The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-09-20

stantial growth In fire insurance bust
ness in the state for the past year, and
a slight decrease I'm life insurance, no
doubt caused by the agitation over the
Investigations of the large companies.
and charges OF mismanagement which
were generally made. The foreign fire
companies doing business In the state
for the last year wrote new and re-
newed old risks to the amount of $5S,-
275,S12, and received premiums to the
amount OF $9S2.565; and paid losses
amounting to s464.037. The increase
in premiums received was s24S,SS1,
and the increase in losses paid was
S2l6.343 The excess OF premiums
over losses paid as shown by the 1905
report was $433.990; and as shown by
the 1906 report, is shown at S46S,52S.
The foreign life insurance companies
doing business In the state show
risks written and renewed for the past
year to have been $S.4O5,262, while for
the preceding year they exceeded that
amount by S14l,1S6. The premiums
received for the past year We're ST.
2O5.792. an increase OF S55.405 over
such receipts for the previous year
The losses paid for the year amounted
TO $2l0,504. an increase Of SASS?
over those of the previous year. The
excess receipts over losses paid for the
last year were $995.29S; and for the
previous year $1.Ol7.T42. Several
companies have withdrawn from the
state the past year and others have
been admitted, showing the same
number of companies doing business
in the state at the present as for the
past year.
The action of the Missouri River
Stockmen's Association at its annual
meeting this year marks the end OF
the roundup and the range. The bust
ness of this annual meeting has al
ways been To arrange for the annual
roundup work; fixing the boundaries
! OF the territory to be worked by each
outfit. and the selection OF foremen
for each outfit But this year about
, the only business transacted was To
decide to hold no roundup. The new
settlers have so closely occupied the
territory to be worked. and have dot
ted ii with gardens and small patches
OF crop to such an extent that to at
tempt to work cattle over the terri
tory would mean large amount of
damage and trouble, and as the home
steaders are a far larger number than
the cattlemen the roundup is to be no
more. The Butte County country will
probably be worked for year or two
more, but not for long, and the pictur-
/ esque feature OF stock raising SO far as
South Dakota is concerned has ended
to give way to the pillow and the small
herds.
The TT Of the bureau OF vital
- r the month of March
F5Mh greater number of births re-
orted ttan for any other month stree
e bureau was established, showing
/. Their, were 317 deaths reported,
which 4. were frem pneumonia; 2S
I'm hear failure: "a from tuberculo-
and ls from cancer. Eleven acct
ltal dcaths and two suicides are rc-
pAted. The record shows 1928 mar
rid hes for the month; and 81 divorces
wdSe granted, Of which 81 were To
residents. The state secured 3J1
new citizens through naturalization.
The supreme court has admitted
William Jacobs, of Bradley, and
Frank g.. Wederath, of Presho, on ex-
animation before the court. Weder-
ath. in his determination to take the
examination walked from Presho to
Pierre for lack OF cash to pay fare,
and after a successful examination re-
turned to his home by the same mode
of transportation" to await the com
ing of his authority. to write himself
as an attorney.
state Engineer Lea has been in
Pierre preparing TO open up his Of
flee in the state house, and has return
ed to Belle Fourche for the purpose
of looki - over the applications which
have been made to him for water
rights under the irrigation law He
expects to return to Pierre ready 70"
work in his office as soon as he COM
pletes the work waiting for him, and
will be back in about two weeks.
The Northwestern road has filed in
the Pierre land Office plats for two OF
its towns west Of the Missouri One
is on section q. township 2 north.
range &c east, in Lyman County. sew
eral miles west Of Bovine. and the
other on the line between sections 3
and 6, in township north. range %
east, near Leon. in Stanley County
The rock cut at Fort Pierre on the
Northwestern extension has been
completed, and rails are being laid
through the town. The first two
bridges across Bad River are COM
pleted. and the next two well along,
and the rail laying will be pushed as
rapidly as possible up the valley Of
the Bad River from this time on.
Gov. Elrod has appointed DR.. Ste
phen ID. Olney. Of Sioux Falls, to rep
resent South Dakota at the annual
conference of the American Medical
Association. which meets in Chicago
Saturday May IL.
Arbor day was generally observ-
ed in Pierre, the schools carrying out
appropriate exercises, and planting
trees on the school grounds. Mem
bers OF the Opportunity Club, com
posed OF young men of the city, pant.
ed trees on the state house grounds
South Dakota banking methods are
exemplified In the articles Of incor-
poration which were filed for the
Grand River gfate papk at CLAW,