The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1913-04-10
DAKOTA STATE NEWS

showing residents IN TINS part OIL the state
some new freaks in its moods this spring.
With but little sno in the northwest
and no spring rains, the river suddenly
Showed a rise of about eight feet here.
with the ice holding for several days. then
rs suddenly broke up. and dropped about
Six feet in "A hours, leaving huge piles of
Ice on the sandbars, and with a further
TALL almost to low water mark before the
water again came up gradually.
SISSETON-The following officers We're
| elected at the convention of the James
River Valley Central Luther league, which
has just closed here: President, e. II.
Haacke. Aberdeen: vice president, Carl f.
Hunstad, Rath: secretary, Alma Ander-
BON, Aberdeen, treasurer, Mile Thorson.
sisseton; delegates to state convention at
Canton in May, e. H. Haacke, of Aher-
deem, and r. F. Sonstegaard, Sisseton.
The next district convention will be held
at Bristol In 1914.
MILLER-The sheep industry rom
iSeS to become of Importance here
again, a number of farmers having
bought small fiocks this spring with
the idea of enlarging in the business.
Those who have raised sheep right
along claim that no other industry has
paid them so we'll. AT one time this
whole section of ountr was full of
sheep, but for some reason several
years ago they We're sold off n other
lines taken up.
BELLE FOuRCHE-Lying On the
prairie a short distance from the Deer
mont store. the body of Mrs. Johanna
Carlson was found by her sonfnlaw.
Claude johnson. 42 miles northeast of
here. Mrs. Carlson had been to the
store for provisions and is believed to
have been overcome with an attack of
heart failure, with which she had bee
/ Threatened s. clad loaded with OnnIS
was beside the body.
SIOUX FALLS-one of the biggest
knights of Columbus meetings ever
held in the state will be held in Sioux
Falls next Sunday. Five hundred mem
bers of the order from different cities
in this part of the northwest will be
IN attendance. During the meeting
about so new members will be initiated
into the order. One of the social
features OF the big gathering will be
a banquet.
M1TCHELL-Public Examiner j. l..
Wingield the granting of a
charter to the Farmers and Merchants
State bank at Egan. which will be
capitalized at $4,000. The principal
stockholders are ]. A. Wyland and H.
II. Cook. of Marion Junction, and Lee
Buck. of Flandreau. The bank will be
opened for business as soon as neces-
sary arrangements al be made.
BRIDGEwATER-Joseph H. Hofer. a
well known farmer of Union township,
was taken before County Judge Butter
field, at Salem. and fined the sum of so
and costs for failure to comply with the
compulsory school law, in hat he had
kept a 1~o-year-old boy out Of school con-
trary to the statute in question. This is
the first fine ever imposed within the coun-
ty on a charge of this kind.
MENNO-Prelininaay arrangements are
being made for the annual meeting of the
Hutchinson County Teachers associa-
ton, TO be held here Friday and Satur-
day. April Is and 25. The annual address
win be made by Prof. C, H.. Lugg. presi-
dent of the association. President Gustav
wenzlaff. of the Springfield Normal
school, will be present and make an ad-
dress.
WEBSTER-Mayor Frank Mohs was
renorninated for a second term at a
non-partisan caucus held here for the
purpose of selecting candidates for the
coming city election. A. T. Cooper was
nominated over George c. Dunton by
a vote of 81 to rs, while Emmett
Forbes. Charles Becht and S. E. Bron-
son were nominated aldermen from the
three wards.
ABERDEEN-The war in the Balkan
states is holding up the completion Of the
Aberdeen National banks new SIS 900
building here. A large portion of the
marble used in the interior Is from the
quarries on the island of Skiros, Greece.
The men on the isle are busy fighting
Turks. and the local bank must wait their
pleasure.
HURoN-A locomotive and three
cars of an eastbound express over the
Chicago & Northwestern were derailed
about midway between Arlington and
Volga. The train was in charge of
Conductor Glennon. with Neil Mckay
as engineer. Two hundred feet of track
was torn up. Some Of the passengers
were slightly injured.
CLEAR LAKG-At the annual meet
ing of the Deuel. County Fair associa-
ton the following officers were elected:
President. G.. l.. Almond; vice presi-
dent, Frank l.. Angle; secretary-man-
ager. w ]. Noble; assistant secretary.
Chas. Granger; treasurer, E. F. Kohn-
Ike. Various committees also were Sc
lected.
vERMILLIoN-The April term of state
circuit court for Clay county will con-
vene here next Monday, with Judge Tripp,
of Yankton. presiding. There are 10 Grim
inal cases on the calendar and nine civil
cases. Fourteen of the criminal cases are
against men charged with the Illegal sale
Of liquor.
LEAD-On authority of the gov
ernor and adjutant general, Andrew
Bray. ir.. a Spanish war veteran, has
commenced to organize a mpan of
state militia in Lead and Deadwood.
AND expects to complete his work in
q few days. He expects to recruit a
full company of 100 to sign the muster.
MILLER-What will be known as the
Hand County Automobile association, has
been organized as the result of a meeting
OF automobile owners held here. w. j.
Halloween was elected president and DR..
u. n. Wilson secretary-treasurer. The
association starts out with AZ charter mem
bers.
BROOKINGS-At the annual meet.
ing of h tennis club, the ollowin
officers We're elected: President, Nj. a
Bates: vice president, j. M. Fuller:
secretary,2D. f. Bailey; treasurer. r
Cook. TWAS voted to extend member.
ship at q nominal fee to women
MILLER-Prizes will be awarded to
boys In this county under rs years fnr.
the best acre OF corn raised this vear
n Commercial club Is meeting the ~.
fers and the prizes are $40 for the firs,
s2o for the second and $40 for the third
with smaller prizes for others.
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