Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-05-10

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\ state lands board has AT last
comn,nted its appraisement ana ms
,oir;mum prices for the sale OF sla'o
h,,,ldinp lands which will be oiereu
+his month. While the board was Wy
the law OF last winter relieved lroLn
the s1o minimum which they Were
tied to previous to this year. laise
amount of the land to be oiereu 10
held at that amount or hisher' d"
Hvde county the sales date mas oeeii
fxed for the 18th of May, with 'ie
minimum selling price IN that coui'y
ranging from 50 to $11 an acre. ffaho
county lands will be offered on inc
IAN of Nav, with minimum prices
roneing from 50 to $40. Faux county
| sales will be on May Is, with prices
ranging from So to $14 an acre. fol-
ter county prices range from 30 10
| sl2. and the sales will be made on
| Nav l6. The Edmunds county Sales
! will b. on May q, with MINIMUM
ranging from 81 to $11. McPhersoh
county offerings will be on May ~
i at prices ranging from Sc to $lo. sui
ly county offerings Will be on May 90
ranging from Sc to $40 per acre. The
| heaviest sale last veal were made IN
Mcpherson county. taking out some
| Oh lle ptSLl dilNi ~ @AAS' NSNs -
the averages lower than they are IN
counties where fewer sales We're made
last wear. Commissioner DOkken Will
attempt to sell enough of the lands
to keen work on the building in pro
gress without drawing on the state
appropriation made in case OF necessl-
ty, and with a favorable spring Will
no doubt dispose of Il large amount o.
land offered. If any lands are lett
they will be sold at private sale at the
best terms which a be made not De-
low the minimum. The sales TINS
year will probably be more attractive
to bidders han they We're last year,
as cash was the demand at last years
sales. and only one-third is required
to be paid down under present regu-
lations 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 SAT, 900 will be erected, and a
macadam road from Sturgis to Fort
Meade will be built ct a cost of &c.
600. Among the other Improvement
to be made are a cavalry drill hall a
about $4,000, one band barracks a
$40, 900, and two double sets of cap
tains' quarters at $4,000 cash. TIL
eight hour rule will be in force ant
the common labor will be paid at tn
rate of $2.25 a 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 sail
to be only in the nature Of a begin
ming, as it is the ultimate intention tt
raise Fort Meade from a brigade to
regimental poa which will necessitat
much additional building.
Gov. Crawford has appointed tn
tional Civic federation conference t
be held in Chicago May % to 81
Bartlett Tripp, Yankton; George Rice
Flandreau; H. M. Jones. Sioux Falls
O.. L. Branson, MITCHELL; P. D. Kribs
Columbia; George L. Ayres, Dead
wood; Thomas Thorson, Canton; Phi
10 Hall, Brookings; A. 0. RiagsruG
Elk Point; w. H Parker, Deadwood
J. A. Picker, Faulkton; C. J. Giolme
Platte; r. S.. Wesley, Wessingto1
Springs; John b. Hanten, WATERFOWL
Allan Rogue, C~enterville; w. c.. Cool
P~lankinton; John Sutherland, Pierre
A. H. Ingersoll, Sisseton; Charlie
Thompson, Miller; H. H. Heath, Arte
sian.
The location of the shops and yard
Of the Northwestern road at Pierr,
are so far out from the city prope
that it is rumored that the compan
will plat an Individual suburb anc
sell lots to its workmen at a low rat
with a contract for the erection o
buildings on the lots disposed of, al
lowing its men to get homes at
cheap rate and on payments which
they can easily meet. The location O.
the shops are fully two miles from
the present business menter of tn,
city.
At the new Pierre school board:
meeting for organization, f. L. Full
Ter was selected president for tn
coming year, with James Stevens a.
vice president and w. H. Gleckle
clerk OF the board. The list of teach
ers for the coming year is very nearly
completed, some of the old teacher
being retained, except in cases wher'
they voluntarily retire.
The law of last winter changed thu
manner of letting bids for state print
ing of the third class-the reports o
the state officers. Under the new Law
each report will be on a separate bic
instead of Jumping the reports all un
der one contract, and the numbe o
bidders will very likely be increased
by this division of the work.
h report of the department o.
vital statistics for the month Of Marcel
shows the highest birth rate for an,
month since the organization of tn,
department. The total for that month
was 1,1O4, of which $50 were male
and Ala females The deaths for tn
month We're 3T1; the marriages 345
divorces As; naturalizations 1874.
The supreme court dismissed dis
barment proceedings against S. II
Wright, of Centerville. He made an.
plication for such dismissal under pro
vision of n of the new laws of tn,