The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1913-08-14
veterinarians In
huff and DECLINE
TO ATTEND EXAMS
Only Three Applicants Appear
at Boards Licensing SEES
sion on August Z,

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at Boards Licensing Ses.
sion on August T.,
Pierre. S. D., Aug. BIN conformity
to the attitude of defiance featured by
the graduate veterinarians at a meet
ing recently held in Mitchell, the indi-
cations are that few of the regular
practitioners will apply for designa-
tions as deputies under the new live
stock law. Al the examination held
three applicants.
Under the provisions of the new law
all veterinarians, or those pract1cfng
such profession, must take the board
examination, unless they have been In
practice in the state for a period of
five years previous to the adoption of
the new law. 1t is assumed that many
of the veterinary practitioners in the
state are legalized under the five-yeaF
provision and that this is n reason
for the light showing at the examina-
ton.
On the other hand 1t is also evident
to the members Of the board that most
Of the graduate veterinarians intend
to display hostility to the law, as indi-
Eated in the resolutions adopted at
their recent meeting. They contend
that the restrictions in this state are
not strong enough to conform : the
regulations in n%eighboring states.
There had been much agitation
the operation of the previous live stock
regulations in this state M the de-
mand for a change in the law was one
Of the commissions held by nearly
every member Of the legislature from a
farming community.
WEST RIVER COUNTIES
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Pierre. s. D., Aug. s.-official fig
ures for the school census for 1918,
just completed n filed in the office
Of the land commissioner, show a net
decrease Of 156 children of school age
for 1918 over that Of 1912. The total
of such children for 1913 is III, 1913;
for 1912 it was 172,074. The 1912 fig
ures, however, were a decrease Of 2,24a
over the figures of 1911, which indi-
Gates the state has picked up consid-
erable during 1913 over 1912, The gain
for 1918 is in % counties, % of which
are east of the Missouri, n five west.
A decrease is shown in 33 counties,
% east Of the river and IL west Min
nehaha county shows the largest in
rease gaining 5S1 children over
1913; Coddington county is second in
gain, 178 more than 1912, with a total
of 4,421, n Brown county is third,
gaining ia, with a total Of $685..
Dewey county shows the second largest
gain in the state, next to Minnehaha,
with 24S over 1912. but it is due to the
fact that Indian children are now
enumerated there, and have not pre-
viously been. For this reason Corson
also shows an increase. Lyman and
Stanley counties show the greatest
loss, Lyman's being 286 and Stanley
29S, from 1912 figures, which is due to
crop failure in hat country for twc
or three years In succession, and con-
Sanlfnnt O1nNjrg ont of a1pin, Gott1aro
back to other portions Of the state or
to neighboring states. Last year, 1912,
the west counties showed a decrease
as a whole; for 1913 they show an in
crease as q total
cONFE3SES SETTING FIRE
TO EMPLOYERS STORE
Aberdeen, S. D., Aug. 9.-Another
sensation was sprung in the arson
cases here late yesterday afternoon,
when Martin j.. Brown, alias Charles
Murphy, the young man arrested on
suspicion Of having set fire to the
Welsh grocery store, made a full con
made the three attempts to burn the
Welsh store, and that he had set fire
to a barn across the street from the
Welsh store, which was burned on
Tuesday night. He stated his right
name is not Murphy, under which he
passed in Aberdeen, but Brown, and
that his mother resides in st. Paul.
MINI. He denied he had ony motive
In starting the fires, as r. J. Welsh.
his employer, had always treated him
kindly, but that he could not resist
the impulse to start the fires.
The firemen who were arrested for
fourth degree arson Tuesday have all
been released on bail.
Capt. Jack Keegan. OF the Aberdeen
fire department, is largely responsible
f~v.. kln arrN SrONf~
the arson cases here, he having fur
nished the state fire marshal the clews
upon which the arrests were made.
BOY DRAGGED TO DEATH
BY VICIOUS HORSE
Webster, S. D.. Aug. 9.-The 10-year-
old son of Knute Teigen. Of Grenyilie
township. in this (Day) county, was
dragged to death by a vicious horse
catch a broncho that was running at
large In the pasture, with a long rope
attached to the halter. The little boy
accompanied him. Teigen finally caught
the horse by the rope but the animal
away. As it ran, the loose end of the
rope was whirled about the little boys
legs. This frightened the animal still
more, and 1t ran wildly, dragging the
boy after it. The distracted father
Ssai.Su ~ PuisoAe, Dut WIS Unable 10
catch the horse until the boy had
been dragged for half an hour and was
dead.
HoMEsTEADER KILLED
BY EXCESSIVE HEAT
Owanka, s.. d, Aug. 8. = Johr
Knapp, a hornesteader, was found lead
in one Of the ~outbuildings on his farm
under circumstances which indicated
that death had resulted from heart
failure, brought on by the excessive
heat. He had beer hauling hay and
in the afternoon drove to the hay field
with his wife. She was to pick berries
ma n~eagnoorlng .araW IN the prairie
ernoon and accompany her home. Up
on his faflue to appear she made her
way home alone and q search revealed
the dead body OF her husband in the
oGtbuilding, where he evidently had