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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-03-30

Figures Just made public by the
Sssss=s ss:s:=ss: ssorr zee show that -
$4,000 more hogs were killed for
food than all other animals combined,
including beeves, calves. sheep and
lambs. goats. kids, etc. In 1903, &c.
44S,000 hogs were killed for food pur-
poses and 31.s6o,o0 Of ali other ami
mails.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-03-30

Wilbur F. Chase, of Limerick. who
served as a drummer throughout the
civil war and who drummed the long
roll Of the execution of Lincoln con-
%spirators in Washington, died Friday
night, aged 70 Years He was a MEM
Der OF the Tenth Maine regiment, and
for 80 years had been a teacher Of
dancing in Maine and New Hampshire.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-03-30

a common South African flower pos
eesses the valuable property of keep
ing fresh for two months or more at
ter cutting. 1t is a white star Of Beth
lehem, Ornithogalum lecteum. produce
ing a compact spike of flowers or a
stiff, erect stalk Is inches to two feet
long. The flower Is of a thin and pa
perry tissue, all white except the yell
low anthers. 1t can be sent over as
q cut flower from South Africa to this
country and then lasts for weeks in
water. And recently we have seen a
South African flower, apparently q
cpecies of allium, which crossed the
ocean and remained fresh for several
week. In this country. Many OF the
unopened buds expanded.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-03-30

Rat Portage, at the north end OF
the Lake OF the Woods. in southern
Manitoba, was a lumber camp for
years. but it became a lumber city and
began to consider It's name undigniied.
Now 1t is Known as Kenora, which is
more ~eurlonious. but not SO distinc-
tive after AL.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-03-30

During her 10 years of territorial life,
1901 to 1910. Hawaii has had a total
export trade of s326,053,56 4, and an i'm
port trade Of s153, SOC, 107. a total over
seas trade OF S47s, 662, ST.. of which
Sasiso05,obz was with the United States
mainland. Sugar forms so per cent OF
the exports.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-03-30
ALL DENOMINATIONS SHOW
RETIRING PASTOR GOOD Will

Mitchell. S. D., March 2s.-After 90
years of service as the pastor Of two
Norwegian church In Union county. one
at 4Greantiald in GlavAeonnty and the
other at Rosina church in Union
county, Rev. J.. o.. Vik has resigned
his passionate and will move into Butte
county, file on some land and take mr.
missionary work on the frontier. AS
an appreciation Of his %worthiness. HIS
two congregations presented him with
S12s, and as this was not enough two
men outside of his church, one a
Catholic and the other a Congregation
alist, circulated a paper and raised
among all classes OF religious naor,la
7 sum of $500. which they presented
to the retiring pastor
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-03-30

BY reason of our coastwise nayfga-
ton laws Sc per cent of the Hawaiian
freight to and from the United States
is carried in vessels flying the Stars
and Stripes. Even before annexation
In American vessels. In 1910. 312 Of
the 437 vessels entering Hawaiian ports
were American.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-03-30

In the white public schools in Alaska
tanned at a cost of SS6,486. The people
throughout the territory continue to
manifest the keenest interest In the
public schools, especially In the man
nal training departments, which have
been established in many places.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-03-30
WOMAN HOMESTEADER
SHOT IN WOLF HUNT

Capa, S. D., March 25.-Ethel
Bennett, a homesteaaer living
south of Capa, suffered a pain
full accident by the discharge of
a shotgun.
Mrs. Bennett and a n%eighbor
hunting coyotes and upon
their return proceeded to clean
the guns. In some way the gun
was discharged, causing a deep
flesh wound in the ankle of Mrs.
Bennett. A physician was called
but decided a n operation a
not necessary.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-03-30
FRANK M'kEE, ACCUSED OF
ROBBERY IN RESORT. WAVES

Sioux Falls, $. D., March 2S.-When
taken before a local justice for a hear
ing, Frank Mckee, who recently was
brought from Mitchell to answer he
charge of robbery, waived his prelimin-
airy examination and was bound over
for appearance at the next term OF
state circuit court in Sioux Falls.
A man named Holmburg, whose home
is at Rock Rapids, Ia. is the complain
ing witness in the case. 1t is charged
by H%olmburg that while visiting Sioux
Falls some weeks ago he was taken to
q resort by Mckee and doped with
laudanum, robbed Of $3.50 and then car
ried to a vacant lot to recover con-
seriousness.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-03-30
RUNS AFouL 81 eAME aw

