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Newspaper
The Citizen Republican
Location
Scotland, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1919
Page
1
Publisher P A Bliss announces the Citizen Republic an increase to 2.00 a year starting January 1 1920 with arrears honored at old rates if renewed by year end. The notice also mentions other papers raising prices and urges readers to act before the cutoff.
The coal strike ended with miners agreeing to resume work while a final wage settlement is delayed. Governors pressured for operation and protests by workers, as a new commission to set wages was proposed. Garfield resigned over the plan, warning it could raise coal prices and delay a permanent settlement. Congress may need a broader method to resolve labor disputes.
Robert L. Hamilton of Sioux City, secretary of the League to Enforce Peace, writes to Vice President Marshall urging Senate ratification of the Versailles peace treaty. He claims Sioux City represents the middle west and that nearly all citizens support the League of Nations. The letter questions Sioux City’s representativeness and warns against taking its advice on national matters.
Next Tuesday December 23 county proposal committees meet to pick candidates for county and legislative posts. The county superintendent of schools sheriff and states attorney are in their second terms and cannot seek re election. Few aspirants are known as salaries remain unattractive, potentially forcing the committee to act as a conscription panel.
Brookings Dec 15 Ten members of the South Dakota boys junior extension livestock club attended the International Livestock Exposition in Chicago as free awards for good work during the year. Paul J. Scarbro led the party. Archie Joy Midland John Nord Milbank and Forret Fenn Brookings were in the stock judging contest among the state contenders. Other champions included James Bellamy Philip Leo Straw Harrold Louis Fournier Ree Heights Glenn Mitchell Canistota Arlington Eddy Wellspring Springs Raph Doud Midland and Einar Johnson Beresford. A plan to send a hundred SD champions to the 1920 International is noted.
The Yankton County election last week to issue three and a quarter million dollars in bonds for hard surfaced roads failed. Sixty percent was required and returns showed over 600 votes short. Farmers opposed the plan saying promoters overstated easy payments. Hard surfaced roads may come later but current sparsity of settlement makes a general system impractical now.
Washington reports say the president favors watching the peace treaty while hoping the senate will ratify as originally drafted. Senate votes show Republicans mostly favor ratification with reservations, while Democrats largely oppose with reservations. England and France reportedly accept reasonable reservations, shifting the issue to the suitability of league reservations rather than ratification itself.
This week pupils statewide push The Next To Go They are selling seals to support the Red Cross Christmas Seals drive. High Schools form canvassing teams to cover towns and districts aiming for ten seats per capita, with county chairs urging continued effort to reach the Christmas deadline. Also notes local items: R T Berry in Scotland, scans of residents ill or traveling, a North Dakota league firing of Stangeland, and Aberdeen American reference.
Er Trotter spent Tuesday in Scotland visiting his brother Dr Clarence Trotter. Mr and Mrs George Simek living seven miles north of town are the parents of a boy born Monday December 8. Rev John Linka reached Tyndall Friday and will spend the winter with the family here. Linka had been filling a pulpit near Strongfield Sas Katchewan. The Republican state convention at Pierre last week showed a split between Frank Lowden and Gen Leonard Wood for president endorsement. McMaster supporters faded as Gunderson supporters withdrew for lieutenant governor nomination. Delegates nearly split by county. Wood won due to big counties though voters may differ in March primaries. Soldiers who were privates in WWI opposed Wood. officers mostly supported him.
Glasier met Niobrara officials Saturday to discuss supplying power from the Springfield plant and start work when weather allows. A state hail report shows Bon Homme County paid only fifty dollars in crop losses last season, a factor in land purchases. Ex service men planned steps to organize the Dwight Wood Post with a temporary treasurer and secretary, awaiting charter approval.
The rational census will begin January 2, urging business leaders to prepare. Officials assure the information given to enumerators will not be used by the assessor and will remain for census purposes.
Advertises Lavoptik eye wash as a rapid remedy using witch hazel hydrastis camphor and similar ingredients. Claims a girl with weak eyes improved after one application and her mother, nearly unable to read, benefited within a week. Offers small bottle guarantees and a free aluminum eye cup.
Bon Homme Co Registered Road Warrants numbered up to 1415 are called for payment. Interest will cease on December 18, 1919. Chas E Bixby, Co Treasurer.
The readers learn Hall's Catarrh Cure is claimed as the only positive cure for catarrh a constitutional disease. It is taken internally and said to reach blood and mucous surfaces, with a $100 guarantee of cure. Sold by druggists at 75 cents with testimonials available.
A public health appeal explains tuberculosis as a preventable, curable killer. It stresses workers and farmers among the most affected, urges education, fresh air, nutrition, and occupation to fight the disease. The National Tuberculosis Association and local groups, funded mainly by Red Cross Christmas Seals, ask for support and purchases.
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