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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-09
DAWSON COUNTY SHERIFF
STARTS TWO LIBEL SUITS

Mitchell, S. D., Nov. T dam
age suits, each for SIS, 900, were com
hence today by Il. E.. Owens, sheriff
OF Dawson county and candidate for
reesection, against C. w. Downey, pub
Usher of the Mitchell Gazette. The
actions are based upon an editorial in
the paper and an alleged personal
statement of the editor. The COM
plants charge that MI. Downey knew
the accusations against Owens to be
false and published them merely to
prevent the latter's election.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-09

Recalling the fac that deaf and dumb
people do not become seasick, Drs.
Lewis Fisher ard Isaac H. Jones, in
the conclusion that seasickncss is an
ear phenomenon. The end organs Of
equilibrium in the ear canal, the static
labyrinth, Is disturbed by the .unaccus-
toned movement OF the boat. The Eff
fects OF seasickness can be duplicated
in many cases merely by stimulai bF
Of the cal canals by cold douches.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-09
DAKOTA STATE NEWS
ONE DAkOTAN KILLED, ONE
INJURED, IN FOREIGN WAR

Pierre. S. D.. Nov. Sword has been
received here that Bayne Maupin, a
former Fort Pierre boy, has been killed
in action while with the Canadian
troops in France. Maupin was a som
of Tolbert Maupin, one of the promi-
nent residents of Stanley county in
early days, and went to Canada several
years & to take land.
Sioux Falls, S. D., Nov. 3.-Frienas
of the family in Sioux Falls have been
advised that Lieut.. John Bigelow, a
former resident Of Sioux Falls, who
enlisted in the service of Great Britain
in a Canadian regiment, has been,
wounded for the second time while
fighting with the allies in northern
France, and again is in the hospital.
He is a son of Mrs. Flora Bigelow
Dodge-Guest, a daughter of the late
John Blgelow, who resided in Sioux
Falls with her son and daughter some
years ago.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-09

A new electric lemon squeezer Is de-
scribed in the Electrical World. 1t con-
sists Of a motor driven hemisphere pro-
vided with ribs similar to the ordinary
hand operated glass extractor. The
lemon or orange is halved and held
against this hemispherical part. The
juice is caught in a deflector at the
beck and runs down through a spout at
the bottom. A clamp is provided for at
taching the outfit to q table or counter
and a ring is attached below the spout
to support the glass.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-09
GETS FIVE YEAR TERM.

Taylor. charged with killing e. S. Bur
Lesson, a relative OF Postmaster General
Burleson. Is under sentence today Of
five years in the penitentiary after a
trial here on a change Of venue. AT q
previous trial the Jury disagreed. BurIe-
son was slain in Austin. last year.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-09
SOUTH DAKOTA TROOPS ARE
EXPECTING TO SEE SERuIcj


Mitchell. S. D., Nov. 6.-That the ma
tional ~guardsmen and troops on the
Mexican border will b. sent over the
line when the turbulence over the cleo
ton subsidies. is the belief Of the men.
according to w. A. Morris. adiutant
general Of South Dakota. in Mitchell
on his way home from a trip Of in
Hpection to the camp OF the South Da-
kotans at San Benito, Tex.
General Morris declared that the
~guardsmen believed they would be sent
across the border within the next few
weeks, a cours which has been post
poned because of political conditions in
the United States. The general did not
ycuchsafe his personal opinion in the
matter. He declared there was no i'm
mediate prospect Of the return of the
troops. The mess tents are being
boarded UP, in preparation for a win
ter's stay.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-09
SOME CHANGES MADE IN
RANKS OF DAKOTA GUARDS

San Benito, Tex, Nov. Capt.
Laurence II. Hedrick. of Hot Springs.
Fourth South Dakota, succeeding Judge
McNenny, of Deadwood, who resigned.
Capt. Otto Linstad, of Pierre, succeeds
Hedrick as division adjutant, but Cap
tain Eneboe, of Canton, fills Linstad's
place while the latter acts as aide to
Colonel Billiard at brigade headquar-
ters. First Lieut.. William Grebring, Of
Pierre, is captain of Company A, and
Lieutenant Roach, of Canton, will tenn
porarily be commander of Company E.
Verne Kennedy, of Canton. has been
assigned to Company A as first Iieuten-
ant,
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-09

