The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1921-05-19


hut five of the workers.
Extensive improvements are to be
made to the circuit court rooms In the
connty building in DeadwoDd, which
viii be transformed into up-toadate
quarters for holding court.
Members of the Madison American
legion post are making preliminary
arrangements for celebration and
athletic and water carnival to be
held at Lake Madison on June 2S.
Keeping children of. school age out
of school is proving rather unpopular
in Sphinx county, three more farmers
being hailed before the county court
on this charge.
Mrs. Arthur Luke. wife Of a Ham
lin county farmer, and her year
old son. were badly burned and had
narrow escapes from death when q
can of kerosene used by Mrs. Luke
in kindling a fire caught fire.
Under the supervision Of the forest
service, men are engaged in improv-
ing the highway from Deadwood to
Mt. Roosevelt in anticipation of
heavy tourist travel to the famous
mountain this Summer.
Completion of arrangements to Dor.
row the money needed to build Mitch.
ellis proposed new ST. Joseph's hos
pital, resulted in the announcement
being made that construction will be
under way by May 20.
The average wages being paid to
unmarried men on South Dakota
farms during May are $34 per month.
according to the monthly labor sur.
vey conducted by the state farm bu.
reau federation.
The work of erecting a fine new
public school building in Highmore has
commenced and will be pushed in hope
OF having the structure complete in
time for the opening of the fall term
of school.
Bread loaves will be cheaper in
Mitchell after July when bakers, in
compliance with the state law passed
at the last session Of the legislature.
begin to scale a uniform loaf which
will, retail at 10 cents a pound
After months of effort the Melle.te
county Red Cross hospital has been
opened in White River. 1t will be
one of the few hospitals in the north
west to be installed and operated un.
der the direction of the Red Cross.
Another gold producing mine win
be added to the other mines of the
kind in the Black Hills as the result
of development work now in progress
by the Eagle Bird Mining company
on it's ground on sauaw creek.
Mellette county and jackson coun
ty have locked horns over payment
for bridge constructed across White
river at Belvidere the Mellette coun.
ty end of the bridge being at the ex-
IRENE northwest corner of Mellette
county.
Miss Laura Lindley, who for the
past nine years has been connected
with the South Dakota Anti-Saloon
league, has been summoned to Wash.
| ington to take charge Of the National
Anti-Saloon league headquarters at
that place.
Canton may finally obtain a new
government building to be used for
postoffice purposes. Postmaster Jones
has been asked by the postoffice de-.
partment at Washington to furnish it
/ with information necessary for 1t to
i determine the need for a government
building in this city
/ Formal organization of the South
1 | Dakota Dakota Potato Growers Cooperative
Exchange, a subsidiary association Of
the State Potato Growers association,
for the marketing Of the states POI
tato crop, was completed at meet
ing Of the potato growers in Water.
town.
I Through the efforts OF members Of
4 the Black Hills Rod and Gun club Of
Lead an aggregate of more than 200.
a 600 young fish will be placed in ponds
which have been constructed by the
5 club along the banks of Spearfish
.creek and other streams of the Black
4 Hills near Lead.
i Conversion Of the courthouse
square into playground for the chill
dren of WATERFOWL and the whole
. county, and the construction of seats
, about the bandstand for persons at.
q tending the weekly programs there
was planned at a meeting Of the
WatertoWn Rotary club.
8 Forming an association similar to
one now in existence in Minneapolis
{ and other larger cities, the freight
3 agents and the shippers Of Aberdeen
j will attempt to gain cooperation
]. from both sides for the purpose Of
j maintaining better service for local
merchants.