The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-06-13
DAKOTA STATE NEWS

ledTH lHdL Sile MAO uepGEleu lOi ICr
old home at Platte, S. D., and visiting
her there and pleading with her to
return to their home at Winner. Trip
county,, with him, only to be refused,
and later being served with papers In
a divorce suit, Bartlett l.. Harden a
pharmacist, returned to his nome at
| Winner. After brooding for some days,
he ended his life by cutting his throat
with a pocket knife. Harden was a
graduate of the State college, at
B~rookings.
BELLE FOURCHE-A horse, sup
posedly gentle, dragged ~12-year-old
Joseph Kline, son of Mrs. Mary E.
Kline. to his death at the Floyd Cook
ranch, As miles north OF here. The
boy took some horses to the pasture,
and when he alighted at the gate
wrapped the rope to one Of the horses
around his arm. The animal started
to run and dragged young Kline a
; mile and a half before 1t stopped. The
boy had apparently been killed In the
first few minutes His body was found
by searchers.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS grand lodge
and the grand lodge of the Order of the
Eastern Star of South Dakota will con-
vene here in joint session Tuesday,
June II. Special trains from the
eastern part of the state are expected
to bring IN the neighborhood of 1000
people for the three-day convention.
There are 1852 Masonic lodges in South
! Dakota with a total membership of
nearly 10000, and representatives from
each of the lodges will be present.
ABERDEEN-H. l.. Walker, head of
the Walker theatrical booking circuit,
has made a proposition to the people
of Aberdeen to equip the second story
of the McDiarmid & Slater building
I here, 50x142 feet in size, as a theater,
provided encouragement is given. The
proposed theater would seat about 600
people. Since the Gottschalk theater
was destroyed by fire three years ago
Aberdeen has been without an opera
house.
RAPID CITY-Seven young men re-
ce1ved their degrees from the State
School of Mines here at the annual
commencement day exercises. The
graduates are: Samue G. Dickey,
Cyril U. Coolidge, Glen p. Ives, Jessie
o. Betterton, Joseph II. Saville, N. L.
Mason, of Deadwood, made the COM
mencement address.
ALCESTER-The first annual meet
ing of the Swedish Baptist conference
of South Dakota, after being in session
here several days. concluded it's work
Sunday evening n today those who
attended it are proceeding to their
homes in different parts Of the state.
The meeting was a very successful one
and reports made showed the confer
ence to be in excellent condition.
ABERDEEN-The South Dakota
Christian Missionary society, which had
been in session here three days, con-
Guided it's meeting on Sunday. Of
ficers We're elected as follows: Presi-.
dent, E. E. Kneedy, of Watertown;
vice president, c.. A Thornton, of Do
land; treasurer, e. G. Elliott, of Yer
don; corresponding secretary, w. S.
Elliott, of Brookings.
LAKE ANDES-An organization has
been perfected here for improving the
public highways in this vicinity and
also the highway running from Lake
Andes to the fine lake from which this
town receives it's name. The lake is
becoming one of the leading fishing re-
sorts of the state and it Is proposed that
the facilities for reaching it from town
shall be of the best.
ARMOUR-The program is being
prepared for the ninth annual conven-
ton of the second district w. C. T. u,
which will be held in Armour June rs,
26 and 81. Among the speakers will be
Mrs. Anna Simmons, state president,
and Mrs. Cora Aldrich. state superin-
tendent of contest work. There will be
two matron contests and a silver and
a gold medal contest.
ABERDEEN-The 10-county teach
ers' institute opened here today with
over 500 teachers in attendance. The
counties included in the joint insti-
tute are Brown, Edmunds, Marshall,
Campbell, Ziebach and Dewey. Gov
ernor Wesley was present at the open
ing exercises and delivered an inter
esting address.
BELLE FOURCHE-While boiling a
mixture containing turpent1ne, Mrs.
Charles Bolles, a young ma of this
city, set fire to her home and was so
hours later. The boiling over of the
kettle started a fire which ignited her
clothes, and neighbors who responded
were unabl to save her.
LEAD.-The Burlington trolley line
will be extended to the City park and
on to Terry. Mayor Harvard received
a letter from Assistant Superintendent
Hotter of the Burlington asking him
if the city would guarantee the right
of way, the mayor answering that ev-
erything was ready and the work will
start at once.
PIERRE-The first to file expense
accounts for the primary election was
w. S. Glass, who admits that it cost
him $500 to he defeated for congress in
the Second district, and Thomas Thor
son, who spent S2S6.05 in securing the
place of republican national commit
teeman.
SIOUX FAI.LS-It is expected that
not less h $4,000 people will at
tend the annual picnic n celebration
of the Old Settlers Association OF
Minnehaha county, which will be held
Thursday, June IS. in a fine grove
about 10 miles north of Sioux Falls
HERRICK-In justice court here be.
fore Justice Young, r. E. Lonikarh was
convicted of illegally conducting a
drug store or pharmacy and was fined
$50 and costs. e. C. Bent, secretary
of the state board of pharmacy, was
the complaining witness.
LANE-Committees appointed by the
Commercial club are making arrange
ments for a sports day celebration. June
20. There Will be ball games, horse
races, acrobatic feats. balloon ascen-
sion, must and dancing.
BIG STONE-The wild plum crop in
this vicinity may be a failure, due to
the facr that the trees have been at
tackled by the fungus disease known as
plum pocket Some few trees have
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