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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-05-09
State News of Interest
SCHOOL BOARD TO BE CUT DOWN
State Superintendent Interprets New

State Superintendent lnterprets New
H. A. Ustrud, state superintendent
of public instruction, while in Sioux
Falls on business took occasion to
|give an outline of the changes which
the last legislature made in the school
laws regarding boards of education,
and thus correct a wrong impression
which appears to have prevailed
throughout the state as to Just what
the changes were.
That change was made in the
law was generally known, but it was
thought by many that the change was
In connection with the Galveston plan
Of city government, and would not be
operated unless the Galveston plan
was adopted. The state superinten-
dent states that this is an incorrect
Impression. He points out that the
school board clause was eliminated
from the Galveston plan as adopted by
IhS lCSioldlu1e, uul tAdL du dulSuu-
ment to the school laws of the state
provides that after July / next the
membership of boards of education,
like the board in Sioux Falls, which
consists of thirteen members, will be
reduced to five members, who, instead
of being elected by wards and dis
tricts, as under the old or present law,
will be elected at large.
Next year, in other words, the en-
tire thirteen members of the board
of education will retire from office,
and in their places will be elected the
five members whos under the new law,
will constitute the board. The mem
bers of the present boards of educa-
cation in Sioux Falls and elsewhere
in the state will hold Office until the
third Tuesday in June Of next year,
when the boards of five members will
be elected.
1t is further stated by State Super
intendent Ustrud that the changing Of
the date for holding the school board
elections from April to June was for
two purposes. First, it was thought
best to separate the school elections,
which are held in April, and, second,
there has been considerable discus
sion and friction on the different
boards regarding which board, the old
or the new, had the right to select
teachers for the ensuing school year.
With the elections held in June, a
municipal elections, it will develop
upon the old board to secure the teach
ers for the next school year.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-05-09
FIX PRICES FOR CAPITOL LANDS
Minimum In Many Cases 10 Above SO
an Acre.

The appraisment Of state building
lands. which will be offered next
! month to secure funds for the new
! capitol, has been completed by the
/, state lands board. and soon will be
sent out in printed form to any one de-
string to purchase such lands. While
the last legislative session relieved
the board from the rigid minimum of
$40 an acre, the appraisement prices
run to and above that figure.
The sales this year probably will be
more attractive to investors than were
those Of last year on account of thu
terms on which they were offere,
Last year the cash was demanded on
sale; while under the new laws and
regulations only one-third is demand
I'd at the date of the sale, one-sixth
next December. and the other half Of
the purchase price to run FIVE years,
with the option of payment after the
second year.
| Last year the best lands In McPher-
son county were placed upon the mar
ket, cutting the average prices for
lands in that county lower this year
than they would have been If all the
lands were yet to be offered.
The sales dates and average mini
mum prices for this year are: Hyde
county, at Highmore, May IS, average
from 50 to $11 an acre; Hand county,
at Miller, May ID, with minimum of
from 50 to $40 an acre; Faulk county
sales will be at Faulkton on May Is,
with minimum ranging from SO to $14
an acre; Potter county, at Gettysburg,
May 16, with minimums ranging from
SO to S12; Edmunds county, at Ipswich.
May 81, with minimums ranging from
SO to $11; Mcpherson county, &. Lee
ola, May %, with minimums ranging
from Sc to $40 an acre; Sully county,
at Onida, May Is, ranging from Sc to
$40 an acre.
| With SO minimum handicap last
year enough of this land was disposed
of to bring in the funds required under
the proposed plan to erect only one
wing of the building, and Commission
er Dokken, with more leeway in the
matter Of sales and with the privilege
CT giving time on half the purchase
price, will do all in his power to sell
enough of the lands to keep the work
on the building going without drawing
upon the state fund appropriated as an
emergency in case the sales do not
meet thu situation
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-05-09
TO IMPROVE FORT.
Building and Other improvements at
Meade Will Cost $150,O00.

