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Mitchell Evening Republican (Newspaper) - December 17, 1924, Mitchell, South Dakota Sixteen pages the evening Republican City edition vol. , South Dakota tuesday december 16, 1924. Number 65cold wave costs to lives Rock pictographs May Tell of old race a 8 r?�?oplan8 simple ceremony lettering May be thousands of years old archaeologists believe characters May Tell of ancient inhabitants chinese reads them Oli to i \ deciphers Ger. Tiv of the ideographs in Nevada ii i los Nynka service. Reno nev., dec. Rock pictographs throughout Nevada arc puzzling the scientific world. They May be the works of indians mongolians or egyptians just which archaeologists disagree. Rut All admit they Are hundreds perhaps thousands of years old. And probably represent tribes Long since extinct. They extend from i As vegas. In the Southern part of the state to the Northern county in Elko and have been found in sheltered regions close to famous Hunting and fishing grounds and on rocks which formed a part of the burying grounds of extinct races. Aged pintos and Washoe indians who can Tell of the Early coining of the White Man shake their Heads and shrug their shoulders when shown pie lures of these writings. In the Walker River Region Arlt hedonists claim to have found carvings More ancient than those unearthed in Egypt. And the a Hill of a thousand tombs has Given up the ashes of a mighty tribe that once Dweller in the shadows of the Sierra Nevada mountains they think. A a Devil c harm in Paradise Valley there is another Batch of them in a secluded spot there believed never to have been visited by White men Frank Crutcher. Chief of the Paradise piste indians a ook Stirm friends to show them writings similar to those which attracted so much attention in the Walker River Region. These Are on a Rocky foothill at the base of the Santa Rosa mountains. Half Way up a ledge crops out facing East and South in a sort of Semi i in. Here on a Reddish coloured Hare Ock some ancient tribe has left in Norris bitter in opposition to Shoals Bill nebraskan declares legislation will be styled a rape of Treasury bad As Teapot dome senator saas Underwood Bill will make Doheny look like a Piker for inauguration Cheyenne wyo., dec. 17.�?nellie Taylor Ross governor elect of Wyoming widow of the late gov Ross has invited no one to witness her induction into office on Jan. 5 and will Issue no invitations she said today. She desires that the inauguration ceremony shall be a9 simple ass possible because of the a tragedy of the circumstances which were responsible for my election to the governorship the induction ceremony according to present plans will consist merely of a prayer probably by Bishop n s. Thomas of the episcopal diocese of Wyoming and administration of the oath of office to mrs. Ross by chief Justice c. N. Potter of the state supreme court. It will take place in tho governors office. Power company willing to Aid packing Plant Heny and Sinclair look like bikers. W. R Sullivan vice president of chairman Norris of the Senate Agwa Hington d. C., dec. 17.�? it pm senator Underwood Democrat a la i la i n a. Obtained unanimous consent of tile Senate today to strike out Section 9 of the Underwood Bill. Which authorized the construction of dam no. 3 the request of senator Underwood came aft Ltd Hje Eions had been made by senators Howell Republican of Nebraska and Walsh i it Moorat of Montana. Washington d. A. Dec. 17.�?up a asserting that thai Underwood muscle Shoals Bill would make a Teapot dome look Uke a Pinhead and a do Bankers meet in Huron to discuss proposed Laws Huron s. Dec. 7.�?for the purpose of determining what the Bankers of the state themselves want in the matter of banking legislation a conference of Bankers called by tho officers of the South Dakota Bankers association is in session in Huron today at a local hotel. Phone employee is near death after Accident blasts of Snow and ice cause of fatalities six die in Montana in fire and accidents four killed in Colorado Northwest hard hit coast avd mountains Sitter Snow on desert�?14 below at Calgary some of Nevada a Rock pictographs thought to Tell the history of some ancient tribe. Bingham wins Senate Battle the Albert Emmanuel company the Parent company of the Northwest Public service company which is seeking a Gas and electric franchise in Mitchell at a special election to. A a. _ Morrow declared this morning that Nebraska senator. Of c. A Ricu Tural committee held in the sen ate today that enactment of the Legisla Hon would later Bec e known As a the rape of the Treasury. A ooh. President shouted George Ritz of Sioux Falls an employee of the Dakota Central Telephone company is in a serious condition at a local Hospital suffering with a fractured vertebrae As a result of an Accident which occurred near1 White Lake about 9 of clock this i morning where he and other work i Califon a ers were replacing a Telephone pole. The Telephone pole had been sawed in two and the lower piece resting on the ice slipped and struck Gritz knocking him backwards Over Chicago 111 dec. 17.