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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-02-22
PLANS FOR PROMOTION OF
A CROSS STATE LIOJ,na>,

Mitchell. S. D., Feb. 19.-It is the in
tehtion TO nave two public highways
crossing the state Of South Dakota to
the Black Hills country, the second one
be1ng started in this city as the result
OF a conference between the represen-
tat1ves OF the Commercial CHM NJ
Chamberlain and Mitchell.
II was decided to call a meeting Of
the towns and counties on the route
IN this city on Thursday, March 4 TO
take up the work Of getting this road
way through. The road ia ia stsr
from Sioux Falls and go via salem
Mltcnell, Planktnton, Kimball. Cham
perialn and points in Lyman county
ana thence on to Wasta and then on
mo the Black Hills country via Rapid
SlIy. since the highway meeting was
neld at Deadwood, and it was decided
70 pulla tnat roadway through Huron.
fierre n cross the Cheyenne river
at Wasta, the Mitchell road will stop
AT the point of Wasta and efforts will
pc made to Join with the other
proposition and the two build a bridge
over the Cheyenne. It is the idea to
nave the road. which starts at Sio,x
rams TO join with ST. Paul and Min
and have the road hriIt
through that state, and thus mako a
continuous roadway from the Twin
cities out to the Black Hills col1ntrv
Inc best scenic route to the Hack
Hills country Is admitted via CbamN
berlain and the bad lands. Much on
couragement has come from ali tha
towns along the proposed route. ana AT
the meeting to be held here in March
a GOOD program will be
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-02-22
ARMOUR REPORTS BUSINESS
CHANGES AND IMPROVEMENTS

Armour, S, d, Feb. 2o.-An unusual
number OF business changes are taking
place in town these days. B, II. Boy
Ian & Son, who are engaged in the
implement business, have added q
hardware stock and will be ready for
business February 1a. ms Farmers
and Merchants bank has added SIS, 700
to its capital stock and IS strength
ened In other ways. The Farmers drug
store, DR.. 5. w. LaShier proprietor
was sold Friday to q. c. Clausen. of
Wagner, who took possession imme-
6iately. DR.. LaShier plans, however.
TO remain in the community and keep
up his practice Of medicine c. P.
Enright, of Clark county. has pur-
chased the Armour roller mills and VIII
take charge in the neRr future Mr..
VIM. Moore. who has heen - c
OF the mills here for q number of
& expects 10 move shortly 10
Mitchell, where he viii engage In the
milling business A L. Eoon, who has
been conducting s clothing store here
fer 8 number o. years, has sold TO
parties from Iowa, who will take
charge IN s few days. II is also re-
ported that s. J. Beddow, grocer. has
said his stock 20 the same
This viii make another general store
for Armour
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-02-22
EQUINE DEPRECIATION
FIGURES IN COURT AS
BASIS OF Big CLAIM
Woman and Chicken House Up
set By Charge Of Herd OF
Neighbours Horses.

Sioux Falls. S. D., Feb. 19.-Mr. and
Mrs. w. D. Knapp. who live on G farn
some miles from Sioux Fails, are the
plsintiffs in what are among the most
peculiar damage suits ever instituted
In the state circuit court in this city.
The defendants are Hans Lien and
George w. Veins, well known farmers
who live near the Knapp place. Con-
%tributory negligence promises to cut
considerable figure when the suits are
tried. 1t is set forth in the complaints
that while Mrs. Knapp was In a chick
en- house near ONE hay stacks at
night, and was carrying a lamp to give
her the light necessary so she could
care for her chickens, 13 head of horses
belonging to Lien and Veins swooped
down upon her with such force as to
upset the shed. The horses also are
alleged to have struck Mrs. Knapp,
breaking the lamp n causing the hay
stocks and shed to be set on fire n
consumed. Mr.. Knapp has instituted
suits against both of the defendants
for the loss of the shed and hay, while
Mrs. Knapp has instituted separate
actions on her own account against the
defendants for the recovery of
damages for alleged external and in
ternal injuries received as the result
of the wild charge of the stray
horses.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-02-22
CONFUSION IN LAWS is
CONSTRUED BY LETTER

