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Newspaper
The Citizen Republican
Location
Scotland, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1920
Page
2
A Citizen Republican letter recalls long nights in snow and rain as the traffic manager describes workers moving stock, yard duties during an express strike, and farm tractors substituting rail labor. It notes young x-service men, wage concerns, and a terse snapshot of industrial life amid broader international commentary.
May 18 Mitchell S D reports the Y W C A drive raised $25,023 for a $26,000 maintenance fund. Allocations include $12,000 for a new home, $1,600 alterations, $1,000 furnishings, $500 cafeteria running for three months, and $3,700 secretaries salaries. Remaining treasury balance stands at $3,200.
Yankton May 18. The eighteenth annual high school declamation contest, under Yankton college, will be held Friday May 21. More than a dozen schools entered with about 24 students. Winners receive gold and silver medals, school prize for highest average, and entries limit 12 minutes per selection judged on seven points.
County commissioners in Rapid City May 18 consider declaring the clerk of courts vacant due to illness of Clerk Gantz. Deputy Ming Carrie EK Feigel has handled duties but access is barred. officials may review records and seek resignation or oust the clerk if he does not resign.
Lars J. Piksda of Webster was elected president and B. A. Bordahl of Webster was reelected secretary of the Retail Merchants Association of South Dakota at the closing session in Watertown. Mitchell won the 1921 convention on the second ballot after an initial tie with Aberdeen. New directors named include J. R. Cole of Oooking, Miller of Fl on, Kramer of Chamberlain, and Hagen of Eden.
Lemmon South Dakota May 13 An industrious beaver family along Beaver creek has burrowed up colors to the road surface forcing traffic to halt on a major thoroughfare. Last summer during steel bridge construction two miles from Marmarth the same beavers carried away one plank nightly for a new dam, and workmen recovered the material each morning. The clan has relocated at least a dozen times in two years, always building a fresh dam.
Deadwood South Dakota May 18 Sheriff Lutey arrested Mr and Mrs William Sat on telegraphic orders from Rapid City on two warrants charging mortgaged property and passing worthless checks They were attempting to leave the state He was a Greek restaurant keeper in Rapid City and his wife a beautiful American girl Tom Moore president of the trades and labor congress of Toronto advocates a strike for lower prices instead of higher wages
Washouts east and west of Pierre will delay repairs for several weeks, postponing the May 24 special legislative session. Mail service to Blunt by stage connects with trains, freights to Wall and West Line from Pierre. In other reports, Clauson denied naturalization, sea of flood news from Lake Andes and Sioux Falls. two 14 year old boys survive a river raft incident aided by a chicken house amid flood waters.
Sealed bids for construction and equipment of a group of buildings to form the new Columbus college in Sioux Falls are requested and will be received until June 2. Plans cover dormitory class hall gymnasium and power plant with work set to begin soon after contracts are let.
South Dakota report notes the state highway commission plans designating the Kimball to Highmore route as part of the trunk line system. The road will be improved this season linking Milwaukee and Northwestern line trails. In Aberdeen, Miss Dorothy Rehfeld heads to New York for the World Woman’s Suffrage Convention opening June 6. Public sessions in Pierre focus on locating a state hydro dam site near Moberly. Sioux Falls hosts the 8th annual medical society meeting. the ladies auxiliary also convenes. Geddes reports about 3 gallons of wine seized from John Flesram’s home by the prohibition officer. the wine was turned over to the state.
Himer Price, indicted by the May grand jury, was sentenced by Judge George Jopson to seven years in the Anamosa reformatory. He allegedly passed a $3.50 check on the Charios & Whicox company.
Mitchell South Dakota May 15 efforts by the Mitchell Chamber of Commerce and the state railway commission aim to secure lower commodity freight rates for South Dakota cities. Shippers are being surveyed on early shipments, with results grouped and sent to state authorities for further action before the Interstate Commerce Commission. Also notes Mennonite emigration talk from Manitoba to Kansas and Mississippi with schooling language concerns.
Mitchell in South Dakota reports the board of trustees of Dakota Wesleyan University plans to build several homes for professors and offer installment payments. The same dispatch notes Pierre marooned by rail washouts hindering train service for about ten days with truck links to Blunt planned for mail and passenger needs.
Federal officers report no trace of a huge liquor still stolen from a railroad platform at Salem on the evening of March 2. The still was taken from the home of Ike Middleton near System and was bound for Sioux Falls as the investigation continues.
A New York designer commission draws artist Adolf Boulnois to paint a full sail ship on Miss Marjorie Barnes over a backless gown. The trend shifts from tiny mice and rosebuds to bold back decorations as low cut dresses showcase the artwork.
An allegorical parable from the Omaha World Herald warns that a society can thrive on shared labor and invention, but a few parasitic profiteers may seize wealth, triggering rising prices, scarcity, and eventual collapse unless productive work and fair profits resume. The tale concludes noting its relevance to real life if such greed appeared locally.
The New York Post notes Senator Penrose says he will attend the Chicago convention with “bells on,” sweeping aside prior activity and hints at Knox as the Republican nominee as a joke while ruling out Wood Lowden or Johnson. Mothers Day tribute by W Paul Zerbe closes with a reflective verse.
A South American article notes typical monthly costs for Americans in Buenos Aires. Unmarried men need about 350 USD, married individuals 426 USD, and a family with one or two children 500 USD. Travelers may require double. Hotel rates vary, board available 85 to 125 USD monthly, four to five room unfurnished apartments around 375, telephones 4.00 to 8.60 USD, coal prices cited, and a census states US electric roads carried 11.304 billion passengers.
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