�?up a tobogganing temperature today heralded the movement East and southward of a cold wave that Cost ten lives in the Rocky Mountain states and brought sub Zero blasts of ice and Snow to the Northwest. The far West and the regions of the Rockies wore hardest hit. Snow and Low temperatures prevailed along the Pacific coast from the Canadian Border to the normally warm sections of Bellingham. Wash., schools were closed because of the cold which hovered about Zero Pointe and Snow was falling on the Mojave desert in Southern California. Drifted Snow blocked trains in the Northern Rockies where the Mer its company would be Only too Wil Ling to offer several thousands of it of just after receiving the vote of con Faience from the people offer this Lars Flor the construction of a packing to such a proposition at the oars. And heading this great warns Coolidge new Haven conn., dec. 17.�?up a Hiram Bingham. Republican Long a professor at Yale now is lieutenant governor governor elect and United states senator elect. In a special election yesterday he Defeated Hamilton Holt Democrat by More that 40,000 votes for the seat made prints which May Tell the history of i vacant by the death of Frank 13. In Connecticut inauguration set for noon on january 6 Plant in it i Quot or Sullivan declared Quot the she St Ralgin into Wall Street. Policy of the Albert Emmanuel company and its subsidiaries to help build up towns in which they Are financially interested. When the Mer a barbed wire Fence. He was Bruj a fax. A a a by now at i a a Quot quote. Great Falls. Mont. Elsewhere in tho Region temperatures ranged from 20 to 26 below Zero with Small Prospect of any change for several Days. Six die in Montana Montana had six deaths yesterday indirectly attributable to the storm. Four persons were killed when a Tram car was struck by a great Northern passenger train in a blizzard. Two children were suffocated in a fire at physician was summoned immediate in. If the injury can be reduced without an operation. Gratz has every Chance of recovery his physician stated but if an operation is necessary. He will have but a slight Chance for life. At two of clock today Gratz was conscious but paralysed from his shoulders Down. Grits was formerly a resident of Bozeman Whu their Mother was the Nebraska senator declared the Parkston is Twenty two years old Christmas shopping. An ice coated and unmarried. His parents were to wind shield was held responsible for a skids had been greased and the steam roller brought up Quot to renew Idan Bridge was being constructed at has own bii1�?~ a it Roll dons a Ernie to political honors heaped on former editor with startling Rait i it Yankton the company took $25,000 Worth of the Bridge Bonds. I believe a ownership and operation. The opposition to his r i ure he said plan that Mitchell would be a logical. Ned to turn muscle Shoals a Var to place fora packing Plant and the Al j Sonie private corporation. Ben Emmanuel company is ready to a giving president cof Ridge or do anything within reason to Lutish for his in eve it re j in making such an Effort a success.�?�. A and giving senator til Erwood in addition to the Cash support. The same credit it seems the Nevi. Which or. Sullivan declared his com Abie conclusion it be that of this i Pany would make to a packing Plant tbil1 is enacted 11 wiil to known a3 arrive noon. From Sioux Falls this after has race. The Cliff is about the height of a Man s head and covered with markings. The old Indian was nervous while showing his friends the pictographs and when they were photographed lit asked for a picture of a certain character he wanted to put in his Cabin a to keep away the i Iii him deciphers them practical identification and partial translation of Many of these were made by William p. Kong. A chinese student attending the University of Brandegee Republican who represented the state in tho Senate for nearly Twenty years. After his inauguration next month colonal Bingham will resign As governor. Ile will then go to Washington to take the oath As a member of the Senate. The office of governor will automatically fall upon the newly elected lieutenant governor John it. Trumbull. During the Brief period that colonel Bingham holds the office of governor he will be sex offi Cio. A fellow of Yak University from reception will be held in project he said that the Northwest i the a arks of t10 least by the evening in Rotunda urn service company would be glad compared Muscio Shoals of the Capitol Llu make a special Low Power rate to �?o8treat ship with the american i v.,-___j swinging at the Mast and the a a it Nevada. A sign at the Entrance of the the faculty of which he resigned a month ago. No Man in the political history of Connecticut has had so Many honors placed on him in so Short a time As colonel Bingham. After two years service As lieutenant governor he was nominated for governor and on the ticket with president Coolidge last month he was swept into office by the largest plurality Ever Given a