The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-06-29
DAKOTA STATE NEWS

/ Charles Sterr. of Ramsey. was fouflo
three miles east of Wolsey this morn
Ing. 1t is believed he fell from the
blind baggage on last nights west
bound express.
TRIPP-The Trip baseball team
fias been strengthened by the addition
OF George Barrett and Joseph PARISH
of Morningside college. Mr.. Parlsh
has been placed In charge OF the team
on the field.
CENTERVILLE-That the people OF
this place are enjoying q high degree
of prosperity is shown by the current
reports of the local banks, the deposits
in which aggregate $534,5SS, While the
total resources are $66S, 854.T3.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES eighth grade
! pupils in the Perkins county schools
have passed the examinations and re-
ceived diplomas which entitle them to
enter any high school in the state with
out examination.
SIOUX FALLS-Decemher 5, & and
Z next has been fixed as the time for
the annual convention in Sioux Falls
of the Retail Implement and Vehicle
Dealers Association of South Dakota,
Southwestern Minnesota and North
western Iowa.
GROTON-The annual picnic of the
Young Peoples Lutheran league, of
this county. and the annual picnic and
celebration of the Old Settlers asso-
citation were held jointly yesterday
at what is known as the John Benson
grove, some miles from Groton.
KIMBALI-The Farmers Cooper
alive company, which conducts an ele
vator here. has elected new officers,
as follows: President, j.. P. Beeee:
e. Matson. George Bray was elected
manager. Reports show the company
to be in good financial condition.
ABERDEEN-D. G. Gallett, the local
weather observer. states that his rec
ords show Wednesday and Thursday to
have been the hottest days since ne has
been keeping a record of weather con-
ditions. Wednesday the temperature
rose to 102 degrees. and on Thursday
the maximum was 104.
PIERRE-At the special bar exam
nation held here on the 18th of June,
all six applicants passed and were adj
United to practice. The names of the
applicants are A. z. Stirret, OF Lead:
F. A. Little and P. F. Ward. of Hot
Springs; A. o. France and C. J. Camp
bell. of Vermillion. and R. A. Bielski
of Philip.
ABERDEEN, S. D.-Mrs. Alexander
Hazard, a pioneer resident of Aberdeen,
Is dead. She was born at Tamith, Ont,
on July 20, 1856, and leaves five grown
children and a number of grandchild-
rem. She n her husband came to
Aberdeen in the infancy of the town,
and she has lived here since. her hus-
band having died several years ago.
LEAD-After the most bitterly on
tested school election ever seen here,
Horace 8. Clark was elected director
over L. A. Fell. who was a candidate
to succeed himself. The total vote was
1,S46 n Clark's majority was $50. One
of the features of the election was the
voting Of the women. AT Deadwood
Capt. f. w. Medbury was chosen d.
rector without opposition.
MANLA-While closing a window
late at night, Mrs. Jacob jacobson
wife of a homesteader living near
here, was attacked by a rattlesnaket
which evidently had crawled into the
house through O knothole during ths
day. The fangs entered one of he1
limbs. Her life was saved by he1
husband. who promptly cut the wound
to the bone and sucked out the poison
ABERDEEN-A large section OF
country near Daviston, in Perkins
county, was burned over by a prairie
fire recently. The strip burned over
was five miles long and about two mile.
vide, and will cause severe hardship
to the homesteaders affected, as it de.
stroyed grass and hay and leaves them
without feed for their stock as tn,
grain crop in that section is a failure
WAGNER-The corner stone for tn.
new Catholic church being under con.
struction here will be laid with impress.
sive ceremonies on June 27. Bishor
OfGorman assisted by a large number
of priests of this diocese will have
charge of the ceremonies. This church
when constructed will be one of the fin
est edifces in this part of the state. II
is being constructed at a cost of about
$4,000, exclusive of furnishings.
DEADWOOD-While the sheriff al
Belle S'ourche was waiting for him
with a warrant charging embezzle.
ment, odin C. Hameister, aged ~
cashier If the Northwest State bank
at Newell, ended his life by shootins
in his room in a local hotel. The body
not discovered until THU after.
noon. A deputy bank examiner from
Morrison has been going over h
books at Newell. and Is alleged tc
have found OF shortage of $4,000.
PIERRE-Col. Thomas Brown. the
new commander of the state G. A. R.
announced his appointive officers:
Council of administration. Philip
P%lankinton; c. S. Blodgett. Ranid
City; George ". Snow. Springfield;
S. v. Arnold. Ipswich; judge advocate
general, ". -. GlIIOrQ, canton; chief OF
staff, w. Ell. Shaft, Canton; quarter
master general j. B. Fox, Sioux
Falls; assistant adjutant general, g.
A. b. Fox, Sioux Falls; inspector gen
eral. e. M. Thomas. Huron; patriotic
Capt. Van Etten, Highmore.
DELL RAPIDs-Tom Chong arrived
home last Saturday from his long
absence. He left here nearly two
years ago. going to the Alaska-Yukon
al Seattle, and from there
to San Francisco. and then back tc
China to visit the old home. He re-
turned several months ago, but was
held up and not permitted to land at
Francisco, being detained on an
island station there for over four
months, until the aid of our congress
men was invoked. He left again Mon
day to visit friends at Sioux Falls,
Mitchell, Madison and Pipestone, and
will return to tax charge OF his
laundry business Iii q week or so.
BRIDGEWATER, S. ,D.-The crop
situation In this portion OF the state is
fast takine onGa serious asnect nh
hot winds OF the past three days have
practically ruined the small grain and
corn has reached a critical stage. A
number of farmers have turned their
stock into the grain fields, to save
what little is Left So parched is the