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GOVERNOR VESSEY PROCLAIMS
Thursday, November 30th,
Day for Annual Thanks
giving
as
The beneficent hand of an all
wise Providence has again
brmight us to that season in
custom, a day is proclaimed and
set apart as a day of prayer and
praise.
Throughout various sections of
the country the year that is dying
has been one of unusual drouth
and portions of our state have
•been numbered among the suf
ferers. Be that as it may, the
cause for our Thanksgiving are
still manifold.
The temporary cloud of depres
sion, resultant of the adverse
weather conditions of the past
season, is passing and through
its shadows appears, undimmed
'and unfailing, the crystalline star
of constant hope. We yet con
tinue to enjoy in full measure
those rights and privileges, the
way for the attainment of which
was paved in the long ago by the
Pilgrim Fathers, who inaugurated
our National Thanksgiving cus
tom, and for this our hearts may
well be truly grateful.
ft is evident that intellectually
and morally our citizenship has
made marked advancement and
although progress may be slow it
is, nevertheless, sure, and, little
by little, the vital facts of true
living are being better recogniz
ed by our state's people.
Therefore, 1, R. S. Y'essey. Gov
ernor of the State of South Da
kota, in conjunction with the
proelamation of the Piesident of
the United States, hereby appoint
as I lunik-giving Day,
Thursday, November 30, A. D.
1!»11, aiul recommend the day to
the entire citizenship of the
state as one of rest from the us
ual occupations and pursuits, to
he dedicated by South Dakota's
people to thanksgiving and de
vout prayer to Almighty God, in
becoming appreciation of His
mercies and the blessings of peace
ami progress received from His
hand throughout the year. For
the continuations of the earth to
our need, for the temperance,
cheerfulness and content of our
homes, for the maintenance of
the public health, for all these
•and other blessings, let us render
thanks to Him, praying that out
of His infinite mercy and good
ness He may continue to lead us
on our way.
In testimony whereof, I have
hereunto set my hand and caus
ed to be affixed the Great Seal
of the State of South Dakota.
Done at the Capitol in the
City of Pierre this 2nd day of
November, A. D. 1911.
R. S. VESSEY,
Governor.
By the Governor:
S. C. POLLEY,
Secretary of State.
Crouch Line May Be Sold
Rapid City, Nov. 8.— Persis
tent rumors that the Burlington
railroad intends securing the
Crouch line from here to Mystic
and extending west, has also
brought to light the activity of
the Milwaukee railroad in the
same direction. The Milwaukee
plans to take the Crouch line,
extend west through the Wyom
ing coal fields to Harlowton,
Mont., a point on its coast line
160 miles east of Butte, and will
then have an almost direct line
from Chicago, through South
Dakota, and also a line through
Omaha, and through Sioux City
via Manila, la., and Mitchell, S.
D. tThe Milwaukee is now build
its steel bridge at Chamberlain,
has been laying heavy steel rails
on its South Dakota line, and is
now enlarging the cut at Sage
Creek Pass, 30 miles from here,
all of which is taken to mean
that the Crouch line is the means
by which it hopes to connect
western South Dakota with its
transcontinental line.
MAINE IS STILL "DRY"
Final Count Gives State 758 Ma
jority for PProhibition'
Augusta, Me., Nov. 7.—Maine
returns constitutional prohibi
tion, Governor Plaisted late last
night decided to accept the cor
rections in the vote from four
towns cast in the special election
in September, thus reversing the
result as indicated on the face
of the first official returns.
Returns on election day, Sep
tember 11th, indicated a majori
ty of about 300 against the re
peal of the prohibitory amend
ment, but later the official re
turns showed a majority of 26
for repeal.
It was found by comparison,
however, that in four cases the
figures of the town clerks were
reversed from the early returns
and in each case the clerks claim
ed the error to be in the official
figures. After a hearing on the
subject the governor and council
ook the matter under considera
tion and the result was the an
nouncement last night that the
state retains constitutional pro
hibition bv 758 votes.
Ends Coast to Coast Flight
Pasadena, Cal., Nov. 7.—Avia
tor Galhraith P. Rodgers suc
cessfully completed his ocean to
ocean jaunt across the Ameri
an continent by soaring into
Pasadena, the goal of his journey.
