The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-08-22
DAKOTA STATE NEWS

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Ger and Mitchell for the reason that
the rates recently filed would be in
the nature OF an increase, They have
also filed with the Interstate Com
merce commission a petition for sus-
pension of rates on the Milwaukee
the tariff as proposed would be an in
| crease on grain and in another case
where there would be an increase on
lime. cemen and plaster.
Observation-Disclosures with en-
bezzlement of company funds, Thomas
Phelan. the yourg cashier of the Chi
cage y Northwestern railroad, is IN
der arrest here. He waived a Justice
hearing and waS bound over to
the circuit oar A discrepancy in
his accounts. noticed a month ago, led
90 RI Investigation, showing a short
age Of $3.50 which the officials claim
he has admitted. Phelan anne here
from Dies Moines two years ago.
ABERDEEN-lames Corey, chair
committee. has appointed l. J.. Welsh.
OF Mitchell, treasurer Of the state cen
trai committee. and w, Roy Neitch. OF
Groton, secretary of the committee,
Mr.. Cofey has been spending the past
two days at Faulkton in conference
with Ed s Johnson. democratic cam
dldnte for governor, with reference to
the establishing of h state head
quarters at h 8 place.
PIERRE-A combination of lectures
OF interest to farmers and teachers OF
farmers children has been arranged
for Farmers Day 1t the Joint Insti-
tute of Sully and Hughes counties. Au-
gust - These viii be held in connec-
ton with the eighth grade graduation
OF the Sully county schools. Mr.. Willis
Z. Johnson. vice president of the
Northern Normal and Industrial
school at Aberdeen, is to be conductor
OF the institute.
PIERRE-Governor Vessey has
granted 8 pardon to Charles Runkle.
sent from Hughes county on a charge
of horse rustling. Runkle is one of the
boys from Casstown, O, who attempt
co to start careers as bad men here
by stealing two horses and lootins
farm buildings north of the city.
Ronkle appeared to have been led into
the venture, and has been pardoned
after serving several months of his
sentence.
HOT SPRINGES.-The annual con-
Vention OF the South Dakota Pharma-
ceuticai association closed after elect
ing officers as follows: President, A.
{. Alderman, Sioux Falls; first vice
president; d. Laven, Minneapolis;
second vice president, Chris Fogtman,
81. Paul; third vice president, A. AL
person. ST. Paul: secretary-treasurer.
j.. r. Burns. Sioux Falls. Sioux Falls
VIII entertain the pill rollers next year
P1ERRE-The Hebrew Farming Pho
neer association of Detroit has writ
ten TO the land office in regard
TO dlfferent parts of the state as suit
able places for communities and de-
string room for at least rs families.
AT the present time there are just
such places of desirable land selling
at $40, $l5 and $40 per acre in Hard
ing, Mcpherson and Marshall coun-
ties.
HURON-Invitations have been ex-
tended by Secretary c. N. McIlvaine,
OF the state fair board, to J. B. veitch
ana carroll B. Dotson, both Of Sioux
rails, to make trips with one of tho
aVlators to be here at the state fair
his fall. Both Of the gentlemen i'm
mediately accepted. The flights will
be made in the Newport monoplane on
the first day of the fair.
ARLINGTON-That land is eachinp
a good price at Arlington and good
farms are in active demand was proven
TINS week when James Holcomb pur-
chased the John Bennett quarter sec
ton farm near the city, paying 500
per acre for it. This is the first piece
OF land to sell for 500 per acre in this
vinicity. The Bennett farm is well
improved.
STURGIS.-A terrific rain and hail
storm, accompanied by heavy wind and
lightning, visited here late Saturday.
lasting over an hour. Three hundred
yards of the Northwestern track is
washed out. All the country phone
mes are down. The damage by hail is
heavy. Hail did little damage in the
town. The streets We're flooded.
WOLF CREEK-Jacob F. Walter, a
prominent member OF the local Men
monte colony. was the first victim in
THIS vicinity Of the harvesting and
season. He was badly cut
ana narrowly escaped losing an arm
Wnen 1t was caught by the knife while
he was trying to raise the dividing
board on a feeder.
LEAD-The first pile driven for the
of the new city hall was
sunk Tuesday and that part Of the
work Will soon be completed. All of
the piling has been tipped with steel.
SO That the work of driving through the
rocks n boulders will not be difficult.
Bar,let, the contractor, will rush the
work from now on.
GAYVILLE.-The S-year-otd son
Merrill. of Mr.. and Mrs, ]. w. Racha-
Tor, residing three and a half miles
southwest of here, died from the eff
fects of appendicitis. About two
weeks ago he underwent an operation
and afterwards was operated on again
AFTER which he died in a few hours.
ABERDEEN-The city commission
ers have called a special election for
September IL to fill the caused
by the death of Commissioner A. Z.
Boyd, following injuries from an ex-
plosion in a new bank vault. F. A.
Brown, of the Brown Bros Banking
company, is the only candidate SO far,
SIOUX FALLs-The first election
bet OF consequence yet made in South
Dakota has been entered into by two
residents of Kimball, who have wag-
cred $500 each on opposite sides Of the
proposition that Wilson will secure
more votes in South Dakota at the
November election than Roosevelt.
LEAD-The erection of the new civ
hall, recreation hall for Homestake EN-.
ployes and the stone and steel brewery
under way for Omaha parties, insure
enough work in the building line for
the fall and winter to keep hundreds
OF men busy.
BELLE FoURCHE-Found dead on
the road to Hulett, Wyo., edward
Proctor, a rancher, is believed to have
been killed by lightning while on his
way home across the range from Mon
tana. His body yroc fo,,,d ~