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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1906
Page
6
Railroad officials tour divisions to marshal every available car for the grain harvest. Elevators have been cleared or expanded to handle shipments, farmers vow not to hold grain, and South Dakota will see large cash flows that may ease debts and fund land purchases.
Watertown South Dakota reports seventy eight new dwelling houses built since January and another half as many under construction. Values range from two thousand to twenty thousand dollars each.
Meld of 170 acres in Brijizewater South Dakota produced 3 546 bushels of wheat averaging about 21 bushels per acre. PD O Pringle reports 25 bushels per acre for wheat and 50 bushels for oats from similar fields.
Aberdeen South Dakota reports the city schools and high school will begin the new term on Monday September 10 with the normal starting the following day. Enrollment is expected to rise sharply, especially at the normal and high school. The teaching staff remains largely unchanged and two new school buildings have been completed to ease overcrowding in two districts.
The Watertown Christian Science congregation votes to build a $25,000 church in the city. Plans not yet accepted. stone is likely the construction material. The local membership is the state's largest. The existing home is deemed insufficient for growth.
In Clear Lake Maryland on September 5 Wmn Ronald celebrated his 48th birthday. His wife gave him a new daughter and two hours later his married daughter Mrs G A Neumann announced the arrival of a grandson. It was a memorable day for Mr Iconold.
Herbert Allen, deputy county clerk for six years, resigns to take a position in a U S department in Washington D C He will be succeeded by Russell Warren, formerly deputy county auditor, as the new deputy county clerk.
A large herd of about 250 cattle valued at no less than 10,000 owned by Fleury Wryttenbach of Sturgis is missing between the state’s southern border and the Canadian line. The cattle wandered after being turned loose on the range, with only about 10 head recovered to date. Inspectors later traced some stock to shipments from Moorcroft Valentine and South Omaha and recovered payments were sent to the owner. The cattle reportedly scattered during a severe winter storm.
Codington County reports 29 births 18 deaths and 11 marriages for August. County Superintendent Barnard notes the month highest for births and deaths since the statistics began a year ago. Also recorded are 15 teacher examination certificates and a blue stem wheat yield of 2118 bushels on 90 acres averaging 233 per acre.
In Bridgewater South Dakota on September 1 two boilers at Dolton near the Milwaukee road burned, destroying 1200 bushels of wheat and 1800 bushels of oats. Loss over 7000 dollars with partial insurance. Shanard Bros. elevator saved after several flareups. Elevators belonged to A A Truax and the Reliance Elevator Co.
The past week in Huron Minnesota Dakota shows rainfall above normal with four inch amounts in Bon Homme Minnehaha Turner and Yankton. Sunshine was below average and temperatures were mostly mild to warm then cool by week end.
Aberdeen S D Sept 6 Orders issued for the annual practice march of the first squadron cavalry South Dakota National Guard. Troops A of Selby and B of Pierre report to camp in Walworth and Hughes counties Sept 23 and march by horse to Forest City to join at Little Cheyenne to the Missouri. A five day ride with full rations. The squadron staff to meet at Redfield Sept 24.
Brown County Fair association offers a $50 prize to the couple willing to be married in public at Aberdeen S D during the fair’s first week in October. Open to couples from outside the state. if multiple applicants are received a ballot will determine the winner.
R B Candee of Glendive Montana asks the county court for permission to adopt his own children. Years earlier he surrendered them to Charles and Mrs Reder of this city who formally adopted the pair. Now prosperous Candee seeks custody after consent by the Reders and legal procedure to reestablish his rights.
Isquarts South Dakota September work progresses rapidly on Milwaukee Pacific coast extension. Graders completed about twenty four miles west of the Missouri river and expect to reach the state line before month end. A temporary structure across the river facilitates rails and material transport. Steel west of the river to lith will begin. On this side steel laid from Glenham to near the new bridge near Duroe, main line Roscoe to Glenham replaced with heavy rails. Large labor forces operate along the line as contractors push work. Between Glenham and the river there is material on hand for 250 miles of road.
The Georgia Democratic State Convention in Macon on September 6 unanimously nominated Hoke Smith for governor and endorsed W J Bryan for president. The action focused the party on standard bearing candidates for the upcoming election.
Watertown South Dakota city council approves a petition to rename most streets and avenues to numbers next week, keeping Oak and Maple unchanged and Dakota Avenue as the sole non numbered route. The change aids deliveries and reduces confusion for newcomers. In Belle Fourche the Butte County fair features 300 Pine Ridge and Rosebud red men, daily beef provisions, and Indian regalia street appearances for public benefit. Horse races with large purses attract entries from across the region.
Aberdeen South Dakota September first labor shortages slow railroad expansion on three lines M and St L Milwaukee Chamberlain Rapid City. Track laying has reached Wallace twenty miles from Watertown and will speed up with a new plan paying two and a half miles of steel laid per day with pay tied to output.
In Clear Lake South Dakota on North Main street a steel bridge collapsed while a steam threshing machine crossed the span. Engineer Chester Palmer remained at the throttle as the structure went down with the outfit and himself suffering serious injuries. The new bridge had been installed a month earlier by George J. Meeker company of Evansville Indiana and the company faces damages and replacement costs under its guarantee.
