Premium List Revised and Enlarged for State Crop Show
Brookings reports the 1931 State Crop Show premium list is revised and enlarged with new classes and prizes. R E Johnston notes added seed grain class and a half bushel shelled seed corn class, aiming to attract new exhibitors and ease entry for first timers. Entries should reach Sioux Falls by Jan 19, with show opening Jan 13 at the Coliseum.
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Brookings
Sioux Falls
R. E. Johnston
Beath Dakota State Crop Improvement Association
State Potato Growers Association
South Dakota
Mr. Johnston
Coliseum
Johnston
Evogkings
Predatory Animal and Rodent Control in South Dakota
Paul G. Redington described South Dakota efforts in predatory animal and rodent control as part of the bureau of biological survey annual report. Field mice damage to wheat covered about 4900 acres with losses over two bushels per acre as wheat price was eight cents. Louis Knowles directed the South Dakota bureau activities from Mitchell. Wind Cave Preserve had ample forage and water with 152 buffalo 29 elk and 238 other animals recorded on June 28.
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Washington
Dec
South Dakota
Paul G. Redington
Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Biological Survey
Redington
Louis Knowles
Mitchell
Wind Cave
South Dakota Growers Win National Awards at Chicago Show
South Dakota growers received national awards for corn and alfalfa at the hay and grain show linked to the International Live Stock exposition in Chicago. Winners include regional and junior com placements for producers from Letcher Big Stone City Hudson Colton Elk Point Beresford and more, with specific car and seed recognitions across Regions 1 and 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Dakota
Chicago
Dent Corm
A. G. Vincent
Letcher
AE Spence
Axton Latza
J. T. Sandal
Colton
Henry P. Prehheim
Beresford
West
Sam H. Baker
Newel
Frank Beck
Bixby
Woonsocket Legion Receives National Commendation
Woonsocket December 9 Special report notes the Woonsocket American Legion post earned a national department certificate of commendation for outstanding community service covering the period from October 3, 1923, to September 56, 158.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woonsocket
Woonsocket American Legion Post
National Department
November Adds 32 To List Of Those Accidentally Killed
South Dakota reports November accident toll rises to 134 dead in five months with 256 accidents, 221 injuries and 14 disabilities. Automobile crashes cause 10 deaths and 14 injuries. public, home, agricultural, industrial classes account for remaining fatalities and injuries amid ongoing July 1 to November 30 statistics.
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Pierre
South Dakota
State Rehabilitation Department
Rehabilitation Department
Mary Jamison
South Dakota Press Association
Staite College Journalism Department
Pipe Organ Donated to Dakota Wesleyan College
Mitchell Iowa reports Mrs Butterfield of Cedar Rapids has donated a pipe organ to Dakota Wesleyan University School of Music. The organ, the latest design, will be installed after holidays for instruction and concerts, expanding the music curriculum as enrollment rises 75 percent from last year. Prof Graham will lead the pipe organ course, and Dean Beecher will visit Cedar Rapids and Chicago to choose the organ from manufacturers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell, Det
Butterfield
Prof
Graham
Dean Beecher
School of Music
Cedar Rapids
Chicago
Van Kirks Will Be Honored At Wesleyan
Members of the Dakota Wesleyan University Class of 1925 vote to endow an alcove in the DWU library in honor of Prof. James Van Kirk and his wife Mrs Van Kirk. A Cambridge fund holder of about 525 dollars will fund history books for the library memorial. Prof Van Kirk heads the History Department and Mrs Van Kirk was a freshman English instructor.
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van Kirks
Wesleyan’ Mitchell
Dakota Wesleyan University
James van Kirk
Vernon Kron
Cambridge
Mass
van Kirk
Dakota Westiyan
Bazaar Dinner At Wolsey Presbyterian Church
The annual bazaar dinner will be served at the Wolsey Presbyterian Church on Saturday December 13 starting at 11:33 a.m. until all are served. Menu includes creamed chicken mashed potatoes escalloped corn combination salad Parker House rolls butter pickles jelly pie and coffee.
