South Dakota Crop Reports and Interstate Commerce Debate
The article discusses crop reporting loyalties and the need for reliable data on the year's harvest. It critiques government timing, contrasts South Dakota’s business needs with interstate rates, and references the Shreveport decision upholding higher intrastate Texas rates to benefit railroad earnings. It argues South Dakota should transact within its own borders and avoid burdensome cross-state travel for commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Dakota
Atielt
United States
Supreme Court
Commerce Commission
Texas
Interregion
Texga
Pms
Sioux City
Jast
Shreveport
Railroads
Timber ownership concentrated among few in several states
A report from the United States Industry Commission shows top timber holders control large shares across regions. In Southeastern Washington two men hold 49 percent. five in Western Oregon hold 36 percent. in Northeastern California ten own over half. in the Red Woods area six own 70 percent. The study notes 1,694 persons own more than one seventh of timbered land across the 900 million acres surveyed, with several holders owning vast tracts in multiple states and counties.
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Aoeien
D. C
United Ea
Wyson
Davies
Washington
Oregon
California
Red Woods
Ates
Ems Pote
Tims Ivaly
Specutalivs
United ‘States
Canalala
Mexican
Yataté
New Eagles
New
Jersey
Murder Case Shocks Woonsocket Shoreline
An investigation into a suspected murder near Lake Peeraee reveals a missing woman and a suitcase left at a station. Police track a likely suspect after clues show a temporary stay, but the case remains unresolved with authorities pursuing leads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woonsocket
Mariana
Iscar
Crocus club plans picnic at Mrs Nichols home
The Crocus club met with Mrs J Hamiel and Roselle Dillon of Fort Dodge as guest of honor. They discussed a July 19 picnic at Mrs C Nichols four miles west of Mitchell and invited husbands and children to attend.
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Crocus Club
J. Hamiel
Roselle Dillon
Fort Dodge
Iowa
C. Nichols
Mitchell
Picnic Club Event Delights Butler Ang Rerty Women
The Butler Ang Rerty ladies hosted a highly successful July picnic at Wildman Grove. A noon crowd enjoyed a long table dinner, followed by children’s races won by Grace Nort, and boys races led by Floyd Comstock and Herbert Northup. Will Ferguson topped the young men’s foot race, while Benet and Ferguson took high jump honors. A baseball game near McCue pasture ended 8 to ? with the married men defeating the bachelors, the club supplying refreshments.
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Wildman Grove
Grace Nort
Punkteek
Ha Lewin
Floyd Comstock
Zousteersloyd
Comstock
Herbert Northup
Will Ferson
Frank Peddicard
Benet
Mr. Ferguson
Prof
H. Ipes
McCue
Brove
Ba Belors
Ice Cream Supper Follows Beulah Sunday School Contest
A jolly Betts school house crowd attended an ice cream supper organized by the losers of the Beulah Center Sunday school button contest. Tables in the basement offered abundant ice cream and cake, funded by the losing side, with generous servings and a convivial mood.
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Betts
Beulah Center
Red Button Brigade
Holsaple busy in Black Hills anti saloon campaign
D N Holsaple head of the South Dakota anti saloon league campaigns in the Black Hills to uncover liquor law violations. In Deadwood he secured a warrant to arrest a hotel bar proprietor for being within 200 feet of a school. He investigates whether Deadwood’s liquor licenses exceed legal limits given population.
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Deadwood
R. N. Holsaple
Anti-Saloon League
South Dakota
Black Hills
Wranklin Hotel
Hein
Man Grows Cotton in South Dakota Nebr Story
Dupree South Dakota homesteader Wil Brown demonstrates cotton can grow in the state. While visiting Oklahoma he predicted cotton would thrive. He planted seeds and all sprouted though he remains focused on corn wheat alfalfa cattle and silo farming with cotton as a side issue.
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Dupree
Brown
South Dakota
Oklahoma
Sanborn County Sunday Schools Hold Annual Meeting
Sanborn county Sunday school association met in Woonsocket with large attendance from nearly every Sunday school in the county. The program featured an interesting lineup prepared for the occasion over the weekend.
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Sanborn CO
Woonsoket
S. D
Sanborn County Sunday School ‘Association
Woonsocket
Yargé
Davison County Named Center of Hog Cholera War
The federal fight against hog cholera will designate Davison County as the center for a $500000 nation wide effort. The plan assigns one county per state with experts and quarantines to study and combat the disease, a move supported by the Mitchell Commercial Club after months of effort.
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South Dakota
Davison County
Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
T. J. Morgans
Commercial Club
Mitchell
Spink
Brown
Brookings
Minnehaha
Yankton
Morgans
G. L. Brown
South Dakota State College
State Sanitary Board
Agricultural College
Congress
Davison Strategic Center
Mitchell Commercial Club
35 000 License Forms for Hunters of 5 D
State game department announces distribution of thirty five thousand license forms for hunters in district five D at Pierre. Officials urge york county residents to complete applications and return by deadlines.
Father and Child Memory in a Quiet Bedside Scene
A parent recalls striking a disobedient son and, after his mother’s death, tending to the boy at night. The child sleeps as the parent reflects on childhood toys and the hope for divine mercy for their childish mistakes.
