The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-09-17
DAKOTA STATE NEWS

for h~ingsbury county, Judge Taylor SEN
fenced Anthony Hafnm to a term of is
months in the Sioux Falls penitentiary
for forgery at Bancroft. The defendant
was charged with passing several forged
checks on Bancroft business men. Will
liam Malone, charged with having stabbed
Harry Gazette, entered a plea OF guilty TO
the charge of assault with a dangerous
weapon and vas given an indeterminate
term of not to exceed 10 years in he's Sioux
Falls p~enitentiaTy. Howard Malone, a
brother OF William, pleaded guilty to the
charge or assault and was fined 80 and
sentenced to a term of 10 days in jail.
DEADWOOD-John r. Russell, of this
city, county judge of Lawrence county,
has been advised by the grand exalted
ruler of the Elks that he has been ap-
pointed TO the national judiciary commit
tee OF the RIDER. There are only two
other members OF the committee, their
duties being to examine all legal matters
pertaining to the order, to pass on constl-
tutions Of the various lodges and to at
tend to all matters of a judicial character.
The work of the committee requires the
members to make trips to different parts
of the United States.
PHILIP-Information has reached here
of the drowning near her new home at
oIi3h, NdSi., u MIS-. Ltllld ~ Siaih,
formerly a resident of Philip. She resid-
ed here with her parents for many years,
up to the time of her marriage, when she
and her husband left to make their per-
manent home in the state of Washington.
Mrs. Clark was bathing in a river with a
Of companions when one of the
latter stepped into deep water. 1t was
while trying to rescue her companion
that Mrs. Clark was drowned.
CLEAR LAkE-So far al known Henry
Eggen, a former resident OF this place, is
the only man from Deuel. county who rs
actively participating in the war in Eu-
rope. Early last spring he left South Da-
kota to visit his aged parents in Ger
many, n was there at the time the war
broke out. The German authorities at
once compelled him to enter the military
service of his native mi Eggen had a
large circle of acquaintance in this vi.
cinity.
HOWARD-Failure to aid a woman who
was injured when the horse she was driv-
ing was frightened by a motorcycle driven
by him, cost Michael Waldner, Of his
city, an aggregate of $125. He has just
been fined this amount by Judge Taylor,
of the state circuit court. The complain
ing witness was Mrs. Lawrence Carlson,
the woman who was injured. The injury
was sustained about a year ago, and the
case had been pending since that time.
ABERDEEN = German : Americans of
Brown county held a meeting and or
ganized the Observation-Disclosures
auxiliary of Brown county, having for its
purpose the raising of relief funds for the
women and children widowed or orphaned
In the German and the Austro-Hungarian
empires. AT first it was planned to turn
over the funds to the Red Cross, but this
was abandoned as the government Is look
ing after this work.
WHITE RoCK-walter L. johnson,
who has conducted the White Rock Jour
nal for the past four years, has sold the
paper to Howard Squires, who recently
retired as postmaster after serving eight
years, and w. L. Hanson, a printer en-
ployed on the Journal Mr.. Squires will
be the editor of the publication, and Mr..
Hanson will look after the mechanical
end. The paper will continue to be re-
publican In politics.
BURKE-At a meeting of a number of
the women OF Burke a woman's auxiliary
to the Burke Commercial club was organ
lied, with the following officers: Presi-
dent. Mrs. ]. F. Frame; secretary, Mrs.
Theodore Johnson; treasurer, Mrs. George
Terrence. The new auxiliary will give
~ ~ Nica Silo "a
it's work Of advancing every project for
the upbuilding Of Burke and vicinity.
SPRINGFIELD-At a special election
IA, the proposition Of changing to a COM
mission form of city government will be
submitted to the voters. II the PROPOSE
ton carries the voters also will be re-
CURED to decide whether the board of
commissioners shall consist of three or
five members.
DANTE-Rev. Father Ciner. who for
some time had been in charge of Cath
Ole affairs at Ethan, has been rams
,ferred to Dante by Bishop O'Gorman
and already has arrived here and as
ceeded at Ethan by Rev. Father Bur
KEEL, late Of Orient, S. D.
EMERY-George Schneider and son
near here after a visit in the German
empire. They were in Germany When the
war broke out and state that the climax
came like a thunderclap out Of a clear
sky, none of the people realizing or hav-
ing the slightest inkling that war was so
rear.
LEAD-Several thousand residents OF
Lead and other parts of the Black Hills,
will journey to Huron early in the com
ing week to be present at the state fair
On Tuesday next, which has been desig-
mated as Black Hills day at the fair. The
advance guard of the Black Hills delega-
ton will leave here Sunday evening.
acknowledgements in this county are
increasing their alfalfa acreage each year
and the results secured are entirely en-
couraging, r. F. Jones, a prominent
rancher, who has $3.50 acres of improved
land, has one small tract of alfalfa which
has been cut three times this year and is
about ready for the fourth cutting.
COLTON-The stockholders of the farm
ers' company which has decided to estab-
lish a farmers, lumber yard in Cotton.
have raised the sum of SIS, 900, and ground
now has been broken for the erection of
the sheds and other Buildings to be used
by the new This will give Col
ton three lumber yards.
BRADLEY-Fire destroyed the office of
DIR. G. p. Shreve, together with a number
of valuable instruments and supplies.
Only about two years ago., when a resi-
lent of Condo. he lost his office by fire,
the flames having been communicated to
1t from a burning livery stable.