The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-03-07
DAKOTA STATE NEWS

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property of a milling company at raLt
vie to the Sioux Valley Power colmlans
is the last step preliminary to the CUnt
mencement of active work on il"ana3f
at Fairview what will be the srea.s
water power plant on the Big SlouA
with the single exception OF the Wv
plant In Sioux Falls. The company ~"
has on hand about 500. coo. Opera'ioh@
will actively commence in the Heat a
ture. The plant will be of sufhc!eiI
pacity to furnish power for elecpitI -
IN the towns of Lincoln county ~ in
on the Iowa side of the BOUNDARY! my
the neighborhood of FairView.
power also will be furnished.
PIERRE-A workman who was alsslns
near the site of the Belts graulils 80
at the time the Belts did a lot OF lan. W.
grading in this city five years aso
winter. stuck his pick into a pile OIL pas.e
board tubes. An investigation showed that
the pick had cut into a cache OF w So
of dynamite, which had evidently peeN
buried by the grading crew for sale N1ep
ing and forgotten. The plant was i.s7
than two blocks from the state house' any
if the dynamite had not been go
there would have been a shaking up "A'Nt
would have reused the wv
RAPID CITY At the Northwestern
Taxidermy company there was prousnl
yesterday the head of the last puilato
known to nave existed in South DahoLa'
The head was purchased by a man ii
Pierre from some Indians on the CheS-
enne river. The head was that OF a co"
and was sent here to be mounted. II -
related that about five years ago u Jul.
fa1o were roaming wild in the vicinity OIL
the Cheyenne river. But they were kileu'
one by one, until only the COW remained
She was killed about three weeks ago
PIERRE-Figures compiled by the state
railway department show that the ran
roads operating in this state paid IN slate
and local taxes in South Dakota the pass
year 81, Sy7, S74,51. The heaviest taxes "cne
paid by the Chicago, Milwaukee d 81
Paul system, with $359, 5O0.l5. me Ihlca-
go & Northwestern was next with lts sSs-
tenn of several branches paying $3l3, 1867
Besides the state and local taxes, the dit-
ferent roads paid revenue taxes 10 the
government, but there are no nsures
showing their share of such taxes charged
to this state.
ARMOUR-In justice court here g.. c.
Claussen was convicted of opening ana
conducting a pharmacy, not being a regis
tered druggist, and was fined $50. A. =.
Bent, secretary of the state board OF
pharmacy, was the complaining witness.
and States Attorney Walker prosecuted
the case. Mr.. Claussen recently came mere
and purchased a drug store and had a
registered clerk. but the South Dakota
law forbids anyone but a registered own
er opening or conducting a drug store.
PIERRE-State Superintendent c. 6.
Lawrence. through the immigration de-
partment has issued a call to all county
superintendent to meet with him at the
Aberdeen boosters convention on March
20 and q. The general topic for the gath
ering will be ways in which the county
superintendent, coming in contact as ne
does with rural conditions, can best i'm
prove farm conditions and make country
life more tolerable.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES has reached
here from Maiden, Wash, to the effect
that William Resner, a young man for
merly in the employ of the Milwaukee
Railway mpan here, has been SEN
fenced to a term of four years In the
penitentiary for forging names 10 a large
number of pay checks and getting them
cashed. While residing here he was re-
garded as a young mar OF strict integ-
rity.
FLANDREAU Thomas Sterling, of
Vermillion, candidate for United States
senator, spoke at the court house upon
| progressive republicanism, and the work
of La Toilette and Roosevelt. He said
the republican party has been the pro-
gressive party and, though he did not
| speak unfavorably of Taft, he believed
some progressive of the Roosevelt or La
Toilette type should be nominated to carry
the party to victory.
WOONSOCKET- Nj Catholic women
of Woonsocket have organized a Local
branc Of the Holy Heart of Mary
Daughters of Isbella which is an auxiliary
fn tho KNIGHTS nf Columbus Tho loJoe
| just organized here has the distinction OF
being the second court of Isabella to be
organized in the state. Mrs. Mary l.
Dalton was elected head of the court, with
the title of grand regent.
YANKTON-Word has been received in
the city from Washington Springs friend:
of j. M. Tibbetts, whose daughter Lucille
eloped with Clifford Bice last week, that
they had received a letter from the youn
couple stating that they We're at Owens.
boro, KY. Bice has friends in Owensborc
and probably found it necessary to &c
there to get married. Mr.. Tibbetts is ex'
pected home today.
YANKToN-District No. /, I. o. O. f.
was organized here by the Odd Fellowship
of Yankton, Vermillion, Elk Point ant
| Wakonda in a large attendance. The off.
GERS chosen were: f. o. Simonson, Yer
million, district deputy grand master; 2
Richey, Yankton, district deputy: H. l.
| Moore, Elk Point, warden, and II. G.. Til,
ton, Vermillion, treasurer.
WHITE LAKE-Since last August more
than 800 car Dad of hay have beer
shipped from here to other parts of ths
country which did not raise a hay croI
last season. Because of the unusually
large shipments, White Lake claims the
distinction of being the greatest primary
l bay market in South Dakota
TYNDALL-one of the most remarkable
of the aged women of the state is Mrs
Aletia Reynolds, of this place, who has
just celebrated her 93rd birthday. She en-
joys exceptionally fine health and he
mind is of the brightest. h has been {
resident of Bon Homme county for Q
years.
TRIPP-The members of the local bant
have elected the following officers for TIN
coming year: President, Geo. Wiederrich
vice president, F. e. S~ternhagen; secre
tary-treasurer, Henry Reiser; assistan
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, Ed. Schaefer; libra
rian, Richard Sieler.
PIERRE-Governor vessey, who ha
been lost to the public, and especially tn
press desirious to interview him on presi
dental possibilities, has been in Pitts