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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1931
Page
4
The city commission acts fast to secure water supplies amid potential crisis. A shallow-water search continues while artesian flow is tested. Consideration is given to building a new higher dam or a cement dam at low river levels. The commission weighs dam options and the aging piling dam tied to the North Western railroad.
The Argus-Leader argues for a county manager plan to cut expenses by centralizing business affairs under a trained supervisor with clerical support. While praising county honesty, the piece critiques current law and operation methods as inefficient and urges tax conference focus on revising laws to enable county management.
A Rapid City report says Claude Barton clears in a plot to dynamite Warren Lamb Lumber mill while noting a tense labor climate. It recalls previous strikes, unionizing efforts, and a fatal confrontation when a suspected saboteur died resisting command.
Claude Barton faced arrest after a man posing as a trusted detective agency contact claimed involvement in a mill destruction plot. Barton was cleared quickly and the accuser is jailed on a privacy charge. The accuser was not linked to any agency and has prior burglary sentences. Judge J Br Cash aids Rapid City effort to resolve the stakes as labor supporters hail Barton's clearing.
A longtime Beadle County resident argues our tree population declined over the past decade. Scientists link trees to moisture and precipitation, with Nebraska noting benefits from planting. The Evening Huronite urges broad tree planting, recalling 3000 trees distributed by the paper this spring.
Major Gerald Hoover criticizes Senator Nye’s scheme to fix farm prices for two to three years to lift staple crops. The plan risks massive overproduction and billions in debt, drawing workers from cities and driving land rushes while harming current farmers if peg horizons fail to deliver lasting profitability.
A column contrasts three boss types with employees and outlines how delegation, accountability, and leadership affect office harmony. It then shifts to Indian lands taxation, arguing federal ownership should share local costs. The piece closes noting Roosevelt campaign dynamics amid liquor sentiment in September.
West Epping New Hampshire once a near‑dead farming hamlet grew lively after 1918 when 4 H clubs formed under Mary Sanberr. The We Sew Some group expanded into sewing poultry gardening forestry and other projects. The village now supports a thriving 4 H community with 35 members in 11 projects, high school attendance rising, and a drive to fund a dental clinic for local children.
Spink county 4 H club will hold a fair in Redfield on Saturday August 23 inviting the public to view exhibits. Females display in the courthouse community room while boys show livestock in pens at Hayes Lucas Lumber Yard. top animals will be chosen for the state fair at Huron in September.
Sunny Brook league in Beadle county reports a reorganized club year with regular meetings and neighbor aid for playground swings and a tester letter. They raised funds via Christmas candy and basket sales, bought a kit for play, a croquet set, phonograph records, a secretary’s desk, and a bulletin board, and planted 18 Chinese elms on Arbor Day.
Sully County fair organizers offer prizes for the girls demonstration contest. First place wins trips to the Short Course and a feature at the fair, second place receives large record books, and third gets the record books if the first team advances to state. Rules require 13 year olds and standard club members for state fair winners and junior short course winners.
The Healthy Hungry Hogs 4-H club of Sully county met at Mr and Mrs H A Brooking. Six members attended and discussed hog exhibit plans for the county fair. Talks on preparing and showing hogs were given by Lawrence and Charles Gerbousek. Members agreed to build uniform hurdles for shows and share lumber. Mrs Brooking provided lunch.
The Flying Needles 4-H club of Blaine and Lincoln township in Ley county hosted mothers at Mrs. Luther Nelsons home on August 1. Members presented a short program with songs and talks about the years work. Each girl displayed articles made during the year for mothers to inspect before a lunch ended the exhibit and judging. An annual event was planned.
Eleven members of the Farmington Baby Park 4-H Farmers toured to inspect progress in raising baby pigs and later gathered at leader Roy Cam's home for a livestock judging lesson led by County Agent A. J. Norgaard. The youths then judged draft horses and will continue judging throughout five seasons.
The Make Steady Weight Gain Over the Top Low Litter club of Bully county toured homes after gathering at Young berg school to report progress. Members described improvements in the porkers cared for by exhibitors and said fine exhibits would appear at the Sully county fair. Agent Norgaard noted plans to use 16 pens at the fair exhibit barn with varieties including whites blacks spotted and more.
A fragmented crossword style puzzle list mixing horizontal and vertical clues, many entries garbled. Contains references to plants, objects, and names with mis-typed terms and partial phrases, lacking coherent theme or full clue integrity.
Miss Sara L. Dewing extension agent for Beadle Hand and Spink counties trains 4-H girls in demonstrations. Clubs visit homes for guidance on cottage cheese making tomatoes for salad color and line. Final tryouts select two delegates per county for the district meet with demonstrations planned in Miller Huron and Redfield.
Willing workers in Osk Willing club finish the first year sewing project. Lillian Meyers reports the club organized late in spring and did unusually good work. The final meeting is set for August 20 with Sara L. Dewing inspecting garments. Mrs Co Rolte acts as local teacher of the club.
The editor argues for a 25 percent retrenchment in all state expenditures to meet drought, grasshopper damage, and revenue shortfalls. Citing past eras of cuts in 19% and 1926, the piece notes overestimated 1925 revenues, bank failures, and rising overdraft risk if appropriations stay high. references Governor Green and a stalled tax increase.
A Sioux Falls conference of state leaders proposed an eight next cent retrenchment to cut maintenance and salaries. The plan saved taxpayers 543,000 in 1925 26 and pledges of 400 000 for 1926 27 were not fully kept after a change in administration. The speaker urges extending retrenchment to salaries to wipe overdraft and lower next year’s taxes, with a possible special session for relief funding.
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