The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1921-06-23
Fire of unknown origin destroyed
the Olson Bros elevator at HurlaY.

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DeSmet is ASSUMING the appearances
| Of real structure
Dell Rapids has opened its swim.
! ming beach, said to be one Of the
| finest in eastern South Dakota.
Aberdeen is to become the state
Headquarters OF the Women's Auxil.
| larry Of the South Dakota department
Of the American Legion.
An ordinance designed to reduce
salaries Of all city employees 10 per
cent has passed first reading before
! the city commissioners of Sioux Falls
There is unusual building activity
! in Brookings this summer, a number
| of dwelling houses and several bust
ness places being in course Of con
| struction.
| Miss Ora Beauchamp, aged Ia, was
instantly killed by bolt of lightning
while in a pasture on her father,
ranch in the Box Elder district of
| Pennington county.
Bullhead, which is little Indian
village on the Standing Rock reserva.
ton, is making elaborate preparations
for three-day celebration, which will
be held on July 4, S and g.
| In one day the White Lake cream.
cry purchased an aggregate of 1902
pounds of cream, which yielded 2993
pounds of butterfat. From this a total
of 1913 pounds of butter was manu-
/ featured
1 At meeting of the Pennington
county fair board preliminary steps
were taken to make great success
OF county exposition, which will be-
held in Rapid City on September %.
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The sum Of $1,000 is being raised
| in Trip and Lyman counties for 4
suitable celebration in connection
with the dedication Of new bridge
across White river on the Winner
Presho highway.
Members Of the Davis American
Legion post have decided to hold
rousing Fourth Of July celebration in
Davis. Among the features will BE-
exhibition airplane flights, ball games.
foot races and band concerts
The Chicago & Northwestern Rail
way company reports the movement,
OF 19e cars of emigrant goods over
| their lines in the state east of tie
Black Hills for the months of Feb
ruary, March and April of this year.
The famous ravine road. Of Vermil
lion, with its wooded hillsides, will
hereafter be known as Audubon park.
| In, memory OF the great American
ornithologist The name has been
changed by official action of the city
council.
The latest complaint against tia
Chinese pheasants, which are becom.
ing SO numerous in the central and
eastern portions of the state is that
| they seek out and destroy the nests
or Wild ducks and prairie chickens in
the vicinity where they are numerous
| South Daokta's new grasshopper
eradication law which was passed a,
the recent session of the state legisla-
lure, comes as timely aid and saving
to the alfalfa farmers of the western
part OF the state, according to A. L.
Ford, extension entomologist at State
college.
Good progress is being made in the
work OF organizing battery of field
artillery in Flandreau, and it is ex-
pected the battery will be under orders
within the Iext few weeks. It will
form part Of the recognized state
national guard. Thus far more than
i nave signed up for places in
the battery.
| Considerable excitement prevails in
the Gregory community over the pros
poets OF finding oil. One oil operator
already has leased several quarter sec
lions OF land adjoining Gregory. with
1 the intention Of commencing drilling
operations as soon as sufficient land
can be leased to warrant the begin
ming Of work
a. ~. Dawes, of Bookings, was elect
| ed superintendent Of the South Da.
kota Anti-Saloon league, succeeding
emerson p. Hunt, who has resigned to
accept the post of supervisor Of the
northwest department Of the federal
enforcement service Mr.. Dawes has
been connected With farm extension
work under the direction of the state
college.
| Authorities are now satisfied that
the man, believed to be Raleigh Oliver.
| whose dead body was taken from the
Missouri river at Oacoma, was not a
victim Of foul play. The theory is
fairly well established now that Oliver
was crossing the river in the Vicinity
Of Kennebec last February The ice
broke with him and he has not been