The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-05-16
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Ine meeting or CltlZenS In Plerre
for the reorganization Of the old board
Of trade was well attended, and a spir-
1t of enthusiasm was manifested which
will help bring that old organization
back to the position which it has held
at different times in past years, when
the needs Of the city demanded united
and efficient work. The question of
name for the organization, which
has for its purpose the upbuilding of
Pierre, was under discussion and the
old name which has in the past stood
for so much in the history Of Pierre
was decided to be good enough to hold
onto. The organization has taken in
every faction and party in the city,
and all are united to go after the
things which will help to make the
town successful and prosperous.
The list of telephones which will be
acted upon by the state assessment
board this year will, be larger than the
list presented a year ago. more than
fifty new companies having been or
ganized within the past year. The list
for April was the Independent Tele-
phone company, of Humboldt; South
Dakota Rural Telephone company, of
Sherman; Farmers Union Telephone
company, of Clark: White Rock Rural
company, of White Rock; Pukwana
Telephone and Electric company, of
Pukwana; and the Harrold-Sully Tele-
phone company at Harold, to operate
north from Harold into Sully county.
Chief Iump, the last of the hostiles
among the Sioux, who is now a good
Indian, is allowed with his band to
make the different towns around the
reservation once or twice each sum-
mer giving the ceremonial dances of
the Sioux Indians. They give their
dances in all their beads and finery,
colored blankets, feathers and horse
hair ornaments, and to one who has
never witnessed their work it is of es-
pecial interest. They have secured
permission to be in Pierre the week in
which the grand lodge of the I. o. O.
p. meets and will give one of their en-
tertsinments while the delegates of
that body are present.
The annual cleanup day for Pierre
is fixed and the city will turn its
street force over to the Improvement
league for that day, to work under
their orders. Every resident of the
city is requested to drop his regular
vocation for a part of that day and
help in the clean up work. On ac-
count of the coming meeting Of the I.
.. o. F. grand lodge every effort will
be made to get the town into as pre-
sentable condition as possible, consid-
ering the sidewalk and sewer con-
Struction work which will be under
way at about that time.
surveying gang is reported to be
working in the country north Of Mid
land and Philip, running lines from
different points on the Northwestern
extension between Pierre and Rapid
city. No one in that section knows.
and the surveyors won't tell who they
are working for, but the move is be-
lieved to be preliminary to a North
western extension into the northern
part of the state, probably an extern
sion Of the BoneSteel line
The date Of letting bids for the state
printing for this year will be the 5th
Of June, the contracts this year call
aIiS lol TIE IcpoIlS OF the state Or1lCPrS
the third class-alone Under the
new law, instead OF all that class be-
'ng placed in one bid, each report is
bid upon separately, with the chances
n favor Of scattering the work over
the state, instead of concentrating II
all in one office.
n. II. Wheaton, state pure food in
spector, and one of the former insti-
tute lecturers of the state, accompa-
MED by Prof. John c. Cole, agrono-
mist at the agricultural college, left
Pierre recently to delivery lectures on
grains, grasses and dairying to the
residents west of the river. Their
first meeting waJ at Hayes, followed
by meetings at Midland and Fort
Pierre.
Articles of incorporation have been
filed for the Ingham State bank, at
Ingham, Stanley county, with a capt.
tai of $500. Incorporators E. ].
Spencer, Ingham, r. w. Matthias, Phil