Primary Bill Near Passage Amid House Senate Turmoil
In Pirsee SD February 6 the senate schedules a light final passage but faces a crowded House calendar with twenty three measures awaiting final action. The primary administration bill looms as a key test while debates over uniform text book adoption and anti lobbying rules unfold amid push for competitive bidding and state control of prices.
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Pirsee SD
Senate
Dowdell
House
Text Book Commission
Seater Dillon
Dh Ois
Bigs Hook
Willi
Kansas
South Dakota Fares Well in Indian Bill
The senate approved a substantial Indian bill for South Dakota with funds for Pine Ridge and several schools in Chamberlain, Plandreau, and Pierre, plus repairs and a Mrs. Jane de Waldron claim. It also appropriated for Yankton Sioux matters and extended jurisdiction changes, while delaying action on J. J. Elliott for U.S. attorney.
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South Bahou
Athotgast
Senate
Pine Hidge
Chamberlain
Plandreau
Pierre
Jane de Waldron
Nebraska
South Dakota
Yankton
Gambia
Judiciary Committee
J. J. Elliott
United States
Railroad books fraud claim shocks Deadwood meeting
Feb 6 Deadwood South Dakota in a meeting of railroad commissioners and local businessmen George H Rice new commissioner challenged railroad profit claims and said accounting may be fraudulent He urged rate reductions despite limited powers and funds Black Hills miners complained of high cyanide potassium costs high ore rates from Bald Mountain and coal rates.
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Deadwood
S. D
South Dakota
George H. Rice
Rice
Black Hills
Bald Mountain
Pierre Faces Coal Shortage Amid Heavy Snow
Pierre, S D reports a coal famine risk as hard coal supplies run low. Atlas secured ten tons with orders for sixty tons. more cars expected to avert fuel shortages. Heavy ice on the Missouri and widespread snow raise flood concerns for the spring along the river.
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Pierre
S. D
Atlas
Weather Bureau
Missouri
Yankton
Bismarck
Silver Trowel Gifts Sioux Falls Its Journey to Faribault
The state board approves a side trip for the famed Masonic silver traveling trowel, arriving today from Cedar Rapids and to tour Sioux Falls for thirty days. Maribault Lodge in Minnesota marks its semi centennial on February 7 with a trowel visit approved, envoy Colonel Thomas H. Brown of Sioux Falls to escort and return the relic to Sioux Falls Masonry after the celebration.
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Faribault
Minn
Sioux
Cedar Rapids
Masons
Sioux Falls
Masonic Lodge
Maribault
Thomas H. Brown
Sioux Malls
Masons of
Fire damages Tuthill Lumber works in 25 below zero
Sioux Falls S D Feb 6 Fire destroyed or damaged property worth about 33000 at the Tuthill Lumber company early today. Firemen fought the blaze while temperatures rested over 25 degrees below zero. The previous night marked the coldest point of the winter with official readings at 25 below.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Tuthill Lumber Company
Two South Dakota Firms In Bankruptcy
Damage charges from bankruptcy have been granted in the cases of Henry Albert Hartert and Helmer Wacklund of Aberdeen co partners under Hub City Paint Wall Paper and Art Store, Edward T. Dummann of Bemis Deuel County.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Henry Albert Hartert
Helmer Wacklund
Aberdeen
Hub City
Edward T. Dummann
Bemis
Deuel County
Railroad rate readjustment hearing in South Dakota
Sioux Falls February 6. A joint hearing of the East and Lead Commercial clubs on rate readjustment is today. Burlington agent Spence attends the sitting.
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Black Hills
Sioux Falls
S. D
Discf
Cates
Burlington
Spence
South Dakota Legislature Debates 2-Cent Fare and Anti Pass Bills
Statehouse actions in Pierre show the 2-cent fare bill moving toward third reading with likely passage amid opposition. The anti pass bill advances to the governor after house approval. The senate backs a new capitol building costing 600000, funded mainly by land sales, with other requests for state aid and textbooks under review. Newspaper publishers seek ad contracts paid in mileage. journalists lobby on subscriptions and fare exemptions as lawmakers work through three-quarter million in requested appropriations.
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Pierre
Senate
House
Entim
South Dakota
Dowdell
Johnson
Attempt on life of Col A S Frost in Evanston
From Evanston press reports an assailant hurled an eighteen ounce rock through a breakfast window at Colonel A S Frost former commandant at the state agricultural college and later colonel in the First South Dakota volunteers in the Philippines. The missile narrowly missed Miss Louise Frost as the window was hit and plaster broken. no suspect was found. Frost, now Evanston chief of police, had received threats linked to his wartime career and his prohibition era actions.
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Howareg
Hvanston
Ith
A. S. Frost
The
Agricultural College
South Dakota
Philippines
Prost
Evanston
Colonel Frost
Miss Louise Frost
Foot warmers ignite buggy. roped to fire and collapse
Armour South Dakota February six IF Smith, a John Van Ommeren barn driver, rode with hot bricks as foot warmers. The lap robes caught fire, the buggy seat collapsed, and the vehicle burned with oil samples and travel gear lost as the two men escaped on the prairie.
