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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-08-29
Sinai, PRAIRIE
TWO DAYS AGO, Is
NOW HUSTL|NG CITY
Within Three Hours New Town
Was Created Between Sioux
Falls and Watertown.

Arlington, S.. D., Aug. 26.-Within
p space OF three hours yesterday
MORNING the site of a new town in
the southern Bookings county had
been selected, a side track laid, a 100
carloads OF building material placed on
the ground, and the construction of
three elevators commenced.
Sinai, ON the new line OF the Da-
kota Central railroad, running from
Sioux Falls to WATERFOWL. has been
a matter of dispute for over three
months. Yesterday the railroad au-
.horities decided that the amount of
freight collecting for the place de-
handed a settlement of the location,
and decided Upon a point twelve miles
south of this city.
The town is being plated today, but
IN the meantime gangs of workmen
are rushing the construction of the
grain houses, to have them ready at
she earliest possible m for the
new crop which is now beginning to
come in to market
A train load of lumber is on hand
for the erection of business buildings
as soon as lots have been urveyed
In the meantime a number of lines of
businesses will be housed in tents.
Sinai is in n of the richest farm
Ing districts in eastern South Dakota
and is destined to become a town Of
Importance.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-08-29
SEEK RIGHT OF WAY
FOR NEW RAILROAD

C~resbard. S. D., Aug. 2S.-J. w. Ar
mold, jr., and j. F. Sheran, of Ipswich,
were here Saturday night for the pur-
pose of acquiring cooperation to Sc
cure the right of way across Faux
county for the Continental Midland
railroad. A preliminary meeting Of
farmers and business men was held.
A representative of the new road
was in Ipswich, a meeting held and
committees appointed to secure the.
right OF way across Mcpherson coun-
ty. The business men of st. Lawrence
have put up a $4,000 guarantee to Sc
cure the right of way across Hand
county.
The new road enters the state in
Charles Mix county. thence through.
Douglas, Aurora, Jerauld, Hand.
Faux, Edmunds and Mcpherson
counties, on into North Dakota and to
Winnipeg. The surveyors are now
within a few miles of Pembina, in the
extreme northeast corner of North
Dakota.
The incorporators and financial
hackers of the Continental Midland
are among the wealthiest men of South
Dakota and New York, including
United States Senator Robert j.
Gamb1a S%
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-08-29
STATE OFFICIALS
TO ADDRESS PIONEERS
OF THE BLACK HILLS

Rapid City. S.. D., Aug. 2s.-In d d
ton to the three days celebration over
h coming of the new railroads which
will be held here September s, s and Z,
the annual picnic OF the society of the
Black Hills pioneers has beeh
for Rapid City on September s. This
is to be the big day OF the celebrations
and special trains with low rates win
carry the throng from the Northern
Hills. Governor Crawford, Congress-
man Parker and ex-Congressman Mar
tin will all be present to welcome the
pioneers whose numbers are annually.
growing smaller. Just now there are
but 80 members in good standing in
the Black Hills.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-08-29
MRS. YERKES GIVEN
FINAL O DECREE

New York. Aug. 28.-Justice Guy. of
the supreme court. has slgned a final
decree Of divorce in the suit brought
by Mrs. Mary Adelaide Yerkes Mis-
ner for an absolute divorce from her
husband, Wilson Misner. BY the de-
cree Mrs. Misner is permitted to re-
sumo the name OF Yerkes and she may
marry again. Misner is forbidden to
marry drring the lifetime of his ex-
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-08-29
INSECT DOES A MILLION
DOLLARS, WORTH OF DAMAGE

Deadwood, S. D., Aug. Pit is be-
coming more and more evident that
the bark beetle which for the last seven
years has been destroying timber in
the Black Hills, is rapidly disappearing
the forest reserve officials that the
loss alone in timber to the state Of
South Dakota by the d~epredations Of
this bug will be more than 1880, 600,
as about that amount would have been
received from the sale of the timber
had it not been bug eaten. In one
year 1t Is probable that the bug will
have entirely disappeared from the
Black Hills national forest. Another
bug Is being combated by the forest
service officials. 1t is a member Of
the Tonlic,is family, smaller and less
destructive than the bark beetle.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-08-29
RESERVOIR SCHEME TO
CHECK SPRING FLOODS