Pierre 8 d, Feb. 2a-The attor-
Fey generals department calls atten-
ton 10 an error in the printed APP
ps-aoaLsat btfi Of the past session.
Ths SIS enacted n en-
rolled provides that Lake county shall
constitute District No. 80 and shall be
entitled 10 TWO representatives. The
statute rs printed in the session laws
gives Lake county only one house
member Secretary OF State Policy has
Inquired regarding the Interpretation
q thai part Of b same apportion-
AaEzi law which provides that Hamlin
and Deuel. counties are to have one
representative each and one between
them This is construed to mean lust
ssesat Il says that Zach of these coun-
ties shall have I in the house
En1 that they must select one other
fO-srSpr ranrasenfatiy
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-02-22
LEAD POSTMASTER IN
SEVERE ARRANGEMENT
OF MODEL YOUNG Man
Money Order Clerk Shea and
His Manipula ion of Post.
office Accounts.

Lead, S. D., Feb. 1.-THE Lead Call.
whose editor is postmaster and who
has just been called on to put up a
shortage in the money order depart
ment of his office Of $4,000, for which
Clerk Ray Shea is under arrest, COM
ments on the incident as follows:
While the shortage of Ray Shea's
former department at the .postoffice
has been made up, it was done with
out the slightest assistance from
that model young man., and, so far as
is known, without the slightest effort
on his part to keep an innocent man
from bearing the entire burden Of a
loss for which he alone was responsible,
Much sympathy has been expressed for
Shea by friends of his who have been
convinced of his innocence by his as
sertions to that effect, but those who
have investigated the records thor.
oughly, and have held long sessions
with Shea in an attempt to get some
reasonable explanation from him, are
convinced that he is as consummate a
f~alsifer and ~hypocrite as ever posed
before the public as a model while Sc
cretly ~betraying trust.
Yesterday Shea declared that he had
been expecting an investigation for
some time, bu while he was frequently
asked by the postmaster regarding his
department before tlle Investigation be-
S"'A' IN ~ ~ tooS Niol
thing was all right, despite the fact
that he was forcing balances, writing
in any sum he happened to need. A
letter from the department regarding
shortage was suppressed by Shea so
that the visit of the inspector to begin
the investigation was a surprise to the
postmaster, and in fact to the entire
force, with the exception of Shea.
Shea, who has always posed as the
only truly good young man in the vi.
cinity, and has been pointed out as the
model for the youths of the city-'Such
a nice u nan!'-one who did not
smoke, chew, swear or indulge in any,
beverage stronger than milk and water,
admits classifying his records, forcing
his balances. deceiving the postmaster
and deputy by declaring to them that
everything was straight in his depart
ment, but is a. the same time protest.
ing his innocence of any wrong doing.
What would constitute wrong doing in
his mind, or what serves him in that
capacity. would be difficult to deter
mine If classifying government records,
betraying trust. leaving IN honest man
who a every reason to expect fair
treatment at his hands to Shout
der unaided the burden of his short
ages constitutes upright conduct to
him, his moral obliquity is eff q sort
that ought to entitle him to a period
of seclusion under a warden. and it
looks very much as though he would
receive it,"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-02-22
TRAIN DISASTER SAVED BY
RURAL TELEPHONE SERVICE

Aberdeen, S. D., Feb. 20.-lThe 4ele-
phone facilities of South Dakota
farmers averted what might have been
q disastrous wreck on the Milwaukee,
railroad between Webster and Waubv.
Operator Harris, at Webster, had
given a freight train orders to leave
got out of sight when word came from,
Waubay that the operator, through
ar error. had permitted a passenger
train to go by that station, west bound.
The Webster operator mnediateIv
called up a number OF farmers living
near she line of the road. and one Of
them reached the track with n lar
terms In time to flag one of fbe
trains. the crew of which Ragged lie
othcr In time to avert the threatened
accident
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-02-22
THE GRACES' HARD LUCK
AS OLD FRIENDS SEE IT

