The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-03-18
Exhibit ShIpped,

Exhtbit shipped.
The agricultural exhibit for South
Dakota was shipped to st. Louis for
the worlds fair. 1t required two cars
to transport the material that will be
displayed in the state building and
the agricultural building. The min
eral exhibit was shipped from the
Black Hills this week and required
three cars.
In the shipment are thirty-six
panels, beautifully decorated, which
will represent the counties and towns
in the building and will be attractive
features of the interior. Three hum
dred and twenty-five sacks and for
ty-two boxes of corn We're taken and
will be used to decorate around these
panels. Eleven crates of glassware
were also shipped, which will be used
to display the small grains in the
agricultural exhibit, and there were
also shopped ffty-six boxes of grains
to comprise the exhibit. The grain
came from all parts of the state and
will make a magnificent display.
Republican Convention.
At a meeting the republican state
central committee selected Sioux
Falls as the place for holding the
state convention and May 4 as the
date. 1t was decided to hold only
convention, at which presidential
electors, eight delegates and eight al
ternates to the national convention
and a congressional and state ticket
will be elected or placed in nomina-
ton.
The representation in the state
convention will be based on the vote
cast for governor two years ago, each
Of the counties being allowed
delegate for each fifty votes cast for
governor or fraction thereof and one
delegate at large. This will make a
total of 1,O14 delegates who will be
entitled to seats in the convention.
p. O.. Robbery.
United States adm county Officially
have arrested August Thorpe, q
young man under age who is wanted
on charge Of burglary and robbing
the postoffice at Puma.
The building in which the p~ostofice
is kept was entered through the back
door, n of the panels being cut off.
Thorpe is alleged to have stolen sew
eral dollars worth of stamps and
some change from the p~ostofice side
and from the store in connection n
quantity of cigars, tobacco, candy
and other articles.
These have nearly all been restor-
ed, having been found partially con
cealed along the road a short dis
lance below town.
Immune from Law.
According to Judge e. G.. Smith
Of Yankton, anyone who does bust
ness Under a roof, no matter how
long he remains in a town, is immune
from the %peddler's license act passed
by the last legislature. DR.. Charles
F. Cram, who took an appeal from
Judge Copeland's court, has been re-
leased by Judge Smith, who decides
that no law has been violated. I'm
der the law, a peddler is defined as
being one who goes from place to
place selling goods. DIR. Cram testi-
fed that he had remained in one
location in the county and was there
fore violating no legislation.
Boundary Settled.
The middle of the channel of the
Missouri river is the boundary be-
tween South Dakota and Nebraska.
south of Union county, South Da-
kota.
So declared tha netar.c+,4a horn.
Diary commission at a meeting at Lin
coin, Neb. BY the decision, Nebraska
gets about 5000 acres from South
Dakota, and the latter state gains
1900 acres from Nebraska. Renigers
cut off is in South Dakota, while
Halls Survey and Sioux Point are
in Nebraska.
Brief Notes.
The estimate of state taxes for the
1908 collections which has just been
made by the state auditors office,
calls for $s4s,9s6. OF this $421,8I7 is
for the general fund, the same
amount for the deficiency fund and
S1o5,329 in the bond interest fund.
The round house of the Milwaukee
road at Roscoe burned.
Since the new fee law went into
effect the first of last July, the re-
ceipts OF the department. Of the Sec
rotary of state have increased over
$4,000 oyer the corresponding period
for last year.
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