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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-08-17
FIND IT PAYS TO SEEK SETTLERS
Revival Of the Demand for immigration Bureau for the State
of South Dakota.

The greater gain in North Dakota's
population when placed in COMPARE
son with that of South Dakota, for the
past fifteen years and since the separa-
ton into two states, is being made the
subject of discussion as to the reasons,
and the revival OF the demand for an
immigration bureau for the state.
North Dakota has looked well to this
line of work, and, moreover, the two
great railroads which cross the state
keep in existence working immigra-
ton bureaus Of their own The result
is shown in the census figures Every
legislature which has been asked to
assist in this line of work has refused
to consider the proposition, and moth
ing has been done. Real estate men
in Northwestern cities outside the
state, when asked why they turn their
clients to North Dakota instead of
South Dakota. frankly say that it is
easier to induce men to go to a state
which is assisting them in their work.
The complete census figures for
Beadle county in South Dakota, shows
total population of 10,054, of which
5,455 is male and 1899 females, and of
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-08-17
Slid" GOOD FOR HILLS.
Belle Fourche and Hot Springs Among
Cities Expected 70 Join Reform
Movement

Belle Fourche and Hot Springs Among
Cities Expected 70 Join Reform
Movement.
The germ of propriety is getting in
its work throughout the Black Hills,
and the lid" is proving popular. Fol-
lowing the example of Lead and Dead
wood, the other cities in the Black
Hills are beginning to look with hor-
ror upon the roulette wheel and the
faro table. Sturgis already after
years of quietness, has closed it's
gambling and is attempting to enforce
the saloon regulations. 1t is reported
on the best of authority that Belle
Fourche and Rapid City also will move
in the same direction, and that Pen
nington and Butte counties DO not in
tend to be left behind in the race for
piety.
This will work greater change in
Belle Fourche than in any other town,
as since the regulations were enforced
in Lead and Deadwood, Belle Fourche,
with it's busy center and the great
irrigation works, has proved an at
tractive location for many gamblers
and saloon men. 1t has been run as
the most wide OPEN town in the
Hills, and though orderly in all re-
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-08-17

these 1882 are foreign born. The city
OF Huron has a population Of 1878, a
gain Of $50 in five years. This popu-
lation is 2,02S male, with 46O foreign
born. The city has 1,OOS school chill
dren. The population of the other
towns of the county is: Hitchcock,
1856; Cavour, 1875; Wolsey, 1852.
The final figures for Brookings coun-
ty show population Of 14,012, a gain
OF ,451 since 1900. The male popula-
ton of the county is 7,434, and the
foreign born population numbers 2,SO3.
The city of Brookings mas population
of 3,265, a gain of 919, and 467 of the
city population is foreign born Vol
ga has 552; Elkton 532; White 479 and
Aurora 213.
Aurora county shows population of
1852, of which 2,453 is male and 21O9
female, with a foreign born population
of I'll. This is gain of 551 for the
county for five years. The population
of Plankinton is SOC, while it was 465
five years ago, and 366 in 1890. This
gives Plankinton gain of two in fif-
teen years; and places White Lake at
the same point it was at that time.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-08-17

wheat, is somewhat affected by the
mysterious disease.
Farmers who this season expert
mented with the raising of winter
wheat are generally well satisfied with
the results. Some grain that has al
ready been threshed has run from
twenty-five to thirty-five bushels to the
acre. The quality is said to be much
better than the quality of spring wheat
in many localities.
If reports from a large district are
correct, there will be much loss of
grain by reason of lack of machinery
and hands to gather it quickly. The
weather coming on dry and hot, has
fastened the ripening process so that
fields intended for the sickle next week
are ready to be cut now. Few harvest
hands come west of Huron, and this
emergency is hard to meet.
That the crop is mammoth is shown
by the fact that it required seventy
pounds of twine to bind Henry SCOTS
eighteen acres of barley, some of which
he did not get because it was down.
His oats stood one and on-half feet
high, but are down now.
William Gardner of Rec Heights has
been viewing the wheat. He had look
ed upon the wheat valleys of the Pa
cific coast when the grain was golden,
but never when it was more man.
moth than the crop now southwest of
his town, which is little better than
the grain along the line west of Huron
wherever you go.
The harvest of Meade county's boun-
tiful crop is on. Barley cutting has
been in progress, and the dropping of
wheat will begin this week. Some
farmers are estimating their wheat at
thirty-ive bushels per acre. 1t is re-
ported that great amount of smut
exists in various localities of the coun-
ty.
The Brookings college people did
much good last winter in holding meet
ings and advising treatment of wheat
for smut. Now the farmers want corn
treated for worms. Sweet corn is also
ruined by the pests, while early field
corn is being attacked. The worms
eat unseen at the tender kernels under
the husks until the grain becomes
hard.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-08-17
RAINIER WAS DARK HORSE.
New Superintendent of Public lnstruc.
ton Was Not Active Candidate.