Building and Other improvements at
Meade Will Cost $4,000.
Improvement work at Fort Meade,
near Sturgis, will take on boom pro.
portions during the fiscal year begin
ming July i. Senator E. Fl. Perkins Of
Sturgis received semi-official informa-
ton to the effect that there will be e1-
pended $4,000 for the erection of a
cavalry drill hall; $4,000 for a band
barrack, and $4,000 for two double
sets of captains quarters. The total
assured from one fund is $4,000.
From another fund is to come a
sum of $4,000 for matchmaking a
semi-circle road enclosing the plaza in
the center of officers row, and the
further sum of $500 to provide for
macadamizing the road between the
fort grounds and the city limits. There
is strong probability of an administra-
ton building being included with those
above enumerated.
To meet the urgent need of water
for trees and lawns of the post an ir-
rigation system is being planned. The
project under consideration is to eth
er take from the flow Of Bear Butte
creek at the old bridge or to use a
pump at the mill pond.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-05-09
FRIENDS HELP
St. Paul Park Incident.

AFTER drinking coffee for breakfast
l always felt languid and dull, having
no ambition to get to my morning
duties. Then in about an hour or so
weak, nervous arrangement OF the
heart and stomach would come over
me with such force would frequently
have to lie down.
AT other times had severe head.
aches; stomach finally became affect
ed and digestion so impaired that I
had serious acknowledgements and con.
stipation. A lady, for many years
State President of the w. c. T. IT,,
told me she had been greatly bene-
flied by quitting coffee and using
Postum Food Coffee; she was trou-
bled for years with asthma. She said
1t was no cross to quit coffee when
she found she could have as delicious
an article as Postum.
Another lady, who had been trou-
bled with chronic dyspepsia for years,
found Immediate relief on ceasing cot.
fee and beginning Postum twice day.
She was wholly cured. Still another
friend told me that Postum Food Cof-
fee was Godsend to her, her heart
trouble having been relieved after
leaving off coffee and taking Postum.
SO many such cases came to my
notice that ] concluded coffee was the
cause OF my trouble and quit and
took up Postum. I am more than
pleased to say that my days Of trou-
bic have disappeared. / am well and
happy" There's q Reason" Read
The Road to Wellyille., 4 in pkgs.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-05-09
PUBLICLY WHIP THIEVES.
Homesteaders Will Organize Vigilan
tss to Protect Property.

Homesteaders Will Organize Vieilan-
tss to Protect Property.
To be publicly horstwhipped and
branded before the people of the coun-
ty as thieves is the punishment which
is promised several persons who ap-
ptar to be engaged in carrying on
Wholesale thefts among the settlers of
Lyman county.
The thieves make practice Of Wis
lting the homes of homesteaders dur
ing the temporary absence Of the
owners, and large quantities Of cloth
ing, household articles and other prop
erty have been carried away.
The matter has reached such point
that movement now has been inau-
purated among the settlers to organize
q vigilance committee in every town
ship in the county. Those detected in
thefts will be publicly horsewhipped
and then branded as thieves before
the people of the entire county.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-05-09
MORE INDIANS FARMING.
Red Men Yearly Take Increased In
terest in Agriculture.

Red Men Yearly Take Increased In.
terest in Agriculture.
Spring on the Pine Ridge Indian res
ervation this year means great activity
among it's Indian residents, numbering
now about 1000 in all. Much Of the
seasons work Is we'll under way, and
crops of corn, oats and potatoes, in ad-
dition to the garden truck, will be
raised. While the land is essentially
stock-raising land, not being well
adapted to farming on account of the
dryness, yet more interest is being
taken yearly in the matter of farming
ana this year will see probably one
third more land under actual cultiva-
ton.
The Indians also have given actual
Intelligent attention to the question of
stock raising. So far, their stock con-
sists chiefly of cattle and horses; but
it is noticeable that the latter are i'm
proving much in quality. Instead Of
the tough little Indian ponies, inferior
IN all other respects, the Indians are
now buying good class Of horses.
Many Of the Indians are engaged in
the business of freighting from the
railroad at Gordon to the reservation,
and ofttn as many as thirty or forty
teams may be passed on the road with
supplies eer the agency, and driven by
Indian owners. For this class Of work
excellent horses are employed.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-05-09
FLOODING is SLOW TASK.
Homestake Mine May Be Tied Up for
Months.


