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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-01-29
MRS. GRIFFIN SANS GUN
ACCIDENTALLY DISCHARGED

HEna
Ipswich, S. D.. Jan. 2T.-The trial OF
Mrs. Maud Griffin, of Leola, S. D.,
charged with the murder OF her hus-
band, George Griffin, at Leola, March
81, 1918. took rather an unexpected
turn when the defendant went on the
stand In her own defense. 1t had been
thought all along that the defense put
up to the charge would be that of self
defense. but really proved to be the
accidental discharge of a shotgun.
Her story was to the effect that her
husband returned home in the evening
after a poker game with one of the
attorneys for the prosecution, on the
day of the killing. He was intoxicated
and began to abuse her and strike her.
She attempted to pack a grip to leave
Tor Pierre, where she had relatives,
when he came into the bed room and
renewed his abuse. She seized a shot
gun standing In h bed room and at
tempted to strike him with the muzzie
of 1t. He grabbed the gun with one
hand and dragged her to the door with
the other. intending. as she says he
said. to throw both her and the gun
out of doors. Just as he started to un-
latch the screen door she wrenched the
gun from him and struck him over
the back with It the gun exploding in
her hands. She declared that she did
not know the gun was loaded, and the
testimony OF a nephew was introduced
showing that he had thoughtlessly left
the gun loaded the day before upon
his return from a hunting trip.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-01-29

A German Chemist. AT Harovar ~.
1ucceeded in making hard coal out e
tne elements of which the coal In mines
was formed. His estimate il that il
se2K S.O00.OO0 years for this coal Ia a.
sumo Its present condition.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-01-29

majority OF Japanese publicists.
VINO advocate emigration, do 40 be-
cause they desire the extension Of Ia
anes influence. not because it bene-
siss me Thus the Japanese
% OF rather an artificial nafnra
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-01-29
DETECTIVE BURNS WAS
ONCE HRoOkiNGs RESIDENT

BroodnEs. 8. D.. Jan. 27.-That
William ]. Burns. the famous detec-
dvA was q resident OF Brookings in
the early days has been revealed by a
conversation on q train a few days ago
between the famous detective and
Cecil Skinner and Bland Catlett,
Brookings young men. who are at
tending b University OF Michigan.
They met The detective while on a
train returning 10 their studies at Ann
Arbor. Upon learning where the
young men lived, MI. Burns stated he
was well acquainted In Brookings. Ac-
cording to his story, he was a resident
OF Brookings in the early 1908, having
been connected with the office of the
United States marshal here. He re-
Hferred to q number of pioneer citizens
ms old friends, and remembered their
names without effort. The fact that
he received his start In he man
bunting profession in Brookings will
e news to present residents OF
Brookings n South Dakota in gem
eral.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-01-29

The cattle OF Brazil, according to Dr..
- Melvin. are not Of such good
quality as those of Argentina and uru-
gaay q h stock is largely mixed
Wish the zebu n East Indian catfie.
n strain Of blood is very readi
seen in most OF the Brazilian cattle.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-01-29
RECEIVERS SPEECH AFTER
BEING DUMB FOUR YEARS

Rapid City, s. D.. Jan. 23.-After hav-
ing been speechless for a period of four
years. John Platt, a well known citi-
zen of Rapid City. suddenly recovered
his speech. Four years ago he suf-
fected his vocal chords In such a way
that he lost the power OF speech. Re-
Gently 1t was discovered that his loss
OF speech was due to q displacement
Of the vertebra at some part Of the
spine. n an operation was performed.
with the result that Mr.. Platt again
is able to converse with his friends as
freely as before he was rendered
e~peechless,
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-01-29

Dnring the recent snow storm. 81
anv Colo. the church co~ngreeati,na
esser Meeting. d~isbanded and halnaaS
rs KS clLy.sln removing the snow frnm
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-01-29
klMBALL BOARD DID NOT
TRY TO BLACKLIST ROvD

