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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-03-08

People do not fully realize the
Importance of the work being done
by the entomology department of
our State College at Brookings.
According to the estimate of Pres
ident E. C. Perisho the annual loss
by farmers in this state because
of insects is approximately
$15, 100000. One of the services
rendered by the entomology de-.
partment is to discover remedies
for fighting these pests, and give
this information to the farmers.
Prof. Perisho says that during the
year 1916 twelve hundred letters
were sent by the department in
answer to inquiries by farmers
pertaining to insect and rodent
control.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-03-08
DISCOVER WEALTH IN WASTE
Government Has Found Use for Trifies
That Hitherto Have Been consid-
cred Of No Value.

In illustration of the truth that it
is the little things in life that count,
the department Of commerce reports
experiments in waste saving that
have yielded valuable results, Thorn
as F. Logan writes in Leshe's. The
bureau of standards has found way
to conserve the scraps Of paraf1in
paper stock hitherto destroyed or
sold with difficulty because no COM
mercial process was known for re-
moving the wax. This problem was
solved by the bureau, and the waste
material is now being utilized for
practical purposes. Other waste in
vestigations have given material re-
turns in the treatment of clay, mate
rials for making concrete, materials
for paper-making, and the saving Of
unused materials in the making Of
buttons. The fisheries service Of
the department of commerce likewise
reports gratifying success in culti-
waiting the public taste for tilefsh,
grayfish formerly known as dog
fish), and the wholesome sea mus
sci, all being practical attacks on
the high cost Of living. On October
l, 1915, the tilefsh was unknown to
the consumer as food. At the end
Of the last fiscal year 4,125,O0O
pounds of it had been sold. Since
then the catch has been at the rate
of 20,0O0,000 pounds per annum.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-03-08
EASTERN MEDICINES.

In some parts of Japan the mere
skin of a snake is still supposed to
be sovereign cure for pains in the
abdomen. Turtles are regarded with
great awe in China and elsewhere,
and SO, too, are tigers bones and car.
bonized monkeys skulls, which lat
ter are prepared by putting them
into vessels exposed to heat until the
crania are thoroughly calcined.
Birds, too, are carbonized for medici-
nal purposes, while the nests Of GER
tain swallows, made out Of the gelat-
nous substances Of seaweeds partly
digested and disgorged, form most
lyigzstipg tnnin Nr the snk,
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-03-08
COULDN'T GET AWAY WITH 1T
Witnesses Had Positive Proof That
AutomobiIist Had for Some Time
Been Riding With Chicken.

Neal McLeastcr, who is employed
at the Hill Crest farm, three miles
west of Columbus, had an errand to
perform. He jumped into his auto
mobile and drove to Columbus, then
went four miles east and returned.
lie stopped at a restaurant to get
some lunch. Bocsc and Wood, po-
licemen, sauntcred past.
81 heard a chickcn,' said Boese.
"That was a man." Wood replied.
"1 don't mean that kind of a
chicken" Bccse insisted. 81 mean
chicken with feathers"
They investigated, and found a
White Plymouth Rock pullet Oh the
rear axle Of McLcaster's machine.
They called him out and asked him
seriously what he knew about riding
with chickens. McLeaster indig-
nantly denied the charge, and con-
tended that he had been out on
legitimate business. Then the police
men pointed to the chicken, and Nc
Leaster gave up. He said it was the
first time he ever took a chicken rid
ing when the chicken insisted on
using the rear axle as a seat.-Indi-
annapolis News.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-03-08

A little bunch of twelve senators
succeeded in blocking any action
on the bill authorizing President
Wilson TO protect the lives Of
American citizens on the high seas.
A vast majority of our citizens will
condem this action, and we are
glad that the South Dakota sena-
tors stood squarely by every
measure upholding the rights and
duties of their country. The entire
senate however, must take the
responsibility for the defeat of this
measure. A parliamentary body
that will operate under rules that
would permit one crank to defeat
the will Of all the rest of the mem
bers can not be too severely cen-
Sased.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-03-08
LAUGHED AT PNEUMONIA IDEA
Lord stratheona Had Not Thought Tor
illness When Business interests
Made Their Supreme Call.