Mrs. Eliza Fyffe, age SO, of Morgan
on her way to visit relatives at Scioto-
vile, Ohio. This is the first time she
eve saw a train or rode on one. Mrs.
'yffe was accompanied by her son, age
who was also taking his first ride
, a rain,
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-09
WOODEN SHOES TO OFFSET
HIGH COST OF LEATHER

Pierre. S. D., Nov. 6.-Wooden
shoes, made from cottonwood
; trees, are being made out near
Camp Crook, in the northwest
ern part of South Dakota for
; the firm of DeBelloy & Dumont.
; l.. A. DeBelloy, of the firm
states: Leather prices are GO
ing up to a point where only the
; idle rich can afford to wear
; leather shoes. | am preparing
; to eschew the luxury of leather,
having just awarded a contract
; to Pete Benefited, of Capitol,
; for three pairs of wooden shoes.
Pete uses the native cotton
wood found along the Little
Missouri, and assures me he
knows where there are big
enough logs to turn out my
; size"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-09
THREE BURIED IN SAND PIT;
ONE HAS NARROW ESCAPE

Parkston, S. D., Nov. 6.-While work
ing in n gravel pit east of town three
men were buried in the sand. One, the
1~7-year-old son of John Koth, was
completely buried and the other two
We're buried to their waists. The two
latter managed to get out and secured
n shovel and dug Mr.. koth out. He
was unconscious. 1t was found he had
broken his hip bone, his leg bone above
the knee, besides being severely
bruised. He is in a serious condition.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-09

The largest railway scale in the world
has recently been completed at West
Albany, N. Y. 1t is capable of
sists of six weighing instruments, each
having a capacity of 275. 900 pounds. 1t
is designed for weighing locomotives
and other heavy rolling stock. Some OF
the engines used upon the Pacific coast
weigh 215 tons, but this giant would be
able to weigh four Of them at once, if
necessary. The accuracy OF this giant
instrument is remarkable. 1t does not
vary 10 pounds at It's full capacity.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-09

The United States bureau OF the cen
sus reports that the cotton consumed
IN the United States during July. 1916,
compared with 496.S46 bales in the cor.
responding period last year, and thai
the quantity consumed during the IL
months ending July 81, was 6,395.s72
bales. compared with 6.597, 1862 bales in
the preceding year,
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-09
Scandinavian reno

"A Scandinavian reporter, asking
Sarah B%ernhardt how h played La
stration In the private car where the
interview took place that he fled pre-
cipitately before the threatening paper
weight dagger with which the fiery
actress was intensely demonstrating
her art. He could not believe for the
moment that she was acting, but when
II was all over he knew just what he
had asked to be shown.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-09

