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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-29
Piled in payment for good hard
country roads in said county.
Mitchell Urges Bond Issue.


Mitchell Urges Bond Issue.
Mr.. Mitchell was one OF the leading
speakers. He urged the bond issue OF
S1.0OO,000 as the only feasible means
| OF getting highway improvement dur
ing the lifetime of the present genera
tiOn. He cited the conditions in Yer.
million county. H.. where the voters,
with the example of what adequate
road revenue has done for Indiana, Just
across the county line. are this fall to
vote on bond issue of 81 SOC. 900. He
pointed to the fact that the bonds. II
issued here. would not be sold till
the money was needed and that inter
est would not be paid while the funds
were lying idle. BY this plan in two
or three years the main roads in the
county could be improved. while under
the special tax method Il would take
IL or 20 years to get the same work
done
r. r. Guyer said he had investigated
the records and found that the city
property owners in the county would
pay Y per cent CT the cost of road i'm
proyement under the bond plan, the
country people paying but % per cent.
In his opinion the bond issue would
meet with more opposition in the cities
than in the country.
Township Pays But Little.
William McEniry of Rock Island
also had looked up the records and
found that Canoe Creek would pay but
IS. 900 Of the total cost Of the proposed 1,
plan. hardly enough 10 build one mile
II hard roads He said 1000. 600 was
lot a large sum 10 expend for a pur
bose, the benefits OF which would be so
yreat and so generally distributed.
s. W. Searle of Rock Island urged
he importance to the country OF road
declaring that the com
1unities where such transportation
ABILITIES are provided excel others of
quail advantage otherwise but COM
elled TO use the old dirt highways. II
Others who spoke were DR.. W. E. '
aylor OF Moline, who predicted that ;
ith hard roads property in Canoe
reek township would advance 10 $500
Pr acre. Chairman George II. Rich Z
ond OF the county board. who said q
2 favored the project the others had Z
ivocated either by a bond issue or
: special assessment. r. W. Wood 7
,ck. secretary OF the county organiza-
1n. and Mayor VI. r Carlson OF Mo r
ie- I
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-29

Fifteenth Avenue Christisn-The
Loyal Sons class will give a masquer
ade sociable al the chapel Wednesday
/ evening. Entertainment will be pro
vided and refreshments will be served
Grace lutheran-The parochial
school picnic will be held at Prospect
park Tuesday. Cars will leave the
church at 10 a. m.
The choir will meet for rehearsal
Tuesday evening at the church.
The Ladies' Aid society will meet
Friday afternoon with Mrs William
Henke. 1882 Forty-first street.
The board of trustees will meet Fri
day evening at the parsonage.
Memorial christian-Prayer services
will be held Wednesday evening at the
church.
The Queen Esther guild will be en-
tertained at a musicale Tuesday even
ing at the home of Miss Jessie Bogue,
ga Second avenue.
Spencer Memorial Methodist-The
Ladies' Aid society will hold its month
iy business meeting and coffee Thurs
day afternoon al the home of Mrs
Earl Cameron, 1926 Seventh avenue.
The meeting will be held on the lawn
nection with it.
First Observation-Disclosures prayer |
services will be held Wednesday even |
ng at the church.
The Woman's Foreign Mission So
,iety will be entertained at the bunga-
ow OF Mrs. John Battles on the
Watch Tower line Thursday afternoon
I o'clock.
German EVangelieaI-The boys OF
he Sunday school between the ages
( Q and II will meet at the church
his evening.
The choir will meet for rehearsal
uesday evening at the church.
German school will be held at the
nurch Tuesday. Wednesday and
thursday mornings from to II
clock
The Ladies' society will meet in
Ionthly session at the church Thurs
ay afternoon.
United Presbyterian-Prayer serv-
es ill be held Wednesday evening at
le church.
Friday evening services preparatory
communion next Sunday vii, be
I'D at the church. Rev. II. T. Jackson
Mcclellan Heights church. Daven-
Ut. will preach the sermon. meet
& OF the session and trustees will be
Id at the close Of the service.
Broadway Presbyterian-Mid-w
aver services will be held Wednes-
y evening at the church.
Thursday afternoon at 4 O'Clock the J
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-29
@akZNai1kSdlki 4 s.

