Highway Contracts Awarded Totaling 357 709 78
The Highway Commission announced contracts totaling 357 709 78 for road work across multiple South Dakota counties. Projects include culverts bridges grading and surfacing with bids from firms such as Cummins Construction Larson Erling and Bonesteel Wagner along routes in Brown Brookings Kingsbury Moody and others. Combined bids amount to 1765 90 with work spread across Aurora McCook Fall River and additional counties.
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Lake
McPherson
McCook
Conpit Price
Lake County
Madison
A. F. Jervis
Sioux Falls
McPherson County
Leola
A. F. Jarvis
McCook County
U. S. 16
Bridgewater
Dowd Brothers
Clark
Aurora
Fall River
Porate
Aurora County
U. S
Wagner
Stanley County
Teton
Willis
Bonesteel
Brown, Brookings
Kingsbury
Moody
Brown County
U.S
James River
States Engineering Company
Rapid City
Brookings-Kingsbury
Lake Preston
Arlington
Summit Construction Company
Summit
Aberdeen
Larson-Erling Company
Moody-Brookings
State
Flandreau
Elkston
Larson-Erling Construction Company
Dewey
Washabaugh
Perkins
Hand
Turner
Douglas, Clark
Codington
Grant
Firesteel
J. L. Healy
Manchester
S. C
Washabaugh County
Kadoka
Northwestern Engineering Company
Perking County
Bison
Wiley-Lien Construction Company
Summit, & C
Hand County
Cottonwood Lake West
Martin Joyce
Brandon
D. D
Turner County
Center Point
W. E. Bartholow
Gregory, Clay, Meade, Yankton
Buffalo, Marshall, Heakon, Ziebeck, Roberts Washabaugt
Hughes Counties
Permit Granted for Sioux Falls to Vermillion Truck Line
Permit given for a new truck line from Sioux Falls to Vermillion via Alcester Har Bank Vermillion and Meckling after a hearing in Sioux Falls. Wy approved by the commission amid notes that rail connections among the cities are indirect and no direct truck lines currently serve the proposed route.
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cormiLmionert
Sioux Falls
Gayville
Alcester
Har- Bank
Vermillion
Meckling
Vermillion Canbees
Commerce
Benny Meroff and Orchestra To Play Corn Palace Show
Mitchell notes Benny Meroff and his orchestra will headline the Corn Palace Show during Corn Palace Week from September 2 to October 3 in Mitchell South Dakota. The group broadcasts nightly from Chicago on WBBM and WHEM with shows at 7:10 and 11:00 p.m. and a Sunday Nutty Club broadcast from midnight to 2 a.m. Chicago time.
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Mitchell
Benny Meroff
Corn Palace
South Dekots
the Dells
Chicago
WBBM
WHEM
Rain Brings Mixed Hope to Turton Farmers
Turton residents welcomed last Friday night’s inch rainfall though it comes late. Threshing has stalled due to showers and a drought stunted corn. Wheat yields range from four to ten bushels an acre, mostly good quality, while rye yields run eight to fifteen bushels.
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Turton
Drouth
Disposal Plant Work Moves At Watertown
Watertown city engineer W F Cochrane says progress on the new sewage disposal plant is satisfactory with concrete work well along. Contractors plan to add forces to speed progress as the first shipment of 400 carloads of crushed rock from Sioux Falls is expected to arrive around early September.
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Watertown
W. F. Cochrane
Sioux Falls
Creamery Profits Rise at Norden Lake Cooperative
Lake Norden Minnesota August reports a one cent per pound butterfat rate for patronage refunds totaling 2076.21 dollars. E N Miller manager notes first half year business doubled 1930 levels despite lower butterfat prices due to growing volume. Rainy conditions may boost pasture and feed, signaling strong future growth and heavy business in the second half.
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Norden Lake Norden
Lake Norden
E. N. Miller
Clay Commissioners Cut Salaries Across County
Vermission August 10 details county action reducing wages for highway and bridge workers, all deputies, and the county highway superintendent by ten percent. The measure also cuts per diem and mileage for commissioners, effective after September A.