As has been aptly said, Lord
Strathcona was ssstudiously careless"
about his health. His chief attic
tion was "colds,' and it is a wonder
that, through his imprudences, they
did not lead to serious illness.
An old Montreal friend, M. c. r.
Hosmer, who is quoted in Mr..
Beckles Wilson's Life Of Lord
Strathcona," recalls a typical Incl
dent that happened nearly twenty
years ago.
Lord Strathcona was declared to
be very i'll and threatened with
pneumonia. His private car was or
dered to be got ready for a trip to
Florida. He learned suddenly that
his presence might be useful in VIM
nipeg, where the Manitoba school
question had come to the front.
Without saying a word to his doctor
or to anyone, he ordered his car to
be attached to the Winnipeg train,
and off he went. Lady Strathcona
was greatly alarmed, and came to
my office the next morning. I was
then general manager Of the Cana-
dian Pacific Railway telegraphs. We
found out that he was as far as the
forth side of Lake Superior at the
time, and that it was 80 degrees be-
low zero there. The night after he
arrived in Winnipeg he gave a ban
luet to the bishop of st. Boniface.
When he returned to Montreal, I
spoke to him of how deeply con-
cerned, not to say alarmed; Lady
Strathcona had been. He smiled
and said, eyes, / remembers that
cold morning. ] had to break the
ice in the pitcher when ] got up
Youths Companion. : 3.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-03-08

G. L. Dotson, editor of the Sioux
Falls Press. has sent his resigna-
tion to the governor as member of
the board of charities and correc.
tions. His reasons are not made
public, but evidently he took the
appointment Of G. M. Day as a
member Of the board to be a per.
sonal reflection upon him. The
governor promptly accepted the
resignation and appointed R. O.
Ringsrud, of Elk Point, to fill the
vacancy. A. N. Van Camp, clerk
OF the senate, has been appointed
insurance commissioner to succeed
Mr.. Harry O'B1ien.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-03-08

The receipt OF a draft for $85, 900
as inheritance tax due this state
from the estate of the late William
Deering is an evidence that our tax
commission has been earning its
salary. This tax was resisted by
the heirs to the estate on the
grounds that, while the property
was invested in South Dakota bonds
and mortgages, the owner of the
estate resided in Illinois and an
inheritance tax could only be col
lected in Illinois. The commission
pushed the case and won. This
brings the total receipts from the
inheritance tax since the law went
into effect July 1st, 1915 up to
$202, ,e81 81.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-03-08

The legislature adjourned last
Friday evening about eleven o'clock,
only one hour before the pay of the
members would have legally stop
ped. 1t was a busy session, and
the result was the passage of about
$50 bills, most of which were as
usual passed the last few days.
The most prominent feature of the
work done was the laws affecting
farmers. Being in full control of
the body they could pass any law
that they could agree upon, and
there seems to have been no opposi.
ton to anything that the farmer
members wanted.
Among the measures championed
by the farmers were a rural credits
law creation of a bureau of state
market commissioners; extending
powers Of farmers organizations
in employment of county agents ;
appropriation to build a stock
Judging pavilion at the State COL
lege, one at Mitchell and one at
Belle, Fourche; q workmen's com
pensatiun law; an irrigation law
putting into force the constitutional
amendment just passed; and
adoption of the Torrens system OF
land transfers. Other important
measures were the passage of the
prohibition law; creation of Office
of state sheriff and providing for a
state constabulary a good roads
law and a liberal appropriation fol
the construction of roads; and
provision made for developing
coal mines on state lands. These
new enterprises naturally entail
extra expense, and the appropria
tions are therefore much larger
fthan ever before. The building ol
roads and development of Goa
mines at state expense are new de.
partures authorized by the consti.
tutional amendment adopted las,
November, and other amendments
have been submitted which if sane
toned by the voters will permit th,
state TO establish grain elevators
Touring mills, cement plants, ant
develop water and electric powsl
splants.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-03-08

The following appointments
made by Governor Norbeck were
confirmed by the senate last Thurs.
day: T. D. Potwin of Lennon as
member of the board of regents !;
Charles M. Day, editor OF the ar
gus-Leader, and Floyd E. Brown
of Lead, former president of the
state druggists association, Nom :.
bers of the board of charities and
corrections and Hugh Smith, re-
appointed as member of the tax
commission. These appointments
represent all factions, and are in
line with the promise made by the
governor to ignore factional lines
in the administration of his official
duties.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-03-08

The Sioux City Tribune is very
much worried over the appoint.
ment of G. NJ. Day to the board of
charities and corrections, and says
"it is a direct affront to every
honest progressive voter in South
Dakota" The Tribune believes
that Governor Norbeck. in the
Day case and in some other in.
stances, has given undue weight to
the faculty counsels of w. H..
King" who is another member of
the board of charities and correc.
tions, and then proceeds to criti-
else Mr.. Kings official record.
Criticising the appointment of Day
as a surrender to the stalwarts,
and then laying the blame to the
counsels of Mr.. King is another of
the Tribune's we'll known incon-
sistencies. Mr.. King has been a
faithful pusher for the "progress.
i've" cause ever since the factional
split in the republican party.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-03-08
A little bunch Of Eve indepsn.

