The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-11-08

up III a better way than does the Amerl-
can born parent? The facts do not show
up we'll for the home product, whatever
the cause.
State Land Commissioner Bach has re-
turned to Pierre from a trip to the Black
Hills section Of the state, where he went
to %appraise the state lands which are
crossed by the railway line from Rapid
City to Mystic. While in the Hills Sec
ton he also filed on about ten thousand
acres of common school indemnity lands
in the counties Of Pennington and Meade,
taking part of the lands near the line
of the Northwestern extension, and the
rest up in the vicinity Of Pedro. Filings
are also being made on about the same
amount OF land in this land district, the
selections being made in Stanley County.
The department has been furnished with
a map prepared by the geological survey,
Of the tract included in the Belle Fourche
irrigation project, showing all the levels
and the general appearance of the coun-
try affected, with the location of the
dam; the tract to be covered by water,
and all the bitches. Besides this map,
plats have also been filed showing the
number OF farm units OF eighty acres
each, which can be irrigated, and just
the number Of acres which can be sup
piled with water on each tract. The farm
units" generally are fixed at eighty
acres, except in the vicinity Of the town
which the government will lay out inside
the irrigated area, and within a few miles
Of this location the units are reduced to
forty acres.
Cities and towns before taking action
on laws regulating the speed Of automo-
biles, might we'll consult chapter 1877,
laws of 1905, which was passed to gov
ern the management of automobiles, not
only on country roads, but on city streets
as we'll. Section II of that act is:
Section IL. Powers Of Cities and
Towns: Cities and towns shall have
no power to pass, enforce or maintain
any ordinance. rule or regulation requir-
ing of any owner or operator Of n motor
vehicle any license or permit to use the
public highway, or excluding or prohibit
ing any motor vehicle whose owner has
complied with section 2 or section 4 of this
act, from the free use Of such highway,
and all such ordinances, rules or regula-
tons now In force are hereby declared to
be of no validity or effect"
There is a further provision allowing
ordinances in addition to the state law,
but nothing further. The state law fixes
the maximum speed in cities and towns
at ten miles an hour, and on country
roads at twenty miles an hour, and re-
quires a state license and registration, in
the mpDtinund c~nptj1pc . and 4
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On the 18th of November Louis La
Plant will have been ii resident of Fort
Pierre for a half century. As q young
fur trader he walked from Sioux City to
the trading station at Fort Pierre. and
has resided at or near that place since
that time, and has always been active in
the affairs of that section. When Mr..
LaPlant came TO Fort Pierre all west OF
the Missouri River was in Wyoming and
the east bank of the river was the west
ern boundary Of Minnesota. At that time
that section OF the country was the home
of wild Indians and buffalo, and while
the development has been retarded for
years on account of lack OF railroad ia
.~cilities Mr.. LaPlant has. lived to see n
wonderful development. and as he is hale
and hearty he will no doubt yet see n
greater change in the next few years.
The census bureau has located the
center of population OF the state accord
ing to the returns which the enumerators
sent in for their work last spring, show
ing that the center has shifted very
slightly since the government
ton of five years ago. At that time it
was near Carthage. Miner Comfy and