WEBSTER-The local authorities are
looking for an individual named .Iohn
Clark, who for some time had been en-
ployed In a local restaurant, and who is
wanted on the charge of assaulting Grant
Ray, a Webster policeman. Clark becama
intoxicated and the officer was striving
to arrest him when Clark is alleged TO
have struck the policeman several severe
blows in the face and eyes. Clark s1c-
ceeded in making his escape from the po-
liceman and Immediately disappeared. He
may lave fled from town, but local off
GERS think he is hiding in the town or vi.
cinity.
VIRGIL-The agricultural agent of
Beadle county has issued a warning to tho
farmers of the county not to turn their
cattle into the corn fields or they may SUI
fer losses from what Is known as the corn
stalk disease, which annually kills manv
cattle in South Dakota. Prior to the issr-
ance Of the warning a few cases of corn
stalk disease already had been reported nv
Beadle county farmers.
wAUBAY-sheriff Garrick and q Web
Hter officer, after a search Of several DAYS
succeeded in arresting a travelling LIQUOR
seller. who Travelled through Day county
In an automobile and sold liquor to q
number of persons. When taken before a
justice he entered a plea of guilty and
wa nncI WV ana given d term or 81 days
in the county Jail. The defendant was
forced to promise hat when the fine was
paiu and the jail term served he would
exile himself from Day county and never
again set foot in the county.
WILLOW LAKE-P. M. Brooks. a tran
sient. attempted to commit suicide here.
He secured a loaded pistol from the rail-
way agents desk and had the muzzle
pointed to his hear when the agent en-
tered, just in time to divert the fire SO as
only to wound the man. 1t Is believed
financial difficulties was the cause. His
brother. H. M. Brooks, of Birmingham,
Ala, was notified and sent funds to de-
fray expenses. Brooks will recover.
IROQUOIS-Harry Bolan, who recently
was the victim of a hunting accident while
hunting at Lake Henry, some miles from
town, has lost one of his arms as the re-
suit of the accident. The charge lodge
In his right arm and mangled 1t SO badly
that now. in order to save his life, the arm
had to be ~amputated above the elbow. He
wlthstood the shock of the operation very
well and now Is expected to recover.
DELMONT-The public schools have
been closed here because Of the illness of
the little daughter Of John F. Gross, who
Is believed to be suffering from infautile
paralysis.
EAGLE BUTTE-Fifty new homestead
filings were made at the Timber Lake
a office during the earlier part of last
month,
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-09

Beer har been raised In price in Rio
de JaneirO. Foreign beers cannot CONF
pete because Of the high tariff.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-09

70 eliminate the babel Of tongues srid
~aericanize Bayonne, N. j., the edu-
ton board will establish night classes
y the teaching of English to alien
esidents who comprise so per cent Of
sayonne's 10000 inhabitants,
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-09
WHooPING COUGH CAUSES
is DEATHS IN DAKOTA

Pierre, S. D., Nov. 6.-The vital sta
tistical reports filed with the state de-
partment for July and August show
that w%hooping cough was three times
as fatal as infantile paralysis, the
showing being Is deaths from the for
mer III only FIVE from the latter COM
plant. Twenty drownings, three sui
Icides and two homicides are reported
for the two months. The heaviest death
records were: Enteritis, 4S: tubercu-
losis, 46: cancer. 43.
The population gain for the state by
births over deaths in these tive months
is 20.36S, the birth record being 21,O84,
and the death record TIC. For the two
months the marriages numbered 1856,
and the divorces SO.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-09

The sunflower is cultivated to a con-
siderable extent in central Russia.
where every part Of the plant is put to
certain economic uses.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-09

A New York scientist has built a
camera that can be tilted to any angle
to get desired photographs of objects
too heavy OF fragile to be moved.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-09

The Argentine government is re-
ported az gradually transferring to the
Gaia de Conversion the gold deposits in
it's foreign Legations.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-09

Norway is to have a plant that will
use a Belgian engineers process for
The electrical extraction. of zinc from
ores heretofore regarded as worthless,
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-09

Telescope spectacles have been in
vented Tor persons who are SO extreme
" near sighted that ordinary lenses do
not offset the defect.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-09

A new tent for campers has a metal
frame, from which two cots are sus-
pended by heavy springs SO they are
not in contact with the ground.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-09

Switzerland protects rare plants by
law SO strictly that to be found in the
possession Of specimens illegitimately
collected is a penal offenses
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-09

The opening In the top OF a new
sugar container opens automatically as
It is tilted to pour out Its contents, and
closes as the device isl rtghted to. ex-
cluds dust and insects.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-09

Pottsville and st. Clair, Pa, are now
connected by a new trolley line three
mileK long, costing 81 an inch to con-
struct.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-09

Russia maintains at Moscow an ex-
pertinent station Tor the study Of max
cnltivation and manufacture.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-09