The work of flooding the Homestake
mine for the purpose of extinguishing
the fire which broke out four weeks
ago already has begun, and practically
all the miners with the exception Of a
few employed around the shafts and in
the offices are laid off. Not stamp is
dropping in any Of the mills.
So far the water has risen from the
1,550-foot level, the lowest in the mine,
to the LOO, where it Is now about
eight feet deep. From here on, how
ever, the rise will be slower, and
when the water reaches the 800, the
rise, for number of days, hardly will
be perceptible, as the workings on this
level are exteisive.
Tht water is being turned into the
Ellison shaft, the lincoln shaft which
has been reopened for that purpose,
the Open cut, and shortly will be
turned into the Savage tunnel from
Whitewood creek. This tunnel coma
meets with the 300-foot level. 1t is not
yet possible to determine the exact
location of the fire or its extent, but it
is known to be burning some place be-
tween the 500 and 400-foot levels.
The time it will take to flood and
then unwater the mine Is variously es-
timated at from thirty days to six
months There are about 68,000000
cubic feet Of space below ground
which it will be necessary to fill with
water before the mine is flooded to the
necessary level.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-05-09
LONDON CLUB LIFE.
The Tendency In Regard to convivIal.
ty and Gambling.

The Tendency in Regard to convivlaI.
ty and Gambling.
In London club life on the whole there
is tendency toward more moderate
conviviality, while chastened effect
is to be observed in regard to gam
bling. Yet clubland has not lost al
together its old time characteristics.
says a writer in the Fortnightly Re-
view.
There are cakes and ale still, even
IL we become virtuous; bohemian
clubs still prosper and greatly increase
in favor. Some remain true to the
conditions under which they were
created and are still ragged but
iovial. as unspoiled as the potatoes in
their jackets that flank the smoking
chops and foaming fagons. the buck
rabbits, the cold pork and port wins
that are among their favorite viands.
Others have taken to dress suits
and the entertainment Of persons of
the incest consideration. We can
never forget one old haunt of royster-
ing character nor the story of the de-
mure country parson who, arriving by
night train. appeared seeking break
fast and was told by sleepy waiter
that no suppers were served after s
a. m.
1t is of the same club that another
story is told Of a member who dropped
aG5 note on the floor in the writing
room and llurrying back when he dis
covered his loss found waiter had
picked it up and restored it, remarking
sententiously: Lucky one Of the
members did not see it."
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-05-09
SEEDING COMMENCED IN
WESTERN CANADA.
The Prospects for a Large Acreage %
Be Sown in Wheat.

st. Paul, April "a, 1907. Word has
been received at the Office OF the
Canadian Government in st. Paul that
seeding has commenced at various
points throughout Manitoba, Saskatch-
evan and Alberta.
The heavy snowfall during the past
winter has left the ground in splendid
shape for successful seeding opera
tons. The fine weather Of the past
few days has taken much of the frost
out Of the ground and during next
week there will scarcely be a district
in which the seeder is not being oper.
ated. The most optimistic conditions
exist and in all districts the farmers
are busy getting things in shape.
There will be very large acreage
sown In spring wheat, oats and barley.
At many points throughout the three
provinces the newcomers are busy UNI
loading their stock and effects, work
Ing night and day in order to get on
their farms and become active agen-
cies In the effort to make the year
1907 the banner year in grain produc.
Ing in Western Canada. AS compared
with districts many hundred miles
further south than this, it will be seen
that Western Canada ranks amongst
the first in the line of seeding opera
lions for the present year. 1t is safe
to say that farmers who get in their
crop before the Goth or Gath of May,
will receive magnificent returns. A
number of those coming in this spring,
who had not their land prepared last
fall, will break up enough land to get
in crop of oats and barley and prob.
ably some flax. This, together with
the vegetables they will plant, will
give them ample food for themselves
and stock during the coming summer
and winter These early seeding oper-
ations are not confined to one district,
but are spread over country 900
miles long by 400 miles in width.
The agents of the Canadian Govern
.ment, located at different points
throughout the United States, are
busy giving information regarding the
many new districts that are. being
made available for settlers. Low rail-
way rates, information and literature
ere given on application to the agent,
whose name appears In advertisements
elsewhere in this paper.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-05-09
Phone Company Seeks Injunction.

