The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1921-04-21
CITIZEN REPUBLICAN
a. r. kAYsER, Publisher
CORTLAND. SOUTH bAK67X

With the arrest of the three Hitch
cock brothers who advertised to make
people famous as authors and song
writer's, postal authorities believe they
have unearthed a very novel and ex-
tensive swindling scheme, carried on
~ through the mails. authors bureaus
, / and other schemes, We're carried on in
Washington. Baltimore, New York, Chi
r cago and other cities
81 The extreme scarcity OF housing ac
hi commodations in Europe is causing
many people in the Italian lakes dis
trict 20 become cave dwellers again.
Of Along Lakes Como and Maggiore NUM-
q bers have dug out dwellings, and many,
= calling themselves Children of ma
q ture." have discarded as many clothes
as the police force will allow them to
i discard They pay no taxes or rent, but
= have established joint reading ROOM
=, During the day the cave jewellers work
y in fields or factories.
Workmen engaged in construction OF
u ships in several German seaports have
!! petitioned the German government to
abandon the policy of naming new ships
after famous generals in the war, or
men who won renown for military ser
vice before the war The petition says
that such procedure Ill becomes the
servants of the new republic. The unions
have threatened TO quit work unless the
practice ceases
Hawaiis latest labor union is a COM
bination of japanese house servants
and yard boys. The organization is said
to have rated the various houses OF the
city, and if Mrs. As house is rated at
81 q week no japanese maid or man
vii! WORK for her for less than that
sum- If a housewife diSnisses ser
want, no other japanese will take the
position.
new type of wood frame house,
IN
than those in general use, is being de-
veloped and tested at the underwriters
laboratories in Chicago. The type in
cludes covering of metal lath and
plaster held in Place by wires surround
ing the beams, which continue to act
even after the wood beams have started
TO char
The Porto Rico American Tobacco
Company has announced an open shop
policy. after having dealt with the un-
ions since the beginning of the war,
and are offering employment at last
years wages to 5000 of the $4,000 en-
ployes. The unions are demanding work
for all or none, and nearly all of the
ccmpanys factories are closed.
An agreement has been reached be-
tween representatives of Bryn Mawr
college, and representatives of New
York working girls organizations
whereby 10 girls are to be given a two
months course in general collegiate
subjects during the summer. Women
workers in all parts OF the country are
eligible to compete.
In vetoing the bill to enforce strict
party registration in primaries. Gov
ernor Allen of Kansas said womens
enfranehisement must for some time
increase the proportion of independent
voters. ''They are a valuable asset 10
the state or to any state, since they con-
stitute a distinct body that cannot be
controlled or herded,' he said.
The number of llegitmate children
born in Berlin during the past year
was so per cent. larger than that for
the preceding IL months. Fathers of IL
legitimate children are taxed a few
marks each week for each chila's sup
port until it has reached the age of Is
1.-THE Gas Hawk according to Chi
caso social workers, lis a thing that
wears trousers, prowls about at night
in an automobile, snares his victims
with the knowledge that young girls
like automobile rides, and carries them
Off
An egg of the passenger pigeon is
now estimated to be worth $1,000 by
the University of Illinois. which pos
sesses one. The bird is believed to be
extinct There is a standing offer of
$1,000 to anyone proving the existence
of nesting pair.
Because the short line of the San
dusky. Norwalk and Mansfield railroad
in Ohio was in debt $4,000 for power
and receivers fees operation of the
line has been stopped by a judicial or
der. Az a result, more than 100 power
users are without service and two fac
~ tories nave been compelled to close.
A New York state housewife has de-
vised an ":d'' for home worker that
his obtained her ali the help she has
needed and at 20 per cent. reduction
from the usual rate. 1t reads: General
Housework-Young maid wanted, small
family. Attractive police force and
moving picture shows. Two nights out
Wall Street bankers say that instead
of borrowing money TO carry on his
business as it was reported he was
about to do. Henry Ford has recently
liquidated loans there amounting to
$24, 500. GEO. several OF which were paid
before maturity.
70 help carry out a recent determine
tom to enforce prohibition laws in New
s York city, the district attorney asks the
of two additional grand
~ ssss TO give their entire attention to
iiaucr cases.
y The people of Ulster county propose
10 erect a memorial to John Burroughs
on top OF Slide plountain, the highest
peak OF the Catskills. the cost to be
raised by popular subscriptions in the
county.
Less than half the total number of
physicians practictng in Minnesota
have permits to prescribe intoxicating
liquor, and the hulk of the prescrip-
finns are written by about one-iifth
Of those having permits.
"A New York hospital which has been
making study of the sleeping sick
ness announces that though many
cases seem to follow influenza, the two
diseases are distinct
To offset shortage of officers, grad
IS uetion at Annapolis has been advanced
six months. Tie second class OF eco
midshipmen will be graduated next De-
cember.
la Swedish engin Ger, after 10 years
~ ex perience, has succeeded in inyenting
speaking film, which, 1t is claimed