The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-10-17
DAKOTA STATE NEWS

Minneapolis. Mr.. Johnson ana Ole
Highland, of Langford, spent the past
week in the Twin cities and just before
leaving for home partook of some oy-
sters in a Minneapolis cafe. They
were both taken very sick and Mr.
Johnson died shortly after reaching
home. Mr.. Highland is In a serious
condition, but will recover.
BRIDGEWATER-The county com
missioners are preparing to appear IN
the federal court at Sioux Falls ana
defend an action against the collection
Of assessments for the building Of what
Is known as the B~ridgewater drainage
ditch. The plaintiff is a farmer, who
will seek to show that he is not bene-
fitted by the ditch and therefore should
not pay a part Of its cost.
DEADWOOD-M. Pic Correa, minister
OF agriculture in Brazil, is expected here
this week from Minnesota for an inspec-
ton of the Black Hills National forest. M.
Correa has visited the forests In New York,
Maine, Michigan and Wisconsin and will
go west from here. He is studying for
estry methods in the United States with
a view of adopting the most improved
ideas he finds.
M1TCHELL-Chris Anshutz, aged SO
years, living at Mt. Vernon, west of
here, went to a ~neighDors to attend to
some business, where he drank a prep
aration of liquid from a bottle that he
found on a 81 elf. Shortly after he was
taken violently i'll, and a couple Of
tined a poison used in doctoring ami
mails.
SIOUX FALLS-Denied a drink be-
u he was intoxicated. Chris Kraus,
employed on a farm, drew a knife on
Christopher Hart, an Aurora county
saloonkeeper, and inflicted several
wounds upon his arm. face and body.
Nome yNapkC 400 Ern,,C l,rirr n frL%
with another farm hand, chewed the
thumb off the latter.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS night robbers
blew open the small safes in the Farmers
Elevator Co., and also in the office of
Davis & Daniels Co., at Riverside, three
miles east. In neither case, however.
were they successful as there was no
money in the safes. Al SCOTS two blood
hounds were taken over to Riverside, but
furnished no clue.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. are at work
surveying a highway from Mobridge to
Mcintosh, to connect with a highway
recently surveyed and constructed.
from Watauga to Mcintosh. A model
highway also has been mapped out
from Watauga to Morristown, and this
will connect with a highway to Thun-
der Hawk.
BRUCE-About three years ago ]. R..
Garter purchased a farm of 1o acres near
here for $50 an acre. He has just sold the
farm for $50 an acre-an increase in value
of SS during the comparatively brief time
he held 1t. Thu farm produced three crops
for him, these selling for about as much
as the farm cost him in the first place.
ABEPDEEN-The South Dakota Bap-
list Ministerial conference elected the fol-
lowing officers: President, Rev. r. l.
Kelley, Pierre; vice president, Rev. D..
MCMaSteTS. Aberdeen seCrata ry-fr re- NJ
er, Rev. A. Pierce Waltz, Burke. Rev. F.
e. Stockton, of WATERFOWL, was elected to
deliver the annual sermon next year.
HURON-Efforts are being made to
organize a state association of bowlers.
Cities having expert bowlers are
Mitchell, Huron, Webster, Aberdeen,
Sioux Falls, Watertown and Yankton.
soon be perfected and a series of con-
tests arranged for the winter.
SIOUX FALLS-As the result of
passing between two of his horses Just
as they lunged toward each other, Sc
vert Rommeride, a Clark county farm
er, a his right ear bitten off. A ply
sician managed to patch the ear to-
gether and sew it back in place.
LAKE ANDEs-Lewis Anderson. a
p~erimented with what is known lis
wheat, the seed of which he
secured last e 1t did finely in
South Dakota, and next season he will
increase his acreage
PIERRE-1n its annual report to the
railway commission the M. & st. L. shows
that it cost 1t 1865, s14 to operate it's
South Dakota lines, from which it secured
a revenue Of sSO4, oes.4 40. Last year the
Great Northern claims 1t took S457, 49, OF at
a cost of $541, 754. "a.
HETLAND-Rev. MI, Hill. for some
time pastor of the Congregational
church, has aiken up his permanent
at Gilman, Ia, where he has
become pastor of a church of the same
denomination.
DE SMET-Fasmers who delaved
their haying operations are finding
that grass has been badly damaged by
recent freezes and will not make near
as good hay as that cut earlier in the
season.
PHILIPPINES v. M. Kellar, of
Neb., and DR.. H. H. Stoner.
of Highmore, S. D., were the speakers
at the armer institute. Miss Kellar
spoke on domestic science and DR..
Stoner discussed agricultural subjects.
DEADWOOD-The Lawrence County
officers: President: Judge A. ]. Plow-
man: vice presidents, H. e. Dewey, w. G.
Rice; secretary, James H. Stanley; treas
urer, Robert C. Hays.
IRoQUoIs-Grain shipments from this
place are becoming very heavy and are
increasing daily. In six days an axsre-
gate Of 81 carloads OF grain left Iroquois
for eastern markets. the cars being of the
80-oo0-pound class.
MADISON-The Madison Commercial
has elected the following officers:
President, F. L. Mease; vice presidents,
DR.. Gregg, w. A. R~othschild; secretary,
J. G. Schultz; treasurer, Frank Schueller.
MADISON-At a referendum special
only six votes were cast
against permitting the Franklin tele-
phone company to extend its lines into
Madison.
MITCHELL-J. F. Mericle, admitted
practice at the October bar exam
nation at Pierre, is now a member Of
the Arm OF Reams & Mericle, of this
city.
ONIDA-The volunteer fire depart