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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-07-11
1--WE GnDINN LUMBER
likely TO Pull DOWN
Prices IN DAKOTA
Cav MsN Along Missouri Makes
Dimension Stuff From
Cottonwood.

Pierre, s. d, July 6.-What promises
10 l..are a Inference in the price VI
...easlon lu!nDer in tins InarHet IS q
ice sawrnill tina: smith Bros. are op-
elatlng near tie Missouri river y
twenty-five miles bclow here.
While cottonwood is not a good grace
Of lumber Tor use where it is EXPOSED 10
ne weather, Tor inside work 1t does
very well, and they are cutting d large
amount O. that class OF lumber.
Ihey are beginning to supply the
lnarket at Fort Pierre with cheap lum-
Der, and viii spread out as their supply
lt.creaSSeS.
The first shipment Of 10000 feet was
brought UP by BOAT last week,
Railroads Beg FOR Time.
The last legislature made a radical
change in the railroad assessment laws
of the state. and the companies say
that it Is physically impossible for them
to present reports under it by the 10TH,
as the law demands, but that they Will
get them in just as 500 as possible.
All assessments by the state board
must be made by the 1st of August,
and the roads have but little leeway.
1t is expected that the assessment on
this class OF property will take up much
more of the time OF the board thar 1t
has in former years, and that h VAL
uatio:o will be much higher.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-07-11
INDIANS DEDICATE
A MONUMENTAL
YANKTON AGENCY

Yanston, S. D., July 10.-At Yankton
Agency last week a monument of much
historic interest was erected BY the
4ankton Tribe of Dakota Sioux, who
formerly lived on this town site, once
the home of Chief Struck by the Rec
and his chiefs and braves. The in
scriptton. which tells the story, is as
follows:
To commemorate the treaty be-
tween the United States of America
and the Yankton Tribe of Sioux, or
Dakota Indians; concluded at Wash
itngton, D. c., April 10, 1858: Ratified by
THE senate, February 10, 1859"
around the base runs the
line: "Ihanktunwan- Yankton-Dakota-
Sioux. Another face eads: I'm mem
DRY Of the Yankton Chiefs who made
h treaty of 1858, Struck by the Rec,
Black Bear, Medicine Cow, White
Swan, Pretty Boy, Feather in the Ear,
Crazy Bull. Frank Deloria. A third
side contains a list of the delegates
who signed the treaty, while the fourth
reads; THE tribal councillors who kept
the. peace n saw that the agreements
of the fifty year treaty We're all full
illed.' Then followed another list OF
names. many Of them familiar to those
acquainted with early Dakota history.
The monument, which Is the work OF
the Rapalee Marble Works of Sioux
City, Is a twelve foot granite Shaft and
was only completed after many months
of pow-wows by the Indians, who were
extremely careful about the lettering
and hunted up their history with
patnstaking care to insure that no uis-
takes were made
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-07-11
WEDDING is NO BANKRUPTCY
COURT EoR The BRIDE

Fairfax, S. D., July 9.-That a young
woman ann escape payments OF
debts contracted before her marriage
was established IN the state circuit
court here.
The plaintiff was VIM. M. Beckett,
the defendant Alice Young Branam
The young woman before her marriage
settled upon a homestead In the ceded
portion of the Rosebud Indian reserva-
tion near Herrick, and after living upon
the lam the required time made final
proof. Beckett furnished HI young
woman with 81. 800 necessary in order
for her to make final proof, the UNDER
standing being that when she secured
title to the homestead from the govern
ment she would give Beckett a mort
gage upon h land as security for the
loan.
Shortly after she made final proof
she married Mr.. Branan, and when
Beckett made a demand upon her for
the carrying out of her part of the
program with reference to the mort
gage. she transferred her homestead to
her husband and refused t give Beck
ett the mortgage. During the trial Of
The case the plaintiff offered as evil
oence letters between himself and the
defendant which bore out hiszclaim in,
reference to the understanding that he
should be given q mortgage on the
homestead as security for the loan
Alter celebrating upon the case for
ABOUT an hour the jury returned a yer,
ulct In favor of the plaintiff.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-07-11
MOTHER and SISTER
NEARLY DROWN IN
SAVING BOY WITHF|TI
fouth Would Have Perished
but for Heroic Efforts of
Women.

