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J. A. Stanley,
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HOT SPRINGS, S
Publisher
TIIREK .ll'ROUS
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Till: THAU TRIAL.
Court Orders .liirnis I niier Siriet
Guard ol' Hiulin—Tiilcsmcii Sudden­
ly Seem IIdiiciaiif io Nerve—Many
IvXCUlCS.
Three more jurors to try Harry K.
•Tliiiw Thursday. This was attained
jduriiiR the closing hour of an oxtremo
iv tedious session. Whon court au
journed for tlii- day. live jurors, in
cluding In* two chosen Wednesday,
had been accepted and sworn in. Thir
ty-one talesmen in all wore examined.
Tlii' throe jurors chosen Thursday am:
Henry Harney, a piano dealer
George Pfaff, dealer in mechanics'
supplies, and Arthur S. Campbell, su
perintendent of telegraph and tele
phone construction.
The two chosen Wednesday were
lieming R. Smith, a retired manufac
turer, who will serve as the foreman,
and Charles II I'Vckc, a shipping
agent.
Tlii- tedious manner in which the se
lection of jurors proceeded Thursday
.makes it JiIti-111 to predict just when
the trial panel af twelve will finally
he tilled. Tin- court's order that the
,.imv must he kept together under the
,cai"' of bailiffs had the apparent ef
of making many of the talesmen
reluctant to serve. Various excuses
were offered, one man declaring that
.to he locked up for two months would
wreck his nerves as to make a
•iilin consideration of the case all n
ssihility. ||e u.os excused.
Of the thirty peremtory challenges
.illowed the prosecution and the de
fense, the former has used eight and
the latter six.
The defense Thursday seemed will
ing to accept any talesmen who made
.leasonable answers lo the district at
torney's |itest ions. The fact that
I haws attorneys asked several of the
talesmen if liiey had any prejudice
iigainst anv particular defense was
-taken to mean tlr.ir the defense misfit
lie the so-called "unwritten law." or
:iiisanity. or a combination of both.
LONDON CHIMK IS MYS'I'ERV.
••.Proprietor ol IItii- Department Store
Slain.
Will. Whitely. of London. Kng..
loiinder of the lirst bi^ di'partment
'•'Oi'e in Loudon. was shot and killed
.: 'I'hui sday afternoon by a younn' man
'ilio afterwards attempted suicide.
Whitely was upon the point of leav
the store when his assailant rus'
,'"i up. with a revolver in hand. an.I
ed several shots. 'I'lie merchant fell
lead.
The assassin then emptied the re
volver into his own body. indicting
v\ hat are believed to be mortal
iv minds.
The store was crowded with shop
^i. ill lh(i time and a semi-panic fol
lowed the tragedy
At. the hospital the murderer gave
the name of Cecil Whitely, and said h"
u.ts a son of thi murdered man. Keln
lives of Whitelv sav thev do not rec
ognize the assassin
The cause tor the murder is a lnvs-
si fiiiiiii
I'LEI l\, I I!OM lilt \(,0.
ler Epidemic Send- Hundreds to
(lie South.
Hundreds of women "anil children
••:ri' tleeing from Chicago because the
•puleinie of scarlet IVvi-r and diphthe
*:i has burst forth with added fury.
I'lie lirst health department tabula
Noil showing the scoi-.vrc in Chicago
i-and suburbs was responsible in a largo
part for the hasty departure of many
ol the more timorous women. This
-tabulation showed a total of ::!.rt!!l
5
scarlet fever eases and diphthe
ria eases. [hit th'-sc- ligures do not
anywhere near tell the story.
Kollowini I'.ie severe i-eprimand giv
en Health Commissioner Whaien by
tile city eouheil .Monday tor not pla
carding homes tin police started on a
roupup and from the returns it is con
servatively estimated there are at lea"!
I O.OHO contagious eases in ''hieago.
Connecticut Not Injured.
Tile navy department was advised
rid ay hat the ha
11 le-di ('onneet
icut.
which struck bottom while entering
Culehra island. Miffered only ineons:"
lUetitial damage.
lilaek-'mth llcir «, SIOIMMIO.