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Clay
cowAy
B. J. Skerdehl
Webster to Get New Electric Plant
Webster will host a modern Dew Diessl engine light power facility. A. Sewell of Northwestern Public Service says contracts are issued for machinery and building work to finish quickly, aiming for operation by year’s start. The plant, powered by a 1129 engine, will sit on land owned by the West Produce Company recently acquired by Northwestern Public Service.
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Webster
A. Sewell
Northwestern Public Service Company
Sewell
Wist Produce Company
North-western Public Service Company
Popularity Of Mine Shown In July Visitors At Homestone Mine
LEAD July shows 3008 visitors at Homestone Mining Company tours. An average of 33 people per day took the guided route through ceheeners ty Be eat. Tourists reported satisfaction and many plan return visits. Trips run daily with girls taking three trips, mainly workers easing into the age range. Tours will continue nationwide except Mississippi and Nevada.
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Exceptice
Mimiaippi
Nevada
Riot Squad Responds After Misheard Phone Call
ROUX FALLS Aug 14 A misread message triggered a police response when a Glows Falls patrolman, uncertain of the correct procedure, urged a caller to bring Trehey to the station. A desk error led to two officers and a third securing Alonzo Hoth on a child desertion charge, bound over to circuit court on $2,000 bonds.
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Roux Falls
Teckey
Bian Talle
Glows Falls
Trehey
Mead Tooley
Scere
Alonzo Hoth
Pit Site Is Called Best Storage Plan
BROOKINGS August 10. An economical storage plan for South Dakota feed is the pit silo says R L Patty extension agricultural engineering specialist. The pit silo is below ground and resists freezing allows long term storage with minimal spoilage and less powering filling. He notes its disadvantages are inconvenient feed removal but praises its cost and efficiency for dry periods and soil conditions.
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Brookings
South Dakota
R. L. Patty
State ‘College
Patty
State College
Baptists At Madison Plan For Convention
Madison August 10 plans for the state Baptist convention to be held in Madison October 6 to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the South Dakota Baptist sessions. The convention traces to an organization started on the shores of Lake Madison in Baker's barn 56 years ago with 31 churches and 32 ministers. At that time 20 ministers were in active service, others on homesteads or retired.
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Baptists
Madison
Baker’s Barn
Township warrants as security for county funds
The attorney general's office informs Harry R. Wilmsgen, state’s attorney at McIntosh, that townships warrants serve as security for county funds.
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Attorney General
Harry R. Wilmsgen
McIntosh
Educational Workers To Lead Discussions In Pierre
Nationally known vocational education workers will lead discussions at the South Dakota conference for home economics teachers in Beookings Au g? M to Be Mims Florence Sly announced Mrs Florence Fallgatter a representative of the Fed wa board of vocational education and Ginnis formerly with the Institute of Child Welfare University of Minnesota will attend. The meeting will feature peer round table discussions with few formal addresses and will draw economics teachers from across the state.
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Pierre
South Dakota
Beookings
Mims
Florence Sly
Wee
Florence Fallgatter
Fedwa Board of Vocational Education
Ginnis
Institute of Child Welfare
University of Minnesot
Mias Big
Sioux Falls College Expands Courses and Reorganization
Sioux Falls College outlines a major reorganization into junior and senior divisions with broader course selection. New paths include pre home economics and agriculture through a joint program with South Dakota State College, plus pre engineering, pre law, pre medical and pre dental tracks. Drama and public school music will receive emphasis with Professor Arthur Gray guiding theater education. Prof. A. C. Rice joins the science faculty to bolster chemistry and physics offerings.
