Republican Caucus Election Sparks Insurgent Surge
The Me states caucuses held on the 15th saw insurgents led by Gamble and Crawford challenge the machine with Kittredge's Minnehaha county in play. Reports claim insurgents won large majorities, citing Lawrence and other counties. stalwarts contest Roberts county. The statewide convention in Sioux Falls June 5 looms as both sides claim momentum.
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Republican Party
Gamble
United States
Coe L Crawford
Huron
Martin
Black Hills
Elrod
Kittredge
Minnehaha
Beagle
Bon Homme
Brookings
Charles Mix
Clay
Lake
Lincoln
Moody
Turner
Yankton
Manson
Kingsbury
Aurora
Buffalo
Hyde
Jerana
Potter
Union
Roberts
Linborn
Spink
Miner
Sully
Panis
Cod- Ingtoy
Hutchingon
Maud
Gran Boffiero
Machine
Martin-hod
Brule
Tumison
Grown
Wiughes
McCook
Deuel
Edmunds
Wamlin
McPhergon
Stanley
Gregory
Walworth
Campbell
Sioux Falls
Frank Crane
Republican State Committee
Roberts County
Orher
Sig
Stalwartsow
Huutchinson County
Hutchinson County
Even Crow Dog Accepts Allotment on Rosebud Reservation
Maj. Kelly Indian agent at Rosebud and Col. Brennan at Pine Ridge, in Deadwood for U S court, share notes on allotment law. Opposed Indians are yielding and taking individual allotments led by Rosebud figure Old Crow Dog, famed for his trial over Spotted Tail murder.
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Maj. Kelly
Rosebud
Col
John H. Brennan
Pine Ridge
Deadwood
United States
Old Crow Dog
West
Spotted Tail
Evangelical Appointments Announced by Bishop Bowman
The Aberdeen district conference lists numerous appointments across towns including Mitchell Huron and Groton with Rev R W Techman continuing as supervising elder. The next meeting will be in Aberdeen with Memorial Day observances in Milbank featuring Lieut Gov McDougal delivering the oration. The La Bolt band provides music and a military program is planned at the courthouse in the evening.
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Thomas Bowman
Allentown
Mitchell
Plankinton
W. Gaines
Scotland
H. C. Haag
Yankton
J. B. Happel
Clear Lake
W. Fritz
Miller
J. E. Booth
Oliver
W. L. Hoy
R. W. Techman
Aberdeen
Milbank
Gov. McDougal
la Bolt
Court House
Survey Work Nears Finish in State Land Dept
The state land department nears completion of furmerance and general topographical work. G C Barney and J S Brown have left for Lyman county to finish the project there. The year will close most field tasks except in Butte and Meade counties.
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Furmerance
State Land Department
G. C. Barney
J. S. Brown
Lyman County
Butte
Meade
Bach
Dogne Robinson
Harney Peake
S. 1
United States
Rocky Mountains
Blue Ridge Mountains
Irrigation Work Progress Amid High Water Delays
Belle Fourche river rise eased irrigation delays near Belle Fourche. Concrete mixer broke, mud and water overflow slowed progress. Repairs finished, a hundred workers on the first steam shovel at Gilberts ranch site. April shift set record hours. Inlet canal, Crow Creek, and diversion dam expected complete by October 1. Lower shovel running full force. Owl Creek dam cut advancing. Sod stripping to begin at the big dam site. excavation to shale and fill with dirt ahead. Project provides hundreds of jobs.
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Belle Fourche
Gilberts Ranch
Inlet
Crow Creek
Bit
Owl Creek
North Side Canal
Farmer goes on shooting rampage in Gen township incident
In Brown County Gen township farmers faced terror as cattle were maimed and a cow lead crushed. A later shooting target included Rev. C. M. Grimsuid's home, riddled with bullets. Anton Salberg, armed and volatile, confessed to the shooting claiming it proved fearlessness. he is jailed pending insanity examination.
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Aberdeen
Brown County
Anton Bers
C. M. Grimsuid
Hazel
Jone Searcd
Siilberg
Salberg
Havine
Evangelical Church Conference Closes at Lehr North Dakota
The Evangelical Church Conference for North Dakota and South Dakota completes its session at Lehr North Dakota. The Fargo and Aberdeen districts appoints presiding officers William Buckow and R W Teichman and lists district appointments including Aberdeen Groton Milbank Madison Parker Beresford Yankton Plankinton Mitchell and De Smet among others.
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Evangelical Church Conference
Lehr
Evangelical Church For
Siates of Arth
South Dakota
H. A. Ritterlendale
N. A. Sowiler
Groton
F. Stratz
Milbank
Phil Taux
Big Stone City
Tieniies Hazel
C. W. Zeeh
Madison
C. F. Meyer
Clear Lake
William Fritz
Eureka
E. Melziau
Herreld and
Linton
Finkheiner
A. Roshee
Parker
D. Bittner
Beresford
J. Schaefer
Yankton
J. B. Happel
Plank Inton
William Gaines
Miller
J. ¥.Booth
Mitchell
Wilmot
Olivet
Wiley Hoy
Hitchcock
D. Musser
de Smet
M. E. Hunsberger
Custer Seeks Families For Labor Demand At New Mica Plant
A cry from Custer seeks permanent residents to fill a labor shortage. The Westinghouse mica plant will hire 150 workers, with light work and starting wages of 60 cents daily rising to 1.25 to 2 dollars. Men may work at the factory or with the government forestry department nearby.
