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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-17
STEWART GOES TO WAR
Mailing Room Head Adds Anoth
'er Star to Trib Flag

Jack Stewart, for sevcra! months
past in charge of The Tribune mailing
department, left last night for Mime
apolis,. where he will spend ten days
with friends before proceeding to
Grand Forks. where he will leave with
other drafted men for camp June l.
Mr.. Stewart is a veteran of the Grand
Forks machine gun company of the
First North Dakota, and he will en-
deavor to procure a transfer from the
infantry to a machine gun battalion.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-17
MARTIAL LAW IN,
ODESSA; RIOTING
is RIFE AT KIEV
Germans Finding That Holding
Conquered Territory Is
,.. Something Else Again

-; London, May 17.-Martial law
has been proclaimed at Odessa by
the Austrian commandant at the
request Of the Germans, accord
ing to Berlin advices in an Ex
change Telegraph dispatch from
Amsterdam. Street fighting in
Odessa is reported. At Kiev, Aus
trian patrols are in the streets day
and night, and thousands of per-
sons are fleeing from the city.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-17

also predicted the state would raise
28,0O0,000 bushels Of rye. .t
! The normal wheat production of the
state is approximately 100,000,00O
bushels and last years rye crop was
about 100000 bushels.
The meeting Of the food admins
traitors was held to discuss food prob
lens in the state.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-17
PREDICT 175 MILLION BUSHELS
AS n. D. 1918 WHEAT CROP

Fargo, N. d. May 17A prediction
that l75,00O,0OO bushels Of wheat
would, Be raised in North Dakota in
1915. with favorable weather was
made by Federal Food administrator
DR.. e. F. Ladd at the first conference
OF the county food administrators of
the state held here today. DR.. Ladd
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-17
FOUR DAK0TANS
/. SLIGHTLY 5 |: HURT RI :
List of Casualties Today Includes
Men from Grafton, Dickey
and Crosby

Washington, D. c., May 1.-THE
casualty list today contained 1O6
names:
Killed in action, Is; died Of wounds,
G.; died of disease, 4; died of gas pois-
oning, l.; wounded severely, II;
wounded slightly, go; missing, 8.
The list includes: Wounded slight
": PRIVATE ANDREW J. CAk-
PENTER, DICKEY, N. d.; JOSEPH
JOHNSON, GRAFTON, N. D.; JOHN
r. JOYSE, CROSBY, N. d.; BOYD
MCDONALD, GRAFTON, N. D.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-17
'IETERSON'S NAME WILL
GO ON GOPHER BALLOT

St. Paul, Minn., May 17.-The
state supreme court today dis.
missed proceedings to restrain
Secretary Of State SchmaaI from
placing the name of James Peter
son, a Minneapolis attorney, on the
Republican ballot for candidate as
United states senator.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-17
MAIL PLANE MAKES
GOOD TIME ON START

Washington. D. c., May 17.-Thfs
mornings airplane mail ehroute from
New York to Washington reached
Philadelphia at 12:40 p. m., making
the first part of the flight in one hour
and ten minutes.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-17
CALLED TO cOLORS.

DR.. John H. Moore, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. J. G.. Moore, received word
Thursday to report at Fort Riley,
Kansas, June 30, for active service in
the U. S. medical reserve in which
he holds a commission as first lieu
tenant. ..
He will come to Bismarck to visit
his parents and will leave with them
for Grand Forks early in June where
Mr.. and Mrs. Moore will make their
future home.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-17
BERTHOLD BOY is
DEAD IN FRANCE

Berthold, n. D., May 17.-Mott Oar
ling has been notified by the war de-
partment that his son, Raleigh w.
Darling, who joined national guard
unit in Minot, is dead in France. Mr..
Darling has two other sons in the
service
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-17
TO BUY TRACTORS,

