The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-03-30
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has done the Hills country any good.
tnpt. Bullock intended that this trip
should advertise the western country la
the east for financial bcttcrment. Wcst-
ern men have been reading the "sluA1
In the far eastern papers and are inhfr-
nhnt. The party that left the Black
Hills consisted of one general manager
for an electric light plant. three well
known newspaper men. two wealthy
lnmbermen. ten wealthy cnitlcmen. four
horse raiserS. two cx.cnuniy commission
ers. n railway contractor ani other bush
ness men who went for business as well
MS pleasure. The idea givel IN the east
crn papers is that NIL the men were from
the wild aud wonlly" country aud IL
merely bears out the general opinion held
In the east that the Black Hills IN
the ''jumping-oG place" I,lacS Hills
papers are severely criilcisiag the trip.
AZ the meeting Of stockmcn of stan
ley County held at Fort Pierre. Tom
Jones. or Midland. was selected ns cattle
inspector for that county. There was ~
large attendance OF stockmcn aud n spir-
tied contest for the place. resulting In
the selection OF the Midland man. Dr.
Fish. the government inspector. who will
be- stationed NJ Pierre this year. was
present. and interested IN the work or
the meeting. Dr. Fish says that un-
der the order Of the bureau ~ animal In
dustry all cattle in this state are con-
sidcnd 20 Ice affected cattle 50 far MS
Scahlcs nrc concerned anl that the In
spcctinH this year will bc much more
rigid than IL was last year. The rules
were rnihcr lnXly enforced last year.
cattle which dii me-; show any iudica-
iions Of the disease being passed. but
this year nothing will b. allowed to bc
shipped out 81 the state unless dipping
certificates can bc shown from tanks
which have passed official inspection.
Recent visitors 10 the great Sioux rrx-
rryation ~ western South Dakota report
that yrally wonderful change has TAX
en- place in the Warriors since tae gov
ernmcnt required all ahlr-hodicd male
Indians to work ror their living instead
nf being dependent upon government rn-
lions for support. The change especially
has improved the condition or the
sqnaws. for since the warriors have dis
covered that manual labor is not dis
graceful. and will not result IN their
death frnm heart failure. they nrc taking
their proper place In the household cir
Gle. Instead or the sqpnws doing all of
the mental labor while ihrlr lords and
masters put IN their time smoking aud
talking. ns was the custom under the old
order 81 things. the warriors now quite
generally water the horses. haul water.
chop the ircwool nud otherwise assume.
their proportion OF the burdens OF mar
ried life.
\ special from Newark. v. T.. nn-
nornces that Luke SHELLY aud Anne
Skclly, OF that city. with parties frsm
Rochester. y. u. will attempt 20 prove
their claim To property amounting 10
about n million dollars, left hy John n.
Skclly, 81 ~. onge. In this state. Tn
der the law of the last legislative srs.
sion. which provides for taxation of In.
hcritanrcs. the establishing Of such a
claim 10y these eastern people would
mean that the state would receive about
S@O.OCO of the sum rs it, share of the
distribution. While Il i not expected
that this law will bring any great rrve-
nue. TO the state for the first few years
IL will be quite n Sourcc nf income In
years To come, and was PASSED before
there were many interests In the state
20 oppose such legislative action.
The regular monthly meeting ~ the
state board Of charities and corrections
will be held at the state pcnitcntiary on
March -. During the meeting II IL ex.
pecied that the matter ~ appointing
warden OF the Sioux Falls peIdtemiary
will be- taken up 10y the board. The
present warden, q. :. SwcnSon. u a cah.
iidnte 10 succeed himself. Ills tcN cx.
pires on May q next, and notwithstnnd.
Ing that Il was rum0rei n Sioux Falls
business man. Harry r. pnrmlry. had
been decided upon Tor appointment ~
warden TO succeed Mr. Swcuson. tho
present warden Is making IN aggressive
fight 10 succeed himself
Congressman Burke says that whil.
the South Dakota delegation did not get
the section homestead bin through the
house In time 10 secure senate action.
they are not NJ nll discouraged as To
the final outcome II this measure. that
u took several years to get the Rosebud
bill through, aud II was expecting n
great deal to get through bin W 30
much Importance IN short session. lie
thinks that the bin will go through M
The next session 81 congress. getting n
start early in the session. aud having
more time To work on Il.
Company T.. Third regiment. State.
has been rruuStcrcd aud Il
now part Of the new Fourth regiment.
Assistant Adjt. Gen. Bcckwith was the
officer. The entire infantry
branch OF the state troops II now ~
Iuccd TO nine companies. selected from
the old Second aud Taird regiments. up
Is under the Dick law ann
rails for n dvc-ycar term ~ enlistment.
The officers are T.. O. Berg. captains:
Hugh Edwards. first lieutenant aud
Charles Schmaltz. second lieutenant.
Gov. Elrod. on recommendation of the.
board Of parlous. granted pardon To.
William Waters. sentenced from Turner
County on the charge 81 manslaughter
"a the first degree.
Congressman e. II. Burke has closed n
ieal for the purchase ~ the s2DnD
ma usfnn .r..t,l lt ~ m -. -.