Like a diminutive lawn mower is a
new device for shaving, in which a
spring motor revolves q steel roller
with cutting blades as it is drawn over
q mans face.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-09

Pockets for money and jewelry ar
woven n h tops OF women's stock
that q Pennsylvania has patented
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-09

Natives of Porto Rico make a fairly
-manent yellow dye for textiles from
roots of turmeric, which grows wild
T a considerable part of the island.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-09

There are 1859 building and loan as
eOciationa in Pennsylvania. with. assets
amounting 70 S27e.39a.810.S9.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-09

BY allowing it's occupants practical
freedom and employing them at useful
occupations a Prussian insane asylum
effects about 20 per cent OF cures an
nually.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-09

Mrs. William Whittemore, OF Pitts
ford, Mass. made pies from q hubbard
squash which was picked q year z
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-09

The first word in advertising was the
script, written on papyrus 5000 years
= by an Egyptian gentleman who had
logt q slave.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-09

Chinese government controls The
mining Of copper because the metal IA
so largely used in currency.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-09
PREPAREDNESS VS..
U"NPREPAREDNESS

aLnH --- -
From the st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Worse than the horrors Of war are
the horrors of disaster and defeat.
II our government had possessed
an adequate navy the Spanish war
would never have been fought.
Peace at n price may come
high. 1t may cost independence.
political and religious freedom-the
splendid heritage of our fathers. It
may cost our wealth and our capa-
city to make it. WhatSwould peace
or life be worth at this price,?
Pacifimaniacs say that millions OF
men will rush to arms when the
country needs them for defense. To
whose arms-the enemy's? We have
no arms, ammunition or equipment
for them and II we had they
wouldn't know how to use them.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-09

An English city is experimenting
with 9 steam driven street sprinkling
cart. the tank OF which holds 1000 gall
o OF water.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-09

The California Electric Railway assoc
citation has completed q tabulation of
h losses suffered by all of the rail-
roads of the state, steam and electric,
due to tie competition of jitney busses
during the year 1915, says the Electric
Railway Journal. The figures show the
estimated losses in gross receipts in
both passenger n freight service
where there was competition in both
classes. Where no freight traffic losses
are mentioned the figures refer to re-
duction in income on passenger SER
vice. The total loss suffered by the 16
companies included in the tabulation
amounts to approximately $4,000, 900.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-09

Waterproof elecIric flash lights to be
attached to life preseryers for night
use are q recent Invention.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-09

An old Japanese prophecy SAYS:
when men fly like birds. 10 great
kings will 30 to war against one an
ether.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-09

SsErank A. yanderlfp. president OF the
RSAtiSnals CITY bank III Nswxork city,
~ maesssaanist IN trade
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-09

The wet, flat lands of Ecuador pro-
duce a vine yielding a fruit which,
when dried. forms q sponge regarded
AS superior to animal sponges.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-09

A few weeks ago a train consisting
of two engines, a steam shovel ana IL
dump cars left the main railroad line at
Milpitas. Cal, and started at a snails
pace along a country o that leads to
the site Of a dam in the Calaveras val
ley says Popular Mechanics. This spec
tacular feat was accomplished by lay
ing track in front of the train and then.
as it moved along, taking up the rails
and ties and %relaying them in advance.
The train Is a part of an outfit operated
by contractors who lave been engaged
to dump 300, 900 cubic yards OF rock into
The great dam being erected across the
Calaveras valley to impound water
from the mountains higher UP
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-09
WILSON HAS STRONG LEAD
IN CARTHAGE STRAW VOTE

Carthage, S. D., Nov. "A straw vote
on president was conducted for a period
OF five days in the Alvin Young barber
shop here, resulting as follows: Wilson,
ia; Hughes, 33.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-09

The Conebo, Shippo, Cocoamo and
Yahua tribes OF Amazon Indians are
still wearing clothes of grass.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-09
SCCTLAND. SOUTH DAKOTA
How a machine gun is fired through q

