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

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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 II has long been promi-
nent in the work of the Catholic church
among his people.
RAPID CITY-Arrested near Alzada,
Mont, Pryce Ryther and Fred Berry.
two local youths, are now out on ST.
900 bonds, charged with horse stealing.
The horses belonged to ]. H. Gale, OF
the First National bank, and c. T.
Horgan, and a day after they were
missed the boys disappeared and We're
traced to Montana, where Sheriff
Hewitt had them arrested.
MITCHELI-A big sale Of and at
auction near Kimball resulted in the
bringing of good prices for the man
ner of selling. There were more than
1000 acres in the tract sold and an i'm
mense crowd vas 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,
BLUNT-Within "a hours after Ed
Quinn, a local stock feeder, had closed
a deal for 400 acres of land in what is
known as the Big Send 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 n
wholly destroyed the abundant growth
of grass, which woul have made excel
lent winter feed.
MITCHELL-Work on paving Main
street is being carried forward and the
greatest part of it will be completed
in time for the corn palace, so the
streets can be used. Fifty posts for in
stalling the new lighting system fol
Main street arrived today and these
will be set up Immediately SO that the
illumination will be exceptionally fine
MITCHELL-The city schools viii
open fonda next, a week earlier thar
most of the schools of the state, or
account of the weeks vacation that il
given during corn palace. The boart
has found it advantageous to get il
at least a month of school before tn,
palace opens. by which time the schoo
Will be in fairly good running order
MISUNDERSTANDING Fridkey wal
drowned in the lake at AXE Benton
Mimi. while sailing a BOAT containin,
four Brookings young women A sud,
den squall u the boat around
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 po
SCISSOR of a fine rattle obtained from /,
fn1 GROWN re tfiosnako he I3l1al in III,
city, about the same time Mrs. E. NJ
Coates killed on Third street a ven,
large prairie snake Since these TIVE
incidents, Yankton people are all seem;
snakes. The snakes may have es
p from a carnival show here.
PIERRE-The bureau of immigra.
ton has just received a large numbei
of maps Of South Dakota from thu
presses of Rand, McNally & Co. Be,
sides the map itself, there is on tn,
back of the folder a great deal of valu.
able information concerning the re.
sources of the stan. The map folder
Is sent to inquirers free of charge.
PARKER-The 18th annual reunion
of the Pioneers Association of Dor
Homme County Will be held at Boz
Homme on Wednesday, August 2S
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
Red Owl, and in the future they will
be run by w. A. Thurston in connec-
zion with his general store. Clarence
Bowling, general manager of the cum
rany. mad the transfer this week.
CuSTER-The fact tina the city OF
Custer is out OF its swaddling clothes
is revealed when it is taken into con
stderation that the Custer Chronicle, q
weekly newspaper, has just started on
its 33d year. 1t is n of the oldest
newspapers in either North or South
Dakota.
STURG1s-owing to the fact that
the small grain crop is SO much
than at first anticipated, there
is a shortage of binding Irvine in
forced to decline an order for 1000
pounds as well as several smaller
orders.
MITCHELL-John A. B1enkiron has
ground in the business dis
trict and will commence the erection
of a three story building thereon in
the course of a week. Mr.. Blenkiron
is just finishing a three story build
Ing on Main street.
city COunc1l has
granted to a syndicate of local men
a franchise for an electric light sys-
EN-. 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 and the shipments are i~ncreas-
ing daily, with the prospect Of a rec
ord breaking run 80 days from now.
ARLINGTON-In accordance with
b 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
in this city.
TRENT-The stockholders OF the
farmers elevator, which has been In
existence here for some years, have
decided to retire from business and
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