The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1902-11-14

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coincide with the description written
on the license and to remand the
person in whose possession it is found
into custody.
Vigilance is being exerted by the.
county and state officers to enforce
the game laws and Seth Bullock, SUI;
p~erintendent of the United States
forest reserve in the Black Hills, has
instructed rangers under him to Co
operate with the officers. According
to the law, a person is permitted to
kill only three deer during a season.
There are a great many deer this
year and it is expected that there will
be excellent hunting.
South Dakota Lands.
South Dakota has 11,3S3,413 acres
of unreserved and unappropriated
land, of which 10,985,547 acres is sur
veyed and 397,S66 acres unsurveyed.
The surveyor general reports that
the field work in his district has been
of three kinds-namely, surveys in
the Pine Ridge Indian reservation,
mineral surveys in the Black Hills
and surveys of claims for homesteads,
by metes and bounds, under a special
act, with a forest reservation.
One contract was awarded for work
in the Indian reservation. The Office
work performed on previous contracts
represented over 5000 miles of sur
veyed lines in Indian reservations.
ALI of this work has been accepted
by the general land office except two
sets of returns recently filed.
In the matter of mineral surveys,
deposits for office expenses have
amounted tc S1O,41O. The returns
from mineral deputies which were APP
proved and plated in the year en-
braced 476 locations for mining our
poses. At the late of the report
there was only one such survey await
ing Office disposal.
The surveyor general renews his
former urgent recommendation for
official inspection of mineral surveys
before acceptance, and refers to de-
partmental decisions which impose
new conditions of great Importance.
This subject affects all cases of incor-
rect or questionable surveys that
have gone to patents, whether min.
eral or otherwise.
Bear Disturbed the Men.
Bear are quite plentiful and bold
in the Black Hills this year, and a
number have been seen near Lead
recently.
One visited the Puma mine, in the
outskirts of Lead, during the past
week and created CONSERVATION
among the employees above ground.
The animal appeared late in the even
ing. The men heard him granting
and. shifting around the outside of the
building, and were considerably
alarmed when he thrust his head and
shoulder partly through the door in
to the ~engine-room.
The men promptly climbed to the
top of. the boilers and after they had
thrown several Jumps of coal at the
bear it ~retreated.
Cattle Shipments.
The cattle shipments from Pierre
for October e 225 cars, besides
twenty cars of sheep and ten of
horses. While this month starts out
with a shipment of seventy cars,
for the first two days, the
heavy shipments of the season are
practically over. The shipments for
August were $50 cars, those for Sep
TENDER 200 cars, and prior to that
about 100 cars. Scattered shipments
through this month will carry the
total up to about 100000 for the sea-
SON.
News in Brief.
Governor Herreid has, on recon-
mendation of the board of pardons,
sentenced from Butte county for
grand larceny.
During a period Of one week 1000
head of cattle were shipped from Vir-
gil. New stock yards were recently
completed, and there are proving a
great convenience to shippers. All
the cattle shipped are purchased from
the farmers of the vicinity, and the
shipments of the one week repre-
sent between $4,000 and $4,000.
Maj. Campbell, an old soldier living
seven miles southwest of Miller, was
found dead in his house with his
throat cut.
A monster eagle, the first of its
kind to be seen in that part of the
state for many years, was killed on
the farm of j. j.. Willis, near Salem,
by Murray Smart.gsThe bird measured
four feet six inches from tip to tip
of its wings.
A. G. Parker, cashier, and C.. A.
Woolley, operator at the Milwaukee
station at Yankton, were poisoned by
eating cheese. Both men will re.
cover.
John E. Perry, a settler on Bad
y river, was killed in a runaway acct.
dent.
At the special election called fol
the purpose of voting on bonding
the city of Salem for $4,000 for water
works, the proposition carried by {
handsome majority.
While driving John Lingren, 0
Salem, aged 10 years, was kicked ii
the face by his horse and fatally in
jured.
The members of the Conistot
Lutheran church are making elabor
ate preparations for the dedication o
their lew church building. 1t ha
been decided to have the dedicatio
exercises. on Thanksgiving Day,