Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-03-23
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EImT1r11mTANuNue
TIE life insurance companies coihs
business IN This state have heo WIN
the insurance department their star
uen-s ~ business in 4 state 1or Eve
and the reports Of the New York Ldfe'
the Mutual and Equitable n three
big companies Of New York all snow
= -Adn,cr1ou in business below that OF
IN. preceding year, presumably on ac-
ro=,p7 .< The investigations Of their al
fairs while the other life companies
generally show a gain The record OF
tn New York Life shows for SCUM
Da kota az new policies for 1899 anu
Tag for 1908. with a total OF HsW TasA'
for 1904 q xl.l5sl2s- and for lSvS,
.s7eg.ssO. a loss Of s354AsS for th+
wear. The Mutual shows $50 new pol.
irtes for 1894 and Al for 1905. Min
.eskS If ~sl-5p2.7ez for 1903. ana s4.-
7qn ne4 for l2G5- q loss Of S3ss-S5S.
The Equitable wrote 143 new p0!lcle9
Sor 1904 and al for 1905. with FlShs
of ss4o.6sO for the former year alo
.s72-zH fnr the latter year, q Tenoc-
tinn 4 "sII5.Cs1. II comparison Win
these. the Northwestern Mutual O,
Milwaukee. wTut- So policies in 1904
ana go IN 4SpE, NIiI "a ~
in 1903 and ~ll.o36.eVo for 1905 The
%orthp estern National. Of AinneaPn-
lis. wrote Iol poIicie. in 1904 and zz5
in 1905. with risks to the nou OF
sI7l.0E4 for l0i and *2l6.359 for
1905.
If is forty-eighI years since the arst
AGRICULTURAL settlement was made in
south Dakota, and in that perioc the
agricultural possibilities Of the state
haze occa pretty We'll tried out Inlr-
;y-six first Class crops have been
grown Seven others have been fair
and five have been practical failures
South akotau invite comparison.
with this record. The present year
opens with unusual promise. After a
prolonged period of inactivity the
great railroad companies trayersing
the state ave undertaken vast extern
sion projects and the building OF more
than 500 miles Of new track IN thlS
state this year is officially announced
By the North western. the
The M~inneapoli and St. Louis and the
South Dakota Central. No other state
is confronted with a promise of so
much development. The newspapers
of The state. having a combined circu-
Iation of several million copies, are ar
ranging to make a united showing OF
our dvantages in the circulation of a
carefully prepared edition compiled
by Doane Robinson. II viii go out
bout the goth of March
1t is now probable that the new
state capitol at Pierre will be built OF
the gray and white sandstone from
the Burke quarry nea Hot Springs.
d. P. Wipf. secretary OF state. and {.
J. Pach. commissioner O. Schooi anG
bile iands, have been spending a
few lays in the Hills or business and
looking over stone quarries III the
Black Hills. both located near HOT
Springs. The Evans quarry furnishes
pink sandstone, from which the Evans
Hotel was built. and which is being
used partially in the construction OF
the United States sanitarium. The
Burke quarry, located about two miles
from the Evans furnishes an excellent
grade of gray and White sandstone.
The government building in Deadwood
is being built of that stone, which was
also used in the construction of the
Franklin Hotel. A considerable
amount OF it has been used in both
Omaha and Sioux City.
G. H, Arnold, an employe on tbs
! government building in Pierre has ir
his possession a gold plated pewter
| snuff box, which was pump
| ed from the bottom of the
| Mississippi River near Daven'
| port, with a sand dredge. Ihe
box is a heavy one and probably very
! old. On the lid cover a scrool device i:
n triple Crown, the device directly I'm
| der the crown being marked 1. L. or
in each section in the scroll work l
is presumed to have been dropped II
| the river by some OF the early mis-
sionary explorers along that stream
The homestead filings at the Pierre
land office for the month of February
were 135, with q water deciaratorie
and 7 soldiers d~eclaratories. Thi:
means the taking UP of more than 80,
600 acres, or practically a township
and a half for the month. Title wa!
secured to over 5000 acres in thu
month by twenty cash entries ant
twelve final homestead proofs. Forty
six contests were initiated for TIL
month on account. of lack of sufticien
residence or Improvement on the par
of claimants. ...
"A the SpSSlci 80
held in Pierre Ed O'Keefe entered {
plea of guilty to the charge of secur
ing money on false checks, n wa!
given a sentence of six months in tn
penitentfary At the same term d:
number of condemnation suits brough
by the Northwestern road for proper
ty in the eastern part of the city wer'
heard, and the value of the lots de
sired was set at an average of abou
$40 each. This Is the tract which tn
company is securing and which is sup
posed to be wanted for shop purposes
The Fidelity Land and Trust Com
pany, which was Incorporated severe
weeks ago, has been organized by tn
selection of Claude Garner president
A. w. Ewart, vice president; w. J
Newton, secretary, n NJ. A. Lange
treasurer. The company, which will
have headquarters in Pierre. is ar
ranging to put up a building of 1T
own this summer. and will do a gen
cral land and loan business.
Gust Hess is in Pierre, having com
from Monroeville, o., for the purpos
OF starting a. brick YARD AS Their
will be a large amount of building il
that city the coming year. the call 70
brick Will make q good business II