ton Was Not Active Candidate.
Prof. M. M. Ramer, until recently
principal af the city schools at Mitch
ell, received his appointment as sup
erintendent of public instruction, to
I'LL the Vacancy caused by the resig-
nation of Hon. George w. Nash, who
was appointed to the position of pres
1dent of the Aberdeen state normal
school.
Prof. Nash's resignation takes eff
feet Sept l.
Prof, Ramer's appointment was
made by Gov. Elrod after due con-
siderauon of the candidates for APP
pointment and he was selected strict
ly on his merits as an educator and
man equal to the position which he
will fill. In the names that have been
suggested as candidates for the APP
pointment Prof. Ramer's name has
never been mentioned. Prof. Ramer's
appointment is charged up to Grant
county, where he taught for several
years.
Prof. M. M. Ramer was born at
Lewiston, Mimi, Feb. IL. 1869, and
accompanied his parents TO Tower
City, N. D., in 1880 He began his
studies in the common schools and
later took a course in the normal
school at Moorhead, Mimi, attending
kota. He began his teaching career
in the country schools of Cass county,
North Dakota, in 1873, where he re-
manned for five years. He was then
called to the schools of Big Stone
City, S. D., in 1898, and after serving
there period of time he was elected
superintendent of schools of Grant
county. which he held for four years,
the limit under the law From 1902
to 1904 he was the principal of the
schools at Milbank, where he made an
unqualified success Of his work.
Last year he was secured by the
board of education of this city to &C.
ceDt the principalship of the Mitchell
schools, and the year he has been here
has demonstrated his great worth as
an educator, and he was re-engaged
for the ensuing year. In January he
was elected to the position of presi-
dent of the South Dakota Educational
association.
Prof. Kramer is what might be term
ed self-educated man. His schooling
days were necessarily limited and his
attainments have been wrought out
by steady application to his books
during the long hours of the night,
devoting himself assiduously in better
fitting himself for his work. For all
the sacrifices he made in his younger
days he said he found it paid in the
long run to be faithful to a task. Prof.
Kramer stands high among the educat-
ors of the state for his thoroughness
in all his work and for his splendid
capabilities. His appointment to the
position is satisfactory in educational
circles.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-08-17

A hobo giving the name of Joe
Brady broke into the rooms Of Mrs.
Brunier and Mrs. Renne of Doland
and attempted to sleep on the dining
room table. Mrs. Brunier screamed
for help and the man was taken to the
village jail by the neighboring men.
The next day he was tried before
.Doland justice and given 80 days in the
Sphinx county Jail
Elaborte preparations are being
made for the annual picnic of the Old
Settlers association of Bon Homme
county, which will be held at TyndalI
on Aug. %.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-08-17
WHEAT YIELD SURE TO RUN HIGH
Estimates High Twenty Bushels Are Made-A New
Enemy to Wheat Makes Its Appearance.

