Local Notes and Court Action Highlight Week in Town
George Watson returns from Pierre Conservation Congress praising the new capitol. A. H. Boukee is found guilty with a $10 fine for coffee misappropriation. Milwaukee Road plans heavier steel rails and coast-line service to divert Seattle traffic via Mitchell and Aberdeen. Dr. Miram Griffin named assistant surgeon in Manila. Fires displace the Hust family in Winona. Rev. Gilliland accepts Carlton College presidency. Baptist church plans a pastor call with Rev. Tilley. High school basketball defeats eighth graders 24 to 7. Y M C A team suffers two losses in Sioux Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Boukee
Drake
Overman
Boukee
William LaFortune
Des Moines
Iowa
Cook
Milwaukee Company
Sioux City
Mitchell
Aberdeen
Chicago
Milwaukee Road
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Sioux Falls
Soo Club
Majority votes to abolish phone inspector in state
In Pierre South Dakota the House votes with five dissenters to eliminate the telephone inspector from the state roster. Bills on cyclone risk by county mutual fire companies and coal conservation in state lands spark debate as lawmakers push for action and salary considerations for county treasurers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierre
S. D
M. A. Luster
Miner
House
County Mutual Fire Companies
Electric Bitters Prove Aid To Dyspepsia Rheumatism
A Lewisburg West Virginia resident C B Rader praises Electric Bitters for curing ten years of rheumatism and severe stomach trouble. The ad claims relief for dyspepsia indigestion jaundice and kidney poisons causing rheumatism and guarantees satisfaction at 60 cents a bottle from Diehl and Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B. Rader
Lewisburg
W. Va
Diehl and
Brown
Treasurer’s Honor Remains Tied to Tax Collections
A fragment notes treasurers receive proper compensation for their work, regardless of the amount of tax collections in their counties. The text implies a standard or expectation tied to duties rather than revenue size.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Debate overPublication of Referendum Laws
The senate opened a debate on Curtiss bill to publish referred laws and amendments as pamphlets rather than in newspapers. House bills set term limits for county officers, capitation of compensation, and new commissions. Senate bills define county auditor duties, coal reserves, stock sale penalties, and set legislative employee pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judiciary Committee
Buffington
Morris of Spink
Tscharner
Eleventh Judicial Circuit
Roskie
Wolzmuth
Senate
Anderson
Aurora
Gandy
Norbeck
Brooks
Dalton
Butter and Egg Trade Leaders Form Sioux Falls Association
Nine butter and egg dealers from across the state met in Sioux Falls with A. N. Cook to organize a trade group aimed at improving conditions in the butter egg and poultry traffic. S. W. Hill becomes president with C. H. Kelley vice president and F. H. Gray secretary treasurer. W. E. Turner will lobby Pierre for a new egg inspection law requiring candle testing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
S. D
A. N. Cook
Vermillion
Madison
F. H. Gray
Centerville
W. E. Turner
Mitchell
Pierre
Prof. Cook
C. H. Kelley
S. W. Hill
Parker
H. P. Hoard
Alcester
Jacob Heib, Jr
Marion
W. H. Buck
TI. F. Kelley
J. Goetting
Lennox
Committee On By-Laws
Alfalfa Seed Growers Plan Regional Association
Mark Rich of Fall River County outlines forming the Western South Dakota Seed Growers Association to handle alfalfa seed and save growers about four teen cents a pound by pooling profits and buying at dealer prices. A committee will draft the plan and meet at Rich’s call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rich
South Dakota Bills Shape Lands and Roads Policy
A broad set of proposed laws in Pierre centers on leasing state lands for agriculture with strict appraisals and price rules, and a five dollar annual auto tax deemed unconstitutional. The measures also expand judiciary procedures, district apportionment, and public notice reforms while commenting on primary election cost cuts.
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Norbeck
New House
Gardner
Ing
Haas
Judiete
Larson
Bank
Guarat
Millett
Public Board
Sherman
Bigelow
Dali
van Camp
Treber
Johnson
Devel
Newton
Anderson
Local Property Transfers Record Auction in Ethan
Mike Coyne bought the Main street house for 61200 and M J Coyne purchased the vacant lot between the houses for 175. Frank Lanfanberg bought the Dona hue house for 800. M J Coyne senior sold the farm at 52 1 2 per acre. The properties were sold at auction on Monday.
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Ethan, S. D
Mike Coyne
William Carleton
Main Street
Frank Lanfanberg
T. H. Donahue
M. J. Coyne
Mr. Adams
M. J. Coyne Senior
Katie Welland
Henry Stopfer
Queen Burns Off Golden Gate En Route to Puget Sound
The Queen, a Pacific Steamship Co vessel carrying 1256 passengers from San Diego to Puget Sound, was disabled 25 miles from San Francisco after an explosion in her hold. Other boats evacuated all aboard as Queen burned, and it was towed to shelter. fire crews hoped to extinguish the blaze before sinking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Cal
Pacific Steamship Company
Golden Gate
San Diego
Puget Sound
Shailo
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Calla
Lily
J. H. Ferris
South Dakota
E. B. van Alstine Mitchell
E. K. Mather C.E CC. HH. Elffert
C.managing Engr
Western National Bank
Dakota Central
Citizens of
Davison
J. E Wells Abstract & Insurance Co
First National
Geo. Hager, Prop
THE
Missouri Valley Engineering Company
Mitchell, S. D
Reynolds
Kimball
Brule County
W. BE. Rathbun
Royal Insurance Co
George Watson
Prosper Township
Conservation Congress
Watson
Miram Griffin
Philippine University
Manilla
Griffin
Rochester
Minn
Philippine
University
Liberal Arts
J. F. Wells
George H. Hust
Winona
Dc. A. Davison
Hust
C. V. Gilliland
Carlton College
Farmington, Mo
Gilliland
Dakota Wesleyan
Christa Lunn
First Methodist Church
Baptist Church
Benjamin F. Tilley
Illinois
Tilley
George Koehler
Roy Hackett
Central School
Norton
Zavit
Evans
Jones
Salisbury
White
Kibbee
Smith
Hull
Doyle
An’s Aid Society
First Methodist Episcopal Church
B. A. Bobb
John
Jess Marshall
LaFortune
M. 1
Marshall
Carstensen
Marshalls
Mayor Hitchcock
Dougherty and Robertson
Dell Rapids
Hitchcock
Supreme Court
A. H. Orvis
Yankton
Kass
Kaas
Eleventh Judicial
Harding, Perkins, Carson, Dewey and Schnasse
State Land Commissioner
T. H. Conniff
J. M. Lynch
Wall
Conniff
James A. Clark
Keystone
Lynch
Clark
Coniff
Missouri
Lockhart
Ethan
Rob. Coyne
A. G. Bauer
Parkston
Haley Trow
Mike Bracha
Henry Thompson
Retta Tobey
Goddes of Liberty
Thomas Tifft
Rock Rapids
Dick Loomis
Joe Rabe
Burns
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