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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1910
Page
1
The bank commits to aggressive growth methods without sacrificing dignity or financial stability. It pledges adherence to sound banking principles, liberal accommodations within prudence, and keeping resources ample to meet deposits with a safety margin. The watchword is safety first always, seeking customer confidence and patronage.
Senators Crawford of South Dakota and Bristow of Kansas clashed fiercely on the Omnibus claims bill. Bristow opposed paying $800,000 for losses of American seamen related to French action in 1797 1799 while Crawford defended the committee’s position.
Senators attacked an omnibus bill authorizing $800,000 in Civil War claims as a logrolling scheme. Senator Martin of Virginia and Senator Crawford repudiated motives behind lumping claims, while Senator Bristow kept a steady temper amid the dispute.
Representatives of the South Dakota Grain Dealers Association and the South Dakota Mills Association met with the State Railway Commission in Huron to push for interstate freight rates within the state that would allow profitable grain shipping between points where crops are short. The testimony was entirely verbal and concluded Thursday afternoon, with the railway company granted a 30 day postponement.
In the Pierre region two men Tegglund and Morton cleared 900 acres near Onida using an oil burner engine on a breaker. They sowed flax, produced 6,000 bushels sold at 2.47 per bushel for 144,320 dollars. The report notes many workers could replicate this near Pierre as land is plentiful.
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered a rate cut on upper Pullman berths to eighty percent of lower berth charges. The move, expected to save about $1.5 million annually for the public, follows a prior 20 percent flat reduction offered by the Pullman Company.
An earthquake in Colon Panama and surrounding Salvador counties left at least 500 dead on coastal islands. A large island sank in Illepango lagoon drowning 200 people as many small isles slid into the sea amid the upheaval.
The commission of School and Public Lands announces the second 1910 income apportionment from common school lands. The rate is 79 cents per pupil, totaling 133,762 dollars, with the year’s per capita at 3.75 dollars and a 92,447 dollar rise from 1909. County allocations include Mitchell area sums for Aurora Brule Buffalo Charles Mix Davison Douglas Lyman McCook Miner Sanborn and others.
A car of dynamite exploded on a sidetrack near the New York, New Haven & Hartford power plant at 49th Street and Lexington Avenue. Nine killed, eight fatally injured, twenty seriously hurt. The blast disrupted the Hudson and Manhattan tunnel, damaged nearby depots, and drew police reserves as thousands gathered. Identified dead include Mary B. Poke, Patrick Jordan, Frank S. Paggs, EB. B. Livermore, C. M. Morrow, Edith C. Morrow, Edith Ossman, Jack Ryan, William Poetschke, and Thomas Stagg.
New York City reports list ten killed with five dying in hospitals and 125 injured after an explosion at Grand Central’s auxiliary powerhouse. Authorities say illuminating gas mixed with air and sparked by an electric arc caused the blast. a gas main was ruptured by a runaway car, with property damage estimated at $1.5 million and traffic suspended.
A steel tool sparked an explosion at a power house causing a gas blast that lifted the roof of fire house No. 2. Glass and debris cratered streets, bowled over people and babies, and a six story building burned, with losses likely over half a million dollars.
At a mass meeting Professor McKusick announced football scheduling for next fall. Coach Stagg favors a Chicago game with South Dakota and will present the idea to his board. Marquette offers a game in Milwaukee. Minnesota and Nebraska likely seek South Dakota dates, but the board must choose which games to accept.
A local scammer conned farmers for 78.25 each into a five year “bureau of information” membership with a $15.25 one year contract and a 10 percent interest note. Victims received little beyond cheap veterinary remedies and a gold sealed certificate. An attorney is handling the case as notes come due.
L A Fell president of the local school board was fined ten dollars and costs after arrest for breaking quarantine rules and visiting his ill daughter with diphtheria. He claimed he only spoke through a closed glass door to his wife. He refused quarantine submission. The incident worsened tensions between the school board and the health board.
A released review details Judge Carland’s rulings in railroad cases affecting Dakota and Nebraska. It notes his 1908 Nebraska rate decision with Judge Adams and his co-authored opinion while dissenting Judge Sanborn disagreed. Taft reportedly considered Carland’s record among the nation’s finest for a United States district judge.
Brief funeral services were held for Colton who died Saturday morning of heart disease. The 7 p.m. service occurred at his residence on 610 South Edmunds conducted by Rev. A E Carhart. His remains were sent by Omaha road to Colton at 8 p.m. he was born in Sylvester Green county Wisconsin in March 1857 and moved to Iowa later. He lived in Minnehaha county from 1878 and served as county superintendent of schools 1883 to 1887. He helped establish Colton on his land and also founded and edited a local newspaper before selling it. He was active in the Methodist church and valued education for his children. The family will stay in Mit until after the holidays and may remain through June.
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