•I. W. Henediet. of Mayfield. Ky.. a
poor biacksmilh. has fallen heir to
-il S4UO.OOO by tin death of a relative at
••Ctiion City, Tcim.
Sioux Cit.y Live Stock Market.
Thursday's quotations on the Sioux
City live stock market follow: T?eev
#r.no dr O.nO. Top boss, $(150."
Worries Over Inheritance: Insane.
Worry ovor a $6,000 inheritance,
which dwindled to ?G00. is responsible
for the insanity of 1'etsy l'latt. of Lo
gansport. Ind. She thought relatives
were trying- to get lier share and stood
guard over her home with a gun.
Bis firt* In Russian City.
The central part of the city of Po
lotsk, province of Viler.sk. Russia, one
of the most ancient eiiies of the em
pire, has been deslroved by fire. The
damage is very heavy
DRAttlWG T1IAW ,iri!Y.
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Ta!csrne| Accepted ut I'il'st
•tfssion.
The Ions awaited trial of Harry
Kendall Thaw fur the murder of Stait
,'ord White began in Now York Wed
nesday before .Justice FitKB«ralcl.
Two jurors were secured as a re
sult of the day's work. Out of the
iOO talesmen, ninteen were examined.
Three successfully passed the rapid
fire of questions, but one was after
wards excused by the court after nialt
nij some private representations con
cerning his business.
At 10:30 o'clock Thursday the court
resumed the work of choosing a jury
which shall pass on the justice of
Thaw's claim that he had a right to
shoot the man who had "ruined his
wife."
Nearly all the talesmen examined
seemed anxious to serve and the chal
lenges were nearly In every instance of
a peremptory character, nearly evenly
rlivided between the prosecution and
the defense.
The examination of the talesmen
was followed with the keenest interest,
and it was thought the line of ques
tioning by the attorneys for Thaw
would develop the character of the de
fem-e they are to set up. There was
disappointment in this respect. The
defendant's counsel seemed willing to
accept any proposed juror who satis
factorily answered the questions put
by District Attorney Jerome, who per
sonally conducted the examinations.
The defense peremptorily chal
lenged two talesmen, however, who
gave their business as architects.
Rlr. Jerome asked each talesman in
turn if he would be influenced by
the so-called higher or unwritten law
to the exclusion of the actual laws
of the state as they would be laid
down by Justice Fitzgerald. There
was none to say lie would not accept
the court's ruling on all questions of
the law.
FKWF.lt .IAI»S TO I'lllUIMMNMS.
Falling Off in immigration Durints tli.1
Fiscal Year.
That the tendency of Japanese emi
gration is not toward the Philippine!)
is shewn by statistics sent to Philip
pine commission by W. Morgan
Schu- insular collector of customs,
and dlected in a report made public
at the insular bureau. The report is
for the fiscal year ended June "0 last,
and shows that only 277 Japanese
went to the islands in lilOG. against
1."Ha for the preceding year, 2.7-11 in
11101 and 1.072 in OOii. In Hiufi 377
Jaianese left the islands. Till! total
customs collected for the fiscal year
covered by the report aggregated $7.
u53.t!i(l sold, a decrease of $71 0.1!f.1
over the preceding year.
In explaining the falling off of im
ports of Hour from the I'nited States.
•Mr. Sinister says the decrease can lie
attributed mainly to the prevalence
of the boycott against American goods
and manufactures by the Chinese, who
are the principal retailers in Hour in
the Philippines, Likewise, be says, they
direct importers of this enmmodit
ty lo a certain extent. Of the total
value of imports for the fiscal year
10116. $4.:i3n.02u came from the I'nited
states, as a gainst $5.S3!t,fil2 for the
corresponding period preceding, or a
decrease of $1,560,4 92.
GOV. WIXTIIROP IN WltECK.
Chief Ivxeciuive of Porto Kieo Has a
Narrow Escape.
A special train conveying Gov. Win
Ihrop and a number of otlieials and
citizens of San Juan to aitend the
American Railway company's celebra
tion of the completion of the railroad
connecting San Juan and Ponce. I3. It.,
was derailed Tuesday near Qliebra
uilas because of a defective truck. The
coach containing the governor's party
stopped within six inches of a preci
pice 1.400 feet high. 'i'lie governor
jumped from the coach and was not
hurt. The oilier members of the party
were shaken up, but no one was in
jured.
