Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-01-12

since the coming or the WIlttS - y"
has Fastened upon them ana Is CONSTANT
" on the increase. 1t IS rli'ihieu ~ 'iTee
who have given the matter attention that
tbo cause Of the increase of the disease
10 thar mnuv Of the Indians 1--we IN
houses with dirt floors and the afllcted
ones spit about indiscriminat"ly, the spit
1Le mincling with the dust of the MOOR,
ia he breathed in by the other residents
of the house, carrying along the start OIL
n new case by this means. Inc ra'aees
of the disease are such that the deaths
outnumber the births on some OF the res
crvations, and on none of them Is there
any great increase. II is hoped by TAX
ing cases in the first stages out OF thelr
homes and into more healthlul SURROUND
ings to assist in the checking of the
plague among them.
Ever since tie first move on the rail-
way extension from Pierre to Rapid CITY.
the state land department has received
numerous requests for the sale OF a schoo1
section which joins Rapid City. So many
requests of this character were received
that the state lands board has decided
to place the tract upon the market, hoiu-
ing that the speculative value at the pres
ent time will probably bring the state a
larger sum than could be realized from
it for a long time in any other way. Inc
date OH which the tract will be otefed
is the third of March, and at a minlmum
sale price to be fixed by the board at a
later date. The land department reports
the demand for state building land to be
fair having disposed of another quarter
section in Edmunds County Tuesday or
this week. While the fund continues to
grow in this manner the increase Is
small, and those who are so ANXIOUS TO
have d selection of stone for the ulld
ing made could hurry the matter by de-
| voting some of their energy to seeing that
the lands are taken, and the commission
placed in Il position to make the seiec'
ton.
The drillers at work OH the location OF
the piers for the permanent bridge at
Pierre found the hard shale which they
| desired for a foundation at a depth or
forty feet on the bar in the middle or the
stream. To be certain that this was not
Il thin strata they sent the drill down
fifty feet into it without finding a break.
The drilling for the artesian wells at
Pierre shows that this strata is shout 400
feet in thickness and that it viii be all
that is desired for a firm foundation.
The drill has been moved to another cor
her of the location of this pier and fur
Their soundings will be made Two cars
of material for the transfer boat to be
used at Pierre during the summer months
when the pile bridge cannon be left in the
stream is now on the ground. and 1t is
hoped to get to work on the construction
of this craft at an early date. 1t VIII be
large enough to cross several cars at 4
time. and while this will be a slow way
- will do nnJi1 tho normal
ent bridge is completed.
The state land department has sent out
S1.151.4O trespass money to the different
endowed state institutions. this being re-
| ceipts for December. The amounts to
the different institutions are: Aberdeen
normal. S76.72; state university. S41.6O;
agricultural college. $456.16; deaf and
dumb school, $3.50; reform school,
Stag; northern hospital, $144.2O; blind
asylum, $65.SO; school of mines, $101.44;
madison normal, 1926; Spearfsh nor
NAL, 1926. The department has been
looking closely after trespassers on en-
| dowment and public lands for the past
year and has secured several thousand
dollars for the educational funds in this
way.
The December. collections of state tax
es make q better showing han for the
corresponding quarter last year, regard
less of the fact that the total sum receiv-
ed is slightly less. For last year with
a deficiency levy of 2 mills, the receipts
for the quarter were $685. 63.43; and
for this year the total without such a de-
ticiency levy was $204,456.7S. Outside
of the deficiency levy all but three COM
bined is less than $50. The people of
the state are in good financial condition,
and are paying up their taxes, beside
there has been n large amount of trans
ferriug for the year and this helps to
clear up back taxes.
Saturday he remains of three Of the
sictims of the Bad River lood last July,
were brought to Pierre and given perma-
nent burial. These victims had been
temporarily buried near where the bod
les were found. Perry Rifenberg, one
Of the victims, was inferred in Riverside
cemetery at Pierre. The funeral of Ed
Cook. another victim, was held at Fort
Pierre Sunday and inferred in h lie GENE
terry Mt that place. The remains OF Fred
Trurbo. the third victim, were shipped to
Avon. Bon Homme County, the home of
his parents, fer burial at that place.
The railroad yards OF the west side
OF the river from Pierre have been spread
ont with a trackage of about ten miles.
and long trains of supplies are being
rushed to the new yards as rapidly as
/ possible and a large force of men are
pi.ing up the material. The company
cannot depend on much more than sixty
days more OF safe crossing, Il in that
time viii nave to get across the material
for ninety miles OF trackage. and the
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