Government begins raising pine trees in the Black Hills
Deadwood South Dakota November 21 1907 President Roosevelt and Chief Forester Pinchot back a major forestry project in the Black Hills National Forest. Supervisor KE Hamilton reorganizes staff as seedling pine replanting begins atop spring snow to restore denuded acres, with seeds taking a century to mature. Deputy supervisor A L Lynn named Hill City ranger. Experts to oversee extensive reseeding during 1908 to safeguard the forest for a century.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deadwood
S. D
Roosevelt
Porester Gifford Pinchot
Black Hills National Forest
KE. M. Hamilton
Minnesota
Duluth
Hamilton
Black Lills National Forest
California
White Cap Affair Splits Toronto as Widower Fends Off Mob
Toronto residents recount a sensational elopement involving a widow and another woman's wife. Thirty leading men visited the widower at night armed with tar and feathers, but he confronted them with a corn knife and forced them to back down. Warrants and a divorce suit are anticipated as formal suits proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frrookings
S. D
Toronto
Devel County
Minnesota
Hunter Drowns After Pursuing Goose on Lake Byron
W D Lyon aged 22 junior member of Rand and Lyon plumbling and tinning firm of Klyron South Dakota drowned while hunting a wounded goose on the ice at Lake Byron. He slipped into an air hole and was unable to escape though companions searched for the body. His parents reside in Grant township Beadle county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Klyron
S. D
W. D. Lyon
Rand & Lyon
Lake Byron
Theody
Mr. Lyon
Grant Township
Beadle County
Night Work Under Way On Lemmon Buildings
In Lemmon South Dakota a $5 000 hotel contract was let yesterday and excavation began within an hour A $3 000 rooming house is also under construction With winter approaching work is rushed crews toil long hours and pay high wages yet material delays slow progress due to supply issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lemmon
S. D
Egan Wins Fight To Practice Law In South Dakota
George W. Egan formerly of Logan Illinois has been admitted to practice in South Dakota by the state supreme court. He says the opposition came largely from backers of the Kaufmann defense and that the ruling follows a rare precedent. He plans to move his family and offices to Sioux Falls to settle permanently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
S. D
George W. Egan
Logan
Ill
Supreme Court
Kaufmann
South Dakotas
Partial ruling on George Egan admission in South Dakota
Minnehaha County Bar members report the state Supreme Court order allowing attorney George W. Egan of Iowa to practice in all courts upon oath, but with a caveat. Disbarment actions may proceed over alleged fraudulent transfers involving Julia Ann O Grady if canceled by a court in due course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Isegan
Julia Ann O'Grady
Moritz Levinger of Sioux Falls Dies in Chicago
Moritz Levinger, president of the Sioux Falls Brewing and Malting Co., died in Presbyterian hospital Chicago of stomach cancer. He had been operated on after being taken to the hospital a week earlier. He came to Sioux Falls from Oskaloosa Iowa in 1884 to manage the brewery. Body to be brought home for funeral early next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Halls
S. D
Sioux Falls
Moritz Levinger
Presbyterian Hospital
Chicago
Levinger
Siousalls Brewing and Malting Company
Sioux Fats
Oskaloosa
Judge Marquis Turns Wit on Lawyers in South Carolina
Watertown South Carolina November 19 Judge George H Marquis during circuit court amused as juror asks to be excused for language issues. The judge quips about understanding the lawyers and later notes wages in dispute saying eighteen dollars a week explains large millinery bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watertown
S. C
George H. Marquis
Train Plunge Into Creek Kills Fireman on Crouch Line
Mystic South Dakota reports a fatal wreck on the Missouri River and Northwestern Crouch line as an extra engine and three cars toppled into Rapid Creek after a bridge burned. Fireman Martin died trapped under the engine. Engineer Harper was injured while a passenger coach remained on rails. Milwaukee Road dispatched a rescue train from Rapid City to the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mystic
S. D
Missouri River
Northwestern
Rapid City
Rapid Creek
Martin
Harper
Milwaukee Road
Policeman Slain. Released Murderer Sought Again
Chicago police hunt Freeman Caniff, a felon once jailed for murder and released last spring, after Officer Robert J. Mackanny, 55, was found shot to death near Englwood headquarters. Caniff previously threatened retaliation and vanished after the slaying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Robert J. Mackanny
Englwood
Freeman Caniff
Mackanny
Caniff
Poiceman
Settlers Invasion Cuts Dakota Cattle Shipments
