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Newspaper
Sisseton Weekly Standard
Location
Sisseton, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1907
Page
3
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State land department continues topographical work on school lands. Surveyors Barney and Dunn report northern Butte county headwaters of Moreau and Grand rivers show homesteaders filling streams with shacks and crops thriving. Valleys grow grass, soil appears right, hill country mixed for future farming while prairies push into hills. Antelope roam near settlements as Indians cross reservation lines for hunting despite laws.
Attorney General Clark visited Port Pierre to review four saloon license applications under 1907 law. The four licenses were granted despite ownership by local residents, prompting State's Attorney Hughes to pursue legal action with state legal department backing to challenge the last two licenses and set a test for future towns.
Counties report higher assessed valuations to the state auditor. Forty eighteen counties show an $11,000,000 rise in corporate property, with total general valuation up about $34,900,000 and corporate property up to at least $50,000,000. The larger totals may lessen the need for the full additional 2 mill levy next year.
Iroquois hosted a Sports Day with about 3000 attendees attracted by special trains and many from nearby towns. Highlights included forenoon Madison versus Willow Takes baseball, afternoon Wessington Springs versus Tenting Artesians, and a bowery dance to close the event led by Amanda Clement, Yankton's pioneering woman umpire.
Work advances at Armour on rebuilding the power house for the electric lighting plant and on propelling the Wagner Armour and Lake Shore Electric Rapid Transit line. Plant to operate by late September with promoters confident the railway project will succeed.
Secretary W H Tipton notes at June 30 1907 the state institutions housed 1168 inmates across training school Redfield feeble minded Gary blind Sioux Falls deaf Yankton insane and prison with 630 males and 538 females. The board saved 63850.78 and improved care while facing staff shortages and new facilities at several sites including a twine plant at the penitentiary to reduce running costs.
The legislature makes clerks of courts ex-officio superintendents of vital statistics and sets service fees. In Lawrence county Clerk Starr claimed these fees as extra pay, but county officials disputed it. The Attorney General ruled duties are extra official and deserving of fees beyond regular salary, yielding several hundred dollars in Lawrence county and smaller but additonal amounts elsewhere.
Bishop O Gorman of Sioux Falls and an Chicago architect consult with business leaders on a 50000 dollar city hospital by Benedictine Sisters who seek to undertake the project and gain the prelate's consent. The Mount Marty site promises a commanding hilltop complex. Seven Sisters will take perpetual vows and three join probation in a related ceremony. Rapid Creek bridges spanning the city will be built by Minneapolis Bridge and Iron and Ganton Bridge companies in lengths of 150 100 50 and 40 feet with completion hoped by winter.
James Madison, a wealthy cattleman of Butte County, left a will that bequeaths a sum to each of his six unmarried sons on two conditions. Within two years they must marry, and within ten years they must have four children. The estate is held in trust for ten years and then divided among those who meet the demands, with noncompliant sons receiving nothing.
The State Historical Society receives the De Lorme W Robinson Sioux museum gifts. The collection includes clothing ornaments pipes pottery and stone age relics to be housed as the De Lorme W Robinson Indian museum. Dr James Walker collects Sioux game paraphernalia to enhance the collection and aim for a premier Indian relic exhibit.
Secretary Hitchcock rules a wife who claimed homestead land before marriage may keep title even if her husband lives elsewhere. Mrs Augusta Raymond of Whitewood won after two years of dispute with David Perkins who argued the residence stayed with her husband. The Rapid City land office and Washington officials had ruled against her before Hitchcock's decisive ruling.
Henry T. Stearns of Medary presented the state historical society with the banner that flew over the first Fourth of July celebration in the Upper Sioux Valley on July 4, 1872. The flag was made for the occasion using red stripes from an old sash and white stripes from a donated petticoat, with a blue field painted over a white cloth. The banner measures four by seven feet and included a pair of blacksmith tongs once brought by the first settlers in 1857 then cached during an Indian attack.
Rev. L. B. Viets has tendered his resignation from the South Shore Baptist church to accept the pastorate at the Graphist Tabernacle in Minneapolis. He plans to depart for Minneapolis and assume duties around September 1, with his South Shore resignation effective mid August.
Eighth grade commencement exercises for Douglas county will be held in Armour August 6 to 9. A series of lectures will be a feature of the program.
Camp nurse known as Mother Goodrich died in Deadwood at St Joseph’s hospital after a long illness. Born in 1841 in Kentucky she was freed by the Blackwoods and became Mrs Thomas Goodrich. She moved to Missouri then Denver before arriving in Deadwood in 1876 where she tended miners and families, earning reverent regard as nurse and adviser to neighbors. Survived by six children.
