The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-10-24
DAKOTA STATE NEWS

Schiesner q farm ha,5 5uieIue; George
peuel county, was arrested on w
charge of making threats with ;ntans
to KIN. Owing to the desire of tho a;.,
and her relatives not to gain nofor;sstn,.i
1t is probable the case against Scbias
ner will be dropped. oues-
MITCHELL-For several yea-s.
man county been en~deavoring Il
secure Al sections of land from 70
ley county. The supreme conrt an.
Just ruled on the case and awaraas
the A sections to Lyman. and t th.a
will require the payment by Stania,ss
county of $4,000, which has been na;s
~ taxes all the years It has had pos
session of the land. 1t will also ia
$4,000 per year to the income of ~
man county. The land is % miles 10y.
and two miles wide. wig
PIERRE-The executive com,,,t
OF the State Development league ! ST
tempting to raise between s1.5O0 ana
$1,000 to allow South Dakota to he
represented on the exhibit train which
is arranged to travel over the nnrth
central states in November and Decem1
per. A number of the northwestern
states will be represented, but tba
only way for this state to get into fha
list is by private subscriptions. thera
belng no public. fund available ia,
that purpose. !"
uSlOOA FALLS-Large delegations az
sloux Indians, coming from several
polnts or the compass, are assembling
at White Swan, an historic snot ns
| the Missouri river in Charles Mix com
ty, to attend what will be one of fbe
most important and interesting gath
erlngs of Indians held in the state mr.
northwest this year The occasion is
of Christian Unity Among the Daco.
a religious body composed AZ
! Sioux Indians.
GRANDCHILDREN Boender. .,
Middleton township. Turner couutv
committed suicide in the presence a.
Mrs. John Harms. of Chancellor, and
MRS Harms daughter, to whom he ex-
Pected to be married in a short time.
oen had left a coat at the Harms
place. He called TO get it, and hads
the two women goodbye. After walk
Ing a few PAGES. he stopped, pulled a
revolver and shot himself dead.
Gamble nominated John W. Summers.
OF Yankton, as principal to take the
examination for entrance as midship-
mar to the naval academy at AnnapoIis
in June, 1913. He will take the exami-
nation at Sioux Falls, in February, 1918.
Senator Gamble has another appoint
ment as principal to make, and also
three a~lternates for each, and he invites
application from young men.
LEAD-Pio. NJ. Correa, minister Of
agriculture of Brazil, was in Lead this
week studying forestry methods ap-
plled IN the Hills. Supervision Forest
and Faul Kellerter accompanied him
over the t1mbered regions. The min
lister has visited the forests in Mich
igan, Maine, New York. Oregon, Idaho
and will slowly proceed to the coast,
looking over the intervening timber
reserves.
HURON-The dead body of Chris
Gregset, of Willow Lakes, was found
near the east end of the Chicago &
Northwestern railway bridge spanning
the Jim river. Tho back OF his head
was crushed and lis body bruised, in
dicating he fell fyom an eastbound
train. He was As Mars old. 1t is said
he a been drinking heavily during
the afternoon and evening.
HoWARD-The Miner County Sun.
day School association has elected the
following officers: President, Rev. w.
s. Harper. Carthage; vice-presidents.
Rev. K. s.. Tontz, Canova; Delbert
Brown, Roswell: Mrs. Fred Conklin,
Belleview; secretary-treasurer, c.. c.
Caldwell. Howard. Carthage was Sc
lected as the place of the next conven-
ton.
VERMILLION-Fire which broke ont
go S1S IL - IN
store, was subdued without difficulty,
but no until the stock was badly dam
aged by water and smoke. The same
night a barn belonging to Eric West
lInd was burned to the ground to-
gether with a valuable automobile. The
origin of the fires is unknown.
ROCKHAM-The careless dropping
OF a lighted match on the Holnlberg
farm, near town, started a prairie fire
which caused a great deal of damage.
A territory one-half mile wide mt two
miles long was burned over before the
hames We're extinguished, and eleven
stacks of grain and a large amount of
hay was consumed.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Rider, living In
Brantford township. Hamlin county,
was the victim of a gasoline engine ac-
eident. In starting up the engine his
coat caught In the gearing and he was
thrown to the ground with such force
that his skull was crushed. He died
the following day. aged 60 years.
Misunderstanding an explosion like
the shot of q gun. lime, which Soren
Jacobson was shaking burst in his face
and probably blinded him. although
there is some hope that he may yet
see. h lime also flew into his nose
and mouth and for a time he was in
a dangerous condition.
VERMII4LION - Bishop Naphtall
Luccocks. who presided over the Meth
odist Episcopal conference at Yankton
last week. was the guest of honor Mon
day evening at a banquet given by the
brotherhood of the local Methodist
Episcopal church. Covers were laid
for 100.
LAKE ANDES-At a meeting held
by representatives of the various city
schools of Charles Mix county an
athletic association was organized.
with the object of placing the athletics
of the county on a high standard and
stimulate student activity.
C.aNOVA-The local atheletic club
has been recognized with more than
20 members, n will arranged an in
teresting program for the coming win
ter. The club win organize a basket
ball team.
BEMIS-Fire of mysterious origin
destroyed the Brown elevator here, to-
gether with a large amour of grain.
The insurance covers only the loss of
the grain. so the elevator was a total
loss.
MILLER-Over $4,000 worth of cat
tie, off grass. was shipped from here
Saturday in one train of Is carloads.
each car averaging a little over $4,000,
ELKTON-There was q good attend