Will Decide On Automobile Tax On New South Dakota Vote
South Dakota voters will decide in November on a three percent tax on motor vehicle value at first registration, affecting factory price if registered within a year and diminishing with age. The measure, led by W. E. Frantz, was referred by the state supreme court after earlier legal challenges. Five constitutional amendments are also on the ballot.
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W. E. Frantz
Lake Norden
State Supreme Court
South Dakota to Get Federal Fire Protection Funds
Denver August report states South Dakota will receive 1125 dollars in federal aid for protecting state and private lands from fire during the current fiscal year starting July 1. Allen S. Peck, regional forest supervisor, urged use of the Clarke McNary tree distribution law, noting 37 states have done so and that the federal share averages about 2000 dollars per state.
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Denver
Aug. S
South Dakota
Allen S. Peck
Peck
Bate
Thief Sent To Jail Gates To Get Reward
Thief Sam Walters of Athol faced a judge in Spink County jail for attempting to steal gasoline using an eight foot garden hose and two five gallon cans. Edwin Gates, a sleeping harvester, stopped the theft by alerting others. Walters was fined $20 and ten days in jail. Gates eligible for a $25 reward from the Spink County Farm Bureau Vigilance service for aiding the effort against theft.
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Gates
Redfield
Sam Walters
Athol
Spink County
Justice of Pease
Arthur Moriarty Walters
Weiland Brothers
Hayman Brothers
Ashton
Edwin Gates
Harvester
Combine
Heyman
Spink County Farm Bureau Vigilance Service
Merle Hagen
Bureau
Emery Wheelock and Blanche Pierce wed in Aberdeen
An engagement of the marriage of Emery F. Wheelock and Miss Blanche L. Pierce of Wessington has been received. They married at Aberdeen on August 3 and are spending a short honeymoon at Lake Enemy Swim. Wheelock manages Hayes-Lucas Lumber, while Pierce was bookkeeper for the company. They will be at home here after August 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emery Wheelock
Blanche L. Pierce
Whssington
Sperial
Emery F. Wheelock
Wessington
Aberdeen
Lake Enemy
Wheelock
Hayes-Lucas Lumber Company
Mitchell Filter Plant Hailed as Top in Nation
G S Stoldt of Jacksonville praised the Mitchell filtration plant as one of the finest in the country. He arrived to supervise start up of the new facility and called the layout strictly modern and efficient though the opening date remains undetermined until all is ready.
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Mitchell
G S. Stoldt
Jacksonville
Miration
Peer Mitchell
Stolde
Shetty
Wessington Station Operator Undergoes Appendectomy
Virgil Mosher, proprietor of the Wessington station, underwent an appendectomy on Monday August 4 at a local hospital. Edward Shawbagr took charge of the station during Mosher's absence and reports say Mosher is making a satisfactory recovery.
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Wessington
Iirgil Mosher
Sta. Yon
Foc
Edward Shawbag
Mosh
Esa
Knife artist jailed for street trick with knife arrest
James Anderson, 22, of Warrensburg Missouri, was sentenced by Judge Arthur Moriarty in Redfield justice court after allegedly beating a harvest worker and giving a victim $18. He paid a total of 23.60 in fines and costs, preferring jail to heat.
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Geis
Redfield
Speciab
James Anderson
Warrensburg
John Doe
Arthur Moriarty
Anderson
Spink County
Enemy Swim Camp Opens Third Week
ABLuwshEN August 8 The Lake Enemy Swim Biological station enters its third week of summer work. Dr Irvin P Churchill head of the zoology department at the State University lectures on The Fishes of South Dakota and heredity in mammals of North America. Thirty three students are enrolled with names listed from Salem Aberdeen and several other towns.