Fifteenth Avenue Christian-The
Loyal Sons class will give a masquer-
ade sociable at the chapel Wednesday
evening. Entertainment will be pro-
vided and refreshments will be served.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-29
C.1o average
D1r QIrR9 IL
Spring Model Coats, Suits, Dresses. Skirts =

$1,000 to S12.z5 suits reduced to light weight
serges suitable for wear now G. ~
and early fall ................~ ~
$500 to 5000 womens suits: stylish
suits in serge, poPln; also g. I'D
gra,-s for stut.t f. gures ~ ~ ~
$500 to $1,000 High Grade suits, exclusive
models-one of a kind-best GIL. -
tailoring and fabrics ~ -
$3.50 to 1913 coats for misses and women, in
serges and fancy mixtures CO n0
and diagonals - <ppeS9p
$1,000 to 500 stylish coats, many of these
garments silk lined O. ~
throughout .>S>@e SS@
$500 to $500 highest grade coats, choice of
nny rfm mi nnr s,a high class $1,000
Miscellaneous lot of skirts, serge dresses and
few nets formerly Ga 40
priced $2.0S to S. 90 ........ ~ SO
$50 to $1,000 cloth skirts CO ~
reduced to .......... <pA&s 20
SI.9S stylish combination linene n0~
colored dresses Observation-Disclosures &eC
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-29

SI.oo womens house dresses in percale and
bingham, factory lots. excellent make, E0o
while they last, choice .............. wv
25c womens corset covers lace and M
embroidery trimmed limited quantitesIVN
25c chidren's rompers. ginghams. plain col
in tan: while they last, sizes tot n~
I years; limited quantities ........ NV
Women's gowns, petticoats corset covers and
all-over embroidered combinations. We have
just received large shipment of gowns and
petticoats-the greatest values 0R~
we ever offered a ....-...... wv
$500 value muslin gowns, princess slips,
skirts combinations-the creations;
terials, nainsook, imported e. 0R
crepe cloth and seco silk $50. ~HsoO
25c to 3oc women's brasseres, lace and en-
broidery trimmed; all sizes; En~
while they last Observation-Disclosures. wv
SI.oo and SI.5o corsets, in all satisfactory
lots-materials of coutil and batiste four hose
supporters attached; lace and embroidery
trimmed; tops with En~
draw strings OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. wv
SI.Oo childrens dresses in percale. lawn and
gingham, to years and to II years: as
sorted colors; while En~
lHcE 'dSt ...... .-....... ~ ~ ~
$50 to s.. so chidren's dresses, in gingham,
percale. rep, galatea, some with patent leath-
er belt: to Il: the Or
new styles ...........: $500. >~>>
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-02-05
SON RESlSTS POLICY BENEFIT
GOING OUTSIDE OF FAMILY

Sioux Falls, S. D., Feb. Am i'm
portant case, which will determine
whether or not the beneficiary of a
death benefit certificate in the order of
the Mystic Shrine a be a person
other than the widow, son or other di-
rect relatives Of the deceased is about
to be tried in the state circuit court
here.
The death benefit certificate OF a mar
named Christian5Un for S57S is in
VOWED in the case. The certificate
was issued to him by Ell Rad temple
OF the Mystic Shrine, of this city, and
when he died it was found shat he
named a Miss Madison as his bene-
icfary.
Miss Madison and the Shriners' or
ganiZation We're made the defendants
in an action instituted by VIM. l..
Christensen, son of the dead man, who
contests the payment of the money to
Miss Madison on the ground that it was
the intent of the Shrine that such
money should be paid over to the
widow or orphans of a deceased mem
Der. He secured an order restraining
the Shriners from paying the money
to Miss Madison.
The proper officers of the Shrine now
have deposited the money with the
clerk of the circuit court, where it will
remain until it is decided by the cir
cult court to whom it shall be paid,
whether to Miss Madison or to VIM. l..
Christensen. This is the frst case of
the kline in the history of the local
Shriners' lodge.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-02-05
INDIANS CLAIM FUNDS
HELD BACK UNLAWFULLY

Aberdeen, S. D., Jan. 3O.-There is
general unrest among indians of the
cheyenne reservation in western South
Dakota over the manner in which the
government had held up trust funds
belonging to them, and a general coun-
Gil of Sioux Indians west Of the river
will be called in the near, future to
meet at Cherry creek to discuss the
matter preparatory to laying the claims
before the board of Indian affairs at
Washington.
AT the present time several hundred
thousands CT dollars belonging to the
Indians are held in trust by the gov
eminent, these funds accruing from the
sale of Indian lands. Although 1t is
understood many of the Indian families
are in a destitute condition, none OF
these funds can be had.
Since the custom of leasing lands ON
the reservation to the large cattle in
terests was established 20 years ago,
the Indians nave Deer gradually
forced out Of the stock business, until
today but few w any stock of their
own. 1t is proposed by the chiefs OF
the several tribes to compel the gov
nme to turn over a portion of these
funds to enable the Indians to enter
stock raising for themselves.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-02-05
Warned
AGAINST AN ILLINOIS
live STOCK dealer
Official Letter Is Sent to the
Farmers and Dairymen
of State.