Kimball. 8. D.. Jan. 23.--Members Of
the Kimball school board very en-
phatically deny that they tried to pre-
vent Alec Boyd's son, suspended by
the Kimhall school officers, from get
ting admitted to n Of the snjoining
country schools. Indications S.re that
the effort to force the boari 70 rein
state young Boyd will resul, IA a very
interesting law suit, as the parties In
volved are very much wrought up over
the affair.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-01-29

A clock has been invented whicI
runs by it's w weight.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-01-29
TECHNICAL SITUATION
KEPT BANK SISpENDED

Faulkton, S. D., Jan. 2S.-The Sc
curity State bank Of this city has been
reorganized and j. L. Wingfeld, of
the state banking department, turned
the institution over to it's new Of
Ulcers yesterday afternoon.
This bank has always been a Morse
bank, A. W. Morse owning practically
all the stock at the time OF his death.
He was it's first only president up to
this time.
The death of Mr.. Morse left but two
directors, one of these being Mrs.
Morse, the balance Of the stock being
IN the estate. The bank, therefore.
could not legally continue in business
until an administrator had been ap-
pointed by the court and veste I with
authority to sell part of the capital
stock owned by the estate to adult per
sons qualified to be directors and
stockholders in a banking corpora
ton.
This is the a the business has
been suspended for so long a time. The
Security State bank .reopens under the
same name and charter with f. B..
Cannon, president of the First Ma
tiona bank Of Aberdeen, as president;
Alice III. Morse, vice president, and
Otis H. Christian. cashier.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-01-29
LITTLE CHILD DIES
WHEN HE WANDERS
ON WAY TO CHURCH
Frozen Body Is Found on the
Next Day, After an All
Night Search.

Allen, S. D., Jan. 2s.-Losing his way
while going to a church to meet his
rather, who was conducting religious
services there, Ralston Lindsay. the a.
year-old son of Rev. and Mrs. Lindsay,
OF this place, wandered several miles
over the prairie n was frozen to
death.
AT moo when the church services
usually ended. Mrs. Lindsay wrapped
the little fellow up and he started out.
as he had done before, to meet his
father when he left the church. only a
few rods from the Lindsay home.
When the father returned home with
out the little boy a search was imme-
dfately commenced.
The search continued throughout the
afternoon. all that night and until late
IN the following afternoon, when in
formation was received that a Sioux
warrior named Goose Face has found
the dead body Of the boy near the home
OF Short Bear, another Indian. The bow
had wandered four or five miles from
home and was frozen to death. his arms
and legs being frozen stiff when
fround.
A pathetic feature of he death ia
the fact that at about 10 O'Clock at
night Short Bear heard the little boy
crying outside his house, but, believing
the wailing was done by coyotes, paid
no heed.
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Employment WorI

