The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1899-09-01
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The text of Gov. Lees letter to Secretary
Rosenburg of the San Francisco Labor
Council is as follows: .'Your circular let
ter of the 2Sth of July, calling attention to
the possible and probable evil effects of
mastering out of the volunteers at San
Francisco, has been received | realize
your situation and agree that your fears
are we'll founded. but think it will be i'm
possible to prevent the mastering out OF
the troops at San Francisco The War
Department is primarily interested in the
political fortunes of its chief, the Pres
ident Its motives in ruling that the SOL
diers would be deprived of their travel pay
II mustered out at home has double
significance. First, the effect upon the
political situation if the soldiers were re-
turned Immediately to their states in
worn and debilitated condition would be
disastrous to the party in power. Second.
the soldiers, if mustered out on the coast,
will be more rapidly recruited into the new.
regiments if they should meet with mis-
fortune and be forced to live by charity or
re-enter the service. How many of them
will be forced upon the labor market of
San Francisco, there to compete with the
laborers of your city, can hardly be esti-
mated now, although there is reason to be-
lieve that there may be many. 1t will af-
feet men only who are compelled to work
If there be any benefits derived, the bene-
fits will go entirely to employing capital
lists, in whose interests the Philippine war
is being prosecuted. So far as the South
Dakota troops are concerned, we shall do
all that can be done to bring them home,
where they can be readily absorbed in the
population and given employment, and
where they may be among their relatives
and friends to be cared for and nursed back
to health and strength
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The State Board of Assessment and
Equalization, which recently finished its
work, made some radical changes in as
sessment. Lands were increased over S1G,-
100000 Personal property of all kinds
was raised above the returns made by
county boards. Corporations were also
assessed higher than heretofore. The fig
ureS are not yet complete as to the total
valuation, but it will reach $lGD, 100000 or
$l65, 100000. A levy of 90 mills was made
for State and bond interest and 80 mills on
telegraph, telephone, express and sleeping
car companies. The board met on Aug.
20 to hear complaints as to assessments.
The total raise on railroad property over
last years valuations is $2,637, ,9I5, a raise
of % per cent. The raise in other property
is practically SO per cent. over last year.
the Illinois Central and Sioux City and
Northern at ST. 600 per mile, and the Omaha
and Sioux Falls terminal. 5000 per mile.
The Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul road
is placed at $3.50 and the Chicago and
Northwestern at 81, ,3H per mile
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The State Land Department has filed on
5000 acres of land in the Watertown land
district. OF this 1900 acres is allotted to
the indemnity grants and 4,S00 acres to
the Agricultural College grant The State
is getting pretty we'll cleaned up on the
different grants made to the State, and by
the close of the present year it is hoped TO
have secured filings to fill out all the
grants, but it will take several years to I'll
out all which is due the State as indemnity
lands. These are taken to replace tracts
of common school lands which the State is
precluded from securing title to from one
cause or another, and several years will
elapse before title is secured to all such
tracts, beyond any question. Until this is
done the Department will be making uc-
casional filings on lands.
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Secretary W. j. Sisk of the State Unvcr-
sity at Vermillion authorizes the state
ment that the attendance at the institution
next year will more than reach the four
hundred mark. The rooms in East and
West halls are fast being engaged, and
many will have to seek rooms in private
houses. Prospects, he says, were never
better. Registration will begin on Mon
day, Sept. IS, and continue through We'd
nesday, the goth. Class work of the first
semester will begin on Friday.
The assessment returns, as they stand at
present show that, taking the population
at 400, ,000-which is likely to be large-an
assessment value of s400 per capita for the
people of the State. 1t is well known that
the assessment value is notthe real value by
any means, and the population is put at a
high rate. The facts, if they they could
be got at, would show that the wealth OF
the State is nearly double the $4OO per
capita shown by such returns.
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The total acreage of school and endow-
ment lands leased by the State up to the
close OF the fiscal year was 225,2 ,2l0 acres,
which was an increase of lis, ,S32 acres over
the amount leased for 1898. The average
lease price for this year is cents per acre,
winch brings in a greatly increased reye-
nue. to the State over any former year.
The Benedictine Sisters have given
orders for the immediate fitting up of the
building which they will use in this city
for school and hospital. The citizens
have been several years working up this
project and are much pleased at the final,
success attained.
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Gov. Lee has appointed rs delegates to
the national irrigation congress: Edwin
Van Cise, Deadwood; Joseph B. Moore,
Deadwood; Levi McGee, Rapid City; NJ.
Y. Doyle, Piedmont, and S. A. Cockrane,
Brookings.
Retaliation.
"Clementine is awfully matter of
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