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Abluwshen
Lake Enemy
Irvin P. Churchill
Znology
State University
Churchil
South Dakota
North America
Mr. Lipscomb
Jen Anderson
Salem
Emma Anderson
Hazel Bandt
Revilla
Laura Becht
Webster
Carl Bierman
Mansfield
L. F. Bierman
Aberdeen
Julia Blunt
Marian Bouza
Edgeley
N. D
Lola Carter
Mobridge
Douglas and Ellsworth Chittick
Weronka
Doris Cofell
Marjorie Daly
Columbia
Hazel Duncan
Lela Felton
Isable
Lucile Flory
Frances Gehm
de Smet
Elmer Hansen
Lily
Mary Hyatt
Letcher
Beatrice Jones
Bath
Margaret Judd
Murdo
Islarian Fudd
Leonard Lundstrom
Peev
Mae McCammon
Powells Shirley
Moes
Ellen Morgan
Summit
Bruce
Marion Shepersky
Rose Traxinger
Herreid
Bernice White
Carpenter
F. C. Yeager
Martin
Chris I. Mortensen
R. L. French
Knights of Columbus Hold Annual Outing at Cottonwood Lake
More than 200 Knights of Columbus members and families attended the second annual outing at Cottonwood Lake twelve miles southwest of Redfield. Attendees came from Raymond Miller Seneca and Mellette with representatives from all council orders. Redfield K of C defeated Orient nine by a score of 9 to 8.
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Knights of Columbus
Redfield
Cottonwood Lake
Here
Raymond
Miller
Seneca
Mellette
Redfield K. of C
Orient
Tourist Sealing Tire Leads to Jail in Redfield
Be cause BT Mendorf harvest hand and commercial tourist of Everett Washington is jailed for 20 days and to pay 34 dollars including costs after sealing a tire from an automobile owned by Schn Hinglefelt and two farmers four miles south of Redfield.
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Redfield
BT. Mendorf
Everett
Wash
Spink County
Schn Hinglefelt
Man Runs Tea Shop Sentenced for Liquor Offense
Peter Schneider of Emery received six months in the state penitentiary at Sioux Falls after pleading guilty to possession of liquor in a public place. This marked his second offense following prior Prohibition violations and a 30 day county jail term.
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Ang Man
Alexandria
Peter Schneider
Emery
Sioux Falls
R. C. Bakewell
Cobbler Closed By Looting Bandits In Parkston
Parkston report details August Hoffman a shoemaker forced to retire after thieves robbed his shop twice. Initial raid yielded about 115 in goods then a second theft worth roughly 100 plus damage to machines and tools. Hoffman a poor man with six children to support will seek other work to survive.
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Parkston
Aug
August Hoffman
Hoffman
Watertown Boy Tours World on Dollar Line Steamer
Robert Beattie son of C R Beattie of Watertown begins a travel voyage as a cadet aboard the Dollar line steamer President Van Buren. He sailed from San Francisco June 27 and will reach multiple world ports before landing October 14.
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Watertown
Aug
Robert Beattie
C. R. Beattie
Dollar Line
San Francisco
Young Beattie
van Buren
Graduates Enter Various Fields From Aberdeen Northern
Aberdeen August 8 Statistics show many Northern State graduates enter educational roles beyond teaching. Of 87 South Dakota county superintendents, 26 are former Northern students including Smil Staebner 29 BS in education. Most take residence work with 23 in counties listed alongside names of 25 others.
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Aberdeen
South Dakota
Smil Staebner
H. B. Melcher
Brown County
Catherine ‘Ary
Brale County
Gertrude Flyte
Buffee County
Evelyn Anderson
Campbell County
Ada Loken
Charles Mix
Beulah Cosgrove
Coding
Farmer Stacks Huge Grain Supply on Prairie Farm
Earnest Band of Conata piles 18 000 bushels of wheat from about 7000 acres of harvest. He began using a combine three weeks ago, facing a prairie fire that burned 69 acres and delayed work, leaving the grain piled high until a shelter is built and market timing allows selling.
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Conata
Hand
Canton Farmer Irrigates Farm With Simple Pump System
Canton August 8 John Cornelius on his farm south of Canton installed a four inch centrifugal pump to water his entire.field by Beaver Creek. He used a tractor for power and filled the ditch in two days yielding fresh green rows with soil moisture lasting about two weeks. Total irrigation cost under $100 plus $1 per acre for gasoline.
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Canton
Lincoln County
Seuth Kota
John Cornelius
Cornelius
Beaver Creek
Core ‘Nelius
Drilling Halts After Rock Strike Near Theresa Schoebren Farm
In Salem a drilling rig paused after rock analysis at 206 feet amid gas discovery at 130 feet on the Theresa Schoebren farm. Four days of work yielded gas pressure of 12 pounds per square inch. The operator, tied to Kevin Sun burst fields, holds 22 leases in the area. further testing and a second well are planned.