He dropped from an altitude of
several thousand feet-to a grace
fill landing at Tournament park.
Figured from his actual flying
time of three days, ten hours and
four minutes in traveling -1,231
miles, his rate of speed was 51.
8 miles an hour.
lie left Shcephead Bay. Septem
her 17
Peculiar Accident
At Klwood, in the northwest
portion of Stanley county, horse
thieves have recently been ply
ing their nefarious vocation, and
the homesteaders have been stand
mg guard over their stock, to
prevent its disappearance. John
Beckwith, a homesteader, was on
guard one night recently. He
fell asleep in the saddle and in
some manner his shotgun was
discharged, killing his horse. He
was thrown to the ground nad
quite seriously injured. Rather
a peculiar accident.
pakotagrapte
Sioux Falls—At a meeting of
the Kittredge memorial com
mittee the plan of having pre
pared an oil painting of the late
senator was changed, and it was
decided instead to have made a
marble bust and install it in tin
capitol at Pierre. H. Daniel Web
ster, formerly of Sioux Falls, the
well known sculptor, who made
the Beadle statue, was present
it the meeting and was given
the contract for the bust.
Lead—Securing a box of matclw
es, 2-vear old Viola Junell,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Aug
ustJunell, sucked so much of the
phosphorus from the heads into
her system that she died 10
hours later. The baby's act was
not discovered until her agony
commenced, and although every
thing possible was done by the
physicians summoned, they were
unable to alleviate her suffering
until death ensued.
Philip Weekly Review
FIRST FOR*NEWS, BEST FOR HOME. AND GOOD FOR ALL
FOR DEVELOPMENT OF COUNTY
Work of Organization That Meet
in Philip Nov. 17th
About two months ago a
meeting of the Fort Pierre busi
ness men was held at the court
house in this city and it was de
cided to give a banquet, to which
delegates from all parts of the
county were to be invited. The
banquet was held and as a re
sult of that meeting thousands
of acres in Stanley county will be
placed under irrigation. The
talks at that gathering and the
trip to the Millet-Sumner-McPher
son tract showed the people what
can be accomplished and visitors
went home imbued with courage
and determination to make this
country one of the best in the
state.
It was resolved at the above
gathering to effect a county or
ganization which would have for
ts object the promotion of any
scheme which will tend to the
development of Stanley county.
Consequently a meeting was call
ed at Kadoka during lite fair and
a large number of people were
present and much profit was de
rived by this getting together
mid talking things over. "In Un
ion there is strength." It was
decided that if the people of
(his county would unite and work
harmony they could accomplish
much and steps were taken to
perfect a permanent organiza
tion along this line.
The third meeting was held at
Midland, Oct. 25, and despite the
had weather some thirty farm
•is and business men were presen
md the organization of the
Stanley County Development
League was perfected. The build
ing of dams and the conservation
of moisture was the subject of
most interest to the majority of
those present and it was felt that
•f the whole county could be
..nought under one organization
with auxiliary organizations in
each township there would be no
task too great to be undertaken.
If it is desired to have tile county
take up the work of dam building
an organization of this kind wouk
lie of inestimable value, as it
would have the backing of tin' en
iire county and what the majority
citizens demand would have to
be granted. Much good was ac
complished at the Midland meet
ing and another meeting was call
i'd for the 17th of November at
Philip.
It is desired that delegations
from all parts of the county be
present at this meeting and that
it be made the greatest gather
ing of citizens ever held in Stan
ley county. There are proposi
tions to be talked over which
are of interest to people all over
the county and it is desired to
find out whether or not the major
itv are in favor of voting a
county tax for the construction
of dams. Hold township meet
ings and talk things over, then
send someone to Philip to repr
sent you. If the county paper!
will let the object of this meet
ing be known and urge their read
*r$Lto act, they will be doing the
greatest thing they ever did for
the county. Let it be known
that Stanley county is a live one.
—Fort Pierre News.
VOL VI. No 25. PHILIP, STANLEY COUNTY, 8. D. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1911. Whole No. 285,
State House Grounds Under Ir
rigation
Pierre, S. D., Nov. 8.—For the
first time the state house lawn
irrigation system has been put
in operation. It consists of
large reservoir or settling tank
into which is run water from the
state gas well. There it is allow
ed to settle and loose its gas, and
D»Pt of Iliac
is forced into mains and sprinkl
ed on the lawn by the ordinary
hose and sprinkler. The experi
ment is of more than local inter
est, for its success will demon
strate the adaptability of gas
artesian water for irrigation pur
poses, large quantities of which
are annually wasted. A large
part of the lawn has been mulch
ed, sanded, spaded and planted
to blue grass.
