The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-07-11
DAKOTA STATE NEWS

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States Indian Agent Scriven, Of Rose
bud agency, addressed an inquiry to
United States Attorney Wagner as to
the liability of those who permit their
ima to trespass on Indian lands.
The attorney holds that the owners of
cattle or horses which trespass on
Indian lands are liable to a penalty of
81 for each head.
PIERRE.-The first move Of the suf-
fragists looking toward the advance
ment of an equal rights law in the
next Legislature Is found in a call for a
state mass convention to be held at
Huron on the Gath and 25th Of this
framing up OF a campaign to that end,
and the selection of an official staff for
carrying on the work. They are getting
down to the fundamentals Of politics as
carried on by men in their political IN
test, and will soon be busy.
SOUTH SHORE.-R. w. Williams,
cashier Of the Farmers State bank,
was shot and killed, whether accident
ally or with suicidal intent is not
wife he was going to the chicken house
to shoot a weasel. Soon after his
wife heard a shot, and going out found
her husband lying On the ground with
a bullet wound in his body. He died
soon after. Williams was 50 years Of
o "iiN "hh xiii Soiiy
settler.
LEOLA.-Joe Mahoney, 1~7-year-old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Mahoney,
was the victim of an accident which
caused his death thirty hours later.
Mahoney was in a buggy driving home
from a baseball game when a passing
automobile frightened the horse and
from the friGSltened animal struck him
in the head, fracturing the skull. He
died thirty hours later.
WHITED OWL-Bert Wilcox died
Sunday of typhoid pneumonia at his
home, about four miles northwest of
Plainview. The remains were taken
to Faith, and shipped to his old home
IN Clark county. He leaves a widow
and several children, one of them a
little girl which is seriously i'll with
the same disease that killed her father.
PIERRE.-Acting on the recommen-
dalton of the state pardon board, Gov
ernor Wesley has granted clemency to
John Ham, sent from Charles Mix
county on a charge Of cattle rustling;
to William Johnson and John Maxi,
from Lawrence county on a charge Of
of property by the use Of
explosives, and to Paul Moody, from
Davidson county On a statutory charge.
GETTYSBURG - Sheriff Blakeley
and States Attorney Sargent have re-
turned from LeMars, Ia, having in
custody w. HI. Swisher, who is wanted
here on the charge of obtaining a sig
nature to fraudulent instruments by
false pretenses, and who was captured
In the Iowa town after he had fled
from South Dakota. He refused to re-
turn without requisition papers.
WHITE OWL.-A dry spell of three
weeks was broken here last night
by almost a cloudburst, rain fall
ing in torrents. Corn, which is knee
high, as well as small grain and
pasture, stood badly in need of mois-
ture, and in spite of the damage in
ficted farmers are feeling encouraged,
as they had began to fear another dry
summer for Meade county.
HOT SPRINGS.-LucIle Bailey, q
young colored girl, has been brought to
q hospital here from Edgemont, suffer
ing from a bullet wound in the neck,
sustained accidentally while playing
with her brother at their ranch home.
Her right side is paralyzed and as the
bullet has not been it is
feared the ball has struck the spine.
CAVOUR.-Mrs. Ferdinand Butt.
wife of a well known farmer living
near Cavour, desiring to aid her hus-
band with his farm work, was driving
horses became frightened and ran away.
She was thrown from the mower and
seriously injured when she came in con-
act with the sickle bar.
TWIN BROOKS = While Henry
Engelson, a Twin Brooks boy, was
shooting at a target with a 22-caliber
rifle. George Stevens unwittingly STEP
ped into range and received a bullet
under his left shoulder, the ball lodg-
ing near the heart. His condition is
serious. but physicians hope to save
his life.
ELKTON-Reports made at the an
nual meeting of the stockholders OF the
company which conducts a farmers
elevator here show the affairs of the
company to be in satisfactory condi-
ton. N old board of directors was
elected to preside over the ompan
during the coming year.
SIOUX FALLS.-The Sioux Falls po-
lice department. was notified of the
robbery Of the postoffice at Harris.
burg, a small town twenty miles south
of Sioux Fails. and made an effort to
run down the thieves. The robber
failed to secure any cash. but carried
away stamps to the value of about $50.
BoNESTEEL-The Catholic church
laid their corner stone for the new
parochial school that is under construc-
ton here. A very large crowd of peo-
pie attended the services, many people
coming from the Black Hills COUNTRY
" pe III 1t was considered
a great success.
SIOUX FALLS-While apparently in
the best of health, Charles A. Itch. a
farmer residing in Faux county, sud-
denly was attacked by heart failure and
was dead before anyone could go to
his assistance. He is survived by a
widow. daughter and son. He was a
pioneer resident of the county.
MILBANK-At the annual meeting
of the Milbank Farmers Elevator COM
pany at Milbank last week a 20 per
cent dividend was declared. In view
of the crop shortage last year. the
showing made Is an exceedingly good
one. The company is a cooperative
concern.
PIERRE.-Governor vessey has an
pointed as q state advisory COMMITTEES
of the National Irrigation congress w.
l. Barber, Belle Fourche; o. III.
Southmayd, Deadwood; C. C. McHugh.
Mitchell; w. r.. Putnam, Rapid Ctty:
A. W. Riordan. Hot Springs.
PIERRE.-The auto registrations for
May and June In this state were at
exactly the same figure Of $50, a total
OF 1850 for the two month";. July starts
out with Sixty-four new reaisfratjonc