Helena, Mont, May 17.-About
500 Ford farm tractors are to be al
loted the state of Montana this year
the state council OF defense learned
today, and Mr.. Ford wishes them sold
direct to the farmers without deal
er's or distributors profits. 1t is un
derstood this will be done.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-17
LU'OL'LOAN NOW
PASTFOUR BILLION

Washington, D. c., May 17.-Un-
official dispatches to the Treasury De-
partment today indicated that the
Liberty Loan had gone beyond four
billion dollars. 1t may reach
S4. 500 900, 100000.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-17
UNCLE SAM P0URS In REINF0RCEMENTS s
GERMAN ARTILLERY
FIRE Is INCREASING

London, Eng. ;, May 17.-The Ger
man artillery fire is increasingly
active from LOGON to Hinges along
the western side Of the Fluanders
salient, and on the northern side
Of the salient the war office an
nounces. -.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-17
GERMANS MUST MARRY BEFORE
20 AND MUST INVITE THE STORK
OR GO TO PRISON, NEW PLAN

London Eng" May 17The German commission appointed to
the decline the birthrae in Germany has reported
compulsory Germans before
year passed. according dispatch the Daily Ex
Amsterdam.
Financial assistance would granted by the state according
providing for those failing to comply
made for the punishment Of married couples
who remain chidess
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-17
NEW C0NTINGENTS OF SAMMIES
GREETED BY R0USING: CHEERS
UPON ARRIVAL AT THE FRONT

American Soldiers Fresh from Training Camps
on This Side Of the Atlantic Reinforcing Brit
ish Lines -Tommies Give Yankee Allies Hear
ty Reception as They File in to Take Their
Places in Battle Scared Trenches
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-17
VIOLENT FIGHTING.

Paris, May 17.-Violent artillery
fighting in the region Of Hailles,
southeast of Amiens, is reported in to-
days official statement.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-17

There are not only heroes, but
heroines galore in the fighting on the
American front in France.
Here are four Salvation Army girls
who divided the honors of the Battle
OF Seicheprey with the Sammies who
beat the Germans.
For these girls helped the Sammies
to dofit.
Two OF them, the Mcintyre sisters,
were mentioned in the dispatches
from the fighting scene.
All -four disregarded danger and
comfort and stuck to their posts at
the Salvation Army canteen just back
OF the frontatrenches, serving hot COT
fee and hot chocolate and cheering
words to the American fighters who
dropped back for brief rest.
Gas shells and bombs were burst
ing and the canteen was most certain
ly in the danger zone, but the girls
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-17

ABOVE-Louise Young of Chelsea,
Mass lin circle); and Gladys Mcln-
tyre of Mount Vernon, n. Y, lin
square,. ".
ON THE RIGHT-Ensign Burdick
OF New York (in circle); and Irene
Mcintyre OF Mount Vernon, n. Y, Tin
square).
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-12-05
DRAFTED MAN
IS FIRST To RETURN
Dawson County Soldier Held
Second Number In the
Great Lottery.

Mitchell, S. D., Dec. merrill
Fiskc. who returned to his home hero
from Camp Funston, Kansas, today,
bears the nusua distinction OF being
the first Dawson county man drafted
Unto army service as well as the first
lone 10 be released to return home.
J Eiske left Mitchell March 20, OF his
year, and was transferred from Camp
Funston TO an officers' training school
bat Camp Pike, Arkansas. some time DO
fore his release. When he was indicted
tnto the service he held the number
jsecond in order to the famous "25s."
THE local man who held the FIRST num-
Der was exempted because Of q de-
pendent family.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-12-05
DEAD SOLDIER LEFT
ESTATE TO BETRoTHED

