The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-03-26

!! SOUTH DAKOTA BRIEFS,

PlERRE-There is heard talk In Pierre
about the organization of a very extern
sive association to be known as the West
OF the River Development company with
the purpose of particularly developing
agriculture and settlement west of the
Missouri. Special inquiries are being made
concerning it, and 1t will probably be a
very powerful and wide reaching associa-
ton.
YANKTON-C. P. and P. L. Hanson, of
Bridgewater, sold the ]. H. Hirschman
land S1e miles east OF here last Saturday
at auction. a small crowd was present
but the bidding was fast. PE. Hanson
sold the land to Tom Frick. Of Yankton.
for the sum of sic, 4SO for about 70 acres
of land. The Hansons nave one of the
best records in South Dakota for selling
land at auction.
LAKE ANDES-Thomas Brotherson, OF
this place, has been granted a patent on
a potato bug exterminator of his inven-
ton. The machine bears some rese,n-
biance to a corn planter and it is said that
actual demonstrations nave proved that
it does the work claimed for it. With the
machine, the bugs on a 10-acre field of
potatoes can be exterminated in a single
day.
MARTIN-on complaint of Louis Pou-
liSI, d StOChIldl VI tIliS VICINITY, a war
rant was sworn out for the arrest of
Louis Larvie, charging him with the theft
of a number of horses belonging to Pou-
ricr or which were under his care. Deputy
Sheriff Youman traced the defendant to
Merriman, Neb., where he was arrested.
The prisoner waived extradition papers.
DOLAND-E. w. Hall. who recently was
engaged as an agricultural expert for
Sphinx county by the Sphinx County Farm
Improvement association, has assumed his
new duties and his work among the farm
ers of the county is expected to result in
scientific methods being adopted and the
crop production of the county greatly in
creased.
BEREsFoRD-The report has been re-
eeived that the Northwestern Railway
is contemplating erecting a fine
new station in Beresford. Such a build
ing is badly needed to take care of the
steadily increasing traffic. The an
nual business of the railway mpan here
mount TO about 100000.
PIERRE-The Rockerville Telephone
company of Pennington county has been
incorporated by Benz. Rush, Dan r.. Nor
Tis, r. M. Peabody, f. E.. Christensen.
Patrick Dillon and Ferdinand Kieffen.
with capital stock of $1,000.
ARDMoRE-Good progress is being
made in the work of sinking a test well
in the territory near here where it is ex-
pected an extensive oil field will be de-
veloped. The casing is being sunk as fast
as the test well is drilled, tslus insuring a
0 sized hole when the oil sands are
encountered.
ALExANDRIA-Now that the city
council has called a special election to
submit to the voters the question of is
suing bonds for a municipal electric light
system, sentiment in favor of the CITY
owning the system is said to be W
1t is expected the bonds will be voted.
WILMoT-Members of the local board
of education have recently visited a nm.
bsr of the surrounding towns and inspect
ed school buildings for the purpose of get
ting pointers which Will b valuable In
connection with a new public school build.
ing which is TO be erected in Wilmot.