Indian Council Grants Utes Lease and Plans July Feast
The Cheyenne River Indian council at Fort Meade approved a five year lease allowing Utes to travel freely and send children to school on the reservation. Chief Ap pach and Maj. Johnson spoke for the Utes, urging relief from Utah lands. A Benway pasture dispute was set to a business council for lease terms. A grand Fourth of July celebration on Virgo creek was planned with Indian Commissioner Leupp expected to attend, ending in a large feast.
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Cheyenne River
Appach
Maj. Johnson
Fort Robinson
Utah
Indian Department
Benway
Milwaukee Road
Benways
Agent Downs
Business Council
Mobridge
Indian Business Council
Virgo Creek
Agency
Leupp
Insurance Company Refuses Premium After Fire Claim
The North Dakota case Nordness versus Mutual Cash Guaranty Company of Sioux Falls reached the state supreme court after Nordness, a Waubay merchant, disputed a $1000 stock insurance policy. Despite multiple policy deliveries and a registered notice stating the policy was in force, a fire destroyed his stock on August 28. Nordness mailed the premium draft, but the insurer denied payment and coverage, while the lower court ruled in Nordness's favor. The supreme court appeal follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Nordness
Alweust
No Jurors for Spring Term of State Circuit Court
Hutchinson county residents are normally law abiding as no jurors will be summoned for the regular spring term of the state circuit court. The Olivet term opens May 21 with few jury cases. hearings will focus on applications for certificates of naturalization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peope
Hutchinson County
State Circuit Court
Olivet
Dooms Cow Town Faces Post Office Move to Van Meter
The historic cow town of Bovine appears doomed by a post office order shifting the local post office to Van Meter, one of the new Black Hills extension towns. For sixteen years Bovine stood as a leading cattle hub since the Great Sioux reservation opened in 1890.
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Bovine
Post Office Department
van Meter
Black Hills
Great Sioux
Hovine
Masons To Gather In Lead For Annual Meetings
Grand and Templar Bodies of South Dakota will convene in Lead starting Tuesday June 11 for the thirty third annual grand lodge communication and related events. A special train will depart Sioux City on June 8 to assist Eastern South Dakota attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Pettigrew
Sioux Falls
Masonic Order
Grand Masonic
Templar
Grand Chapter
South Dakota
Tead
Grand Lodge
A. F
A. M
Royal Arch Marous
Knights Temlar
Order of the Eastern Star
Sioux City
Farmer Thrown By Runaway Drill Rescued By Son
James Bowers, a Brown County farmer, narrowly escaped death when four frightened horses pulling a pulverizer drill ran away. His son sprinted to the scene and, in a desperate effort, halted the team just inches from the prostrate father, saving his life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Bowers
Brown County
Bowers
Elk Point High to Hold Largest Class Graduation
Ex congressman Eben W Martin of Deadwood will deliver the commencement address for Elk Point High School. Preparations are made for the spring graduation of thirteen pupils, the largest class in the school’s history, with a junior play on May 24, class day on May 28, and graduation on May 29. Students include Lillian Ellis Frances Murtha May Mangan Claudia Compton Julia Curry Blanche Hasson Bernice Sweet Carrie Ringsrud Ethel Fennel Michael Mahan George Feauto Gerald Sharon and Michael Connolly.
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Elk Point High School
Elk Point
Opera House
Eben W. Martin
Deadwood
Lillian Ellis
Frances Murtha
May Mangan
Claudia Compton
Julia Curry
Blanche Hasson
Bernice Sweet
Carrie Ringsrud
Ethel Fennel
Michael Mahan
George Feauto
Gerald Sharon
Michael Connolly
Sioux City Packers Plan Large Aberdeen Plant
Sioux City packers have formed a plan to establish a plant in Aberdeen likely by summer. Two local men are expected to be involved and two Sioux City firms have been quietly seeking a site. Aberdeen currently has one packing plant serving a limited territory.