Lead. S. D., Dec. 4.-Whether or not
betrothal bonds will secure the pay
ment Of $1,000 from q war risk tnsur-
ance will be decided by the federal gov
eminent in the case OF a young woman
who was engaged to Jesse Christensen,
a Black Hills soldier, who died in an
epidemic.
In n letter to the girl written shortly
before his death Christensen declared
that he found that regulations forbade
him leaving his insurance policy to her
because she was not his wife and was
ever, that he had made his policy pay
able to his estate and had willed the
estate to her. A. government official re-
Gently investigated the matter but has
made no report as yet.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-12-05
PLAN BIG RECEPTION
FOR RETURNING SOLDIERS

Lead. S. d., Dec. 4.-The business
men and other citizens of this and other
Black Hills cities have taken up dis
cussion Of the I'M Of reception that
should be rendered the returning SOL
diera from this and other parts OF the
Black Hills on their arrival here and in
other cities OF h region from France
and the amps In this country. The
reception, It is agreed, will BIO the most
elaborate OF anything heretofore at
tempted in the Black Hills. 1t is prob
able that complete arrangements for a
grand reception to the returning sol
dters will be made iii the near future,
50 there will be no bitches when the
soldiers arrive. as might be the caseaH
h matter of completing arrangements
were left to the last moment.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-12-05
S. DAKOTA PRIEST
CALLED To BOHEMIA
Is to Assist Council In separ-
ating Church From State
Well Known For 25 Years.

Yankton, s.. D., Dec. 5-The Rev. e.
A. Bouska, pastor OF st. Wencelaus
Church. Tabor, for the past rs years.
has been called TO Prague, Bohemia.
by Preside mt Masaryk, to assist at u
council whose object viii be the seper-
alton OF church and state. Father
Bouska IL prominent In his section
among the Bohemian Catholics. n
his selection has met with general APP
proval. He expects to cave this week,
and will make his first stop at Paris.
Father Bouska IL of great executive
ability, and has built up q small strug-
Cling parish to wonderful success The
parish sent ITO young men into the
war. Three were killed and six badly
oupde
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-12-05
NEGRO ANARCHIST
BOSS IN RUSSIA

A New York business mar who visit
ed bolshevist headquarters recently,
tells in the Worlds Work, of finding a.
New York negro helping govern $780,
900, 900 people. He W
7 made my way to room n, the
foreign office. There was a great pa
laver going On. What was being said
was not half SO interesting as how 1t
was being said. These officials con-
versed almost exclusively in English
and German. They were not Russians.
They We're Jews. They did not ak
Russian-they talked Bowery.
while waiting my turn with the
secretary, in paraded an u~nmistakable
character-an American negro. Aban-
doning all business and decorum the
functionary sprang from his seat and
kelled:
Hello, Johnny, what can I do for
THE darka was nothing il not demo-
cratic. I ventured to hail him as u
fellow New Yorker, hoping thus to ex-
pedite my business. He was delighted,
n assuming command agreed to
shove things through for me.
What ministry do you belong tor.
said l.
II grinned. To all the ministries.
I am a member OF the military reyolu-
tionary committee
Johnny was glad to tell me all about
his rise in the world. In New York he
had Joined the l. w. W. and had heen
one Of their end men and agitators.
He was an associate of Max Eastman,
He would have made an excellent
South Carolina senator under the car
pet Dagger regime. He confided to m.
that he was for anarchy without any
frills. Since that time the bolshevists
have become too conservative to SUIT
him, and he Is now the recognized head
OF the anarchists Of Russia
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-12-05
MENNONITE KILLED
IN BATTLE IN FRANCE

