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The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-08-29
IGNORE INSURANCE LAW.
Many Companies Likely to be Forcen
Out OF the State.


Some of the surety companies oper-
ating in this state failed to comply
with the law which requires all SUCH
companies to deposit with the state
treasurer securities to the amount OF
$4,000 before doing business in the
state In a recent trip east insurance
Commissioner Rasford investigated
several such companies and found
that most of them were willing 10
cease writing business in the state
without further action and with an
agreement to withdraw from the state
permanently when present contracts
have been completed. Others WOULD
make no promises whatever, and the
possibilities are that within short
time suits will be brought to test the
standing of such companies and to
find If they are law unto themselves
regardless of legislative enactments
Other companies beside the surety
companies are writing underground
insurance without securing the license
required by the state laws, and the
commissioner estimates that the state
is losing from $4,000 to $4,000 each
year in taxes On account Of SUCH COM
due. AS a sample Of that class of
work, in a recent fire at Mitchell a
mill was burned, on which $4,000 OF
insurance was being carried, and it is
reported that rot a dollar Of the in
surance was II d company with state
license
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-08-29
COURT FOR NATIONS.
Britain and Germany Indorsc Amcrl.
can Plan.


The text of the American PROPOSE
ton for the establishment of a perma-
nent court of arbitration has been
completed in agreement with Ger
many and Great Britain and will come
up for discussion at The Hague Aug.
%. 1t consists of twenty-siX articles.
The first article records the desire Of
the sgnatory powers to organize AN
international high court of justice,
easily accessible and free of charge,
with judges representing the various
systems Of laws OF the world and capa-
BILE of insuring q continuation of arbi-
tration by Jurisprudence
The second articlet provides that
the judges must be "jurists of known
competence in international law, Sc
lected so far as possible from the
members of the permanent court Of
arbitration
According to the third and fourth
articles the judges are appointed for
terms of twelve years and will enjoy
diplomatic privileges and immunities.
Article 5 provides that the court
shall consist of seventeen judges, nine
forming a Quorum.
Article 6 allots the appointments to
the various nations.
Article provides that the high
court yearly shall appoint three
judges, with three substitutes, consti-
tuting a special tribunal which, can, if
necessary, try cases elsewhere than at
The Hague.
Article 8 says that the president of
the court shall be elected every three
years by majority Of the votes.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-08-29
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South Dakota
81.
State News
YEGGENlEN WITH HARVESTERS.
Man, RObbcrics Being Pulled OF in
Dakota

Dakota.
Recent dispatches from Sioux Falls
warning the people of the state of the
presence in South Dakota Of a number
of expert cracksmen, who conceal
their identity by posing as harvest
hands and mingle with the genuine
harvest hands, were based upon ac-
curate information, as is proven by
the robberies which Lave already
been committed since the present har-
esting and threshing season opened.
The customary crimes of the ma
ture committed each fall by the veg
gemen who join the influx of harvest
hands are reported from differ
ent parts of the state. That some
of the yeggemen have turned their
attention to robbing postotiices is
shown by the fact that the pOstotfice
at Erwin was entered a few nights
ago and stamps to the value of $225
We're carried away. On the Same
night ChristiansOns drug store and
one Of the hardware stores at Bryant
were burSlarized. goods to the Valus
of about $400 being carried away by
the thieves.
Although the rOberics were commit
ted on the same night and at differ
ent points, it is believed the same
gang Of cracksmCn were implicated in
both robberieS and that both rObbpries
were planned at the same time and by
the same men. Thus far the author
tiles have been unable to secure the
slightest clcW as tC the identity of the
thieves and not enough evidence may
be secured to warrant any arrests be-
ing made
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-08-29
. CANTON DEPOT BURNS.
Structure Had Done Service for Many
Years.