Pierce W Dakota Nov 20 The home steading of the great cattle range has affected cattle business in South Dakota. In 1906 shipments out of the state totaled 87 698 pounds. this year about 144 983 pounds or roughly 175 000 head remain domestically. The range breakup remains the chief cause. Meanwhile in Texas stockholders held back, awaiting better markets since the year’s end. The article notes a significant decline in cattle movement within the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
South Dakota
Texas
Kimball Girl Accuses Stepfather of Abuse in Court
Mabel Burger 17 testifies in Kimball South Dakota that her stepfather Sherwood Lysinger has abused her since age ten and threatened death or harm. He, about 40, previously married the widow Burger near Bijou Hills, and faces January term with bond set at 500. The family has moved through South Dakota and Ohio, with hotel staff alert to the alleged conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burger
Bijou Hills
Kimball
Charles Mix County
Ohio
Brule County
Sysinger
Caame
Wwomin
Pukwana
State
House
Wall
Lysinger
Chamberlain
Lion and Lynx Slain by Yankton Physician
Waynetot Naiy Bike Ghris Rosstenscher returns from a big game hunt in Thompson river country sixty miles southwest of Weltspelt Montana with the largest mountain lion skin seen here. He also secured a magnificent white tail deer and three other deer. The expedition reports plentiful big game in the region and notes the effort to secure a successful hunt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naiy Bike
Ghris Rosstenscher
Thompson River
Weltspelt
Mont
Rosstenscher
Dee
Flo
Rennin Mutual Mariners’ Insurance Company Stockholders Report
The Rennin Mutual Mariners' Insurance Company shows losses paid at 5436.60 with total risks of 2,744,000. The treasury stands at 0 and receipts for the year were 6903.26. Directors re-elected: Henry Stoller Joseph Berreth and Philip Iuge. Ingelaise chosen secretary and treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland
Shi
Rennin Mutual Mariners’ Tusureauece Company
Henry Stoller
Josaeph Berreth
Philip Iuge
Ingelaise
Miss Corinne Roy Receives $11,000 Estate CDs
Rapid City report notes Miss Corinne Roy was awarded certificates totaling $11,000 as part of her uncle Jerry King’s estate. King left $30,000, some of which had not been formally transferred and remained tied up in a focal bank. Flora Belle Hollis of Ellsworth, daughter of King, pursued the matter, leading Judge McGee to reopen the case after several suits and orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rapid City
S. A
Corinne Ik. Roy
Jerry King
King
Flora Belle Hollis
Ellsworth
McGee
Altar to Cost $1,000 for Sacred Heart Church
A new high altar for Sacred Heart church in Yankton, costing $1,000, will be installed for Christmas services. The Catholic community completed a new church last year and now adds the ornate furnishing. The altar is described as a new composite concrete nature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yankton
Sacred Heart Church
Ardor and Accident Burn Woman in Look Stove Incident
Arlington South Dakota November 20 Miss Agnes Jones daughter of a prosperous farmer near Arlington was badly burned about the face and head while reviving a fire in a cook stove with kerosene her hair was burned off and she may lose her eyesight
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington, S. D
Agnes Jones
Arlington
Defaulting treasurer reappears in telephony circles
Pierre South Dakota notices J Je Hipples met W W Taylor in Omaha. Taylor, once a defaulter treasurer ten years ago, now works in the independent telephone business with Texas as his main field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierre
S. D
J. Je. Hipples
Omaha
W. W. Taylor
Taylor
Texas
Brown Estate in Dakota Still Unsettled
Pierre S Daka Nov 19 The manager and custodian of the Pierre Ranch and Cattle Company books mainly owned by Joseph O Brown Pittsburg mayor poisoned in 1903 resists allowing Annie M McGeary to inspect the books for four years Judge Boucher requires a delivery bond to be given
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Watertown Hosts Six State Conventions This Winter
Watertown South Dakota will host six state conventions between December and January marking the winter 1907 08 convention season. The schedule includes the laundrymen association December 9 the Retail Implement Dealers December 10 12 a large regional gathering December 30 January 1 the South Dakota Educational Association and Federation of School Boards January 1 2 the State Bar Association January 7 8 the State Press Association January 16 17 and the State Horticultural Society January 21 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watertown
S. D
South Dakota
Iowa
Minnesota
South Dakota Educational Association
Federation of School Boards
L Lbrary
State Bar Association
State Press Association
State Horticultural Society
Local agent’s misprint causes catalogue confusion at depot
James Willis, a Beresford railroad and express agent, abbreviated catalogue on notice forms, prompting calls from customers asking what kind of cat they have for me at the depot. The mix up stems from shipping catalogues in separate wrappers from a Chicago mail order house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beresford
