The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-05-16
DAKOTA STATE NEWS

MITCHELL-In the course of a week
or 10 days the Chicago, Milwaukee &
ST. Paul Railway company will have
five crews at work IN improving the
roadbed by means of crawling the
same for a long distance. AT the
present time the company is assemb-
ling its men and material at Emery,
where the crawling crews will make
their headquarters. The company has
planned to gravel the roadbed between
Sanborn and Boyden, Ia, Emery and
Mitchell and Chamberlain and Mitchell,
the material being taken from the i'm
mense sandpit in the vicinity of Hud-
son.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS of the state as
ISOLATION constituting people from
Beadle, Sprink. Miner and Kingsbury
counties held a meeting here Satur-
day afternoon. Matters relating to the
annual meeting of the state assocla-
ton We're discussed, but no definite
action taken. These officers for the
group were chosen: President. H. !.
Olsto, Lake Preston; vice president. r.
treasurer, E. T. Bratud, Roswell;
members of executive committee, John
Pitzkau. Redf1eld; Fredd Gellerman,
Cavour; c. r. Bond. Esmond; D.. Z.
Atkins, Carthage.
CENTERVILLE - The Twentieth
Century club. originally organized here
about a dozen years e as a study
club. but which during recent years
had been dormant, has been reorgan-
ICED and the following officers were
elected for the coming year: Presi-
dent, Mrs. Alan Bogue, jr.; vice presi-
dent, Mrs. J.. Watson; secretary, Mrs.
Jas. Thomson: treasurer, Mrs. l.. Ber-
ven.
HURON-A deaf mute, aged Sc, 5 feet
10 inches high. weighing $50 pounds,
clad in blue serge, with brown hat,
and carrying a silver watch engraved
j. L, committed suicide in a waiting
room at the Chicago and Northwest
ern depot here last evening. He had
hotel as James Lewis, of Beresford. S.
D.. but nothing is known of him there.
STURGIS-Two soldiers became in
volved in a quarrel in a Chinese restau-
rant here Saturday, with the result
that one, named Hart, was slashed
with q bread knife in the back and
shoulder. Authorities here mad the
arrest of the man who did the cutting
and turned him over to the govern
ment authorities at Fort Meade this
incoming. Hart is in a precarious con-
dition.
HIGHMORE-The crop prospects in
II oi 'odth Ddhold dlS DetlSI llOW
than they have been any time for the
last four years. The ground is thor
oughly soaked to a depth of nearly six
feet. Farmers are all jubilant over the
prospects and are putting in every
available acre OF land now under cul-
Spring wheat is up and
fine.
HURON-Judge C. X. Seward. Of
W~atertown, judge of the circuit court,
third judicial district, is in the city
hearing the case of Butz VS.. Richland
township for Judge A. E. Taylor of the
ninth district. This case has been
in h circuit court here, has been
to the supreme court. and is now re-
.urned to h circuit court for hearing.
SISSETON-Because she was jeal-
.us of the attentions paid by her
sweetheart to another young girl. a
young girl of Sisseton is charged with
having enticed her rival into "a vacant
house and given her a horsewhipping.
n view OF the fact that no arrest has
been made the names of the girls have
been Withheld by the authorities.
VERMILLION-The regents of edu-
'ation of the state of South Dakota
been In session at the university
lere during a part of the past week.
Their most important business was the
consideration of the faculty for the
coming year. The whole present
.each1ng force was reelected.
CENTERVILLE-A number of the
women of Centerville have organized
In association to care for the local
cemetery. The following were elected
'thcers: President, Mrs. H. G.. Ellis;
ice president, Mrs. Jennie c. Brown;
secretary. Mrs. j.. E. Heisler; treasurer,
Mrs. L. E. Sagen.
LAKE ANDES-While watching her
ather put on screens. a window sash
ell and cut off a portion of one of the
myers OF Aurelia Funk, aged 2 years,
laughter of Mr.. Mrs. Martin Funk.
me finger was cut off as neatly as
.hough 1t a been done with a knife.
LAKE PRESTON-Steps are being
aiken to materially improve and X
end the local waterworks system, the
'oters at a special election having au-
the issuance of the necessary
'onds. The system will be made one
If the most up to date in the state.
PARkSTON-The local volunteer
Ire department has elected the follow
ng ofheers for the coming year: Chief,
Behrend; assistant chief. A. H.
secretary Edward Fergen;
treasurer, B. ]. Brown.
Observation-Disclosures Gault. of
he university, recently was appointed
OF the judges of the Interstate
oratorical contest which is to be held
at Mortified, Mimi, on May II.
HENRY-After a hot fight the
soters of Henry. by a majority of four,
defeated h proposition to issue bonds
N h sum of $4,000 for the enlarge
nent of the school building.
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