Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-09-14

lea sue was formed IN IieiAo
nrizes offered for best kept propeiy
and grounds Of owners OF ope "
different values and for tenants
work of the year was c'o'eu
eorver show at the Carnegie library.
Tha show, which was under tne MAI
arement of Miss Clara Bowen, ASSIST.
- bv , number of other ladies OF
pIerre drew a floral collection whlch
hu Red the walls of the building III
hight colors lastly arranged. A pro-
cram was rendered in which Vocal anu
insfrumAntal music was a promlheht
| mart. Mayor Albright presided anu
edged his efforts towards leglslallon
which would assist in the WORK ol
cleaning up portions of the city "nIcn
! cannot be reached at present. Inc
prizes for the best kept dwellings, anu
| grounds by owners went TO w. y
sweet. Mrs. Englund and Mrs. Fay Tor
n different classes of property, eacn
being given $40. The first tenants
prize went to Mrs. ]. c. Wild second
to Mrs. James S. Sebree and thlrd 10
Mrs. Fentress.
The total assessment figures or the
state, as left by the state board OF
equalization on all classes or properly
Is s2~22,426,469, an Increase OF ~
1876 over the figures as lett ny 'he
board a year ago. or TINS lhcreaso,
~S4S2,532 is on corporate property anu
the balance on lands. lots n personal
The increase on corporate
n%ronerty was s286,4s1 on railroads,
$685. 73 on telephones, $6,6S5 on tele-
graphs and 54,zS5 on express cornpa-
MES. Most Of the counties show an
increase in valuation over last year,
the greatest shrinkage in the FEW
which show a decrease being in Law
renee, which was reduced over ST.
, 5000 from the returns of last year.
!, The increase in real and personal
property is practically all new prop
erty, as the general valuations are
practically the same as for last year
The people of Forest City have
found use for the Missouri river as 6
y regulator Of freight rates. and clam
, to be saving Z cents a hundred tt
. themselves and Is cents to the Chey'
= enne river ndian agency by rive
9 TRANSFORMATION. Their usual shipping
: point is Gettysburg, the terminus o
= the Northwestern road, in Potte
q county, and to wagon freight fron
y there to Forest City and the agency
- Now they save 7 cents a hundred b,
~ shipping over the Milwaukee to Ev
arts and boating down the river. TIL
- boat price is just the same to Fores
- City and the agency, and the create
- saving at the agency is the differenc
- of the ferryage charge across tn
" river at Forest City, giving the agenc
8 cents the advantage of Forest Cit!
When the territory of Oklahom
was organized they adopted the cod
:, of South Dakota complete for the
laws and now that they are preparir
n for statehood they are looking to tn
state for pointers as to their constitl
e ton and new laws, sending in a u
y Der Of inquiries as to the manner
Ks which certain and numerous statut
lie work out here in actual practice, II
l. latest inquiry being as to the wor
le ings Of the primary election law
in his state so far as it has been trie
Ks The correspondence shows that Mi
st Gertrude Pattison, who was stenogr
So ipher to Cows. Mellette and Sheldt
lie and later for several years in the off
e. of the secretary of state, is now t
lp stenographer to the attorney gener
OF Oklahoma.
d State Secretary Wipf opened bi
u" for the printing of the South DakO
~ supreme court reports for the ne
II eight years. The bidders were Call
han Company, Chicago, $2.46 per VI
ume; John Longstaff, Huron, $2.5
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing
er Buffalo, N. Y, So; Nipple Prints
Co., Pierre, STAT, that firm getting t
ne contract. The law requires the CO
en- tracing firm to supply the books
a, residents Of the state at the contra
us price.
IN
ad On preliminary hearing the m
10 who did the killing at Pierre Il
40 week said his correct name is Fra:
n, Smith and his home at Atlanta, c
40 He admits going after the gun I
the purpose of killing the man he W
40 after, and after he had been called
tt vile name for refusing to drink w
at his victim. The name of the de
or, man is now believed to be Jose
Barry instead of Fitzgerald, as he "
ty known on the pay roll. Smith "
bound over without bail.
ri.
III The contractor who was to put
the heating plant at the governmt