The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-02-08
DAKOTA STATE NEWS

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company'a elevator and contents were to-
tally destroyed by a fire, and for a time II
appeared that the two adjoining elevators
would meet a similar fate, but We're saved
by the effective work of the Canistota
fremen. The bins of the destroyed eleva-
tor, which had a capacity of $50 Dush-
ais, contained &c, 600 bushels OF grain at
the time of the fire. or this amount lo'Wo
bushels was In oats, about 1905 bushels IN
wheat and the remainder in corn. Much
OF the grain was Of extra quality and was
| held for seed. The damage is
at $3.50 700, 5000 on the elevator and Sls,-
go on the contents. which is partly
covered by insurance.
WHITE OwL-One of the petitions got
ten out for the homesteaders west OF the
river, is being circulated here, and an ef-
fort will be made to organize a homestead
ers' association. Chalk Butte and Elean-
or, already have an association. inc
county aid offered settlers is a pretext,
pure and simple, and hom~esteaders FEEL
that they might just as well mortgage
their land to the banks, when they wou!c
be able to purchase what they need in any
kind of supplies, and where they wish TO
do so, as to give the county a lien on thelf
land.
FREEMAN-Rey. John Hofer. living
NC y o. llflh SSNAA Va i'~
elbows badly burned, but in sustaining
the Injuries he succeeded in saving the
life of his daughter, whose clothlhg
caught fire While she was lighting a gas
light in her home. With her clothing
ablaze she rushed down a stairway, call
Ing for help. Her father CHANGED to be
near at hand or she would have been
burned to death. She was seriously
burned but will recover.
PIERRE-The railway commission is in
receipt of a petition from the residents
along tbs Northwestern to the North of
Aberdeen. principally from Columbia,
seeking better train service to Aberdeen.
The petition says that the passenger serV-
Ice is such that it is of no benefit for
trading purposes, but they seek to have
the daily freight arrive an hour earlier
and leave an hour later giving them a fun
four hours In Aberdeen. There are So
names attached.
MORRISTOwN-Fire caused a loss Of
$4,000 here when eight buildings in the
bushes center of the village were de-
stroyed. The burned buildings were as
follows: Miner Land company's office,
J.. H. Healy's law office, ]. c.. Foot & Co.'S
drug store. First National bank, e. j.
Craig's general store and residence, A.
j. Hazel's store and residence, Daffenrud
& Co.'S hardware store and Lee Chap
mans barber shop.
YANKTON-Prof. Geo. A. Clark. of
Yankton college, has announced his can
didacy for the position of county super
intendent of schools of Yankton county,
to succeed Superintendent Leyman, whose
second term expires this year and who is
not eligible for another term. Mr.. Clark
is a graduate of Hillside college, class of
1887. EIe has been professors OF natural
sciences in Yankton college for more than
10 years.
SCOTLAND-The giving way of a gar
ment saved the life OF Robert Stevenson,
in charge of the local electric light plant,
when he was caught on a whirling shaft.
He was rapidly being drawn into the
heavy and swiftly moving machinery, and
when only a few seconds of time stood be-
tween him and death the garment gave
way and released him.
BONESTEEL-The baseball enthusiasts
of Gregory county are organizing what
will be known as the Gregory County
Baseball league, the plan being to play
two games each week in each of the towns
which have clubs belonging to the league.
The towns will be required to play home
players and all salaried players will be
barred from the league.
BRIDGEWATER-The Farmers Mutual
Fire Insurance company, of McCook,
NSeiNy ~ aiASi iiAto SNtiL iASiu
Gently at Salem, elected the following
officers: Chas. Kosboth, president; F.. H.
CUTLER, vice president; w. A. Nye, secre-
tary, L. V. Schneider, treasurer; board
OF directors, John Muters, D. ]. Kane,
| VIM. Zimmerman.
PIERRE-The state engineer is in re-
ceipt of a blue print map of the line of
the Meridian road through Oklahoma,
which has been located by the Chisholm
Trail association along which line It
ravels for a number of miles. 1T enters
the state at Caldwell, Kan, and passes
through Enid. Kingfisher, Chicasaw, Law
ton. and cross the Red into Texas at
Burkournet.
vERMILLIoN-Mrs. L. S. Swezey, of
this place, wife of the president of the
Vermillion National bank, died last
Wednesday, in Ardmore, Okla, at the
home CT her daughter, Mrs. r. A. Fox.
The remains were brought here for in
terment. Mrs. Swezey had been in Okla
homa for some time under treatment for a
cancer.
WHITE OWI-Ir is understood that the
general stores at both Marcus and Pedro,
this county, have been taken in charge
by creditors. A saleman from the Al
bright Grocery company, of Pierre, which
has the largest amount due, was looking
over the properties this week in an effort
to straighten the matter up.
CHESTER. j.. Barbour, aged about
80, a bachelor and for some years a bust
ness man of Chester, was almost instant
~ killed when he missed his footing while
descending a temporary stairway in a
building which was being erected for him
self and partner and fell headlong to the
floor below.
VERMILLION-The citizens are taking
great interest in the result of a special
election, to be held here Thursday, Feb
ruary 1o, when the proposition of issuing
bonds in the sum of $50. 800 for the pur-
chase of the present waterworks system
and improving 1t will be submitted to the
voters.
MADISON-In the near future the vot-
ers of Madison will have submitted to
them the proposition of adopting the COM
mission form of city government, a nu-
merously signed petition asking that a
special election be called having been
filed with the mayor and city council
CUSTER-Mrs. w. w. Old and daugh-
ter, Miss Ruberta, have departed for SAN
tiago, Chill, where Miss Odds will spend
the next five years as teacher in a nor
NAL school. The journey to their destina-