Canton's famous Milwaukee rail-
road depot and eating house Is no
more. 1t was destroyed by fire after
a vain effort of the fire department to
save the old building that has done
service for many years. The origin Of
the fire is charged to a defective flue
or range pipe running through the
ceiling. Agent Fiels. Bookkecper Tai
colt and Operator Young We're in the
ticket Office when the alarm was given
by tramp, whi discovered smoke
coming out Of the west end window.
The men named did some quick work
and thereby saved all the railroad
property.
The fire department was on hand
promptly and did all that was possible
to save the old structure A section of
hose burst, which caused some delay,
but the hremen were able to confine
the blaze to the depot building proper.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-08-29
FIRE AT PIERRE.
Two Frame Buildings i'm Center OF
CITY DCStrOyed

Fire in the business center of Pierre
totally destroyed two frame buildings
occupied by NJ. J. Lynott. COnfoctiOn-
cry, and J. Fl. Macilie. barber shop.
The latter carried $500 Insurance on
lis fixtures. A family named Mace
occupying the rooms on the second
floor had narrow escape. They lost
all Of their clothing and furniture. The
insurance carried on the buildings is
small. AnderSOn's news stand, located
in an adjoining building, was damaged
considerably.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-08-29
REFUSED THE VACATION.
Kansas Judge Refused to Draw Pay
and Not Work.

Judge Leander, Of Topeka. Kans..
in a letter to, Governor Hoch declined
to accept the proffered vacation and
insisted that his resignation be accept
ed. ]. w. Finley, Of Chanute, was ap-
pointed to fill the vacancy. Judge
Stilwel resigned on account of the
illness of his wife. Gov. Hoch and
the lawyers who wanted the job de-
cided that in consideration of his work
of twenty-four years he was entitled to
a vacation OF a year, while he took
care of his wife. The attorneys prom
ised to look after the courts business
while he was away
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-08-29
CONQUENuNG Bark BE.ETLE.
Timber Pest Rapidiy Disappearing
from tnC Hills.

1t is becoming more and more evil
dent that the bark beetle which for
seven years has been destroying tim
Der in the Black Hills. is quickly dis
appearing from that region. 1t is es-
timated that the forest reserve Otti-
cials that the loss alone in timber to
the state of South Dakota by the dep
relations Of this bug will be over ST.
100000, as about that amount would
have be IN received from the sale Of
the timber had it not been bug eaten.
In one year it is pl obablly that the bug
will have entirely disappeared from
the Black Hills national forest An
other bug is being cOmbatted by the
forest service officials. 1t is a men,
ber of the tomicus family, smaller and
less destructive than the bark beetle.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-08-29
is DEATH IN AUTO DUST.
The Farmers on Long Island Are
Aroused.

A death at Westport, L. l., directly
attributable by physicians to inhaling
of disease germs in dust raised by
automobiles, has increased the hostil
ity of farmers and others living on the
east end of Long Island against auto
mobile owners. There has been a
long and severe drought on Long Is
land, and consequently the roads are
very dry and dusty. During the sea-
son many citizens have been afflicted
with a disease characterized by chills,
sore throat and nausea, but it general
ly terminates in a few days, leaving
the victim as well as before. The re-
cent death and serious illness of an
other victim. however, caused much
antagonism.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-08-29
TO STUDY CANALS NEEDS.
Members of House Appropriations
Committee to Visit Isthmus

Members of House Appropriations
Committee to Visit Isthmus.
Examination o nthe ground of esti-
mates for appropriations for continu-
ing work on the Panama canal sub
mitted by Secretary Taft for the fiscal
year 1909 is being madS. by members
of the next congress who will have
In charge the preparation of the sun
dry civil bill, in which the appropria-
Gtion for the canal is Incorporated. The
proposed visit is the outcome of a
suggestion from Representative Taw-
ney, of Minnesota, chairman OF the
appropriations committee in the last
congress, who was at the isthmus fol-
lowing the adjournment last March.
He believes 1t will be to the best inte..
ests of the service as we'll as to those
directly and indirectly in charge of
the administration Of the forces at
work there if the members Of the ap-
propriation committee having charge
OF the preparation of the sundry civil
bill to go to the isthmus with the esti-
mates for the next fiscal year ana con-
slider them carefully with officials hav-
ing supervision of expenditures for all
kinds Of work being done.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-08-29
BIG COAL ORDERS DECLINED.
FOREIGN Governments Unable to Get
Supplies i'm This Country.

