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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1907
Page
11
After a harsh winter, farmers prepare tools for spring plowing as snow fades. Chicago voters re nominate Mayor Dunne after a campaign featuring Carter Harrison's involvement. Dunne champions street railway ownership but aims to accomplish it in another term, labeling the project monumental.
The Galveston plan would govern a city by a five member commission removable by voters. It is optional for any city and could allow faster direct control over city servants. Some communities might adopt new commissions. others may not.
Several towns with planned summer baseball ventures see their plans reduced by a new Sunday law prohibiting all Sunday sports with admission charges. Authors argue fans should support games on weekdays to keep baseball viable and discourage Sunday desecration.
President Jim Hill of the Great Northern cautions that 1908 will be tough for hauling investments and stock valuations. He notes water in stock values will be unnoticed by many and foresees broader unease in the financial world amid railroad legislation and rate matters.
The writer argues state legislature should limit spending, noting Vermillion and Aberdeen seek 50,000 each while Yankton and Mitchell colleges have smaller enrollments yet receive less. Denominational schools prospering without large state support suggests state institutions are overfunded.
The Pierre Free Press discusses finances and subscriptions including Rockefeller income figures, church funding aims, and newspaper management under Satterlee. It mentions A C a buyer at the masthead and S. G. Dewell selling the paper, with Satterlee promising solid newspaper work and self-sufficiency.
Senator Joe Bailey faces an anti graft controversy with the committee not accepting his dismissal of charges as lies. Watertown cadet band to become regimental band after March 4 replacing Sioux Falls due to encampment needs. Gregory county touted as ideal for bachelors with 231 young ladies holding claims and a shortage of men, who must prove themselves capable workers.
Supporters who failed to pass local option in the legislature filed with the secretary of state a petition signed by 5,400 urging the measure be referred to voters at the next general election. The question remains whether the legislature will allow a vote or repeat the treatment given to the primary law petition two years earlier.
The South Dakota legislature defeated a bill that would have returned to North Carolina the money collected on old bonds. Governor Samuel H. Elrod had urged the move, but the senate Thursday knocked it out, ending what had seemed strong public support. The act, if passed, would have reflected credit on Elrod, but lawmakers chose not to pursue the measure.
The article notes rapid gains in national wealth, claiming billions added each presidential term and surpassing the United Kingdom and France in tangible property value on Lincoln’s birthday. It also details a sweeping primary law in South Dakota setting election procedures for 1908 and beyond.
The text outlines the duties of the state canvassing board and county auditor in certifying nominations, sets the annual July state conventions on the second Tuesday in July 1908 and biennially after, assigns publishing duties to the state central committee, and specifies that contests go to court. It designates primary election days as legal holidays and notes the emergency enactment prevents referendum, with first trial next year.
Leslie M. Shaw, renowned financier and secretary of the treasury, is appointed head of the Carnegie Trust Company with a salary of 75000 per year. The move promises a more business like policy as his treasury tenure ends March 4. he has not announced whether he will accept.
The Brookings Press notes the special train Governor Crawford arranged to Rochester Minnesota for his wife during her serious illness. The Huron World claims the governor paid in cash, which would settle any dispute about funding.
The Chicago Chronicle argues Joe Bailey of Texas erred by not being candid with his constituents about graft charges and predicts his undoing. It contrasts a South Dakota case where a sympathetic legislature eased path to success, noting Bailey’s lack of candor fuels opposition and undermines his defense.
In the legislature a good roads bill failed after a county referendum clause was added. City property would have faced road tax to fund country roads, but lawmakers from farming districts opposed the measure, while town representatives supported it for farmers to market grain.
A 19th century street car line once ran from Huron to the fair ground and was scrapped for iron. Now a capitalist seeks to form a company to lay a line from the city center to the countryside and a lake, with farmers along the right of way supplying stock.
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