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W. Toad
State wildlife office mails licenses to counties
The department issued about thirty five thousand resident small game license forms to counties and 630 resident big game licenses and 475 non resident fishing licenses. Shipments follow last season's demand and project similar needs for this year.
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Partment
Resi‘dent
Hoboes Infest City Hordes Clash With Police
A hobo crowd of 500 plus men invaded Mitchell early fore noon threatening to clean up the town after Chief Wood Smith refused to provide rations. Leader Ross Lynch was jailed and the rest returned to trains, while officials say most had money and preferred work to begging.
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Wood Smith
Knights of the Bumpers
Main
Darling and
Kirkpatrick
Smith
Ross Lynch
Aberdeen
Milwaukee
J. T. Donnelley
M. W. Richards
Woonsocket
Milwaukee Roads
Mitchell
Kansas
Work on Grade to Veblen Extension Progresses in Webster
Webster South Dakota reports ongoing grading on the Mair mont and Veblen road extension toward Day county with completion expected to Grenville by October. Contractors operate 270 teams moving up to 250000 cubic yards monthly. 1000 car loads of ties rails concrete and steel are ready to start once grading ends. Elevator sites along the extension are leased and several new towns are anticipated with eager business interest.
Deadwood Opens Public Recreation Ground on Sherman Street
Mayor N. E. Franklin secured a large lot on Sherman street from the Northwestern railroad in Deadwood South Dakota. The city will fit it as a public recreation ground for school children with lawns tennis and handball courts and other outdoor sports equipment. It will also host workouts for the high school football and track teams.
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Deadwood
S. D
N. E. Franklin
Northwestern Railroad
Sherman Street
Re High School
Over $800000 Held in State Treasury in June
Pierre South Carolina report on state finances shows all funds totaling 824,885 at June 30. General fund 363,875 twine fund 107,130 and game fund 44,898. Game fund declined due to fish procurement and shipping costs this month.
Aged man killed driving hay rake on ranch near Belle Fourche
Milton Alexander, 67, was fatally injured on Captain Seth Bullock’s ranch when a team of colts ran away while he drove a hay rake in an alfalfa field. He was unconscious after the accident and died from a brain injury. He leaves a son and three daughters, the latter living in Kansas.
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Belle Fourche
S. D
Milton
Alexander
Seth Bullock
Here
Kansas
Automobile Blast After Cleaning With Gasoline
In Aberdeen South Dakota Dr H E McNutt tried cleaning his car with kerosene but switched to gasoline and forgot to shut off the spark. The resulting explosion ruined the automobile and caused significant damage.
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Aberdeen
S. D
H. E. McNutt
Ain
Neighborhood Fire Thwarted by Doctor McNutt Hose
It was only by the presence of mind of Dr. McNutt in turning on the hose until the fire department arrived that a disastrous conflagration did not occur in the neighborhood.
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Dr. McNutt
State secretary cites automobile fund surplus for road gains
The article reports that Frank Glasner states the automobile fund surplus will go to the state treasury, with earnings totaling about 233.25 in interest, and discusses an expected year end highway surplus of over 11 000, totaling around 20 000 for roads. It notes the fund's 75 cent share per six dollars collected goes to counties for road improvement and mentions black and yellow road tags promoting a Chicago to Yellowstone route via the Black Hills.
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Automobile Department
Department
South Dakota
Union
Chicago
Yellowstone Park
Black Hills
Hoboes Clear Dimock Track After Dead Engine
A Milwaukee system freight run to Dimock faced a blocked main line when the No. 98 engine died with a twenty car train at the switch. About 100 hoboes riding atop the cars helped push the train into a side track, freeing the main line within an hour. Summer tourists assisted as sections of cars were moved to clear the track.
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Milwaukee
Dimock
Boy Scouts Headed for Weeklong James River Camp
Thirty five khaki clad Scouts marched east from the city for a weeklong camp by the James River led by Scout Master C B Harrold. Camp set on Holiness grounds near Riverside with seven tents and a military style regime allowing swimming and woods play. The commissary was taken out by automobile while the boys walked in. Scout Commissioner BE Keen expected to spend part of the week in camp.
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James River
C. B. Harrold
Riverside
BE. S. Keen
Rich Brokers Clever Crooks At Lake Minnetonka
Two men Pepepel and Dixon posing as rich brokers at Lake Minnetonka were arrested after a swindle near Excelsior. They were identified from Bertillon photos by coal dealer B W Coyle of Mason Aelo ws and implicated in a long running scheme traced to Canada since May 29. Chief Oscar Martinson and Detectives Colwell and Meare led the arrest after Dixon attempted to signal bystanders. a woman and a second man Carlson were also taken into custody.
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Minneapol Minn
Pepepel
Dixon
Ana “Red Carlson
Aire
Excelsior
Lake
Mion Tone
B. W. Coyle
Mason Aelows
Oscar ‘Martinson
Colwell
Canada
Lake Minnetonka
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Yi J. P. Rummel
A.B. Morn
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Plan Club
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H. H. Edwards
Mitchell, S. D
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Atkins
Murray
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Hoagland
T. T. White
Charles Holshire
Fred Miler
Wade Hatch
Frank Titus
Menale Titus
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Priscilla Club
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Prosper Township
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