The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-08-02
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vate dipping tanks, rendered an opinion
to the following effect. After quoting
section 8 Of the dipping law, which pro-
yides for the operation of dipping tanks,
he says: ''This section permits a person
TO own and operate a dipping tank upon
making application to the county auditor
and obtaining his registry as above stat
ed, which also includes the inspection
of such tank previous to it's being operat-
ed as aforesaid. Sectios 8 also provides
for the construction of dipping tanks by
the county, the tanks contemplated By
both sections 8 and 0 evidently are pub
lie dipping tanks. While the statute does
not specially provide for private dipping
tanks l can see no good reason why i'll
a case of a person owning cattle he can
not construct a tank approved by the
county inspector, or other officer me.tlon-
ed in section s, and dip his own cattle in
il under the supervision Of the county
cattle inspector or his deputy without
opening the use of said tank to the pub
lie. In fact the following language in
section s would indicate that it is OPP
tional to the owner of the tank whether
he should open it to the public or not,
wherein it says: Should the owner of
any such dipping tank desire to take any
and all cattle for the purpose of dipping
he shall so notify the county auditor
when the said dipping tank shall become
a public dipping tank for the purposes Of
this act, etc., for the usse of which fees
may charged. 1t would be proper in ev-
cry case that proper record be made Of
each tank constructed so that the cattle
inspector can make proper reports, but l
can see no good reason why it should be
compulsory on the wner of q tank prop
erly constructed, and under the superyi-
sion Of proper officers, to permit the cattle
Of others to be dipped in it or to open it
to the public contrary to his desire. OF
course, if he should see fit to open it to
the public he might not be permitted to
discriminate between the cattle that
might be received and dipped there, but
if he merely constructs it for his w use,
and constructs it in the manner pointed
out by statute, and dip his cattle under
the supervision of the officers prescribed
by law, it would seem that he should
have privilege Of so doing"
At n meeting at Hill City of the set
slers on the forest reserve who have been
unable to secure titles to their land, over
100 ranchers were present. They came
not only from Pennington County, but
also from Custer and Lawrence, and
even from the state of Wyoming. Great
excitement prevailed. Some of the ranch
ers wanted to apply to the government
for permission to lease the lands; others
desired to ask for the right to buy. They
were agreed upon one thing only, and
that was that they must keep their
homes. Many Of these ranchers have
been living on their small plots of
ground for years, and have improved
and cultivated them with the intention of
making them permanent homes. When
Secretary Wilson held up the order last
spring for one year which required all
fences to come down on government land,
he secured merely a temporary benefit
for these people. They are now anxious
to do something that will be Of perma.
nent value to themselves. An a~ssocia.
ton to be known as the Black Hills For.
est Reserve Homebuilders' Association
was formed and a committee appointed
to convene with our congressman. They
are to request that a bill be introduced
at the next session of congress allowing
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have used their right Of homestead or
not, to homestead their land, paying for
t at $3.50 per acre.
The returns coming into the state CEN
aus department will give to the state the
irst official figures in regard to produc-
superintendent Doane Robinson,
II speaking of that phase Of the returns,
THE volume Of production of
south Dakota is great beyond comprehen-
'ion Of most people. Here is the report
II a single township taken at random
rom the returns in my Office. 1t will
recalled that last year on account Of
'ust the wheat was a failure. The town
'hip, however, produced corn, 1855
bushels; wheat, 4,373; oats, l32,4S6; bar
ey. 1924; rye, 400; buckwheat, 80;
daxseed, 4SO; clover seed, 1O6; timothy
iced, l34; potatoes, 5,476; sweet corn,
;; speltz, $50; tomatoes, 90; other vegeta-
1876; apples, 5O4; plums, 81; cher
hes 50; strawberries and %currants, "a;
iggs, $3.50 dozen; milk sold 10000;
butter. 40,S43 pounds; alfalfa,
a tons; clover hay, "a tons; timothy,
q; millet, 21; wild hay, 1880 tons; 9TH
sr forage, 81 tons; then Of live stock, 423
calves; 997 steers; 43 bulls; 2O3 hcifers;
l9S mich cows; 66 stock cows; 81 colts:
II two-year-old horses; 421 work horses:
mules; 105 lambs; 126 sheep, 1916
hogs; 6,704 chickens; 368 other fowls. |
That particular township is six miles
'Quare and has q population of 421, so it
will readily be seen that the per capita
wealth shows no danger Of the people
coming to want"
The office of the state auditor has re-
ceived wolf bounty warrants from Meade
County for $1,000. OF this $3.50 was
by one man, who reported 223
and 8 grey wolves. A few more
such claims win make the total for last
years claims greater than for the pre-