The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-12-28

!, ,nirror when he fred the shots, and the
| revolver dropped into the drawer under
| the mirror from which 1t had been taken.
I Cor n day or two before his act of self de-
:, struction Heber had talked at times in a
u rambling manner. lie is survived by the
widow and three sons. aged Il, 3 and 4.
He had life insurance OF 5000.
K pTERRE-New corporations are the
u Armour Mill company at that place, and
. the Knowlton Manufacturing company at
Canton. The latter company will manu-
3 ~facture gas and gasoline engines and
i tractors,
SPEARrlSH-An elaborate program is
being prepared for the annual meeting
of the Blacks Hills Horticultural associa-
= ton, which will be held here January
Is. There will be both forenoon and after
noon sessions.
PIERRE-During the past week Pierre
merchants have been having a great deal
OF trouble with shoplifters. The articles
pllfered have in every case been small,
but in the aggregate have amounted to
considerable. No one has been detected.
DELMoNT-The infant son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur McCafferty, of this place,
was badly burned as the result of a Pc
cullar accident. TIL baby was sitting in
a high chair beside the stove when in
some manner the chair tipped over,
throwing the child face forward upon
the hot stove.
PIERRE-sherift Coleman, of Sully
county, this evening arrested Frank Rip
ley, mail carrier on the charge of having
written the black hand" letter in the
Sully county cases. Ripley will be k
to Onida, the county seat of Sully county,
for a preliminary hearing.
BERESFORD-Jesse Wimple, son of A.
| I .u-JN,Nla. ,hn 0n., 1.-Two, n tIn eta{a .,,y
fered the loss of his right hand at the
wrist In a corn shredder. While endeav-
0T.aS 70 clear away the chasf that was
not being properly elevated, his hand was
| caught and was drawn into the rollers.
1t required some 20 minute for workmen
to take the rollers apart and release the
hand. Amputation followed.
| FAIRvIEW-The Sioux Valley Power
company, which will install a mammoth
water power plant on the Big Sioux river
here, has matters well In hand, and it is
expected that active work on installing
the plant will as early IN the
spring as possible. The plant will be one
Of the largest Of its kind on the Big
Sioux.
BROOkINGS-Football monograms have
been awarded the following players at
the South Dakota State college for this
year: Fl. Jensen, F. Jensen, C. Johnson,
Stearns, Treacy, Kremer, Lynch, Cald-
we'll, Catlett. Lockhart, Pence and Bibby.
In addition to the monogram each man
was awarded an athletic diploma. The
awarding Of diplomas for athletic work Is
q new feature and Immensely popular.
ABERDEEN-Ben Everson. a pioneer
OF Brown county, is desperately Ill at a
local hospital because of an accident. He
was hauling wood from his farm to his
home in Aberdeen, when the bobsled on
which tile wood was piled upset, and the
load was precipttated on top Of Everson.
a sharp-pointed stick punctured the blad-
der, and the heavy load injured his hips.
His recovery is doubtful.
SIOUX FALLS-A rate OF a fare and
one-thtrd has been granted by the rail.
roads entering Sioux Falls for those who
attend the state conservation congress-, to
be held in Sioux Falls January 9, 10 and
IL. These rates will be good only within
the state and will not apply to interstate
passengers. Governor Eberhart, of Min
nesota, in addition to other men of ma
tional reputation, has been secured as one
OF the speakers at the congress.
BRANDT-One of the most successful
organizations of its kind in eastern South
Dakot is the Farmers Mutual Fire and
Lightning Insurance Company of Deuel.
county, which has held it's annual meet
Ing here. During the past year the com
pany made an unsusual record, its losses
amounting to only SIS. The outstanding
insurance aggregates 500, 700. The follow
ing officers were elected for the coming
year: President, o. G. Thompson: vice
president, 0. A Rastad; secretary, C. J..
PETERSON; treasurer, Peter Paulson.
HURON, 6. D.-A. T. Buel. a resi-
dent here almost continuously since
the town was located and for more
thai IN TparS a 1nftny oa-ria, 49,.
the Oldest in the service here, died
Sunday, aged 70.
Merit Knowlton. who was Injured by
leaping from a burning automobile =
week ago, also passed away. He was
the owner of one of the best equipped
oaroer shops IN the state and had
lived here almost a quarter Of a cen
fury. He was well known among the
Elks of the state.
RAPID CITY-On account Of the deem
in the limestone country west of
here, County Surveyor Ballard. who was
surveying a road from Deerfield to New
castle, Wyo., was obliged to quit and re-
turn to town. over five feet of snow
now lies on the level there, the deepest
Tor many years. Deer are being driven
by the snow into the foothills and are
greatly harrassed by the coyotes, and in
some cases the younger animals are
slaughtered. In Perkins county a pack
or buffalo wolves are reported to be dam
aging stock, even attacking horses.
LEAD-Whether to call a special cleo
ton here for the purpose of voting ON the
question of three or five commissioners
when the city goes under commission gov
ernment May | next is now apitatinp
Lead. A year ago the city voted on the
commission form under the state law pro-
Vidlns f1ve commissioners but it will not
go into effect here until May. Since then
the state leR MAS amended to pef1nii-of
three commissioners with higher salary.
II the city chooses by popular vote. and
many are now advocating this change.
Mayor Howard has decided to invite the
meeting to organize cities in South Da-
kotd under the commission form to be
held here, and is now In communication
with Mayor Hall, OF Aberdeen, who start
ed this movement. to get the meeting
here In February.
PIERRE-Technical defects in their an.
propriations are causing the educational
department a good deal of trouble. a
snort time ago the carrying on OF school
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