Ramona, 8. D.. March 2s.-Ignorance
which prohibits the. killing Of game
birds with a rifle. cost c. II. Thurow.
of this place, a fine of $40. He was ar
rested by Game Warden r. M. Parry
nth laangge Eel ufsstiiTg wild geese.
with 9 rifle, Game wardens throughout
me state are paying particular attens
ton to this feature 81 the law.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-03-30

An American consul, Julian n Az.
old, Travelled severa. months In west.
ern China last summer. He stopped ri
80 y. sss:sS tns.s e nd .s-se- aid 10 ex,,ss
rience the least u~ihciyility or unfrie:s5 !
III treatment.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-03-30
pRENTFoRp sAFE RIowM

Brentford, S. D.. March 25.-Burr-
lars blew the safe in the drug store of
IL. g. Rayling here last night and s60
in cash, watches. etc, were taken.
Ray Could, g farmer living
north of town, was killed today by his
team, hitched to a disc. running over
him.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-03-30
RAIN FALLS IN SOUTH
DAKOTA, SNOW IN IOWA

Mitchell. S. D., March 2S.-The first
rain which has visited this section since
last fall came Saturday night, follow
ing three days of a heavy wind from
the south. Farmers have been delay
ing their sowing of grain until some
moisture came, n while 1t was not
heavy, 1t came slowly and soaked deep
into the soil. Last year and this year
were the arst two springs in years for
the rain to start SO late in the season
The moisture was decidedly welcome.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-03-30
GLASNER SELLS TYNDALL
-nfrtiAfr O0-~ -~ --r

Tyn5All S. D.. March 25.-A deal has
just been closed whereby F. P. Glasner
has sold the Tyndall Tribune to DR..
H. Klima, c.. C. Pickett and w w.
French, all of this place. Mr.. Glasner
has recently become affiliated with the
Aberdeen Daily News and will i'm
mediately move to Aberdeen. DR.. Klima
IS a practicing physician, while Messrs.
Pickett and French are practicing at
torneys, being connected with the firms
OF Pickett & Goodman and Scoblic &
French respectively. The purchasers
will take possession and assume man
immediately.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-03-30

Deadwood, S. D.. March 2s.-The first
rainfall OF the season was gratefully
received here Saturday afternoon, and
the ground has received a thorough
soaking. Snow fell in the higher
mountainous parts.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-03-30

Lyons. Neb., March 2S.-Snow fell
here late last evening. In the morning
1t was very balmy and June-like. At 4
o'clock h wind came up and snow fell
10 the depth of an inch.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-03-30

Mason City. Ia, March 2S.-Follow-
ing an all day rain which was greatly,
needed, about midnight the wind shift
ed and from two to three inches OF
snow fell, driven by wind blowing 40
miles an hour. Railroad traffic is hin
daral
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-03-30
MITCHELL MEETINGS
CREATING INTEREST

Mitchell, s. D., March 25.-The Brom-
ley evangelistic meetings are meeting
with great success in this city at the
present time, n at the end of the first
week the foundation has been laid for
ultimate success. The night meetings
draw u a crowd estimated from 1900
2,200 people, and the first SUNDAY
night meeting there were $500 present.
A choir of ESQ voices is present every
night, and a male chorus of so vninas
renderS Selections frenIIenflx
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-03-30
DIVES HEADLoNG INTO
BARREL OF RAIN WATER

Sioux Falls, S. D., March z5.
BY jumping headlong into a rain
water barrel which was nearly
full Of water, Joseph O'Reilley,
OF Draper, saved his life when
his clothing was set on fire by
kerosene oil that exploded and
fell blazing over him. He was
severely burned.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-03-30
ARMER WAIT FOR RAIN.