IS FROM SWETTENHAM.
•loim Hull Receives K\|ilanution from
Gov crnor.
The Loudon government has heard
/rom Gov. .Swetteiiham. of Jamaica,
concerning the incident involving the
withdrawal of the American warships
from Kingston.
Absolute si'Ci'eey is m.i in tai n.-d at
he colonial ollieo. but the fact was
elicited that during the night a. good
many telegrams were received from
Su ettenham. some of which deal with
lie incident. These, it is understood,
eontirni the main features of the affair
as already known.
Must Pay Their Fare.
The interstate commerce commis
sion at Washington, in an opinion by
Commissioner Harlan, holds that men
employed by newspapers to assorl
newspapi'i.•! on special trains may not
lawfullj be granted transportation.
1
No Relief for North Dakota.
The North Dakota fuel shortage
again is becoming serious, according
to reports. inability of the railroads
keep freight trains moving is re
ousible 111 a large degree for this
indition.
Mississippi Negro Lynched.
Henry Ball, a negro, was lynched at
Greenwood. Miss.. Tuesday night. He
I'.ad attacked Mrs. Graves, of that
place. The coroner's jury decided the
negro h^.d met liis death at the hands
of unknown parties.
I Battleship Damaged.
It i.J reported that the battleship
Connecticut ran on a reef while enter
ing the harbor at Culebra island, P.
k„ ofi Jan. 13, and that she sustained
I serioflis damage as a result
B1UBES TO TKAINMEX.
Lumbermen Te!l of Paying for Freight
Evidence indicating that lumbermen
have been paying money to railroad
employes to have cars "spotted" on
their tracks was introduced before In
terstate Commerce Commissioner
Franklin K. I-aue at the hearing in
Seattle Tuesday afternoon in the car
shortage question.
Charles K. Patton, of Seattle, presi
dent of the Reliance Lumber com
pany. and vice president and secre
tary of the Atlas Lumber and Shingle
company, made the statement during
the course of his examination. Mr.
Patton had been giving some facts and
ligures showing that there was an ap
parent discrimination in the distribu
tion of ears at Taeoma among tliu
mills.
"How do you account for this dis
crimination?" asked Commissioner
Lane.
"Only that somebody was buyinc
cars." replied the witness.
"What is a common .salutation
among lumber men concerning this
purchasing of cars?" asked Austin 1C.
Griffith, who was conducting the ex
amination for the lumbermen.
"Well, a very common salutation
among lumber men is 'What is the
price today?' said Mr. Patton.
"The price of cars runs from $1 to
$.r a car. Some weeks ago the superin
tendent of our mill at Tacoma saw a
very large car being switched around.
He asked the conductor if we were
going to get the car. The conductor
asked him how much it was worth to
him. The superintendent said that
while we wanted the car pretty badly,
we were not going to pay for it. The
eondueto'' said that it was worth $10 ta
him, and we did not get the car."
PUT ON I'AH WITH Kl'SSIA.
I niteil States lias Failed to Legislate
for Protection of Women.
The United States government was
declared on a par with the Russian
government in failing to legislate foi
the protection of women and child
wage earners at a mass meeting held
in the Carnegie lyceitm. in Xew York,
under the auspices of various charita
ble, labor and sociological bodies.
One of the speakers said that In
comparison with CI rent Rritain the
Cnited fltates now stands in the devel
opment of its child labor laws when
Great Briton stood iu 1 N-14. Another
charge was that instead of advancing
in sucli legislation the country has
steadily ret rogq railing for the past
eleven years.
A resolution was adopted by the
meeting calling upon congress to de
fray the expense of a thorough inves
tigation of all women and child labor
in the I'nited States.
TXDIAN GIRLS DKI'.AUCilEI).
i'ormer Indian Commissioner
Sensational Charges.
Kx-Gov. MeCounell. of Salt Lake.
