The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1907-05-10

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building lands which will be offered
this month, while the board was by
the Inv of last winter relieved from
the SO minimum which they were
tied to previous 10 this year. q iarge
amount of the land TO be offered L.
held 1t 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 80 to $t1 an acre. Hand
county lands win be offered ON the
14th of May. with minimum prices
ranging from SO to $40. Faulk county
sales will be on May Is. with prices
ranging from So to s14 an acre. Pot
ter county prices range from SIS to
$12, and the sales will be made os
May 16. The Edmunds county sales
will be on May 81, with minimum
ranging from 81 to sill. McPhersorI
county offerings will be on May %,
at prices ranging from Sc to $40 Sui
ly county offerings will be on May IS,
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 stats
appropriation made in case of necessi-
ty, and with favorable spring viii
no doubt dispose of large amount OF
land offered. II 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-
Iations 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 cost of ss.-
900. 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
tolflS 4udIltI al @-UtuUU ldSII n0
eight hour rule will be in force and
tie common labor will be paid at the
rate of s2.25 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 said
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ming, as 1t 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 rs to 81:
Bartlett Trip. Yankton; George Rice.
Flandreau: II. M. Jones. Sioux Fallss
@. l.. Branson. Mitchell; p. D. kribs,
Columbia. George L. Ayres. Dead
wood: Thomas Thorson, Canton: Phi
10 Hall, Brookings: A. o. Ringsruds
Elk Point: w. III. Parker. Deadwood.
J. A. Pickler. Faulkton; G. ]. Giolme.
Platte: r.. s. Vessey, washington
Springs: John B. Hanten. WATERFOWL;
Allan Rogue, centerville; w. c. Cook.
Plankinton: John Sutherland, Pierre.
A. FL. Ingersoll, Sisseton; Charles
Thompson. Miller; II. Fl. 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 II Is rumored that the company
will plat an individual suburb and
sell lots to its workmen at low rate
with q contract for the erection OF
buildings on the lots disposed OF. al
lowing its men to get homes al 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 tho
sity,
At the new Pierre school board.s
meeting for organization. r.. T.. fsul-
Ter was selected president for the
coming year. with James Stevens as
vice president and W. H. Checker
clerk OF the board. The list OF teach
ers for the coming year is very nearly
NVAHpictCu, StHlG VI the Otu iGuEnGTS
being retained. except i'm cases wliers
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 d separate bid
instead OF Jumping the reports all un-
der one contract. and the number OF
bidders win very likely be Increased
by this division Of the work
The report or the department OF
vital statistics for the month OF March
shows the highest birth rate for any
month since the organization Of tho
department. TIKI total for that month
was 1.I04. Of which $50 were males
and 474 females The deaths Tor the
month were 37f; the marriages 34s:
divorces -; administrations ia