The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-07-27
DAKOTA STATE NEWS

SuIled ms new uutleS.
P~LATTE-The work of making this
years assessment of property in Platte
has beer completed, the total reach-
ing $325,000. This is believed to be
the largest assessment OF n town in
Charles Mix county.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES have been
completed for an old settlers picnic
and celebration, which viii be held
July % in what is known as the Chad
wick grove, some miles from here.
Features will be two ball games.
FAIRFAN-John higgins, deputy
sheriff, has returned from Billings,
Mont, having in custody Pat stevens.
Who made his escape from the county
Jail here some months ago and who
only recently was located at Billings.
FRANKLIN-At the Franklin coun-
~ republican convention held at Up
tand Tuesday, Congressman Norris, OF
this district, INC Governor Aldrich
we're endorsed. No allusion was made
to President Taft.
MELLETTE-Drillers have reached
4 depth of more than 700 feet in the
new artcsian Well which is designed tG
furnish the people OF Mellette with
water for fire protection and domestic
purposes. The vel VIII replace an
Did artesion well. the flow of which
has become greatly reduced.
Observation-Disclosures arrangements
vre being made for a big Labor day
celebration to be held here. Among
ME features will be three bah games
Alexandria and Spencer. Farmer and
r3ridgewater, and Clayton and Emery
There also will be street sports and
amusements of various kinds.
SCOTLAND-The railroad graders
have completed the work OF improving
the tracks of the Milwaukee company
between Scotland and Scotland june
lion. The grade has been raised about
three and one-haIf feet and the track
Is inches more with gravel, making a
raise of five feet in all.
ONlDA-A new artes1an well has
been completed here. but the flow is
a disappointment. The flow is small
pnd the water viii AVE to be pumped
A remarkable feature of the new well
cold, something unusual in the artesiar
wells of South Dakota, the water OF
which usually is quite warm.
P~IERRE-The people of Virgil and
Washington Springs have been making
so much complaint regarding the mat.
ter of no telegraph service at thesa
towns that the railroad commission has
decided to call a hearing at each OF
these towns at some early date to con.
slider whether or not the compliments
have cause for their grievances.
KIMBALL-Charles Sobek and
James Rozum. saloon men, were ar.
Vested by Game Warden Stewart upon
4 complaint from Il farmer for shoot
Ing prairie chickens northwest of town
and were fined $3.50, after pleading
guilty. Joe Burnett, owner of the
hired automobile with which the party
hunting, was also arrested, but
stands trial.
SIOUN FALSE. j. ManniX, presi-
len of the local Ad club and editor of
the Commercially News. at a meeting of
the members Of the local Ad club, was
unanimously elected a delegate to rep
resent the club al the annual onven
lion of the Associated Advertising
Clubs of America. at Boston, Mass, on
August ], 9, 3 n 4. Fe will probably
join the Twin city delegation for the
trip TO Boston.
HOT SPRINGS-Tom Marsh. a lum-
Der merchant of Hill city, and family
were seriously. If not fatally, injured
and three sons We're enroute here in
a gasoline car when they collided with
II freight train switching in the Pringle
yards. Marsh had Il fractured skull,
his wife had a double fracture of the
leg. and the oldest son had his back
badly injured.
ABERDEEN-A movement has been
inaugurated by Mayor e. M. Hall, of
this city for the organization of an
composed of the mayors
and commissioners of the commits
stoned governed cities in South Da-
kota. it's purpose being to advance the
interests of the municipalities having
form of government: to work for
needed legislation affecting such cities,
for the purpose, generally, of improv-
ing municipal conditions.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Shirley p.
Miller and Harry G. SEVERN, of the
a months outing in the Colorado Rock
les. They will have no artificial con-
veyance, but will make it strictly a
tramping trip of four weeks through
the famous Roosevelt hunting grounds.
They expect to climb Longs peak over
the great divide into Steamboat
Springs. Incidentally they expect to
do considerable nature study and take
notes on their observations.
CALLAWAY-This own Is now ex-
~periencing an egg famine, owing to
the visit of q food inspector who in
sisted that all egg put on the mar
ket must be candled. AS a result the
merchants have quit buying eggs, and
only the cream stations are now hand.
ling men,. uhe FARMERS are refusing
to bring them to town and allow them
to be candled. Omer Helton, a mer.
chant, who has q small flock of chick
ems, saved his eggs for two days ant
then tested them by Gambling, and
but two out of eight We're able to pas.
tho Inspection.
HURON-The S~-year-old son OF
John Ruggenburg, a farmer living nea,
Rec Heights, met with an accidenr
that came near costing him his life
The lad was riding a pony when ht
suddenly came in contact with a wire
fence, the ony throwing him agains
the wires. One of the barbs cut /:
deep cash in the boys neck. Th,
little fellow got home as quickly a.
possible n a physician was called
who dressed the wound and the boy Il
fast recovering.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. numerou
! ci.tyers-Swcrc-ce! that TN
wooden water mains in this city
! which have given service for 20 wears
We're rotten and about to give way
the city commissioners, who favor tn,
purchase of the present plant at SIG
600, and who have submitted the prop
ostion to q vote for Tuesday next, or
dered the mains exposed in severa
places about the city. The result wa
that the mains were found to be il