Pierre, S. D., Jan. so.-Secretary
Cock, of the Live Stock Sanitary board.
is ~serA4ing out an official letter warn
ing farmers and dairymen against buy
Ing dairy cattle shipped from one
James Dorsey, of Gilbert and Pingree
Grove. III. The letter states that
Dorsey goes to places where tubercular
tests are being made in diaries, and
buys up cattle discharged in those
tests as unfit to meet the requirements.
and in turf ships these out and sells
them to unsuspecting buyers after
fixing up a health certificate Of his own
for the cattle. The SoutH Dakota board
reports that eight carloads of this stock
have been shipped into South Dakota,
and 1T Is presumed that a considerable
part Of the stock is affected with
tuberculosis. The shipments have
been made inn IS states. the letter
says, and the South Dakota board has
on file a letter SEN out broadcast by
the state veterinarian of Wyoming
against the am man.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-02-05
HELD ON CHARGE OF
SHOOTING MOTHERiNLAW

Bison, S. D.. Jan. 31.-William Hall
Is under arrest here, charged with
shooting his motherinlaw, Mrs. Sol
Nerene. Hall and his family have
been living with Mrs. Nerene and it is
claimed that Hall stepped from a bed
room to the door of the living room,
Wherein Mrs. Nerene was sitting, inc
opened fire on his motherinlaw. The
first shot struck the window casing
near her head and the second shot
struck the woman in the right arm.
causing her to fall TO the floor. Hall
then hltched a team of horses to a load
OF hay and drove to Hettinger, where
he was arrested as a fugitive from
justice. He was held until op officer
arrived at Hettinger from Perkins
county who brought him to Bison for
safe keeping. Hall denies doing the
shooting and says he knew nothing of
the affair until arrested at Hettinger
and says some one else must have done
the shooting. Both Mrs. Hall and her
mother claim Hall had peer abusive to
them and that they were afraid of
him.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-02-05
MUNICIPAL PHONE SYSTEM
UNDER FIRE AT MITCHELL

Mitchell, S. D., Jan. 30.-The rom
stitutionality of the South Dakots.
statute permitting municipalities to
construct and operate telephone sys-
TENS was attacked by counsel for
T. j. Spangler in the suit brought by
him to enjoin the city of Mitchell from
building the 10000 system authorized
at "a special election last June.
T. FL. Null, of Huron, general counsel
for the Dakota Central Telephone COM
pany, who represented Mr.. Spangler In
the suit, argued that a telephone
system was an internal improvement
n as such was inhibited by the state
constitution. 1t was further argued
that the majority of the voters of the
city had not voted in favor of the is
suance of the bonds.
h contention Of the city is the
case, which was heard by Judge Robert
=. Trip, of Yankton, sitting for Judge
Frank B. Smith, is that the con
stitutional provision applies only to
the state government as to the limit of
legal Indebtedness and that under the
law the limit is as high as Is per cent
Of the city's assessed valuation.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-02-05
MAY START INVESTIGATION
AFTER LAPSE OF 80 YEARS

Blunt, s. D., Feb. 2-The mystery
surrounding the n resting place of
a brother of l.. M. Hovesson. of
Brandon, S. D., who died 80 years ago
may be revealed as the result of the
recent finding of the skeleton of a
human man being by Frank Wright
and John Fleischman while hunting in
the hills east Of Canning. Information
of the finding of the skeleton was given
in the public press at the time. Now
Mr.. Wright is in receipt of a letter
from the Brandon man stating that he
has reasos to believe the skeleton may
be that OF his brother. who died on a
homestead in that vicinity abelt 80
years ago. n whose body, according
to the information received by his
relatives, was buried on his land. The
brother was reported to have become
suddenly i'll, dying a short time later.
L.. M. Hovesson Il that he has
reason to believe his brother was the
victim of foul play, and n~otwithstand-
ing that 80 years have elapsed since
his death, he states he will at once
start an investigation so if the foul
play theory is found correct, punish
ment yet a be melted out to the
siayers If they yet are on earth and
can be located.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-02-05
ADMITS POISONING HORSES
TO SECURE CARCASSES