I'tali. former Indian coniniis.'ioner. in
an interview charges gross mismanage
ment of the Indian schools and ar
raigns the system by which young In
dian girls arc taken away from then
parents and sent to Indian schools.- lie
alleges teachers in the schools prac
tice great cruelly upon their charges
and that girl pupils are allowed to be
debauched. The blame for these con
ditions he places upon Secretary
Hitchcock. whom. he says, ht
he acquainted with conditions during
acquainted with conditions during
eonholed his report. He further says
the otlieials of the interior department
conceal the true state ol affairs from
the president ,*
NORTH I) MvOTA M'Pllim.
Senator llansbrougli Confers with the
President on Fuel Situation.
The coal famine situation in North
Dakota has become so serious thai
I Senator Hansbrough conferred with
President Roosevelt Tuesday to see if
-deral means cannot, be found to re
lieve tho situation.
Telegrams appealing for relief were
laid before the interstate commerce
commission by Senator Hansbrough.
The commissioners have called atten
tion of the railroads interested to the
renewed complaints.
Senator Hansbrough's conference
with the president was brief and no
conclusions were announced at th(?
White House.
"Red Sunday" Anniversary.
I Tuesday was the anniversary of
his tenure of oliice, but who pig
"lied Suiulay"in St, Petersburg, when
I Father Gapon led a demonstration be
fore the finter palace and manv wc.v
killed by the troops
Tokio Government Building Burns.
The main buildings of the depart
ment of communications were burned
down Tuesday morning, involving a
loss estimated at $500,000. Most of the
documents were destroyed. The fire
is attributed to an overheated stove.
Sutton Defends Title.
George Sutton, of Chicago, success
fully defended his title as champion
of the 18-2 balk line billiard game
Tuesday. The challenger was Ora
Morningstar. of Indiana, who was de
feated, ,r00 to -172. i'
Senator Nelson Re-Elected.,J V*
Knute Nelson was named by both
houses of the Minnesota legislature to
succeed himself as United States sena
tor. Four Democratic senators voted
for Nelson, saying their districts were
overwhelmingly for him.
Alabama Senators Re-Eiocted.
The Alabama legislature iu joint
session Tuesday re-elected Senators
John T. Morga'.i and Edmund W. Pet
tus for another term. Both received a
unanimous t-oce.
WEEK'S HAPPENINGS
NEWS OF T1IE WEEK IN A CON
DENSE!) TOllM.
Stock Completely Shut Off From Graz
ing the Deep Snow—Hay Is Sell­
ing at High Figures—Cheyenne
Ranches Pay $15 a Ton.
Reports from the various sections of
the ranges lying in the iClack Hills
district are to the effect that there
is great suffering: among the cattle and
heavy losses are sure to follow later if
there be no break in the weather con
ditions soon.
Snow to a depth of nearly wo feet
covers a wide area of that coui ty, and
cattle are completely shut off from
feed. There arc no bare spots to af
ford them grazing places.
The cattle kept in herds at ranches
and partly fed throughout the winter
are also in danger, as the supply of
hay is rapidly diminishing.
It is said that some of the ranchers
on the Cheyenne are buying all the
hay they can get at $15 per ton.
I'Alt.MER KILLED BY CARS.
Julius Weiuiblom Kun Down by a
Train at Canton.
Julius Wennblom, a farmer of Fair
view townahip, ten miles south of Can
ton, aged 5 0 years, died Wednesday
morning from injuries sustained by
being run down in the railroad yards
at Canton Tuesday. Wennblom was
quite deaf and was walking along out
side the rails near the depot. A switch
engine and tender was backing down
the track, and just before getting to
the man he stepped between the rails
and was hurled to the ground. His
Skull was crushed, but he lived near
ly twenty-four hours. He was un
married. His father and mother, old
Norway township pioneers, aged 85,
were notified and ordered the body
properly cared for. Xo blame attaches
to the railroad men for the sad acci
dent.
MURDER SFSPECT IS CAUGHT.
Negro Who Killed Alierileen Man is
Believed to Be Prisoner.
Otto Huff, suspected of befng the
slayer of James Welsh, of Aberdeen,
was arrested at James, a few miles
east of Aberdeen. Wednesday morning.
His arrest has led to a revival of the
talk of lynching, but the authorities
assert they are able to protect the
prisoner if an attempt is made to
lynch him.