SWILL PRESIDENTIAL VOTE
More ^.han 1,000.000 Women
Will Be Eligible in 1912
Washington, Nov. 8.—Almost
1,000.000 women will be eligible
to vote for president of the Un
ited States in 1912. Those women
are to be found in the six west
ern states which have already
granted equal suffrage.
The number of women in each
state who are eligible to vote is
.ibout as follows:: California,
500,000 Colorado, 760,000 Idaho,
48,000 Utah 65,000 Washing
ton, 120,(XX) and Wyoming, 35,
000, or a total of 928,000.
May Have Trouble With Mail
Contract
There is a story in circulation
which is not confirmed by rail
oad officials, to the effect that
the Northwestern railroad is in
an argument with the governnieit
growing out of its abandonment
of the day train between Pierre
lid Rapid City. It is alleged
that in the contracts with rail
oads for carrying mail there is
stipulation which requires rail
•oads, in case it intends to aban
don a train on which mail is ear
must give the postoffice de
lartment ninety days' notice and
hat the Northwestern in taking
off the day train between Rapid
'itv and Pierre did not comply
»ith this condition.
The other part of the story is
hat the government has notified
he Northwestern to restore the
service within a specified time
md if this is not done there may
ic a forfeiture of all mail con
tracts on all Northwestern lines
where the mails can be otherwise
landled. —Deadwood Pioneer
Times.
Suicide in Pierre Jail
Evan Knutson, who was being
leld in the Hughes county jail at
'ierre for the authorities from
the state asylum, after he had
been adjudged insane, Sunday
look a small rope which was used
in raising one of the jail win
lows for ventilation, and tying
me end to the cell and the other
•nd about his neck, by lying dowr
ivith his face close to the floor
nanaged to strangle himself. The
rope was less than two feet long.
Knutson was one of the old time
residents of Hughes county, lie
moved with his family to Oregon
several years ago, and returend
last fail. His several children
mve lK\n living with friends.
Two in
Great Annual Events
Chicago
The International Live Stock
(Exposition, December 2 to 9
ind U. S. Land and Irrigation
Exposition, November 18 to Dec
ember 9. Don't fail to attend
For full particulars apply to
Ticket Agents, Chicago & North
.V'osteiu By. 25-2t
$5.00 REWARD
To the party giving me infor- *'*wn
mation of the person or persons
who entered the Griffin house on
the northwest quarter of section
20-3 N-19, and removed one new
pair of Mandt bob sleds. Call on
or address C. E. Mower, Cotton
wood, S. D.
°n
TRANSFER OF STATE LANDS
State to Soon Have Title
Compact Tract in Hills
to
Pierre, Nov. 8 -N. M. Han
son, of the state land department
is back from a trip to the west
•rn part of the state, where he
has been looking after the de
tail work of closing up the trans
fer of state and government land
in the trade of all state school
amis in sections 16 and 36 in the
liiferent townships in the Black
llills forest reserve, for a eoin
act body of timber in the
name of the state. This work has
been under, way for nearly ten
y'ears in its preparatory and othei
stages, and the state department
opes to get the whole matter
lea red up before the beginn
ing ot 15)12. The first move in
his direction was made by C.
J. Bach who took the first steps
nit was not able to get far be
yond the stage of bringing it to
he attention of the national gov
rnmeiit. The work,was carried
ilong through the four years in
which O. C. Dokken was at |the
Head of the department, but his
nope of seeing the transfer com
pleted while lie was at the head
of the department was met by
iisappointnicnt by slow action on
lie part of the government. It
is a new departure in managemen
if lands in forest reserve states,
md when completed will be a
iiasis for similar action in other
such states, which meant that
no move was made until it had
•ecu studied in ull its phases and
jossibilit ies.
