The Dickinson press., 1890-06-28
Entered at the postofice at Dickinson, Stark
County, Dakota, as second class matter.
OFFICIAL PAPER OFsTARK COUNT
Saturday, June 2S, 1880.

Saturday, June 2S, 1880.
THE rains of this month are un.
precedented in the remembrance of
the settlers of the Dakotas of the
past six or seven years. Dakota to
the front again, ON the merits of the
productiveness of her soil, too. No
supernatural stimulant for this sea-
son of on-coming rapid activity in
the commercial field of this portion
of the Northwest.
WHILE the show was in town some
of the boys switched off OH the "shell
roads and had their greed satisfied at
a very high figure for IL infinitely
small amount of learning. Few saw
the pea in the shell and were easily
and quickly relieved of from $40 to
$50 each. 1t is Il strange character
istic of some who may have moral
scruples against lotteries and straight
gambling, that they will go in and
try to play even with Il set of shallow
hand" %manipulators who follow
around with circuses. AS u matter of
fact, those who daily with the circus
fake are entitled to but little sym
pathy. for if they insist that they
know what they are about they can
but admit that they are playing dis.
honesty against dishonesty, and if
they don't know what they arc about
they have no business to NEEDLE.
The circus fellows have their ''strik-
ers" and know the trcacherous
'sleight' to perfection and even a
man who considers gambling legiti-
mate will not, if he knows his bust
ness, trouble the travelling circus
fakes. lie who does always gets the
worst of it.
Law Regarding Brands and Estray
Notices.
The PRESS calls the attention of
stockmcn and parties taking up es.
trays to section s under the law of
Brands and Earmarks, which reads
as follows;
cit shall be the duty of any person
taking up an estray animal that is
branded OF earmarked to notify the
secretary of state, by registered let
tel, OF the time and place of the tax.
ing up of said animal, together with
a description of the brand OF earmark
on the same, and it shall be the duty
of the secretary of state, If such
brand or earmark has been recorded
in his Office, to notify the owner
thereof of the taking up of such estray;
and if such brand or earmark has not
been recorded in the office of secre.
tary of state, the said secretary of
state shall notify the party taking up
such estray, that there is no such
brand or earmark recorded in his
office, the party may then proceed
against said animal under the law
on e%strays."
The above section of the law is
plain and can he easily construed by
any intelligent reader, yet many
have not the law or have not taken
pains to read it up on this particular
point and are acting contrary to the
requirements of the above quoted
section. After parties taking up
estray stock have complied with this,
getting a notice from the secretary
of state that the described brand or
earmark does not appear on the books
used for the record of brands and
earmarks at his Office, then it shall
be the duty of such party taking up
the estray stock to advertise in the
nearest newspaper three successive
weeks, the same as under the old law.
There is another matter under the
same law which may be materially
important to stock owners who some
time in the past have had brands re.
corded with the register of deeds and
have not yet had such brand OF
brands transferred to the state record
books, and that is this: Call brands
OF earmarks heretofore recorded in
any county within this state shall
have priority in the order in which
they are recorded i'll their respective
counties; provided that such brands
or earmarks shall be filed for record
with the secretary Of state within
four months after the taking effect
of this act" This act was approved
March s last; therefore, the expira,
ton of the four months comes or
the 9Th of July.