The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-02-22
DAKOTA STATE NEWS

PlERkE Several foreign insurance
companies, including the metropolitan
Casualty company. OF New York, tn
Delaware Fire Insurance ompany, O
Philadelphia, and the Reliance Insuranc,
company of the same place have decided
to abandon tho South Dakota field afte,
the end of the present insurance year OF
March !. The Metropolitan withdraws be
cause OF the requirement of the recen
deposit law that 5000 in securities bt
LEFT with the state before license Will b.
granted for doing business In the state
me Delaware company's risks have beer
reinsured by the Ftremen's Insuranc,
company OF New York.
SPkNCER-Strong competition between
bridge firms has evidently saved McCooh
county a considerable sum. At a meeting
OF the board OF county commissioners fol-
me purpose OF letting the contract for The
4sL4 work, there were Ii bids, the Standar
Bridge company, OF Omaha, receiving the
contract for 1872 steel bridge work. while
the contract for concrete reinforced work
was awarded to the WATERFOWL, 8. d,
Cement Product company. The price was
II per cent lower than for two years ago,
Tor the same material and same sized
bridges. The present county board of
commissioners is democratic.
ELL FoURCHE-word has been re-
ceived from Canada from Garfield Mccoy,
a VI RcL "No ldSl
month turned his sheep loose on the range
and disappeared. 1t was thought at the
aue that Mccoy was insane, but it ap-
pears that he had notified the mortgages
OF the sheep that he was unable to stand
the severe winter any longer and was
iorced To turn the animals loose and look
Tor q new location. He gave nearly all
MS money 10 his wife and set out on
horSsoach- and on reachin Canada filed
On 40 acres OF land and expects to recover
his losses.
mttsLsR-The east and west proposed
road across the state will re-
ceiTe encouragement here. The road is
already graded half way across the coun-
y and the other half Is generally good so
mat little work will have to be done along
TINS line. West from here to Blunt the
railroad Is perfectly straight and as the
road will follow along by it
IAere VIII be many races no doubt be-
tween the trains and the autos. There
nave been such contests in the past be-
fore the roads were graded any.
SIOUX FALLS-Many residents of
South are watching with interest
the progress OF the trial at ST. Louis,
Mo, of the suit involving the payment of
ME insurance held by George A. Kimmel,
an Arkansas City, Kan, banker, who dis
appeared in Kansas City some years ago,
and who In many quarters is believed to
have been murdered. It Is not generally
known that Kimmel was for several years
a resident of South Dakota. but such is
the fact, and many South Dakotans re-
member him well.
EAGLE BUTTE-Moses Emery. a well
known resident of Eagle Butte, was sur
prlsed and pleased to receive a letter last
Week from a brother from whom he had
not heard In Is years, The younger broth
er ran away from home in 1897. and the
FAMILY had given him up as dead. Twelve
years ago the wanderer located at Middle
fork, Id, where he now owns a produc-
tive fruit farm and Is prosperous. Mr..
Emery was greatly rejoiced at hearing
from his brother again.
PIERPE-With the thermometer rang
ing as high as 55, the unusually heavy
SHOWS of this winter nave about disap-
peared except on the lea side of the hills.
Ihe melting has extended over a week's
time, and practically all the snow has
gone into the soil. The Missouri's ice is
becoming honeycombed and crossing is
dangerous, though the interurban hacks
Tor Fort Pierre continue to cross. One of
them is reported to nave broken through
ARMOUR-Deputy United States Mar
shall Jerry Carleton was an Armour Wis
ltor this week and in connection with
Sherlff LuyInes went into the country
g 'bIlS DS the name
OF Abel Perry, who is wanted in Omaha
on a charge of engaging in the white slave
traffice. Perry who is also known az
George Marin and o. B NILS was taken
to Sioux Falls where he was turned over
to the Nebraska authorities.
PIERRE-The farmers of nor horn
STANLEY county are having great difficulty
preserving their hay for their own use.
STANLEY county voted for the herd law,
and Il c ,,n,py~1ll- -
dreds OF head of cattle, ranging ordin-
arlly to the north of the CHEYENNE. have
been driven south into Stanley, where
Shey break down fences, destroy fields and |
pasture and steal hay in stacks and sheds.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. G.. Ks.re who
established the weekly Aberdeen Ameri-
can. winch was later made a daily paner
utter II mao been purchased of Mr.. Keene
by 1. L.. Mckee and T. d. Potwin. has
soia Inc Faith at Faith, and has come to
Aberdeen to take a position as editorf.I
writer on the Daily American.
ANDovER-The grand ,,aeter :.
q district meeting Of Masons at A,do,ra,.
on February %, at which time the three
degrees viii be conferred or a LARGE class
IN which the Masonic lodges at Webster
Groton, Langford and Andover will take
part. 80 '"Ae
aBARDEEN-Althoush the village of
Mtate. IN Brookings county, has been
a saloon for nearly the whole NJ
Its corporate existence, the saloon e,e-
,nent believe it has 9 chance to carry
town for license this year. Accord
lngly. the question will be s1,bmitte5 -
lne voters at the spring election.
LEAD-Being short of cash. Artbr.
Nicnoison, a restaurant keeper here. cut
up some case knives and made sllgs
which he fed tho gas meter in lieu Of
The company objected to this
hind OF yme and Nicholson is serving
ifne In the county jail for his offense.
ARMouK-indications all point TO an
eariy spring. The snow is all gone and
he farmers are cleaning their seed grain
IND o~verhauling their machinery prepara-
DRY TO spring work. Even the pin tail
lueks are returning from their winter NIL
srinlage to southland.
WHITE oWL-The Engineering Con.
racting Journal, supposed to be the most
eltabie magazine on railroad subjects
ayS that prospects are good FOR tba