Supplies i'm This Country
Becauses of inability To fill the order
ihe Philadelphia and Reading Coal
cline an order for 2O0,0 tons of an
thracite given by a representative Of
the Austro- Hungarian government
The prospective purchaser was willing
to pay the regular price for the coal
delivered on board vessels either at
Philadelphia or New York.
An order for 200,00Otons of bitum-
iEous coal from the Italian govern
ment is also being offered to soft. coal
operators in various parts of the coun-
try with but little prospect that it will
be taken BECAUSE of the great expense
In delivering it at its destination.
The great demand for coal by for
eign governments is attributed to in
creased consumption by their war
ships. All native coal is used for this
purpose, and the supply is not equal
to the demand. -.....,.........
An official OF the Reading company
explained that his company was COM
PEELED to decline all such orders ow-
ing to the great demand for coal by
customers in this country. Scarcity Of
labor at the collieries also is a factor.
1t is further explained that the short
age of all grades of coal is increasing
daily and many western roads are now
much disturbed concerning their sup
ply for the coming winter.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-08-29
GRIEF KILLS RED SHIRT"
NEOther-in-LaW Refused to Share
Home with Himself and Bride.

Because his mOther-in-laW would
not share her home with himself and
bride and chop all the wood Sioux
warrior named Red shirt who resided
in the extreme northern portion of the
Rosebud reservation, near White riV-
cr, committed suicide by shooting him
self. 1t is one of the few case son
record of a Sioux indian ending his
own life Red Shirt was well known
among the whites residing in the
southern part of Lyman county, ad-
iacent to the reservation, and had al
ways been accounted n jOvial indian,
and not of q mOrOse disposition.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-08-29
An Endemic of Typhoid.

DR.. Moulton, assistant chief medical
inspector of the Pennsylvania state
health department, has reported to
Commissioner Dixon, that Ridgeway,
Pa, now has ninety cases of typhoid
fever, twelve cases of cerebo-spinal
meningitis and sixteen cases of infan-
tile paralysis.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-08-29
Checking Work on Canal.

Lack of funds lis checking canal
work at Panama. Four hundred men
have been laid off on the new line
of the Panama railroad. and it is stat
ed that the department of municipal
engineering has been ordered to lay
off one hundred more.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-08-29
VETERANS WELL CARED FOR.
Many Improvements Being Made in
Hot Springs Home

TfOt Springs HOMO.
Col. ]. b. Geddcs, of Huron, a mem
Der of the soldiers home board. and
who is experimenting the work on
builings and grounds at the home at
Hot Springs, has returned to that
place after a visit at his home. Col.
Geddes states that the Improvement
now being made are the first of any
moment made in a period of twenty
years. Six cottages. all Of native stone
are being erected, and a new hospital
building 81 by 40 feet, two stories
high. with complete basement, is also
under way. The main building is un-
dergoing many repairs.
There are now $50 ex-union SOL
diers in the home, not one Of whom
is in the hospital at this time.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-08-29
Sent to Prison for Theft.

Pleading guilty to the larceny cf a
pair Of gold trimmed eye glasses and
other small trinkets from a prospect
or's cabin near Deadwood. Fred Gard
ner was sentenced to six months in the
penitentiary by Judge MCGEE, and
Sheriff Trathen took his prisoner to
Sioux Falls.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-08-29
Dividend for Bank Creditors.

The statement has just been given
out by the attorney for the receiver Of
the defunct Citizens State Bank of
Edgemont that dividend Of at least
20 per cent will he paid next week to
the depositors. and If certain settle
ments are made that are pending a
dividend of As per cent will be declar-
ed.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-08-29
Railroad to Build Track.

w. II. Stanley of Sioux Falls, secre-
tary of the state board of railroad
commissioner, has been officially ad-
vised that the Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul, the Great Northern and the
Minneapolis and St Louis Railroad
companies have decided to comply
with the order of the railroad COM
mission that they construct "a connect
ing track at Aberdeen for the bene-
fit of the shippers and jobbers of that
pit
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-08-29
Victim of Robbers.

The body of Evander McIver a
wealthy contractor Of Chicago, was
found Friday IN a stairway leading to
a basement a: the corner Of Twenty
fifth and State streets. There were
marks of violence on the body. All
his money and valuables had been
taken.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-08-29
BOy Burned TO Death.

Saturday forenoon, while the 3-year-
old sor of Michael WurZ and wife,,
living near Huron. was playing in the
bake room of the Russian colony, of
which his parents are members, his
clothing caught fire and he was burn
ed to death.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-08-29

While at work on the Deere Weber
building at the state fair grounds at
Huron Cecil Ricketts, fell from the
roof to the ground, striking on his
head He was seriously injured, and
for time was unconscious. He will
recover.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-08-29
To the Wrong VermilliOn.

Two young men about 20 years of
age landed in Vermilion last week
direct from Hungary. Their original
destination was Vermillion, Ontario,
Canada, but some blunderng stean.-
ship or railway official sent them to
Vermillion, S. ID.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-08-29
NennOpjtNS tn Start Colony.

