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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1909
Page
6
The notice states mail entered at the Huron South Dakota post office every Thursday as second class mail matter with standard frequency and handling details implied.
The Aberdeen News declares faith in the Republican Party and in Taft’s presidency. It supports a protective tariff balanced to aid developing industries, warns against blind confidence in leaders, and urges vigilance to keep party principles from being distorted or abused. Brice Herald.
Farmers report a cold stormy late spring delayed planting by about ten to fourteen days yet remain cheerful and encouraged. Wheat prospects look average though oats are poor. In the corn belt, ground conditions are good and warmer weather could boost corn yields. Reports from Yankton Turner Minnehaha Aurora McCook Union Clay and Bon Homme counties reflect cautious optimism amid late-season weather challenges.
The Huronite reports farmland being platted and Seventh Street expanding toward 22nd Street signaling city progress. Analysts foresee Huron becoming Dakota’s strong town with liberal regional backing. The A O U W in the state faces an insurance crisis, with delegates split over rate increases and a fight against the current recorder amid possible higher rates.
The Aberdeen News supports tariff reform and endorses the Payne-Aldrich bill as an improvement on the Dingley act. It critiques the drawback provision on the wheat schedule, noting that millers receive a duty drawback on exported flour while seed farmers do not. the News urges removal of the drawback.
The piece argues South Dakota's population and city growth are natural as the state expands. It contends the state’s rich soil and climate support a rising, educated populace, with cities of ten to twenty five thousand expected to grow and the population reaching a million soon. It asserts no Union state lacks such towns and growth will accelerate.
The Argus Leader notes that South Dakota eight counties produced crops worth 31 324 310 while Iowa eight counties produced 29 783 015. The piece downplays boasting, recalls land price gaps once wider, and claims South Dakota no longer trades on its name.
Lemmon and Bison end their dispute over the temporary Perkins county seat with Lemmon agreeing to drop court proceedings and cease efforts to seize the seat from Bison. The pact leaves the permanent seat undecided, signaling a likely renewed clash between the rivals later.
Word from Pierre says efforts are underway to defeat Judge Simmons in the Grand Master race. It is claimed he has politicized his office and gained broad support from the Democratic Party in the state. Critics allege tremendous expenditures and shrinking membership threaten his re election prospects.
A Kentucky senator Paynter advocates admitting linotypes free of duty amid rapid growth hopes. The report notes encouragement from Northwestern policy circles and hints at concessions associated with Aldrich, in reference to the South state fair city Huron era.
The Democratic senator from Virginia upset the senate by declaring a policy to protect American interests urging that his approach is not about naming it. Most Democrats oppose tariffs favoring protection for American industries while Taft supports the current tariff bill and plans to sign it. The president must be convinced the bill’s progress in the senate will lower tariffs in line with party pledges.
The Huronite notes a copied speech by Mr Crawford in the senate on tariffs for lumber steel iron and coal and finds the senator aligned with the paper on tariff needs. The Yankton Press criticizes Senator Gamble and praises Dakotas junior senator as able to represent the people of the state.
Aberdeen commercial club secretary announces a daring aviator will perform daily airship flights throughout the home-coming week in Dakota, promising spectacle for attendees. The recent legislative measure to empower the governor to remove state and local officers takes effect July first after the required number of signatures on the petition is filed with the secretary of state.
Dispatches from the African jungles suggest the climate of that country has not altered the ex-president's voice. He projects fear that all men are liars with the same self assurance once heard in his White House remarks.
The Huronite asks the Aberdeen News to send its cook to Huron so she may attend Mrs Rover lectures. The paper believes the News would not commiserate but extend congratulations to Huron menfold in general.
A Des Moines pastor advocates wholesale flogging of children by their parents, reflecting an antiquated and extreme view that endorses corporal punishment and the doctrine of eternal hell fire as part of his preaching.
The president issued proclamations opening 440000 acres within the Flathead Indian reservation in Montana 200000 acres in the Coner d Alpine district Idaho and 150000 acres in the Spokane district Washington for public use and development.
Henry H. Rogers, noted financier and key architect of the Standard Oil era, is dead. The piece asserts the system’s persistence in robbing the public with continued indifference, implying lasting influence beyond his life.
Henry H. Rogers begins a new job at a weekly wage of 38 dollars. He leaves prior employment amid low pay and limited long term prospects, despite his immense wealth and public prominence.
The Aberdeen News pushes for a higher tariff in its coverage, treating the issue as a recurring beat. It notes political debate and industry implications while emphasizing the tariff’s potential impact.
The text notes a possible Democratic nomination for John A Johnson in 1912 but suggests he must mature before attaining first class presidential status.
Stock prices eased by one or two points after the death of Henry H. Rogers was announced. There was no decline in gasoline or kerosene prices.
An unnamed alleged scientist boasted he could communicate with Mars for a cost of ten million dollars, but critics doubt any practical result from such a claim. The remark drew attention to speculative space experiments and financial risk in early research appeals.
An Englishman proposing to change the time of day by setting clocks back may trigger apocalyptic consequences by stopping the clock entirely, underscoring a quirky superstition about time.
The senate rejected the McCumber amendment with 45 in favor and 55 against, bringing the measure to an end.
A compact editorial snapshot notes Booker T Washington’s claim of heightened sensitivity in blacks, misinterpretation of Senator Dolliver’s words, and a speculative remark linking the Chicago earthquake to wheat price manipulation, reflecting a period voice on race and politics.
A short verse from Yonkers Statesman contrasts a modest hen who quietly lays a small egg with a larger hen who preens and boasts after laying a similarly small egg. The poem humorously weighs modesty against vanity in farmyard life.
Judge Taylor issues a permanent injunction restricting Dakota Central Telephone Company from extending its system within Huron streets or alleys beyond areas already designated by the city. The decree bars digging holes erecting poles or stringing wires outside approved streets and empowers city officials to police poles wires and apparatus under state law. The ruling arrives amid a pending U S court matter set for return on the 29th.
The Big Meet at Athletic Park lists trials on Thursday afternoon with events including 120 yard hurdles and half mile run and finals on Friday with high jump discus and more. Admission for the full program is $1.25, or 50 cents per section, with tickets at Longstait’s.
The twenty second annual South Dakota Intercollegiate Oratorical Association contest promises strong talent after preliminaries. Admission fifty cents with reserved seating at Longstaff's drug store. Contest features include speakers from Huron College Sioux Falls College Dakota Wesleyan Yankton College and the SD University along with musical numbers by the Girls Glee Club and the Huron College Orchestra. Also noted is the third stock subscription open for the Bison Building and Loan Association via secretary B E Beach of the National Bank of Huron Building.
Administrator Herman Kelley of Isacker Kelley deceased calls creditors and claimants to exhibit claims with vouchers within four months of first publication. Claims must be sent to Foster Township Beadle County South Dakota. Dated Stay 25 1909. Attorneys C A Kelley and James Byrnes. May 27 June 7.
For sale in a good location a Groom house on a 50 by 165 two lot priced at 1500. An extra cottage with 7 moma 50 by 165 foot lot nine trees and a lawn two and a half blocks from the post office priced at 2590. We have other residence property for sale by Blake and Scott.
An old promotional notice touts Hall's Catarrh Cure with a one hundred dollar reward for incurable catarrh and includes testimonials from F. J. Cheney and others. It also announces Union Memorial services at the Baptist church on Sunday May 23 at 8 o'clock p.m. with a gathering of veterans at the G A R hall at 2 30 p.m. for a parade to the church.
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