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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1917
Page
6
South Dakota senate after heated debate passes a bill to submit the equal suffrage amendment at the next general election. The measure now goes to the house as anti suffragist lobbying continues and a calendar placement follows committee support.
The report notes committees moved slowly, with nine measures on the calendar for final vote. If records stay on track, lawmakers may push late into the last night, possibly matching the single prolonged session that began at noon on the final day.
Senator Dowdell postpones introduction of a constitutional amendment to create a single legislative chamber with a short ballot covering the governor and state auditor. Other officers would be appointed by the governor and removable for cause with a two third legislative vote to sustain removal. A.G.R. bill seeks $10 000 yearly for old soldiers unable to reach the home. Representative Wvander to seek county paper selection reform.
A joint resolution in Pierre proposes abolishing one legislative branch and creating a one member per judicial circuit assembly. Members would be elected with US president terms, earn 3000 dollars yearly, and be recallable. Sessions set quarterly. governor seats in assembly with limited voting. Dowdell also discusses free school books and textbook issues.
The 1807 session sees bids to push free textbooks falter while a heated debate on educational funding and a controversial series of clinical examinations by Dr. Jones draws scrutiny. Hutchinson county hospital bills spark talk of state aid as lawmakers weigh the open charges against university figures and the scope of anthropometric research.
Pierre South Dakota Senate discusses Urdahl bill to require the special attorney for the banking department to base in the department office and devote full attention to department work. Lauritz Miller of Mitchell currently holds the post. Education panel backs Herreid Social Center bill. Appropriations panel favors funding half of the Angostura Irrigation survey but requires landowners to reimburse the state. A soldiers monument committee is named by Jaynes Pearson and Jones. Third reading of S B 15 on place of civil trials is deferred due to improper engrossing.
Prof. W Franklin Jones of the University of South Dakota testified before the state education committee that he conducted intimate examinations of female students at Madison and Spearfish state normal schools and in public schools. He said ages ranged from 18 upward and that parental consent was secured, though the session produced no action by the committee.
A Sioux Falls era article notes plans to create a new southern judicial circuit, reallocate counties among existing circuits, and discuss a potential house size reduction. The proposed map would shift Charles Mix, Douglas, Hutchinson, Turner, McCook, and Lincoln into a new circuit, alter Second and First circuits, and affect Union, Yankton, Clay, Lake, Moody, and Minnehaha.
Administrator Kemp Rowley issues a four month claim deadline for all creditors and claimants against the estate of D H Rand Deceased. Claims must be shown with vouchers to Spangler and Haney Mitchell Davison South Dakota, dated January 15 1917.
The Swiss federal council announced today a precautionary mobilization starting January 24. The second division and contingents of the fourth and fifth divisions will be mobilized, though not fully mobilized yet.
Entries for the eighteenth annual South Dakota State Poultry Association show close January 17 with judging at 11 am January 23. The event runs January 22 through 25 at the city hall, featuring 50 pheasants from the state game and fish department and four $50 loving cups. Superintendent Fred C. Drake promises a well organized display and prizes under the American Poultry Association rules.
Funeral services for Charles V Priest, who died after a two week illness, will be held at his home at 2 PM Monday. The private service is led by the First Church of Christ Scientist. Priest, a Mitchell pioneer, came here 34 years ago and is survived by his wife and four sons and daughters. Masons will conduct grave services at Gracefound cemetery, with lodge members as pallbearers.
Charles V. Priest, born April 19 1859 in Dane County Wisconsin, died Saturday after a two week illness. Funeral services were held at the house at 2 pm conducted by the First Church of Christ Scientist with Masonic burial. He lived in Mitchell 34 years, married Eva Burnside in Manchester Iowa January 17 1883, and leaves wife and four Mitchell children Clyde Kimball C W Leckley Louis Loyinger and Clark Priest.
Albert Blancett, accused of murdering Clyde Armour, arrives in Albuquerque in custody on the way east for trial. Armour, who left Sioux City last October with his mother, was killed on a coastbound automobile trip. Armour’s bones were found by a dog near Santa Fe. Blancett, weakened by a neck wound, was treated at a hospital after arriving in Santa Fe.
A winter storm drops temperatures to ten degrees below zero with a brisk northwest wind making conditions harsh. The report notes colder spells earlier in December reaching 24 below on one morning and forecasts only a slight warmup tomorrow.
A severe blizzard swept North Dakota and eastern Montana, with blinding snow and temperatures near 20 below. Three children died in Williston and Beach as fires and exposure claimed lives. a schoolgirl in Jeneh was found semi conscious after hours exposed on the prairie. a rural teacher is missing. Railroad traffic halted across western North Dakota as the storm broadened to nearby states.
Flan drea u and Moody county youths form a national guards unit shifting from infantry to cavalry after war department signals. The South Dakota troop is expected to be mustered into state and national service within weeks as plans finalize.
The preliminary examination of five young men known as the Chicken Chasers produced one guilty plea and four not guilty pleas. They are bound over to the February term of circuit court with two bonds provided and three others in county jail. The arrests followed written confessions from two sixteen year old local restaurant hashers, and others fear further arrests.
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