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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1930
Page
3
South Dakota's expenditures have doubled in the past nine years says State Auditor William Dunn. In 1929-30 spending totaled nearly 22 million dollars, up from 10.9 million in 1920-21. The auditor notes operating costs near 20 million, with geoline tax refunds and warrants shaping the books.
The Ben Hoemme Mennonite colony east of Springfield was visited by Dr Eb erhard Arnold Neuhof Kreis of Fulda Germany. He studies colonies to report back to Germany where a similar organization began in 1970. The colony has 72 people on 100 acres, growing truck produce. The founder’s parents are wealthy. the youth sought a communistic venture to share resources. He plans to travel to Canada to study colonies there.
Wasta, July 21. Wasta's gravity waterworks system, the only one of its kind in South Dakota, has passed preliminary tests. The city linked Mammoth Springs, 0.75 miles north, to the mains, raising 200 feet above the plateau. A 0-pound pressure was recorded at a cor ner, and a 30 foot water stream reached from a fire hose, showing adequate gravity pressure. GOOD YIELD OF WHEAT OBTAINED ON CAVOUR FARM CAVOUR, July 31. Sam G x of Sheffield threshed his crop this week, Marcus wheat at 22 bushels per acre, durum 18 bushels, Marcus wheat graded No 1 at the Sheffield elevator.
Watertown police chief Olson announced added machine gun equipment at the department to deter bank robbers. One gun will command the three city bank corners, another at the station for emergencies, and officers receive special instruction in operation as precautions rise.
Dakota Central Telephone company employees in Mitchell averted a fire that could have cost ten thousand dollars district manager G B Pfiffer said Sparks from a passing locomotive set fire to straw in a barrel of glass insulators in the supply yard An employee had just cleaned weeds from the yard as a precaution Pfiffer said the fire would have spread through the yards destroying three carloads of poles stored there
Belle Fourche totals value at 1410 244 as assessed by County Auditor Elmer Ellis and the board of equalization, a drop from 1929. Structures 693 139 real estate 354 376 and personal property 362 810. Lands under irrigation projects reduced ten percent. County budget 305 568 versus 325 245.80 last year, with caution on state checks and possible slight shifts in school and city levies.
Woonsocket voters head to the polls to approve a $15,000 bond for a new community building and auditorium. The plan, spurred after a fire destroyed the old church, aims to provide a modern indoor venue for athletic events and gatherings.
An advertisement for Radox foot bath promotes relief from corns and calluses. It claims lifting out corns in minutes with a warm solution, and promises soothed burning feet after several nights of treatment. It credits Longstaff Drug Co. and other druggists.
Plans for a new combined auditorium council rooms legion lab rooms and library call for a large seating capacity for basketball games. The project would use a $15,000 bond and tax contributions to fund the building, providing the high school with a fine venue.
The annual meeting of the Grand Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star will be held in Pierre on October 3, 9 and 10. A reception at the state capitol and a pageant are planned. Pierre members expect about 1,500 attendees.
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