Mitchell, S. D., March 25.-Farmers in
this section are holding off on sowing
their wheat. although the ground has
been well prepared to receive the grain.
Many of them declare they will wait
until April 1 before sowing wheat If
no rain comes before that time. The
dryness of the eason has had the ef-
feet of compelling the farmers to ex.
pertinent with the dry farming plan and
the greater percentage of them in this
section have plowed their ground this
year with the idea of conserving the
moisture when the rain comes. -
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-03-30

Observation-Disclosures conarest
It'd - SANTIAGO. Chile. Ser.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-03-30

Yankton, S. D., March 2S.-The ex-
ceedingly dry spring has caused some
alarm hereabouts, but a great amount
of seeding has been done, in the hope
that rain would fall. This faith was re-
warded Saturday night by a good
shower, enough to moisten the ground
well and effectually lay the dust.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-03-30

sNssa leather Is notStheshfda =, s..
@ll3(fpSts. hut the flesh side of sl,s aus
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-08-18

ing draught Of sparkling Missouri
river water, the finest water IN the
world, used by the United States
government on its battle ships and
transports.
Mobridge is the natural gate
way to the Standing Rock and
Cheyenne River Indian reserva-
tions which have been rapidly
settled by h1meseekers the past
wear who make this city the head
quarters for supplies Of all kinds.
This is the natural distributing
center for a vast territory that IS
developing so rapidly that the
Milwaukee system has construct
ed three branch lines out Of this
city which parallel the main line
west of the river and extend
though the heart of both reserva-
tions.
Mohridgc has a complete system
Of water works, furnishing water
of the purest quality, an electric
light plant is being installed, and
steam laundry is just com.
pleted.
Wide streets and broad cement
sidewalks, natural drainage an'
ideal location, heaIthful climate
and unsurpassed opportunities fol
investment. are among the at
tractive features of Mobrldgc
Mobridge cannot be put IN
class by itself aS railroad town
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-08-18

center Of the largest and richest
and most rapidly developing agri
cultural territory i'll the great
northwest. Quite in keeping
Will these interests, and depend
ent upon them, is the we'll re-
cognized fact that large railroad
corporations are considering this
point as the most logical for Il
great commercial center. lhis is
also borne ont by the fact that
wholesalers are already planning
branch houses for this place.
No business or industry is over
done in this western town, this
gateway to the great Standing
Rock and Cheyenne River Indian
reservations.
As will be seen by the ilIustrat-
IONS III this number OF The News,
the buildings are substantial and
bnilt to stay Last year the
Brown block and Citizens bank
building were erected and the
Goodman block belonging in the
same class, is now completed;
"A high school building costing
$l2 600 and a handsome Catholic
church were completed last year
and a congregational church
begun last year is new about ready
for use and is one Of the hand
soonest in the state.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-08-18

large membership; does tremend-
Gus banking business as deposits
in its financial institution will
show; has an excellent retail busi-
ness; offers the best POSSIBLE
location for wholesale houses, and
has tributary to it the best country
in the state and the largest territory
Of any large town within a radius
Of hundreds of miles.
From this point in 1906 the Chi
cago Milwaukee & Puget Sound
Railway company started Its main
line to the Pacific coast and here
was begun the Pacific Coast EX-
tentiOn' running from MObridge
to Seattle, and forming the con-
Meeting link of these great trans
continental lines. Here the Mil
Waukee railway crosses the MISS
ouri river on its large steel bridge
built at cost Of 1000, 900 and
here the railroad has established
passenger and freight division
points and large shops, round
houses with extensive yards with
twenty miles of sidetracks. Here
a large number of railroad men
make their homes and the monthly
payroll is approximately 500, ,00C.
Mobridge marks the division
between central and mountain
time. Here the traveller to thS
Paciic coast sets his watch back
one hour and the thirsty man
Quenches that thirst with cool
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-08-18

engine bell is never stilled day or
night, working day or Sunday.
OF lesser Importance are the two
bottling works establishments, the
cement block construction com
panies, the wholesale bakery, and
other manufactures. Large forces
of men are employed by all these
concerns, as the known quality
brand Of made in Mobrldge'
goods is fast spreading. Missouri
river water and Mobridge carbon
sted drinks are shipped as far west
as the Montaua state line; Star
bakery bread made in Mobrldge
is sold in hundred towns in this
state and in Montana places as
well; and people in dozens of
towns walk on sidewalks built by
Mobridge concrete construction
companies and buy goods in build
ings erected with Mobridgo con-
crete blocks.
Mobridge is the first town on
the Chicago, milwaukee & Puget
Sound Railway.
Only a little more than four
years old, Mcbride over yeal
ago incorporated rs city and
now can boast IA population OF
more than 1900. 1t supports q
good school, employing five
teachers; has FIVE church organi:
cations, seven secrete societies Will
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-08-18
Gateway City an Example of
Unparalled Industry and
Faith in the Ulti-
mate Future
COSTLY BRICK BLOCKS
REPLACE SMALL SHOPS
improvements Besnn Two
Yea. 40 Have Been
Continual

