The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-04-30

swell the total enormously.
Planing-mill products, valued at
S5,217,87s, led the manufactures; foun-
dries, machine shops and iron works
produced So $40, 40; flour mills, S3,ilS,-
1852; iron pipe mills, Sl,356, 725; confec-
tionery establishments, sl,o72,s 1856.
Brick, furniture, tin and galvanized
iron, soap, picked olives, pickles, olive
oil, ran respectively from half a mil
lion to nearly a million dollars in val
ne, followed by hundreds of other pro-
ducts in lesser amount.
OF the county's 2,4S3. 900 acres, 6,0S0
are reported under irrigation.
The total valuation of the county is
1915. 7l9,35s.
There are 6S5 miles of steam railroads
and $40 miles of electric lines.
The value of county buildings is
81 900, oO0.
Public roads have a length of 1890
miles.
Just now we are in full dress
over the arrival of the big fleet
from the Atlantic, flags and bunt-
ing everywhere. Today the veter.
ans of the civil war in this locality
will visit the ships of the fleet in
Santa Monica Bay, by special in
vitation of the Rear Admiral, and
multitudes of other people have
been visiting the different divisions
of the fleet at San Pedro, Long
Beach, Redondo and here-all
nearby ports-ever since It's arriv-
al the latter part of last week. On
next Saturday morning the entire
fleet will leave this bay in a body
on its way north to San Francisco
and we expect to witness the splen-
did spectacle from the bluff that
overlooks the ocean little more
that a quarter of a mile from our
home. By the way, the Japanese
contingent here was a most liberal
contributor to the fund that pur-
chased the decorations of the city
to greet the fleets arrival. So
much for japanese war talk.
Several weeks ago | attended a
South Dakota meeting at East
Lake Park, Los Angeles. Several
hundred were present. We had a
basket picnic AID speeches. OF
course, | talked q little, just TO
keep in tune. | met many old
friends and acquaintance and we
all enjoyed the occasion immense
ly, and felt as though we we're once
more at home among u dear old
friends in South Dakota, to us the
%fairest, the best and tie most in
wiling Of all the stars in the sister
hood of the American Union.
The week before last / attended
the Department Encampment Of
the G. a.. R. at Santa Ana, SIXTY
miles from here. It "a a splen-
did success ; large delegations we're
present from all parts of. this big
and interesting state. [ met there
Capt. Munson and his wife and
Mr.. Langly, formerly of Huron,
Mr.. Blanchard, formerly bank ex-
aminer of South Dakota and a res
ident of Mitchell, and Fred Haus-
auer and his family, formerly Of
Scotland. Fred lives at Santa
Ana, and he and his family are
nicely located in a beautiful and
commodious house in a most de-
sirable part of the city. Santa Ana
is a nice city of eight to ten thous-
and people, moral, clean and beau
tiful. I like it better than any
town ] have e yet in California.
send you copies Of the daily
papers I take here. The Los An
geles News is published by Sam I.
Glover, who founded the "Leader"
end Of the Sioux Falls Argus Lead
.er, ! believe, about twenty-five
years ago. He is an Ogle county,
III, man, a relative Of the Hits
4 fPettriea, T think.
RoBERr DoLLARD.