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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1937
Page
3
The South Dakota Supreme Court unanimously upholds the Falls River County jury conviction of Tom Dean for the murder of Byron Campbell in a pool hall. The court finds the evidence sufficient beyond a reasonable doubt and finds no prejudicial trial errors.
Myrtle G McLinn sued Fred W Noll after tripping on a wire fence he built along a public sidewalk The Brookings County circuit court awarded 500 to Poole against Sun Underwriters Insurance Co The Supreme Court affirmed clarifying fault and duty standards in water damage interpretation within an automobile policy
Miss Josephine C. Brown of the Works Progress Administration will headline the 15th annual South Dakota State Conference of Sonia Work in Mitchell September 19 20 and 21. The program emphasizes discussion on social work in South Dakota with other national social workers expected. Registration begins September 19 at 4 pm with four general sessions that night and sectional meetings on social problems.
BELLE FOURCHE Sept 2 The marauding grey wolf long the scourge of cattlemen in South Dakota is gone ranchers say it disappeared over ten years ago Old Three Toes hunted in Harding County in 1925 killed an estimated $50 000 worth of livestock The wolf depredations were costly and feared by ranchers who hired wolfers to trap them William Bill Garrett famed for trapping the Turkey Track outfit tracked a live wolf and exchanged a twenty dollar bonus for releasing it after a dispute with Tony Day of the Turkey Track owners.
Miss Virginia KR Purinton joins Dakota Wesleyan University as instructor in Art and French for 1937 38. She prepared at Rockford College and the State University of Iowa where she earned a Master of Fine Arts last spring. She studied graduate work under Grant Wood. A display of fourteen oil paintings by Purinton will soon be shown in Mitchell.
An additional 101000 grant from the Rural Electrification Administration to Union County Rural Power Company in Elk Point, paired with 105000 received earlier, funds a 197 mile rural electric line for 480 farm customers. Construction bids approved. work to start soon, with service expected this fall. REA funds cannot cover rights of way.
Federal Bureau of Public Roads concurrence needed before South Dakota Highway Commission can award contracts for 23 road projects opened Wednesday. Low bidders recommended. about 300000 total for oil and tar surfacing grading gravel guardrail and roundside improvements. Recommendations go to St Paul district office for consideration.
Attorneys for Roland E. Dickenson pressed campaign finance questions in the Nelson consent inquiry into April 28 1936 election spending. Witnesses testified workers were paid 10 cents per name for nominating petitions, with Frances Burns noting Nelson attended the meeting approving such payments. The case could oust Nelson if convicted under the South Dakota corrupt practices act.
ABERDEEN Sept. 2 Mrs Beats rice Light Sioux Falls has settled her 330000 alienation suit against Mrs Esther Pred Aberdeen for one dollar. The dismissal order signed by Circuit Judge Van Buren Perry said the case was dismissed on merits and bore no evidence of financial consideration. Miss Pred’s attorney said he has a receipt. Light sought 20000 damages and 10000 exemplary damages for deprivation of her husband Irving H Light of Casper Wyoming. The suit arose from terms taken while he was employed as a milliner in Aberdeen.
Rapid City Sept 2 The new 130000 Sylvan Lake Hotel in Custer State Park will be opened for public inspection Sept 15 announced Enoch Norbeck park board chair. Myra Peters and her son Laurel Peters have been given the lease on hotel and concessions for 1938 with a lease expiring Jan 1 1935. Public inspection runs all day and until 9 pm the next day with a banquet for officials contractors and their guests. Free barbecue buffalo sandwiches and coffee to the public. Architect Harold Spitzstagle Sioux Falls. contractor Henry H Hackett Rapid City. Total cost 150000 with 5740 grant from Public Works Administration. The building has 29 guest rooms dining room seats 136 and banquet capacity 169. Rev John Oakley has spent two weeks visiting his wife in Sioux Falls and relatives in De Smet.
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