Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-11-17

land oaice has received a greater number
Of filings than for any other month IN lis
history, the total number OK hiings 1or
The month being 461. This means that
over three and a half townships of lahd
east of the Missouri River was taken I'D
the Pierre office alone for the month, ana
Mt the same time the Chamberlain ana
Rand City offices have been accepting a
large number. For the last three months
four and a half townships of the govern
ment land.in the Pierre district alone has
been taken, and is no longer open to en-
try. and the rush for lands along the new
line of the Northwestern road mas only
begun, At the rate the filings are coming
now. it will mean that the man VINO
waits until next spring will ma cholce
selections pretty we'll taken up.
On ~account Of certain statements which
have appeared in papers of the STATE
caused by an unwarranted action on the
part of certain parties, DOane Robinson,
superintcndrnt of the census, authorizes
the following statement: From the DAY
the first census returns were received TO
the present time, everything relating TO
the census that could be compiled and
was believed to be of interest to the public
has been cheerfully given to the repre-
sentatives of the newspapers. Every
new spaper in the state is heartily well
come to any information relating to the
ceusus which they may desire, and which
l can possibly prepare for them, and no
newspaper need be held up by anyone
for information"
Now that the Northwestern road IS at
.eork on its extension west from Pierre
the city is beginning to move toward
Improvement in matters which have been
allowed to rest as long as there was no
railroad movement there. Petitions are
being circulated for an extension OF the
fire Units to cover most of the territory
in the central portion which hes never
been included in the limits. THIS move
comes for protection against the
erection of small wooden buildings in
| territory which the change in railroad To-
cation will make more valuable For bust
, ness purposes. but which up to She pres
, ent has not been so occupied.
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, The White River Valley Railway Com
pany has filed with the secretary Of state
a resolution of extension from Cts pres
ent Lyman County terminous 50 Rapid
City. across the counties Of Lyman.
Stanley and Pennington. The resolution
authorizes the purchase of block I'll and
the north half of blocks 60, GS, "a, Ga
and 66, in the original town VI Rapid
City. for depot and yard purposes. This
is considered as an indication that the
compan will follow the White River
south Of the Bad Lands for its route
, west.
Under the state caucus law pissed last
winter, each party is required to select a
specific color for it's party ballots at the
primary, and must file their color choice
| with the secretary Of state. Up to the
present the Republican, color has been Sc
lected, white being their designation. The
Socialists nave just selected thrir party
| color, having chosen red as thair ticket
badge in the primaries. The Democrats
will nave to select some color, and wheth-
| err there will be any other party elections
under the present political line Up i'll the
state remains to be seen.r
On account of the position taken by the
Black Hills Mining Mems Association,
Gov. Elrod has decided to refrein from
making any appointments OF delegates to
the mining congress to be held in New
/ York, and to which he was asked to Sc
lect delegates. The natural selection Of
such delegates would be from the mining
section Of the state, and as the Black
Hills. association refuses to affiliate with
the national organization, selections from
among them of men who will have moth.
ing to do with the ongress. .
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Surveyors, claimed to be in the inter-
est Of the Great Northern road, are
working in the northern part of the state,
coming down through MCPHERSON, Wal
worth, Potter and Sully Counties toward
Pierre. While these men may be repre-
senting the Great Northern, the chances
are that when that system gets ready to
work into this part of the state they will
come from Aberdeen over the grade
which is already in existence betweep
Pierre and Aberdeen.
State Land Commissioner went to Pot
ter County, where he made offerings Of
the state building lands Thursday. From
there he went to Faux County, where
he made offerings Friday. This week
the lands in Hyde County will be offer
ed, and the commissioner has decided to
meet the requests of Mcpherson County
farmers for another sale ut a later date
in that county, and will offer lands Their,
again about the 10Th of December.
The Sioux Falls Interurban Electric
halfway mas MED with the state land de-
partment at Pierre a plat showing the.
route Of their line across n state school
section adjoining Sioux Falls, and asking
for the right to purchase about fifteen
acres of the tract for railway purposes,
They claim that their lire is a genuine
PROJECT, and that they will begin con.
struetion early next spring.
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In the present term of the supreme
court, a number of cases are coming up
from the western portion of the state for
adjudication as to conflicting water
rights. The matter Of water for mining
and irrigation from the streams Of the
Hills is becoming of greater importance
each year, and from this time on litiga-
ton of that class can be expected for
! many years.
The Pierre city council, at it's last meet
ing, took an important step in the work
Of city improvement in the approval of
a contract to grade several OF the streets
in the residence portion of the city in
that section known as s'The Hill" This
work will change Il broken section Of the
city to desirable residence lots, and wiz
allow property owners in that section to
set out trees III otherwise impurove
/ their property. With this Improvement
| it will mean the building up Of a section