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Sioux Falls
South Dakota State College
Sioux Falls College
South Dakota State
Beth Bradley
American Conservatory
Chicago
Northwest
Miss Bradley
Unce
Arthur Gray
New York City
A. C. Rice
Grand Island College
Royal Society
London
Bisson Telephone Exchange Files Articles of Incorporation
Pierre August 4 The Bisson Telephone Exchange Inc of Bien haa filed articles of incorporation with the secretary of state listing capital stock of $2,000. Present on the roster are Rich Brandt Julie Brandt and HA Swenson of Mobridge and Doris G Teubel and W Teubel of Aberdeen.
Sioux Fails Beer Contains Dynamite
In Sioux Falls dynamide is claimed in a beer with Earl A. Benson facing a liquor possession charge. His attorney objects to beer evidence arguing no proof beer was intoxicating. Claude A. Hamilton questions bottle opening. Benson refuses. He is bound over to trial under a $1000 bond for the September term of circuit court.
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Earl A. Benson
Ivan
Claude A. Hamilton
Stears
Benson
Crop Survey Details Buffalo County Grains Losses
Henry Leonhardt of South Dakota State College completed a preliminary Buffalo county crop survey. Over thirty estimates document the damage from drought and grasshoppers, with corn largely ruined and only fodder and hay feasible. Lack of rough feed and grain will challenge local relief, with federal funds obtainable once need is shown. Seven state agriculture and seven Brookings extension personnel are conducting similar surveys across counties.
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Gann Valley
Specia
Henry Leonhardt
South Dakota State College
Brookings
Buffalo
Leonhardt
Washington
State Department of Agriculture
Extension Department
State College At
Master Roberts heads for Aberdeen then Big Stone outing
Special Master Robert Reinechke left Friday for Aberdeen to meet his uncle H F Davis manager of the Davis Hotel. From there he will drive to Big Stone Lake for a two week outing.
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Big Stone Athol
Robert Reinechke
Aberdeen
H. F. Davis
Davis Hotel
Big Stone Lake
Music appreciation program highlights in Brookings
Brookings August 10 music appreciation expands in home extension clubs. Susan Z Wilder outlines a four year music plan by H Rokter at State College with a bulletin by Professor Kehler and a four year music book. Farm and Home week will feature a farm women chorus and two productions from Messiah and Pinafore by the Faulk County chorus under Perry Clifford. County choruses grow statewide including Brown county led by Mrs Gundersen Wartver Grant county led by Mrs Brockema and Devnl county led by Miss Schiefelbien.
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Brookings
Mias
Susan Z. Wilder
Wipervisor
H. &. Rokter
State College
Hore Extension Cnd
Kehler
Brookinge
Faulk County
Perry Clifford
Creshard
Reitz Family Visits Athol on Northern Lumber Run
Mr and Mrs O A Reitz and daughter Mildred from Sioux Falls arrived in Athol to transact business for John W Tuthie Lumber Co. They plan a two week visit and are en route to the Black Hills.
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Athol
Goedeli
O. A. Reitz
Mildred
Sioux Falls
John W. Tuthie Lumber Co
Black Hills
Animals Are Killed By Federal Hunters
Federal hunters killed one wild dog two coyotes one raccoon and thirteen porcupines in the Dekota Nebraska district of the U S Forest Service during July. Three coyotes were shot by Hunter John N Martin in Slack Hills. Humber Archie Bowes killed a wild dog and a coyote that destroyed over two hundred sheep near Hills City. Pocket gopher poisoning was conducted in Nebraska forests with 310 acres poisoned in Niobrara and 3 200 acres poisoned in Bessey forests.
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Mitchell
Dekcota-Nebraska
U.S. Forest Service
Lone Knowles
Hias
Bleven
John N. Martin
Slack Hills National Forest
Humber
Archie Bowes
Hills City
Bessey Forest
Knowles
Fish Transferred In Buffalo County Ponds
GAN VALLEY Aug. 10 Specially Harry Piner deputy state game warden supervised the seining of water in Buffalo county to preserve endangered fish amid water shortage. Several hundred pounds of bullheads and rock bass were transferred to deeper water following the seining.
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Gan Valley
Harry Piner
Buffalo County
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