Prices Of Farm Products Slump
Pierre reports general price levels for farm produce slid to the lowest since 1915 with June 15 index at 323 percent of prewar levels. The general commodity price level also fell, marking a 4 percent drop from early June to early July and the weakest buying power in the current depression. Wheat, oats, cattle, and hog prices hit new lows as crop prospects and broad recessions damped demand. hogs sold about $100 per hundred weight lower than last year, cattle at multi-year lows.
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Pierre
Furing Jime
Bureau of Agricultural Eco-Ns
Washington
Fies
Bulletin
Jume
The
Lockhart Honored as State Legion Commander in Sioux Falls
Watertown July 23 A longtime organizer and leader of the South Dakota American Legion, Lockhart of Watertown was elected state commander at the Sioux Falls convention. He served on the initial executive committee, helped form by laws, and went overseas in 1918 with Company A 36th Infantry in the 34th division.
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Watertown
Carroll Hi. Lockhart
The
American Legion
Sioux Falls
Ir. Lockhart
W6th Infantry
Lockhart
Codington County
Cornaissaire
Voiture 173
Honor Students Apply For State College Credits
Brookings July 23 prospective state college students are submitting credits for the coming year, many from high school graduates with valedictorian or salutatorian ranks. The registrar D. B. Doner says the office will stay open all summer to advise on entrance credits courses rooms and expenses. He urges planning before fall quarter opening and notes the office will serve campus visitors after summer session ends, with signs directing them to the registrar.
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State Brookings
D. B. Doner
Dover
Doner
State College
Recommendations For Pheasant Season Length In 1920
Deputy wardens and sportsmen have submitted ideas on the pheasant hunting season for 1920 to O H Johnson director of the state game and fish department. The game commission will meet August 9 to decide open season dates.
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O. H. Johnson
State Game and Fish Department
Game Commission
Commission
Sioux Falls Commission Praised for Garings Property Purchase
A letter from the East Side Community Club commends the Sioux Falls commission for acquiring the Garings property. The note suggests establishing a park for residents and outlines business items including waiving a $35 license fee for manicures and a water main project on Covell Avenue from Fifth to Sixth Street.
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Sioux Falls
Ots Mandation
Commission
Jeter
East Side
Ex Side
Maricure Golk
Resobutioe
Covell Avertue
Fifth
Sih Street
Livestock Shipments Double In Past Year in South Dakota
Pierre July 2 17 Shipments of inspected livestock into South Dakota more than doubled outgoing shipments in the fiscal year ended June 30 Dr T H Ruth director of the division of animal industry state department of agriculture said advance figures from his annual report show owners of 143337 head of livestock shipped into the state complied with permit and health laws while 67390 head were exported Incoming cattle totaled 55719 horses 4504 mules 43 sheep 172 stallions 9768 sheep and 2 WS hess Outgoing included 14 5 cattle 14523 horses 4 mules 36 hogs 16 stallions and 35065 sheep
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Pierre
South Dakota
T. H. Ruth
Division of
Animal Industry
State Department of Agriculture
Aberdeen Considers Land For New Airport
Aberdeen officials tabled bids on eight land tracts for an airport project and sent the matter to the city auditor after commission discussion with the city loyalty committee. The meeting noted bids ranged from 55 to 100 dollars per acre as part of the site study. Meanwhile a separate note reports chickens valued at 73 to 80 dollars stolen from Mr and Mrs Chrismean’s farm as thieves, believed local, are being sought.
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Aberdeen
Commission
Aity
Ioyal
Chrismean
Igi
Gasoline Station Burglary at Texaco in Pierre
Thieves forced entry through a rest room window at the Texaco Service station in Pierre early Monday. They looted the cash register leaving checks untouched and tampered with a gasoline pump before fleeing. No insurance covered the loss, with an amount reported between 3 and 50 dollars. Burke Purcell, the station manager, said the burglars appeared frightened and left without taking fuel.
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Pierre
Texaco
Burke Purcell
Pierre Mann Accepts New York Position
W W Mumford of this city has accepted a post with Bell Telephone Laboratories in New York. Each year the company selects a Williamette university graduate and this year Mumford was chosen. He will work on telephone apparatus and circuits at the New York laboratories and may study advanced science through the Bell program.
