The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-07-15
DAKOTA TERRITORIAL NEWS.
Demands ofDakota Farmers.

IerflCOrlnl railway commissioners, 10 ue
elected by the people, who shall have fuil
power to fix maximum rates oil fare ana
freishts provided that such rates shall not
be reduced below d point that shall yield
reasonable compensation to the railway
companies; taxing all corporate property
the Same as farm property; taxing oil
mortgages recorded and exempting 30
much OF the mortgaged property from tax
alton rs shall equal the mortgage; revising
| the insurance laws to protect farmers from
dishonest agents; prohibiting the collection
of attorneys fees on notes and mortgages;
fixing the maximum rate OF interest ut lO
per cent, and no more than per cent to
| be allowed M agent Tor negotiating loan.
Resolved. That we are opposed to any
change in the presumption law. We favor
the passage OF n law prohibiting state and
county officials, members OF the legislature
and the judiciary from accepting passes
from railway companies; that our delegate
i'll congress be requested to urge the pas.
sage OF the Standish bill protecting timber
md mineral land. i
T. D. Kanouse declares he is not a
candidate for congress.
A prairie fire did considerable dam
age near Bangor.
5. Browns store, O. residence and
stable burned at Mitchell.
Wheat near De Smet stands four
and one-half feet high. i !;
.A.W. Merrick will start a new daily
at Deadwood. 8s 4.
Tillie Matthews, living with her Ia
,ther near Steele, while returning home
from the Fourth of July ball was
thrown from a blackboard and had
her collar bone broken. K;
An unknown bug is destroying the
Cottonwood trees in Kingsbury coun-
ty. zssa 7.F.f;. (: -t. Ss.:. /:
A. c. King, near Canton, Oak, start
ed a fire to burn off a slough. 1t burn
ed his barn, with all his farm machinery,
and valuable pair of horses.
| The new town near the site of old
Fort Fetterman has been named
Douglas, in honor Of the Little Giant.
The Indian agent at Fort Benefits
trying to secure permission from the
Indian bureau to allow the grazing Of
cattle on the reservation at that
point. s;;.t
The Harvey Peak Tin company has
just paid $4,000 for agroup ofmires
near Custer. ..s l,,.. .s,;.
The closing exercise at the govern.
ment Indian school is said to have
been the finest entertainment ever
given at Sisseton. Indians from all
parts OF the reservation were present.
Ex-Gov. McClurg OF Missouri has
started a cattle ranch on Swan Creek,
Walworth county, where he oWns
seven quarter sections Of land. t5
Mrs. Mary Berger, who accompanied
the family Oft. A. B. Jones from Iron
ton, Lawrence county, Ohio, to Steele
as "a domestic, attempted suicide by
cutting her throat, but did not sue.
coed. Her husband is still living at
lronton. Cause, temporary insanity.
D: R. Putnam, Of the Putnam Ele.
vator company, who has just closed
a tour in South Dakota, says that
Central Dakota will have over half q
crop if there is plenty of rain from
now. on He says the hot wave did no
damage up that way, as the wheat
crop was already stunted from. the
protracted drought. He says where
there had been plenty OF rain previous
to the hot wave the crops were all
right, and that wrong impression
existed about the damage during the
hot wave. Mi 4, Es.:sl rs IT.,
Astorm at Steele last week demol.
ished thu Presbyterian church, a new,
substantial and fine structure reared
by the united contribution Of Steele
people coupled with that of the Pres.
byterian synod. It is total loss and
without insurance against the wind.
Near Mitchell, ohm Sterling, farm
hand, aged twenty-three, was drowned
by becoming entangled in the weeds.
The Democratic territorial commit.
tee chose Aberdeen as the place fol
holding the convention, which will
meet Sept. 20. The formal ballot
stood: Aberdeen 16, Fargo 10, Wa.
tertown 3. The basis OF representa-
ton in the convention was fixed ut
two delegates at large for each county
and one forevery.2, 900 population in
a county or major portion thereof
according to the census of 1885.
AT Bismarck Thomas Gleason, con.
victed Of the robbery of Charles Nc
Clelland, was sentenced by Judge
Francis to two years imprisonment
in the penitentiary.
Ernest Wolf, a German incarcerated
at Steele for the murder Of a Mrs.
Unger last year at Dawson. and
George Costin, a Frenchman, awaiting
trial on q charge of arson, escaped
from jail IS ii
The land Office at Aberdeen Oak.
is beginning to occupy the attention
OF territorial Democrats as the term
of Office of the receiver, B. E.. Hutchi.
son, expires July 16. 55li5 ,y.s IS
A report from DEVILS Lake saye
that the recent stock show at that
place was one of the largest and finest
ever witnessed in Dakota, embracing
five herds Of thororghbreds, or about.
sixty head in all, and about one hun.
dred head OF grades. The exhibit EN-.
braces Polled Angus, Herefords, Hol
stems, Shorthorns and Jerseys. The
show of stations, brood mares and
hogs very credltably shows great in.
terest is being taken in this new coun
try in raising fine stock. I'D FL 5s
At Keystone, twelve miles north o.
Glendale, the Presbyterian church