11 Feb 1915
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Newspaper
The Citizen Republican
Location
Scotland, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1915
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR lists names F 8 BIRKINBINE prabmerd ALEX Brown M T BRowN second ward Pailip ENGEL Third ward ace Anas.
The bill to abolish the state highway commission passed the house but stalled in the senate and will continue to exist. Other measures include a Sunday amusements tweak to baseball, Watertown hospital funds failures, and a push to allow municipal women’s suffrage. A tax levy constitutional amendment faces house opposition, while a senate proposal to fix salaries for state and judicial officers may ruffle veteran support. Justice Department probes into wheat prices and livestock market trends. Rev. R N Kratz of Mitchell died in Plumsteadville, Pa., after visiting relatives, having lived in Mitchell since 1881 and once supplying the local Methodist pulpit.
England warns all neutral nations that foodstuffs shipped to Germany will be confiscated if captured. Germany proclaims a submarine blockade around England and France and warns neutrals that foods to those nations will be sunk. It hints the government may enter merchant marine business and urges blockade runners.
Arkansas coal miners strike ends as owners sell mine to union for 200000, to run as a cooperative. The piece notes wage scale disputes, a push to reduce agitators, and a new National Farm Labor Exchange formed in Omaha to balance labor supply. Officers named include Charles McCaffree, HE Neal, and W G Ashton.
The state faces a tax and education issue as Indians on allotments attend public schools without paying taxes. A Dewey county tax case questions whether livestock inherited from federal stock is taxable, while residents advocate education funding for wards of the federal government. If rights of citizenship apply, they should bear corresponding responsibilities.
Sioux Falls February report says Daisley E Chapman arrested and held in Topeka Kansas awaiting federal agents to transport him to South Dakota. He faces charges for the Scotland post office robbery on October 22 1912 with $808 29 in cash and $966 58 in postage stamps taken. Chapman formerly resided in Bon Homme county. Indicted April 1918.
Statistics from the immigration commissioner show state poultry products for 1914 valued between seven and eight million dollars, surpassing dairy output and equaling about twelve dollars per person. The tally is described with a light note that even hens are crowing over the record.
Farmers Union officials argue railroads deserve higher revenue but products of the plow and home use should be exempt. They urge fair levying of any freight hike, noting cotton and agricultural goods already bear high rates, and suggest increases target consumer goods rather than farm products.
The passage argues that farmers who raise their own meat or live at home should face no burden from rate increases. It favors higher rates on coal bricks and less on cotton flour. Plows should stay priced, while machinery pianos and similar goods for poorer farmers should carry the burden. It also says that farmers boarding elsewhere or feeding stock in foreign lands should bear the cost of their choices.
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