The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-12-21
DAKOTA STATE NEWS

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augurated a movement to have an athletic
club organized here.
JAvA-New officers of the local volun-
teer fire department are: Chief, II. j.
Cook; secretary, Ludwig L, Helm; treas,
urer, Jacob Helm.
CLARK-Roy Thompson and Charles
Kerns, OF this place, appeared in the cir
cult court and We're fined 500 and 500 re-
spectively for selling liquor in violation
of law.
IPSWICH-At a meeting of the MEM
bers of the local w. c. 7. U. society an
Offering was taken to aid in purchasing
| Christmas gifts for the prisoners In the
Sioux Falls pe~nitentiary.
P~IERRE-The supreme court has de-
MED application for a rehearing in the
| disbarment procedure against A. Sherin,
of Watertown, and he is suspended from
practice 80 days from this date.
PLANKINTON-The members of the To-
cal fire department have elected the fol-
| lowing officers: Chief J. w. Primmer;
foreman, T. w. Taubman; secretary, A.
c. Earl; treasurer, w. 7. Lathrop.
PIERRE-F. L. Kold, principal of the
city schools, has resigned to take up
business and his resignation has been ac-
cepted. Miss Minnie Ashton. of the Fort
Pierre schools, was selected for the va
cancy.
PIERRE--Insurance Commissioner Bas-
ford reports that reports as to probable
attendance at the fire prevention congress
next Monday and Tuesday is most aus
picious. From present indications there
viii be 100 on hand.
ONIDA-The excellent financial condi-
ton of the people of this place and vicin-
ity is shown by the fact that the three
local banks have aggregate deposits of
s157, 2S0.81. A great deal of this money
! belongs &c farmers.
SPEARFISH-January 16 to 10 next has
been fixed as the time for the annual ex-
hibit and show of the Black Hills Poultry
association. The place has not yet been
definitely settled, but it Is probable Spear
fish will be selected.
YANKTON-Robert A. Steadman, a
prominent farmer of near Violin, is near
death, as the result of a fall from a load
of hay. The wheels of the wagon passed
over him, inficting serious Internal in
turles, from which recover is doubtful.
ABERDEEN-The state regents Of edu-
cation at their meeting here accepted the
plans of J.. w. Henry, of Aberdeen, for
the new $50, 600 addition to the central
building at the Northern Normal and In
dustrial school and employed Mr.. Henry
as architect.
BRUCE-The new Commercial hotel,
now nearing completion here, will be for
mally opened to the public Friday eve
ming, December q, with Mr.. and Mrs. r.
f. Caldwell in charge. One of the features
of the opening will be a banquet to the
people of Bruce in general.
ABERDEEN-At Aberdeen the an
nouncement of the new traffic arrange
ments between the Northern Pacific and
the Northwestern roads Is taken to mean
that through coast trains Will also be
put on to run from Chicago over the Iowa
South Dakota line of the Northwestern
to Cakes, N. D., and thence over the
Northern Pacific line to the coast.
ABERDEEN-Captain Hickenbotham.
OF Company L, South Dakota National
guards, has received a request from the
secretary Of war requesting him to rec
ommend a suitable officer to be desig-
mated as a recruiting officer for the Unit
ed States army at a recruiting station to
be opened here. Captain H~ickenbotham
has recommended Lieutenant Peterson for
the place.
FRANKFORT-Henry Peterson, the IT.
year-old son Of Mr.. and Mrs. P, M.
Peterson, living on a farm near here, died
from injuries received when he accident
ally shot himself while cleaning an auto
matte rife. The. ball entered the abdo.
men and lodged in such a manner that
the physicians could not remove 1t without
Fastening the unfortunate young mans
death. He fingered for many hours be-
fore death came to his relief.
Observation-Disclosures jobbers will ten.
der a banquet to their travelling sales
men at the Aberdeen Commercial club on
the night OF January 1. Aberdeen is the
center for a large number of travelling
men, and the coming function is the first
of the sort ever held here. Elaborate
H.
ton, at which over 200 travelling men will
be guests of the jobbers for whom they
work.
PIERRE-Insurance Commissioner Bas-
ford, in company with the sheriff of Sully
county is in Sully county today investigat-
ing a BLACK hand" case in which some
miscreant has threatened Henry Essel.
brogge and Sam Thorpe, farmers, to burn
down their premises unless they come
cross with certain moneys. Sully county
seems to be blessed with a supernatural
ance of fire bugs; the fire marshall being
still at work on the incendiary burning OF
some school houses earlier in the fall.
L POINT-The annual meeting OF
the Farmers Mutual Tornado Insurance
company, of Clay and Union counties,
was held at the court house here and after
the general transaction of business the
following officers were elected for the en-
suing year: President, Andrew Martin, OF
Elk Point; secretary, s.. A. Omdahl, of
Sphinx. treasurer, Mr.. Lockwell, of vermil-
lion; directors, Jos. Montague, of Jeffer-
son; C. q. Hasley, of Wakonda; Andrew
Martin, Of Elk Point, and Anton Nelson,
Of Centerville.
HURoN-The Taft Republican club, of
the city of Huron, has extended an inyi-
tation and issued a call to the republicans
of South Dakota, who favor the renom,na-
ton and election of William Howard Taft
as president OF the United States to meet
in mass convention in the opera house In
the city Of Huron On Friday morning,
January S, 1912. at 10 o'clock. for the pur-
pose OF organizing a state republican Taft
club, for the purpose of passing appropri-
ate resolutions and for the transaction of
such other business as may come before
the meeting.
DOLAND Stricken with paralysis,
Frank Rawdon. a farmer Of Prairie Cen
ter township, near here, managed by
strenuous efforts to crawl 10 the door OF