The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-11-15

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idly for the past month, and the Pierre
land Office has received a greater number
of filings than for any other month in its
history, the total number of filings for
the month being 461. This means that
over three and a half townships of land
east of the Missouri River was taken in
the Pierre office alone for the month, and
at the same time the Chamberlain and
Rapid 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 has only
begun. At the rate the filings are coming
now, it will mean hat the nan who
waits until next spring will find choice
selections pretty well taken W.
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,
superintendent 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
newspaper in the state is heartily well
come to any information relating to the
census which they may desire, and which
4 can possibly prepare for them, and no
newspaper need be held up by anyone
for information"
Now that the Northwestern road is at
work on it's 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 limits to cover most of the territory
in the central portion which has 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 the pres
ent has not been so occupied.
The White River Valley Railway Com
pany has filed with the secretary of state
Il resolution of extension from its pres
ent Lyman County terminous to Rapid
City, across the counties of Lyman,
Stanley and Pennington. The resolution
authorizes the purchase of block 61 and
the north half of blocks CO, 63, GA, 65
and &c, in the original town of Rapid
City, for depot and yard purposes. This
is considered as an indication that the
company will follow the White River
south of the Bad Lands for it's route
west.
Under the state caucus law passed last
winter, each party is required to select a
specific color for its 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 have just selected their party
color, having chosen red as their ticket
badge in the primaries. The Democrats
will have to select some color, and wheth-
er there will be any other party selections
under the present political line up in the
state remains to be seen.
On account of the position taken by the
Black Hills Mining Mems Association,
Gov. Elrod has decided to refrain 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
1rpnnp fhpm nf mnp WIN will hava moth.
ing to do with the congress.
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 between
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 at a later date
in that county, and will offer lands there
again about the 10th of December.
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The Sioux Falls Interurban Electric
Railway has fled with the state land de-
partment at Pierre a plat showing the
route Of their line across a 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 line is a genuine