Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-11-23
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Tho Milwaukee extension into Muir
40 LYMAN county, cut out a large part
~ the cattle which have IN
mast gone from Pierre over the
western road, and to hold a part
of this yards were put IN pS ZIG
western at Teton, Wendte anu
Van Metre, the sidings west OF fort
Pierre. Shipments We're received at
,hese places, although the compaiS
nad no stations opened or agents &c
bill the cattle. Notice was sent OUT
from headquarters at chicago tnal
cattle could not be received, as inc
new rate law prohibited the RECEIVING
Of freight for shipment without a pup
lished tariff, and as no stations hau
been established no rate had been
fixed. This tied up over
the Northwestern for several days
a number of head Of stock were helo
in the vicinity of the different yards
TO learn What relief was to be secured.
It was practically impossible to bring
the stock to Pierre for loading as
both the boats of the railroad CON-
pany we're out Of commission, and to
get them across the river for LOADING
was out of the question. A hurried
appeal was made to the state railway
commission for relief, and a resolution
was adopted allowing the Loading OF
the stock at the stations at which they
| were being held, but requiring them
to be billed from Pierre. With that
, resolution to work on loading was re-
summed at the western yards Sunday
and trains of stock have been pulled
out as rapidly as possible ever since.
The national bank statement of tho
condition of banks in South Dakota
! at the time of the call for September
4 shows deposits to the amount of
s~17,s16,695.56, a gain Of sS45,100.21
since the date of the call in une and a
gain of $2,21S,227.9S since the call Of
January last. Since June there has
been a gain of three national banks in
the state, bringing the total number In
operation to seventy-nine. The state
bank deposits on September. the same
date as the national bank call, shows a
total of $2S,14O, STOP, a gain Of ST.
154,433.42 since the call in June n
a gain of s5.063,096.64 since the call
in January. This makes the total
bank deposits of the state at the time
of the September call s45,457.567.5S,
a decided gain in three months for q
state with little over 100000 popuia-
ton, being in round numbers $1,000
900. ...-.a
Stone laying has been commenced
on the piers on both sides of the river
for the permanent bridge at Pierre.
h piers are being constructed with a
heavy facing Of Ortonville granite and
filled in the center with concrete.
Work is now under way on every pier
to be sunk all the way across the riv-
ar md tho unrk will he hJ1rrjod all
winter. with the expectation Of getting
that part of the bridge completed be-
fore the going out of the ice in the
spring compels the taking out of the
temporary bridge, as work after that
would be very much delayed, as all
the material would have to be taken
out in boat instead of cars, as at
| present.
State Land Commissioner Bach has
been doing all in his power to get the
capitol building fund in shape to have
the $780, 900 appropriated two years
g on hand at tho opening of the
coming session, so that there need be
no excuse Of lac Of funds for going
ahead with the work early next year,
as soon as the legislature has decided
upon the class of material to be used
AL AiC = L SiiC PlSoSli ohIC
the fund has gone to $15O.O0O and the
sale of about a section and a half
more of land will make the total sum,
after which all the land will be with
drawn from the market until further
provisions for sales are made.
Mrs. Hannah Duryea, of st. Louis,
who has for many years been an in
weston in Pierre real estate, has decid-
ed to donate her holdings in Pierre
and farm property in Sully county to
the Catholic church. In this line she
has donated to the Catholic church of
Pierre seventeen lots which adjoin the
church location. To st. Mary's hospital
she donates six business lots in the
central part of the city and she will
Pdonate three quarter sections of Sully
county land to a church to be erected
in the vicinity of the land.
The State Historical society has e,
tablished a division Of legislative ref
erenc with the aim to gather and
analyze every sort Of information to
be secured which will be of value to
the legislature, covering Information
as to the effects of legislation in other
states; the constitutionality of bills
proposed: and literature covering ev-
cry subject which may come before
the legislature.
The attendance at the government
Indian school at Pierre under tn,
management of Superintendent Lev
engood, is up to the maximum, ano
ven a little above, 1873 pupils being
enrolled. A new building is being
erected. and with that completed the
capacity OF the school will be increas
ed to 225.
The receipts of the Pierre postof1ce
for the month of October show an in
crease of 10 per cent over the receipts
of October of last year. The receipts
for the month being $~1,32S.S7. The
other business of the office in the way
of registered letters, and money orders
also shows a heavy increase, especial
ly in the foreign business.
This year the boys at the govern.
ment Indian school, located at Pierre.
assisted in h care and management
of a garden Of forty acres, in which
practically all the vegetables used by
the school though the summer ana
for winter storage were secured. Be-
sides the garden the hay was secured
from a meadow OF 100 acres. In man
ual training the boys are given fnstruc-
in carpentering. blacksmithing. and
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