Small grain, particularly wheat, has
been greatly benefited by the recent
favorable weather The temperature
has ranged from so to 90, with light
breeze most of the time, and nights
not cool enough to retard the ripen-
ing of grain. Much of the oats and
barley is in shock. as is also large
acreage of rye and spelts. Some wheat
mostly on high ground, has been cut.
Wheat harvest will be in progress
generally over this part of the state
in the present week. In Beadle coun-
ty the crop is from eight to twelve
days backward, but the grain generally
is in good condition, and with ten days
favorable weather the crop will be
about all harvested. There is lack
of "pre-threshing estimates" although
some farmers put the yield for wheat
In this county at from fourteen to
eighteen bushels an acre, while others
say twenty to twenty-three bushels is
the right figure. Certainly the indi-
cations are that the crop is very heavy
and the quality better in grade than
for several years.
Smut is apparent in majority of
fields, particularly on low lands but is
not as serious factor as was at first
reported. Corn is making splendid
progress, and bids fair to give liberal
yield, while the hay crop is one of the
pest and heaviest ever harvested.
Crop experts and farmers are puz.
zled to account for the condition of
wheat in some of the fields of Kings
bury county, and it may develop that
agriculturalists have a new enemy to
fight.
The wheat in the fields affected pre-
sents a sick appearance, different
from grain affected by rust. smut or
other known unfavorable conditions.
The heads have the appearance of
stack-burned grain, and the straw is
dead just below the head, and green
from about three inches below the
mead nearly to the roots The affected
grain was entering the dough state
when the unknown blight struck it.
The heads are practically worthless,
as the kernels are nothing but bran.
Even the macaroni wheat, which is
generally acknowledged to be of a
harder variety than the ordinary
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-08-17

tween father and daughter, and after
watching for time caught them in
criminal relations. The young men in
the camp were only prevented from
dealing out summary justice by the
GOODNESS of their boss, who interceded
for Meyers and allowed him to go
with instructions to get out of the
country The girl was then prevailed
upon to swear out the complaint, but
up to the present time the sheriff has
been unable to find his man.
Meyers came from Douglas county
six months ago. He has wife.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-08-17
FATHERS TERRIBLE CRIME.

A warrant was sworn out and placed
in the hands of the sheriff Of Aurora
county, charging Fred S. Meyers with
the crime of incest, the complaining
witness being his sixteen-year-old
daughter. Meyers has been working
on the Armour railroad extension in
Aurora county, where he also secured
employment for the girl as cook fer a
small grading outfit. Soma of the men
working on the same grade became
suspicious that all was not right be-
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-08-17
MITCHELL'S NEW PALACE.
Auditorium viii Seat 1000 - Banda
Rosa Auain.

Rosa Again.
Mitchells corn palace for 1905 will
far surpass in beauty and design the
old building which was torn down
early in the summer In size the build.
ing will be 100 by 142 feet, and the
seating capacity will be 1000, making
it the largest auditorium hall in the
state.
The building is set on a good stone
foundation t. insure it's solidity and
permanency, and is but one block
further north than the former one
The stage will be 80 feet deep and so
feet wide, and will occupy the north
end Of the building. An immense bal
cony, which will be seated, goes
around the interior. All booths and
county exhibits will be on the ground
floor. On the large corner towers
there will be promenades, likewise on
the depressions on the side of the
building. The center tower and top
of the flagstaff will be 80 feet high,
and it will be richly decorated
SCREENINGS Banda Rosa has been
engaged as the musical attraction for
the entire week, the opening concert
to be given in the afternoon of Mon
day, Sept. Is. The band played an
engagement in this city two years ago
and was popular with the thousands
who came to Mitchell. The band will
also present as the second part of each
concert "The Resurrection OF Christ"
a beautiful spectacular and operate
production by Perosi. Four prominent
operate singers of New York have
been secured by Sorrentino to pre-.
sent the vocal features.
The great crop that South Dakota is
producing this year will be exempli.
fed in the numerous county exhibits.
which will be of great value in adver-
Using the resources of the state. as
thousands OF Eastern men come to this
section in the fall season of the year.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-08-17

spects, has been more typical of early
days than was even Deadwood in the
last decade
Hot Springs, too, will notice few
changes, but they will be of different
character. Hot Springs is more Of
fashionable gambling place than are
the typical mining towns The number
of summer tourists at the Springs af-
fects the character of the camp there
considerably, but it will not be behind
in the movement. Rapid City will see
the least change of any, but neverthe.
less will enforce the laws. All these
endorsements will 60 into effect within
few days, and Lead and Deadwood
will continue to keep the lid on.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-08-17
NEW POTION STAMP MILL.
Work on Victoria Property Progress.
Ing Well.