Ethan. S. D.. July 5.-Willie Nun
hemaker, a young man. subject to epi-
leptic fits. in company with his mother
and sister, went fishing in Twelve mile
creek southeast of here about five
miles. AS he was standing by the
bank he was suddenly seized with a
fit and fell into the water. His sister
!eaped to his rescue, plunging in the
water up to her neck.
The young mans spasmodic strug-
giles together with his f~ounderine in
the water was more than she could
cope with and his aged mother also
threw herself into the stream to help
rescue her drowning boy. 7
Mother n sister succeeded in
keeping the boys lead above water by
almost superhuman efforts until he
came out of the fit. They then dragged
him to shore II hastily hauled him to
n neighbours house and resuscitated
him.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-07-11

A. NJ. Chalmers. the British consul
In North Formosa. says in mis- last re-
port to the foreign office that the num-
Der Of opium smokers in his district
appears to be slightly decreasing, there
having been 123.6S0 at the end of 1906.
against i5i.17z IN December. 1906. This
decrease, however. appears to be MAIN
~ among h poore classes. as among
smokers of first-class opium there has
been an increase. and there is little
elimination In the actual value of the
opium consumed. 1t is estimated that
4 per cent. OF the native Chinese are
smokers the proportion in the two
and n female in every one hundred.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-07-11

Visitors to Japan are usually I'm
pressed with the many curious uses to
which fans are put The umpire at
wrestling and fencing matches uses a
large fan. the various motions of which
constitute a language that the COM
batants understand and promptly heed
Men and children. as well as women,
use fans at all times. The servant has
q fiat fan, made OF rough paper, to
blow the charcoal fires with. or use as
q dustpan. The farmer has a stout
fan to wfnnow his grain. Still another
variety Is made of waterproof paper,
which, dipped in water, creates q pleas
ant GOODNESS by evaporation without
wetting the clothes.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-07-11
sLrREME COURT GIVES
MARTENS THE JUDGESHlP

Pierre. s.. D., July Gin the supreme
court yesterday the contest cases of
Brooden VS.. Martens for the office of
county judge Of Hughes county was
finally decided for Martens, the opinion
in h case being written by Justice
Haney. Other decisions by him We're
R. j. Huston vs.. Stillman j. Benjamin.
and U. S. G.. Crerry, M~innehaha coun-
ty, affirmed; c. o. Bailey VS.. Anna P.
Wright. ct al. Hutchinson county, af-
firmed; A. j. Doyle VS.. William H.
Birdsall. ct al, Beadle county, affirmed.
Opinions by presiding Justice Fuller
We're: James Steart VS.. James Tom
linson, Beadle county, affirmed; w. j.
Hahn VS.. Sleepy Eye Milling company,
ct al. Bookings county, affirmed.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-07-11
SUMMER RESORT FROM
OLD INDIAN CAMP GROtlNn

Arlington, S. D.. July 10.-oakwood
lakes, n Of the historic places of
Brookings county, are to be bought by
a local syndicate and made into a
summer resort.
The beautiful wooded island in the
middle OF one Of the lakes was the WIN
ter camping ground OF Big Foot and
his band Of Sioux before the advent Of
the whites, and a government fort was
iocated on the Q OF the lakes in
the Sioux uprising of 1863, a sanguin-
airy battle being fought on Lake Min
;netonka between Big Foot and the
United States cavalry.
lakewood also was the first white
settlement In Brookings county, and
contained the first steam -four min ii
q state, h settlement being aban-
edoned when the railroad left ii Tan
miles off the line.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-07-11
GO TO CELEBRATION, JUMP
FROM TRAIN, FATALLY HUFF

Clark De Jong. sons OF A. K. De Jong.
a stocknan living a few miles west Of
Parker, jumped from a freight train
running twenty-five miles an hour and
were perhaps fatally injured. The
freight passing their home ran slowly
enough TO permit the boys to board it.
They expected the train to stop at
Parker. where they counted on partfci1
parLng In the days celebration, but il
went through town without s%lackenine
speed. The boys jumped, striking the
ground with fearful impact and rolling
OYER and over. Their injuries were
frightful nj they are not expected BY
the surgeons to survive.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-07-11
TO MOULD SNOW
. ~ I
INTO BRICKS FOR
EASY REMOVAL

Yankton, S. D., July 5.-Leonard I'm
ierwood, secretary of Senator Gamble,
has been perfecting an invention for
use on the city streets, by means Of.
which snow can be compressed and
quickly turned to blocks Of ice, to be
easily carted away.
The invention can also make coal
bricks. clay and cement blocks. The
reduction is at the ate for snow of
reducing six and one-half cubic yards
into one cubic yard. practically solv-
Ing the problem of handling snow af-
ter heavy snowStorms.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-07-11