Br,dsewater, S. ID, Dec. 4.--Jacob
Hofer. a Mennonite, and until his n
trance into the army q member OF
Of the colonies near here, was killed In.
action in France October Is, accord
ing to official word received by his par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. Joshua Hofer, OF
Clayton.
Young HoSsr was one OF the few
members OF hia sect who volunteered
TOR service. He had instruction in the
United Slater from April, 1917, until
lie embarked for Francn. II Was de-
claled on Responsible authority ahat
the Menilonitss . brave ana obe-
dtent soldier.
GOVERNOR NoRBEck
STlkL IN HOSPITAL
Des.dwood, SID. dec. 4.r+sioy. Peter,
sNorbecls N st II confined 10 the hos
pitsi here. He was alla 10 be mp SIM
day. He WALL MrpsahiS isase fer his,
home Wednesday.
INFLUENZA BAN
LIFTED At PARKSToN
Parkstoli: 5. u. 1oec. A.r,s,e ban on
fnntssas a fclsstsiik city wan lifted Sat
Nay and nlf elnIicii Esrv5ces were again
Isclu SuiaJAN, The first for six
EssveNtss; Schools lapyicr. pool hStlss y
E.,bIse taADtsltgs rsspentd rx
%rSl$1g<$xS@ @44E&ek
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-12-05
MONTENEGRO KING
REPORTED DEPOSED
Montenegro Will Join Serbia
Under King Peter, National
House Votes.
BY Associates Press.

Loudon, Dec. 3.--liing Nicllolas, OF
Montenegro, has been depnsed by the
sk%upshtina. the M~ontenegrin national
assembly, sccording to q message re-
ceiyed here from Prague today.
The dispatch WAS sent from Prague
by the Czecho- Siovak Press Bureau by
way of Copenhagen. IT says that the
~skupshtina voted the deposition on FRI
day last and declared for the union OF
Peter.
The family OF the king. IVA Included
in the act ct deposition
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-12-05
S. o. SUPREME COURT
HANDS DOWN DECISIONS

Pierre, S.. D.. Dec. 2.-The supreme
court has rendered decisions in the
following cases:
Frank II. yiktora. appellant VS..
County Superintendent OF Gregory
county ct al, Gregory country trial
court, affirmed.
f. w. Barnes vs. e. D. Clark, appel
liant, Minnehaha court, affirmed.
Walter H.. Kupper, for estate Of
Jacob Ernst, ct al. vs. John P. Biehn.
executor Of estate Of Christina Ernest
,et al, appellants, Gregory county trial
court, affirmed.
South Dakota We. August Fl. Schultz,
appellant, Sphinx county trial court, re-
'versed.
South Dakota, ex rel Myrtle Robin
son. vs.. Charles Gabert, appellant,
Brown county trial court. reversed:
American Life Insurance Co, Of
Omaha. Minnehaha county trial court,
affirmed.
John L. Wood. estate Of Mary e..
Davies We. VIII A. Bapp for estate OF
Ezra 8. Bapp ct al, appellants, Min
nehaha court, reversed.
G. c.. Jefferson VS.. j. II. Beam, ap-l
pellant, Beadle county court, affirmed.
O. w. Schultz Lumber Co. We. E..
Robinson ct al, appellants, Walsworth
county court, affirmed.
Henry Wynea ct al, appellant, vs.
Theodore Wynea, county court of Bon
Homme county, reversed.
Anna Larson ct al. appellants, VS..
Edison township Of Minnehaha county;
county court, reversed.
Theodore Hamm Brewing Co. VS..
John c. Hirber ct al, appellants, Pot
ter county court, affirmed.
e. s. Smith, Sioux Falls Warehouse
Co. VS.. Sioux Falls Trust Co. at al, ap-
'p%ellants. Minnehaha county court. re-
yersed.
N. II. Nelson VS.. Redline Piano Co.
ct al, appellants, Roberts county court,
reversed.
Maria b. Sweeney Yellow Hair, ap-
pellant vs. Sheriff of Charles Mix
county ct al, Charles Mix county triel
icorrf. rayersed
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-12-05
HoLsTElN.FRlEs,AN
BREEDERS TO MEET

