The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-04-05

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tlOn or cowboys and cattlemen to the
Washington inaugural and further east
has done the Hills country any good.
Capt. Bullock intended that this trip
should advertise the western country in
the east for financial betterment. West
ern men have been reading the "slush'
\ IN the far eastern papers and are indig-
S,nant. The party that left the Black
WILLS consisted of one general manager
for an electric light plant, three well
known newspaper men, two wealthy
lumbermen, ten wealthy cattlemen, four
Is horse r~aisers, two ex-county commission
ers, a railway contractor and other bust
ness men who went for business as we'll
as pleasure. The idea given in the east
ern papers is that all the men were from
the wild and woolly" country and it
merely bears out the general opinion held
in the east that the Black Hills is
the 'jumping-off place" Black Hills
papers are severely criticising the trip.
At the meeting of stockmen of STAN
ley County held at Fort Pierre, Tom
Jones, of Midland, was selected as cattle
inspector for that county. There was a
large attendance of stockmen and a spir-
ited contest for the place, resulting in
JLP SELECTION Oh the Nlluldlu man. Ut.
Fish, the government inspector, who will
be stationed at Pierre this year, was
present, and interested in the work Of
the meeting. DR.. Fish says that I'M
der the order of the bureau Of animal in
dustry all cattle in this state are con-
sidered to be affected cattle so far as
scabies are concerned. and that the in
spection this year will be much more
yiniI thnn ~ ~np loc+ y-pnN Dhn ryIna
were rather laxIy enforced last year,
cattle which did not show any indica-
tions of the disease being passed, but
! this year nothing will be allowed to be
shipped out of the state unless dipping
certificates can be shown from tanks
which have passed official inspection.
Recent visitors to the great Sioux res
ervation Of western South Dakota report
that a really wonderful change has TAX
Ell place in the warriors since the gov
eminent required all able-bodied male
Indians to work for their living instead
of being dependent upon government ra-
tons for support. The change especially
has improved the condition of the
squaws, for since the warriors nave dis
covered that manual labor is not dis
graceful, and will not result in their
death from heart failure, they are taking
their proper place in the household cir
Gle. Instead of the squaws doing all of
the mental labor while their lords and
masters put in their time smoking and
talking, as was the custom under the old
order of things, the warriors now quite
generally water the horses, haul water,
chop the frewOOd and otherwise assume
their proportion Of the burdens of mar.
ried life.
A special from Newark, n. J., an.
nounces that Luke Sicily and Anne
Sicily, of that city, with parties from
Rochester, n. V, will attempt to prove
their claim to property amounting to
about q million dollars, left by John H.
Sicily, of st. Onge, in this state. I'm
der the law of the last legislative ses-
sion, which provides for taxation Of in
heritances, the establishing of such a
claim by these eastern people would
mean that the state would receive about
$4,000 of the sum as it's share of the
distribution. While it is not expected
that this law will bring any great reve-
nue. to the state for the first few years,
1t will be quite a source Of income in
years to come, and was passed before
there were many interests in the state
to oppose such legislative action.
The regular monthly meeting of the
state board of charities and corrections
will be held at the state penitentiary on
March 20. During the meeting it is ex-
pected that the matter of appointing a
warden Of the Sioux Falls penitentiary
will be taken up by the board. The
present warden, o. S. Swenson, is a can
didate to succeed himself. His term ex-
pires on May 6 next, and nOtwithstand-
Ing that it was rumored a Sioux Falls
business man, Harry II. Parmley, had
been decided upon for appointment as
warden to succeed Mr.. Swenson, the
present warden is making an aggressive
fight to succeed himself.
Congressman Burke says that while
the South Dakota delegation did not get
the section homestead bill through the
house in time to secure ena action,
they are not at all discouraged as to
the final outcome if this measure, that
1t took several years to get the Rosebud
bill through, and it was expecting a
great deal to get through a bill Of so
much Importance in a short session. He
thinks that the bill will go through at
the next session of congress, getting a
start early in the session, and having
more time to work on it.
Company e, Third regiment, state
guardsmen, has been remustered and is
now part of the new Fourth regiment.
Assistant Adjt. Gen. Beckwith was the
mastering officer. The entire infantry
branch Of the state troops is now re-
duced to nine companies, selected from
the old Second and Third regiments. The