The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-08-29
DAKOTA STATE NEWS

L oNl INK olllCSIS. IISSlISill, y. ~ oli
son; vice president. Robert Borne: sec
Rotary. Clifford Force. The organiza-
uon will secure the enforcement of law,
especially during the present dry Pc
Rod which prevails here. A standing
reward of $50 has been offered for the
conviction of those who sell liquor
within the town limits.
MARTIN-Joseph Horn Cloud, a
Sioux Indian, who is one of the few
survivors of the bloody battle OF
Wounded Knee creek, has returned
from Louisville, KY, where he went as
a delegate to the annual meeting of the
| Catholic congress of America. He is
one of the few Indians who have thus
been honored. Horn Cloud is an edu-
| Gated Indian and has long been promi-
nent in the work of the Catholic church
among his people,
RAPID CITY-Arrested neal Aizada,
| Mont, Pryce Ryther and Fred Berry.
two local youths, are now out on ST.
600 bonds, charged with horse stealing.
The horses belonged to J. H. Gale. OF
the First National bank, and c.. T.
Morgan, and a day after they We're
missed the boys disappeared and were
traced to Montana, where Sheriff
Hewitt had them arrested.
MiTCHELI-A big sale of land al
auction near kinball resulted In the
bringing of good prices for the man
AZ VI "SI Nv llIdIJ
1000 acres in the tract sold and an i'm
nense crowd was present. A bunch
of $50 acres brought an average of
SAG per acre, and a half section sold
for $50. The owner considered it too
low and bid it in at $50 per acre. Two
other quarters sold for $40 per acre,
SLJNT-Within "a hours after Ed
Quinn. a local stock feeder. had closed
a deal for 400 acres of land in what is
Inown as the Big Bend of the Mis-
souri, river. on which he intended to run
a bunch of cattle during the winter, a
prairie fire swept over the tract and
wholly destroyed the abundant growth
of grass, which would nave made excel
lent winter feed.
MITCHELL-Work on paving Main
street is being carried forward and the
greatest part of 1t will be completed
in time for the corn palace, so the
streets can be used. Fifty posts for in
s~talling the new lighting system fo1
Main street arrived today and these
will be set up Immediately so that the
illumination will be exceptionally fine
MITCHELL-The city schools will
open Monday next, a week earlier thar
most of the schools of the state, OF
account of the weeks vacation that i.
given during corn palace. The oar
has found it advantageous to get IL
at least a month of school before thu
palace opens. by which time the schoo
will be in fairly good running order
MISUNDERSTANDING Fridkey wal
drowned in the lake at Lake Benton
Mimi, while sailing a boat containing
four Bookings young women. A sud
den squall swung the boat round
throwing him into the water. Although
he swan for some distance, the boa
could not be returned quick enough
to save him. The body was recovered
YANKTON-Fred Schwenk is the Pc
SCISSOR of a fine rattle obtained from ,
full grown rattlesnake he killed in tn,
city, about the same time Mrs. p. NJ
Coates killed on Third street a ven,
large prairie make. Since these tw,
incidents, Yankton people are all SCENT
snakes. The snakes may have es
capped from a carnival show here.
PIERRE-The bureau Of immigra.
ton has just received a large number
of maps Of South akot from tn,
presses of Rand, McNally & Co. Be.
sides the map itself, there is on thu
back of the folder a great deal of valu.
able information concerning the re.
sources Of the stam. The map folder
is sent to inquirers free of charge.
PARKER-The 18th annual reunion
Of the Pioneers Association Of Dor
Homme County viii be held at Dor
1912. Nothing but a monument mark.
the site of the old town which was the
scene of the first settlement in The
state. The program is thronged with
interesting features.
WHITE OWL-W. A. Derrick has
resigned as manager Of the Greenwood
Lumber connpany's yard and store al
Red Owl. and in the future they will
be run by w. A. Thurston in connec-
fton with his general store. Clarence
Bowling, general manager Of the COM
Jany. made the transfer this week.
CUSTER-The fact that the city OF
Custer Is out of it's swaddling clothes
is revealed when it is taken into con-
sideration that the Custer Chronicle, q
weekly newspaper, has just started on
its SD year. 1t is one of the Oldest
newspapers in either North OF South
Dakota.
STURGIS-Ow1ng to the fact that
the small grain crop is SO much
heavier tina at first anticipated. there
Sturgis- One firm reports it was
forced to decline an order for 4,OOC
pounds as well as several smaller
orders.
MITCHELL-John A. Blenkiron has
purchased ground in the business dis
trict and will the erection
or a three story building thereon in
the course of a week. Mr.. Blenkiron
is just finishing a three story build
ing on Main street.
KIMBALL-The city council has
granted to a syndicate of local men
a franchise for an electric light sys-
tenn. The contract also has been
awarded for the laying of new water
mains in connection with the city wa
ter works.
ARTESIAN-Grain shipments are in
creasing rapidly. Thus far about 20
carloads of the new crop have been
shipped n the shipments are inereas-
ing daily, with the prospect of a rec
ord breaking run 80 days from now.
ARLINGTON-In accordance with
the result of a special election, when
bonds in the sum of $4,000 were voted
for a municipal electric lighting. sys-
tenn, steps will at once be taken to
start the enterprise.
GREGoRY-John A. Ross, a promi-
nent democratic newspaper man, for
some years publisher of the Public at
Sioux Falls, will take charge of the
Gregory County Democrat, published