A little bunch Of Eve indepsn.
dent members Of congress may
not be the whole thing % they
have fondly expected, in the next
session. This little bunch has
been caucusing together, refusing
to make any promise to either
democrats or republicans, and OK.
pecting to hold q balance Of power
in an otherwise evenly divided
house. The old parties have more
confdence in each other than they
have in independent political ad.
Iventurers, and they are now con.
sidering a plan to organize on 4
coalition plan, dividing all commit.
tee appointments and patronage
equally, and if it works, the indie.
|pendents will be left holding the
sack.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-03-08
LOST ON The DESERT MR
Excited Old Gentlemas, Was ltaskina
Wrathful Words ln His tx1ranouo
Over Che Wire. a

Sputtering and fnssing, an excited
old gentleman entered nm cslIce III i
local skyscraper the other day and
without sdeigning to ask permission OF
the girl stenogrnpher, grabbed up d
telephone.
Yanking the receiver from its hook
the old gentleman began to talk with
out pausing to learn whether or not
central had made his connection.
Say" he yelled, lis this Umson'sp
Well, if Mr.. Unison Is there call him
to the phone"
The stenographer pulled ut his coat
sleeve.
mind your own business" the old
fellow tartly exclaimed. then turned
again to the telephone.
Say. Unison, I just want to call you
up to tell you that the tip yor gave
me on those stocks was q flivyer.'
Again the girl plucked at his coat.
Waving her inside, the old man con-
tinued:
II lost couple hundred dollars aid
the first time I see you"
IF you please, sir -E
It was the telephone girl. but the old
man paid no attention.
II am going to give You a piece of
my mind. You are no good and"
The harangue kept up for several
minutes before the girl finally succeed
ed In arresting the mans attention.
sa"fWells whaddye want?" he finally
Ck1N 1rs~ 4
III you please, SIR the girl de-
murely returned, ''that telephone you
are talking through is an old one and
dtAhas been disconnected for week"
youngstown Telegram.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-03-08


Quartermaster NJ. Nilsson. who ID
in charge Of the recruiting station
at Sioux Falls, sent invitations to
all ex.sailors of the United States
navy, to report at his Office Satur.
day afternoon or Sunday morning
to take part in the welcome home
parade to be held on the arrival OF
Company B. Of the Fourth South
Dakota regiment. In response to
the invitation John Hirsch, our
general furniture dealer left for
Sioux Falls Saturday.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-03-08
EDITORIAL COMMENT

Regardless Of the fact that Sioux
Falls is strongly protesting against
the law just passed, requiring cities
to pay for the paving Of street in
tersections the average citizen will
regard it as a just law. There is
very little Justice in requiring
abutting property to pay for paw
ing street intersections.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-03-08
ENeLAND's RUSTY WINDOWS

At his farewell to Eton the other
day, Doctor Lyttleton said that one
Of the reforms on which he prided
himself was that he had got 16 Of the
chapel windows open; "and he want
ed them to note that these windows
had been shut for four hundred and
fifty years." 1t is a concise apologize
Of the time.-London Observer.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-03-08
EDITORIAL ConnE:NT

Some time ago the town of Tabor
voted bonds for the erection of q
town hall, and the installation OF q
municipal light plant. II was es.
timated that bonds in the amount
of $4,000 would be needed, but il
nov develops that ii will need
$4,000, and petitions are being
circulated asking the town board
to bond for the larger amount.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-03-08
BEYOND QUESTION.

"These eggs are strictly freshH
You are quite sure?"
eyes, sir. The chef boiled them
for himself and hadn't time to eat
them, sir"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-03-08
A WONDER.

''What do you think Of a man
who will constantly deceive his
wife7
II think he's a wonder"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-03-08

The Pierre company Of national
guards met with rather cold re-.
ception on their return. They
were stuck in a snow drift at Har-
rold about thirtyhours on their way
home.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-03-08
BENEATH HIS DIGNITY.

"Did the prisoner offer any re-
sistance?"
"Only a dollar, your honor, and i
wouldn't take it,"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-03-08
WAR BUSINESS.

Guest (chesp chophouaa} Whist
do you charge for hash?
Water lsbuuting &; e y vjs
!at.t f1a @ aa6hl
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-03-08
Delightful.