5inier, s. d, Feb. 20.-Corsiderable
sympathy is expressed here for George
h Grace, postmaster at Lead. He
was principal OF the public schools
here n later county superintendent.
His wife then was principal of the
schools until they departed for the
west Mrs. Grace recently. according
co news reports, had to go to a hos.
pital for treatment owing to nervous
trouble caused from fear and worry
about possible injury from labor or
CARNATIONS around the Homestake
mine. She edited the Lead Call and
the paper was not in sympathy, 1t is
claimed, with labor. Now Mr.. Grace
having to make good the postoffce
shortage on account of al employe
ClllSeS general rnnret hnrn
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-02-22

This obituary is printed in the cur
rent number of Our Dumb Animals:
Dead! Ten hundred and thfrty-nine
of them dead Ten hundred and thirty
nine long roads ended at last. Hunger.
thirst, blows, cursings, exposure to he
storms OF winter. neglect when the heat
and the insects of hummer make days
and nights equally a burden-all this
forever stopped for 10,039 old, tired,
worn out, but patient toilers in the ser
vice of man. Dead. They never knew
how it happened. Death came with
the suddenness of the pistols flash. In
simultaneously. Dead Thank God for
fl"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-02-22

BY the newest method OF making dia-
monds. reported from Berlin, the car
bon crystals are formed by decompos-
ing ordinary zoe gas with metallic
amalgams of mercury. The plan has
at least the supreme merit Of subject
ing the maker to no danger. All pre-
o attempts to rival nature rs q
diamond producer have been based on
artficially creating the enormous tenn
peratures n pressures to which car
bon Is subjected over vast periods of
time in the earth. More than one ex-
perimenter has been blown to pieces I'm
a vain attempt to produce these nat
ural forces.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-02-22

Field and forest birds of America
once so numerous. are now so thinned
In numbers hi their absence from
former haunts is noticeable east and
west. Great losses in grain and fruit
crops come through the attacks OF in
sects tina formerly were taken care OF
by the birds. An example of what n
be lone In bird culture in a large way
is being furnished In Michigan, near
the village of Dearborn. which is an
outpost OF Detroit. Here $500 acres OF
land have been given m =" hi-S
traction and protection by Henry Ford,
q wealthy philanthropIst.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-02-22
DEAN STERLING SPEAKS IN
COUNTY OF CHARLES ME-

Wagner, S. D., Feb. lT.-Hon. Thomas
j. Sterling, of Vermillion, S. D., candi-
date for United States senator, talked
to a large and enthusiastic audience at
the opera house in this city. His speech
was well received.
After the meeting he visited around
town n reported himself as we'll
pleased with his reception at this place.
1t is certain that Mr.. S%terling's candi-
dacy is growing in this part Of the
state and his speech today gives a de-
cided impetus to the progressive cause
in Charles Mix county.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-02-22
II MILE HIKE TO MAKE
GOOD AN APPOINTMENT

Yankton, Feb. 20.-Dr. H. *. War.
rem, president Of Yankton college. has
Just demonstrated that he keeps an
engagement even If 1t means exertion
OF no ordinary Kind. He agreed to
take a certain church service OF
Mecsling and his train, which passes
through Yankton at 3 a. M. was
missed by DR.. Warren. The head of
Yankton college decided to keep his
appointment and hit the ties for
Meckling. He arrived In time for
breakfast II was in plenty of time
for service,
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-02-22

Sung Su Tsung, a Young woman
teacher in a school in Shanghai IS re-
Earded IN her home city as q second
Joan OF Arc After weeks Of hard
Work she hzs succsede5 IN enrolling
1zo ot her women friends IN 8 military
organization sua has offered their ser
vices and her own 10 The Shanghai
provisional military authorities in thsG
Fight against the MzEchus- All the
younger SronasG IN The t@2chs-as de-
tcEhmert are 2uIions 10 so - the
'front.' ami are bringing thal- influence
&c haar IN asking for The chsace 20 see
E-55 Go sEFflze fighting
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-02-22
NO IOWA SQUIRRELS
FOR NORTH DAKOTA

pes Moines. Ia, Feb. 1s.-Goyernor
CasToil today received inquiry from
the governor of North Dakota as to
whether or not the state game warden
% tnls state a furnish red and grey
that state, as there is great desire tn
import and acclimate some Of tbase
The governor says Iowa hasi
none for sale. naS
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-02-22
AMERICAN MACHINERY
FOR RUSSIAN FARMERS

