Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-08-09
NEWsY STATE NOTES.

the past year, representing capacity
of approximately Z 800 600 bushels, !
Such is the report 10 be made TO Gov |
ernor EIrod by State Scale Inspector
Kicker
In the first year after the moecr
vehicle license went into effect, iicensgs
were taken out for $50 machines. Since
the first o. the present month this aas
been increased to-520 The license fee
lis only one dollar, and the next session
will no doubt increase this amount
Governor Elred has appointed as
delegates to the annual meeting OF the
National Prison Association, which
will meet in Albany, N. Y, September
18th: d. G. Thomas, Watertown; Jacob
Schnaidt, ST., Memo; W. E Upton,
Mitchell; s. E. Young, PankinteH; II.
T. Parmley, Sioux Falls.
Upon complaint of Doctors Collins
and Palmer, of che state dental society
DR.. +. G. Kennedy, in the employ of a
sioux Falls dental establishment was
arrested on the charge of praccicing
dentistry without a license, as required
by the state law. When taken before a
justice the defendant entered plea of
guilty and was fined $25.
Pursuant to an agreement reached at
meeting of the officers of the Fourth
infantry, all efforts to take the regiment
to Fort Riley are hereby abandoned.
The infantry Col. r. w. Stewart, and
the Signal Corps, Lieutenant w. W.
Spain, will go into regular annual
encampment at the permanent camp
ground at Watertown on August 9
Harrison Reeves, of Vermillion, IL
years old, has been appointed sanitary
inspec tor by Uncle Sam to assist in the
work of building the Panama canal.
He will sail on the 10th. The position
carries with it good salary. He lie the
son of Mr.. and Mrs E. G. Reeves, OF
that city and has been attending the
state university for the past two yeas.
The business of the land office in
Pierre for July was not SO great as for
June, and will probably be short this
month The entries for the month
reached 26O, of which 232 were home
stead filings, 2s reservoir declaritiories
and IL soldier declaratories. Ten fnal
proofs were offered, and many contests
started This record means that two
mere townships were taken up in the
| district for the month.
For the first time in years Elk Point
voted by decisive majority to grant
no license to sell intoxicating liquors
for enc year from July i. One of the
leading saloons was Immediately fitted
up and opened as a drug store ia the
name. of a prominent physician. He Was
arrested last week for illegal selling and
after a hearing in justice court bound
over to the September term of circuit
court for trial This case Us regarded
as test end viii be fercely contested.
Acting Superintendent Carhart, OF
the state Anti-saloon League, of
Mitchell, has just received $4,000 from
a philanthropic gentleman who resides
In South Dakota, but does not wish to
have his name given to the public. The
money is for the specific purpose OF
erecting building which will be the
future home of the league. 1t is the
intention of Mr.. Carhart to bay a lot
and then try to increase the fund to
organization.
The treasury of Lyman county was
enriched to the amount of 81 ,205 as the
result of the payment of fines imposed
by Judge Frank B. Smith, of the state
circuit court, during a recent regular
and special term of circuit court held in
this county. A number of additional
cases are pending in which the penalty
is fine, and at the next term of court
it is expected that fully as much Will
be collected in fines IMPOSED upon resi-
dents of the county who have violated
the law.
The contractors on the permanent
railroad bridge at Pierre are bringing
their men from another contract which
they have practically closed in New
Jersey. A good sized force is already
on the ground there preparing material,
and the space has been cleared where
the first pier is to be sunk. Several
large derri"ks have been erected, and
the timber framed for the Golfer dams,
and it is expected that active work will
be under way within the next week or
ten days.
The reports Of the different counties
are all in for the use of the state board
of equalization at its meeting next
week, and show an increase of $685..
29l over the returns as sent in by the
counties last year, bringing the total up
to 1905, 407 500. These figures are for
real estate, town lots and personal prop
erty and the total will be increased
when other classes of property are
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