The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-09-14
DAKOTA STATE NEWS

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CLARK-The heaviest baby in Clark
county is the three-months-old daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. David Olson. The
baby weighs 19& pounds.
FOREsTBURG-A special election
Will be held here September 10 to sub
init the proposition of incorporating
Forestburg as a city under the general
laws of the state.
IPSWICH-The congregation of the
Welsh Methodist church, south of
here, are erecting a new church on the
site of the old town of Powell, which
VIII cost between $4,000 and $4,000.
EGAN-An unusually bold thief stole
q cam of valuable horses belonging to
John Halligan from the streets Of
Egan. and thus far not a single a
of either the thief or the team can be
found.
PIERRE-R. C. Noble, of Center
Vile, a graduate of Purdue, has started
work as a field assistant in the state
engineers office, succeeding Don Rose,
of Pierre, who returns to school at
Purdue.
BRISTOL-The Day County Sunday
School association, in annual session
here, elected the following officers:
President, William Carpenter; vice
president, Alexander Ross; secretary,
1. S. Coomes.
RAPID CITY-Through the efforts
OF local sportsmen, the herd of u
mountain sheep recently captured by
Jimmie Reynolds. a ranchsr on the
cheyenne river, in the Bad Lands, win
be turned loose.
PIERRE-The railway commission
has received q p-etitian ea:. alaepata
Dante, in Charles Mix county. on the
Squaw Central. The commission will
hold it's regular monthly meeting at
Huron this week.
WTNFRED-At the annual business
meeting of the Winfred Women's club
! me Following officers We're elected for
the coming year: President, Mrs.
Shffflet; secretary, Miss Mcdowell;
treasurer, Miss Hall.
HOT SPRINGS = The dry-farming
experiment station, assigned to this
county, will be locat~ at Ardmore.
The soil adjacent to Ardmore was re-
garded as most typical of the greatest
area of untitled land in the county.
BRIDGEWATER : Owing to the
prime condition OF the soil in this To-
cality, made so by the copious rains
Oh the past six weeks, an increased
acreage of winter wheat will be
planted. Many farmers are now SOW
ing.
Observation-Disclosures Wesleyan. will
open for registration for the new school
year Monday, September is. Accord
ing to reports from the field and from
the university office, the prospects are
very good for a large attendance of
students.
HOT SPRINGS-Justice Emmett 3.
COOK, aged 81, devotes several hours
every day to the making of fancy
work. One of the features of the ex-
h1bit at the state fair from this county
VIII be a crazy quilt" made by this
old man.
T4NDALL-Sheriff Kelley has re-
turned from Bozeman, Mont, having in
custody s. Deeds. who is wanted here
on a statutory charge. Deeds has
been wanted since last July, but not
until a few days age was he located
and arrested at Bozeman.
WATERToWN-The big automobile
parade from Watertown TO Huron on
"Watertown day" at the state fair win
go via Hazel and Vienna instead of by
Clark and Doland as first planned.
Better roads and the shorter distance
influenced the change of itinerary.
YANKTON-A little slice of six and
one-half acres. situated between fine
Stone and Donaldson farms. was sold
TO j. j.. Mtkota and Olof Johnson. AL
though n land was unimproyed, it
brought $500 an acre. the highest price
ever paid for unimproved Dakota land
1t IS claimed.
PlERRE-Articles of Incorporation
nave been filed with the secretary Of
state for the Thomson Ditch GO IF
Belle Fourche, which proposes to irri-
gate with water from the Redwater.
and for the LIE Beau Transnortatinn
Co. with the object to operate a ferry
at that point.
PIERRE-The Pierre merchants, an
tumn carnival has attracted large
crowds from the surrounding country
Unlike the usual carnival, everything
Is free. A great free dance occurred
in the auditorium, at which all the
prominent citizens of the city and
county We're in attendance.
HURON-George Burke formerly
with the Chicago and Northwestern
railway, was instantly killed yesterday.
be was at the top of the electric light
pole assisting in stretching wires al
ane state fair grounds when struck by
O 1--we wire and thrown to the ground.
he was the Oldest son of Roadmaster
John s. Burke, OF the Dakota division
Oh the Northwestern system.
PIERRE-The recent rains have
Frightened things up in a wonder
ful manner. The Missouri river
bluffs. which We're sere and brown in
the middle OF July, have taken on a
vernaI g~reeTness. Parties travelling in
the surrounding country report a good
corn crop in many places, and an
of forage. Conditions are
not DIS bad as the midsummer pessi-
mist predicted
PIERRE-The leg irons worn b.
Lame Johnny, the Black Hills bandit,
nave been presented to the State His
torical society by Z. f. Pierce. OF Hot
Springs, in behalf of Frank Peterson.
of Custer. who has had them IN his
possession since the time that Lame
Johnny was strung up by the vigilance
committee. Lame Johnny's real name
/, was cornelius Donaho. He was d
graduate Of Girard college. Philadel-
phia. and had a most interesting his
. tory.
SIOUX
Tor the late Senator Kittredge is to he
painted as a memorial to him ana
placed IN the capitol at Pierre as the
result OF g meeting held in Sioux Falls
BY admirers. Funds to cover the cost
have been contributed by friends here
and elsewhere in the state. The seIec-
ton OF the artist has been left to Con.
n gresham Burke. and nrnadSafaiy-a %t