Nobridge, s. D., Feb. flight car
loads of agricultural Implements con-
signed to j.. ]. Ischurn 81 Co., at Vladi-
vostok, Siberia, passed through here
this week. Only lately has the Rus
sian government permitted the impor-
tat1on of American farm implements to
Siberia. Now that the embargo has
been removed, it is expected the ex-
ports from this country will be heavy.
Several carloads Of material for
railway construction, such as heavy
rails and steel plates, were received
today for Manila, P. l., from Chicago.
One of the largest shipments of fans
from the orient to pass here at one
Time Tor one concern arrived this
week. This consisted of -four cars con-
signed to a Chicago firm.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-02-22
POPULAR LANDLORD is
SUSPECTED OF e,,,c,a-

Iyndali, $. D.. Feb. Thames Kae-
gan. a Bon Homme county pioneer zee
Wen knoWn MOTEL man. died under mys-
.eiious circumstances at his home in
Avon and officials have been inyes.
tlgating the circumstances of his death
returned a verdict, it is generate ao.
ceoed that keegan died from r. l.ipg
udanum and probably with sujei3ai
intentions. He vas proprietor OF the
Eureka hotel as Avon. eHe
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-02-22
RHODES SCHOLARSHIP MAN
WEEDS LAKE PRESTON GIR

Yankton, s. D., Feb. 17.-Announce-
ment he been received of the mar
riage of Miss Olive Gerald. of Lake
Preston, to Mathew A.. Brown. of
Chamberlain. Mr.. Brown was one
OF the two students elected from
scholarship, and completed his course
in Oxford university last year. He is
a son Of Attorney James Brown, presi-
dent of the South Dakota Bar associa-
ton, and was recently admitted to
partnership with his father, having
been admitted to the bar on the oc.
casion of the last examination. He is
also a graduate of Yankton college
Miss Gerald is a graduate of mi
college academy n has been for sew
eral years a student in the conservatory
sition of matron of the college dining
hall during the fore part Of the pres
ent school wear p
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-02-22
~DicTAeRAPH USED.

Indianapolis, Ind, Feb. IT,
The fact that for days the nov
eminent has had a dictaoSsnh
in the OFFICES of the internation'
al Association of BRIDGE and
Structural Iron Workers here
and has taken reports Of cor
v~ersstions of President Ersnk
NJ. Ryan and others in connsnN
ton with the dynamite CON
spiracy became known TO-DAY
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-02-22

An heroic statue of Nathaniel Haw-
thorne is to be erected at Salem at a
cost of $4,000. of which amount S12, 900
has already been raised by the COM
mittee. Rudyard KipIing is a vice
president Of the committee. Haw-
thorne was not a loyal subject" but he
was OF English origin. anyway.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-02-22

Mile. Helene Miropowlski, the first
French woman lawyer. is on q visit to
london. She speaks enthusiastically
of the English judicial methods. When
she was first admitted to the Palais
de Justice her cases were chiefly GRIM
tRal ones She frankly considers that
women are not capable OF becoming
Judges.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-02-22

A contractor with a head for figures
Ena building estimated that the Cheops
pyramid could not be duplicated today
Tor less than steo. o00, 1000. With mod
ern machinery and the employment of
10000 stone cutters. haulers. quarry
nez. rrasons and laborers. a duplicate
OF the pyramid could be erected In two
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-02-22
RATES %susPENnEn

Warrington, Feb. 19.-Increased
freight rates proposed by the Chicago.
Burlington & Quincy railroad on coai
from mines in Wyoming to junction
points in Montana and beyond were
suspended today by the Interstate
Commerce commission pending an In
vestigation.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-02-22

