The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-05-02
MAJ. DoLLARD'S DEATH.

This community was shocked
last Monday to learn through the
Sioux City Journal, that Maj.
Robert Dollard had passed away
at his home in Santa Monica. CAL,
on Sunday, April 28. II was
known that his health had been
very poor all winter, but the last
letter from there stated that he was
some better and hopes were enter
tanned that he was on the road to
recovery.
MI. Dollard was born in 1912,
near Boston, Mass, being there
fore 20 years of age at the time of
his DEATH. When the civil war
broke out he answered to the first
call for troops, and was one of the
minute Men, who were called to
the nations capital at the first
outbreak of hostilities. After serv-
ing out his term of enlistment he
re-enlisted, serving with honor to
the end of the war and was muster
ed out with the rank of Major
having won his promotions by
bravery on the battle fields. After
the war he located in Illinois where
he studied law and practiced in
that profession for a number of
years. His desire for adventure
prompted him to seek a location
on the frontier, and in 1878 he
came to Dakota territory. He first
located on a claim in northern
Douglas county, and while his wife
whom he had married while living
in Illinois pluckily held down the
claim Mr.. Dollard engaged IN the
practice of law in Scotland. His
first public service was the fight
which he successfully waged for
the notification of over sixty
thousand dollars of fraudulent war
rants issued by the alleged officers
of a fake county organization in
Douglas county, a service to the
future residents of that county
which they have never failed to
appreciate. Having proved up on
his land in that county he took up
his permanent residence in Scot
land where he resided until 1907
when, on account of failing health
he located at Santa Monica, Cal.
During his residence here he was
prominent in business and polite
al circles, and his we'll earned re-
putation for strict honesty and
integrity won him the confidence
of all who knew him. He served
as a member of the legislature
both in territorial days and later
after we had become a state, and
his impress was left upon our
statute books. He was a member
of the first constitutional conven-
ton when the constitution was
framed which later became the
foundation of our present state
constitution, and when the state
was admitted he was elected as the
first attorney general. South Da-
kota has had many men of pro-
minence and distinction, but
in the list of those we love to
honor there are few who will rank
higher, when measured by an I'M
selfish devotion to his country and
his state than Scotland's favorite
son, Maj. Robert Dollard.
A telegram received by Mr..
Meighen this morning from Mrs
Dollard states that the majors re.
mains will be brought here for
burial, and that the funeral will bt
held in the opera house May 10
Announcement of the services vii
be given more definitely next week
The agreement among our gener-
al merchants by which the stores
have been closing at 6 80 has been
called off and the stores are now
open every evening.
The band boys are making good
progress under the instruction O
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