Mayor Reedy Of Yankton has been
served with an Injunction notice by
the Northwestern Telephone company,
which seeks to restrain the city from
further interfering with it's plans to
improve its plant there. This last
move is the latest in the long-drawn-
out battle which began when Yankton
parties started an independent plant.
The Injunction turns on whether the
Northwestern has any rights In the
city under a franchise.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-05-09
SETTLE UPON SHEEP LANDS.
Tracts East Of Missouri Also Are In
Demand.


The movement into the country west
i of the Missouri river is spectacular, as
1t is concentrated practically at the
three points of Pierre. Chamberlain
!. and Rapid City, where the land offices
are located, and such concentration
calls particular attention to this move
ment But while people are going
west OF the river by hundreds. the
portion of the Missouri valley east Of
the river is securing share of popu-
lation which comes to take the cheap
lands east Of the river, to which they
can secure immediate title without
waiting to perfect homestead title.
These people come with their families
and household goods, stopping at the
small stations along the line, not max
ing any great showing at any one
place, but helping materially in the
increase of population.
AS sample of this latter movement,
for many years Raber township In the
eastern part of Hughes county has got
accommodate the few pupils in the
township, and the vote in the township
was not large enough to cut any great
figure on the total results in the coun-
ty elections. A few days ago the new
settlers in that township secured a
special election to vote on tht question
of school houses, and out of a vote Of
sixty-eight, secured fifty-four in favor
of the erection of five school houses to
accommodate the needs Of the children
who are now in the township. This
move shows not only 'homesteader"
vote, but it demonstrates also that the
population is permanent, With families
to provide for and a desire to give
them advantages such as they have
had before coming to this state.
Other townships in the same part
Of the county are filling up as rapidly
as Raber, and the next election will
show far heavier vote from the east
end Of the county than at any former
election.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-05-09
STOCKHOLDERS MUST PAY.

Assessment OF 100 Per Cent Is Or.
dered in Bank of Scotland Case.
An assessment of 100 per cent on all
the stockholders of the First National
Bank of Scotland, which closed its
doors early in February, has been or.
dered by the controller of the curren.
cy at Washington. Charles G. King,
who recently was arrested in Chicago
and taken to Sioux Falls and is held
on serious charge preferred by the
government in connection with the
failure of the bank, was president Of
the First National Bank of Scotland.
The capital stock Of the defunct bank
was $4,000.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-05-09
NAB ALLEGED sWlNDLER.
Man Is Charged With Borrowing on
Cattle Not Belonging to Him.

Cattle Not Belonging to Him.
An allegtd loan secured from a
bank on a mortgage on cattle which, it
is charged, he did not own, has result
ed in the arrest by the Aurora county
authorities Of John 0. Rourke.
Rourke waived his preliminary hear
ing, and will be tried at the next term
of state circuit court in Aurora ccun-
ty, next October. 1t is charged that
he went to the Commercial bank at
Plankinton, and upon the representa-
ton that he was financially interest
ed in a herd Of cattle owned by Ned
Madden, we'll known Jerauld county
stockman, secured loan of $25, Civ
ing as security a mortgage On forty
two head of cattle belonging to Mad
den. The cashitr of the bank, it is
alleged, found that Rourke did not
have a cents interest in the Madden
cattle
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-05-09
Would Enforce All Laws.

Fergus Falls, Mimi, May 3.-The
village of New York Mills is still
having difficulty as a result Of it's re-
cent election. The closing Of the sa-
looms and the fining of the saloon men
has aroused considerable feeling, and
petition has been circulated demand
and all other places of business be
closed on Sundays.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-05-09
PILED TIES TO WRECK TRAIN.

Unsuccessful Attempt Is Made on I'LL
nois Central in Iowa.
Charles City, Iowa, May 3.-An at
tempt was made to wreck the flyer on
the Illinois Central between Nashua
and Plainfield by unknown persons,
who piled t:os on the track. A north
bound engine passed over the obstluc-
ton and crushed it down SO that it
failed to wreck the train.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-05-09
News of the Northwest
hARBoR WORK BEGUN.
Lake Frontage at Superior Is Undergo.
ina Chances

Lake Frontage at Superior Is Undergo.
Ing Changes.
Superior, Wis, May 4.-The govern
ment engineers here have started work
on the improvements to the Superior
entry of the local harbor which were
authorized in the last river and harbor
bill. When completed this work will
cost about 100000 and will greatly
improve the harbor.
The plans call for two concreate
revetments with a 500-foot channel.
Outside of these are to be two long
breakwaters, extending out into the
lake and converging so that they are
about 600 feet apart at the outer end.
Thus stilling basis is formed, inside
Of which the waves calm themselves,
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-05-09
RULE ON STATE PRINTING.

