The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1913-05-29
DAKOTA STATE NEWS

ceived the first application for automo-
bile licenses under the new law Thurs
day morning, Beadie county getting
four, Sphinx county three, n Law
renee county, II Tag number l, how
ever, VIII be issued to S. w. Cfaw-
ford, of Letcher. Sanborn county. Mr..
Crawford introduced the new motor We
hicle bill in the legislature last session.
SISSETON-The third bank to be 10
Gated on the new Paramount n Web
len railroad within a month is the
Dakota State bank of Roberts county,
with Joh Gurno, of Thunder Hawk;
Henry Helvig, Andrew Warwick, and
j. w. Darlington, of Sisseton, as incor-
po~rators. Helvig is president, Warwick
is vice president, and Gumo is cashier.
The bank is capitalized for $4,000.
MILLER-A class of II win be grad
uated from the high school here to
night. Exercises occur in the opera
house. The graduates are Ira S. john
son, Leone Cotton, Viola Zimmerman,
Bernice Kinttgh. Elizabeth Galkins.
Hugh w. Conner, Marguerite Waite,
Goldie Wilson, Joseph Lawler, Mar
guerite Weir.
PIERRE-Bank Examiner J. L.
Wingfield came in from Mitchell and is
having a meeting today with ]. Thorne
and A. Fl. Bloom, stockholders of the
Capa bank. relatiYe to the affairs of
that institution. 1t is understood that
the bank will be reopened within Il day
or SO.
RAPID CITY-Judge Frank ESline
has decided to remove to Colorado
Springs and there win probably inter
the newspaper field, He came to Rapid
City at the time of the building in of
the Milwaukee railroad n has been
engaged in the practice of law.
MILLER ii is now estimated by cat
tlemen that the country around here
n west to the river is again filled
with stock cattle. Besides the stockers
shipped in, hundreds of Holstein dairy
COWS have been added to the numbers.
TABOR-At a special election held
here to determine to which two or three
applicants saloon licenses hould be
granted for the year commencing July
/, M. b. Welfl and Bouska e Kulis
received the highest number of votes.
ABERDEEN-Mrs. A. e. Mehner.
whose husband. an engineer on the
Milwaukee railroad, was accidentally
killed in Washington last fall. was
awarded $500 by the company in set
tlement of all claims.
WHITE OWL-The new creamery at
Marcus has been completed. The ma
chinery has arrived at Faith, and it
is expected the creamery will be in OPP
GRAFTON by June /.
Miller. H.. Cole has paid thu
first inheritance tax to the state ever
collected in Hand county 1t was for
the estate of the late DR.. Viersen, Of
Peila, Ia, who owned land here. The
state got $416.64.
GROTON-Elaborate preparations
have been made for the proper obser-
vance next Sunday of the Goth ami
of the founding of the local
Lutheran society.
PIERPONT-Work has commenced
drilling a new artesian we'll here. 1t
is designed to furnish an ample sup
ply for fire protection and domestic
purposes.
WATERTOWN-The Dakota Sc
company of this city will i'm
mediately begin the erection of a big
three-ioor brick department store at
the corner of Kemp avenue and Sec
ond street r. according to
ment authorized by the president OF
the company, S. X. Way. The buiIo-
ing will be one of the largest busi-
ness blocks in the city and viii, cost
with fixtures, approximately 10000.
SIOUX FALLS-The investigation
of the internal troubles among the
corps of government meat inspectors
''' AiNs iii1ii S1o S1iiC0'-
uied to start yesterday. did not ma
.terialize as was expected. This was
due to the non-arrival of r. p. Sted-
don, of Washington, chief of the meat
inspectors division of the bureau OF
animal industry.
ONIDA-W. H. Spencer, of western
Sully county, who owns the old aban-
doned town of F~airbank, once the me-
of this county, has completer
the first unit of his irrigation plant,
and is ready to turn the water upon
200 acres of rich Missouri river bot
in case he needs it. His plant
is sufficient to pump water for 1000
MIDLAND-One solid trainload of
Young stock, l and 2-year-old cattle
from the Panhandle country, was
shipped into Midland last week. The
are being readily sold to farm
ers and stock men in this vicinity.
and range are furnishing
more feed than for several years past.
BRIDGEWATER Memorial day
will be observed here. A program, of
speaking and music has been arranged,
parted veterans will be streWn with
by the school children. Frank
Mitchell. of Salem, will be the
A EEL
SPEARFISH-Her horse, frighten-
ing at a rapidly passing automobile,
caused a serious runaway near town,
in which Mrs. William Morden, aged
10, was thrown out and 1t is believed
injured.
ELK POINTING call is out for the
school election the second
Tuesday in June. at which the propo-
sition of issuing bonds for $4,000 to
build a new high school for elk Point
will be voted.
PIERRE-The ~cataloguing of the
state library under the new state Ii
act, shows 42,575 volumes on
the shelves, Of which 29.0T4 are bound
books, the rest being pamphlets.
EGAN-The Egan band, which is
conceded to be the best in this part
or the state, conternpiates giving street
weekly here, commencing the
Saturday evening In June.
LENNoX-Dick Highstreet sold an
S0-acre tract of and to his nephew,
s. Highstreet, the land adjoining
the latter's farm; the consideration be-
ing 500 per acre.
PIERRE-Governor Byrne has de-
eided to give Winner the benefit of a
census and has selected Charles NJ.
for that duty.