D '12>~ y - DMlkALI.G situated on
y 2 tic eastern lank of the
- r .jis<ouli river and at
the junction of two
Z2e.oz,cSo great transc' influential
lines Of railroad. the
..ty Of Mobridge has in four short
years sprung from an insignificant
vi ace of shatEs and small shop
le-Icrs to su all metropolis with
substantial business h, uses and
infant manufactures and wholesale
ing tnblishmt nts with lines of
trade even reaching out farther
through territory almost limitless
in extent and rot easily accessible
10y ether trade :cntcrs.
Ou|y four yema ago the site of
This dagi, al city was rolling
prairie grazing land for vast
e.ls OF cattle Of the pioneer
an .hmcn. Then cam" the uon
horse Of civilization and the trans
formation was rapid and complete.
Stores. restaurants and small
places of amusement sprung up on
every side as if by magic. Car
peaters and masonS were ever IN
demand and during all the hours
Of daylight coull be heard the
music of the hammer and the saw.
This. in brief is the story of
the first year Of Mobridge, when
the demand was for some kind of
shelter for merchandise and the
tools Of trade anything, just so
YOU are quick about it, was the
injunction 10 the contractors.
And the contractors bent every
energy with the result that the
building season was without
parallel, even in the famed mush-
room towns Of Oklahoma.
Present needs satisfied, the busl-
ness men of the new town were
not content to sit idly by and let
outsiders with prophetic vision start
the campaign for more substan-
tial city. For the first inhabitants
were men with foresight and as
soon as they had completed the
erect on Of temporary structures
they at once began planning on
putting up business blocks that
would be a credit to the embryo
city then in It's chrysalistic stage.
AS soon as arrangements could be
made the temporary structures
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-08-18
River Town Already Consider
ed Rival of Older Cities
and MObrid9e Stands
Comparison
RAILROAD INTERESTS
A BIG FACTOR
Monthly Payroll in MobridSe
Isl arge, Shops Employ
ing Small Army


e. Y the greatest of railroad
& centers in northern
os0Hs0G09 Soath Dakota, and Of
faring unparalled OPP
portunites to the investor, Mo
bridge is tolay the cyEoSurc Of all
cy2s-tha acknowledged rival OF
other cities searching Tor the com
merrial supre macy Of the northern
part Of the state.
Its growth has been phenomin II.
though stable, aId its success
in landing" important industrie
has been remarkable, and though
the Youngest applicant for favor,
Mobridge i looked on eve: yWl cte
a;a power to be reckoncd with.
The ridiculous youth of the
town" as it has been expressed,
makes impossible any comparison
of Mobridge with other trade
eenters, for the rivals Of this Gate
Way City are thirty or more years
of age-seven or eight times as
old. But comparisons are easy
from other standpoints.
MObridge' nearest rival in the
way of proximity is Aberdeen, 9S
miles to the east, self named
the hub. Aberdeen was plated
in 1880 and is therefore more tEan
seven years older than Mobridge
But Aberdeen falls far short OF
seven times as large Us this city OF
Of transacting seven times TIE
amount of business. Within the
last three or four years Aberdeen
has had q boom which forged it
to the front and gained for it
population of less than 10, 1000 peO
pie, but Mobridge has never had
boom, with the result that in its
four years it has grown more than
Aberdeen did in It's grst fourteen
For more than a decade this sister
city land the experience of AEer
deem was bnt a repetition OF the
experiences of Redfield, Huron anC
other trade centers) knew not what
it was to have q wholesale house
or a manufacturing plant, but
Mobridge had not passed It's first
milestone before these things
began to come her way, in the
vernacular of the street.
First and foremost in the line OF
industries comes the railroad with
its immense payroll of employees
in the extensive yards, the machine
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-08-18

MOBRIDGE takes its from the Missouri river
and the big bridge that dates its birth from Oct
1905. when the first sold; is the
the Miw and the Of the
Sound oads marks the division between
trail ain timt has, riding the 1910
rapport, a population of i446, greatly in
is the home Of extensive railroad shops
small plants and several wholesale houses
complete waterworks system under muncida control
expended 0000 in the erection of buildings last
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-08-18
FOUR YEARS OF T|RELESS ENERGY
HAS MADE M0BR|DCE A POWER

shops, round house, superinten-
dent and dispatcher's Offices, etc.
Few towns in the state can boast
of as many railroad men as can
Mobridge, and the puff Of the
locomotive and the ring of the
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-08-18

What town is pushing right ahead,
And makes the other towns look dead
And in the race for wealth has lead!
Mobiidge on the Nissou Il,
What town begun four years ago
AS rapid growth and prospects show
Mobridge on the Missouri
The broad Missouri waniers down,
And laves the border of our town
The Gateway City OF renown
Our Mobridge tn the Missouri.
The evening world., 1911-12-01
H,rh Cost of Living I'm Chicrso.