Sisseton. S. D., Aug. 2s.-R. Daven-
port, civil engineer for the government
visited Browns Valley and looked up
the lo~ng-talked-of scheme of turning
reservoir for the spring floods of the
Red river valley by means of a canal
between the Mustinka n Otter Tail
rivers. A meeting of committees from
the towns of White Rock. Ortonville.
Wheaton and other towns will be held
Don Mr.. Davenport p~ronounces the
plan a feasible one.
The farm residence of Joe Shoe
max er was destroyed by fire at a loss
of SO, 900.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-08-29
BuTToNLEss PEOPLE
FOUND NEW col nNv

Miller. s.. d., Aug. 26.-Mennonites
are here from Hutchinson county to
close a and deal they made last spring
Tor $500 acres just over the line in
Buffalo county. Al colony has been
formed and school n churches Will be
built. Those who We're here to make
sne Deal were buttoniess people, wear
ing hooks and eyes to fasten their gar
ments. They dress very plainly. dis
pensing with stockings or Unnecessary
wearing apparel, The men wear their
hair cut square behind, after the style
Of boys cut by his mother. They are
Industrious and become wealthy
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-08-29
NEW NATIONAL BANK AT
HURON BEGINS RuSlNEss

Huron. S. D., Aug. 27.-The National
Bank OF Huron, the third in the city,
opened its doors Tor business yester-,
day. 1t succeeds to the business and
property Of the Standard Savings bank
and has 8 capital of $4,000. The Of
ncers are: President, G.. E. BRYANT:
vice president III. G.. Silober; cashier.
Geo. g. Fuilenweider; assistant cashier.
" S, Davis; assistant cashier, III. j.
Sholser. q. e.. Beach, Geo. G. EruIIcn-
weidcr. * 3. Farmer. Neil Mckay
and A.. ~. Whales. w
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-08-29
STABBED BY A eoLT;
PEENER MAN VICTIM
OF STRANGE ACCIDENT

Peever. S. D.. Aug. 26.-Isaac
Foreday, a farmer living near
this place, was the victim of a
peculiar accident. He is probably
the only man in the country
ever stabbed by a bolt. While
Tightening a bolt on his binder,
which had a strong spring at
tached to it, something gave
way, driving the bolt toward
him with lightning rapidity.
The force was sufficient to drive
the bolt clear through his hand
and into his body directly over
the heart. Had the bolt pene-
trated q little further it would
have pierced the heart and
caused instant death.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-08-29

DR.. Max Lederer, of Prague, who
was sent to h United States by the
minister Of Justice OF Austria, to make
a study of the American Juvenile
courts, in an elaborate report on the
subject gives high praise to the In
stitution, which. he says. owes its eex-
istence to the efforts OF women who
realized that, nothing worse could hap
pen to a child han to be thrown in
direct contact with criminals Of ma
ture years" He advocated the estab-
lishment of similar courts in Aus
tria.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-08-29
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETIES
WILL HOLD JOINT SESSION

Brookings, S. D., Aug. 2S.-The
South Dakota State Horticultural So
ciety will hold a joint session with
the Black Hills Horticultural society
at the Belle Fourche fair. September
s and 6. The state society will be rep
resented by a delegation of the most
experienced fruit men of the eastern
part of the state, and the western
region will be represented by the best
men in the same line of work.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-08-29
KILLS PET HORSE
Then SHOOTS SELF
Wealthy Bachelor Of Atlantic.
Ia, Didn't Want Horse, to
Live After His Own Death.

Atlantic. Ia, Aug. 2s.-Wh:le temper
arily deInented. G. A. Long, Of his city,
killed his favorite horse with one bar
rel Of a double barreled shotgun.
Nov that he is lead there Is MOTH
ing more for me to live for" shrieked
the man as he turned the. other barrel
upon himself, kicked the trigger and
blew off his own mead.
Long was a wealthy bachelor. He
leaves two brothers.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-08-29
JACK THE RIPPER
APPEARS AT BRUCE;
HORSES HIS VICTIMS.

