The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-06-03

Wagner Tuesday.
Mrs. Ernest Kast went to Brook.
ings Friday evening to visit relatives.
Mrs. Thorpe was down from Trip
Wednesday to spend the day with
friends.
MIR. and Mrs. L. H. Imig and two
children are spending the week in
Elk Point.
Geo. Stills of L~esterville is laying
the basement wall for C. g. Max's
new house.
You can enjoy a good summer out
ing by attending the picnic at Lester.
Vile on Sunday, June 9Th. ADV.
Henry Brown shipped three cars
and Frank Flattner one car of stock
to the Siou x City market Wednesday
night.
Che.n.s s. SShacf have been get
ting their affairs Strengthened up, and
Mr.. Sharf expects to leave for Min
neapolie Monday.
Mrs. Moore moved this week from
rooms over the Sunshine Pharmacy to
rooms in Otto Petersen's residence
across the track.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. o. Lee went to
Yankton Monday to attend the funeral
of Mr.. Lees nephew, the little son
of DR.. and Mrs. Halverson of Yank-
ton.
If anyone accidentally took the
Master Key to the Customers Safety
Deposit Boxes from the Bon Homme
County Bark it will be appreciated
very much if same is returned at once.
Misses Eva Nelles and Ruth Heb.
bert of the Presbyterian Sunday school
and Rev. j. w. Zerbe of the Metho.
dist Sunday school, left Monday to
attend the state convention at Rapid
City.
Messrs Wilson and Wheeler of
Sibley, Ia. friends of j. r, Wilson,
were in town Tuesday. They were
on their way by auto to California.
Mr.. !. R. Wilson accompanied them
as Tar as Mitchell Wednesday.
Stevenson & Becker made three
real estate deals on Tuesday. Ed.
Jupgmann purchased a quarter of
Hyde county land Mrs. Korb traded
! some lots in the Korh Addition for a
quarter of Hyde county land. The
Hackett block, owned by w. C.
Haynes. was sold for $500, to Mr..
Block, of Lesterville.
Charles Mitchell, who for the past
three years has been living on a farm
north of Baskerville. dropped dead on
the streets of Sioux City Tuesday. of
heart failure. He was 81 years of
age, and had been a pioneer in the
southeastern part of the state, having
been a blacksmith in Elk Point for
thirty years, and the funeral was
held at that place. #
Miss Lola Campbell came from
Vermillion Tuesday evening to visit
until Friday with her friends in Scot
land, when she expects to 90 to HUI
On TO attend the huron College Home
Coming next week, and visit DR.. and
Mrs. French who will be there. From
there she will go to Sacramento, CAL,
to spend the summer with her sister,
Mrs. w. b. Dawson. She informs
us that her foster brother, Chas.
Sharp Of Des Moines. recently lost
his con, Clyde. The young man had
been working at Webster this epring.
A short time ago he submitted to an
operation for appendicitis. The ap.
pendix had ruptured and his life could
not be saved. The body was taken to
Des Moines by his father who was
with him while he was in the hospital
at Aberdeen.
Something Of a sensation was caus-
ed in Scotland the first, of the. week
when it became known that, G. F.
Wild, local agent for the Carpenter
Lumber Co., had absconded. He left
Last week Wednesday, ostensibly to
visit his father who was said to be
quite sick, but investigation Of the
books Of the company revealed quite
q shortage in his accounts. A letter
received from him the fore part Of
the week was sent from Canada, ana
indicated that he did not intend to re-
torn. The day before he left he made
a cash sale Of his dwelling house to
Henry Brown q part Of the purchase
price having been given to Mr.. Wild
and the balance. together with the
deed, left with the bank for delivery
on approval of the abstract It is a
hard blow TO the wife and children
who are still here and have the SYM
patty Of the entire community in
their trouble. Mrs Wild IL .o;d 10