Charles I. Cook of the Centerville Chronicle has been chosen as editor of the Huron Journal-World after a stock company purchase by friends of Hon. Coe I. Crawford. The move aims to make the paper an administration organ. editors previously approached were not hired.
In Watertown on September 4, the War Department plans to request names and addresses of all First South Dakota volunteers who served in the Philippines. Adjutant General Englesby orders company commanders to collect post office addresses and veterans from the old regiment are urged to sign blanks. A complete Philippine veterans list is sought before the department calls.
In the Sept 4 dispatch from Pierre South Dakota, Oklahoma settlers study how South Dakota statutes operate in practice, focusing on the primary election law as applied in this state. The correspondence notes Grace Gertrude Pattison, former stenographer to Governors Mellette and Sheldon, now serves as Oklahoma’s attorney general stenographer.
J G Lathrop of Charles Mix county won the Republican nomination for state senator in the eighth district on the first ballot at Lake Andes session yesterday after a prior deadlock in an earlier convention.
Peter Abelson of Yankton aged 29 was killed by lightning at Mission Hill while milking a cow at 4 a m. The bolt struck the Bangs residence where the family slept, demolishing the house and killing Abelson instantly. He was a blacksmith with Johnson and Abelson and leaves a wife and four children.
In Chicago on September 4 the Frye bigamy case against Professor Charles H. Frye was continued to September 10. Frye formerly led the Sook County Normal school decades ago and vanished thirty one years ago, only to return and pay his wife five thousand dollars to stay silent. Soon after his arrival he was arrested on the bigamy charge brought by Mrs. Goddard of Hurley South Dakota who says he married her under the name Goddard.
Secretary Root arrived at Lota aboard the cruiser Charleston where he was greeted by Chilean Foreign Minister Huneus and American Minister Hicks. After a formal banquet in his honor, Root departed by rail at midnight for Santiago.
London report on Sept 4 says Hon. Henry Lindhurst Bruce will marry Camille Clifford, an American actress. Lord Aberdare replies by telegram that the announcement is untrue, while Mr. Bruce confirms his stance and insists the stated facts remain unchanged.
Aberdeen S D August 31 Up to early hour Walter Alcare the alleged would be murderer of Harry D Williams the harvester lying at the point of death after a stabbing affray on the Groton Road Williams had run 75 cents debt Alcare fled and a large search by Sheriff Anderson and hundreds of men and boys followed Williams was driven to the Brown place after the wound with two stabs near the heart the community is incensed and the sheriff vows pursuit until capture
Yellow Haired Oliver a Sioux member of Rosebud agency police became the first Indian policeman in the state arrested by county authorities for disturbing the peace. He and another Indian shot up the town of Gregory after drinking intoxicants, prompting a confrontation with local officers and his arrest.
Lena Ulrich aged 14 and Pearl Palmer aged 13 have left their Herrick South Dakota homes and are missing since August 25. Descriptions include Lena 4 feet 10 inches 90 pounds blue eyes light hair wearing a dark blue dress and white straw hat. Pearl 5 feet 4 inches 420 pounds dark hair and blue eyes. Fathers Dan Ulrich and J R Palmer urge anyone with information to wire the details.
William Poor Bear of Rosebud agency sought a divorce from Hannah Poor Bear on grounds of desertion. Judge Rice granted the divorce after hearing testimony from Indian witnesses Good Calf and William Brown, with proceedings held on the reservation and referee W C Courtice.
John Collins, held in Bridgewater South Dakota city jail on intoxication charges, attempted to break out. After a preliminary hearing he was bound over to the circuit court in $200 bond.
In Vermillion South Dakota on September 3 two farmers Riley and Willard Shaw were struck by an evening passenger train while crossing the track near the depot. Willard Shaw is not expected to live and Riley Shaw likely will die. Beer bottles were involved in the incident. In Vermillion the State University faces a three week opening with no president yet chosen as Garrett Croppers successor and discussions continue on a dormitory expansion.
Western Portland Cement company of Yankton plans a large exhibit at the upcoming state fair in Huron. The display will include mammoth signs bearing the company trademark, a cement display, and a demonstration of the product’s qualities. Walter C. Grebe, midshipman U S N, is in Yankton on a 30 day furlough to visit his parents. he previously passed Annapolis entry exams with good standing and was appointed from South Dakota by Senator Gamble.
A parade led by the Cadet band marked the opening of Oak street in Watertown South Dakota. The throughfare spans four miles, 100 feet wide, linking the north and south sides across the union railroad yards. Mayors and ex mayors praised the project as they recalled delays and set a 1915 population target of 25,000.
A cyclone passed over Aberdeen at 7 AM with a southwest approach and a loud rumbling. The air rose and spread across the horizon as the storm moved northeast. The wind roared for minutes, shaking houses, then the sky cleared an hour later with no damage reported within 100 miles.
Washington DC report notes French deposits rose from 182 million to 579 million dollars between 1885 and 1905, a 218 percent gain, while U S bank deposits climbed from 1.245 billion to 4.725 billion, a 271 percent rise, showing greater American growth.
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