The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1920-12-17

in Aberdeen. passed resolutions fav.
oring the adoption OF budget Of $40,
600 for use by the national assoc!
alton OF trail projects in 1921
After having been shut down for
about a year the flour mill OF tht
Spencer Farmers union has again
been placed in operation. after havinr
been extensively oyerhauled and i'm
proved
Gertrude s. Young, a Sioux Falls
girl. assistant professor OF history
at South Dakota State College, war
awarded the Beadia prize for 1920
The award is made to the resident o.
South Dakota, educated In South Da
kota schools. making some contri,
button to knowledge lin any field oi
research) which. by reaso., of It's i'm
portanca, properly entities the winner
to special distinction among South
Dakotans
Judge Fleeger, presiding at term
OF circuit court in Moody county, de
cided that none OF the claimants tc
the $250,000 estate left by Louis Mel
SON, an eccentric Moody county pion-
eer. we're the legal heirs, and award
cd the estate to the state OF South Da.
kota. The estate consists Of $50 acres
OF land and considerable other prop
erty and under the judgement it now
has escheated to the state for the ben
Eft Of the public schools OF South Da
kota. Under the Judgment the com.
missioner OF schools and public lands
is vested with authority to take pos
session OF the estate. This is the
largest estate which has ever been es.
cheated to South Dakota.
imprisonment for two gears in the
Sioux Falls penitentiary was the sen.
tence imposed by Judge Frank b.
Smith, OF Mitchell. in the state cir
cult in Sioux Falls In the case OF
George W. Egan, OF SIOUX Falls, con
yicted Of making false affidavits in the
support OF a claim for fire Insurance
on building belonging to him which
was destroyed by fire. Mr. Egan re
Gently purchased the Sioux Falls
Daily Press. lie was three times a
candidate for governor OF South Ds
kota and was twice disbarred from
practicing law in South Dakota. He
formerly lived at Logan. la. \ mo
Ton for q new trial was oyerruled
prior to the sentence. Mr. Egan has
given notice OF an appeal TO the state
supreme court. which will act as a
stay OF sentence. His appeal will
have as its main contention the claim
that the circuit court was without
Jurisdiction, as the information In the
case failed to state that the alleged
crime was committed In Minnehaha
county. A stay OF thirty days was
granted by Judge b. Smith and the
defendent was released on a bond OF
$4,000.
The South Dakota bank guaranty
law has demonstrated that il is one
OF the most successful measures Of
the kind in operation anywhere In the
United States 1t has proven a sue
cess. both from the standpoint Of the
depositor and the bank In the only
three cases OF failure OF the banks
during the five years It has bean in
operations all the depositors were paid
In full. John Hirning. state supsrin-
tendent OF banks. figures that the cost
OF operation OF the law has amounted
to only $l7.l4 a year for q bank hav-
Ing 100000 In deposits. In the cases
OF the failure OF the banks during the
five years since the bank guaranty
law went into effect the depositors.
In Addition TO bSiaE paia n full rs-