The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-08-17

Historical Society, has returned 10 Flefr0
from Leslie, where he went to receive
an Indian tepse which had been prepared
by the Cherry Creek Indians to be pre-
scented to the State Historical Society.
The tepee, which is of Indian tanned
hides, is decorated with crude drawings
by Indians themselves, representing diff
ferent events IN the history of their lives.
the work being crude according to whns
artistic taste, but strictly true TO ths
work in that hDe which has been done
by the Sioux Indians from time Inn
memorial. The decorations OF historical
interest were all placed on the skins
which form the tent under the sspervi-
sion OF Chief Hump, the leader OF the
Cherry Greek Indians, Horse Looking,
Poor Elk, and others of the older men
of the tribe who were verseJ In it's bis
torical lore. 1t is also trimmed with
porcupine quilts and bead wors, the do
nations Of Mr.. and Mrs. Ednau Swan,
and this shows the class Of decorating
done by the ~ The tent is about ten
feet high, and twenty-five feet in cir
conference at the base, and the lodge
poles were U in the Black Hills for
this particular purpose. Besides the his
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outside, the interior is fitted up with q
large number Of relics which they prize,
for which the tribe generally has been
drawn upon to supply, and they have
given their best productions. The y
hibit win be placed in the rooms OF the
Historical Society, and will be n Of
the attractions of the exhibit which Sec
rotary Robinson has been gathering,
r,uch of which outlines Indian life OF
years ago in the Dakotaa.
The section along the Belle Fourcbo
fork Of the Cheyenne River which is to
be affected by the government irrigation
projects la the western part Of the state,
is being thoroughly canvassed by the
company recently organized to place the
lands in such shape that the government
part Of the work might be continued Of
oIlce. The owners along the north side
of the river are pushing the necessary
preliminary work more rapidly than
those OH the south side and have made
more progress, over 10000 acres hav-
ing been brought under the regulations
on the north side of the river, while the
south side has only pledged to take about
5000 acres yet, while double that amount
is available for irrigation under the pro-
ject. 1t is only q question of time when
the whole project will be pushed along,
but to secure any active work this sea-
son will require some rapid work ON the
part of the land owners 70 give assur-
ances required before the government
work will go any further.
$50
The state board of examiners DC mark
papers of the next examination hos been
called to meet at Pierre on the Goth Of
this month The examinations are on
the 10Th and Both of the month, and the
papers are all expected to be in the Of
fee at the meeting Of the board. The
examiners who will do the marking are:
O. w. Coursey, Mitchell; NJ. NJ. Guhlin,
Eureka; ]. H. Hetley. Andover; Katha-
ryn French, Elk Point; Z. l.. Bied-
terstaedt, Woonsocket; w. P. Dunlevy,
Pierre; S. G. Hartranft, Aberdeen; G. r.
Koehler, Aberdeen; Eva L. Lange,
Pierre; Ida P. Hatch, Pierre; Maude E.
Carter, Pierre; Margaret Duthie, Miller;
G. III. Ellingson, Canton; 0. E. Browne,
Mt. Vernon; G. A. Clark, Yankton; G.
t. King, Bryant: NJ. NJ. Remer, Mitch
ell; B. NJ. Hardingbrook, Marion Juno
ton; G. A. Fry, Mitchell; Emma Mel.
sou, Onida.
j. w. Oswald, of Suily County,
brought to Pierre samples of macaroni
wheat of which he raised a hundred
acres this year. The stalks he brought
in were four feet high and wen headed
out with plump and bright grain. He
has the whole crop in stack, and feels
that he has it safe. His estimate ON the
whole field is 20 bushels or more to the
acre. A large acreage of this wheat was
planted in Sully County this year, and
it is all turning out finely, and prnci-
pally cut, without a sign of rust or
any other damage. He reports the corn
fields in that section to be in fine shape,
but needing one more good rain 10 fill
the ears out perfectly, the crop just be-
ginning to silk at the present time. All
kinds OF crops are at their best in that
section this year.
Applications for pardon were made TO
Gov. Herreid by Burt Anderson and
Clyde Hull, both of Brule County. who
Were sentenced for one year each Ia the
penitentiary on pleas Of guilty on charges
of cattle rustling. Their terms, with
good behavior, will expire on the first Of
October and the governor did not be-
lieve that they were entitled to executive
clemency under oil conditions and re-
fused the requests.
The returns from the school census.
which has just been sent to the office of
the state land department on which to
make apportionments for the next year.
show an increase of 1888 in school popu-
lation in the state for the past year. The
total number of school children on which
the appointments will be made for the
coming rear being 13H.523. The donart-