gubernatorial nominee in Connecticut. Within three weeks after he had been elected governor. Colonel Bingham was named by a convention As the Republican nominee for senator Over congressman Tilson and Merritt both veterans of the lower Branch of Congress. Holt carried Only three of the cd Rind few of the town of Wood Stock was in the Republican column. Every county showed a plurality for Bingham. The total vote was about one half of that at the presidential election. Huron fair. Sioux fall roads fair. Pierre Cloudy fair. Aberdeen Cloudy Snow roads fair. Yankton Clear 6 below roads fair Watertown Clear to below roads Good. Mitchell partly Cloudy to below roads fair. Cloudy. To below to below roads s below Light Valley in which the Rock writings of i or first attracted his attention. He declared it was identical with the sign used by modern chinese to Charm away the Devil. That led to his investigation of other writing and he found Many that corresponded with chinese characters in an ancient dictionary. Among these was the chinese sign for Wolf. Through this dictionary which contains characters in use before the r in of the Chin dynasty More than 2o50 cars ago he was Able to identify seven of the ideographs and translate them with certainty. The characters he translated he declared meant thousand sky. Earth wooded Vale or Valley Mountain and Center. Ile believes whole sentences can be j cities in the state worked out from the numerous Char towns. His Home a it ers but states it would take a Long time As his dictionary contains fifty thousand characters. The fact that a highly educated chinese student and an illiterate Indian neither of whom had Ever heard of the other within a few weeks each interpreted a sign hundreds of Miles apart exactly the same has caused considerable comment As to the connection Between the mongolian race and the indians of Western United states. Weather forecast Iowa Snow probable tonight and thursday not much change in temperature increasing Northeast winds thursday. Minnesota partly overcast in North Snow probable in South and Central portions tonight and thursday continued cold. North Dakota generally fair in Rorth. Snow probable in South por Ion tonight and thursday continued cold. South Dakota Snow probable tonight and thursday continued cold. Nebraska Snow probable tonight and thursday continued cold Strong northerly winds. I xxx Al temperatures maximum and minimum temperatures As recorded by the official government thermometer from 7 a. In. \ to 7 a. Rn., today maximum 5 below. Minimum la below. At 8 a. In. Today to below. Cloudy la below roads Pierre. P. Dec. 17.�?the in i aug ural Ball bang a social feature in state House circles attending the opening of legislative sessions will j not be held next month when gov j error elect Carl Gunderson is induct fed into office it was announced yesterday after the final drafting of plans for inaugural ceremonies by a committee headed by George it. Henry Secretary to gov. Vav. Ii. Mamas ter. The abandonment of the inaugural Ball was made necessary by the Lack of facilities for it every Avail j Able Hall having been engaged for other activities. The inaugural ceremonies at the Capitol on Jan. 6, when the legislators will Convene at noon to receive the oath of office which will to a Flag swinging at the Mast and the a Coolidge republicans tugging away the general electric company would get the property if the Alabama Power company obtained it. He asserted. Believe Way is Clear Hough taken to to begin term such a Plant when completed. Air mail phase of service up in House today Washington d. C., dec. 17.�?sev-er.h Bills pertaining to the postal pleated they intended to continue Worth its hoping too much a Hough Sci vice among them a measure give their flight against with the use of remarked to his keepers As they pass the deaths of two Young men and two Young women at Sterling. Colo., where a Burlington passenger train struck their automobile As they seeded homeward after a dance. Rotary plows were used to Clear the tracks in the Glacier National Park Region whore drifts ten feet deep blocked trains. The icy blasts extended into Utah new Mexico and Colorado with Snow falling or forecast for today. Stockmen were reported As having an Abune Ince of Hay and losses were expected to be held to Normal in Tbs regions most affected. Snow and sleet general the Plains states in the path of the Bedford. To. Dec. 17.