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Salem
Theresa Schoebren
Kevin Sunburst
Montana
Dedetzke
Ea Mito
State College Warns Against Fake Salesmen
South Dakota State College warns that salesmen posing as college or U S Department of Agriculture poultry agents have operated in the state. Officials say the firm is a small town outfit with no college connection and urge farmers to demand credentials. If poultry flocks show disease, contact a county agent or veterinarian.
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State College
Brookings
Aug
South Dakota State College
Bureau of Animal Industry
U. S. Department of Agriculture
South Dakota
Gettysburg Banker Named Executive VP at Red Wing Bank
Gettysburg figures show ML Griffith of Gettysburg has been elected executive vice president of Red Wing National Bank and Trust Co of Red Wing Minnesota and will assume duties September 1. Griffith came to Gettysburg in 1920 as president of Potter County Bank and later chaired Potter County National Bank after merger. He served in the South Dakota legislature and led the state bankers association in 1927 and 1928. His departure will not change local bank personnel.
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Gettysburg
Aug
ML Grifith
Red Wing National Bank 4 Trust Company
Red Wing
Minn
Griffith
First Bank Stock Corporation of Minneapolis
Potter County Bank
First National Bank of
Potter County National Bank
Potter County
South Dakota Bankers Association
Redfield Names School Faculty
Redfield public schools announce their 1903 faculty under superintendent 8. Van Voorhis. High school staff includes S. Van Voorhis, Hugh H. Sweet, Adolph Nergig, Clare Holgate, Thomas Jenkins, Eleanor Tysel, Ruby Hickman, Irene Bovee, John Selsmer, Florence Dobson, Roslyn Girand, Martha Hughes, Lois Buswell, Evelyn J. Shank, and others. Grade-building staff lists Mrs. Mabel for 1st grade.
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Redfield
Redfield Public Schools
van Voorhis
S. van Voorhis
Hugh H. Sweet
Huron
Adolph Nergig
Minneapolis
Minn
Clare Holgate
Red Rela
Thomas Jenkins
Ellendale
N. C
Eleanor Tysel
Britton
Ruby Hickman
Cedar Rapids
Irene Bovee
Turton
John Selsmer
Watertown
Florence Dobson
Alexander
Roslyn Girand
Fulton
Martha Hughes
Lois Buswell
Jessamine Coolidge
Evelyn J. Shank
Mankato
Mabel
School grade list and Redfield council opening date
In Second grade Leola Naeve Redfield and Rosela Moran Madison. Third grade Ema Kahl Mellevte Julia Larsen Sherman. Fourth grade Irene Tilley Spencer. Fifth grade Edna Smith Flandreau. Sixth grade Esther Mathews Howard Adelaide Hirsch Watertown. Seventh grade Mary Tobin Oakes ND and Mrs I V Flympters Redfield. Eighth grade Irene Ristau Warner Amelia Hilbert. Redfield city's council will convene on Tuesday September 2.
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Leola Naeve
Redfield
Rosela Moran
Madison
Ema Kahl
Mellevte
Julia Larsen
Sherman
Irene Tilley
Spencer
Edna’ Smith
Flandreau
Esther Mathews
Howard
Adelaide Hirsch
Watertown
Mary Tobin
Oakes
N D
I. V. Flympters
Irene Ristau
Warner
Amelia Hilbert
Doal
Sioux Falls Hotel Stock Sale Advances
At a regualr luncheon of the flesh groups selling stock for the proposed new Community hotel, total sales reached 212800 with 5800 in the last day. W H Locke joined the list of star salesmen after selling 3000 worth in a day. Five speeds are possible with a get outboard motor for small boats.
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Sioux Falls
Aug
W. H. Locke
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Hugh W. Sweet
Mankato Commercial College
Mankato, Minn
AO Oia
Alice Naramot
Regulator
Gere
Post
General Foods Corporation
Shell Motor Oil
Shell
Namre
Nenias
American, Oil, CO. Distributors
Gaso
Dakota
J. F. Ceadway
Dake
St. Saunders
Servier
Tur Ave
Jed
Stratton
J. R. Walliana
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