Without exaggeration 1t may be said
that the Hon. Thomas Bent, premier or
Victoria, Is Of the most remark
able men who has ever occupied the
post Of premier OF a colonial govern
ment In Australia he is popularity
known as the Singing Premier" in
consequence OF his habit of singing
comic Songs IN the middle OF his poll
teal speeches. A word or q phrase
strikes a chord of memory. recalls sone
half-forgottsn melody and then the
premier breaks forth into n Mr..
Bent began life as q market gardener.
and once 1t was q common sight to see
him driving his cart through the
streets.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-07-11

A fine looking young woman, the
constant frequenter Of the corridors, re.
ception and dining oons of a fam.
GUS New York city hotel. came under
the suspicion of the hotels detectives
@ few evenings ago. She was followed
to her domicile, a modest boarding
house. and compelled to give up s4,00t
An silver. rugs, small tapestries and
bric-a-brac, which she had at various
times purloined from the hotel. Moth.
Ing was said after h gave up, fol
1t wasn't a very pleasant episode .fol
the hotel detectives to contemplate. II
was rather too much Of a grind or
them as detectives.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-07-11

A lake of quicksilver. covering an
prea OF more than three acres and
having a depth ranging from ten feet
TO fifty feet has been discovered In
the mountains of the state OF Vera
Cruz, Mexico. The value Of the pro-
duct is.estimated at millions. This lake
has been known to the Indians for
many generations. 1t is situated far
cessible position. Its surface is partly
covered by stones. 1t is believed that
volcanic action in the mountains above
smelted the quicksilver out OF the Gin
nabar ore and that 1t ran down and
filled thts depression. A tunnel will be
driven through the base OF the noun
taiH. and the quicksilver will be brought
Town by means of gravity.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-07-11

by that institution tor two years study
of mathematics in France and Germany.
But the romanc begun While the young
woman was in Professor Pell's class has
not waned ard now 1t comes 10 a happy
climax.
MT. and Mrs. Pei will ret, IN to this
country before the opening of the univer-
sity but Mrs PeI, who is considered one
of the principal mathematicians In the
country will return again to Germany to
complete her education.
Professor Pell took his PHI. d. degree at
uohn Hopkins In 1887, coming directly to
the University of South Dakota- Through
his efforts the engineering department was
organized in 1862, which was made q col.
lege In 1907. and DR.. Pell appointed.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-07-11
VAN cps ESTATE PAYS
x1.ao0 INHERfTAMcEr Ax

Sioux Falls, S. o.. July s.--The estate
9 the late William Van Fps, Of this
city, has just paid into the state treas1
nry the largest sum ever paid the STATE
under the Inheritance tax law. The
van Ep estate is valued at S226. 00O.'
and the Inheritance tax was $1,000. The
administrative has also deposited wtth
Judge y. r. Bailey the further sum 81
Seos, to ne held pending the final decisI
son 81 Judge Bailey as to whether or
enspt ron the provisions OF the inher-
iias1ca "a law.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-07-11
BIRD He SHOOTS AT
!. PERCHES UPON GUN
(Ouch! Mature Fake.J

Winsted, Conn. July 9Ewhip-poor-
NH, whfp-poor-wiil. I
Before daybreak q birds notes awoke
Louis Reuter-, who had sought rest at
Lake Wonksunfuouk, a few miles from.
here. Reuter- became peevish, got his
shotgun inc fired at the whtp-poor-will.
perched on tree outside his bedroom,
Reuter-. until recently prnprfetor@o Of
the Beardsley house, was nearly asleep,
when
"WhIp-poor-wiil, whip-poor-wilI."
Quite angry, Reuter- shot at the bird
again. The third time he fired the
whlp-poor-sri1l@aew it him, alighted on
his e. barrel and sang sweetly:
sWllip-poor-will.'
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-07-11
TRIP COUNTY IS
CYNOSuRE OF HORDE
or HOMESEEkERS
Country Greatly Interested Il
Opening Which Will Be a
Year Hence.

