The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1907-05-31
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In Huruu. at which time contracts
were completed for new buildings 70
be erected on the state fair grounds
and also the contract for thu new
track. the latter being awarded 70 y.
w, Clarke. Work on the buildings
and track will begin at once WORK
plans for heautifying the grounds su9-
gested by Prof. Hanson. of the stats
agricultural college. were accepted.
The board followed the suggestion Of
Adjt. Gen Englesby and detail Of
the state militia will do police duty
during the Ave days of the fair. a
department 10 be known as Mines
and Mining" was created and super
intendent will be selected from the
mining district west of the Missouri
river. The list OF premiums has been
revised and In nearly every instance
the amount of the premium onered
was increased. A number OF superin-
tendents met with the board ana
general conference was had. Indica-
tons are that a much deeper Interest,"
is being taken in the fair throughout
the state than heretofore, and all con-
cerned predict that Sept. to Is, In
elusive, the days on which the fair
will be held, will see the largest ana
best exposition in all Department.
ever shown at a similar exposition In
this section of the country.
state Engineer Lea is attempting to
secure a strong delegation to attend
the national irrigation congress, which
meets at Sacramento. Cal. Sept. to I.
1907. Delegates will be present repre-
sending farmers clubs, irrigation So
cieties, cities, counties and states. ana
while the congress IL classed as an ir.
rigation body. the subject of dry farm
ing will receive a large amount Of
/ the discussion, as well as to be 1.000-
mile trip through the irrigated Sac
ramento valley, to see the practical
workings of irrigation, and q trip 70
! San Francisco to view the REBUILDING
!, work which is in progress In that CITY.
| Railway companies viii make low
| rate Of fare for the round trip with
/ stopover privileges both going ana
coming. Representatives from all
over the country will be at the con-
setnion. and IT would pay South Da-
| kota to be well represented. Any
! one who expects to attend this con-
| gress should communicate with Sam
| nel n. Lea, at Pierre, who ID one Of
the national executive committee. and
who will be pleased to supply all in
formation at his command.
The referendum petition on the d..
!, vorce law was filed with the secretary
| of state Tuesday. bearing 6.13S nameA
a great many more that were requir.
ed. This is the first petition to stay
action of a legislative enactment
| which has ever been filed in the rtats.
Several years ago an attempt was
made to apply the referendum to sew
eral political acts which wiped cut the
popuiist favors which had been grant,
ed in the days they were In power,
but they failed to secure the required
number OF signatures, and were never
filed. Petitions are yet out on the
Sunday observance and quail bills,
and II they get in with enough names
TO get them upon the ballot next year
the legislative part of the election will
be enough to give direct legislation q
pretty good test.
The spring sales of state building
lands are now being made and the Of
ferings will continue until the end OF
the month. Commissioner Dokken,
with his official force, is out on the
work and made his first Offering In
Clyde county where 1000 acres were
Sold at an average OF $1,000 an acre
1t appears to be the policy of local
real estate dealers to discourage these
sales as much as possible, while, as q
matter of fact, the acreage OF capital
lands in most of the counties Is small
but offering of It will keep coming
right along until all is disposed oil
and the sooner the real estate men
get II out of the way the shorter time
they will have to meet this-which
they appear to look upon as competi-
ton.
At meeting OF the trustees OF the
churches held in Pierre recently
II was decidede to envite Evangelis,
Johnson who is working in the state
to come to Pieere. All his dates are
filled up to January next. and the invi.
tation 10 for that month. To secure
his services, II is necessary to provide
tabernacle that will seat not less
than two thousand people, and com.
mittees of the churches were appoint.
ed to look after that part OF the work
They will attempt to work in connec.
ton with the committee of the board
of trade, which will be appointed tc
provide the building for the gas bel,
carnival, and provide for sharing cost.
Of construction. The churches which
are taking the initiative here are thu
Methodist, Baptist and Congregational
4.
The secretary Of state has received q
limited number OF advance copies oil
the laws OF the last session for dis.
| tribution TO state officials. The new
laws are now being gone over to find
out just what they mean and whai
bearing they may have on old statutes
The chances are that several OF the
Z old laws which are Included in this
printed statutes win be submitted K
the referendum along with the divorce
law and they will be suspended II
their effect. The courts of the STATE
viii be kept busy for time in meet.
Ing the requirements Of the new Iawl
which will be sprung upon them b.
the attorneys who win use them ii
cases where they can make them
count for their clients