years he has been afflicted with
asthma and of late years a more serious
complication has developed, making
the care of his health the most import
aht consideration.
Mrs. Do1lard has been closely con-
nected with the church aud social
movements Of the town. Having nc
daughter of her own she has chaperoned
/ Northumberland many Of the girls ia
her circle. Has been a worker in local,
district and state w. G. r. u. work
since its organization. She founded d
public library in Scotland and by. un-
firing and, we think uphill work, kept
IT IN a thriving condition until Others
could be found to take charge of it.
She lsdirectly responsible for the organ
ization Of the Salem public library.
She was a guest ofsthe editor who en-
tertained the two women's clubs in her
honor, AT the meeting we asked her
to talk library 70 the women-folss /.
The result ofthe talk and the discussion
following, was the organization Of our
library board.
When the Dollards leave for tier
new home in Los Angeles, South d.
kota will lose one Of her distinguished
citizens and his clever talented wife, i
gentleman andllady Of old school 1
ners, 2 type that IS too rapidly dying
out,
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