The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-04-04
DAKOTA STATE NEWS

ern railroad has a new depot agent here,
In the person of Raymond Geist.
ABERDEEN-The thermometer here
dropped 50 degrees from Saturday morn
ing to Sunday morning. and a half inch
of snow fell.
BLOM-A baseball team is being or
ganized by John Rhode. The team will be
managed by him and will be known as
Rhodes Colts.
MARION-This place is enjoying a
building boom. A new grain elevator,
several business houses and a number Of
dwellings are in course OF construction.
TULARE-A beer supper in a box car in
the local railroad yards eliminated in a
general fight, during which one man had
a leg broken and several others sustained
bruises and cuts.
BRIDGEwATER-At the annual ora
torical and declamatory contest held here,
Mildred Pfeiffer and Harris Shanard were
chosen to represent the Bridgewater high
school in the district contest.
DELMONT-A movement has been in
augurated here to organize a commercial
club, and II Is expected a meeting soon
will be held for the purpose Of perfecting
such an organization.
TABOR-At a meeting of baseball men
a team was organized for the season, with
the following officers: Manager, A j.
Novak; captain, John hostel; official UNI
pire, Frank Frana; coach, Al Jezewski.
RAPID CITY-Attorney General John
son and Deputy State Auditor p. j. Muir
ply are here investigating the alleged
graft in connection with the wolf bOuuties
in Pennington, Meade and Fall River
counties.
N!ILLER-Henry Biddle, northeast of
here traded his 720-acre farm for Go acres
west of ST. Paul IN Minnesota. The latter
was put in at S35 an acre while Mr.. Bid
die got $3.50 for his. The land here is
improved while that in Minnesota is not.
~VOLGA-Rev. w. P. Lemon, pastor OF
the local Presbyterian church, as the re-
quest of a large number Of church attend
ants. has adopted the plan of having the
ladies' remove their hats while attending
church services.
WHITE-The town Board has rejected
a petition recently filed asking that the
saloon license question be submitted to the
voters at the spring election. The petition
was rejected on the ground that it con-
tanned the signatures of an insufficient
number Of legal freeholding voters,
SIOUX PALLS-Mystery surrounding
the disappearance of John A. Wallin, a
middle aged carpenter, who was last seen
alive in December, was cleared up here
when the breaking up of the Big Sioux
river released his body from the frozen
water.
TIMBER LaKE-At a meeting of farm
ers adjacent to Timber Lake preliminary
steps were taken for the organization of
a farmers elevator on a CO.
operative plan. Much interest was mani
tested and pledges of support were given
which indicates the successful organiza-
ton of the company.
ABERDEEN-The Milwaukee railroad
has succeeded in finding an abundance OF
soft water in a we'll at Eagle Butte at a
depth of go feet. The water flows at the
rate of So gallons a minute, and the rail
road mpan officials believe 1t will solve
the problem of a sufficient water supply,
from the lack of which traffic on the
Cheyenne branch of the road has suffered
severely at times during the past year.
MILLER-A delegation of Indians has
started from Cheyenne agency for Wash
ington for the purpose of securing changes
in the bill opening their reservation. They
want a lump sum of money for the sur
plus land all paid Town when the and is
relinquished by the Indians. The delega-
ton consists of Judge No Heart, Straight
Head, oliver Black Eagle, BAIL Clay
more, Chas. Jewett, Ed Swan.
PIERRE-Tke foreign stock fire insur.
ance companies doing business in this
state will this year pay into the fund
which goes directly to the fire companies
of the state S22,413, which IS practically
$50 more than for last year. Out of the
money to be paid this year the leading
cities will get: Aberdeen. SLIP; Dead.
wood, s1,197; Lead, 1856; Huron, s612;
Mitchell, $685.; Pierre, SAT-; Rapid City,
1884; Sioux Falls, $2,346; WATERFOWL, S772;
Yankton. s42O. The mutual and local com,
panies will add 5000 to the grand total.
HURON-The Great Northern morning
passenger out of this city encountered q
broke rail and was derailed about three
miles from this city. The train was slow
ing down to take water, and due to this
fact the two coaches oerailed were not
overturned and no one was hurt. The en-
CINE stayed on the track, and it is pre-.
sumed that the rail gave way as it passed
over 1t. The right of way was cleared in
a few hours and the evening train came
through as usual.
EAGLE RUTTE-Fiyc carloads of baled
hay. piled near Angeles livery barn al
Eagle Butte, were destroyed by fire origi.
mating from an unknown cause but be.
iieved to be due to spontaneous combus.
ton. f. L. Butterick, of Isabel. owned
the hay, and had seven carloads piled to.
Sethef, OF winch less than two carloads
were saved. A number of settlers were
depending on the hay for feed, and the
loss will affect them somewhat severely
i'll addition to the %pecuniary logs to the
owner of the hay, amounting to about
$500.
LEAD -Leaving a lucrative clerkshlp II
the state capital for the star attraction
at evangelistic meetings, Bernard Vessey
youthful son of Governor Robert s. Yes.
sey, of this state, is now drawing muct
attention at revival services in the Metho
dist church in this city. Recently az
evangelist, Rev. j. w. Calfee, visited
Pierre, and learning of the youths voca
talent, induced him to join the religion.
work. Young Wesley now sings both at
%ternoons and evenings at the revival ser
vices here. and, as the governors son, Il
attracting much attention.
LEAD-From present indications. tn
annual spring elections in the Black Hill
This year, which will be held April 16, viii
not be as vigorously contested IS usual
In Lead, Deadwood, Belle Fourche an,
Hot Springs there will be contests for tn
local offices, but in no case has the oppo
sition proved bitter, and the oldtime cleo
ton excitement appears to be lacking thi
year. Liquor has heretofore been an ele