The prisoner denies knowledge of
the crime, but the authorities feel sure
the right man has been caught. The
prisoner walked to James Tuesday
niglit and slept in a haystack. To keep
warm lie set fire to loose straw Wed
nesday morning, and the flames spread
to the stack, which was destroyed.
This led to his arrest.
PITTING "LID" ON AT STURGIS.
Meade County Authorities Send No
tices to Liquor Men.
Notice was served on all the saloons
in Sturgis by the authorities of Meade
county to remove from their premises
all tables, screens, curtains and parti
tions or devices that present a free
and unobstructed view of the interior
to exclude all minors and habitual
drunkards of whom they have been
.notified, and to close their respective
places of business at 12 o'clock on'
Saturday niglrts and keep all doors
closed until 12 o'clock Sunday night.
:Tlie order does not meet the approval
.of most of the residents of the town,
I especially so far as the screens are
concerned. These, they feel, should
be left In.
CHURCH IS 2It YEARS OLD.
Deadwood Consregationalists Cele
brate Anniversary.
The Congregational church of Dead
wood. the oldest church organization
in the Blaclc Hills, has just celebrated
its twenty-sixth anniversary, and re
ports show it to be in good linanciat
condition and growing rapidly. The
society still occupies the small church,
frequently enlarged and improved,
I however, that was built over a quarter
of a century ago at the foot of McGov
jern hill. The pastor of the church is
Rev. Walter H. Ashley, who came
•here last summer from Massachusetts.
Fine Cattle for Market.
Parson & Crockett, of Gann Valley,
shipped 100 head of fancy corn-fed
lentils to the Sioux City market Wed
nesday. While this county has been
noted for years for the fine quality of
grass fat cattle that have been pro
duced here this is tile, first bunch of
corn-ii'd cattle ever shipped out.
New Buildings Cor Huron.
Two new business houses will be
erected at Huron in Dakota avenue
this year, one by D. O. Root, photogra
pher and music dealer, and the other
by the Publishers' Mutual Insurance
company. These structures will be
'.'ommodious business blocks.
Arinour Saloon Closed.
TlieBeaver & Shields saloon at Ar
mour was closed up by the autnori
tlea Wednesday morning after run
ning twenty-two days without a li
cense.
Beadle County's Population.
According to registration lists for
th® November, 1906, general election,
furnished the auditor the population
of Beadle county, as computed from
these lists, is 15.420.
Coasting Accident.
While coastingon a hill at Gary, Ma
bel Rivard was pushed from the sled
upon which she was riding and was
struck behind the oar by the sled
following hers. Her skull was frac
tured and the inner ear bled profuse
•\y. »t° I
Large Crop.
One of the largest crops harvested
In South Dakota during the past year
was the divorce crop. It is one that
always matures, no matter what kind
of climatic conditions prevail.
WED AT MIDNIGHT AT STATION.
Storm Plays Important Part in Ro
mantic Affair at Huron.
Among the people who blew into
Huron during the severe storm Satur
day afternoon was William E. Mor
row, of Miller, auditor for Hand coun
ty. Mr. Morrow did not come down
especially to visit friends, though ho
has quite a number at that place, but
to see a lady who had agreed to meet
him at the depot on the arrival of the
train from the east. A visit to the
clerk's office by Mr. Morrow disclosed
the fact that his business with the
lady was of vital importance, and his
discomfiture can be more readily im
agined than described when early in
the evening he was advised that the
train from the east bearing the object
of his affections would not come fur
ther than Brookings. He was disap
pointed and disconsolate and paced the
floor of his apartments uneasily. Re
lief came, however, when a telegram
from the conductor announced that he
could get through to Huron, and the
train dispatcher told him to come
along, which he did, the train reach
ing Huron about midnight. Rev. F.
W. Long, who had been engaged to
perform the ceremony that would
unite Mr. Morrow and Miss Emma
Dale as husband and wife, was on the
same train and did his best to comfort
and console the to-be bride until their
arrival in Huron. Not long after the
train stopped William E. Morrow and
Miss Emma Dale were pronounced
husband and wife in the parlors of the
depot hotel by Rev. W. P. Long, in
the presence of a half dozen guests.