Huron, S. d., Dec. 2t-The South
Dakota Holstein -Friesian Association
will hold its state convention III Huron,
Tuesday, December 10. This associa-
ton represents n of the most impor-,
tant dairy interests OF the state, and Its,
membership is statewide. The last
convention was In Brookings and was
attended by about 100. With the
growth Of interest In Holstein- Friesianl
cattle. and the increasing Importance
of the dairy industry, the interest in
the association has grown, and it is ex-
pected n attendance this year win be
much larger than a year ago.
An interesting program is being pre-
pared and Will soon be made public.
Forest 3. Hebron, one OF the largest
Holstein -Friesian breeders In this
county, is looking after the local inter
ests OF the association, and says the
meetings will be open to the public,
and urges the attendance OF all who
are interested in any way in the dairy
industry, which is destined to play an
important part in the development OF
the state.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-12-05

Don't gay "cornrade" to Joo Benz,
White sox pitcher. If you are not np
on footwork, says q message from CHI
cago. A. fellow pig iron 1uggler In
khe Illinois Steel Company plant tried
~. "See, nothing can stop us, COM
rade," ho Eloated. showing Benz AN
account of Q big radical meeting. The
more I thought about II, the madder !
got" said Joe. II walks over to him
and says. I see you sang every song
there bat THE Star Epangled Banner
I've got q notion to make o sing II
now Then I beaned him. ! don't
want any OF those bolshevists pulling
that comrade stuff on me. seer"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-12-05

WHAT THE PRESIDENT
ASKS. IN A NUTSHELL
wilson's reaalnstmen, pro-

Wilson's readjnstment pro-
ram:
Passage Of woman's suffrage.
Use of existing government
agencies TO effect reconstruction.
Immediate resumption OF de-
/, veIopment OF public works to
provide employment for return
; ing soldiers.
Ratification OF the Colom-
bian treaty to Improve pam
American relations.
Immediate determination OF
taxes for 1918, 1919 and 1920 and
; lifting as much Of tax burden
from business as government
viii permit.
Priority OF distribution OF
American~raw materials OF war
; to war stricken nations.
Complete contamination OF
> three-year naval program.
Leaves determination OF rail-
roads' future to congress, but
recommends against return to
pre-war conditions of railroad
control unmodifed.
Urges railroad control ques-
ton be studied by congress i'm
mediately to quickly remove
doubt Of their future.
Reclamation OF arid, swamp
and cut-over land.
A
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-12-05

5hipbuilders' Association, says there ID
urgent need OF an American merchant
marine. but II viii not come unless
tho people of tho United States are
Rade to understand the necessity OF
II. They know now. Mr.. Ferguson
said, that this country landed more
than a.000. 900 American soldiers In
that 70 per cent OF these troops were
carried In British vessels; 20 per cent
In interned German vessels, and but
10 per cont In vessels built in this
country.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-12-05
DEMAND that NORWAY
BREAK WITH SOVIET

London, Dec. 3. - Bolshevists have
entered the Norwegian legation at Pc
trograd and removed documents be-
longing to Switzerland. whose interests
are under h protection Of Norway,
according to a Copenhagen dispatch
to the Mail. The Norwegian minister
has protested in vain, and the news
papers of that country are demanding
that's Norway break relations. with the
soviet government.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-12-05
GIVE M%ARshALL JOE.