Yale forester Prof. Toumey head of the forestry department argues the bark beetle outbreak in the Black Hills forest reserve may fade like the seven year locust. He notes government efforts over two years slowed spread but did not eradicate the pest.
The six week summer term at Dakota Wesleyan University closed successfully. Professor L A Stout, tied to the university for fifteen years, received a one year leave of absence to pursue post graduate work at the University of Chicago. Miss Myrtle Lee from the university conservatory also took a year off and will travel to Berlin next month to study piano at a leading school.
Government snag boat Mandan 5 traverses the Missouri from Mandan to collect large round stones and chalcedony stumps found on Cannon Ball river. After retrieval these artifacts will be sent to Pierre and then shipped to Washington for the government museum collection.
The report shows telephone company filings to the state auditor rising from 204 last year to an estimated 259 this year. Many companies have already submitted figures and others are due, with total lines expected near 250 or more. The Missouri river region on both banks has not previously been serviced.
In Deadwood a man named Gilson Poirier killed himself following a late plea for help from his brother. A note described offering to aid a poor man, but the tragedy occurred before aid could arrive. A letter from Poirier’s brother O. A. Polpic in Gladstone Minnesota arrives later with assurances to support relatives.
James Farswell, a well known horseman, died yesterday in Clinton after glanders contracted from a misaged horse. Physicians say such cases are extremely infrequent.
Population of St Paul given as 216 048 with a 5 percent gala noted. The city directory shows totals by multiplying annual increases from the previous year. 1905 Minnesota state census lists St Paul with 17 025 inhabitants and a 4 percent annual growth rate.
A bolt of lightning struck a buggy returning from a picnic, injuring Mrs Knalise and Mrs Knive and destroying the conveyance. One woman suffered a torn shoe and a nail driven into her heel while both were knocked unconscious. One man died in the wreck. others escaped serious injury. The women are expected to recover.
Almena Wisconsin July 30 saloons and stores closed on Sunday to protect the hay crop. Crowds of boys and drunken hay hands drew many to saloons. After orders to close were issued saloonkeepers retaliated by shutting their own shops.
Hancock Iowa July 30 Frank Bowes a farmer was fatally injured in a peculiar accident. While driving to cut wheat he picked up a harrow left in the field since spring and stumbled. The harrow teeth punctured his back and vital organs as it fell.
A Lake Beulah Wisconsin hotel, a major sinner resort, was found burning in two spots early yesterday. The automatic sprinkler system prevented total destruction though investigators suspect arson.
Fireman Peter Lew likely fatally injured in an engine accident near Berlin. Water in the boiler ran low and the crown sheet blew out. Lew was burned by escaping steam and blown from the cab into tall weeds where he lay for an hour before discovery.
Residents gathered to discuss organizing a vigilance committee to track down sheep thieves. A meeting of local leaders representing about 7000 head of stock pledged to raise funds and take vigorous action to cope with raiders near Belle Fourche.
Farmer Robert Teel died two hours after a wagon accident near Nis Skull. Another person, Uiomie, was thrown from the wagon and struck the head. Wilshore fled the scene as authorities investigated the crash and its aftermath.
A local farmer or worker named Ole OF, a pioneer of the Hiekry youth, was killed when he fell from hay on his farm here. The incident is reported with limited legible details about the exact cause and time.
Secretary of the Minnesota Sheriffs' Association announces a change in the date for the second annual meeting. The event will now be held at Bentdji Ave 1 and 15, with Sheriff Tunderen leading the preparations.
The county commissioners have contracted with the Iowa Bridge Company to build ten new steel bridges on streams in the county. Work is planned for this fall.
A chaotic river of South Dakota items includes drowning at Pickerel Point near Sioux Falls, a vaudeville theater collapse at Watertown injuring W. D. Rowe, and a fatal head injury to Luckow on a freight train. Coroner reports in Sioux Falls, a body found hanging near Pesho, and a hip fracture from a winter slip at Elk Point. State brand totals reach 6 172 after 197 brands examined. a Burlington derailment on a sidetrack causes no injuries. Scott Robinson survives a dam diversion accident near Belle Fourche. Spearfish state normal school contracts awarded for dormitory third floor and unfinished Science Hall. A St Paul Foundry stenographer commits suicide in Columbia after family visit. Destructive wind and rain near Woonsocket damages homes. lines down to the north. Armour Driving Park secures 35 acres for a permanent county fair. Black Hills quiets gambling. Sheriff disperses poker, roulette at a Chinese restaurant boarding house. Lead lawyer Thomas Harvey invited to address Amboy IL founders’ celebration. Interior Secretary Hichenelk and J B Hinton win irrigation project contracts. A nine year old near Webster loses a leg in a mower accident.
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