The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1906-11-30

itoI commission for the time In which
It has been employed in the work Is
sS1492 This includes advertising
and expenses of sale of the lands, with
the personal expenses OF the commits
sion, that item being only $235.ao, The
work accomplished in that time has
been the sale of $135.000 worth of the
lands, The securing of plans for the
entire building and construction of the
for one wing of the struc-
ture. It has always, been claimed that
the affairs of South Dakota are being
economically administered, and this
IS only one evidence of the manner In
which the work is being done by the
present officials.
Orders have been issued from the
adtutant generals office mastering out
the infantry company at Clark. which
has been in poor shape during the
past year The petition from Brook
ings for n company at that place has
been granted and Lieut.. Losey J. Will
Jams, formerly major of the cadet bat
TALON at the agricultural college. mas
been authorized TO organize the COM
pany and preside over the election or
Its officers. The new company VIII De
known as Company c and will be mus
tered in at o'clock p. m. on saturday
Nov. "a Chamberlain and Dell Rap
ids have also applied for a company
assignment, but the petitions have not
as yet been acted upon,
Adjt Gen. Charles III. Engiesby.
the present head of the South Dakota
National Guard, is n candidate for re-
appointment at the hands OF Coe 1.
Crawford. governor-elect. Mr.. Engies-
by is making an active campaign for
reappointment and has large num-
Der of friends over the state who are
exciting their influence In his be-
half 1t Is rumored that Gen. 5. j.
Conklin, whose successor Gen. Engles-
by is. also will be a candidate for the
place. and that Maj. ]. Picker. of
Faulkton. might also ask for the Job.
The official count of Hughes county
shows a heavy falling OFF OF the total
vote, from the fact that there were
no local contests 10 call out the vot-
ers. and the certainty OF Republican
success on the state ticket The total
Crawford vote was only 400, major
ity of 4ss. All the amendments car
ried in the county by majoritfes OF
about two to one. The Republican
legislative ticket in the district will
have majorities of about TOO.
The three national banks OF Pierre
show deposits at the date Of Novem-
Der call. Of over $1,3o0,000. The banks
of Fort Pierre show deposits of over
500, 600. making the savings of the
people of the two towns reach more
than $2,000,000 This is a pretty good;
showing for places of the size of,
| Pierre and Fort Pierre. and one which
will make larger places show UP we'll
| 70 reach.
Indians on the Cheyenne river res,
srvation are taking coal out of the
| Firesteel mines about sixty miles
northwest of the agency. and supply
| ing the government buildings at that
place with this fuel. II is claimed that
| the supply of coal at this mine is ex-i
| tensive, and that it is of a quality,
| that gives good furnace heat to the
rvernment buildings where 1t is being
used.
j. N. Douglas who resides a short
| distance up Bad river from Fort
| Pierre, has been making a test of the
soil in that vicinity for brick making
and has just burned kiln of twenty
five thousand brick. which are claim
ed by builders to be excellent for
building work. As he has plenty OF
fuel. his enterprise promises to be
profitable one.
One question which will trouble the
next legislative session will be that OF
| the state school lands. There will be
strong demand from several quar-
tiers for the withdrawal of the school
lands from sale. and placing them all
| under lease.
The Northwestern Railway COM
pany has forestalled any chance OF
suffering for the lack of fuel in the
country west OF Pierre by sending out
| four cars of railroad coal TO be dis
tributed at points along the line as far
as 1t is completed.
Gov. Elrod has received notification
that the 5 per cent due South Dakota
from sales OF public lands in the state
viii for this year amount to $6.9sz.7o.
which. when received, win be added
10 the permanent school fund OF The
state.
State Land Commissioner Bach has
withdrawn all state capitol lands from
thA WI o& b. M xvft
| could be sold under the action of the
last legislative session has been dis
posed OF. and four applications for sale
| were turned down. Until the NEXT leg
isiative session provides for further
sales. the would-be purchasers OF these
lands win have 90 wait. the sum so
far received being $4,000 provided
for the construction OF the wing of
the building on which work has befrs