Bruce, S. D., Aug. 2S.-A Jack
the Ripper is operating in this
vicinity, but instead OF human
beings being his victims he de-
votes his attention TO dumb ami
mails. Among the animals which
We're the victims of the I'M
known fiend were two horses
belonging to Ole Erickson, a
farmer living near here. The
horses were In a pasture, when it
was discovered that both of
them had been terribly slashed
and cut with a knife. One of
the animals was cut SC badly
that it is expected to die. The
identity of the fiend who did
the cutting is a mystery.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-08-29
70 MAKE
SOUTH DAKOTA SPEECH

yersnillion, s. D., Aug. 2s.-vice
President Fairbanks has ormall ac-
cepted IN invitation to address the
South Dakota Methodist Episcopnl
conferences. which meets in this city,
October 4 i.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-08-29
INJUNCTION O
DEVELOPMENT OF BIG
SIOUX WATER w

Sioux Falls, S. D., Aug. 26.-Fearing
that the work Of blasting now being
carried on along the Big Sioux river
within the limits of the city will de-
stroy it's dam, the Sioux Falls Light
and Power company, better known as
the Bennett company, has ecure an
injunction restraining the Sioux Falls
Light and Power company, better
known as the New Improvement con
pany, from damaging the property of
the former company. The last named
company is the company which recent
~ was organized for the purpose of
developing the immense power of the
Sioux river at this point, and in which
chicago capitalists are heavily inter-
ested.
1t is claimed the new company has
men at work blasting rock in close
proximity to the west end Of the dam
IF the old company, which fears the
force of the explosions will destroy the
dam.
Many thousands Of dollars are be-
ing expended by the new in
developing the local water power.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-08-29
WELL KNOWN IOWAN
DIES AT DUBUQUE

Dubuque, L., Aug. 2s.-George Jenk-
ings, travelling passenger agent for the
PENNSYLVANIA railroad, once a demo-
cratic candidate for state railroad COM
missioner, Is dead of blood poison.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-08-29

The champion lady shaver Of the
world, as she was known in London, is
dead. Miss Nellie Wick was only 20
years old. but as she had been a bar
Der since she was 4 years old, she had
done almost a lifetime's work. Her
father was known as the lightning
barber" and taught his daughter the
art of shaving almost as soon az her
fingers were long enough to Irvine
around the handle of a razor. Her
record performance was the shaving of
tWenty-One men in as many minutes
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-08-29

King Victor Emmanuel OF italy is.
perhaps.athe most literary monarch in
Europe. He knows English. French
md German equally well with his ma
t1ys Languages, and has reading ac-
sqnAintanceswtth Russian. He spends at
east three hdurs q day An his study
busy With current literature OF every
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-08-29

Among the varied uses OF peat, that
for the production Of gas is perhaps
y least known. 1t has been used for
This purpose, however. for the last
thirty years In the steel works Of No
taia, in Sweden. From 1900 to 16, 900
CUBIC yards OF peat are thus used year.
has h advantage OF containing
scarcely any sulphur or phosphorus
In several places In Europe peat gas
70 used for heating and in glass melt
ing furnaces.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-08-29
ROSEBUD TOWNS TO
HAVE MAIL SERVICE

Burke, S. D., Aug. 27.-Postmaster
q. M. Jury, of this place. has received
information from the second assistant
postmaster general that railway mail
service would be established for the
Rosebud towns west of Bonesteel on
September 8 as far as Gregory.
This announcement will be welcome
news to the people in the reservation,
since 1t was generally thought the SER
vice would not be established until the
first of the year.
Dallas, the most remote of the towns.
u evidently continue to depend on
the stage for Its mail, but since the
railroad has just been completed to
that point it is likely the improved mail
service will not be long in being ex-
tended to that town also.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-08-29
MANY TEACHERS FILE
THEIR EXAMINATIONS

Pierre, s.. D., Aug. 26.-While a few
have not yet reported, the
number OF sets of papers to be passed
Upon by these markers on teachers
examinations will exceed 1900. Besides
he regular Office force of the state SUI
p~erintendent's office, a large number
of outside markers nav been called In
70 assist in the work, which will take
about ten DAYS.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-08-29

Y OF d most attractive places for
instruction In New York city are the
Metropolitan Museum OF Art and the
American Museum of Natural History.
there are thousands or residents Of
New York who have never been in
Sfhem, and more than half OF their daily
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-08-29

Ergin, which has come into quite ex-
%ltensive use in Germany, Is an oil n.y.
dro-carbon obtained from coal tar by
O secret process. and Is claimed to be
an ideal fuel for internal combustion
engines Of all sizes. Its heat value Is
elightly less than that OF gasoline. 1t
a be highly compressed without Civ
Ing premature ignition, can be used in
alcohol motors. n ignition is always
effected with certainty. At Berlin
where the price is 1.S cents per pound,
the cost per horsepower per hour is
about one cent.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-08-29
COST OF TRAMPS
~S25,O0O,00O A YEAR,
SAYS penn. ROAD
Railroad Asks Magistrate, ID
Give all Offenders Limit
Sentences.