Aberdeen, S. d. FEB. 3.-Mike kem-
Ter OF this place has won credit for be-
ing the meanest man in South Dakota.
He has just confessed to having
poisoned Is horses, some OF them
FLOODED animals and others family pets.
tina he might make a few dollars
selling their skins and rendering out
their cas- in a tallow works he
onduc at the outskirts OF town.
For many weeks the Aberdeen
authorities have been trying to catch
q fiend who had been poisoning horses.
Finally suspicion was attacked to KEN
Ter, and he was watched and sufficient
evidence secured TO warrant his arrest.
When arrested by Deputy Sheriff r. c..
Wychorr, kemler made an eXcuse to
step from h house, and, apparently
unobserved by the officer rushed to
the stable to get a bottle half full Of
arsenic, which he had hidden above
the stable door.
When he found the bottle gone, and
was told by Wyckoff that the officer
mad 1t in his own pocket, Kemler broke
and confessed. Kelmer said the
ldea hrst occurred to him last summer
when he was regretting that there were
so rev animals on the city dump. Then
the idea occurred to him to help out
business by poisoning some animal. To
avert suspicion, he went to Sioux Falls
10 secure poison. He sprinkled some
OF the poison in a pasture where horses
Ieo, and there was a marked increase in
the number Of dead animals hauled TO
the dump heap.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-02-05
MINISTER ACCUSED OF
MAILING OBSCENE LETTERS

Winner, S. D., Feb. Rev. Lyngo
j. Kelly, pastor of the Methodist Epis-
copal church here, was arrested yes
terday by United States Marshal Nc
Queen, on the charge of sending OBJ
scene literature through the mails.
One specific charge is contained in n
letter to a young lady at Council
Bluffs, La. Fifteen or 16 other letters
are in possession of the marshal.
Rev. Mr.. Kelly had his hearing be-
fore United States Commissioners lie
bach and was bound over in the sum
of $1,000 to await action by the United
States district court at Deadwood. II
bail is not secured he viii lie taken to
Deadwood. Rev. Mr.. Kelly is a native
of London, England, but came here
three months ago from Omaha to take
the passionate of the Methodist Episco-
pal church, left yacant by the resigna-
ton OF Rev. Mr.. Crowder. He is said
TO be a good speaker and was planning
a lecture tour this summer on the ly-
celim platf0rrn
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-02-05
PRISONER SETS fire
TO SELbY JAIL and IS
ALMOST ~SUFF0CATED
An Overlooked Match Is Sup
posed to Be Cause of
the Blaze.

Selbv, 8. D.. Jan. 31.-Fire which
started in a mysterious n in one
Of the cells Of the new county jail
here burned everything in the cell that
was of a combustible nature, and a
prisoner who was in the cell narrowly
escaped death. When the prisoner
was placed in Jail he was searched
and it vas supposed that all the
matches In his possession were taken
from him, but he must nave found one
in his clothing that was overlooked
and with it started the fire for a pur-
pose known only to himself. When
w. F. Williams, jailor of the building,
opened the outer door of the Jail, he
was greeted by a suffocating cloud Of
smoke. Hearing groans in the steel
cell where the prisoner vas confined he
went to his rescue, with the aid Of
f1remen, who had been summoned to
the Gene. The prisoner was found
lying on the floor with his head in one
corner Of the cell and his overcoat
collar wrapped tightly about his head.
he not taken these precautions ne
would have persisted.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-02-05
MEN ACCUSED BY MRS.
MAGGIE ROSS ACQUITTED

South Bend, Wash Feb. 2.-Eleven
residents of the North River country,
accused by Mrs. Margaret Ross, prom
inent as a speaker during the last
state and national campaign, of hav-
Ing driven her from her homestead and
burned her cabin several weeks ago,
We're acquitted by a jury here today.
The formal charge was intimidation
n coercion.
Mrs. Ross. who has been seriously i'll,
as the result of the exposure to which
she was subjected when she was forced
out of her home with her two sons and
made to. tramp and ride horseback
many miles through mud and rain.
told her story to tsr jury. which was
corroborated by her son The jury
found. however, that the identity of the
men in III gang had not been estab-
lished beyond reasonable doubt.
Mrs. Ross formerly published 'The
Critic" at Sioux Falls. S. D..
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-02-05
TWO DAMAGE vERDlcTs BY
SIOUX FALLS DISTRICT COURT

Sioux Falls, S. D., Feb. 2.-Juries in
h state circuit court which is in ses-
sion here have disposed of two damage
suits. One of the cases was that of
Mrs. Mary Garrigan, who conducts a
rooming house in the business district,
who sued J. N. Donovan, q local at
torney, who has offices under her
apartments, for damages in the sum OF
$25,000 for defamation of character.
The jury awarded Mrs. Garrigan
damages of $500. The other case was
that of James Bryson. who sued the To-
cal street railway company for
damages sustained when a street car
ran him down. The jury awarded him
damages in the sum of $500.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-02-05
WATERFOWL MASONIC ORDER
WILL ERECT LARGE TEMPLE


