The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-11-01
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According to q letter received by Ben
Peterson, a Beadle County farmer, Sec
rotary of Agriculture Wilson has had the
order requiring the dipping Of all cattle
SO modified as to only require the dipping
Of those having scabies before shipment
will be permitted. The order referred to
created much trouble among cattlemen
and shippers in that section Of the state
and when Secretary Wilson was at HUI
ron during the state fair his attention
was directly called to the matter, with the
result that the department will now per-
NIT cattle not visibly diseased with scab-
les to be shipped without inspection from
points in quarantined areas to Chicago,
Kansas City, Omaha and other live stock
centers. When so shipped they will be
submitted for inspection on arrival at des-
~tination, and if found to be free from the
disease INT exposure in transit no further
restriction will be placed upon them. If,
however, they are found, on inspection,
to be diseased then they shall not be fur
Their shipped until treated as diseased cat.
tie. When uninspected cattle are shipped
in accordance with these rules the cars in
which shipment is made must be labeled
as containing u~ninspected cattle. The
modification will be helpful to shippers
and stockmen in that particular locality,
as much trouble has resulted from the
order promulgated three months or more
since requiring all cattle, whether dis.
eased or not, to be dipped, and so strong
was the opposition to the order that ac-
ton was brought in court to prevent its
enforcement.
The hearing at Cheyenne agency for
the investigation of Indian complaints
as to affairs on the reservation is yet un-
der way, and all manner Of grievances
are being given an airing. Some of them
appear to have enough foundation to re.
quire remedying, and many others are
mere suspicious or complaints as to ex-
listing conditions. One change which has
been made through the conference is IN
order requiring government agents to ac-
company the roundup outfits in the leased
pastures to see to the proper branding
Of Indian cattle. Nearly every Indian
who testified told of a decrease in his
herd since the leasing proposition has
been in force, and they give numerous
reasons for this loss, most of them attrib-
uting it to the fact that the large herds
VI ~ iVuoViluidClo LIE hCNplhS liz hiihiuh
cattle away from water and are destroy
ing their hay lands. On the other hand,
it is alleged on the part of the leasers
that the Indians are fencing larger tracts
than they are entitled to under their al
lotments and keeping the cattle i'll the
pastures away from the water holes.
Black Body was about the only Indian
who was called who expressed himself
nc nntt-GnI xu,EI tIn 1851, annItt,Anz
While he admitted that his herd had de-
creased in numbers since the pastures
were leased he said that he had about
500 in an Evarts bank and was getting
along all right.
The state census shows that the popu-
lation of South Dakota is becoming more
and more Americanized with each recur-
ring enumeration. In $50 the foreign
born population of the territory was 31.7
per cent Of the whole. In 1880 it was 81
per cent, and this percentage has shown
a steady decline over since that date, be-
ing 27.6 per cent in 100, and 1877 per
cent, as shown by the census this year.
While the state has gained 10 per cent
in population i'll the past FIVE years, but
l per cent Of this gain was from foreign
born population. The returns show that
there are in the state 64,3S5 children 6
years of age and under. OF these $3.50
were born in the state, 1888 were born
in other states and $40 were foreign born.
While South Dakota is not only a
young state, but its territorial organiza-
ton is yet fresh in the memory of many
rauiInptS Of Tho nnrthunct rot auanty nf
fifty years ago around Pierre are becom-
ing a natter of record. Just a half Gen.
tury ago Gen. William S. Harvey arriv-
ed at Fort Pierre, Il frontier trading post,
to take possession of it for the govern
ment. it having been purchased from the
fur company as one of the outlying forts
of the government. He came with 1000
men and found a collection of log huts in
sufficient to house one-fourth OF his force.
They arrived i'll a pouring rain and camp
ed for one night in the open.
For the past year the question Of street
grading has hung fire at Pierre at the re-
quest of the representatives of the North
western road, who have been asking for
time to decide what action the company
desired to take in regard to its tracks to
be affected by the change. Early in the
year action which had been decided upon
was postponed, and finally set for deci-
sion in November. At the last meeting
OF the council it was decided at the re-
quest Of the road representatives to do
nothing before January, on an assur-
ance that no further delay will be asked.
The South Dakota delegation in con-
gress is asking for data regarding the
prevalence Of tuberculosis among the In