Legislature targets clerks and journals in reform program
The Legislature debates pay roll cuts and exams to trim clerks in both houses. Sen Dillion pushes bills to remove legislative sinecures, require expert stenographers, and shift journal duties to printed records. Executives discuss road work contracts and a drug bill clash with Wheaton and the druggists association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Dillion
Secretary of State
Amsden
Nyquist
Tenth Judicial Circuit
Missouri River
Jordan
School of Mines
Stokes
Butte- Perkins-Harding County
Dillon
House
Cable
Englesby
Margaret Mellett
Morris
Bently
Congress
A. H. Wheaton
J. W. Sheppard
The
Agricultural College
State Druggists’ Association
Wheaton
Boosting Local Trade Against Mail-Order Competition
A public opinion piece advises merchants to focus on selling good merchandise at fair prices, offering credit, visibility, and prompt service. By advertising effectively and meeting customer needs, a store can win back mail order trade and retain local shoppers.
Courts to rule on government patent cancellation
By direction of the attorney general John F. Ryan of Sioux City is named defendant in a US court case brought by the government. Attorneys Wagner and Porter represent the government in seeking cancellation of a patent issued to Ryan for a homestead in Lyman County. The complaint states Ryan entered the land Sept 19, 1902 and proved up Dec 7, 1908 with the patent issued Apr 17, 1905. The suit charges the patent was procured through improper means.
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United States
John F. Ryan
Sioux City
Wagner
Porter
Ryan
Lyman County
Land Department
Government alleges fraud in homestead proof by Ryan
The complaint contends Ryan did not reside continuously on the homestead as claimed and that he visited the land only briefly while working at the Cudahy packing plant in Sioux City. The government claims his family never lived there, improvements were overvalued, and the land was not used for cultivation or grazing. A special examiner was appointed to hear depositions in Sioux Falls with deadlines set for February 25 for the government and March 15 for Ryan, followed by 15 days for rebuttal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ryan
Cudahy Packing Company
Sioux City
Carland
Federal Court
William Wallace
Aberdeen
Sioux Falls
Argus-Leader
Market Day Sale Items and Notices
The secretary lists items for the Market Day Sale on Saturday February 6 including horses a three year old mare, cows and springers, registered Duroc Jersey boars and shoats, two dozen Plymouth Rock chickens, White Leghorn roosters and Plymouth Rock roosters, plus miscellaneous goods such as washing and sewing machines, rope, stoves, and a corn sheller. Also notes money to loan on farms via F E Reidinger Land Agency and a social mention of Miss Florence Pendell visiting Miss Mary Neiman and the dance last Friday evening in Murdo Coyote.
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Catitile
Plymouth Rock
Florence Pendell
Draper
Mary Neiman
Murdo Coyote
District officers and teachers meet at Kadoka in 1909
An annual meeting for school officers and teachers in Stanley county will be held at the Kadoka School house on Wednesday February 10 1909. Sessions run from 10 00 AM to 5 00 PM with music talks and discussions on reading education and measurement. Some schools may close for the day.
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Stanley County
Kadoka
Astrud
J. B. Clendenning
Scotty Brown
F. A. Nellis
Kate Osburn
Jesse Broyles
B. White
District Court News Notes Various Trials and Pleas
The district court docket includes multiple cases: Aurelius Bowen potential Hyde or Hand county trial in March. Edward Rumsey acquitted of fornication. James Condon and Ira Gray case dismissed. Harry Gould cases dismissed on attorney advice. Frank Conway a fugitive with action continued. Elmer Zigler ready to plead guilty to grand larceny. Henry Oakes pleaded guilty. P. H. Harrington acquitted. peace bond continued. several continuances and settled cases. verdicts in cases including Richard Mathieson et al. versus Elvetta DeLuce. divorces granted to Albert C. House and Mrs. Walton. Willie Onken versus Amelia Onken decree issued. state case against C. E. Pickett resulted in guilty assault. Oakes sentenced to 2.5 years. editor’s notes and local ads follow.
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Jamies Grisnnsky
Aurelius Bowen
Hyde
Hand County
Edward Rumsey
James Condon
Ira Gray
Harry Gould
Frank Conway
Elmer Zigler
Barnes
Henry Oakes
P. H. Harrington
Stamford
Charles Wilson
G.S. McGee
F. E. Olney
Tillie Kinney
H. Molyneaux
H. C. Putnam
Fred Kemper
U. S. Land Office
Hannah Moran
John O.fleming
George W. Yeaman
J. A. Rogers
Ernest W. Thode
Emil Thode
Thode Brothers
Conner-Thode Cattle Company
A. J. Guthrie
H. A. Marks
James O. Thomas
John Mose- Ip
Richard Mathieson
Elvetta DeLuce
Juage
Myrtle M. Krouse
Albert C. House
South Dakota
C. E. Pickett
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State Capitol
Supreme Court
Druggists’ Association
A. E. Hitchcock
Mitchell
Board of Regents
Vessey
Granville Jones
State Association of Commercial Clubs
Committee On
State Affairs
Hare
Valentines
Ges
Otto C. Sharon
China
F. E. Reidinger Land Agency
District Institute For Officers and Teachers
Skrove Bros. Land Co
District Court News
Rohan Bros
Bellew
Jack
Tribune
Tyndall
Steader
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