Ninety yo1ng men and boys secured
the association.
House Committee
The carpenter shop was moved into
smaller quarters near the heater room
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school, as building operations will not
begin until the middle Of the SUM-
mer.
One of the heavy expenses is the
caring for hayward street boys both in
and out of the building. Special sub
scriptions should be secured to care
for the expense Of our extension work.
For instance in our annual free swim
ming campaign the hot water alone is
an item of over 500 and the super
vision considerably more.
This year we loaned the camp fund
and building fund $767 and carried
these funds out of the general ex-
pense budget for several months; ne
gotiating a $1,000 loan to care for these
funds on the last day of our fiscal
farm exceeds three times the purchas
price.
Requests
The original gift to our proposed
endowment fund by the late ". K.
Hubbard has been allowed to accumu-
late, and there is now $5S3.24 in this
fund. We appreciate the oeIuests of
the late c. F. Yenkes of $500 towards
our building fund which is available
about April 1916. Friends of the as
ISOLATION should do everything in
their power to secure for the associa-
ton an adequate endowment. There
are a great many persons interested
member the association If only some
one had suggested 1t to them. The
matter Of taking out life insurance,
payable to the association is one of the
ways that will interest a great many
people and be of great help to the as
ISOLATION.
The major income by resident
rooms, membership and subscriptions
is practically the same as last year.
Three departments made decided fin
ancial gains over last year, the Boys
Work department, day school, and re-
ligious work department.
During the coming year it is planned
to develop our endowment fund and
organize a sustaining committee to
care for the associations extension
work. A reduction is also to be made
in the evening school department by
securing q college man on half time.
1t is also proposed to secure closer
relations with Moorhead by having a
Moorhead association auxiliary COM
mittee and representatives from Moor
head on the board of directors.
Each year our accounts are audited
and a signed statement made to the
public. Messrs. J. w. McHose, w. l..
Day and B. V. Moore accomplished
that work this year and have found
everything satisfactory.
|Robt. McCulloch, Pres. Board Of Dr.
rectors.
Ralph r. Wolf. General Secretary.
John D. Penhiter, Assistant Secre-
tary.
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Fargo Y. M. c. A. Closing One of Most
Successful Years i'm the History Of That
Institution Reports of Department Heads

The annual dinner of the Fargo Y.
M. c., A. win be held this evening,
closing one OF the most successful
years in the history of that institution.
The Forum has already published some
Of the reports of department heads
and presents herewith others, that the
public may get an idea of the great
work that is being carried on for the
young men Of the community by the
association.
General Department
.Executive-The quiet influences that
were put in motion early in our fall
work have been the leaven of our as
ISOLATION spirit throughout the year
bringing higher ideals, a better spirit
and more earnest service. The first
of these mentioned in the order OF
their usefulness were the evangelistice
meetings conducted in the building of
William Mason Of the International
Railroad department. Mr.. MaSOn's
work placed first things first III the
purpose Of many of our members,
committeeman, and employed officers.
We must surely plan to repeat this
program next tall.
Dr. Winfield S Halls visit and his
lectures and advice concerning sex
! roblems have been immensely helpful.
Never have we had such a clean lot Of
young men who have seen a ney vi
sion of this problem as this year.
We have been called upon in several
instances to deal with young men con-
corning this problem; some were al
most hopeless cases Of degeneracy. It