ing We'll.
Work on the new 2OO-ton stamp mill
on the Victoria property at Deadwood
is progressing very satisfactorily. The
railroad spur has been completed,
grading for the mill is now completed
and the actual work of erection is
under way. About fifty men are en-
ployed, and it is stated on good au-
thority that the mill will be running be-
fore cold weather sets in. In the mean
time large force Of men is at work
at the mine opening up the ore bodies
and doing a great amount of develop
mert work so that when the mill Is
completed there will be no lack of ore
and SO that it may be handled in the
cheapest manner possible. The, ore
is in the fiat formation under the lime,
ssld for 100 feet the ore body has
been uncovered. 1t has a thickness
of something like twenty-five feet. 1t
is not only Of good grade, but there
is said to be an inexhaustible supply,
which will insure the Victoria becom-
ing one of the reliable dividend pay
ers of the Hills.
Work on the Eleventh Hour property
lying across the gulch from that Of
the Victoria. is also progressing well.
This company is at present grading for
mill of the same capacity and style
as that Of the Victoria.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-08-17
LAND LOANS.
The School Fund Apportioned Among
the Counties

The state land department has in
the first six months of the present year
placed SS54,S6l of the permanent
school fund. the greater part of it,
$S1s,111 being on farm loans. and the
balance on school and municipal
bonds. School districts of the state
took s25,750; and municipal corpora
lions $1,000. The county auditors ov-
er the state who are looked to by
the department to keep the apportion-
ments of their counties bearing inter-
est. are keeping the uninvested per-
manent fund down to bed rock under
present laws. Loans have been made
in all the counties of the state for the
first six months in the year with the
exception of Custer, Hughes, McCook,
and Stanley. The farm loans which
on, ,nIn Nv
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-08-17
PAYS FINE AFTER TEN YEARS.
Mar Arrested and Released on Prom.
ise Keeps His Word.

Sioux City, Iowa, Aug. 1.-THE pay
ment Of a fine of $40, which has stood
on the books Of the city of lie Mars
unpaid for ten years, has been liqui-
dated by Robert Collins, a young man
from Toronto. Can. He was picked up
in the streets of LIE Mars in 1895 and
was fined on trivial charge. He at
that time pleaded that he was short of
cash and promised to send the money
for the fine when he got home if the
authorities would release him. He
was released, and although he has
waited ten years, he has kept his
promise.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-08-17
Why He Didn't Care.

Mark my words" declared Mrs.
Dorcas, laying down the law to her
long-suffering helpmate, "by the end
OF the century woman will have the
rights she is fighting for"
Il don't care if she does" replied
Dorcas.
do you mean it," cried his wife.
Have at last brought you around
to my way of thinking? Won't you
really care?"
mot bit, my dear" returned ner
husband, resignedly "T'll be dead
then. PUCK.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-08-17
CLEAR LAKE BOY BROWNS.
EIeven-Year-OId Meets Death While
SWimn1inu

Clear Lake, Wis, Aug. 12-Cecil G..
Tuckey, the eleven-year-old son of e..
G. Tuckey of this village, was drowned
in Clear lake yesterday afternoon
while swimming with boy companions
Of about the same age. A crowd from
the city went TO the lake and found
the body by the use of drag hooks, the
lake being about sixteen feet deep
where the body was found.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-08-17
Leqs Cut of by Binder.

McIntire, Iowa, Aug. II. = Glenn
Carter, eight years old, living two
miles north of this place, lost both
legs, which were cut off below the
knees by self-binder. The child was
standing back Of the machine while
the horses were being unhitched,
when they became frightened and ran
away, turning the machine so that it
struck him. He still lives but doubts
are entertained as to his recovery.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-08-17
HARVESTING is in FULL SWING.
indications Are for an Exceptional
Crop.


st. Paul, Aug. 12.-The harvest sea.
son is now in full blast. The present
warm dry weather has worked Won
ders with the ripening grain and all in
dications point to an exceptional crop,
according to the fourteenth report Of
the Northern Pacific crop experts is
sued last night for the first seven days
of August. The rye and barley har-
vesting is about completed in great
many localities, and the harvesting OF
wheat is about to begin. Corn, al
though more backward than other
grains, has been maturing with great
rapidity, and potatoes, that in many
instances were said to have been
washed out by the rains of the early
part Of the season, will be very
abundant.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-08-17
NEW RURAL ROUTES.
More Rural Routes for South Dakota
and Carriers Appointed.

