The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-05-09
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this month While the board was by
the law Of last winter relieved from
| the $40 minimum which they were
| tied to previous to this year, a large
amount of the land to be offered is
held at that amount or higher. In
Hyde county the sales date has been
fixed for the 18th Of May, with the
minimum selling price in that county
ranging from 50 to $1l an acre. Hand
county lands will be offered on the
l4th Of May, with minimum prices
ranging from 50 to $40. Faulk county
sales will be on May Is, with prices
ranging from IS to $14 an acre. Pot
ter county prices range from $8 to
$12, and the sales will be made on
May 16. The Edmunds county sales
will be on May 21, with minimum
ranging from 81 to $11. Mcpherson
county offerings will be on May 22,
at prices ranging from $S to $40. Sui
| ly county offerings will be on May 25,
ranging from Sc to $40 per acre. The
heaviest sale last year were made In
Mcpherson county, taking out some
Of the best land in that county, leaving
the averages lower than they are in
counties where fewer sales were made
last year. Commissioner Dokken will
attempt to sell enough Of the lands
to keep work on the building in pro-
gress without drawing on the state
appropriation made in case of necessf-
", and with a favorable spring will
no doubt dispose Of a large amount of
land offered. If any lands are left
they will be sold at private sale at the
best terms which can be made not be-
low the minimum. The sales this
year will probably be more attractive
to bidders than they were last year,
as cash was the demand at last years
sales, and only one-third is required
to be paid down under present regu.
ations governing the sales.
A large amount of building is to be
done this season at Fort Meade some
ten miles from Deadwood. A set OF
brick barracks which will cost approx
imately $4,000 will be erected, and a
macadam road from Sturgis to Fort
Meade will be built at a cost of &c.
000 Among the other improvements
to be made are cavalry drill hall at
about $4,000, one band barracks at
$4,000, and two double sets of cap
eight hour rule will be in force and
The common labor will be paid at the
rate of s2.25 day. Messrs. Martin,
Burke, Kittredge, Gamble and Per-
kins have all been very active in get
ting these appropriations through,
and the secretary Of war has also CIV
en- his aid in bringing these improve
ments about. This work is also said
70 he in Ia Of hau
ming, as it is the ultimate intention to
raise Fort Meade from brigade to
regimental post, which will necessitate
much additional building.
Gov. Crawford has appointed the
following list of delegates to the Ma
tional Civic federation conference to
be held in Chicago May 2S to 81:
Bartlett Trip, Yankton; George Rice.
Flandreau; II. M. Jones, Sioux FAILS;
o. L. Branson, Mitchell; p. d. Kribs,
Columbia; George L. Ayres, Dead
wood; Thomas Thorson, Canton; Phi
10 Hall, Brookings; A. o. Ringsrud.
Elk Point; w. III. Parker, Deadwood;
j. A. Picker Faulkton; G. j. Giolme,
Platte; r. S. Vessey, washington
Springs; John b. Hanten, Watertown;
Allan Rogue, Centerville; w. c. Cook,
Plankinton; John Sutherland, Pierre;
A. II. Ingersoll Sisseton; Charles
Thompson, Miller; H. H. Heath, Arte-
sian.
The location Of the shops and yards
of the Northwestern road at Pierre
are so far out from the city proper
that 1T is rumored that the company
will plat an individual suburb and
sell lots to its workmen at low rate
with contract for the erection Of
buildings on the lots disposed Of, al
lowing its men to get homes at a
cheap rate and on payments which
they can easily meet. The location of
the shops are fully two miles from
the present business menter of the
,ity.
At the new Pierre school boards
meeting for organization, F. L. Full
Ter was selected president for the
coming year, with James Stevens as
vice president and w. H. Gleckler
clerk of the board. The list Of teach
ers for the coming year is very nearly
completed, some of the old teachers
being retained, except in cases where
they voluntarily retire.
The law of last winter changed the
manner Of letting bids for state print
ing of the third class-the reports of
the state officers. Under the new law
each report will be on a separate bid
instead Of Jumping the reports all un-
der one contract, and the number Of
bidders will very likely be increased
by this division of the work.
The report of the department of
vital statistics for the month Of March
shows the highest birth rate for any
month since the organization of tho
department The total for that month
was 11O4, of which $40 were males
and Ala females. The deaths for the