JOINS TnE DIVORCE COLONY.
Husband of Multi-Millionaire Crock
er's Daughter is in Sioux Falls.
Deep trouble has overtaken the
male members of the Sioux Falls di
vorce colony, the cause of a new mem
ber who they fear will bring upon tha
colony undue and unwished for noto
riety. The male members of the col
ony look upon the "butting in" of the
new member about as the female
members of the colony regarded the
arrival of Mrs. Roland B. Molineux
some years ago.
The latest arrival in the colony, and
the man who has caused all the grief,
is Powers Couroud. who three years
ago was married to a daughter of
William H. Crocker, the multi-mill
ionaire of San Francisco. The young
man is only 23 years of age. An in
teresting feature of the case is that his
father had previously married an old
er sister of Couroud's wife.
CASHED ANOTHER'S CHECK.
South -Dakota Boy Gets a Term tn tlio
Penitentiary.
Among the latest prisoners to be
lodged in the Sioux Falls penitentiary
is a young man named W. N. McFad
den, who, through representing him
self as another McFadden and cashing
a draft intended for the other man.
was unfortunate enough to run up
against the American Bankers' asso
ciation.
McFadden pleaded guilty to the
charge before Judge Frank B. Smith
while the latter was holding a recent
term of state circuit court in Lyman
county and was sentenced to the peni
tentiary for a period of one year and
six months.
PASS MAIL ORDER PROBLEM.
Catalogue House Proposition Will Not
Receive Much Attention.
When the convention of South Da
kota Retail Merchants' association re
assembled at Mitchell Thursday there
was a larger attendance.
The catalogue house proposition will
not receive rriuch attention at the con
vention.
President Grimm made his annual
address. In which he offered many val
uable suggestions to the business men
of the state, touching on methods to
prevent the encroachment of outside
business houses on the state's trade
territory.
KNIFE WOUND IS FATAL.
Lundstrom, Assai'ant of Carney, Faces
Murder Charge.
Thomas Carney, a bartender at Pee
ve r, who was stabbed in the abdomen
by Adolph Lundstrom, a farmer, is
dead of his wound. For years Carney
made Sisseton his headquarters, and
was known as a sporting man and
gambler. He was about 35 and was
single.
Lundstrom has been arrested and
will be arraigned upon the charge of
murder. He is not known as a trou
blesome or dangerous character, but
Ayas drunk when he stabbed Carney.
Ssi Vermillion Wants Cars.
While the pepole of other parts of
the world are complaining, and suffer
ing for want of fuel, the farmers and
elevator men of Clay county are join
ing in the cry for cars to haul away
their grain. The elevators are full
and running over, and at present there
is no relief in sight and the farmers
will have to' quit hauling their grain
for a time.
Long Distance Phone for Hills.
The Nebraska Telephone company
states that the building of the rail
roads from Pierre and Chamberlain
to the Black Hills will mean the in
stalling of a long distance telephone
to connect the Hills with other por
tions of the state and eventually with
Omaha and Denver.
Two Prisoners Pardoned.
On the recommendation of the state
board of pardons Gov. Elrod Thursdayi
granted clemency to two Lawrence
county prisoners, Hobart W. Coulter,
who was serving a term for robbery in
the second degree, and Herbert D.
Caddy, who was serving a sentence for
robbery, being the parties pardoned.
Will Build at Broadland.
The Broadland Elevator company
has been incorporated and a $10,000°
elevator will be erected at that place
the coming season. The enterprise is
backed by farmers in that locality,
with Messrs. Brice as president, Lew
is secretary, and Turney as treasurer.
Thinks He Has Found Gold.
Lars P. Olson, a farmer, residing
northeast of Sioux Falls, is confident
he has located a gold mine on his
farm. He affirms that the claim con
tains gold bearing quartz.
iirrfrmrv
The recommendation of Gov, Blrod
In his message that the state return
to North Carolina the money collected
in the suit on the Shaffer bonds, did
not meet with a hearty response
among the legislative members. They
say that while there may be a ques
tion as to the moral right" of the state
to accept such gifts, of bonds of other
states, to test their validity, the money
was owed by North Carolina, and
should have been paid, and that South
Dakota having received the gift should'
retain it. They also believe the law
through which the gift was received
should stand, as it allows the accept
ance of gifts such as are desirable at
any time, and the mere fact that the
law was passed practically for the
purpose of accepting the Shaffer Sift
in no way detracts from its merits
when properly applied.
