The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1906-08-17

Sioux tribe, and who reside In Charles
Mix County, Ia the Information
brought 10 Sioux Falls by parties re-
turning from that section. During the
past twelve months r. j. Taylor, Unit
ed States Indian agent In charge OF
these Indians, has paid to them IN
round numbers the sum of s2sS.bee,
this amount being the proceeds of the
sale of their inherited lands. On July
1 last these Indians had In various ma
tional banks the aggregate sum OF
ssh, s10,12. which was derived from
the sale of inherited lands. In addt-
ton TO this. they have a large deposit
In the United States treasury. 1t is
doubtful IL any other Indian tribe
will ever receive such liberal pay
for their surplus land as the Yankton
Sioux received for a tract of 10000
acres which was coded by them to the
government and opened to white set
Element in May, 1895. For this amount
of land the sum of $500. 900 was placed
to the credit of the tribe In the United
States treasury. In addition to this
the further sum of 100000 was dis
tributed among the members of the
tribe per capita about the time the
ceded tract was opened to settlement.
Since that time they have received
from the government at various inter-
walls many thousands of dollars, being
interest upon the half million dollar
deposit in the federal treasury. The
treaty by which the Yankton Sioux
ceded the 6S,000-acre tract provides
that after twenty-five years the $780,
600 deposited to the credit of the tribe
may be payable to the Indians at the
pleasure of the United States.
Threshing machines in South Dako-
la already are commencing to tell their
story, and therefore all guessing as 10
the crop raised in the state this year
is at an end. What the threshing ma
chimes tell fully bears out early pre-
dictions to the effect that South Dako-
ia has again this year produced crop
of mammoth proportions. While
spring wheat harvesting will not be
completed for a week or ten days yet,
especially in the northern portion Of
the state. the harvesting of other
small grain either has been practically
completed or is nearing completion.
The rainy weather of the past few
days has delayed harvesting operations
to some extent. In the southern part
of the state. where a great deal of the
grain ripened much earlier than that
in the northern portion, threshing OF
grain from early ripened fields has, as
stated, been commenced The returns
made by the threshers are Of a very
gratifying nature.
Peter Norbeck. of the well drilling
firm of Norbeck & Nicholson, has just
returned to Pierre from a trip out
along the line of the Northwestern ex-
tension, and down into the territory
covered by the Milwaukee extension
One Of their outfits has found a light
flow of artesian water at a depth of
1920 feet at Caus, the first siding east
of Midland. and the drill is being sent
deeper to get a stronger flow. The
same firm has contracts for wells at
Nowiin, west of Midland, in which
they are to go 2.100 feet, and another
contract at Wendte. station about
twenty miles out from Fort Pierre. 1t
is likely that the railroad company
will drill artesian wells at all the sta
tons on the new line to Rapid City,
since the work so far done has proven
that water can be secured in such
wells.
The bonded Indebtedness of the
state has been reduced by $50, 500
more by the state treasurer securing
| the surrender of bonds to that amount.
which do not become due until 1909,
| This brings the total bonded debt be-
| low $4,000 and the treasury is ready
| TO take up every cent of that at any
| time Each year shows the state to be
| in better financial condition, and at the
| farthest all the bonded debt will be
wiped out within three years, as that is
the longest time that any such indebt-
| edness runs. A part of this debt be-
| comes due next year, and the last of 1t
two years later.
One of the hardest problems for the
, government in its dealing with the In
! dams of South Dakota is to prevent
| them giving away as presents all their
movable property. in accordance with
| an old custom. Recently number Of
| Omaha Indians from Nebraska visited
| the Sioux Indians on the Cheyenne
| River reservation In South Dakota.
| When the visitors departed for their
home they took with them twenty-one
head of horses, two new buggies, har-
nesses and numerous other articles.
which had been presented to them in
violation of the strict orders OF the In-
| dian bureau at Washington.
| II Is reported from Russell, the first
| siding east OF Midland. on the new
I Northwestern extension. that a slight
| flow of water was secured I'm an ar
tesian well which is being sunk for the
railroad company. A good flow at that
i place practically assures artesian wa
ter all the way between the Missouri
! River and the Black Hills and greatly
4 extends the artesian belt
| In the first year after the motor We
| hicle license law went into effect IL
| censes were taken out for 480 ma
chimes. Since the first of the present
month this has been increased to J20.
| The license fee is only 81, and the next
legislature will no doubt increase This
| amount