James Willis
Chicago
Fillis
Pioneer Exhibits 51-Grain Native Gold Nugget
Burke South Dakota November 16 Nels Mee Gee, a Gregory county pioneer, shows a fifty one grain nugget of native gold found on a gravel knoll in Tripp county. He says much more gold of equal purity remains in the same area, likely a glacial deposit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burke
S. D
Nels Mee- Gee
Gregory County
Tripp
Sheldon firm to close wholesale grocery house in Sheldon
Jewett Bros. & Jewett decide at a Sheldon meeting to merge the Sheldon Ia wholesale house with the Sioux Falls S D operation. The Sheldon house served northwestern Iowa and southern Minnesota, with windup expected by year end. The local Jewett Bros. remain unaffected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheldon
Aberdeen
S. D
Jewett Bros. & Jewett
Sioux Falls
Jewett Bros
Ila
H. C. Jewett
R. N. Jewett
C. A. Jewett
Iowa
Minnesota
Sheldon House
Railway and Miller Citizens War Over Sidewalks
North Western Railway refused to build cement sidewalks on its property linking streets. The city installed walks, taxed the costs against the lots, and advertised them for sale. A temporary injunction hearing before Judge Boucher at Pierre on the 19th. State's Attorney Bushfield, Mayor Thomson and the council threaten to appeal to the supreme court if needed. The railway claims the assessments are improper for city improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Railway
Miller
SL. D
Northwestern Railway Company
Railway Company
Boucher
Pierre
Bushfield
Thomson
Supreme Court
Smallpox Cases Reported in Sturgis
Sturgis South Dakota reports twenty seven smallpox cases with schools and churches closed and public meetings banned. Most cases are mild and one death has been reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sturgis
S. D
Soldiers to pacify 300 Utes at Cheyenne agency
Huron South Dakota November 18 Another supply convoy loaded at Fort Snelling reached Gettysburg for Cheyenne agency troops guarding against Ute unrest. The train carried ten wagons forty mules and thousands of pounds of hard tack. About 1900 soldiers remain at the agency with winter provisions and forage secured. Most Utes are quiet and few Sioux affiliated troublemakers remain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gettysburg
War Department
Jail delivery foiled in Aberdeen by 18 year old helper
Aberdeen 5S D November 18 Henry Weisner an 18 year old boy helped thwart an attempted jail break. On his way to the railroad he stood watch as a man sought to pry open a county jail window. Police arrived as the man with a keg and saws was discovered intending to aid prisoner Charles Rumple in a forgery case. Ernest Martin, the suspect, had only recently been released from jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Dound
St. Louis County
Missouri
McPherson County
Kansas
South Dakota
Dakota
William Brown
Woodward
Okla
Oscar Brown
Canton
Kas
Bentley Brown
Hennessy
Belle Powell
Haskell
Mary Switzer
McPherson
Ias
Martha Welch
Oklo
Aberdeen
Henry Weisner
Charles Rumple
Ernest Martin
Dog's Bark Saves Wickhams From Incendiary Fire
In Deadwood South Dakota on November 18 a guard dog alerted a sleeping Wickham family to an arson attempt at their Spruce Gulch home. The Wickhams, longtime prospector residents, survived after fires were set with kerosene on three occasions. Wickham has moved to the city for proper protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deadwood
John Wickham
Wickhams
Wickham
Spruce Gulch
Vermillion Seeks Removal of Telephone Poles and Wires
The city of Vermillion begins proceedings against Northwestern Telephone Co with a motion for a mandatory injunction. Attorneys appeared before Judge Smith asking to remove wires and poles from streets and alleys, calling them a nuisance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwestern Telephone Company
Smith
Northwestern Company
Vermillion
Sioux Falls Elks Plan Memorial Service
Sioux Falls Elks lodge makes elaborate preparations for the annual memorial exercises to be held Sunday December 1. Judge J C Netheway of Stillwater Minnesota has accepted the invitation to deliver the oration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
Air of Mystery in Disappearance of Smith
Aberdeen reports a 35 year old blacksmith named John A. Smith is missing after leaving a note and taking a few belongings. A horse reportedly struck by a train and a derailed train are tied to his disappearance as friends seek overdue loan repayments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Aberdeen
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White Cap
Hunter
Goose
Lemmon, S. D
Egan
George Egan
Clark
Francis Marion Brown
Codington County
Kirk
Farni
Insurance Company
Philadelphia
Warelina Schmidt
Paulina
Mrxe. Schmidt
Ttarlo Street
Tripp County
Roy
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