Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-08-03
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increase of 1880.
Gov. Elrod has appointed George
Cox of Tyndall game warden for Bon
Homme county.
The surveying party for the electric
line that is to be built from Brookings
has reached Egan.
Daniel Kelly, accused of wife muir
der, was found guilty at Glenn Valley.
The jury recommended life imprison-
ment.
The census for Brown county will
show a total population of 1927. The
population, according to the census of
1900, was 1924.
A plan is being agitated in the so
ciety of the Ancient Order of Hiberni-
ans to invest portion of the society's
surplus in South Dakota farm prop
| erty.
The caucuses under the new caucus
law to nominate candidates for alder
| men were largely attended, and much
| satisfaction is expressed with the
workings of the new law.
Mullen & Mum have secured the
| contract for the erection of a govern
ment residence at Pine Ridge agency.
1t will contain seven rooms, be built of
l al-
| $4,000.
The artesian we'll of John VanHorn,
/ near Aberdeen, which stopped flowing
a week ago, has resumed it's flow,
which is apparently as strong as ever.
! Well men are unable to account for
the stoppage.
The Egan school board selected the
| following corps Of teachers: Prof. j.
A Smalley of Egan, principal; Miss
M. H. Shaw of Yankton, assistant
principal; Miss Christine Johnson of
Egan; Miss Mabel Newell of Alabama;
Miss Skartan Of Winona.
The Brown county board of equal-
cation raised the total assessed valu-
alton of the county $1S,351. The valu-
alton of personal property was raised
s6C,4S4, and town lots s4,576 while
farm lands were lowered $46,6S2 from
=. the valuation fixed by the assessors.
At Fort Pierre hearings are on in
owners along White and Bad rivers
are charged with Illegally fencing gov
eminent lands. They are R. w. Ma
thieson, George Porch, H. A. Scovel,
E, w. Thode, Fred H. Sears, E. H.
Molineux, F. E. Olney, Charles Smith
Osborne Lawrence, Henry Schacht j.
A. Meeker Floyd D. Hedley and Mrs.
Esther ]. Currier. In all the hearings
up to the present pleas of not guilty
have been entered and the parties
bound over
The business men of Flandreau held
a meeting at which they considered
the proposed electric line to be built
from Bookings. Attorney Stewart of
Bookings, one Of the projectors, stat
the plan of the parties who are to
finance the road He stated that they
were Des Moines men. A committee
was selected consisting Of prominent
, business men, who are considering the
matter. They expect to make a prop
{ osition to the parties interested. The
f surveying party, consisting of six men
} have reached point about three miles
west of Flandreau. They started
! from Brookings.
> Gov Elrod has received notice OF
e the meeting of the National Irrigation
l congress at Portland, Ore, beginning
;. Aug. 81 Under the call for the con
gress the governor is entitled to name
fifteen delegates; the mayor of every
city with less than $4,000 population
may name five delegates, and the
e county commissioners of each county
are allowed the same privilege. A
e meeting of the trans Mississippi Com
/, mercial congress will be held in the
same city beginning Aug 16. A meet
r ing of the National Reciprocity con
r gress will meet in Chicago, Aug. II
s and II, and the governor is also asked
e to name delegates.
e.
IS The returns of the 1905 census, nov
e complete for Yankton county, show
production of wealth for 1904 that il
e astounding. The production of corn
wheat, and oats for the year 1904 wa
r, as follows: Corn, 3,2O4895 bushels
" wheat, 449,579 bushels; oats, 1,536,44
le bushels. The value of this crop wa
e, $1,628,112. Over 5000 bushels of ar
" pies were raised in the county. an
If nearly as great an amount OF plum
rs and other fruit. The value of tn
er barley, rye, hay and forage crops, te
gether with the chickens, eggs, mil
le and butter, will add another millio
i'd and half to the production of 100.
to The population for the county is 10
444
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at Some excitement is prevalent q
We Lead just now because Of condition
On in the Hidden Fortune Mining con