The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-05-20
?. /. BLISS, Editor 4 Proprietor.
Thursday. May 20. 1920.
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5. L. Meighen went to vermillion
Friday.
J. R. Wilson went to Sioux City
Saturday.
Mrs Meighen went to Sioux City
Sunday.
+ Dennis Foley was here from Men.
no Friday.
Atty. W. F. Hansen vas in Sioux
City Saturday.
Mrs. Otto Schmierer went to Yer.
million Monday to visit bar parents.
Mrs. August Hermann went to
Yankton Monday. called by the ILL.,
ness Of her mother.
Donald Parmenter came home on
Wednesday of last week from a bust.
ness trip to Sioux City.
L. A. Esds was in town Saturday
on his way back from Tyndall to his
ranch near Kadoka.
The Fullerton Lumber Co. has Just
completed a new lumber shed on the
south side of their lots.
VIM Wilson returned Friday from
Colorado where he went the week be.
fore to look after his farm.
E. v. Wilcox has bought the Nc.
Lachlan residence on Main Street.
which has been occupied by the Lou.
is Spencer family.
Mrs. George Thorpe came down
from Trip Saturday to spend the day
with friends The train was &C late
and the weather 30 bal that she re-
manned over until Sunday noon.
Mrs. j.. L. Hutchison returned
Sunday from Sioux City where she
has been spending the last two weeks.
While there che submitted to an oper.
alton for removal of tonsils and adj
enoids and is feeling much better.
We notice in the Summer School
Bulletin of the Springfield Normal.
that Prof. r E. Willisms will be 8
member Of the faculty for the second
six-weeks session. to teach Mathe-
MATES.
Mrs. NJ. A. Mason has bought a
millinery store at Parkston She
plans to purchase others at various
neighboring towns, and run a central
supply shop here in Scotland, if che
can find a suitable business place
here.
Miss Anna Kirk and Mrs. Slater of
Tyndall were in Scotland Monday be-.
tween trains On their way to Water.
town to attend the Grand Lodge of
the Rebekahs. While here they were
guests of Miss mae Dame.
C%hauncey Lawton was here from
Minneapolis Sunday to visit his cous
in, Henry WeDzlaf. He and Mr..
Wenzlaf went to Trip Sunday boon
The latte' went from Trip to Sioux
City on the Sunday night train. Oh a
business trip
Amos Stafford has sold his barber
shop at Letcher and came to Scotland
Friday to work for his brother, Abel
Stafford. H S family is still living
in LetchsI where they own g house,
as il is mex to impossible to find liv
ing quarters in Scotland at this time
Mr.. and Mrs. Miller teels, WHO
left for their home in Pierre On We'd.
nesdaY of last week, went as far as
Wolsey where they found that the
washouts near Blunt would tie up
traffic for a week or more They re.
turned to Scotland and mrs. Steele
will visit her parents until the tracks
arc opened. Mr.. Steele went to
Plankinton Monday to visit his broth.
sr for g few days.
Commissioner Cobb spent two days
last week driving oyer his district to
ascertain what damage had been done
to the roads by the floods. Saturday
night he said be had found 20 bridges
and eulverts out or badly damaged,
and hadn't yet visited Emanuel pre-.
cinct The worst feature ia that un-
der the new road law the commission
ers can not n axe repairs that cost
over 81, 200. Those costing more
must be done by order. and under the
direction of the county engineer and
the specifications approved by the
ftaie engineer. With ali OF this red
tape to unwind it is hard to deter.
mine when the highways will again
! be placed in safe condition. The
citizens naturally look to the commits
sioners to perform this service, not
realizing that their hands are tied By
this new law, and for that reason the
commissioners get much unjust criti-
eism. II all of the five districts have
been bit as hard as this one, end they