The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1913-11-27
DAKOTA STATE NEWS

DIE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. per cent OF the
voters of Kingsbury county have regis
tered for the right TO vote at the March
primary election. The vote in 1912 was
.1G and the registration thus far is 2,059.
rhe registration is divided as follows: Re
,uh,icans. 1.425; democrats, 433; prohibi-
.ionists, IS; socialists, SO. The democrats,
according TO the registration, have lost
,hout 40 per cent of their vote, while the
republicans have gained 20 per cent, or
nearly as many votes as the democrats
lost.
CLEAR LAKE-GeoIge l.. Flathers, a
local business man, had an interesting ex-
perience with five foxes, which a FARMER
raptured and sold to him alive. The ami
mails were imprisoned in a room and dur
Ing the night gnawed their way into an
adjoining room, where there were a large
/ number of hens. in the morning 40 of the
chickens were found dead. Fathers lost
no time In sending the animals to fox
heaven.
wAGNER-While attending a funeral,
and while the funeral procession was on
Its way to the church, death came sud-
denly to Mrs. N. Drappeau, one of the
mourners. Seized with a sudden attack
of heart failure she nearly fell from
the buggy in which she was riding and
was dead when reached by others. She
was we'll advanced in years and was q
pioneer settler of this part of the state.
SIOUX FALLS-Nathaniel Taft, aged
Sc, cousin of former President W.. II. Taft,
died at the home of his daughter at West
Sioux Falls, a suburb of this city. Mr..
Taft came here a year ago from Port
Jervis, n. Y, where he lived 81 years. He
was one of the Oldest railroad engineers
in the United States, having run a loco
motive for 62 years on the Boston. Wor-
cester & Pittsburgh road.
WOOD-while assisting I'm grading a
road near Rosebud Indian gency Iron
Shooter, a Sioux, unearthed what is
thought to be the tooth Of some prehis-
toric animal. 1t measures 3h inches in
circumference and 6 inches in length. The
tooth was found about seven feet below
the surface Of the ground.
WEBSTER-While seated In his office
! without a light, Emmett Forbes, manager
of a local fuel company. had an interest
ing experience with a burglar. The thief,
not aware that any one was in the room.
opened a window and entered. Then
| Forbes switched on the light and made
for the intruder. who, however, succeeded
in making his escape through the window
which he had opened.
ELK POINTING funeral of George r.
Freeman was held Friday afternoon at his
residence in this city. Tt was conducted
under the auspices of the Masonic lodge,
Of this city, of which he had been a mem
Der for 45 years. He also was a Shriner
and a member of the consistory of Sioux
City. The body was taken on the 8 o'clock
Milwaukee passenger train to Lake City,
Mimi, for burial.
HIGHMORE-The corn contest of the
boys of Hyde county and the girls indus
trial contest will close December 6. On
that day the corn submitted in the con-
test, and the exhibits made by the girls.
will be judged. The entire day will be-
devoted to the boys and girls of the coun-
ty. The exhibits will be made in the base
ment OF the new county court house
building.
ABERDEEN-Gust Pagones. a Greek
business man of this place, has received
word from his brothers, Nick and Peter.
VINO are his partners in various enter
pr1ses in Aberdeen, hat they will leave
Greece In a few days for Aberdeen. after
two years lighting in the Balkans. When
the war broke out with Turkey, Peter and
NICK Pagones sailed for Greece, and have
since taken an active part in the fighting.
ALPENA-Ellis Jones, a pioneer resi-
dent of this section, died suddenly at the
nome OF his daughter, Mrs. w. A. Scheel.
He had been feeling we'll and ate his
breakfast as usual. After breakfast he
went into another room. A. few minutes
later when his daughter entered the room
she found him dead.
ARIlNGTON-A half section 1920 acresp
OF land purchased by Oscar Sederstrom.
TOUR miles south of town IA wears ago for
$3.50 has just been sold for $16,3 800. The
Investment naade him nearly 81, 600 per year
curing the IA years from the increase in
the value Of the land alone, and. In addi-
tion, he raised profitable crops on the
land each year.
MENNo-Thus far a total of 213o voters
OF Hutchinson county have registered for
the right to vote at the March primary
electlons. or this number, there are l,1s
republicans, 81 democrats, Is Prohibition
ists, . socialists, % independent and II pro
eresslVes. Those registering as 'inde-
pendents' and "progressives" will need to
change the record or be barred.
HoRoN-The Northwestern railway is
investing about SIZE, 900 in improvements in
This city in the form of new passenger
and freight and office buildings. Althonph
me passenger station is not yet COM
pieted. a part Of 1t will be used for the
passenger business from now on, SO that
the OLD passenger station can be torn out
ana the new tracking arranged before a
hard freeze sets in.
M1TCHELL-one of the important cases
70 De tried during a term Of state circuit
- y dawson county, which will con-
we've mere Tuesday of this week, with
Judge f. B. Smith presiding, will be that
~ winch Mrs. Helene Veeder Anderson.
former art teacher, is charged with grand
larceny. She is accused of having stolen
arl,cies from rooms of students at South
dakota Wesleyan university.
M1LBANK-The fall term OF circuit
court for Grant county will convene here
tuesday of this week, with Judge Nc
Nuify presiding. A large number of civil
cases are to be disposed OF during the
Term. There were two criminal cases on
the calendar, but the defendants succeed
cd IN making their escape.
CENTERvILLE-A total of 2, o25 voters
.. turner county nave registered for the
rlght to vote at the March primaries.
ihis Is not quite 20 per cent OF the total
number oflVoters in the county. 1t is esti-
mated that of those registered about S5
per cent are republicans.
PARKER-J. s. Pingrey, a prominent
farmer eight miles south OF Parker, lost
his left hand while cranking his auto.
The crank caught his glove and wound uu
MS hand and crushed it so 1t had to be
amputafed