Some Mennonites are at Miller from
Hutchinson county to close up land
deal they made last spring for $500
acres just over the line in Buffalo
county. A colony has been formed
there and schools and churches will
be built. "H
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-08-29
WESTERN LEAGUE BAsEBAI!L.

Schedule OF Games to BE Played at
Sioux City Ia
Foliowi:p Is a schedule OF the West
ern League games to be pleyed at
Sioux City IN the immediate future:
Lincoln. .Eepter,he~ G. 7. s
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-08-29
Wheat of Good Quality.

Lars Peterson. just west of Miller.
finished threshing twenty-acre field
Of golden fife wheat that yielded as
bushels to the acre. 1t weighed 63
pounds TO the bushel and he received
sc cents for it.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-08-29
Wall Street Firm Fails.

i. The failure of Mills Bros. & Co.,
members of the New York stock eX-
change, was announced on the floor of
the exchange Thursday. The firm is
a prominent one and is composed of
Phillip c. Mills, S. F. Mills and j.
Harry MassOt Jr.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-08-29
White Lake to Keep Lid" On.

While White Lake voted out the sa-
looms at the spring election there
seems to be a disposition on the part
Of one Of the saloonkeepers to still
sell the wet goods. A meeting Of the
citizens in favor of prohibition was
held recently for the purpose of en-
forcing the law against the Illegal sale
Of LIQUORS
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-08-29
Divorces Mt VNatcrtoyn.

Judge George II. Marquis sitting in
chambers at Watertown granted di
vorces in the following cases: Lou
F. Petit VS.. John Petit, of Vienna,
Clark county; Augusta Glenn VS.
Frank G. Glenn, of Bryant, Hamlin
county; Edith f. Parker VS.. Raymond
Paul Parker
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-08-29
Increasing Fees for Secretary

The department Of the secretary Of
state is beginning to feel the effects of
the new fee law for the filing OF arti-
cles of incorporation. Wednesday two
different companies were filed The
fees We're $110 in each case.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-08-29
To Rebuild Elevator.

The Truax elevator at Burbank,
which burned to the ground, together
with 3,OC0 bushels OF wheat and 1000
bushels OF oats, will be rebuilt lmme-
diately.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1907-09-20
DELTA COUNTY PREMIUMS.
FRUIT AWARDS.

Where second premium only Is
named. 1t indicates there was nothing
offered in competition, hence second
premium only Is awarded.
Best Display Individual Exhibits.
A. u. Miller, Austin, apples, first.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1907-09-20
For Sale.

For Sale.
Two and one-haf miles from Olathe,
loo acres fine mesa lands mixture
Of sand, loan and adobe, suitable for
potatoes, sugar beets or grain. Has q
record of 12O bushels of oats to the
acres Of cubic foot per second Of
water from ditch with number 8 prior
ity. No buildings but well fenced
s65. 90 per acre. II interested write
A. l. Cook,
32-3-t Box 48. Delta, Colo.
Farm Loans.
Money always on hand for farm
loans at per cent.
No. lS KING & STEWART.
q meals At the Home Cafe $500,
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1907-09-20