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Sioux City
Aberdeen
Fix Sites for Shops in Pierre Highways Plan
Special engineers are at work locating the shops and other buildings the North Western road will build in Pierre this summer with plans calling for the expenditure of 207000 dollars.
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Pierre
8. D
Ground broken for new government Indian school at Bismarck
Ground has been broken for the new government Indian school on the Missouri river bank in Bismarck North Dakota. Buildings are contracted to be finished by November 1.
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Bismarck
N. D
Government Indian
Missouri River
Water vindication as Kampeska supplies East
Water from Lake Kampeska near Watertown is being shipped to eastern markets by a large local firm with Towa receiving a notable share. Pierre has joined as a distributor of pure drinking water, sending out considerable quantities. The belief that South Dakota lacked good water appears dispelled.
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South Dakota
Lake Kampeska
Watertown
Towa
Pierre
North Western road to build shops in Pierre this summer
Engineers locate shops and other buildings to be constructed in Pierre this summer as part of the North Western road project with plans calling for a total expenditure of 267000 dollars.
Relics Found At Crayford May Link To Boadicea Campaign
Workmen at Crayford Kent unearthed nine gold bracelets of uniform shape but varying sizes while digging on the Wansant estate. The items were taken to a police station where officers seized them on behalf of the crown as treasure trove.
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Boadicea
King's Cross
Crayford
Kent
Wansant
Settle Upont Sheep Lands Prompt East Bank Settlement Push
West of the Missouri River settlers push into homesteads while the eastern valley gains population. In Raber township Hughes County a 68 vote saw 54 approve five new school houses, signaling permanent families and renewed growth. Other townships nearby rapidly fill, forecasting larger eastern turnout in future elections.
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Missouri River
Pierre
Chamberlain Anu
Rapid City
Missouri Valley
Raber Township
Hughes County
Jas Raber
Flooding Homestake Mine Tied to Prolonged Shutdown
Work to flood the Homestake mine to extinguish a fire started four weeks ago has begun. Most miners are laid off and mills are idle as water rises from the 1550 foot level to the 1100 foot level, eight feet deep, with slower rise ahead. The flood will use several shafts and cuts, and the fire location is uncertain between 500 and 400 feet. Officials estimate 30 days to six months to flood and unwater the mine, with about 68,900,000 cubic feet of space to fill before reaching the required level.
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Homestake
Montha
Shafta
Ellison
Lincoln
Whitewood Creek
Walter
Fort Meade Improvement Plan Aims for 150000
Fort Meade building upgrades totaling 150000 are planned for the fiscal year starting July 1 near Sturgis. Senator W Perking reports allocations include 70000 for a cavalry drill hall 20000 for a band barrack and 50000 for two sets of captains quarters. additional funds of 6000 for road macadamizing and 5100 to connect roads to the city. irrigation for trees and lawns is proposed using Bear Butte creek or a pump at the mill pond.
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Meade
Port Meade
Sturgis
W. Perking
Fort Grounds
Bear Butte Creek
Mill Pond
Capitol Lands Prices Fixed for State Building Purchases
Appraisement of state lands offered for capital funding completed by the board shows minimums often above 8 per acre. Sales next month will use new terms allowing one third cash at sale, one sixth next December, and the rest over five years with a two year option. County-by-county minimums range from six to twenty dollars per acre, with several sites scheduled in May.
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Steire
Suite Lands Board
McPherson County
Hyde County
Highmore
Hand County
Miller
Mantle County
Paulkton
Potter County
Gettysbine
Dokken
Indians Farming On Reservations Sees Growing Activity
The article notes rising farming activity among Native residents on reservations, with about 7,000 people. Corn, oats, potatoes, and garden produce will be grown. Most land is suitable for crops but not for firing due to ridges. Stock is mainly cattle and horses, with improving horse quality. Many residents freight from Gordon rail to the reservation, sometimes driving 30 to 40 tents with agency supplies, using capable horses.