How a machine gun is fired through q
revolving propeller is told in a recent
ISSUE of Aeronautics, in an article de-
scribing the more important features Of
two German Fokkers brought down be-
hind the British lines in France. On
these m~onoplanes, according to the de-
scr1ption, the machine gun is fired
through The propeller by means Of a
small lever actuating q BoWden wire.
Provision Is further made to throw the
machine gun mechanism momentarily
out of gear as each whirling propeller
blade moves into line with the muZzle.
This is done very simply by means Of a
double cam fixed on the engine shaft
and acting on a system of levers. The
French Morane, after which the Foklrer
type has been modelled, also fires its
machine gun through the tractor sCrsW.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-09

BgGpvSsfMQCAppc IS Kansas, sayss
lI..! excel sEsaehsin thstx interest -
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-09
DAVIS MAY CONTINUE At
ROSEBUD INDIAN AGENCY

Bonesteel. s. D.. Nov. 6.-It Is an
nounced that Mr.. Davis, who is acting
agent at h Rosebud indian agency,
will probably continue to hold the place.
Mr.. Peterson. recently appointed TO re-
lieve him, has declined to acceSt the
appointment because OF Ill health.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-09

E#EEESHIAH &N<HTE iNhHEEf
MENNO--A new record In the price Of
farm land was made a day or two ago,
when Peter Edelman purchased 14s acres
OF the Peter VAIL farm, Including the
buildings. for an aggregate of $oO. go, or
I'm average OF about $ls6. so per acre. This
Ii the highest price ever paid for farm
land In this vicinity.
PIERRE-The skunk issue appears to
be on Of Importance in some school dis
tricts of the state. SRecently the state SUI
perintendent's department received d let
ter from a4teacher In one OF the southern
counties Of the state. where the teacher
claimed that " boys OF the school were
trapping skunks, and did not always take
the tranble TO properly deodorize them
selves before coming to school and she
wanted to know what could be done. This
week the county superintendent Of this
county received a 8. o. 8. call from q
tsachcr In the eastern part OF this counfv
who wanted nest OF slxunks under Tia
school house abated as aInuisancs ia shoit
order time.
The Meeker herald., 1916-02-12

Marie Caslova. the vlolinist, tells OF
4 reception Mt which she was to be the
soloist. which WAS given by woman
whose sudden wealth had not brought
ner musical knowledge. when call
I'd her up five hours before the recep-
ton to ask about the condition of the
piano she exclaimed: i sent the piano
5ack to the factory last week for re-
pairs. Can't you play something with
out one:'
"The only things l had at my fingers
ends for violin alone were some Bach
sonatas. This gave me an inspiration.
Certainly answered. i can play the
Chaconne.'
after moments silence disap-
pointed voice replied. But. my dear. I
would so much rather you played the
VIOLIN"
The Meeker herald., 1916-02-12
BAD EGGS AND THE STAGE.
PeItins Unpopular Performers 10 q
Very Ancient Custom.

. very Ancl0ut NuSko".
The practice Of hurting bud eggs at
actors who dtspieused them has been
tp vogue with audiences ever since
there has been u stage and dramatic
production. Chinese. Greeks and Ro-
mans ran to this sort OF unfrngrant
criticism, and two stories told by
collector of odd things connected with
the Nieuter are worth repeating
A number Of New York youths In
the ffties threw IL number Of bad eggs
ut n pallid and trembling performer.
He advanced to the edge of the stage.
commanded silence and said:
Noble sirs. deign to throw me but
one good one just one. care not II
il break over me. | shall manage It.
have enten nnught In two days Pelt
me with good eggs. | beseecb you"
The appeal gained him basket Of
good eggs by way OF the back stage,
man went to Shnkespenre's the
alter In the day OF the great hard to
throw bad eggs ut an actor he dis
liked. Some one jOstled him unduly.
and he punched the jostler. Tue jostlei
whipped him. however, and finally sat
him down In the bad eggs. which
broke SO the would he egg thrower
was thrown out because of the Odof
and called Ind egg In the bargain. =
New York Sun.