c. S. Archer. Austin. apples,
second.
J. II. Adams, Read, peaches, first.
DR.. W. s. Haswell, Cory, peaches.
second.
Best Display Packed Fruit.
Surface Creek Fruit association
Austin, first.
Best Plate Apples.
\. E. Miller, Austin, Tolman
sweet, second.
a. +. Miller, Austin, Romantic,
second.
Mrs. Mary Hawkey. Paonia. Iowa
Blush. second.
c. S. Archer, Austin. Ben Davis,
first.
J. p. Kettle, Austin. Ben Davis,
second.
A. E. Miller. Austin, Jonathan,
first.
Colorado Fruit company. Cory. jon
athan. second.
A. f. Miller. Austin, Rome Beauty,
first.
Colorado Fruit company. Cory,
Rome Beauty. second.
A. +. Miller. Austin. Winesap. first.
Harshman & Son, Cory, Winesap,
second.
Colorado Fruit company, Cory
Mammoth Black Twig. first.
NJ. p. Conner. Paonia. Mammoth
Black Twig, second.
, Harshman & Son, Cory. York I'm
perial. first.
J. p. Kettle, Austin, York I'm
perial. second.
Harshman & Son. Cory. Winter
Banana, second.
J. Fl. Adams, Read, Grimes Golden.
first.
J. p. Kettle, Austin, Grimes Golden
second.
A. +. Miller. Austin. Smith Cider
first.
Colorado Fruit company, Cory,
Smith Cider. second.
J. p. Kettle. Austin, Rails Genet,
first
G. S. Archer, Austin, Rails Genet,
second.
A. L. Miller, Austin, Willow Twig,
first.
Mrs. Mary Hawkey, Paonia. VIII
low Twig, second.
G. s. Archer, Austin, II. /. Green
ing, first.
J. p. Kettle, Austin, Il. I. Green
ing, second.
A. Il. Miller, Austin, Gano. first
G. S. Archer. Austin, Gano, sec
ond.
J. w. Bourn, Eckert. Lawyer. first
Harshman e Son, Cory, Lawyer
second.
A. T.. Miller, Austin, w. w. Pear.
main, first.
d. L. Beezley, Paonia, w. w. Pear.
main, second.
Harshman & Son, Cory, Wagner
second.
J. II. Hunt, Paonia, Ark. Black
first.
Harshman & Son, Cory, Ark
Black, second.
J. H. Hunt, Paonia, Wealthy, first
Harshman C Son, Cory. Wealthy
second.
Mrs. Mary Hawkey, Paonia, ort
ley, second.
d. l.. Beezley. Paonia, Nader
Blush, first.
(oork;onaI ~, ~oTN
New-York tribune., 1907-12-07
FISH TO c. VANDERBILT
Sans Unlike Great t-Grandfather. He
Is Not Railroad Nan.

s.gyvesant Fish last night issued a statement in
,.,o,se TO one by Cornelius Vanderbilt which had
- .;.l,..Shed in The New York Times" and in
rbich Mr.. Vanderbilt. who is a member OF the
Tllinoss Central Board. had declared. among other
,bugs that the directors, including Mr.. Fish had
,a,e heen fully aware of the value of q harmonious
,o-king agreement with the Union Pacific and the
Southern Pacific. and pointed out that that asse--
,,o, WAS substanJaJed by the action OF the di-
,ectors. while Mr.. Fish president, in planning
,be Omaha extension of the Illinois Central to
connect with the Union Pacific. Mr.. Fish in his
statement says:
o,s of this mornings papers contains d state
,suf put out for European consumption, over the
nanoe Of Cornelius Vanderbilt on behalf of the
Tron Pacific party in their hunt for Illinois Cen
me name OF his great i-grandfather- who really was
fsrectory Of Directors credits him with twenty-five
is-ectorships. beginning with the Allis-Chalmers
Sonpany and ending with the Yorkville Bank, but
ne onlv railroad company il the list is the Illinois
Cen1ral. Young MI vanderbilt IS not director
n any ot the many TaliToaqs whlch comprise the
Vanderbilt system He is. however, director Of
s.T,-s Of the side shows of the interborough- Net
-ooolitan combination, 10 the financing OF which
he also ent the great name which ne has inherited
Tssf the rrafflc OF the Illinois CenTrals Omaha
t,s esoes not depend friendly relations with the
Tnion Pacific Is evinced by the fact that during
,;rn The Illinois Central took more tons Of freight
sss-bo,nd out of Council Bluffs. Omaha and South
Omaha rs po,s o. .5e sncnee veaT ende
June 90 1877. under the presidency of J. T Hara-
tsirlv are more friendly than mine. On the other
and the westbound traffic which the Illinois
Ssns-ol 1ss carried into Council Bluffs. Omaha and
sonth Omaha in the year ended June Sc. 1907 has
seen nearly double what il was during the pre-
sssins wear under my adninistraTion. True. these
sr-I-es give the lie the statement put forth by
j 7 Harshan in one of his two circulars OF No
varnher IL but as my figures come from the reports
n the company las those given ny M aarahan 90
rot tie facts remain as here stated Mr., Wander;
n NAV not have seen these figures, but II he will
ionk carefully through the reports which are IN
his hands as 4 director OF the uinols central ne
vii fn6 them -
= was wise that Mr Harahan's press bureau
-, A. KarderbiIt's alleged interview to Europe,
s,- nTe-v one in America knows that the Chicago q
vo-thV-estern Railway is and has been the favored
cornerton OF thu Union Pacific Al Omaha al al
--nes during the last twenty years