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Wolsey Wolsey
Presbyterian Church
Parker House
Carnival Queen Crowned at Howard High School Carnival
Miss Irene Allison, junior, was elected Carnival Queen at Howard High School’s carnival with about a 1000 vote margin over senior rival Miss Imogene Reeve. The event featured an alumni play by seven graduates and a plan to form a permanent alumni organization.
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Howard Howard
Irene Allison
Imogene Reeve
Alwani
Reductions in Clover Seed Freight Rates Across South Dakota
South Dakota rail officials announce substantial rate cuts on sweet clover seed shipments to other states following Interstate Commerce Commission actions. Future tariffs will drop to about 50 percent of grain rates, with Aberdeen to Minneapolis, Aberdeen to Chicago, and Lemmon to Chicago among examples. Extensions requested to finalize tariffs.
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Interstate Commission
Aberdeen
Minneapolis
Chicago
Lemmon
State Board
South Dakota
Carviews
Accountants Form South Dakota CPA Society
In Sioux Falls a state chapter of the South Dakota society of certified public accountants was formed at a recent meeting. The membership includes all CPAs in the state, with about half of SD's accountants already in the national group. Nationwide, 13,300 CPAs exist, and the state chapter will hold regular meetings and plan to send a delegate to the national gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
Dec
South Dakota Society of Certified Public Accountants
South Dakota
United States
Arlington Man Wins Tree Sitting Honors
Arlington oil man Sven Rikansrud won the winter tree sitting contest after a bull chased him across the farm yard. He quickly climbed a tree and remained there calmly until the bull departed. His wife asked why he was late and he quipped he had been tree sitting with time to spare.
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Arlington
Sven Rikansrud
Arlington Oil
Howard Hewett
Rikansrud
Mellette Library Tea By Local Club
The Mellette study and improvement club will host a library tea next Thursday from two to four at the school house. Officers say five years of club activity have greatly developed the local library. The club usually funds a yearly activity but this year asks for donated books and cash gifts to support the library.
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Mellette
Club Melette
Mellette Study and Improvement Club
Weather forecasts featured by Volante at University of South Dakota
Vermillion December 9 The Volante student newspaper at the University of South Dakota publishes regular weather forecasts and observations of temperature and wind velocity. Students in a meteorology course contribute data on wind speed temperature and weather changes as part of civil engineering aeronautical option studies.
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Vermillion
South Dakota
United States
Volante
University of South Dakota
Accident Victim Making Recovery in Sioux Falls
Reports say Miss Alice Smith, seriously injured in an automobile accident near Sioux Falls that cost the life of Jay B Sessions, is making satisfactory recovery. Funeral services for Mr Sessions, sales manager for Hrownell corporation of Sioux Falls, were held Sunday. The fatal accident occurred north of Hartford as heavy fog reduced visibility. The car left the highway and overturned. Miss Smith suffered severe scalp wounds.
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Sioux Falls
Alice Smith
Here
Jay B. Sessions
Sessions
Hrownell Corporation of
Mille
Hartford
Smith
Dean Larsen Elected Secretary of Land Grant Group
Dean C Larsen of South Dakota State college was elected secretary of the resident teaching section of the Land Grant College association at its annual meeting in Washington. The section is one of four main divisions of the association.
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Dean Larsen
State
Brookings
C. Larsen
South Dakota State College
The
Land Grant College Association
Washington
Bill to Use Local Labor Aims at Sioux Falls Post Office
Senator Couzens of Michigan introduced a senate bill promoting use of local labor for public works including the new Sioux Falls post office addition. The measure would require standard wages by contractors and favor local workers where feasible. It reportedly has nationwide scope, with Sioux Falls jobs falling under its provisions.
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Sioux Falls
Couzens
Michigan
Senate
Enrollment Sets New Mark At U Vermillion
Vermillion December figures from University of South Dakota registrar H W Frankenfeld show a new high total enrollment of 1699 for December 1, 1929 to November 30, 1930, a 13 percent rise from last year with 105 resident undergraduates including 634 men and 417 women plus 69 university high school students and a music special making 1189 resident students and a grand total of 1960 served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of South Dakota
H. W. Frankenfeld
University
Thieves Loot Cigarettes and Candy in Buffalo Gap
Burglars broke into the Cole-Gerber billiard hall in Buffalo Gap and stole nine cartons of cigarettes and some candy. Entrance gained by prying open the front door which was double locked for security. An attempted gas service pump lock theft occurred at the Fred Degman station the same night.