�?sheriff William Parrish last night took Carl Hough to tho state Penitentiary at fort Madison to begin a sentence of i cold were feeling tinges of sub Zer it life imprisonment for the murder j weather today. Snow and sleet a. Near Here last summer of Lillian a general Over Kansas and Missouri believing the Way cleared for Pas Mckinney of Herrick. S. I with Railroad trains delayed and Road Hough maintained the same a arc travel rendered dangerous by the Spon Sive Demeanour toward his Gen a sheets of ice Nebraska thermometer Tynce Jai attaches said which he i hovered about the Zero Point after a their had displayed throughout the trial. I drop of a score degrees within a few efforts Chi Ward mane vering it into near the depot where he embark hours position for a final vote before the j of for prison is an Arch on which a Sage of the Underwood muscle Shoals Bill by the defeat of the Smith amendment. Senate supporters of the measure to a were bending Christmas recess next saturday. Although opponents of the Bill in the words a Welcome. Come again. Snow was forecast for today and tomorrow in Iowa Des Moines had ing the postmaster general wide pow tactics which have brought charges of filibuster from los supporters the cd the Arch. Ers to establish and maintain air. A a. I Iii iou s had runt of Way today retard the vote of 4? to 3. By in the House. As a result the naval who dec the Smith amendment proposing to eliminate entirely its leasing appropriation Bill taken up yester 3 j will be Day. Was Laid Aneilo for the Day feature was rejected yesterday ast. Is a a. To virtually assuring its final passage. Hairian driest of the Postof Bicsi committee who had authority under j i the rules to Call up proposals Given virtually assuring both senator Curtis the Republican Leader. Passage of Kansas and senator Underwood. Democrat of Alabama committee approval planned to bring be administered by justices of the us up first a Billj to prohibit transport author of the bid it a they prime court. Each House will then of j tation of firearms through the mails. Feet a permanent organization after and then to plunge into the air mail which the oath of office will be administered to All elective state officers. And gov Mcmaster retiring executive and governor elect Gunderson will deliver their formal messages to the legislature. The inaugural reception will be held on tuesday evening in the Cap question. One of the measures reported by the committee and pending on the Calendar would authorize the Post office department to operate whatever air routes the postmaster general saw fit. The extent of the service to be limited however by a propel a i can to take that for what it is a fai1 of 14 degrees in four hours last night Sioux City had 4 below today and Mason City registered near the Zero Mark. In the Gre at lakes Region Rains last night had Frozen leaving an icy coating that was being covered by Snow much colder weather was forecast with Snow predicted for tomorrow. Dozens of automobile accidents occurred in Chicago As a result of the sleet covered streets. Ice on elevated trains hampered transportation but no injuries resulted from any mashups. Wire communication in the mid Stanley re named on Park Board by governor m master Pierre. 5?. D., dec. 17.�?governor edit would be passed by the Senate w. If. Mcmaster has re appointed j. Before the Holiday recess. The Lead-1 a. Stanley. I and publisher to the f % were planning night sessions How-1 Custer state Park Board and Homer Ever. If necessary to make Progress a Milf of rapid City to the state West Vas not much affected by the with the Bill. Senator Robinson. A Board of agriculture it was announce Kansas. Democratic Leader is Coop i de today. Mrs. W. K. Wickerham of crating with the majority Leader to Mission has been appointed to the bring it to a final vote. J state child welfare Board succeeding to probe Herald charges mrs. Ruth b. Hippie resignee1. Hoi Rotunda with gov. And mrs. A aliens from Cong res. Another pro a Gunderson and other state officials in the receiving line and a musical program and grand March to conclude the ceremonies. Members of the Senate and House will caucus on monday evening. Jan. 5. To nominate candidates for the legislative offices. An element of the opposition fax voting reference of the entire Mug Cie Shoals question to a con ression postal would empower Hie postmaster a commission ais0 was endeavours More More you you Tell sell f. R. Bierce it. Vernon ran this want and in the Republican for Sale Good husky Hamp Shire boars of the. Best blood lines also some extra Good gilts. F. R. Bierce my Vernon pc it. D., route no. 2 there were no results. He was advised to rewrite the and and give More information. He did so and ran the following Hampshire boars for Sale weighing 200 pounds sired by Draper boy a grandson of Hawkeye lad and King Jim a grandson of de Kalbs King 160th. These boars Are from one of the Best known herds in the state. Will Only keep them one week longer. F. R. Bierce r. F. No. 2, mls Vernon s. A after this was published or. Bierce wrote a from this last want and i have had Good results. Have sold nearly All of my boars and they said they saw my and in the it always pays to give full details in want ads. A the More you Tell the More you lines. A third Bill in line for consideration would authorize Extension of tho trans Continental air mail serv ice from new York to Boston. Committee members however said passage of this measure would not be necessary if either of the other two air mail proposals were enacted. Of Lyman county Bond leading the movement. Tomorrow has been fixed As the Date for the first meeting of the sub Corr ittes of the Senate judiciary committee authorized to investigate c old in Nebraska Omaha nebr., dec. 17.