The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-11-30
DAKOTA STATE NEWS

row. for deceased members on next Sun
|. day afternoon at 8 o'clock.
MOUNT ViGRNON-The annual mas
querade ball of the local volunteer fire
, department will be held on New Year.
night. A committee has been appointed t.
make arrangements.
ABERDEEN-The Ogilvie conference OF
the Episcopal clergy of South Dakota con.
cluded a two days session last evening
with an informal reception at the rectoly
OF st. Marks church. rendered by Rev.
and Mrs. j. w. Hyslop.
FAITH-The Faith branch of the Mil
waukee has been badly blockaded as a re-
suit of the storm of last week. A party
who left there Tuesday says that no trains
mad arrived since the Friday before, and
that none were expected for three or four
days more.
CENTERVILLE Extensive improve
ments are being made to the public
school building. both exterior and interior.
Among the Improvements to the inside is
the placing of seats in the auditorium,
and the heating plant has been overhauled
and improved.
MOUNT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS have
been completed for providing Mount Yer
non with street lights. The principal bust
ness street Will be lighted with cluster
lights, three in a cluster, while the side
streets will be lighted by center sus-
pension lights.
bEBEAU-There is a great deal of com
plant made regarding the recent change
in train service on the st. Louis road west
of Condo, In prosperous times the road
made money and it does not seem quite
fair that now in a period of only tenn
porary depression, good live and growing
towns should have only three accommoda-
tons trains a week,
WAGNER-A committee representing
the Platte Line Commercial association
left for Chicago today to confer with off,
cials of the c., NJ. & St. Paul railroad
relative to the very poor train service
along the Platte line since the installation
of the new time table.
ABERDEEN-The case of Albert
Smalley, charged in federal court with i'm
proper use of the mails, will go to the
jury today. The introduction OF evidence
was concluded just before the court ad-
journed yesterday. The trial occupied the
court throughout the day.
LEoLA-A term of state circuit court
for Mcpherson county will convene here
tuesday, December 5, with Judge Bottum
presiding. The term probably will be
longer than usual, as there are six GRIM
i4idi SaScS ol lLe CdlelludF ana new CIVIL
cases are being filed daily.
HOT SPRINGS-Fall River ~county's
crop production for this year shows a big
Increase over the production during 1910.
HI far during the present year an ag-
of more thar 5000 acres of farm
land heretofore lying idle has been entered
by thrifty and experienced farmers.
EUREKA-For the first time in several
vae I've of +bie ooe1, 90 ~. |
and other kind of school in this
tMcPherson) county is provided with a
teacher and is running regularly. An ag-
sregate or los teachers are engaged in the
city and country schools of the county.
ABERDEEN-Sergt. Charles j. Schatz,
l member of the noncommissioned staff Of
company L., S. D. N. G., stationed in this
city, was found guilty of disposing of gov
eminent property and reduced to the rank
'f private. The penalty for this crime is
'ne year In the pe~nitentiary of Fort Leay-
,nworth, Kan.
ABERDEEN-Word has been received
lere that the South Dakota special to
he land show at Chicago will not leave
ms city, as was first announced, but will
cave Huron Monday, November q. Stops
VIII be made through Iowa and Illinois
nd the train will arrive in time for South
NhOe% ooS 1SoSeillDCT 20.
CLAREMONT-The rooms of the pub
lie school are filled to overlooking. ana
he congested condition has revived the
for the erection of a larger
chool building. The increase on the num-
ger of children of school age has been
o great that 1t will not be long until ad-
litional teachers will have to be engaged.
MITCHELL-An active building season
as been outlined for the business district
I Mitchell next year and six or seven
ne buildings are to be constructed. The
uslness buildings will cost $3.50, 900. The
{. M. c. A. will expend 1000 on their
ew structure, the lot for which has al
eady been purchased at a cost of $500.
{ will have a frontage Of rs feet and 100
eet deep. The Catholic academy is to
e erected in the spring at a cost of $50, 600.
nd the funds have been practically
ace with former years.
RAPID CITy-The eight boys who were
harged with rioting at the high school
'ere told by the board of education that
would withdraw the charge of high mis-
for which they were to have
ppeared before Justice Exline yesterday.
n consideration of this leniency the board
rdered Principal Volegein to cancel the
ootball games for the remainder Of the
eason ana ordered the boys to pay for
amages done to school property and to
ettle the physicians bills incident to the
1Juries sustained by Miss Frances Jones.
Tho was injured in s~nowballing.
ABERDEEN-ofaciai notice is issued
the Moreau and Cheyenne river
ranches of the Milwaukee system west
| the Missouri river in South Dakota
been closed to traffic until further
Office. These branches run to Faith and
sabel respectively. Since the heavy
noWs OF two weeks ago the road has ex-
erlenced great difficulty in maintaining
train service on the branches, and while
ne management is exertfng every effort
9 get the branch lines in operation. no
tempt will be made to maintain a reg
lar schedule until the lines are finally
feared OF snow.
ABERDEEN-Fhe federal grand jury in
ession here late yesterday returned an
charging Charles e. Hyde. a
Millionaire land owner OF Pierre, with
laying devised a scheme to defraud and
nth having carried out the scheme
nrOuRh the 3,ca re the TYptx~a cA-1 T.