is a fine thing to know that young men
and older boys are learning to come
to us with their problems and to be
in a position to help them.
The work of Prof. Bivin, of Fargo
College, and of Prof. Smith. of the
high school. along his line is also
worthy of high commentator.
Then came our foreign secretaries,
Messrs. Rugh and Conard, n 1920
was subscribed and sent forward in
support Of our foreign representative,
Is. A. Shuman, at Buernos AYres, S. A.
In this work the members give OF
their substance to aid young men in
South America with no personal re-
turns other than the blessing Of unset
fish giving.
The Thanksgiving dinner presented
by the mothers Of the city to young
men away from home was another link
in the chain of kind achievements
which brought out much Of the good
feeling in vogue.
The senior intermediate and short
term student memberships, although
not a financial success were worth
more than that because Of the en-
thusiaSm and association spirit
shown by those who were. accommoda-
ted and were a great help to younger
men who are drawing small salaries,
and to younger students.
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The state athletic meet and state
membership contest were other i'm
portant events worthy of note.
The spirit of the gas tractor stu
dents about the building was also a
line feature. They were a manly lot
of young men from the rural COM
munities full Of service and activity.
They were n Of the best contribu-
tons to the association during the
year.
Play Life
When we speak of playground and
play life the Young Mems Christian
association is one of the really big
play centers of the community. This
year in our gymnasium and swimming
pool a grand total Of attendance was
practically at $4,000. There were TO-
600 billiard games played and 100, 999
bowling games, $50 men in outdoor
baseball, and there were a large num-
Der of social activities mentioned here
in under the social department. In all
; there have been over 1856 units Of
special activity under What might
be classed as organized play life in
Iolving a total attendance of 53,487.
All this requires supervision and at
times in midwinter this work has
nearly overwhelmed our secretaries
n office force.
Publicity and Unity
When we consider that by actual
count during n busy season on an
ordinary midwinter Saturday there
were 1854 men and boys in our build
ing and that during the busy winter
season We will average about TAO a.
day and when we consider the in
creased activities that have accumu-
lated here in the last two years we be-
lieve that a weekly or by-monthly
news bulletin of the associations work
should be sent to our members and
friends. So little is known about the
magnitude of our work; for instance,
1t has only been during the last two
years that we have begun to find
business men who realize that the
building is none too small. For
we used to constantly hear that the
Building vas too large for the town.
and few realize that there are few as
spciations, if any, throughout the
country, Gin a city of this size) that
are doing as large a work as the Far.
go association. We 1--WE much to the
press for they are always boosting
and it is only a matter of education
which simply means to get the facts
before the people hat will give us
the very best unity of effort and of
appreciation. Aside from the press
the following program of publicity
is recommended: That we get out a
b1-monthly news bulletin running
through the fall, winter and spring.
That we conduct an annual campaign
to secure subscribers to our national
magazine called Association Men; and
that we complete and write during the
summer months of this year the his
tory of this association. PRACTICAL
BIZ all the information is now at hand
and unless this is attended to the op-
nortunity viii slip away from us.
Social Life
The annual members dinner of last
year was the most successful up to
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THE THEATRES
The OrnheuEn..

