The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1906-07-19
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fore the close OF the year. The
amount due to each institution for the
present apportionment is: Agricul-
tural college, $4,335.77; Aberdeen
normal, $343.75; state university.
$1,175.99; deaf and dumb school,
$53S.20; reform school, $701.67;
Spearfish normal, $498.62: Madison
normal, s49S; Springfield normal,
$431.71; northern hospital, $39S.3S;
blind asylum, $343.96; school Of mines.
s257.Ss. The amount of the present
distribution is s9,425.0s, and that OF
April this year was s20,5S7.S9, max
ing total so far this year OF $30.12.-
81; which is about $2,700Fmore than
for the same period last year. The
fund which goes to the support Of
these institutions is growing every
year, and will soon be decided factor
in the question of the maintenance Of
The state institutions.
Articles of incorporation have been
filed for the Pittsburg Oil and Mining
Company. with headquarters at Pierre,
with capitol Of $4,000. This COM
pany has been organized with the al
legged purpose Of sinking deep well at
Pierre to test the question of what
can be found below the artesian we'll
basin. Ever since the finding of gas
in the artesian flow at Pierre there has
been a strong belief that II well was
sent deeper than the flow, either dry
gas or oil would be secured. the pres
,ence of gas in the water being consid-
erred evidence of one Of the others.
Up to the present no one cared to ad-
vance the necessary capital to make
hn \,
,sive proposition. But the promoters
of the company formed have been for
the past year quietly securing Oil
leases on lands in the vicinity of
Pierre, and now they are ready to
make a test.
A large number Of the Yankton
Sioux Indians residing in Charles Mix
County are preparing to take advan-
tage of the recent act of congress au-
thoriZing the secretary of the interior
to issue patents (titles) in fee simple
to Indians having allotments of land.
Under the act Indians who are shown
to be self-supporting and capable of
managing their own affairs can obtain
a patent to their land free and clear
of all restrictions. Under the former
laws Indians who had taken their al
lotments of land could not secure title
to their tracts from the government
until the expiration of twenty years
from the time the allotments had
been given to them. Practically all of
the Yankton Sioux Indians have taken
allotments. s
The summary of the vital statistic
report for the month of May shows
the birth of SCI children in the state
for that month. OF these 444 were
boys and 43S girls. The deaths num-
bered 325, of which 80 occurred from
heart allure, 20 each from pneu-
monia and tuberculosis, 8 were acci-
dentally killed and 1 was drowned.
There We're 253 marriages and so di-
vorces, of which 46 were granted TO
non-residents. The state gained 256
new citizens through naturalization.
Gov. Elrod granted an extradition
warrant to Deputy Sheriff d. p. Ba-
ker, of Boyd County, .Neb., for Harry
Rodgers, who is under arrest at Fair
fax on a charge of assault with dan
gerous weapon. Rodgers, who is al
legged to be mixed up with a cattle
rustling gang which works along the
state line, got into trouble with an
other man over the possession Of
some cattle, and made the attack for
which he is wanted.
State Land Commissioner Bach and
State Auditor Halliday were in Greg
ory County to go over the line of the
new Northwestern extension in that
county to appraise the state lands
which the line is to cross. They were
obliged to give UP the trip along the
Minneapolis and st. Louis line on ac-
count of the condition Of the roads,
and will make that trip as we'll as the
one to the Black Hills later in the
season.
Insurance Commissioner Perkins
sends out warning to implement
dealers over the state, and especially
to agents for the Advance Threshing
Machine Company. against taking ap-
plications for insurance on threshing
outfits, for N. s. Head e. Son, of Min
neapolis, as the application blanks
furnished by that firm do not contain
the name of the company which is to
issue the policy when secured.
The matron OF the Pierre Indian |
school escorted a bunch Of thirty In
dian boys and girls who have just fin- |
ished three years course back to |
their homes in North Dakota and |
Canada.N They were a bright appear
Ing, well dressed, quick spoken lot |
comparing favorably with white chil- |
dren graduates in these particulars.
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The receipts of state taxes on the |
call for the quarter ending June |
brought in total OF $131,SqS, Of |
which f50,567 belonged to the state |
general fund and s5o.4ss to the def.- |
cheney fund. which Is available for.
taking up general fund warrants. The !
balance Is insane maintenance fund. |!