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Help fight the bark beetle, which
threatens to ruin the forests OF this
section. The government agents are
working throughout the country try
ing to find sufficient men to do this
work, but are greatly delayed because
of the rush of labor to San Francisco.
Several hundred men can be employed
here The last session of congress vot-
ed $4,000 towards the task of exter-
minating this insect in the Black Hills
and so far the appropriation re-
mains untouched. Men are wanted TO
cut the timber and skilled labor is not
needed. j. L. Webb head OF the
department of entomology at
Washington, has been In the southern
Hills. where the scourge is greatest.
for the past two weeks He is consid-
cred one OF the two best experts IN
the country on this question. 1t is con-
sidered that the best way to stop the
work of this insect is to cut the infest-
ed timber as rapidly as possible. Work
has already commenced and about
twenty-five men are now employed.
and this number will be increased as
soon as a sufficient number OF laborers
can be obtained.
The Pierre city council has granted
a franchise to Noah Newbanks of that
city and Frank Fischer, of Fort Pierre,
to construct and operate street car
system in the city, the cars to be oper-
ated by electricity or gasoline motors.
The franchise is to run for twenty
years, and TO be forfeited in case the
cars are not in operation within three
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franchise The company agrees to
pay the city per cent Of it's earnings
for the time the franchise runs A
similar franchise has been granted to
the same parties for Fort Pierre The
limit of charge is cents passenger
between any two points in either Of
the towns, with an additional charge
of toll to be paid the bridge company
when going from one town to the 9TH
er. that charge not to exceed cents
passenger.
State Engineer Lea has been busy
ever since taking his office In prepar-
ing forms to be used under the provi-
sions Of the irrigation law of the last
certain requirements were demanded
waters of the state for irrigation pur-
poses, and nothing could be done un-
til an engineer was appointed, On ac-
count of the lack of an appropriation
for the engineer the appointment was
delayed, and as result the engineer
Is finding a large amount Of work to
dispose of through demands of those
who desire to get their irrigation
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office will keep him busy all the sum
mer
In the furtherance of the general
Typographical work of the state land
department at Pierre which has been
under way for several years, G.. c.
Barney, one of the old field clerks of
the office, and j. S. Brown, a new ap-
pointee, left Friday for Lyman County
to complete the work in that county.
This year will practically close all
that work except in Butte and Meade
Counties. Besides securing reliable
typographical field notes Of every tract
ofland for filing in the Office, Commits
sioner Bach also gets copies of every
mortgage given on real estate to Sc
cure loans of state funds, and when
he turns the Office over to his success
ties will be complete to date.
Since the Indians on Cheyenne In
dian reservation have taken their al
lotments the government will give
them names which win have a
smoother sound to civilized ears than
those which some Of them now bear,
and to that end DR.. Eastman. an edu-
80 "a
at the Fiandreau and Carlisle schools,
Is now on the reservation at that work
and expects to put In most of the sum
mer. Some OF the native names are
likely to shock the ears Of their white
neighbors If they are retained. and
these are the ones which are to b<
doctored by the government.
The fourteenth annual camp meet
ing Of the South Dakota Holiness AS
Will be held In the beautiful natural
grove on the James River near the
mouth Of Rock Greek, three or four
miles east Of Mitchell, July 10 to %.
Rev. J. L Glasscock, Of Cincinnati.
Win be the evangelist. Prof. A. w.
and Mrs. Katherine CHM. Of Sioux
city, Will have charge OF the music.
The public Is invited to attend all OF
these meetings. r. A. Leggett, OF
Pierre. is secretary OF the associa-
ston.
States Attorney Byron, Of Sully
Coonty, has been IN Pierre in an at
tempt to collect $3.50 OF taxes claimed
hy the county on cattle which were
held Ia that county by VIM. Meyers,
o. Sioux city, who sofd the cattle, and
they were removed from the county
without paying taxes due Meyer had
deposit In one Of the banks In Pierre,
a3d Attorney Byron is attempting to
es< possession OF che amount OF this
fand claimed by Suly County to be