Washington. July 9-Ever stnce con-
gress pushed the bill last February OPP
ening the indian lands OF Trip coun-
ty. South Dakota, interest has been
growing and 1t is declared thousands
Of people In nearly every state are IN
tently watching the movements of the
government with the expectation OF
making every effort to secure for them
selves a portion Of the land the
time comes for action
The act provides that this tract
which embraces nearly q million acres.
unusually rich, shall be sold to settlers
On the basis of SO per acre. The fact
that these lands are situated fairly IN
the corn belt region and then that this
is about the asst valuable tract OF
government lands that Will be opened
to settlers in the great northwest lends
additional interest and indicates the
probability of this being the most
largely attended opening the country
has witnessed
Opening a Year Hence.
The date of the opening will be fixed
by the president In a special procla-
nation and while no information is
given to the public at this time. 1t is
generally believed hat practically the
same methods adopted in opening the
Gregory county lands three years ago
will be followed. A large number OF
towns have already made application
to be named as points of registration
Up to his time nothing has been done
and no definite information can be OBJ
tanned relative to registration points
1t seems reasonably certain, however,
that the terminals Of the railroads will
be in some Of the registration towns
Further than this. interested ones dc
not seem able to have @ basis for eve
that deep interest Is abroad concern
ing this millionaire domain. n IL
is declared at the general land Office
that no such interest was ever before
manifested In an opening. m that the
fall of 1908 will witness the pilgrimage
of thousands Of people to the open
Ing.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-07-11
A BULLET STOPS MAD I
DOG SCARE AT ETHANt

Ethan, S. D., July 5.-For some time
a mac dog has been running at large
have been fearful for their children.i
Some dogs belonging to farmers have
also been bitten. Saturday Ray Wurm'
shot a mad dog, which relieves the
anxiety of the people. This was four
miles east Of here and it is thought
that possibly this is the same dog that
bit Mrs. Thompson, of Parkston, and
then escaped to the country.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-07-11
UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR
TO WE'D HIS F0na.sER
PUPIL IN GER 5hAg
VermllIion Educator to Gel {
Bride Most Proficient
Mathematician.

verminion g D., July ln-At Gott!.lgaa,
Germany tomorrow Professor Alex.uGS;
Pell head OF the department. Of n1ataeIaa-
hcs of the University of South Da&ota
will be united in marriage 10 his former
pupil, Miss Anna johnson.
Miss johnson came 10 the university
Fevcn years e and showed ouch pro-
fciency in mathematics that upon grad
uating here she won n scholarship IN the
Iowa State university, afterwart w.nrtnG
q fellowship in Harvard ard was chosen
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-07-11
WAS HUSBAND THERE
WHEN POWDER LET GO.

Deadwood. S. D.. July s.-The sheriff
of Lawrence county has been asked
to investigate the supposed death OF
Leonard Henderson who was an en-
ployee Of the Safe Investment Mining
company south of this city. Hender.
sons wife came to Deadwood and re-
ported to the sheriff that her husband
after receiving his pay check became
intoxicated and after a quarrel with hia
wife seized a fifty pound box of giant
powder and ran away up the mountain
side. That was the last ever seer Of
Henderson.
Shortly after he left his wife a ter
rife explosion was heard which Jared
the country for miles around. An in-
vestigation showed that the powder
had been exploded it is thought BIZ
Henderson himself who deliberately sal
down upon the box and applied a
match to the fuse. The only thing left
of the dead man is his blouse which
Y found some distances from the
PLACE. The explosion of the powder was
strong enough to blow the man into
atoms
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-07-11
WOMAN PROBABLY FATALLY
HURT RESULT OF RUNAWAY

Bridgewater, S. D., July 6.-Mrs.
farmer, in attempting to jump from
the buggy while the horse was running
away, was thrown out with great force.
striking upon her head and shoulders,
and sustaining injuries which it is
feared will prove fatal. The accident
occurred upon M of the business
streets Of this town.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-07-11
cuMMlNs CLOSES THE
ABERDEEN CHAUTAU0UA

Aberdeen, S. D.. July 6.-Senator A.
B. Kittredge, Of South Dakota, chair
man Of the canal committee in the SEN
ate, spoke at Tacoma park here yester-
day on "The Panama Canal" Cover
nor Cummins, Of Iowa, will close the
program today. Governor Coe /.
Crawford spoke Tuesday. Senator
kittredge assured his hearers that the
Panama canal would be dug and that
no delay would be allowed.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-07-11
COACH AND SIX CARS
PILE UP AT WATERT0wN

