Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-03-08

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Census bulletin No. AZ Of the date oil
Feb. 1 giving the population OF South Da-
kota by counties n minor civil divisions
has been received. BY natural divisions
South Dakota divides into five districts.
towit: The Sioux, james, Upper Missouri
and Lower Missouri valleys and the Black
Hills, and the revelations of the census az
to these districts are interesting.
h Sioux valley section, comprising
Lincoln. Minnehaha, Moody, Lake, Me-
Cook, Turner, Brookings, Kingsbury,
Clark, Hamlin, Deuel., Codington, Grant,
Roberts, Day and Marshall Counties had
125,S76 population in 1890 and has made a
net increase in the ten years of 1920, or
more than 81 per cent. Every one Of these
counties made substantial gains.
The Jim valley, comprising Brown,
SPHINX, MCPHERSON, Edmunds, Faulk,
Hand, Beadle, Miner, Sanborn, Jerauld,
Dawson, Hanson, Aurora, Hutchinson
INT Douglas, had, in 1890, 100. l8l people
and have since lost l 1894, or approximately
2 per cent. OF these Mcpherson, Edmunds,
Miner, Dawson, Hanson, Hutchinson and
Douglas each made very good gains,
which were overcome by losses in other
counties.
The lower Missouri, consisting of Union,
Clay, Yankton, Charles Mix and Gregory,
gained 81 yer cent in the decade, from 49,
6lS to 54,206, each county contributing its
relative proportion.
The upper Missouri section comprises
Campbell, Walworth, Potter, Sully, Hyde,
Hughes, Stanley, Buffalo and Brule, and a
gain of 8 per cent. was scored from 1890 to
1890. Stanley, Potter, Campbell, Buffalo
and Lyman each made gains.
Ihe Black Hills counties are Butte, Gus
ter, Fall River, Lawrence, Meade and PEN
n%ington, and they aggregated a gain of
6,3S1, being 16 per cent, but it was not
evenly distributed, Lawrence alone gain
ing 1924 and Butte 1870, while Custer,
Fall River and Pennington lost heavily.
I'M state at large gained % per cent,
which is the normal gain OF the whole
country.
Roberts County leads in the greatest
number n per cent. of gain, followed
by Charles Mix. In each of these counties
Indian reservations nave been opened in
recent years.
Lead has made the greatest gain of any
OF the towns, going up from 1881 in 1890 Il
6,210 in 1890.
Sioux Falls which has really gained
several thousand population during the
past three years, shows a gain Of only SO
people. but thisi is due to a fraudulent re-
turn 10 years ago, and the further fact that
the city was just in the middle of its great
boom when the 1890 census was taken and
that a. large number of people left the
city soon afterward.
In order of population the towns now
stand: Sioux Falls, Lead, Yankton, Aber-
deem, Mitchell, Deadwood, Watertown.
There are 1874 incorporated towns and
cities, 20 of which have more than 1000
and less han 1000, and 10 have more than
1000 and less than 5000.
There were 1902 Indians enumerated in
the state.
When the legislators were away on the
recess, thy clerks and employees who owing
to the indisposition of the railway COM
pany to give them passes to ride home,
were compelled to kill time at the capital,
created much amusement by an emer-
gency organization of the time honored
third house.
Ex-Commissioner of Schools and Public
ernor, and his message to the legislature
is q classic which ought to be embalm-
ed in the memory of the people.
Arrangements AVE been made to pub
lish the journal Of the proceedings, which
consisted of extemporane0us horseplay,
which would put the gridiron club to
shame. An adjourned meeting will be
held this week to elect United States sem
ators.
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Gov. Herreid appointed as members Of
the state fair board, under the new law:
John Armstrong, of De Smet, for one
year.
Prof. Chilcott. Of Bookings college, for
one year.
Thomas Fullerton, of Mitchell, for two
years.
c. G. Moulton, of Faulkton, for three
years.
The fifth man will probably be from
YanktOn.
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Gov. Herreid vetoed the bill to permit
the use Of authorizations in describing real
estate in tax sales. The governor say in
his message: "This bill aims to legalize
plumbers ON the part Of certain officials and
should be vetoed on the general ground of
public policy" The only persons to be
benefited by the law are incompetent OFF,
Gals and spectators in tax titles. He
states that the bill is intended to contro-
vert the settled policy of the courts to con-
strue the law strictly against the owners
of tax titles.
Fred Evans of Hc Springs represents
that at the sOlicitatio of the state soldiers
home board he expended $4,000 in COM
pleting the soldiers home ten years ago,
in excess of the appropriation, and he is
here asking for SIG, 900 to cover this sum
and interest. There does not appear to
be much doubt thai the state is indebted
to him for a considerable sum.
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The codification matter has taken a new
turn and Everitt, who has been moving
the original proposition in the house, has
introduced another bill making the gov
ernor, secretary of state and attorney gem
eral a board Of revision and %codification
and providing that two lawyers may be
called to their assistance. The bill carries
an appropriation Of $4,000.
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Capt. S. H. Dixson Of Sioux Falls is cir-