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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1909
Page
1
Mitchell loses land office after 28 years as operations move to Gregory S D. Temporary quarters host filings from April 1 with 50 names called daily for two days then 100 daily for 10 days 150 daily to April 22 and 200 daily to May 3. Four thousand numbers exhaust about 9 500 tracts. remaining land will face later openings under homestead laws.
New Britain Connecticut March 18 Professor Louis A McLouth formerly president of the South Dakota Agricultural College at Brookings died here yesterday at age 73. He led the college from its founding about 1883 until the early 1890s when succeeded by President Heston of Madison Normal.
S Frank Sutterfield, once sentenced by the circuit court to 18 months for assault and resisting an officer, was taken from Draper to Sioux Falls after a supreme court decision affirmed the circuit court. In prior action, citizens confined him at home when he was unceremoniously dumped from a buggy and fired on officials.
Pierre March 18. Governor Vessey will soon appoint two additional supreme court justices as provided by recent legislation. The next term in April will feature five judges, up from three, with no official names announced yet though J. G. Smith of Yankton is favored for the First district and Judge McCoy of Aberdeen for the Fifth.
William Isher, representative and field man for a St. Paul firm, had his right leg broken below the knee in a Saturday night scuffle with J. H. Dean, a local character. The incident is described as friendly. Isher suffers greatly from the injury.
The frozen body of Ed Nelson was found yesterday beside the Northwestern railway tracks near Alcester South Dakota. The coroner will conduct an inquiry into the cause of death.
Yankton South Dakota March 18 sentence suspended in the case of Mike Brennan convicted of assault on Michael Walsh of Sioux City until the November term of court.
Ex President Roosevelt, accompanied by a firm representative, inspected his personal African trip gear at Oyster Bay. He checked tents, equipment, and rifles, noting deficiencies to be corrected in New York and Hooboken before packing and loading onto the Hamburg. He fired at the range, scoring bullseyes on most shots.
An unprecedented case of wife beating occurred in Armour on Sunday. The victim, Mrs. Emmett Phelps, was beaten by her drunken husband and left in grave condition at a neighbor’s house under medical care. Police Justice Beddow sentenced him to 80 days in the city jail with the state’s attorney to pursue an assault with intent to kill charge.
Roy Allington saved his friend Harry Anderson from drowning on Bad river after a swollen meltwater crossing. With horses swept away and an ice crust on the far shore, Allington hurled a rope and pulled Anderson to safety as the current fought them. The horses perished in the plunge.
Vermillion March 17 Faculty and students rally behind legislative allocations for the University of South Dakota. Total general funds reach 169000 minus 7000 for water system improvements including a new tank, about 29000 more than two years ago. Major special grants include 30000 for central heating light and power plant and 6500 for library maintenance. Carnegie gift funds 40000 for a new library building. Perisho to lead state geological survey with 3000 and 5000 for a new bacteriological lab. Science hall renovations add 3765, totaling legislative support for the year.
London notes that Waldorf Astor has taken over the Pall Mall Gazette from his father. He plans to restore its high class conservative stance while adding literary and social distinction. Sir Douglas Straight has retired. FP G Higginbotham becomes editor and manager.
Mrs. Morse describes selling all possessions and keeping only a single servant and an electric brougham to serve her husband Mr. Morse. She states she would discard even the brougham if not needed, finding happiness in aiding her husband.
A friend of Charles W. Morse says he is a poor man now after a fortune of 22 million dollars evaporated. Mrs Morse has sold jewels valued at 250000 to pay lawyers and other debts, and her expensive belongings are gone. She is selling her Fifth Avenue home to reduce living costs while awaiting further legal action.
The Dakota bank insurance law creates a state bank association supervised by a board including the state auditor treasurer and public examiner. Membership requires 100 banks and 1 million in capitalization with fees from 100 to 170 dollars plus a one mill annual premium on average deposits. Depositors are insured once a bank joins, with withdrawals notice rules for exits and penalties. The plan allows other banks to join on similar terms and specifics a fund to pay losses and subrogate to bank assets. The law takes effect July next and several banks are ready to join. it is a new, voluntary system unlike Oklahoma’s compulsory one.
March 16. I Dunn, a South Dakota boy raised on a farm, is succeeding in the east as a story illustrator. He studied drawing in Brookings and Chicago before moving to New York. Now he illustrates a top year’s story in a renowned eastern publication that hires premier artists and writers. Local residents recall his early artistic talent as a boy.