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Custer
Westinghouse Electric Company
Government Forestry Department
Groton Plans Silver Jubilee Celebration This Spring
Groton marks twenty five years since its founding with a proposed jubilee to be observed during regular monthly bargain days. A program of sports speeches and music is planned, led by old settlers from nearby areas. In Geddes, D Heaton and W E Heaton sold Charles Mix County Bank to Johnson Brothers, who had founded it and four years ago sold it back. The new management lists F H Johnson as president J A Welcher as cashier and J A Nelson as assistant cashier.
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Groton
Graton
Geddes
D. Heaton
W. E. Heaton
Charles Mix County Bank of
Johnson Brothers
Heatons
F. H. Johnson
J. A. Welcher
J. A. Nelson
Lavern
Plans Aerial Tramway From Deadwood To Bald Mountain
The Dentwood Business Club studies an aerial tramway from Deadwood to Bald Mountain to move ore cheaply. Two route options could run seven to eight miles, using gravity for power with 1800 feet of elevation drop. Estimated cost 18 000 to 14 000 dollars per mile, ore handling under 50 cents per ton, and a large corps will conduct surveys for feasibility.
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Bald Mountain
Clu
Dentwood
Mie
Tih Mountain
Mining Union
Deadwood
Deailwood Gulch
Novia Giuidh
Whitewood
Child & Net
Dry allotments spark federal ruling on Lincoln case
Federal authorities applaud the Supreme Court ruling in United States v Lincoln, holding that land allotted to Winnebago Indians remains dry and under federal authority. The decision clarifies liquor restrictions for Indians with allotments outside traditional reservations and confirms federal courts’ power to prosecute offenses involving liquor on allotted lands.
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United States
South Dakota
Supreme Court
James Lincoln
United States Court of
Nebraska
Tyner
Winnebago
United States Supreme Court
Indiana
Was It quake The People of Pierre Undecided
Residents of Pierre debate whether an earthquake occurred after a Thursday evening tremor Many claimed feeling motion while others reported no signs Observers compared noises to trucks and freight movements and dismissed it as imagination linked to the San Francisco disaster Others insist they felt the shaking in Fort Merre and surrounding areas
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Pierre
Fort Merre
San Francisco
Northern farmers profit from hide sales soaring locally
In addition to regular income, farmers in the northern part of the state are making good profits from selling hides. A single local shipper has purchased hides valued at about 11,900 dollars since October 1, with every dollar distributed among the farms of this locality.
Land Hungry Immigrants Pave South Dakota Growth
A May 20 1900 era essay outlines South Dakota’s booming immigration and land values. It notes rising farm values from $15 to $70 per acre, railways expanding to fertile regions, new towns sprouting beside lines, and American-born settlers buying land from midwest states to farm and rent. Climate is described favorable with ample sunshine and distinct seasons driving agricultural promise.
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Wilson
Bentoney Thit
Ivery Simaet
United States
West
South Dikor
South Dakota
East
Middle West
South Dakkota
Northwest
Union
Settleys
Sith Dakota
Tiedlama
Tlinois
Iowa
Miehi- Eda
Ohio
Ueir
South da Iota
Atep
South Mikota
Horna
Town
Minnesot
Wisconsin
Pole
Herbert Vanderhoo
Minneapolis Journal
Lay Plans for State Fair in South Dakota
South Dakota Board of Agriculture at Huron meeting admitted W S Hill of Alexandria and W Campbell of Huron to membership. Premiums increased at least 1 percent. Advertising system outlined. Poultry prizes amended to limit to one bird per par exhibited. A sewer will carry off surplus water from the artificial lake and grounds improvements planned for stock barns and buildings.
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South Dakota
State Board of Agriculture
Huron
W. S. Hill
Alexandria
W. Campbell
Aberdeen Traveling Men's Convention Plans Elaborate Illumination Display
The decorations committee reports forty floats secured with about half the merchants seen. City to authorize poles along the main street for a night illumination scheme featuring colonnades arches Chinese lanterns and other lights. Bands committee lists five visiting groups from Sioux Falls Mitchell Brookings Watertown plus the local state band to perform concerts during the convention.
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Aberdeen
Committee On Bands
Sioux Falls
Mitchell
Brookings
Watertown
Boys Fire On Sioux Falls School Hit Teacher In Hospital
After a post game outing, three youths John Graling Wilbur La Brec and Lars Owen fired at a Sioux Falls schoolhouse striking teacher Barney Schmitz in the left chest with a 22 caliber bullet. The building was unoccupied at the time and authorities deem the incident accidental with no arrests yet.
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John Graling
Wilbur la Brec
Lars Owen
Sioux Falls
Barney Schmitz
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Wu Kennedy
Crow Dog
Ure Indi
Sotay
Jamies Lincoln
Jone
Gregory County
Red Cloud
PLANS
Aerial Tramway
South
Daksta
Me. Schmita
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