Pittsburg, Aug. 2s.-The Pennsyl.
vania railroad, from Its Pittsburg Of
flee, sent out an official communities
ton calling on county justices of the
peace. borough burgesses and all Of
ficers of the law to assist In putting
down the tramp evil by Furnishing
those caught stealing rides on trains.
Some startling figures are shown
among them that vagrancy is costing
the railroads OF the country not less
than $25, 600, 900 yearly.
The recent accident at Ridgway, Pa
where five trainmen We're frightfullp
mangled by a tramp burglar who de.
tended himself with a bottle OF nitro
Slycerin, has set the Pennsylvania rail-
road hard at work on tramp extermin.
alton. and the appeal asks thai mag.
lstrates give all tramps the laws
limit.
1t is asserted by the Pennsylvania
Railroad company that the railroads Of
the United States have killed %.
and injured 24,236 trespassers in Ave
years.
SOUTHERN .sALks
AT DELAY OF CASE
Washington, Aug. 2S.-Overtures tentive,
lively made by Gov. Glenn. of North Car.
DINA for the suspension of the present
hearing in the North Carolina rate case
until after the question of Jurisdiction OF
United States circuit court Judge j. G.
Prttchard has been determined by the SUI
prerne court of the United States, were re-,
Jected by ounse for the Southern rail,
way.
The plan of the governor as outlined by
special counsel for the state, was to sus.
pend the present inquiry because of the
expense attached to it. but the Southern
railway argued that. in order to expedite
the adjustment Of the controversy, neces-
sary facts in relations to the cost of doina
business in North Carolina should be gath.
cred pending the settlement of the juris.
diction of the courts.
Had the Southern railway consented to
the plan the present hearing before Judge
Waiter a. Montgomery, who was appoint.
ed master TO take evidence and report to
Judge P~ritchard, would have, been post.
.poned TO-DAY and indefinitely. AS it is the
nearing was ordered to proceed and indi.
cations are that it will continue for q
week or more.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-08-29

Professor Paul Clemen, historian OF
art at the University Of Bonn and
RUSSIAN Conservatory Of Art for the
Rhine provinces, has been assigned by
the minister of instruction to lecture
in the United States from Septem-
Der, 1907. to February, 1903. under the
system Of exchanging German and
American professors. Professor Glenn
en- LIS a student OF Merovingian and
C~arlovingian art and an authority on
art of the Charlemagne period.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-08-29
The German emperor has 5000 worth

The German emperor has SIS, 900 worth
OF clothing, and changes his costume
an average OF twelve times a day. He
takes an enthusiastic interest in every
function he attends. To a foreigner
who remarked upon this to one of the
younger German princes. the latter re-
piled: THAT is part of fathers won
,derful character; for whenever he at
tends a christening he thinks he ie
the baby; whenever he honors a we'd
ding with his presence he imagines he
,is the bride. and whenever he attends
"a funeral somehow or other he in
,variably manages to get hold OF the
idea that he is the corpse"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-08-29

Sir William Crookes. as a result of
his own researches and the experiments
of Professors Krowalski and Moscicki,
of Freiburg university. has discovered
process OF extracting nitric acid from
h atmosphere. The process is avail
able for commercial. Industrial and ag-
riculturai purposes, and is expected to
revoautfonize the nitrate industry and
b worlds food problem.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-08-29

A Paris paper says h on every
Sunday Mrs. Mackay receives her
friends In q secluded corner OF the La
tin quarters most famous park in
Paris. The refreshments at these enter
'tainments are supplied by passing VEN
doris. such as old women who sell
tempting raisin cake and other like
.dainties. The PAP adds to his ac-
count, which, whether or not anthem
tic. is pleasant to believe. that these
novel little affairs have been most Sue
cessful and are a great relief after
more formal entertainments.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-08-29

