The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1913-01-16
DAKOTA STATE NEWS

| Methodist church of Pierre last night heid
a large farewell reception for several OF
their members who are leaving Pierre TO
make their homes elsewhere, Supreme
Court Clerk Frank Crane and Mrs. Crane
| cav the church and are 10 live IN Wa
tertown, after sojourning through the cold
weather in Florida; Mrs. l.. A. Owen, and
her mother, Mrs. Withrow. who have lived
in Pierre for more than is years, where
Mrs. owen has conducted during that time
Pierre's highest class millinery shop, will
live in Oregon: Mr.. and Mrs. f. l.. kolb
| leave to engage in irrigation and farming
in Minnesota; Professor Kolb has been
principal of the Pierre high school. Mr..
and Mrs. j. G.. Tate and family will leave
to make their future home in Montana.
Governor yessey and family also were
prominent members of the church and
have left this past year,
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS thieves have been
working the hen roosts in this city for the
past month with a marked degree of sue
cess and some valuable birds which were
being groomed for the coming state poul-
try show were removed from their
perches. Last night after a hen roost had
been proftably cleaned up SCOTS blood
hounds We're placed on the trail of the
parties and two local characters by the
name of w. M. Vandrey and Ewing Dono-
hue were placed under arrest charged
with the theft, the dogs following the
scent to the places where the men were
stopping. They pleaded guilty in police
court and Vandrey got a sentence of %
days and Donohue got 20 days.
BROOK1NGS-The first annual meeting
of the Dakota Deaconess Hospital assoc
citation, held at Brookings, transacted con-
siderable business and elected the follow
Ing officers for the ensuing year: Presi-
dent, w. M. Cheever; first vice president,
r. A. Bruce; second vice president, H. r.
Matthews; secretary, F. w. Cuckow;
treasurer and manager of the building
fund, T. L. Chappell; auditor, H. L. Hop
kins; superintendent and treasurer of cur
rent expenses, Eleanor S.. Moore. The or
ganization, which operates by authority of
the general conference of the Methodist
Episcopal church for South Dakota, is en-
gagged in buying a modern hospital at
Bookings.
MITCHELL-Two bioodhoun6s We're en-
ployed to run down some chicken thieves
in this city, who have been disturbing the
roosts of several of the chicken fanciers.
who are preparing their birds for the com
ing state show. In two instances some
very valuable birds were taken. The
hounds were given a fresh scent of the
robbers, and they followed the trail right
to the house where they We're staying. w.
NJ. Vrayner and Edwin Donohue were the
parties who were tracked, and when the
pioouiiOuituS IHdUe lnelT appearance the
men did not hesitate about coming out
and yielding to arrest. In police court
Vrayner was given Is days in jail and
Donohue drew 20.
BROOkINGS-A committee of the South
Dakota Holstein- Friesian Breeders as
sociation met at Brookings to devise a
method for the cooperative advertising Of
That breed of dairy cattle. Plans were
also discussed to arrang for q series of
tests OF dairy cattle, under direction Of
the South Dakota state college. The work
was entrusted to a committee, the mem
pers OF which are P. A. Zollman, of Alex
anoria, president of the association; Clyde
Brown, of Hartford, vice president: p. A..
Croehers. of Badger, secretary; F. E. Cor
WIN. OF Sioux Falls, and Prof. C. Larsen
OF the college.
BRIITON-Over 500 In prizes was dis
tributed at the Better Farming, Short
course recently conducted at Britton by
superintendent II. f. Patterson, of Aber-
deem, head of the South Dakota Better
Farming association. The attendance dur
ing the three days was much larger than
the promoters of the short course had
expected, and the enthusiasm over, the
better farming propaganda was surpris-
ing Over IS entries were made in the
corn contest, and the Marshall county
girls won many prizes in the domestic sci
ence exhibit of cookery and sewing.
RAPID CITY-The Business Mems club
has elected a board of directors for the
ensuing year composed of: Robert Ben
ton. A. G. Hunt. w. H. Putnam Harry
Jones, e. NJ. Reeves, c. w. McEwan. 1t
is proposed to reduce the annual dues
and inaugurate a vigorous campaign for
boosting Rapid City and its natural re-.
sources. Pressure will be brought to bear
on the railroads centering here to have
freight rates adjusted on incoming coal
and outgoing building material consisting
of stone, brick and lumber.
A3ERDEEN-Miss Lucy steele, former
~ employed as a stenographer in a To-
cal law office, has gone to New York.
where she has established her headquar-
1ers as a writer of short stories. Miss
Steele has had several stories published.
among them being 1.-THE First Long
Trousers" which made a decided hit. and
was dramatized by a moving picture con-
Germ.
l4ESTERVILLE-At the annual business
meeting of the members of the Lester
vile Commercial club the following OFF,
GERS We're elected for the coming year:
President. F. A. Kfll.on; vice president.
mos. y. Wagner; secretary, e. F. Eisen-,
mann; treasurer, John T.. Janda. Plans
were made to secure a number of new
enterprises for the town during the year.
ABERDEEN-The Milwaukee railroad is
employing a large force of men putting
IN eight-foot fences along all cuts on the
ROADS branch lines west OF the Missouri
river In South Dakota, the main line cuts
having been previously fenced. BY fenc-
Ing the cuts the danger of snow blockade
Is greatly lessened. as the fences hold the
snow and prevent It drifting in the cuts.
ALPENA-R. E. Dye, postmaster at AZ
pena, s Ds, has resigned. The office is
fourth-class. and three residents Of the
town have taken the civil service exam
ination for the place. They are Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry II. Hatch, who recently pur-
chased the A1pena Journal from MI. Dyel
and f. w. Adabar. Mrs Hatch is the
present deputy postmaster.
TYNDALL-At a good roads meeting
held here representatives were present
from Tabor and other Bon Homme county
towns, and arrangements were made for
the construction of good roads betwee.,
the various towns of the county The
county commissioners will be asked to co
operate. The work will commence in tie
spring.
ABERDEEN-The Budget committee az
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