The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1921-06-09
Godfreid Rath, Of Memo, was

drowned while swimming in Medicine
creek, near Rousseau.
Howard Barber, 20, Sioux Falls boy,
was drowned while fishing ut Wall
Lake, near Madison.
Shorthorn breeders Of Faux county
have organized the Faux County
Shorthorn Breeders association.
i Recent rains and warm weather
have placed crops in the Woonsocket
territory in the best possible condition.
Members of the AIilbank American
LEGION post are making preparations
4 for a celebration and sports day, to
i be held in Milbank on June 16.
4. Contrary to predictions made early
in the spring, Hughes and Sullys
counties have this year put in the;
largest crop acreage in their history.
| A movement has been started, with
(. petitions out by some OF the local
farmers, to bring the Kimball consoli-
dated district, organized last year, to
a vote again.
: The biggest and best Fourth Of July
celebration ever attempted in western
Dakota is the aim of the committee in
/
mon celebration this year.
Preparations are under full swing
for the fourth annual Tri-State Round
/ Up to be held in Belle Fourche, July
Ia, 5 and g. Prizes in the amount OF
$4,000 are to be given for the various
events.
With the school census in the city Of
/ Watertown nearly complete gain Of
more than 200 is shown in rile cftys'
school population now as compared
with the persons of school age in the
city on June 1, 1920.
Methods recommended by A. L.
Ford. agromonist of the state college,
to combat the cut-worm pest, were en-
,|ployed by people around Bookings
and now gardens are free of the de-
lstructive little beetles.
The Interstate Commerce commits
sion has entered an order with the
South Dakota railway commission in
stituting an ADMINISTRATION into express
rates in the state, with the view Of
increasing them 26 per cent over rates
effective prior to May l this year,
when the commission authorized 1G
slper cent increase.
4 Excitement over a recent tind of in
4 dications of oil in the outskirts Of
& Scenic CONTINUES keen, and this has
4 been added to by the announcement
that company composed of residents
of Scenic and Hot Springs had pur-
chased a $4,000 oil we'll drilling rig
and would without delay commence
the work of sinking a test well.
At a special election held in Hill
City. majority of the voters decided
to Increase the interest rate on. school
bonds previously authorized to be is
sued from five to seven per cent. II
was difficult to find buyer for the
bonds at the original rate of interest.
The bonds We're voted for the cree
ton of new school building, the con-
tract for which recently was awarded.
Eleven union pressmem, employed.
in the newspaper and job shops in
!. Mitchell went on a strike as a result
of the failure of the several concerns
to renew their contracts which expired
June l. Local union printers failed
to reach an agreement for renewal of
their contracts with employers a
J month ago and since that time that
branch of the work has been conducted
by non-union men.
/ The construction of i, government
highway from Custer to Sylvan lake,
which was abandoned last fall. :las
been resumed and will De pushed TO
completion as speedily as possible
. When this highway is completed an
other government highway will he CON
structed from Sylvan lake TO Hill City.
Sylvan lake belongs to the state OF
4 South $ Dakota ami is one OF the chief
resorts of the Black Hills.
{ DR.. w D. Schermerhorn, president
of Dakota Wesleyan university, has
been notified that he is one of three
delegates from the st. Paul area of the
4 Methodist church to attend the
ecumenical conference of the Metho-
Idist Episcopal church which is to be
held in London, Eng, September is to
'aI2S. DR.. SchermerhOrn will leave
Z Mitchell about July 1, for the confer
/, lence.
The airplane has been put into SER
vice by q Haakon county real estate
man. IN showing his customers how
the land in that section looks from the
higher levels. The real estate man and
Ia pilot recently drove from Cherokee,
: la, in the planeNand made the record
-5Etime to Midland, averaging 125 miles
per hour The putting of. this plane
I in service has set the pace for progress
! siFe real estate men in that section of
Z South Dakota.
Nels Peterson, a Tnrner county ex-
!. service man, is having a hard time
J / / convincing Uncle Sam that he is not
! dead. During the calls for soldiers
! three years ago he enlisted in the