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prevalence Of cattle mango over the
state, called attention to its Importance
to live stock owners of the whole state.
The national bureau Of animal industry
has taken the matter in hand, and pro-
vides that cattle which nave beer ex-
posed, or which have been dipped only
once, may be shipped out of the state
for slaughter, but must be shipped in
cars which are branded exposed CATTLE"
or infected CATTLE" as the case may be,
and that such cars must o be used
again until they have been thoroughly
fumigated and disinfected. A penalty
of a fine of from 500 to $1,000 is pro-
vided for a violation of this order, either
by a shipper or the railroad which fails
to comply with it. While the order does
not prohibit the shipping of stock out Of
South Dakota, it places shipments un-
der such restrictions that the work will
be greatly hampered this year unless rad
ical action is taken at once by cattle own
ers. The regulations require dipping
twice at periods two weeks apart, before
the cattle are considered safe. The bu-
reau now has two men in the state, one
at Aberdeen and one at Huron, to watch
shipments passing through those points,
and will place men at all large shipping
points later in the season.
Since being defeated in the United
States court in their attack on the "anti-
compact" provisions of the insurance
laws Of last winter, there has been no
active movement on the part of the in
surance companies, further than to an
nounce their intention to appeal that
case. Now they have started a new suit,
the Phenix of Brooklyn and other COM
panies being interested, in an attack on
the valued policy law. The case is set
for hearing at Mitchell on the 4th of next
month. The complaint declares that this
provision of the law is unconstitutional
in that it grants to the insurance COM
missioner legislative and judicial pow
ers, by authorizing him to provide a form
of policy for use in the state to comply
with the provisions of the new law, and
that form should have been fixed by the
legislature itself as a part Of the law.
The complaint also declares the valued
policy law to be in violation of contract.
This move is only a part Of the general
plan of insurance companies to break the
laws, if possible, which were passed at
the last session of the legislature to gov
ern their actions in this state.
Congressman Burke has received a
number of inquiries from old soldiers
over the state a. to the necessity of their
action to secure the benefits of the "age
pension act" The general trend Of the
inquiries being as to need of making
onnt;aof;o,, ,,pAor fl,n low Tn rauar ri fn
that he has received a letter from the
pension bureau, in which the following
ruling is given: "a pensioner whose
name is on the pension rolls under pro-
visions of section 2 Of act Of June q,
1890, as amended by act of May 8, 1900,
and who desires to have his claim in
creased on account of age, must file in
this bureau an application under said
acts, aid il upon consideration OK the
claim, it is found that he is in receipt Of
a pension less than his age would war
rant, he may be increased from date of
filing his declaration in this bureau, to
an amount that would be warranted by
the age established at the date of filing
such declaration"
The last wolf bounty law which passed
In 1901, provided a limitation Of boun-
ties to $1,000 per year, with a set price
for wolf scalps so long as the claims
did not pass the limitation Of the total
amount which could be paid out on n
year. With such a law instead Of the
old wide open policy, the claims made
upon the state have been light, in no year
reaching the maximum. But this year
conditions will be different. Claims are
already on file in the office of the state
auditor to take up the whole of the So
900 limit, and under the provisions Of
that same law which provides for the
bounty, the total number Of claims must
be prorated, and all paid equal amounts
for the claims presented. As claims are
yet coming in at a rate of about $40 per
day at present, and as there has always
been a rush of claims the last month OF
the fiscal year, the indications at present
are that the scaling will be close to %
The Indian bureau is DESTROYS OF sell
ting the Indian school farm, located some
FIVE miles from the Indian school at
Pierre. The reason for selling is that the
school farm is situated too far from the
school proper for practical uses. Super
visor of Indian Schools ]. F. House has
made = report upon the sale Of this In
dian school farm, in which he advises
that If a reasonably good price can be
obtained by the government it would be
advisable to sell. Aside from an adj
verse report on the Pierre Indian school
farm, Supervisor House says, the school
Is in good condition, under the manage
ment Of Superintendent Leavengood.
who is just now engaged in making re-
pairs to the school building and gener-
ally preparing the school for the coming
school year.
The secretary OF states office reports
q rush of applications for n~otarial COM
missions coming from the southern part
Of the state, especially from the sections
near the Rosebud country. Besides