CHICAGO. Dec. 1.-For the second
time within sixty days the price Of
beer will be raised tomorrow. Beer
that Oct. 1 sold for 81 a barrel will sell
for $780, All grades Of the malt product
are similarly affected.
The evening world., 1911-12-01
)OUbLE MARRIAGE
MEDICINE
lFoR SICK PATIENT
(lestin Bourgoin Makes Sure
Steffer Is His Bride,
and Feels Much Better.

remedy that the patient believes
~ prove more efncacious than all the
Iand powders hs has swallowed
administered to Celcstin Bourgoin
be Nassau Hospital yesterday
>oon by a clergyman after Bour-
OWE prescription. The clergyman
hbiy assisted by Miss Helene stef-
No. Is West Ninetieth street.
steffer's part In the minlstration
boDtsd Of echotng yes" when Bour-
made that response TO certain
stems propounded by the pastor as
y stood at the patients bedside.
Ter the last answer the clergyman.
Rev. John b. Bosshart Of the
Srtha Memorial Reformed Church Of
York City pronounced Bourgoln
Miss steffer man and wife.
ust to make the knot tight beyond
possibility of a slip. the Rev. Father
I'm sFitxsimmons Of Corpus Christi
Aurch. Mineola. repeated the cere-
bny.
Althoush physicians At the hospital
q all but given up hope for the re-
very Of Bourgoln. who IL suffering
pm Q revere attack of pneumonia. the
htient looked like anything but . dying
kan when he was assured that he had
his ambition to wed Miss
He took quite as much intere est in the
and despatched the Rev.
SrxDosshart for the town clerk when
olixed that tho Formally OF pro-
. license had been forgotten.
pastor reused the clerk. who
1ngly went to the hospital with .
nss blank when he learned the cir
Instances.
In anxious-eyed physician who
emined Bourgoin after the ceremony
evidences Of an anticipated relapse
Ind there was o Bourgoin In.
led on the marriage, II is understood.
Dause he wanted to be sure that
savings will go to his sweetheart
the event OF his death.
The evening world., 1911-12-01
BOYS SPOIL A KIDNAPPING.

That an attempt had been made to
kidnap his six-year-old son David was
reported to the police last night BY
Robert Rosenfeld of No. is Charlton
street, Newark. n. J. The boy and his
eight-year-old brother Manuel were
playing at Charlton and Spruce streets
with other boys when, Manuel said. n
man came along. picked up David and
placed his hand over the boys mouth.
The man ran off, pursued by the boys
and a man. The kidnapper dropped
David aud escaped. The boys head
struck the pavement and was cut.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1911-01-26
Many Many Cattle Killed
John Turner Lo0ses Nineteen Head
Of Cattle by Being Run Into
By Freight Train

John Turner, living four miles
west Of town had the misfortune to
nave seventeen head OF cattle killed
by the down freight Tuesday morn
ing.
The storm had driven the cattle tc
the track where they we're trying to
get out Of the SNOW, when the Ireis
with snow plow attahed, came a
oag and as It was throwing so much
snow that che engineer claims
lid not see the cattle, and ran into
chem. lie says he knsw tht he hae
engine was humping along, but was
afraid to slow down for fear Of go- /
ng into the ditch.
At the pont where the cattle .wes
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1911-01-26

killed, the road runs through Mr.
-4As. 4leld ana 1t IS said the riga
Of way is not fenced at this place,
(which enabled the cattle to get on
the track where tse snow was not
SO deep.
In all there were 2S cattle in IN
bunch, OF which nineteen were XIII
ed outright or injured SO badly tht
they had to bee killed and as the ca
tie were an extra fine bunch of stoc
cattle, valued at about $3.50
head the loss is heavy one TThe
claim agent was out to see Mr.. Tur-
Ter Wednesday nd it is thought til
matter will be settled salts
ily TO all parties.