Anti-Pass Battle Delays Reform Plan In State House
A heated floor dispute over entering the committee of the whole halted the anti-pass bill as the chamber shifted to a county local option measure. Speaker Chaney’s ruling was appealed and defeated, with factions urging a newspaper amendment and a push to strike emergency provisions, signaling a broader rift over railroad reform.
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Pierre
Chaney
Foster
Douglas
House
Carroll
Ghiss
Senate
Hare
Mail Order House Loses First Round
Judge Warland denied Montgomery Ward & Co. a temporary injunction to stop a boycott by the South Dakota Retail Merchants and Hardware Dealers association and editor J. Mannix. The ruling says the association did not threaten, only urged wholesalers to back retailers. The case proceeds to the April term for full merits.
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Sioux Valls
S. 7
Warland
United States
Montgomery Ward & Co
Chicago
South Dakota
Plainiff Company
Carland
Defendaunt Association
Melvin Grigsby
Bailey & Voorhees
South Dakota Editors Close A Fine Meeting
Huron South Dakota February 5 One of the most successful meetings of the South Dakota Press association closed here. Nearly fifty registered and several new members were admitted. Attendees did not travel on free railway passes showing local newspaper men pay their own travel.
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Huron
South Dakota Press Association
South Dakota
New Plan for Handling School Lands Proposed by Foncannon
Pierre D. McPherson official Foncannon argues for selling one quarter of state school lands each year until a quarter is sold. He connects past sale prices to projected income, claiming faster sales boost per capita support for schools. The plan excludes state building lands under Capitol Commission.
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Pierre
Fencannon
McPherson
Foneannon
Foncannon
Capitol
Bank closes in Scotland South Dakota under examiner order
National Bank Examiner Silsby from Mitchell South Dakota ordered the First National Bank of Scotland closed Saturday afternoon. Bank deposits were reported at 105000 on January 26 1907. Officers say the bank is solvent though rumors of causes and possible arrests circulate. King recently retired as president with Barker succeeding him and Resner as cashier.
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Scotland
S. D
National Bank
Silsby
Mitchell, S. D
First National Bank
First National
King
B. Barker
J. P. Resner
Mitchell
Washington, D. C
National Bank Eixaminer Silsby
First National Bank of Scotland
S. 10
Car Leaves Track Crashes Into Bartlett Bros Store
A Burlington trolley car on Main street slid off a slippery grade and crashed into Bartlett Bros store, knocking down a brick wall. Fourteen passengers were aboard. Dr Van Buren and Tod Campbell were injured but not seriously hurt. Crews cleared debris after about three hours.
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Iead, S. D
Burlington
Bartlett Bros
van Buren
Tod Campbell
Farmers Bide Severe Winter Storm Fates
Weather kept stock sheltered through winter with minimal losses overall. A few sheep froze in railway yards and a car at Cavour. In Virgil area, a dozen cattle froze to death. Northern reports say much stock was lost between Aberdeen and Cakes.
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Huron
Cavour
Virgil
Aberdeen
Millionaire Cotton Broker Dies on Eve of Dakota Divorce
Yankton S D Feb 4 George H Meyer a New Orleans cotton broker with over a million dollars in Standard Oil stock died here on the eve of filing for a Dakota divorce He was 49 and had planned a marriage to a young woman who is said to have visited Yankton Meyers stock totaled about 1 020 000 and jewels accompanied his estate He had a cotton plantation near New Orleans and served as secretary of Teutonia Insurance Company The body will likely be sent south for burial
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Yankton, S. D
Standard Oil
George H. Meyer
New Orleans
Meyer
Yankton
Standard Oil Company
Standard Cib
Teutonia Insurance Company
Maitland mine and mill idle over eight hour demand
S D February 4 Maitland mill and mine near Maitland three miles out shut down last night over an eight hour demand. Superintendent Baldwin refuses to discuss union demands. Ninety men work in the mine and ninety in the mill. Town may be nearly deserted until Maitland resumes.
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S. D
Maitland
Baldwin
Old Penobscot
Malignant smallpox outbreak hits Stickney family
Stickney South Dakota February 4 report a malignant form of smallpox in the Batchelder family. Mrs Batchelder and children who recently visited Akron Iowa are ill. N A Batchelder works as a messenger on the Milwaukee line and also shows symptoms.
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Stickney
S. D
N. A. Batchelder
Gallpox Reports Reach Lattin and Welcome Wyoming
Lead S D Heb 4 reports gallpox at Lattin where Safe Investment mine lies. Welcome Wyoming is overrun by the epidemic and areas nearby show cases though the Hills towns remain free of the disease.
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S. D
Lattin
Welcome
Wyo
Mother’s breast feeding bill aims to compel nurses by law
In St Paul Minnesota February 4 I P Savage superintendent of the Minnesota children's home outlines a bill to require that infants be nursed by their mothers unless physically unable. The proposal would make it a misdemeanor for a mother to withhold breast nourishment for at least a month after birth and would impose penalties on those who induce violation.
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St. Paul, Minn
I. P. Savage
Minnesota Children’s Home
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Meyvhor
Smith
Miner
Wittredge
Congo
Kirbs
Brown County
Dreath
Court of Last Resort
Rces
Commissioner Rice
Inhome
South Dakota Senate
Madison
Brookings
Spearfish
Springfield
Vermillion
Col. A. S. Frost
Bill
Cc. B. Foncannon
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