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Buffalo Gap
Thelves
Cole-Gerber Billiard Hall
Fred Degman
Sherwood Petroleum Incorporation Noted at Pierre
A $25,000 capital stock appears in the incorporation papers for Sherwood Petroleum Corporation of Mitchell. Incorporators listed are Edward J. Sherwood Arthur N. Brodstrup Gertrude R. Sherwood and Sadie D. Brisbane all of Mitchell. The Congregational Parish of Lowry also incorporated without capital stock, with directors C. C. Vogele Haven Christoph Huber Alaska and Jacob Dutt Tolstoy.
Deadwood Schools Exhibit Arts Display in High School
Under Miss Hazel Vaughn, Deadwood public schools art instructor, a large exhibit of color paintings and etchings is on display in the high school commercial rooms yesterday afternoon and evening. The show was loaned by the Dov Art Company of Denver with no admission charged.
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Deadwood
Hazel Vaughn
Deadwood Public Schools
Dov Art Company
Denver
Christmas Party Planned In Mitchell By Merchants
Mitchell December 3 The Mitchell Retail Merchants Association will host an old fashioned Christmas program for local children and parents on December 11. Cooperating are Miss Valentine Preston city school music supervisor Ethel Dowdell Notre Dame academy instructor and Joseph P Tschetter director of the Mitchell municipal band. The program will feature Mitchell band selections novelty numbers and city school pupils singing Christmas carols.
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Mitchell
Mitchell Retail Merchants Association
New Correspondence Drawing Course Offered at USD
Vermillion notices the Extension division of the University of South Dakota announces a new two hour credit correspondence course in perspective drawing. Lawrence C. Mitchell, head of the art department, teaches it. The Extension division now offers 160 regular university courses by correspondence along with other new options in art history modern German poetry heredity and introduction to art.
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Vermillion
G. R. Breckenridge
Extension Division
University of South Dakota
Lawrence C. Mitchell
Morrell To Open Plant In Mexico
Ottumwa Dec 2 John Morrell and Co. announces Morrell firm and Rath Packing Co. will open a Nogales Sonora Mexico plant on December 10. The facility sits at the Empacadero de Manteca rail head. R J Lester named manager and B J Hinds serves as secretary and treasurer.
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Ottuma
T. Henry Foster
John Morrell and Co
Ottumwa Packing
Morrell Company
Rath Packing Co
Waterloo
Nogales
Sonora
Mexico
Southern Pacific
Empacadero de Manteca
Foster
R. J. Lester
B. J. Hinds
Sioux Falls, S. D
Morrell Plant
Forestry Law To Be Studied Here In Brookings
Representatives from more than a dozen state organizations will meet in Brookings to discuss sponsoring a bill at the upcoming legislative session to qualify South Dakota for Clark University benefits. The group aims to let farmers obtain trees for windbreak with a parking charge of about one cent per tree, similar to a Nebraska program that distributed 2.5 million trees over five years to farmers for windbreaks and farm woodlots.
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Huron
Ing
Brookings
Stara Dakota Banke Soap
Clumber of Commerce
Nurserymen’s Associationers’ Association
Izaak Custer Battlefield
Hiway
South Dakota Farm Bureau
Seneiiean Legion
Dakota Fu
State Daughters of the American Revolution
South Dakota Federation of Womens ‘Clubs
State Chamber of Agriculture
Pwung Citizens League
State Department of Vocational Education
Retticw
South Dakota
Mers
Nebr
Durpares
Pastor Takes Charge At Springfield Congregations
The Rev. J. S. Johnson arrived to take charge of the Congregational churches at Hingsbury and Perkins, replacing the resigning Rev. Issaacs. Johnson came from North Carolina and has previously served in West Virginia.
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Springfield
Dec
J. S. Johnson
Hingsbury
Perkins
Issaacs
Johnson
North Carolina
West Virginia
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