The Circassians. who live In the
northwestern part OF the Caucasus, and
who think It is more honorable to live
by plumber. than by industry, make 1t a
custom TO bring their daughters up to
be sold as slaves to the Turks and Per-
SLAMS. Circassian beauties, therefore.
shine not III their native land. but IN
b shareins Of the orient.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-08-29

The preservation OF wood with sr,.
phur, applied In liquid form, is gaining
special favor In Germany. The material
completely fills the cell spaces OF the
f1ber, and at moderate temperatures It
fs little affected by water, acids and
alkaline solutions. though 1t oxidizes
readily at high temperatures. Poplar
Is best adapted for this treatment, re.
suits with a and pine being less sat.
1~sfactory.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-08-29

Natural soap baths are not an un-
mixed blessing. The curious oap
spring that forms a wonder of a VII
lage In Timor. East Indian islands
consists of a small elevated mud cone,
from which bubbles up water heavily
charged with alkali and radium, the
discharge giving the appearance of a
volcano. A disadvantage of
such a washing place is that vegetation
Is ruined for miles around.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-08-29
BoNESTEEL STIRRED BY
ANONYMOUS LETTERS

,Bonesteel, S. D, Aug. 27.-This
place has among its population an
anonymous letter writer, who during
the past week or two has caused all
sorts of sensations as well as consider
able feeling between prominent resi-
dents of the city. Among those who
We're recipients of the letters We're
two of the leading business men, the
evident purpose of the letters being to
bring jealousy and discord into their
homes and at the same time bring dis
grace upon others.
Personal enemies of q we'll known
Bonesteel editor, who since embarking
upon journalistic work here, has per-
sistently fought the tough element, and
has made bitter enemies thereby, have
intimated that the editor was the writ
er of the scandalous letters. In reply
to this intirnation the editor has Of
fered a reward of $500 for any informa-
tlon leading to the arrest of the per-
son WHO renned The letters or were in
any way responsible for their sending.
Bonesteel has had many sensations
In the PAST, but none to compar with
that caused by the two communications
OF the anonymous letter writer.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-08-29
FORBIDS COOLING AND
FLIRTING IN THIS TOWN

Highmore. S. D., Aug. 27.--'Thou
shalt not fiirt on the highways and by
ways OF the city of H~ighnlore' is the
edict sent forth by the city council of
this place. the demands of the council
being embodied in an ordinance passed
at its last meeting, on Thursday OF
this week. Penalties are attached for
the violation of the provisions Of the
newly promulgated city law and IT any
'%spoony' couple are caught in the act
they will either have to pay a fine or
be forced to finish their cooling behind
the bars of the city baSstiie.
The ordinance is, in part, as follows:
BE it ordained by the city counci
of the city of Highnlore. Hyde county,
S. D. 1t shall be unlawful for persons
to assemble on the steps of any church
or other public building, in the door,
ways or halls of any store or place
not their own, for the purpose of visit
ing, eating candy. n or the like.
or in a street, alley or vacant lot or
other obscure place. particularly male
and female persons, for the urpose of
Irritation, in the evening time.
1T shall be unlawful for parents,
guardians or other persons having
knowingly permit any violation Of this
ordinance by sue minors.
1T shall be the duty of the chief of
police to cause the arrest Of all vio-
lators of the aforesaid provisions, and
for the first offense Gin case of min
ors) to at once return them to their
respective parents or guardians and re-
port where found, in company with
whom. and all the facts and circum-
stances. And in case of subsequent
violation by said minors Cor in the first
place If sucn person be of age) to
make complaint before the police court,
n o conviction such person or
shall be punished as provided
by general ordinance"
The ordinance prohibiting flirting in
public places was approved by the act
ing mayor, ]. E. Mcdonald, and be-
comes effective after two weeks publ
cation in the official paper of the city.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-08-29
NEW BUILDING FOR
ABERDEEN STATE scHnni

Sioux Falls. S. D.. Aug. 23.-The
state board Of regents at a meeting
held IN Sioux Falls. considered the
construction OF additional buildings at
b state university at vermillion. the
sSpearfish formal school and the state
normal schooi 1T Aberdeen. Casper
iLepper was awarded the contract FOR
h construction Of the new building
at q Aberdeen Normal school at 4
meeting also awarded the contracts for
placing heating plants Ia several 81
THE state institutions.