rs- ~ -bUb STP1GAtbae -e~a -.-- q
Another good program may be seen
at the .orpheum theatre tie first half
of the week. Opening the bill is To-
XII Murato, whose Japanese Pastimes
were received with a hearty applause.
This excellent slack wire walking was
followed by Brown and Bertram, who
present a clever little singing, talking
and dancing act. .tH.
A new feature this week is Miss
Evelyn Dare's song, In the Heart of
the City That Has No Heart, illustrat-
ed with the moving pictures. This is
a big feature Of the Orpheum theatre
and is proving very popular. The
Three Shirleys present a good must
val act, which is followed by the head
liner, Pelham. the hypnotic scientist,
who gives an interesting entertain
ment.
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that date, and possibly the most in
teresting social function of the year.
Next ranked the Thanksgiving dinner
to boys away from home, the annual
Physical department and later the
various Boys department class din
ners. There have been in the boys
and mems departments in all 11S
dinners and feeds with an attendance
Of 1852. There have been all sorts
CT social functions-as seven church
receptions, three college receptions
and New Years day open house with
a total attendance Of 1852. Some OF
the unique socials were the Bachelor
of Ugliness convention, Resident De-
partment funeral. and explosion So
Gals.
Billiards and house games have
been kept unusually busy throughout
the year In fact it has been a prob
lem to furnish enough games for those
who were interested in light recrea-
ton. For a tune it was impossible
for the members to secure a game OF
checkers, as the space we have for this
game is limited. 1t finally became
necessary to invite non-members to
secure a membership so as to open
a way to care for all on a fair basis.
Over three years ago we began a
study into the billiard problem. At
that time we were surprised to find
that thirty-five billiard tables were
lately purchased from Minneapolis
houses and placed in the homes Of
Fargo. Ample evidence was also Sc
cured to show clearly that there were
at least equally this number of
secondhand tables in the homes of
the city. When you add to this a
large number Of small cue games in
many Of our homes. it is not surpris-
ing that most of the older boys and
many Of the younger boys in fact, liv-
ing in or near out better resident dis
tricts were familiar with the use of a
billiard cue. 1t Is also not surprising
TO note that the Y. M. C. A. was not
attractive to these boys; but they
were passing the building and many
were illegally playing these games in
our pool halls, most of them without
the consent Of their parents, and many
without even their knowledge. This
lead to further investigation and we
found that wherever there was a bill
lard table in a home it was quite
probable that every boy in the radius
of five blocks was playing in this home
and most of these homes seemed to
be homes where there were boys.
These facts were presented to many OF
our friends and to the board of di-
rectors and it was finally decided that
the day had passed when it could be
claimed thai the association was a
kindergarten for a pool DON And
that we We're allowing prejudice to de-
feat us. After a year and a half Of
experience our directors, committee
men and secretaries are unanimous
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that we have not only proved that
the game is scientific and without
elements of chance; but that it can be
made as clean as any game played
within the doors of the association;
not only is this true, but we have
today gathered about us one of the
finest groups of high school boys and
older employed boys as has ever
been seen in this city. They not only
play their billiard games here, but
they have induced many other boys
to break away from many disreputable
social centers about town and make
this their rendezvous. With the care
full cooperation of parents we feel
confident there can be absolutely nc
Ill effects from these games, but OF
the contrary they have been one OF
the best Investments we ever made in
winning. holding. AND helping boys.
The Woman's auxiliary have had a
large part in our work. We now have
n of the strongest working woman's
organizations in the city. They not
only have furnished us many din
ners, but a number have been furnish
ed to the boys free of charge. In these
they have been aided by other moth
ers of the boys. The Women's auxili-
airy sick committee has done a moth
er's part in work, visiting numbers of
sick young men away from home,
both members and members.
Flowers and fruit have also been sent
to these young men by this commit
tee. Many men and young men who
have homes in Fargo have also been
recipients of their kindly interests.
The committee has equipped the
kitchen with dishes, linen and cook
ing utensils. Household linen has al
so been p~upchased and only lately the
committee has asked the privilege of
taking over the entire furnishing of
the dormitory linen.
Membership
The high water mark of our mem
bership was 972, and we have had in
all, 1920 on our register during the
entire year.. Three years ago the mem
bership was slightly larger than this,
yet our membership is really the
strongest we have yet had, as we no
longer apply the general rule prac-
tised by associations in regard to
membership statistics, but have kept
u files quite clear of expired mem
bers. We close our year, May 4 with
868 members. We lost several mem
bers this year on account of the
Northern Pacific railroad cancelling
its annual subscription, which gave
a special rate to Northern Pacific
employees. Though many of these
will renew under our regular rates,
vet we cannot expect to have as many
of these men in our membership In
the future as we had when circum-
stances were more favorable. When
we state that one out of every six
teen persons in Fargo is a member of
the association we do not anywhere
near represent the real wide interest
ii influence of this work: for there
are several hundred people interested
through our churches and schools and
through our Woman's auxiliary.
There are also many public spirited
citizens who are o able to contri-
butte OF to be members, but who are
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road department, and it has been de-
cided that unless the railroad would
assume the major part Of financing
the work. little can be accomplished
at that point until there are a larger
number Of men employed at the shops.
Employed Force.
During the past year the employed
force have completed the following
studies: Association History and Po-
Ter, and The PARALLELS, Bible study,
under Mr.. Henderson. Different
members Of the employed force have
attended the Lake Geneva summer
conference, International convention
at Cincinnati, Minnesota state conven-
ton, the Grand Forks city secretaries
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XII s# Psi '#EeH- EG.#s##
them to work under the state Sunday
school association in the form OF
United Brotherhood and Bible class
movement with institutional church
features. The state committee Is still
indebted to the former state secre-
tary A. L. Miller. An effort is now
being made to clean up this indebted
ness. The outlook would preclude the
lily, under the general secretary;
Salesmanship, under Mr.. W. e. P!X-
organization OF from four to SIX CITY
associations within the next three or
four years. This will probably best
be accomplished by cooperating with
tho Montana state committee AND
~ansneing the two state organizations
together; and we are working with
this end In view. A survey was also
made at Dilworth in cooperation with
Mr.. Mlnear OF the International Rail-