By an oversight in committee selec
tions, the northern part of the state
was missed in the selection of the ap
portionment committee of the house,,
and that committee will very probably,
be enlarged, and names from that sec
tion added. From this time on the
western and northern portions of the,
state will be pushing tor greater rep
resentation, but the southeastern pa*t
of the state will desire to hold all th^y
possibly can, and the probabilities arej
for some close figuring and warm de
bates on that proposition.
The state land department has been
rushed so far this month in getting
out patents for final purchasers of
state lands. On the 7th of this month.
59 patents were called for. Since the'
first day of December 233 tracts have
passed into complete ownership of
purchasers. Seventy-five of these were
called for in December, and 158 up
to the middle of this month. The larg
est number went to the southern part
of the state, Clay county calling for
34, Hutchinson 31, Minnehaha 29 and
Lincoln 21.
Frank Stewart, of the Western
South Dakota Stockman's association,
is in Pierre from Buffalo Gap to look
after the proposed repeal of the free
range law which is being asked for by
the settlers who are going onto the
government lands west of the river.
He says all the stockmen want is to be
let alone. They are not asking for any
legislation. But the man with the
hoe will not agree to let them go their
old way, and the matter will be push
ed at this session.
Among the new bills are the new
educational bill, which is being pre
pared by Prof. King, of Castlewood,
and Prof. Swanson, the new deputy
in the state educational department,
assisted by Attorney General Clark,
they being a part of a committee ap
pointed by Gov. Elrod at the request
of the State Educational association to
frame up such a bill. The new meas
ure is to be practically a new educa
tional code for the state.
The representatives of the railroads
in Pierre are R. W. Stewart for tho
Northwestern, and Harry Hunter and
Ben Hoover for the Milwaukee, and
the press bureaus will be operated
through the session just as of old.
But the representatives of the roads
say they have nothing to say against
any anti-pass bill which may be pre
sented, as they are perfectly willing
to have any such as is presented pass
ed by the legislature.
John Breen the head of the liquor
association of the state Is in Pierre
to look after anything which may in
terest that association. If an attempt
is made to pass the county option law!
as a bill the action will be opposed,!
but if it comes up in the way of tho,
initiative, there will be nothing left to
do but look after it at the polls at tho
next general election.
The ladies who are desiring tht
privilege of casting their votes along
with their brothers, husbands and
fathers, are represented in Pierre by
Mrs. Plckler of Faulkton, Mrs. Ram
sey of Woon'socket, and Mrs. Johnson
of Highmore. They will do what they
can in the opportunity they have to
secure action favorable to their way
of thinking on the suffrage question.
The state real estate dealers asso
ciation, in session in Pierre recently,
are evidently not strenuous advocates
of the anti-pass law so far as it may
affect their business. They are will
ing that state officers and politicians
should pay fare, but when it comes to
homeseekers, they believe that the
pass is the thing to assist in building
up the state.
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State Oil Inspector E. C. Moulton,
for the northern district, has paid into
the state treasury $2,123.73 as the sur
plus of inspection fees in his district
after paying the expenses of himself
and deputies and taking out his salary
of $1,500 for the year.
J. W. Boyce was In Pierre to act
with F. M. Mills, of Benton Harbor,
Mich., to secure extension of the term,
of street railway franchises from
twenty to thirty years in relation to
the Sioux Falls system.
The state engineer and attorney
general have gone to Hot Springs to
straighten out the tangle between the
town and soldiers' home over the wa
ter supply.
The advocates of the prison twine
plant are on the lookout for whatever
further legislation may be required to
carry out their plans, since' the adop
tion of the amendment to the consti
tution allowing a social t^x levy to
be made by the state board.this year,
and Representative Hebel, who wan
one of the leaders in the fight for the
plant at the last session, has the mat
ter In charge for the present, and will
not take any chances which may be
left open through failure of proper
legislation at the present session.