The American Association for the
Conservation OF Vision is starting q
wide spread campaign Of public educa-
ton to cali the attention of people to
the q and preservation Of their eye
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-02-22

Kansas City, Mo-, cultivated its va
cant lots last summer. A nine-acre
tract. for example. was planted in vege-
tables, and worked by the people in
destitute circumstances. The scheme
was under the direction OF the City
club, which engaged a practical gard
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-02-22

Ahput half The lima sseaa crop IN lie
nHnEaa * s-ssacaa ~ . tuEstaEse su1p
OF California 5nt924tlE Santa Barbara
TsrYrurR- Los Angeles. Orange AMI San
Disgo countries. Pscn5laT climatic CON-
Gttipr2s are required nj l. only OH
ar SECTION SaazrE Lss bean has been
Erpwra successfully IS xhs Island OF
AHdneaEcar- CT the east eoast Of
Africa. England takes the entire Is
lEnd oN1pus.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-02-22

The Academy OF Sports of France
has awarded SIS gold medal to Admiral
PsGry for the admirable lesson of
physical saergy End moral courage that
you have given TO the entire world in
the ga1aEt % fatagues. sufferings and
difficulties. the conquest OF the north
pole" The resolution was moved by
Or Srharcat.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-02-22

sREENVII4LE. TENN.-yVith blood
streaming down his face from wounds
Esscs.Sea N = night in which at least
nistois were drawn. Adam S. Bowfaan
HsilatsIian of the First district rapnb.
ilean convention. saturday finally 1lnda
MS yells for .'ordars heard. and the
|nody proesedsa ~ work. This was not
tbs last OF the violence, however for
later, when DIR. u. D. MASSEY. forn,er
eongressnlan. Who was nominated bv
bne faction Saturday. attempted IL
make as speech the table on which he
Was standing was isrked from under
MIN, His opponents then gave vent
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-02-22

a school boy IN Pennsylvania has
eeut o-a-isc5snt editor OF q New
yrrr nszrxzaane- liss questions
shat VIII zaaks HIN scratch his head
Etan he sets eut 10 answer them. They
Esf. How old is the uniyerse2T What
makes yuur heart baatT How hot Is
1ntarEtsllaT spass Who discovered
are, and wheny~ and Gan bad habits
SS H1rsd by ~hgpaotisn@
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-02-22

The greatest ocean depth officially
recorded Is at Nero Deep, IN the north
Pacific. $3.50 fathoms, q fathom being
six feet.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-02-22

A great part of Italy's trade with
Turkey consisted III setting cotton goods
which were limitations of American
marks aHG brands.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-02-22

Japan.s newest battlesfnip also has
become the speediest by the f~nstaIla-
tion OF American turbine engines and
propeliers.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-02-22

Iron has been smefted In Sweden for
more than 1000 years, and some of
the ancieHt furnaces stili are Ia ex-
1Stencc.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-02-22

The whales caught last year IN the
north Pacific were the latest ever
known The blubher lay ID inches
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-02-22
TO GALLOWS
SNEERiNGLY CAL Nj

Mobile, Ala, Feb. 26.-J. Lawrence
odom, convicted of the murder OF
tnree persons, was hanged here today.
clergyman who labored with him ali
Night, and those of his W son. a
Catholic priest.
When asked to say his last PRAYER.
he requested that his ~b-yearsolG
daughter, Hazel. be brought to him 70
remove the black cap. He mounteS
h galloWs sto;eaiiy ana iauehinsIy
asked to see his wife.
doom was convicted of killinr
CHARLES Golang, Joseph Stokes ana
David Gartman. the latter a I6-year-
old boy; They had been witnesses
against him in police courts on a
cearge OF cruelty to a dog.
The killings took place March Is
1910, at Citronelle, Ala He shot ne
boy az feet OF his mother. as she
ssas pleading for his life. odom was
traed twice and declared guilty eaeh3
time. He was wealthy
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-02-22

It is proposed TO erect Il ststue Of
Joseph Prtestley. at Birstali near witch
e was born In 1873.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-02-22

ingenious German baker utfiizes
windmill 80 mix md lsnend HIS bread