The third annual conference will be held April 14 and 15 in Sioux Falls with speakers including Dr Graham Taylor, Alexandria Johnson, Dr A A Rodgers, Bishop O Gorman, Governor R S Vessey, and Rev Frank Fox. A song in sign language by Schwut fer Deaf and Dumb girls, and tours of the shirt factory and twine plant at the state penitentiary are on the program.
In 1907 Great Britain furnished 30,000 bicycles to Japan along with parts worth 270000 dollars, while the United States supplied 3218 bicycles and parts valued at 178000 dollars.
Marion South Dakota March 15 details of a large land swindle affecting Mennonites across Nebraska Kansas Oklahoma and South Dakota emerge. An alleged Mennonite agent sold California 20 acre lots at 100 per acre promising trips and church building funding but contracts and promises prove oral. Attorney H Van Ruschen handles case as investigations continue with mass meetings in town.
A list of appropriations by the late South Dakota legislature details allocations for building projects, state fair maintenance, university and normal schools, rail and road work, and various state offices totaling about 1.87 million dollars, plus standing appropriations and numerous smaller expenditures across counties and programs.
A village contest near Volga features two teams Ed Poole of Brookings and Clarence Clews of Volga. Judges Edward LawBay, S. N. Sayre, and George Williams oversee a stone boat loaded with bricks. Poole’s pair fails to move the load. Clews’s team drags it 25 inches after settling. About 6000 pounds on the boat.
The state board of agriculture finished its meeting in Huron after a busy session. They approved converting the women's building into a poultry house and remodeling the poultry house for a permanent dining hall. A larger women’s department building was decided on. The premium list rises across departments. Speed purses total 5000 dollars. J. E. Platte was reelected treasurer for 16 years. C. W. Deane leads the swine and sheep unit, A. W. Krueger runs the machinery, B. E. Beach heads concessions. Dates set for September 13 to 18.
South Dakota Attorney General S W Clarke argues Judge Smith McPherson’s Missouri 2 cent fare decision does not affect or set precedent for similar cases in other states. He notes each state must litigate its own constitutional question and highlights interstate business considerations in fare rulings. Clarke affirms ongoing effort to secure a 2 cent fare for South Dakota.
Governor Vessy named three livestock sanitary board members Frank M. Stewart of Buffalo Gap Frank R. Cook of Belle Fourche and William Davis of Mt Vernon. He also appointed FF Bancroft of Watertown state game warden Walter R. Vercoe of Lead and Mary N. Farr of Pierre to health osteopathy and other boards and hospital examiners.
The South Dakota state board of agriculture met with Interstate Fair association leaders in Huron to coordinate the 1909 expositions. Premium lists were adopted, Hugh Smith outlined an enhanced speed program, and standard attractions and new buildings were approved for construction for the fair week starting September 13.
The government Indian school buildings at Chamberlain have been sold to Dr Farnsworth of Pukwana for 24000 dollars. The sale is deemed extremely low for such fine structures which cost Uncle Sam several times that amount. Rumor says Dr Farnsworth will use it as a summer home for the sick and may run a Seventh Day Adventist school in connection.
A second incendiary fire in six weeks hits the Reliance elevator in Hudson South Dakota shown burning at 7 pm. Firemen saved the next building as 6000 bushels of corn and oats burned. wind from the northeast aided the flames.
Pierre South Dakota March 12 The second trial of Aurelius Bowen for the murder of Katherine Kille in Stanley county will begin at Highmore on March 16. The first trial at Fort Pierre last summer ended in a disagreement.
London March 12 The famous pig case in Laurel county courts ended with Judge Pennington awarding the pig to Squire Nicholson. M W Tinchs seeks a new trial and the matter moves to higher courts after lengthy testimony by 35 witnesses and five eminent lawyers.
Albany March 12 Assemblyman Voss introduces a bill to curb barnstorming by requiring licensed theatrical employment agents to check the financial responsibility and reputation of all job applicants and share findings with parties contracting performers.
William Holdsworth of Philadelphia locates his sister Mrs. Tasker in Blackstone Massachusetts after a 14 year search. The siblings dispute inheritance from their father William Holdsworth, a millionaire owner of mills in Montreal Toronto and Bradford England. Tasker had eloped and been disowned.
A tornado in Cuthbert Georgia killed about six Black residents and destroyed a dozen Negro business buildings. Several white people were injured but none seriously. A revival meeting continued through the storm, then worshipers found homes uninhabitable. Total loss estimated at $100,000.
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