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Gordon
Publicly whip thieves drive vigilantes in Lyman County
Homesteaders announce they will organize Vigilance committees in every township to curb thefts by suspected thieves. Those caught will be publicly horsewhipped and branded before county residents. Property stolen from homesteads includes clothing and household goods. The plan reflects widespread fear of wholesale thefts among settlers.
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Lyman County
Northwest News plans elevator at Superior amid grain crisis
A joint North Dakota Bankers association and American Society of Equity committee met at Rand Forks to approve a terminal elevator at Superior to aid Duluth and Minneapolis grain conditions. Grand Forks will host a progress report June 25 with another update at Devils Lake June 20. The plan aims for independence from elevator firms. details to follow. Frank W. Eaton of Duluth died suddenly at Fond du Lac at 57, after a storied career centered on mining fights as a key figure in the Section 20 case. He left a widow and seven children.
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Rand
Hhe
Commission Houies
Mitters
Duluth
Frank W. Eaton
Eaton
Fond du Lac
Eatons
Pont du Lac
Bishop Hare Loses an Eye to Cancer in Nose
Rt Rev W H Hare longtime Episcopal bishop of South Dakota underwent surgery in New York to remove one eye due to a cancerous sore on the nose. The cancer arose from a minor abrasion believed caused by his eyeglasses.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
W. H. Hare
Episcopal Church of
South Dakota
New York
Cowboys Find Body Missing Leg in Montana Gulch
Billings Montana April 28 News reached this city yesterday of the discovery of a man’s body in a ravine known as White Man’s Gulch near Fort Custer on the Crow Indian reservation. The man had evidently been dead for months and was dressed in an ordinary suit with the coat tightly buttoned. One leg could not be found. Cowboys discovered the body and alerted authorities who will investigate the case.
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Montana Gulch
Billings
Mont
White Man's Gulch
Fort Custer
Crow Indian Reservation
Coroner's Jury Clears Officials in Great Northern Wreck
Lakota North Carolina April 26 The coroner's jury inquest on two unknown men killed in the Great Northern wreck near Lakota on April 15 returned a verdict that the wreck was caused by an unknown factor. The verdict fully exonerates General Superintendent R W Bryan of Minot from any responsibility and rejects charges of blame.
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Great Northern
Lakota
N. C
Here
R. W. Bryan
Minot
Reufntes
Young farmer shot in head near Kenmare North Carolina
Russell Beche, a young farmer near Kenmare North Carolina, was accidentally shot when buckshot discharged from a gun. The back of his head was nearly torn away, and he lies in critical condition though physicians hope for his recovery.
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Kenmare
N. C
Russell Beche
Beebe
Wedding shooting mars fest. thirty injured in Albia
Albia April 28 three boys were seriously injured and twenty seven others shot while serenading a wedding party at Sovilla. G W Wilson father of the bride opened the window and fired into the crowd of about forty young people. The incident left the festivities marred and may cost a life.
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Albia
Sovilla
G. W. Wilson
Hoya
Northwestern seeks injunction against Yankton over plant plans
Mayor Reedy of Yankton has been served with an injunction notice by Northwestern Telephone company. The suit seeks to restrain city interference as the firm advances plans to improve its plant. The case centers on whether Northwestern holds rights in the city under a franchise.
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Reedy
Yankton
Northwestern Telephone Company
Lane
Northwestern
State Printing Commission Forms Rules for Bids
At a state printing commission meeting under the new law, Gay Crawford was named chairman and Secretarshipf secretary. They set rules governing state printing, allowing orders under 25 dollars and requiring bids for all larger printings.
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State Prrinting Commission
Gay
Crawford
Secretarshipf
Wets May Contest Vote Over Ward Returns
Election contest rumors swirl after a defeat for license advocates in the Third ward which delivered a large prohibition vote. They threaten to file suit alleging irregularities in the returns to void the ward results.
