The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1906-08-31

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The committee on markings OF pa
pers presented at the teachers exam
nations earlier in the month, began
its work In Pierre last week, While
not all the counties have sent In their
papers. the number received from
the counties which have reported are
only about one-third as great as for
the fall examination year ago, which
would indicate that there will be a
greater shortage of rural teachers than
was anticipated. The list Of markers
at work is: Mrs. NJ. A. LANCE, Mrs.
Maud r. Carter, Mrs A Hegg.und.
Pierre: Prof. Jayne, Mitchell: ]. F.
Harms, Parkston; II. P. Briggs. Elk
Point; ]. Fl. Hatteberg, Clear Lake;
o. E. Browne, Mt Vernon. John Nc
Pherson, Fort Pierre: Misses Nellie
Stealey, Myrtle Hutchinson. Ida Hatch,
Pierre: Bertha Kalder, Warneke; An
ma Hollister. Woonsocket: Juna KEEP
mart, NeTIDllliOE, julia bultS. ann
ton; Mabel Shurtleff. Vermillion. and
NJ Allen, Bovine. Many of the outsid-
ers will teach in the Pierre schools this
winter, and have been selected on that
account to save the mileage which
would have to be paid to any markers
coming from a long distance. and the
appropriation for that purpose is linn.
tied
State Superintendent Ramer says he
is finding a great deal Of trouble in
dealing with applicants for state GER
tificates, who hold diplomas from
small colleges and schools outside Of
the state where they go to take two
years work in one, to comply in form
with the state requirements. The pa
pers they present are not M to the re-
quired standard and certificates can
not be granted upon them. and the
only way the holders OF such Diplomas
can secure the coveted certificates is
through examinations. The parties
who go to these schools outside Of the
state. instead of gaining a year are
losing one. as they could get within
the requirements by two years work in
the state schools The provisional
state certificate requires at least
twenty full year credits. all of high
school grade or above. One year OF
pedagogy. either in model training
school. or nine months actual teaching
experience, and credits on common
school work cannot be granted to
to them.
xtsstEga !.
The matter of leasing the Indian
pastures on Cheyenne river reserva-
ton. at the price which was fixed for
this year. does not appear to be pro-
crossing favorably The lease holders
claim that they are not making any,
thing at the old lease, price and when
that was raised to a higher figure 1t
was predicted that no leases would be
taken at the new price The Indian
council at that agency after a long
session with the holders of the leases.
failed to come to any agreement for
continuing or renewal of the leases
and an adjournment was taken to the
ed OF this month when another con-
/ ference will he held. and If no agree
ment is reached the leases will again
be advertised. at presumably a lower
, minimum figure.
The state lands board has fixed the
following dates in September for offer
ing of Taylor lots in different towns
of the state where such property was
| taken at the time of the settlement
with the defaulting treasurer: Huron
Aug. "a; Madison. Aug 25. and Wa
tertown, Aug. 27. The date fixed for
the sale of the state addition to Cham
berlain is the goth of September when
all the lots in that addition will be
| put up at auction and will probably
| all be bid in. as the tract lies near the
! site selected for the branch of the
Battle Creek sanitarium which has
been located at that town.
| Articles of Incorporation were filed
at Pierre for the Sioux City. Pierre
and Northwestern railway, With head
| quarters at Huron. and a capital of
! s1,000.000. The incorporators are A
$. King. f. NJ Thompson. C. S. Cor
/ don. Minneapolis. Mirn.. and Pbilfn
| lawrence. Marion Hoke. Huron. s. y
| The proposed line is to run from Sioux
| City to Pierre through the counties of
! Union. Clay Hutchinson. Douglas, Da-
vison. Aurora. Brule. Buffalo, HYDE
Hughes, thence east to the state line
and on to Minneapolis. The estimat-
ed length to be 600 miles. and estimat-
ed cost $4,000
About month ago a bottle was
picked up on sand bar near pierre
containing the following note: June
IA. 1877, Maud H. Kirk, On steamer
josephine, near Fort Buford. All
we'll" The writer of this note has
been found in Mrs. Maud III. Tracy
the wife of a banker at Toledo, Ohio
She is the daughter OF Mai. +. b. Kirk
who was stationed at Fort Buford M
that time, and threw the bottle int,
the river one day when she was out
on the steamer Josephine.
Miss Ina Sutley, a young lady living
Oh a claim short distance from Fort
Pierre, is the proud possessor of rug
made from the hide OF lynx which
she herself shot. She came to the