Watertown, s. D.. July ss-The worst
railroad wreck in the history Of Water
town occurred yesterday in the Great.
Northern yards when a freight train
OF fifty cars was backed into an open
switch The coach and six cars left
the track m were piled up in a mass
OF wreckage, blocking the main line
NC lives We're lost, but the damage VIII
mount int the thousands OF dollars
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-07-11
LONG BOAT TRIP GETS
EACKSET ON BIG SIOUX

Huron, S. D.. July 5.-John and Arlo
Todd, brothers. We're here from Cen
t~erville. They came up the Jim river
in a rowboat intending to continue
their journey north. but the stream is
so crooked and the current swift that
it was difficult to make much head
way. They shipped their craft by rail
from this city to Ortonville, where they
will go down the Minnesota river to
ST. Paul, thence down the Mississippi
river to st. Louis, having planned for
an all summer outing
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-07-11

A young architect was puzziing over
h plans OF O building which he wished
to make OF distinctive appearance
do something to the Windows
and you'll be all right advised ar
older architect. "E Is the windows
more than anything else that give 0
house q character OF Its own. Take a
trip around New York and make q
study OF the houses that hit you square
IN these eye the minute you look at them,
hnd you'll find In nine cases out oil
ten that there is some original feature
About tha windows that gives h place
Its note az distinction"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-07-11
RABBI WHO HAS BEEN
LONG IN HILLS is DEAD

Rapid City, July 6.-Felix Posnasky,
a well known Jewish rabbi Of the
Black Hills, is dead in this city from
old age. He came to the Black Hills
in 1878 and has made his home here
ever since 1879. He was one of the
best known Jews in the Black Hills. A
wife and four children survive him.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-07-11
SHOOTS OFF TOY PISTOL
IN E~.n; LOSES HEARING

Emery, S. D., July 5-The first
victim in this vicinity of the
Fourth of July celebration habit
is the S-year-old son of John
Leiten. The boy placed the
muzzle of a toy pistol in his right
a and thinking there was 40
load in it pulled the trigger.
The paper wad and powder from
a blank cartridge tore the ear
quite badly and inflicted internal
injuries which may result in his
loosing his hearing in that ear
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-07-11
TRlENNlAL coNvOcATIoN
OF EPISCOPAL CHuRCA

Yankton. S. D., July Christ church
Episcopal, is making preparations for
the gathering here of the triennial con-,
vocation of the church in this state to-
be held here towards the end Of Au1
gust or the first week in September;
In this gathering the three deaneriesa,
the Eastern, Black Hills and Niobrara,.'
the last named an Indian deanery. will
take part.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-07-11

A few miles from Ste,las, MO, Is q
novel livestock establishment. Brows-
frg about In perfect contentment il
tl deer park is q herd OF beautiful deer
This deer park consists OF fifteen acres
at present there are seven deer on
the place. eleven having been sold this
4seea sess -z NE deer are sold each
year and bring $35 d pair. They are
shipped In August or September. a Mr..
,RoscbeYry has been raising and
selling deer for fourteen years. having
rs many as twenty-five on hand at one
time. The herd usually doubles Id
number each year.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-07-11
CELEBRATES WITH DYNAMITE,
HOTEL LOSES WINDOWS

Pierre, 8. D, July 8.-Some unknown
person exploded a dynamite cartridge in
the street by the Locke hotel, breaking
nearly every window in the east end Of
that building and in the west side OF the
State Publishing company building. Who
exploded the dynamite is. unknown.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-07-11
NEW TOWN TO VOTE
BONDS FOR SCHOOL A0IIse

Kennebec, s.. D., July S.-A special
election vii be held July 18 to vote on
Issuing $4,000 bonds for the construc-
ton of a new school building. This
place is n of the new towns on the
Chamberlain-Black Hills extension OF
the Milwaukee and st. Paul railroad
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-07-11
SOUTH DAKOTA
Aaeal e. Stevenson. formerly vice

Adeal E. Stevenson, formerly vice
president OF the United States, Is fond
Of telling an odd experience he had
shortly after the civil war. AT hat
lime David Davis was much talked of
Hs the man to II against General
Grant for The presidency. A con-
ference was held IN Mr.. Stevenson's
Residence. many leading Illinois and
bther democrats being present. A good
deal was said about the possible candi-
to mention his first name. After the
conference broke up, Mr.. Stevenson
drew an old farmer friend into the cor
ner n asked his opinion. He said:
We'll. 0 know, Adlai. I've followed
your lead In politics for a good while.
and Tn going to do 1t now. But, hon
est, Adlat, don't you think it's a little
mite early to nominate Jef Davts?~