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Miller
S. D
Third Ward
Bargain Sale Crash Wounds Nine Women and Three Children
A sidewalk collapse at the opening of a five and ten cent store injures nine women and three children, with one woman reported seriously hurt. Police and rescue crews respond as investigators seek cause. Local officials urge caution near the damaged site.
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Rock Island
Convict Kills Self in Deer Lodge Cell
Deer Lodge Mont April 28 Martin Giviano a convict serving a three year sentence for grand larceny in Granite county shot himself in his cell yesterday at the penitentiary the incident adds to the grim tally of self inflicted deaths in the facility.
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Self
Deer Lodge
Mont
Martin Giviano
Granite County
Child Dies In House Fire Near Winona
In Winona Minnesota on April 28 a five year old daughter of Frank F Waldera of North Creek burned to death when her clothes ignited from a stove while she was alone in the house.
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Winona
Minn
Frank F. Waldera
North Creek
Here
Robbery Hits St Paul Theater Manager Loses 2800
Harry E. Ricker business manager of the Metropolitan opera house reported a Saturday night hold up after closing. Two knife armed men seized 2800 from the box office money while Ricker was transferring funds to the safe. They fled before assistance arrived as police were alerted. A later review found irregularities in theater books.
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St. Paul
L. N. Scott
Ricker
Break's Engineer's Arm in Locomotive Blow-off Accident
Engineer Fred Gordon of the Soo road was seriously injured when a blow-off cock loosened during repair blew out. A wrench struck the cock, releasing steam under 200 pounds, breaking his right arm, crushing the wrist, lacerating the hand, and causing severe burns.
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Harvey
N. 1
Fred Gordon
Soo Road
Gordon
Wanted at Mankato Frank Otterbach Arrested in Billings
Billings Montana April 30 Frank Otterbach arrested by Yellowstone County sheriff at request of True Barth County Minnesota officer. He is believed to be en route to Mankato on a larceny charge after allegedly using 11 000 dollars cash trusted to him by a business man to carry out a business scheme.
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Frank Otterbach
Billings
Mont
Frank Oterbach
Yellowstone County
True Barth County
Minnesota
Mankato
Otterbach
Coroner Rules Craigo Death Natural at Grand Forks
Grand Forks North Dakota April 20 coroner’s jury finds Fred Craigo died of natural causes. Post mortem showed blood clots on the brain and apoplexy. Craigo, a cook at the Insalle hotel, died Saturday under unclear circumstances.
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Craigo
Grand Forks
N. D
Fred Craigo
Craige
Ingallehor
Laborer Dies in Blizzard Near Lavina
Billings Mont April 30 James L Hazlewood found dead on the range near Lavina after leaving Lavina Tuesday night for Billings. Authorities believe he perished from exposure during the snow storm while trapped in the storm near Lavina.
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Billings
Mont
James L. Hazlewood
Lavina
Hazlewood
Drainage Ditch Proposed for Skunk River Drain
Petitions filed with Polk county supervisors seek construction of the Skunk River drain at an estimated cost of 1 million dollars. The move aims to relieve flood risk and improve drainage in the surrounding Iowa area with the project to be overseen by county authorities.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Poll
Skunk River
Public Land Congress Called in Denver for June Meeting
Acting Governor Harper issues call for a public land convention in Denver on June 18 19 and 20 to discuss access and disposition of western states public lands west of the Missouri River.
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Public Land Congress
Denver
Colo
Harper
Missouri River
Runaway Accident Harms Mrs Ruft in North Dakota
Mrs. William Ruft, living on a farm five miles east of Hilleboro, North Dakota, was injured in a runaway yesterday. Doctors say the injuries will require amputation of her leg.
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Hilleboro
N. D
William Ruft
Here
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News of the Northwest
Martin
Packing Center
Missouri
Capitol
Northwest News
Superior
Frank Eaton
North Dakota
Bishop Hare
Break
Polk County
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