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Pierre Mann
New York
Pierre
W. W. Mumford
Bell Telephone Laboratories
New York City
Willamette University
Mumford
Pierre Man
Mumtred
Bell Company
Driver Blinded By Dust Hits Culvert Near Labolt
Vincent McGurk of Watertown suffered minor facial and neck cuts when his car veered into a culvert near Labolt as dust reduced visibility. He was traveling east from Labolt after passing another machine. the vehicle totaled, McGurk was thrown but not crushed.
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Watertown
Vincent McGurk
Labolt
Old Faithful Bell Heralds State College Life
A Brookings report recounts the 1865 Old Faithful bell at State College in Dakota Territory. It rang to signal class times and dorm life, from 4:30 am wake calls to 10 pm curfews, shaping student routines and early campus schedules.
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Brookings
State College
University of South Dakota
State
Territory of Dakota
Old Central
A. B
Cap) Holm
Early State College
State College Campanile Bell and Faculty Milestones
The State College campanile houses the 1r tubular chimes donated by Charles Coughlin class of 1909. They strike every quarter hour and on the hour, ceasing at 30 o'clock. The bell, added in fall 1924, rang for Hoboday football, with a schedule frame planned near Old Faithful. Faculty Solberg and Mathews remain on the roster, Solberg the longest serving landmark in his fourth year.
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Pres. L. McLouth
Junne
Alta Mathews
HB. Mathews
Vine
McLouth
Miss Mathews
Holm
Extension ‘Service
Department of Printing
School of Agriculture
Oelock
State College Row
Charles Coughlin
Companie
Stwo
State College
MacLouth
Halvor Solberg
H. B. Mathews
Solberg
OM Faiths
Bon Homme County farm lands assessed at 27 million total
Bon Homme county farm lands are valued at 27,916,075 with farm buildings at 1,808,650 totaling 27,916,675, an average of 73.25 an acre. The total valuation falls 109,040 from last year with money and credits at about 1,027,1¢L.
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Bon Homme
Tyndall
Bon Homme County
Fiom
Pierre Seeks Bids for Two Diesel Engines
Pierre city commission invites bids on two diesel engines for a proposed municipal light and power plant. Bids will be received August 15 after a voter approved $195,000 bond issue for the project. Public notice dated July 4 lists August 8 as bid opening and August 15 as bid acceptance.
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Pierre
Dog Guards Water Jug In Field For Two Days
Jefferson July 22 Laddie a Airdale and German police dog belonging to the Philip Burrel Emily proved a real watchdog. The dog followed the water jug into a field where harvesters worked. When they finished for the day the jug was forgotten and two days passed before the family found the dog still guarding the jug in the same field.
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Jefferson
Laddie
Airdale
Phillip Buerel
Emily
Yankton Firm Incorporates In Pierre Territory
The Hoffman Floral Company of Yankton capitalized at 10000 uses articles of incorporation with the secretary of state. Incorporators are C. H Hoffman Gladys M Hoffman and Russell F Lundy all of Yankton.
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Snankton
Pierre
Hoffman, Floral Company of
Yankton
C. H Hoffman
Gladys M. Hoffman
Russel F. Lundy
Sioux Falls Man Wrecks Car For Alcohol
A Sioux Falls man wrecked his car after an apparent 20 foot fall and lamented losing a pint of liquor. Police found him wandering near the wreckage and offered help in the search while escorting him to a city reading hosiery where bars on the windows keep visitors out of private rooms.
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Sioux Falls
Heaviest Rain of Year Hits Gann Valley
GANN VALLEY July 23 Special The heaviest rain of the season measuring 1.87 inches fell Saturday night by government gauge. It arrived just as corn tassels began and likely saved the crop from serious drought damage. There were reports of wind damage. Tourists continue to travel west and east as travel picks up.
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Gann Valley
Miller Miller
Summer Session Fills Real Need at University
In Verrillion July 2, the summer session at the University of South Dakota shows a growing demand for the 1931 short sessions. Dr Herman G James reports rising graduate enrollments and a need for expanded departments and courses to meet state educational demands during the 1930s.
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University of South Dake
South Duakets
Herman G. Jicnes
Phicius
Dakota
Janes
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