The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-01-05
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NE insurance company ON the bnsis OF
oil line companies for South Dakota is
being agitated, the purpose being TO re-
tain within the state premiums which
now 20 90 outside companies. The r.
port OF the state Insurance commissions
or. which has just been issued. shows
that there IL reason In the demands OF
keeping premiums at home. The report
shows that risks written and renewed
for 1909, reached s.. 1872 10.Os. ON which
premiums were paid TO the amount 81
Si.02i. I2O.GS; with losses paid Ia the
state OF sur. iTs.i5. leaving a balance Of
xStl.2lI.33. TO the companies less thcir
expenses OF business In the state. Re
sides this old line life business, fraicrnal
Insurance IL well patroEizcd In the state.
policies being in force amounting Co ST2,.
556,3uO. Assessments paid on thesr for
the year were $40, G33.S7: aud losses
were paid amounting TO S3Gi.S22.51. Fur
eign Ere insurance companies did very
well regardless OF the laws passed ut
the last session. which they are attempts
Ing 20 evadc. Risks written and renewed
amounted 10 $i0.1G0. SCI. 30: on which
premiums were paid Of $GTI .2ii.Si: and
paid losses OF S2jl.5J0.99. leaving a hal
nnce In favor OF the companies Of $i25..
GG3.S2. less cost OF doing business. The
state mutunis wrote risks 81 Si3.TSl.isT,
receiving premiums OF $;1i. iG2.2S. and
paid losses of S1il.iii.ii. leaving them
n balance or S223.0iS.lI gross gain. The
total amount OF premiums paid by the
people of the state for 1903 for insur
nncc of nil classes. life. FIRE. nccidcai
aud miscellaneous was S2.G22. iaS.is.
In many sections Of South Dakota THE
fall come reports OF money loaners hav.
Ing a hard time to stand OFF the men who
" them money and who persist IN q
desire To pay up their loans and take up
their paper before IL " due. Not only
Is this the case with individuals. hut
debtors 10 the state school fund desire
10 take up their paper before IL il due.
and for that privilege are willing To pay
Interest for n year In advance. The
state ~ In the same shape as the private
individual who has good loans ont. and
does not want the principal. bu, the Ia.
comc. The private individual can ~.
fuse TO accept the money before IL n due.
but when the interest in advance Il offer.
ed the state must accept. How differ
ent this condition from the situation in
South Dakota so short a time az" that
IL almost seems yesterday when u was
the money l0ancr who was importIning
for his money aud the borrower who was
begging for time.
The decision OF the supreme court Fri.
day Ia the case OF T.. T.. Grothers aud
others against the town board OF IIet.
land. II one which viii affect the saloon
interests In probably n large majority Of
the towns Of the state. In this ease the
town board proposed Co grant saloon n.
ccnSes In the town of Hetlnud, on nn az.
firmatiyc vote which was secured in that
town In the 1908 municipal election. but
without n vote on the license question at
the 1904 municipal election. The tenn
pcrance element Of that town opposed
the granting 81 n license. and asked
Judge Whiting. OF the Ninth circuit, foi
n writ OF prohibition, to prevent the
granting Of such licenses. on the cunten.
ton that under the law n vote favorable
to license must be secured each year 90
be- effective. The writ asked for was
granted, and the ease was appealed 10
the supreme court, where the lower court
has been sustained.
The Primary Election League now Ia,
rs petitions nearly completed. Ia compli.
nnce with the provisions of the initiative.
and II is n certainty that this will 90
before the legislature and he submitted
TO n vote two years hence. That il will
carry Overwhelmingly Is n %forcgonc con.
rlusion. Those who have been circulate
lug the petitions report that less han
. per cent OF those approached decline
60 sign, and that nearly everyone OK.
presses an earnest desire 90 scc the
measure become a law. 4 statute against
horse stealing. IL the state had one.
would scarcely be more popular than this
law. which seeks 10 DO away with the
stealing OF nominations through packed
caucuses and bogus contests. This Is
practically regarded a move for a
square DEAL" a slogan which Is hecom.
Ing popular from ocean TO ocean.
sos
II is now definitely known that Gov.
Herrcid Is not 10 be the attorney for
the Northwestern Railway. rs has been
rumored. That he expected the position
there IL little doubt, bpt lost out with
the legal department, Of that corporation
because OF his limited experience In the
legal field. Col. Robert W. Stewart. Of
Pierre. Judge Hancy Of the supreme
bench. and Attorney General Hall were
mentioned IN this connection, but inside
guesscrs say Col. Stewart will win out.
aud that after the session OF the ~lcgisla-
ture Is over his military bearing viii be
one Of the attractions OF Huron. II is be-
lieyed that Coe /. Crawford could
have had the place back. but that he
preferred hispracticc. which has grown
wonderfully during th" past year.
In order 10 defeat an expected attempt
10 dcfraud the authorities Of Stanley
County by bringing IN from ether coun-
ties the scalps OF coyotes for The purpose
OF securing the bounty, the commission
ers or Stanley County have decided 10.
withdraw or discontinue the bounty
from this time on. Although the county
will pay no coyote bounty In future. the,
bounty offered by the state win BE- pnidl
to those who have legitimate claims for
the killing OF these animals.
That the telephone is well patnuulzcd
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