�?th� cold wave was ushered into Nebraska yesterday with Snow and sleet reported from various parts of the state. The thermometer went Down to Zero and below in air#. a pry Section of the stat the lowest temperature recorded this Hinter. To Omaha the Mercury stood at five degrees below at Midnight. A a drop of More than thirty de Minneapolis. Minn., orc. 17.�?hen preen was reported from Lincoln the to p. Pm Rich Roseau Farmer plead temperature tumbling from nearly 3u Emrich pleads not guilty to Daniels murdered not guilty to an indictment charge the Washington Herald editorial last eng him with tho murder of Harvey week attacking senator Underwood t. Daniels when arraigned and his muscle Shoals Bill. Senator j judge j. W. Molyneaux in county Underwood charged on the Senate. District court today. Judge Molyneaux degrees Al it Ove to below Zero. Wire communication nor Railroad before j traffic has yet been disturbed by the storm. Floor yesterday that fertilizer interests had influenced the editorial. Issue for $100,000 Charters for four sold in Mill City new state Banks Kennebec s. D., dec. 17.�?one Hundred thousand dollars Worth of Bonds offered to raise funds for the erection of a Lyman county court issued at Pierre Fierre. S. D., dec. 17.�?charters for four new state Banks were author fixed Jan. 12 As the Date for the trial. Emrich a defense will be insanity his counsel indicated. Gregory is named to succeed Sanks As state sheriff 44 below at Calgary Calgary atta., dec. 17.�?at 10 3> of clock lat night the temperature Ai of clock last night the temperature As Reau thermometer Here was forty four degrees below Zro. The coldest since Jan. 13, 1911. It was predicted the Mercury would sink to a Sill i lower Point. 11 below Here temperatures Here reached another Pierre s. D., dec. 17�?@�?govern now record Mark for the season last House Here were marketed yesterday i sized yesterday by the state Bank or elect Carl Gunderson today an e vening when the Mercury registered to the Minneapolis Trust company of guaranty fund commission. The new bounced the appointment of e. In j 11 below in the official government Minneapolis at five percent and with institutions chartered for immediate or Ltd Vorva of Brvant s. Is state t thermometer. This morning at 8 a $2s5 Premium plus incidentals a operation were the Beadle county demand is keen and better of clock the temperature had risen $500, twelve companies Bank of Huron with capital Stock of Ujj retire from that office on Jan. But one degree presented bids. J $50,000 the Parker state Bank with 2 work on the Structure will begin i capital of $25,000 the Bank of Gann _0_ next Spring As soon As weather con Valley with $15 000 capital and the new York. N y dec 17 Cross Aturo an it Light Snow flurries Early last evening accompanied the fall in temper the Sharp editions permit and the court House Community state Bank of Lake pres Wor j Puzzle have caused Many read nor til ind had abated. Is expected to be ready for occur Jon capitalized at $40,000. Pancy by fall. The court House will face the main Street of Kennebec from tile South. Store for women to be turned Over to men for night body of Gompers to lie in state until tomorrow ers who formerly left their newspapers in subway trains to take them Home. New York. N. Y., dec. 17.�?the body of Sampel Gompers. Late president of the american federation of Battle Creek. Micah. Dec. 17 a a arrived Here at 7.05 a. In. To Battle Creek department store cat a it from Washington accompanied by his widow members of the family and a Large delegation of Union officials. The Bronze casket was placed on an artillery Caisson drawn by six f horses and conveyed to the elks club. The remains will lie in state there until s of clock tomorrow morning. I state members of the elks the masons and other fraternal orders will j serve As guard of Honor. Ering exclusively to women will be of a tonight to a men Only men clerks will be behind the counters the proprietor announces and no women a will be permitted in the store in any capacity. The theory under which the proprietor is proceeding is that men who seek to Purchase Christmas gifts for women Are embarrassed when obliged to shop among woman Beautiful decorations the streets of Mitchell Are gorgeously decorated in Honor of Christmas. Bring the family in enjoy the sight shop in Mitchell Sioux Falls fire fighters Battle flames in cold Sioux Falls. S. A. Dec. 17�?fireman battled in us Zero weather Here last night to conquer a fire which smarted in a he Chain a Cantil a store in the business do Riet. Dom an overheated a Tove. The loss. Estimated at is 3.ooo, is two thirds covered by insurance the proprietor said. Hughes to wed los Angeles Calif. Dec. It to i pert Hughes novelist and motion picture director and Elizabeth Pat Terson dial. Known to the screen a Patterson i Wal be married Here Early next it a r. It w a noun it i by relatives of mls dial

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