Washington, Dec. "a joint resoIu-
ton introduced by Representative Ro-
denburg, of Illinois, republican, pro-
poses that congress declare President
Wilson's trip to Europe constitutes an
inability to discharge the powers and
duty Of the office of president, and that
so long as he is away from the n
the vice president act as president.
The resolution was dropped into the
bill box without discussion on the floor.
It was referred to the judiciary COM
nlittee.
Added zest was given the presidents
appearance before congress today by
persistent reports that some one or two
representatives might attempt to heekle
him during his address
While administration leaders were in
clined to smile at this and a majority
OF congressional leaders laughed 1t OFF
as a joke, the report heightened the ex-
p%ectations Of the galleries which were
crowded early.
Leave Tomorrow.
Today the president is disDosing Of
much work. He Is not expected to
leave for his port Of departure until to-
morrow afternoon. This program may,
Eof course. be changed later. Tonight
he expects to confer with Henry ZIP.
Dawson. c~hairnlansof Tie American Red
Cross. rsiatiye to plans of h a organ-
ration fs,.' the future. 1t Is said that
Dawson wishes to be relieved of his
post as soon as possible In order to Ie-
turn to his p~eace-tiroc associations with
J. +. Morgan & Co. There is no indica-
ton there VIII be any change i'm
medtately, however, meantime presi-
dent wilson IS being literally flooded
with letters and teieGrams from rep
rcsentAtiyes from the small new ma
tons OF EuTope--",vAr babies" All ARE
seeking his s~pongowahin az tns peace
table.
Free Ireland.
RGe-n. days have deve!opel u sudden
and widespread Urge For his labor in
behalf Of a free IRELAND. WbaE.yer may
be The prcsiacnya personal views OF,
this sIh5ect--ana Il IL saia by his
friends 'f'nt he fs.anIs home rule for
4relara vrlie president xvii, not likely
express Lilliseif IL least before shc
pace table sessions.
The question or rep .s-niation ~
certain nations III HE peace conference
p,nt,abss will is eahsn j In tho pre-
H%riiiEars discfsai1iis " f'resslent WI
, san and the H,liesi epatsesu.a when
re. meet IN France tpn p%n<s hence.
ass1l tttss are a',3iinE a vice N inc son.
t.res.ce Prussia. too, mist bn consil-
ersd.. These factors L. rcJpaftisuhs ,Iy
in the praposed Formation OF a ,enpuc
tof nations.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-12-05
ANNUAL CROW HUNT
MADE BIG EVENT
Hunters at Canton, S. D., Kill
223 of the Birds In
Single Day.

Canton. S. D., Nov. 3o.-The annual
crow hunt OF the Canton hunters re-
Gently ook place and resulted In a.
total OF 228 crows being killed during
the roundup. A movement q been
inaugurated to make the crow hunt a
local men has been an annual event for
years and the side which shoots the
fewest number OF crows has had to
pay the cost OF a banquet to all the
hunters. but this year the money was
donated to the Red Cross.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-12-05

CANTON-At a term of state circuit
court held here q number OF cases were
disposed Of. Eugene Lee, charged with
working an old army" game upon some
Of his companions, entered a plea OF
guilty and was fined $50 and costs. VIM.
Krayenbrink entered a plea Of guilty to
the charge of selling liquor In violation of
the statewide prohibition law, and was
fined $500 and costs, which he paid. q.
8. Markham pleaded guilty to fraud and
was fined s75.
HAVANA-No trace yet has been found
OF unknown persons who burglarized the
local stores Of e. D. Holmes and Earl
Palmeriee. From the Holmes store
seven gold watches were carried away.
while Palmerlee lost silks to the value OF
several hundred dollars.
BRITTON-Mr. and Mrs. p. 81. gilbert
son, Of this city, have been advised that
their son. Harry, who has been stationed
at an aviation camp near Montgomery,
Ala, for some time, had been severely
wounded as the result Of an accident,
having been shot in the thigh.
MADISON-Sergt. Ross Kelley, a Madi-
son boy serving In France. writes that his
company has a mascot, in the person Of a
12-year-old French boy, whose mother
and three sisters and brothers have been
refugees during the greater part OF the
war.
ONIDA-An important business trans
action here was the sale by ?. j. Murphy
OF his entire holdings in the Farmers
bank to A. r. Mcconnell, of Mitchell, S.
D. The new owner will give the bark his
personal attention.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-12-05
ELK POINT BOY Is
DEAD IN FRANCE

Elk Point. S. D., Nov. sa.-Mr. and
Mrs. James Jeffries, Of this city, re-
ceiveG word this week that their son,
Alva L. Jeffries, aged 80 years, died In
France, October T. from pneumonia.
He Is survived by his parents, W
brothers and two sisters.