The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-05-04
SOUTH DAKOTAMS ONLY
ON MERCHANTS PROGRAM

Pierre. S. d. April 29.-The 10Th an
nual convention Of the South Dakota
Retail Merchants association, which
will b. held at Pierre on May is, II and
IS, will be the next big gathering of
business men to be held in South Da-
kota. A novel feature of the coming
convention is the fact that the pro-
gram is mad up largely of speakers
Who are successful retail merchants of
this state, and the subjects to be COW
cred are vital problems which confront
county retailers.
Those who thus far have been as
signed places on the program and hav
consented to make addresses are: Gov
ernor Byrne. w. l.. Ware, Clark; Oscar
Schutt, Minneapolis; A. F. Moore,
Meyer, Parker; J.. E.. Kelley, Pierre;
J. F. Thomas, Pierre; j.. t. Hanson,
Canton; Krist Gilbertson, Florence; J..
Ray Cole, Redfield; A. j. Keith, Sioux
Falls; has. E. Hall, Bookings; Guy
G. Frary, Vermilion; Otto Baarsch,
F. Buche, AXE Andes; P. C. Byrne,
Montrose; D. H. LOTUS, DeSmet; Chas.
j. Crockett, Cleveland, Ohio; G.. A.
Starring, Bookings; A. f. Allison.
Sioux Falls; Frank Kramer, Chamber
lain; A. y. H. Boaland. Waubay: John
M. Schneck, Clark; E. U. Berdahl, Gar
retson; Lars ]. Fiksdal, Webster.
ELK POINT-One of the real old timers
of South Dakota is James Gary, who re-
sides in Civil Bend township. near this
city. He came to this vicinity AZ years
ago from Illinois, and has resided here
continuously since that time. He vet
makes his home on the same 160-acre farm
which he coupled at that time, but he
leaves the farming operations to his sons.
lie is IS years OF age. His wife is "A. They
are the parents of IL children, all of whom
are living near them. Both are enjoying
good health and are as hale and hearty as
many persons of so. Halvor Lewison, Of
Sphinx township, is another old timer of
this vicinity. He has been a resident of
l $ territory for a period of 45 years.
GREENWOOD-At the family home on
the YanlSton Indian reservation near here
occurred the death of Rev. Louis Deco
teau, one of the best known of the Sioux
indian ~clergymen of South Dakota. The
immediate cause of his death was hem
orrllage of the lungs. He had been pastor
of a reservation church for a period OF
two or three years, and was greatly es-
teemed by the Indians of this vicinity. He
was a member of the Sisseton tribe of
Sioux.
YANKTON-The annual tournament of
the South Dakota. Firemen's association
will be held in Yankton June y to Is,
The sum of $1,000 has been set aside for
piiHeS, ana OLneF prizes TO De OIIeTed Will
bring this amount close to $500. More
than 100 of the volunteer fire departments
of the state have notified the local Off
GERS that they will be represented at the
tournament. 1t is estimated that about
1000 firemen will be in attendance.
MADISON-Plans are being made for a
good roads bee in Lake county at an early
date in June. The plan Is to have every
able bodied man In the county donate d
days work to the roads. A superintend-
ent for each mile will be appointed.
Teams, as we'll as men, will be asked for.
The women of the county will be asked to
provide a picnic dinner for the workers on
each mile stretch of the road.
PIERRE-The fire marshall bulletin,
lately Issued, shows that the fire loss In
South Dakota for the first three months
of 1916 was over 30 per cent less than for
the same comparative months In 1915. The
loss for last year was $297, 555. 80. and for
this year., S136, 561.01, a reduction of $780,
a94 so. There has been no reduction In in
surance rates, however.
YANKTON-The Milwaukee has had an
other wreck in this county. This time 1t
was an eastbound freight. which went into
the ditch Wednesday morning near Utica,
topping over nine cars of rice. There
We're no casualties, but the Yankton-
Scotland branch was tied up all day.
Trains went round by Tyndall.
YANKTON-The Book of the Pageant
Of Yankton," by Joseph Mills Hanson.
has been issued here. The work tells the
stirring history of Yankton in prose ana
poem. 1t will be staged here by 200 per-
formers the week of June IA,
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. f. Goodykoontz.
who erected the first building in Mitchell
81 years ago. died at his home In this
city. He was so years old. He was the
a rr% ,raciJnrt. - t1,n INi-, l 49, ,
Of Mitchell.