"'o'e ro'd' nOuteS Tor south Dakota
and Carriers Appointed.
The following additional rural
routes have been established in South
Dakota:
Slsseton. Roberts county, routes
and 2, length of routes, &c Id, 81
miles; areo covered, SO square miles;
population served, ITO; number of
houses on routes, 234
Wilmot Roberts county, route No
l, length of route, % miles; area COW
cred, AZ square miles; population
served, $50; number of houses on
route, 106
Rural carriers have been appointed
as follows:
Gotten Holden Brown, carrier:
Adolph Brown, substitute; route 2.
Dell Rapids, Nels L. Thompson. car.
rier; Andrew Henderson, substitute;
route S.
Dell Rapids, Louis M. Gather car.
rier; Earl ]. Standemaus, substitute;
route No. 6.
Finley, Byron A. Keith, carrier; L.
l. Benton, substitute, route l.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-08-17
Kills Man, Then Escapes.

Hurley, Wis, Aug. ~. - Samuel
Stenman, miner employed at the
Montreal mine, was shot and killed
near his home. The murderer escaped.
The sheriff and posse is in pursuit
of Peter Desrolia, another miner.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-08-17
BUY WISCONSIN CENTRAL.
Owners Of Great Northern and North.
ern Pacific Now in Control.

Chicago, Aug. 1.-THE Record Her.
aid says:
BY the recent purchase of large
blocks of stock, it is said, the owners
Of the Great Northern and Northern
Pacific roads now own a majority of
the securities of the Wisconsin Central
and that important changes in the
management and operation will result.
The motive for the purchase is said to
lie in the fact that since the Great
Northern and Northern Pacific pur-
chased the Burlington the volume Of
through traffic has increased to such
an extent that 1t cannot be handled
without another outlet.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-08-17
VICTIM OF SHORT CIRCUIT.
Dead Hand Was Stretched Out To-
ward Electric Liuht

La Crosse, Wis, Aug. 12.-Valentine
Bettin, an employee Of the Chicago,
Milwaukee & st. Paul road, was found
dead in pool of water in the yards
early yesterday. His hand was out
stretched toward an electric light in a
small shanty near which he was lying
1t is supposed he reached for the light,
and the electricity short-circuited
through the pool Of water in which he
stood, killing him instantly. He had
been dead several hours when found.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-08-17
RIackleo in Massachusetts.

Brookfield, MassMs Aug. II. The
dread cattle plague, known as black
leg, form of murrain, has broken
out in Brookfield at the farm Of John
A. Terry, and as a result Mr.. Terry
has lost three young cows.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-08-17

The mystery surrounding the dis
appearance from Sioux Falls of Mrs.
Bertha Bakken, the young wife Of a
farmer living near Baltic, twelve miles
north of Sioux Falls, has been solved
by the finding of the woman and her
baby at the home Of a farmer near
Coleman. where she sought work.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-08-17

"hiSH tooh AuHlClpdi
loans were: Day, $4,000; Gregory, 49,
600; Moody, $4,000.
Those which took school bond loans
were: Brookings, $1,000; Butte, a..
700; Campbell, $500; Charles Mix,
$500; Day, $3.50; Deuel., $3.50; Hamlin,
$1,000; Marshall, $500; Miner, $3.50;
Minnehaha, $4,000, and Roberts. $4,000.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-08-17

Mrs. Axtel Peterson, wife of a farm.
er living in the northern part of
Charles Mix county, had narrow es-
cape from instant death by being run
over by team of horses and q binder.
and received injuries which are seri.
Gus. For time it was thought she
could not recover, but the physicians
in attendance now say that the chanc-
es for her recovery are fair.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-08-17

Most people would rather preach
half day than practice half an hour.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-08-17

The man who can be patient with
his corns has good chance Of glory.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-08-17
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Government Securities.
Ocean Steamer Movements.

NEW YORK. October l2-Arriyed:
Deutschland from Hamburg; Baltic, from
Liverpool: Brandenburg. from Bremen.
HAVRE. October 12.-Arrived: La Lor-
raine, New York