The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-03-21
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| ments of business in the state for 1905,
and the reports of the New York Life.
the Mutual and Equitable. the three
| big companies of New York. all show
| a reduction in business below that of
| the preceding year, presumably on ac-
| count of the Investigations of their af-
! fairs, while the other life companies
4 generally show a gain. The record of
| the New York Life shows for South
/ Dakota TS7 new policies for 1904 and
/ 539 for 1905, with total of new risks
! for 1904 of $1,15S,129, and for 1905,
| $793,630, a loss of s354,499 for the
year The Mutual shows $50 new poll
icies for 1904 and 421 for 1905, with
| risks of S1,502,722 for 1904, and ST.
| 10000 for 1905, loss of $376,65S.
| The Equitable wrote SAB new policies
| for 1904 and 421 for 1905, with risks
| of $S40,S90 for the former year and
| S725,209 for the latter year, a reduc-
| ton of $115,6S1. In comparison with
| these. the Northwestern Mutual, OF
| Milwaukee, wrote 562 policies in 1904
| and 596 in 1906, with risks of $97S,500
| in 1904 and 1896, 900 for 1905. The
| Northwestern National, of Minneapo-
| lis, wrote 101 policies in 1904 and 225
| I'm 1905, with risks to the amount of
$111,042 for 104 and $216,359 for
1906.
| IT is forty eight years since the first
| agricultural settlement was made in
! South Dakota, and In that period the
| agricultural possibilities Of the state
| have been pretty well tried out. Thir-
| ty-six first class crops have been
| grown. Seven others have been fair
and five have been practical failures
| South Dakotans invite comparison
with this record. The present year
| opens with unusual promise. After
prolonged period of inactivity the
| great railroad companies traversing
| the state have undertaken vast extern
sion projects and the building of more
than 500 miles Of new track in this
| state this year is officially announced
| by the Northwestern, the Milwaukee,
| the Minneapolis and st. Louis and the
South Dakota Central. No other state
| is confronted with a promise OF SO
much development. The newspapers
| of the state, having a combined circu-
| lation of several million copies, are ar
ranging to make a united showing OF
our advantages in the circulation OF a
carefully prepared edition compiled
about the goth of March.
| 1t is now probable that the new
| state capitol at Pierre will be built of
| the gray and white sandstone from
| the Burke quarry near Hot Springs.
d. p. Wipf, secretary of state, and c.
J. Bach, commissioner of school and
public lands, have been spending
| few days in the Hills on business and
| looking over stone quarries in the
Black Hills, both located near Hot
| Springs. The Evans quarry furnishes
pink sandstone, from which the Evans
| Hotel was built, and which is being
used partially in the construction OF
| the United States sanitarium. The
| Burke quarry, located about two miles
| from the Evans, furnishes an excellent
| grade Of gray and white sandstone,
| The government building in Deadwood
is being built of that stone, which was
| also used in the construction of the
| Franklin Hotel. A considerable
| amount of it has been used in both
| Omaha and Sioux City.
| c. H. Arnold, an employee on the
| government building In Pierre has in
| his possession a gold plated pewter
snuff box, which was pump
ed from the bottom Of the
Mississippi River near Daven-
| port, with sand dredge. The
box is heavy one and probably very
| old. On the lid cover scrool device Is
| triple crown, the device directly UNI
| der the crown being marked I. !. one
in each section in the scroll work. 1t
is presumed to have been dropped in
| the river by some of the early mis-
sionary explorers along that stream.
The homestead filings at the Pierre
| land office for the month of February
were 1875, with 81 water declaratories
| and z soldiers declaratories. This
| means the taking up of more than 3d.
O0s acres, or practically township
/ and half for the month. Title was
| secured to over 5000 acres in the
| month by twenty cash entries and
| twelve final homestead proofs. Forty
| six contests were initiated for the
month on account of lack Of sufficient
| residence or Improvement on the part
of claimants
At the special term of circuit court
| held in Pierre Ed O'Keefe entered a
| plea of guilty to the charge of secur-
| ing money on false checks, and was
| given a sentence Of six months in the
| penitentiary At the same term a
number OF condemnation suits brought
by the Northwestern road for proper
ty in the eastern part of the city were
| heard, and the value of the lots de-
sired was set at an average of about
$40 each. This is the tract which the
company Is securing and which is sup
posed to be wanted for shop purposes.
The Fidelity Land and Trust Com
pany, which was incorporated several
weeks ago, has been organized by the
| selection of Claude Garner, president;