The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-09-26
DAKOTA STATE NEWS

MELLETTE-Through a technical
ity, the original case against George
Knitted, a former resident of Trip
county, who recently look a plunge
into high finance and was captured In
North Dakota and brought back to
Charles Mix county, was dismissed,
but he was Immediately rearrested on
another charge and has been held for
trial. The original charge against him
was that he ~mortgaged a farm which
did not belong to him and with a por-
ton of the none purchased an auto
mobile, in which he fled northward-
The other charge is in connection with
the alleged passing of forged checks.
HURON-The dental office of DR.. S.
w. Ullom was entered by thieves las
evening and gold valued between $40
and $50 was stolen. The robbery was
not discovered till morning, giving the
robbers ample time to make their
escape from Gown. The office of DR..
but, as all Of DR.. Walton's valuable
metals We're kept in safety deposit,
nothing was stolen. No trace of the
men has been found.
MILLER-Ping Brothers,, north of
town, nave realized a profit of 1000
on a bunch of calves they shipped from
St. Paul last April, besides nearly
$1,000 on other cattle bought here at
the time. Many others in his vicinity
have made big money on cattle shipped
in last spring hat have only eaten ma
tive grass since. Many are already
talking of going into that business
next spring If they can n the cattle
in the markets
Volga, in Brookings county, is thinking
of changing its name to Twin City.
Not that it plans to rival the Twin
cities of Minnesota, except on a modest
scale. but because three sets of wins
were born in the town within the past
two weeks.
COTTONWOOD-Many of the ranch
ers in this part of the state nave large
watermelon patches and report that
coyotes, which during the past few
years, have developed a great taste for
watermelons, are causing heavy losses
by their raids on the patches.
LETCHER-Reports just made by
the two banks which do business here
show aggregate deposits of $264,137.90
"a substantial increase over "a few
months ago. 1t is believed no other
town of Letcher's size in the state can
make a better showing.
DELMONT-A carload of whoa
shipped from here was short weight
when it reached Armour, when it was
discovered hat abou 200 bushels of
the grain had escaped through holes in
the floor and was scattered along the
track all the way from belmont to
Armour.
REDFIELD-At an auction sale of
livestock on the farm of William Ar
nett, seven miles west of Redfield, a
graded Holstein COW sold for 500, aft
er spirited bidding. The COW last
March produced 10 pounds Of butter
the 81 days.
ABERDEEN-F. B. Miller, publisher
or the Cheyenne Junction dewey
county, Record, las returned TO his
former home at Iowa City, Ia, where
he has property interests, and has
been succeeded on the Record by w.
II. Kessler.
ABERDEEN-At the last meeting of
the board of county commissioners for
Grant county, a resolution was adopted
for submission to a vote in the No
vember election of a proposition to is
u bonds of $4,000 to build and furnish
a building for a county insane asy-
lum on the Grant county poor farm.
NAPLEs-A young man who had
been employed during the greater part
of the summer by John Amundson. a
farmer living near town, has dlsap-
peared, together with $50 of his en-
ployer's money and two suits of cloth
Ing.
MITCHELL In another week
Mitchell's street paving will be COM
pleted and the cluster electric lights
installed, all of which will be ready for
use by corn palace time, September 90.
The street can be used only for pedes-
trians until the concrete hardens SUIT
ficiently for other traffic.
LAKE ANDEs-After a lapse of a
year or two, cattle rustlers appear to
have again selected this part of the
state as their field OF operations. With
in the past few days a number of cat
tie have disappeared from the ranch
of b. H. Freeman and other losses
are reported.
DALLAS-At a meeting of the board
of directors of the Rosebud Stock,
Grain and Corn Show association, it
was decided to offer a purse of s25 in
cash for the best 10 ears of corn raised
this year in the Rosebud country, and
an additional $25 for the largest 10 ears.
WAGNER-As the result of a diff
Guilty over some hay. John Croy,
a farmer living some miles from town,
is charged with having drawn a gun
on one of his neighbors and threatened
to shoot him. Croy was arrested and
a fine Of s25 and costs was imposed.
PIERRE-Maj. Ben Ash, long a resi-
dent of this city, on returning lately
to pack up the family goods. unearthed
an ancient picture of the Pierre town
site painted in 1882. 1t depicts the
landscape much changed. He present
ed it to the State Historical society.
PARKER-One of the live organiza-
lions of Parker is the Commercial club.
BY a report just made it is shown that
thus far the club has raised $780, 81 to-
ward clearing up the indebtedness
against the new city hall building.
CORSICA-Jas. A. Mullen has been
elected chief of the local volunteer
fire department to fill the vacancy
caused by the recent resignation Of
Geo. J, Johnson.
MARTIN-The county commission
ers have accepted the new Bennett
county courthouse, recently completed
here, n the county officers are now
occupying it. The building is a very
creditable one.
ABERDEEN-The city commission
ers of Aberdeen have just passed the
budget ordinance for the ensuing year.
Ths tax levy for the year for all munic-
ipal purposes is SO mills, a reduction
of IL mills over last years levy.
WAGNER-At a meeting of the
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