The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-08-06
DAKOTA STATE NEWS

CLEAR L.AKE-Modern inventions, in.
Guiding the automobile, have placed Il. o
Carlson of this place in the championship
| class among beef butchers OF South Da.
! Rota. With his car provided with n large
| carrying box ut the rear that viii easily
hold the largest beef, he loads his tool,
| into the auto and drives to a farm where
there is an animal to be killed. With 8
patent derrick and special outfit, the beef
Is killed and dressed on the spot and with
in 50 minutes, according to Carlson's rec
! ord claims, the quarters are hanging in
the tcehoN or his market place.
CuSTER-With the addition Of facilities
for "A more patients planned, under the
recent action taken by the state board OF
charities and corrections. the state tuber-
culeSis sanatorinm here will be better able
TO meet the demands made upon II Ior aid,
The sAnatortum occupies $50 acres of land
owned by the state and 500 acres of gov
eminent reserve at an altitude of $50 feet.
The buildings are neat and there Is a fine
water plant. Forty-six patients are now
heirs cared for there.
BIG STONE CITY-Carl Binder. the
young man who attempted suicide here n
a hotel, died from his wounds Wednesday
morning. He had registered at the hotel
as coming from Aberdeen. and it is said
he has a brother in st, Paul, MINI. He
told the doctors after the shooting that he
had worked at S~undance, Wyo., for q
time and afterwards at a farm near Belle
Fourche, S. D.. The body viii be buried
here unless his relatives claim it,
IPSNICH-At a meeting of the board OF
directors of the Bank of Ipswich Wednes.
day afternoon NJ. Pin Beebee was elected
president to succeed Marcus p. Beebe, de|
ceased. The Bank of Ipswich has held tho
distinction OF being the first bank in the
state and the eighth In the United States
in amount of surplus and undivided profits
in proportion to its capital.
LEAD-More than 100 subpoenas were
served Wednesday on witnesses to appear
before the United States industrial com.
mission. which will be in session here Au.
gust 5 and 4. Sergeant at Arms Egan and
Assistant Sergeant at Arms Prendergast,
OF the commission, arrived today.
PIERRE-The state tax commission
fixed the assessment of all telegraph com.
panies in the state at 1929, 5SS, a reduction
of Sle0,pa from last year. The fixed valu-
alton of all telephones in the states is ST..
l62,lSS, an increase of $4,000.
ALEXANDRIA-Since he left his home
last Monday night clad only in shoes, I'M
derclothes and trousers, no trace has been
found of Elmer H. Bowers. His trousers
We're aTterward found on the bank of the
river, but dragging of the river bed has
thus far failed to discover his body. if ne
committed suicide. He had been troubled
for years with intense headaches. A lit
tie small change was found in the pockets
OF the trousers, but several bills which he
was known to have had a few days before
were missing.
MoRRTSTOWN-A ruling recently re-
ceived here from the general land
office Will be of great interest to young
people either now homesteading claims or
contemplating filing, with a view to mat
rimonial combination. The ruling holds
that where two homesteaders are married
before making proof on the land, they
may prove up on both claims and are
only required to complete their residence
on one of them. This will save losing one
OF the homesteads, as the case has been
in the past.
TYNDALL-That fruit can be success
fully raised in South Dakota is shown by
the results obtained by w. G.. Gretsch-
mann who has just finished the shipment
of his 1914 crop of cherries. During the
season he has sold more than $3.50 worth
OF this fruit alone raised on a small plot
of ground in his orchards.
SIOUX FALLS-Chairman A. n Eel
lows, or the Minnehaha county republican
central committee, has announced the ap-
pointment of George f. Jones, of Sioux
Falls, a member of the minority faction.
as secretary of the county committee. Mr..
Jones indicated, before the appointment
was made, that he would accept it. The
appointment is generally conceded to be a
one.
MITCHELLrLevi A. Stout, for more
than 20 years professor of mathematics in
Dakota Wesleyan university, was united
In marriage to Miss Mary Crawford, of
Martinsville, Ind. The couple have gone
on a honeymoon trip over the great lakes
to Niagara Falls, N. Y. They will visit in
New York and Boston before their return.
late in August.
MARION-Janes Theal, an Inherent la
borer, who said that he came from Ohio.
was I'm over by a freight train and later
died from his injuries. His last request
was for a cigaret.
PIERRE-A second death by violence in
the family of Joe Hazuka, formerly of
White River, occurred when a son was
killed while out hunting with a party of
youths. The party went down into the
brush along the White river for a hunt,
and scared up a rabbit, and in the chase
one of the Ericsson boys fired at the rabbit
just as the Hazuka hoy ran in front Of
the gun, and the charge of shot tore
through his body. Joe Hazuka. father of
the boy who was killed, last March COM
suicide.
BRITTON-While attempting to change
seats in a small boat while fishing in Clear
Lake, Dey Williams who has been oper-
ating a dray line here for the last two
years was drowned and Nose Johnson,
his companion, narrowly escaped a SINH
lar fate when the boat overturned, throw
ms them both into deep water.
PIERRE-Robert l.. Eddy, of Water
town, has presented the state museum
with the first postal note ever issued by
the Pierre postofice. It bears date Of Sep
8, 1888, and was signed by S. NJ.
Laird as postmaster. The note was is
sued for 10 cents, payable to bearer, and
was never cashed.
GETTYSBURG-Negotiations nave been
completed by which the Potter County
Telephone ompan contemplated a deal
with the Dakota Central company to AXE
over the central office business here and
at Lebanon, and the new arrangement will
become effective August /.
MOUNT yERNoN-comparing assess
ment figures with previous years., the big
gest change of note in personal property
was the raising of the assessment on ag-
implements in Prosper township
400 per cent. In Badger township the raise
amounted to 100 per cent.
SISSETON-A deal has been closed hare