The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-08-01
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work anu "duJOuTueu dtlcT a. pIoiitdoiS
session lasting two days, during which
time matters were accomplished that
will be Of i~ncalculable benefit to the
state educational circles. The entire
time of the superintendent was spent
practically in going over the course
of study which had been prepared by
the previous committees appointed for
tina purpose, and after two days of
hard work the course was finally APP
proved and adopted, after a number
of changes had been made which more
thoroughly met with the ideas of the
superintendent on certain subjects.
The course as it stands approved puts
the entire school system Of the state
on an interchangeable basis so that
the same studies are pursued at the
same time in all sections, n a stu
dent can remove from n portion of
the state to another and take UP the
work in another school where he laid
it down at his former home school. 1t
is not obligatory On all towns to adopt
the course, but acting under it the
ultimate end is reached. The revision
of the present school law was a sub
ject of long discussion among the su-
perintendents and 1t was the concen-
sus of opinion that the law ought to
be revised. Looking to this end a petit
ton was prepared and it will be pre-
scented to Gov. Elrod asking him to ap-
point a committee Of five, which shall
consist Of three county superintend-
ents. one city superintendent and one
competent attorney, to whom shall be
entrusted the duty of revising the
school law and present 1t to the legis-
lature for adoption. The s~uperintend-
4ents claim that the school law is out
of harmony with the conditions OF to-
day and for the schools to be operated
under the best possible circumstances
would require a revision of the law to
attain it.
Since the decision of the supreme
court that a foreign corporation has
no standing in the courts of the state
unless it has filed with the secretary
of state the name of a resident agent
on whom process can be served the
office of the secretary has been flood
ed with inquiries from foreign corpo-
rations asking as to the provisions of
the law governing UGH cases as theirs.
Some of the companies are already
complying with the law m others
will get in as rapidly as they learn
what is required of them. While the
law requiring the appointment of a
resident agent has been upon the stat
ute books for several years not many
attempts LAY been made to enforce
it and it has not been put to general
use, but since the supreme court has
affirmed a case in which it applied
there is a general hustle on the part
of the outsiders to get within its pro-
visions.
While working in a water main
ditch Nels Larson and Karin Moline,
two of the city employees at Pierre,
a a close call for their lives. They
were at the bottom OF a ditch ten
feet deep and one side caved in on
them, completely buryins Moline and
covering all of Larson except the top
of his head Helpers on the surface
quickly dug the sand from their faces,
Moline's face being a foot under the
surface, and a hurry cal brought an
automobile load Of helpers to dig the
men out. They were luckily standing
in the ditch at the time Of the acct
dent, getting some tools from the sur
face, and a minute before had been
lying down working on the pipe. If
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sooner they would both have lost
their lives.
Edward Stephenson, Stanley County
homesteader near Top Bar and Miss
Jessie Ullery decided that nothing but
life together from this time on would
do them, but met opposition on the
part of the parents of the young lady.
They eloped in a lumber wagon, and
after a drive of more than a hun
'dred miles, in which they hurriedly
passed through Pierre where relatives
of the young lady lived, they secured
a license in Sully County, and the
ceremony was performed for them.
They have gone to the home Of a
brother of the groom in eastern Sully
County for a stay of q few days to
wait for %paternal forgiveness before
returning to the homestead of the
groom in Stanley County.
One OF the McCook County assessors
in his return to the county board fall
ed to report any household furniture,
musical instruments or dogs II thu
township which he assessed. The
county board insisted tina there ought
to be at least a dog to assess in that
township, If nothing more, and called
in the assessor for an explanation, re-
sulting in a decided Increase in the
valuation returned from that county.
The heavier shippers Of wool from
the ranges west of Pierre have about
all marketed their crop" getting
from PAN to 25 cents for their wool,
which is a shade under the price of
last year. This is the last year which
will show heavy shipments of wool
from Pierre, as the crop will be mar
keted at the small towns along the
line between Pierre and Rapid City
from this time on.