A certain young person had attained
her twenty-6fth year so many times
that her ingenuity was about to crack
under the strain Of getting away with
It. In other words, she would soon be
an old maid If something wasn't done.
But what2
In her perplexity she consulted the
seventh daughter OF seventh daugh-
ter. II feel" declared the young per-
son tragically, "as IL I were drown
tngl"
The seventh daughter of seventh
daughter was not lacking to herself.
Precisely. she replied. Drowning
Is dsscrihed. BY all who have given 1t
serious trial, as delightful seusa.
ttou. provided you don't struggle
aeaipst IT.
Whereupop the young person saw
great Light and went home and lived
hsppsly ever utter.
|
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-03-08

Book AgentAre you interested
in good literature, sir?
Man Hardly I'm ~ sdyny.
8estit
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-03-08
From Our EXCHANGES

Three mails in twenty-five days
has anything we know of beat for
service. Old-timers say that before
the event of the railroad into this
country they had better mail SER
vice.-shields Enterprise.
4 4 X
The Sioux County Pioneer has
installed a new cylinder press and
has set the old ''strong.arm" hand
press aside. Editor Christensen
has changed his newsy sheet from a
four page eight-column paper to an
eight page six.column. - Shields
Enterprise.
x X <
E. Y. Rowland1et contract this
week for the breaking Of Is acres on
his homestead southeast of Mcfn.
tosh which he will put into fax.
Mr.. Rowland also informed us that
he placed an order for a bunch Of
apple trees and evergreens, and ex-
poets to make his place a real
farm.-McIntosh Globe.Ch
y 4 4
The Hustler wants to congratulate
Editor Christensen upon the fine
appearance Of the Sioux County
Pioneer, which he publishes at Fort
Yates. The Pioneer recently in.
stalled new power press and with
new type and other additions, the
Pioneer looms up good It's neat
and clean printed appearance and
makeup" is sure evidence that
Editor Christensen is still on the
job.-Flasher Hustler.
4 + 4
Commissioner Diehl with othel
commissioners of Corson and Wal
worth counties were in attendance
at the Yellowstone Trail meeting
held at Mobridge last week. Con.
siderable business was transacted
and plans made for the work or
the trail during the coming season
The route running north and east
and intersecting with the road be-
tween Mclaughlin and Fort Yates
was accepted. Among other things
arranged was the bridging of Oal
Creek. This is to be steel bridge
and the estimate cost Is between
5000 and s6,O0O.-McLaughlil
Mirror.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-03-08
The Bismarck Bust
ness College

has sent every graduate to good bust.
ness or bank position. 207 satisfied
students last year. The present man.
ager and faculty number among theft
former graduates thousands Of the most
successful business men and women
throughout the United States and Can.
ada You cannot make mistake In at.
tending college recommended by
every church, merchant and banker In
it's acquaintance.
The college now occupies an entire
three story brick building. Best equip.
ped Banking and Office Practice depart.
ments In the United States. Expert
instructors. Steam.heated, electric.
lighted, cozily furnished rooms in the
dormitory $500 a month. Board at
cost. College in session throughout the
year, students enter any time, individ.
ual instruction, Preparatory Depart.
ment starting the student with the low.
est primary branches.
Send for particulars, when yon know
more about this college and the splendid
positions it's graduates are holding,
YOU will want to attend. Write
@. M. LANGUM,
Bismarck, N. b.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-03-08
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Colville's baby

Mr.. and Mrs. A. Colville's baby
daughter has been sick this week.
Vetal LaCompte was up from Nc
Laughlin last Friday with load of
freight.
Chas. Ramsey and John Holy
Elk-Face Of Porcupine. were Agency
business visitors last Thursday and
Friday.
Elmer Teeter, who has a fine
claim west Of Selfridge, was a
county seat visitor Tuesday.
Thos. Twigg, Jr., was an Agency
business visitor the first of the week
from his ranch near Leaf-on-the.
Hill.
J. s. Spear, farmer in charge of
Bullhead district, is at the Agency
this week listing the government pro-
perty in his district.
F. B. Zahn Tuesday, at the Agen-
cy, took non-competitive exami-
nation for the position Of assistant
clerk in the Indian service.
Geo. Defender, who lives in the
Wakpala district, was here the first
Of the week attending the monthly
session Of Indian court as a witness.
+. T. Powless has resumed his
position as carpenter at the Agency
Boarding school, after recovering
from his recent illness and operation.
Otto J. Brennecke, one Of the en-
terprising farmers Of Sioux county
of the Swastike neighborhood, has
named his farm Fairview Stock
Farm.
Sidney Mclaughlin is sticking to
the freighting game like veteran
and is making regular trips from
Mclaughlin Notwithstanding the
condition of the weather or roads.
j. A. Stiles is one of the tortu-
nate stockmen this year. He says
that he has more hay than he can
get men to haul-and that is going
some for this season of the year.
Bert johnson and Joseph Huse
Of Winona, have rented tine Nc.
Crory farm adjoining Winona, ano
on Which Mr.. Johnson has made
his home for the past several years
The Hartung Land Company O
Mclaughlin, South Dakota, buy
and sell decided Indian lands. Wher
you get your patent give them {
chance to- bid on it. They pa.
spot cash. 15tf
Harvey SEVERN, the Chadwick
rancheA returned last week from
Montana. where he was showed il
for a month. He went there t
buy some bulls about the middle q
January when deep snow set in an
it was impossible for him to leav
there until u couple of weeks ago.