Watertown. S. D., Feb. members
of the Masonic fraternity in Watertown
have taken the preliminary steps to-
ward h erection of a handsome
Masonic temple at Watertown the
coming year. The fraternity some time
time purchased a tract of ground
adjoining the Flatiron park for a build
ing site, and a building committee is
now at work on plans for the new
temple which will undoubtedly be
built h coming season and will prove
Il of the handsomest Masonic
editices in South Dakota.
The Watertown city commissioners
nave approved plans for the CON
struction Of IA blocks of additional
paving the coming seasSn. Some of
this viii be parked, making the area
necessary to pave smaller than would
otherwise be the case, and at the same
time identifying the city.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-02-05
LAWRENCE HAD LED IN
NUMBER OF STATE OFFICERS

Pierre, S. d. Feb. Am inquiry to
one of the state departments pertain
ing to the geographical distribution of
elective state officers since statehood
reveals the following: Lawrence
county leads in number Of officials
elected, having had eight. Beadle,
Brown and Lincoln had six each: Min,
nehaha and Yankton, five; Bookings,
Clay, Dawson and Faulk, four; Bon
Honame, Clark, Hughes, Hutchinson,
Kingsbury. Mcpherson, Sphinx and
turner three. Aurora, Bennett. Buff
falo, Butte, Charles Mix, Corson. Gus
ter. Dewey, Edmunds, Fall River,
Gregory, Hamlin, Harding. Lyman,
Mccook, Mellette. Miner, Perkins, Pot
ter. Stanley, Sully. Trip and lie
bach have y been successfully
represented upon a state ticket.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-02-05
TESTING VALIDITY OF
AUTOMOBILE LICENSE LAW

Howard. S. D., Jan. 30.-Judge Tay-
lor, of Huron, now has under consid-
Grafton a case which. in effect, will
determine the constitutionality of the
auto license tax passed by the last leg
1slature. William Hoffert, of Howard.
was arrested for running his car on a
public highway without having nail
his license. Before the hearing Hoffert
applied to Judge I. Taylor for a writ
OIL habea corpus on the ground that he
was being restrained from his liberty
without authority Of law, claiming that
the law was void.
The writ was granted and the case
argued on January %. C. c. Caldwell.
Of Howard, appeared for the state.
MI. Null, attorney for Hoffert, contend
ed that the law was void for the rea-
son that it involves a double tax on
automobiles. Mr.. Caldwell, on the
other hand. claims that the fee is not
a tax. but a license for the privilege of
running an automobile on the public
highways.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-02-05
FALL RIVER HOMEsTEADER
GETS EIGHT YEARSAIN PRISON

Hot Springs. S. D.. Jan. 31.-Plead-
ing guilty to the charge of man
slaughter, j.. r. Maxwell, of Fall River
county, has been sentenced to a term
Of eight years in the Sioux Falls peni-
tertiary. As the defendant is in fail
ing health it is believed his sentence
Is equivalent to a life term. He vas
arrested December 10 last on the charge
of having murdered Michael Murphy,
a Fall River county homesteader. The
difficulty between the two men. which
resulted in the death of Murphy, ap-
pears from all reports received by the
authorities to a been a drunken
brawl, and owing to the circumstances
surrounding the tragedy the charge
against Maxwell was changed to man
slaughter.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-02-05
ALLEGED CATTLE
HUSTLER IS HELD
TO CIRCUIT COURT
Man Found in Oklahoma Re-
turned Here for Pre-
liminary Trial.

Winner, S. D., Feb. S.--A. a. Short,
living near Witten, Trip, county, who
last week was located by the sheriff,
and returned here from Guthrie, Okla.
to answer to tho charge OF cattle rust
ling. had his preliminary hearing be-
fore Judge Calender and was bound
owe in the sum of 81, 900 to await ac-
ton of the circuit court. He was no
sooner released than he was taken
again in charge by Deputy Sheriff
Jones, of Mellette county. on a similar
charge, preferred by Alfred Anderson,
of that county, who positively identi-
fled the brands as being those of his
stock In Mellette county. 1t was while
Rev. L.. J. Kelly was taking the steno-
graphic reports of this case that he was
himself arrested by Marshal Mcqueen
on the charge of sending Objectionable
matter through the mail.