The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-05-11
DAKOTA STATE NEWS

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Sf0CN pAlIS-The Sioux Fails
Traction company has = fosca Mt work
on the extension az the east side limo
from it's present terminus 10 the plant
az the Morreli Packing Company.
Elk p0fNT@Mrs, Anna Olson Vale
6ies al the henae ef her daughter, Mrs.
Mary Anderson, five miles northwest
of this city, ~ old age. She leaves
six children She WAS ~ wears old.
BEREspoRD-Tho selling of real
estate by auction appears TO be very
lpopular and satisfactory. The James
Hunter farm was disposed OF IN that
Way, Jens Johnson q prominent farm
or. buying Il 81 S1S5 per acre
PIERRE-The railway commission
has set May il as a date for irvest-
satiop of q railway accident nj Salem.
and M&N is IS The date for uch in
~NeStlSat}oa at Elk Point. in both of
Which accidents loss of life occurred.
MITCAEfI-Next week the Mitchell
Giks VIII INTO their new hfsme- 4
big nlcetlng Mil he held on the 18th,
when 20 candidates viii be initiated. to
be followed by y banquet. The next
morning HE rcoVe Win be made into tho
rev home,
MApISON-SaAa o'Brten died at his
home here. aged 81 He Was superip.
Isnaent If repair Work for the Milwau.
kee roSad which post ne has held since
the creation Of the division in this city
IS yeSFS ago
PiERRE-It is likely That the state
wita seysa dispose Of = large tract OF
capitol building land in the western
part Of IRE state, rs there are in
Qpiriss coming which Indicate that the
land is being sought.
i NENNA-InaSmuch as THU place
voted Vet At h recent election, petit
tons are being circulated asking the
city council 10 grant license for only
one saloon after July /. It IS believed
the petition Will be granted
LEAD-Word has been received here
that the death of Mayor Harry L. How
ard is expected any day AZ SheIbyville,
III, where he was visiting at the home
OF an old Masonic friend. He is suf-
fering from q spinal trouble
MLLER-The temperance people
have served notice on the city officials
that the recent election will be con-
tested. The drys claim that they win
have no difficulty in throwing the IL
legal votes out and that the town will
be dry after July /.
ABERDEEN-Mrs. L.. w. Fullerton
died in this city, aged rs years. Be-
sides her husband there are her
father, Matthew T'remel, of LIE Beau.
and three brothers, Fred. TremeL, of
$1,000 NM o'S>Ah 1l1A
Frank Tremel, OF Gettysburg.
YANKTON-Daniel Courtney. the
shooting or whom by ~Rossteucher, in
which affray R-ossteucher was killed by
deputies upon his refusal TO surrender,
is out OF the hospital and is able to get
out for a little while daily by the aid
of crutches. Rossteucher shot him
through the abdomen.
PIERRE-Auto stage lines have been
pETn hljSbaH frnr, Pn11a ia 1~,,- E -
Camp Crook, and from Camp Crook to
Lennon, by way OF Buffalo and Bison,
the county seats of Harding and Per-
kins counties, giving rapid transit be-
tween h Northwestern line at Belle
Fourche and the Milwaukee at Lem
mon.
CHAM3ERLAIN-D. F. Burkholder.
who ince 1883 has been engaged in
printing in this city, and since Decem-
Der l, 1885, has been in control OF the
Chamberlain Democrat, the
sale of the newspaper and business to.
Fred ]. Croft. Mr.. Croft was for a
! number of years this. manager ef the
Pukwana Press-Reporter. Mr.. Burk-
holder will remain in the city.
HIGHMORE-Hyde county is to have
q new court house to cost $4,000. 1t
is the intention to have the same COM,
pieted by the first Of next year. In the
disposition of the old court house,
which has served for more than q quar-
ter of a century, there is talk of con-
verting 1t into a county hospital
RAPID CITY-The state convention
Of the knights of Columbus opens at
Rapid City today, and 200 delegates are
IN the city to attend 1t. Sunday an In
ttiation of candidates took place which
was more generally attended by the
Hills knights. The convention will
continue in session until Tuesday eSe-
ming.
PIERRE -Reports from Stanley
county, In the country north Of Cotton,
wood especially, show that the dams
and water holes are all full of water.
from recent rains, and the prairie.
well soaked. This means that western
Stanley county will start the crop
year in the best possible shape and,
with a large acreage.
EPIPHANY-The 6-year-old son az
Peter Wingen met death by drown
ing In an unusual manner The little
fellow had been playing with a
piece of harness, which flew from his
hand into the rain water barrel, In
which there was seven inches Of
water. He climbed up on the barrel
to recover the harness, when he lost
his a and fell head arst into the
water. !
CLEAR LAKE-After several weeks
devoted to taking testimony In the
COUNTY seat contest Castle
wood and Hayti. Hamlin county, the,
work has been concluded, and j. T..
Law, of Watertown, who was APP
pointed referee, now is considering the
voluminous testimony preparatory to
making his findings. The Ease is not
able as one O the hottest county =eas
contests in the history of the state.
CENTERVILLE-At the goth annual
~eonvention OF The Sioux Valley Chris
tian Endeavor union, officers for the
coming year were elected as follows:
President, Rev. f. ". Stevens. of Yank-
ton; vice president. Miss Mel. Erickson,
of Elk Point; secretary and treasurer,
Miss Minnie Grimes, OF Yankton. The
next annual convention will be held at
Elk Point. The enrolment of delegates
reached the A mark.
SIOUX FALLS-Arrangements have
been made for the booster trip OF the
Sioux rails Commercial club TO q con-
siderable part of Sioux Falls trade
territory. Nearly 100 representatives
OF local manufacturing and wlDolasalins
and retailing firms will make up the
party, which Will leave Sioux Falls
May IS. The special train will con-
sist Of three Pullmans, one bufret and
a. ear. The EXCURSION wi,
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