The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-07-13
DAKOTA STATE NEWS

our weeks ago. Since then several
good aim have covered the territory.
n the magnificent downpour OF, Sat
urday night was the climax of the sea-
son. The rain was general and extend
ed from the Black Hills country east to
the state line, the precipitation
amounting 10 over two inches all the
way in TO this city, where the rainfall
for the night was III inches, and ii
came in such Il name that every drop
went deep into the subsoii Very heavy
rains were reported clear TO the north
state line. and VIII be Il big help in that
section to the corn, flax ard potatoes
Nhcat, oats and barley have reached
ba,.,i i.,,'t : ~ S" EN-. SaiopIl ana Inc :
ssn+in,5 . ~ ,t,,,.5 ". ~ ~ ~ ~
i7e, ~, ,,l a 800 . 1870 q i1 a aatia - ~
com y,haot 49, - nata.a "a ''S
drive az 90 nils IN ~ tho''I co,,n " b,aa
DAYS $40 6avelonad bnndreI. ~ taii6s
of Wit whicb an,a a!,a,D. - 90
Of goin% sr nm'N,Se - % $50 "ruIcati"
and thsra 1"as 30 ~ 80 o" = al pe - e. eas.
b,it Mai 90 -, ia m1t,SS "a a iroi1 oh NJ g..
aVeraae yioi6 VA 10" thar ~ - ,tt ttia ~ IN
son WI, ~ sho,i5 nv ,,hnr r. 49,
fan frnn, 'Io anI Ia" Ia ~ ..
was 81 inchos Da+c ~ hn?i,D - ~
vested in Mic co,,rt,' tbis s,.ooIl ana ~
yvbcsf barras+ u,iii y :. ~ -. s :,
of the week or the first OF next.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. tho n,ont,e 1T
TuIv and Anr,,et III nce4nrs % +haa
Methodist ~@esbvterf.n Commemorative
HautIst and thc nntsconaG rhnrchas
viii discontinue their evening meet
jnps IN tnn rh,+rorae ana ,nI,GHci oDnn
air services on the street the FIRST Of
which was held Si,nday evening v;itl,
DIR. J. s. Hnapland Of thc
church. giving The first sermon. The
other pastors viii follow in theil. tIlrn.
A..
service more popular. the Mitchell band
has bcen engaged TO play sacred selec-
tons. on the FIRST night there was an
audience OF over LOCO people out.
L.EAD-Ranid CITY won moro honors
in the hose races at the
of the South Dakota lriremen's asso-
citation, which closes here today. In
the free for all straight away, one of
the principal events of the tourna-
ment, Lead hose company No. / nosed
out Rapid City in fast time. In the
free for all hook and ladder race
Presho won over Rapid City. Rapid
City defeated Presho. Pierre and
Scotland in he wet contest, while
Reimer, of. Clear Lake, proved the best
coupler in both single and double work.
Many or the irenen left last night for
iieii 'ioihes.
PIERRE-State Land Commissioner
l5rlhker, with PRANK +. Glasner, or that
department, has gone to Onida to start
from that point over the proposed line
of the Northwestern road to Hitchcock.
to place an appraised price on the state
lands crossed by that line. II. o. Ref
yum, of Washington Springs, another
member of the state lands department.
has gone to the southern part of tho
state to take up the work of appraisal
of lands which will be offered for lease
~ iot 49, 10 iS III aPo heAt year ana
~ ~ - Ia SIseia iieil rom lHe dc.
tthis go "N' "e ""s' ~ ehs resi- oi
'"i' se"+'
DEADWOOp-Never in tha history
of the Black Hills has the production
of gold ore been as high as at present,
and the output for 1911 will far ex-
coed any previous figure. The past
quarter the local United States assay
office received over $1,750,00 in. bull
non: n addition of the Homestake
bullion, the increase in size and vallle
paw,ara Gaop puiiiol anu the Goiden
.sM"iu iiicitass, toSetlleF with some
ON hiiiI aaI solie rom lne SOUTH
II ;s ~, h hI,9 $3.50 80 ny hisA hsuFes.
n, III es,ii sa oo tnat lhe I'LL
80 '"A %o'ooo'ooV.
ABERDEEN-Joseph Brodenbergsr,
Of Des Moines, travelling fireman of the
milwaukee, road, has returned from the
MuSselSlell valley country, bringing
samples of the grain in that vi
He has some wheat measurinp
CO.. g. ~ iieles III iehgth n
hergar 30 nnoi.es loiis' WI. broden-
q 'aheh up d lam IN that
49, 49, - Ias named the valley in
,a =. ~ nniaiiai - iocated, "Des Moines
SCadlss. az ielt the gram with FL. A.
oison; y ne herman hotei, who was
Nniolhis IL.
ABERDEEN-rhe euualization hoard
has just completed it's work in eona1-
izing city assessments. The total as-
.sessed valuation of the city this year
IS s4,4SS,o3o Last year 1t was only
s4,Szo'9o2. q dlfference of $112,52S. The
greatest increase in any specific article
vas IN automobiles, which number ITS
ms year as against 125 last year. This
course does not include he assessed
OF the railroad property of
city, as that is assessed by the
STATE BOARD.
PIERRE-A windstor,, Witch ai=
danlase TO trees and signs this evening
"as lolloWed by a hall inch of rain. the
lrst dor several weeks. Rain of from
U nali nour TO n hour and q half dur
nsloi, IS reported from all stations on
between here and
Napld oltg' 1T reached UP to Sully
ana INTO the Snl1thaT.1o M ~ cP