On tiiu taking up of the work
oy Coiniiustiioncr Blinker at the
legiuiiing of his term, he found
much it to do but has been
pushing along, and Mr. Hanson
he deputy lias had charge of a
iol ot the details. The result is
tiuit the state will release
ill its school sections in the for
est reserve, and receive in lieu
these .scattered tracts, a com
pact body of land east of Custer,
which contains a lot of fine tim
ber and the state will have a con
servation problem of its own to
work out. On,account of charac
ter of the state lands ou all tim
ber land trade would not be
made, and the state will take a
tew sections in the Sioux Reserve
in the Short Pine vicinity to bal
ance the difference. Mr Han
son, having made the selections of
that class of lands on his last trip.
Todd and Washabaugh County
Lands Next
Chamberlain, S. D., Nov. 8.—
With the Mellette and Bennett
registration scarcely in the clear
active operations have been com
menced for the opening of Todd
and Washabaugh counties. Major
Me La ughlin, who has negotiated
ill of the recent treaties for the
opening of Indian land, now is
out in Todd county ascertaining
what terms can he made with
the Indians for the unallotted
land in the only remaining county
of the Rosebud and for an addi
tional county in the Pine Ridg»
reservation.
The bill for the opening of these
two counties was introduced at
the last session of congress, but
final action cannot be taken on
flic measure until the .consent of
the Indians has been secured. It
is the apparent intention to have
the matter in shape for final ac
of
congrresa, and the formal opening
probably will be scheduled for
some time next summer.
H*
the coming session
Big Packrat Stops Engiat
Congressman E. W. Martin
stopped over in the city yesterday
and went out to inspect the Philip
irrigation project near Ft. Pierre,
says Wednesday's Pierre Dako
tan. tThe experts expected to
have the engine started and to
give a demonstration yesterday,
but were delayed by an unusual
circumstance. Upon attempting
to start the engine it was found
that then' was something wrong,
and upon dismantling some of the
castings, a large pack rat was
found crushed in them, together
with a quantity of pancakes, bis
cuits, tree seeds, leaves and a
quart of wild grapes. No harm
was done to the engine, but those
who were present are wondering
if the fact that Hf. Rat had made
so ample a provision for winter
is any indication of the severity
of the weather coming. Experts
in ratology may come forward
and explain.
MAVERICKS
llapiemiigs
in County andState
Some items are rehashed,
some given credit where cred
it is due, and some are swiped
bodily.
White Owl—The big gray wolf
is becoming numerous in this
section and makes the long cold
nights uncanny with his dismal
howls. Mr. Yates at the Upper
Fish ranch recently trapped two
of them, but upon going to get
them from the traps found only
their feet in them. A neighbor
had a calf killed in his dooryard
in broad daylight.
Rapid City—That residence
on and cultivation of a home
stead must lie made by the heirs
of a elaimholder who dies be
tore his residence time is up is
the decision of the secretary of
the interior in a laud case here
The case was the contest of Will
iam Batsch against the claim of
the heirs of Thomas Brown. The
.icirs did not live on the home
stead for more than a year after
Brown's death.
Gregory—According to offi
cial information Miss Freda Gud
atli, of Fairfax, who drew claim
No. 10 in the recent drawing, will
not be allowed to file. The
young woman will not be 21 until
May 18, and the filing begins.
April 1. Her number will be
called the first day, and as the
proclamation specifically states
that all those filing must have at
tained the age of 21, she will
lose her claim, which, when pat
ented, would have been worth
from $8,000 to $12,000.
Pierre—H. A. Lumlejr has
left for Lexington, Ky., with a
shipment of light harness horses
from the ranch of which he |is
manager, just east of this city.
The raising of this class of horses
has been the main feature of the
ranch for a number of years, but
all of that class of horses is to be
cleared up, by shipment to Ken
tucky, the car bcingg the first of
over 100 head which will go to
the Blue Grass state. The ranch
will be farmed, by irrigation.
Deadwood—What is probuMy
the first proceeding under the
national pure food act in South
Dakota has been instituted by
United States Marshal Bullock,
who has seized 60 barrels of vine
gar at Mitchell under a claim
that it is misbraiided and adulte
rated. The goods were shipped
into this state by a Sioux City
vinegar manufacturing concern
and the owners of the property
are cited to appear in the federal
court at Sioux Falls and defend
themselves.
Mrs. Clarence McPeek depart
ed Thursday night for a visit at
the home of her sister in Letcher,
S. D.