Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-12-08
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insurance law of the state was principally
confined to local agents. Their testimony
was as to the use of Il common rate DOOR
for what are known rs "unlon rompa-
Mes the boOk being furnished to them
by a Minneapolis publishing house. IheY
said that their commissions were lcss
from the union companies, VIXEN they
mixed with others, than when they do-
voted themselves to union companies
alone. The principal witnesses for the
companies was j. {. Ingram, of Chicago,
assistant western manager for the Ger
mana company, Of New York,
who admitted that his company was one
known as union, and that the rates of
such companies were alike i'll different
sections, but he could not remember
whether there had been any agreements
us to rates in South Dakota since the an
ti-compact law went into effect. Neither
could he tell whether there had been amy
fixing of rates within the past five years.
The investigation is yet under way. In
case it is proven that the anti-compact
law has been violated the law shut the
offending company ont Of the state for n
period Of one year. The investigation Of
the st. Paul Fire and Marine will not
be held until the 18th of December.
The pile bridge which is bring put in by
the Northwestern road al Pierre for Il
temporary crossing for the winter is not
expected to withstand the lc" pressure
next spring. only 16-foot piling being used
next to the shore. Another evidence is
that the company is sending i'll material
for the construction of Il new boat this
winter large enough to carry ears, and
with it a barge arranged for the same
n1rnnSa which fhav aynprf RI Onarufp
next year. Cars will be crossed by this
means until the winter closes the river
again next season, when Il second tempo
rary bridge will be placed in. 1t is ei
pected to have the permanent bridge com
pleted by the spring of 1907. and no fur
Their makeshift crossings will be needed.
Beginning within a few days the com
pany will lay 12-pound steel on the lire
from Huron to Pierre to take the place
of the light rails which have been used
up to the present. and the work will co1-
1inue until the whole of the west end is
relaid with the heavier steel.
Roane Robinson. in connection with the
census work, has beel. collecting st;isis-
ties as to the paupers in the state sup
ported wholly or in part at public eN-
pense. The figures he has secured from
the different counties show a total of 24S
supported wholly at public expense either
in or out of poor houses, and ) partially
supported. The number cared for in the
poor houses of the state is 1913, while
50 are cared for outside OF such inStit"-
tons. The total amount expended for the
care Of these people for last year was
$73,656.16. Buffalo is the only county
which reports no poor to care for, while
SfoplnH- hoe nrlU nnn who iS M rfj C1n
ported to the extent of about 500 for the
year. Others lave but one or two to care
for. Lawrence County cares for 80 in
:heir poor house and "a outside of it, and
Ninnehaha has 26 at the poor farm and
IS outside of it. These counties, with the
largest population of any Of the counties
of the state. have the larger number of
paupers to care for.
Allotting Agent Carl Gunderson has
been in Pierre several days, and says he
has completed the field work Of allotting
on the Cheyenne River reservation, and
Is now at work on Standing Rock reserva-
ton. While all the Indians IN Cheyenne
River have been located. there are occa-
sional changes which will take some time
to wholly clear UP. Mr.. Gunderson says
that the allotments take up about 30 per
cent OF the reservation, the rest being
land which will at some time in the future
be opened to settlement. The land taken
by the Indians was largely in the vicinity
of their old home amp and is not by
any means all of the best of the reserva-
ton. When this section is opened to set
Element there will be homes for thousands
of settlers, and many of them will be
given the opportunity to secure as good
land as is to be found in any part Of the
state.
That the Indians would soon become in
dustrious and thrifty citizens, if properly
taught the principles Of economy and in
dustry, is fully demonstrated by the pro-
gress they have made within the past
three or four years at the Crow Greek
agency, under Maj. II. D.. Chamberlain's
administration as agent at that place. If
these Indians make progress as fast for
the next four years as they have within
the four years last past, they will be as
completely Independent of the govern
ment, so far as ~rations and other assist
ance is concerned, as the most thrifty
white citizen.
One Sully County farmer reports a
Jield of 3S bushels of wheat to the acre
on a 40-acre tract; and another reports
ia yield Of 60 bushels of clean corn to
the acre on a like tract This is better
than the average for this section of the
state, but shows what can be done in the
missouri valley when it is properly cared
for.
G. L. Nicholson. of the Redfeld we'll