At meeting Of the state printing
commission under the provisions of
the new law the commission was or
ganized by the selection of Gov. Craw-
ford as chairman and Secretary Wipf,
secretary. They formulated rules to
govern printing for state institutions,
giving them the privilege Of ordering
printing where the bill is less than
$685.. and requiring all printing In
greater amounts than that sum to be
let by bids.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-05-09
Fined for seIninn Fish.

Fergus Falls, Mimi, May 5.-Emer
Lunby, Oscar Soberg and Daniel So
berg of Clitheral were arrested on
complaint of Deputy Game Warden
Jones and brought into justice court
here to answer to the charge of sein-
ing fish in creek running in Clitheral
lake. They pleaded guilty and were
sentenced. to pay fines of $40 and costs
each
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-05-09
HAS RoosEvELT's promise.

Sculptor Trentanove Says President
VIII Be in Oshkosh July q.
Milwaukee. May a. According to a
letter from Cavaliere Trentanoye, the
Italian sculptor, President Roosevelt
and members of his cabinet will be in
Oshkosh, Wis, on July 4. The sculptor
says he has a promise from the presi-
dent to attend the unwilling of the SOL
diers' monument which he made for
Oshkosh.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-05-09
THlRTEEN-YEAR-oLD TEACHER.

Stands Highest In Examination and
Gets Certificate.
Broadhead, Wis, May 5. - Hattie
Hartwig, thirteen years old, stood
highest in the teachers examination
held here and was granted certifi-
cate emitting her to teach in the pub
lie schools. She will take advantage
Of the certificate, beginning with the
new school year next September.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-05-09
Woman Sleeps Three Weeks.

Junction City, Wis, May 4.-Three
weeks ago the young wife Of August
Buelow, a farmer living near here, fell
asleep and she has not yet been awak-
ened. Doctors have used every means
possible to arouse the sleeping woman,
but without success.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-05-09
IowAN HANGS HIMSELF.

Suicides Body Is Found Suspended
With Knees Close to Floor.
Sigourney, Iowa. May 4.-With the
moose OF a hitching strap Embedded
in his neck, his feet held rigidly out
in his neck, his feet held ripidly
out behind him and his knees within
a few inches of the floor, the dead
body of John Hackert, a wealthy farm
er, sixty years old was found hanging
in the granary.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-05-09
Capture Is BIoodIess.

Abba. Iowa, May 4.-Clever work on
the part Of the sheriff, who headed the
party which pursued Frank Ralston,
charged with abusing his sister, sue
ceeded In effecting his capture without
the anticipated bloodshed.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-05-09
Child Hit by Train.

Chippewa Falls, Wis. Mar Z. -
George Albeith, five years old, was
struck by an Omaha passenger train
running at full speed. The child was
tossed off the track When the engi-
neer picked up the child he was sur
prised to find it alive.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-05-09
Ill Fated, Ends Life.

Ottumwa, Iowa, May 5.-Driven to
desperation by sickness and financial
difficulties, William S. Dewein, one of
the best known conductors in the Bur
lington service, committed suicide.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-05-09
Aned Man Struck Down.

Superior, Wis, May 4. - Charles
Mast, an old man, was assaulted yes
terday and laid OUT with club and
his watch taken from him, and the al
legged htghwayman was arrested al
most Immediately by the police.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-05-09
cAvE-lN KILLS MINER.

Fall Of Earth crushes Mans Body to
Pulp.
Butte, Mont, May 5.-Patrick Rock,
3 miner employed IN the Mountain
Consolidated mine. was instantly kill
ed by a fall of earth last night. Pat
rick Levelle, who was working with
nim,narrowly escaped with his life. The
men were at work on the 500-foot
Level. i'll stope, when ton or more
of earth suddenly loosened and de-
scended upon them. Rock was caught
directly beneath and crushed to a
pulp.