Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-07
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haV1nS at their u meeting pros
vided for the submission of the namH
OF Selby. hat town coming in with q
petition amply sufficient to meet all
requirements, n with a vote there Is
not the slightest possibility that Bangor
will retain the county government
longer than this year. In Charles Mix
county the contending towns cannot
get together upon any proposition UP
to the present. and all are out with
petitions, which will make it practi-
cally impossible for either one of them
to secure the required number of
names for submission. In e
county the question has gone into the
courts as to whether 4 removal from
Fairfax, the present location, would
be a removal or relocation" If the
latter, a much larger petition Will have
to be secured than for mere removal,
and it is likely that the Fairfax people
can keep the case in court long enough
to prevent any action this year. In
Lyman county the petitions are being
circulated, but as the residents of the
western part of the county want divls-
ion worse thar county seat removal, it
will probably be a hard matter to Sc
cure the required number of names to
get the name of Presho before the peo-
pic. $50
Several saloonmen have been forced
out of business in the western part of
the state by activity of states attor-
neys in demanding Il compliance with
the law, and the supreme court rulings
that no saloon al be legally operated
without a favorable vote for the same.
and that the act that there is no civil
organization at the place where Nthe,
saloon is desired, does not in any way
open the gates for the saloon, but as Il
matter of fact makes uch a place pro-
hibition without remedy. AS a result
of this tie county commissioners of
several counties in the Black Hills
and in the new counties west of the
river, We're petitioned at their January
meetings to establish a number of civil
townships. Several such petitionswere
granted in all of the counties where
they were presented. but the Stanley
county county commissioners could
not see the necessity of such organiza-
tons at some of the places which de-
sired it, and refused the requests. The
organizations We're desired at the be-
ginning of the year to allow a vote to
be taken on license at the spring meet
tngs of these townships, and license
will probably be granted at several
places where they are under present
conditions barred.
50. Il
The general council of Indians upon
the Cheyenne River reservation, which
has just closed a session., took a posi-
ton against the Gamble bill, which
provides for an opening of a portion of
that reservation, and instructed the
officers of the Council to write the In
dian Rights association to oppose the
move. They present several reasons
against the opening, the principal one
being that the tract proposed to be
opened contains valuable minerals, and
before any action should be taken
these lands should be examined by
experts and their true value placed
upon hem. They further object be-
cause their consent has not been ask
ed. and that former treaties have not
yet been carried out in full. They
fixed the lease value of their pastures
at the close of the present leases at
4 IL cents per acre, with extended
rights of grazing of Indian cattle with
in the pastures.
The people of LeBeau are not satis-
fed with the Gamble bill which has
been introduced in the senate for the
opening to settlement of a portion of
the Cheyenne River and Standing Rock
Indian reservations. The bill provides
for the opening of the western part of
these reservations, leaving the part
lying along the Missouri river untouch-
ed, and the people who live near the
river do not look kindly upon such a
bill. A mass meeting was called at the
above named town, at which a protest
was drawn up against m effort to
open such reservations in a piecemeal
fashion, as such a method would
mean years of delay before the work
is finally completed, and in their pro-
test they presented their desire to have
the whole reservation covered by the
bill which now seeks to open only a
portion Of the tract.
The delegates to the State Fedora
ton of Commercial Clubs at Pierre
are enthusiastic over the prospects for
a useful career for the association. At
the session of h convention Tuesday
the committee On rules reported in fa-
vor % standing committees of three
each on membership, finance, immigra-
ton. manufactures, agriculture, mer-
camille interests, mining and 1egisla-
ton. The following permanent Off
GERS We're elected for the year: Presi-
dent, Harvey J. Rice, of Huron; vice
president, Will A. Beach, Of Sioux
Falls; secretary, Granville Jones, Rap
id City; treasurer, Isaac Lincoln, Abb
erdeen; executive committee, Warren
Young, Fort Pierre; D., C. Thomas,
Watertown; H. E. Perkins, Sturgis;
s. C. Mortimer, Belle Fourche.
Very high prices are being paid for
establishments to homesteads in the
region between Chamberlain and the
Black Hills. Albert Kingsbury, who
went from near Kimball and made
entry of a. homestead, has returned,
having sold his right in the homestead
for $1,100. He had not even made
final proof upon the land, this sum be-
ing paid simply for his REIMBURSEMENT.
Because he emulated the example
of some of his white brothers by cele-
brating Christmas with over-indul-
gence in fire water, White Eagle, an
Indian from the Rosebud reservation.
is now under arrest in the county Jail
at Deadwood, waiting until the next
term of the federal court. White
Eagle, who was brought UP by Deputy
U. s. Marshal Bedding, held a party on
Christmas night on the reservation,
when spirits were freely introduced,
contrary to Uncle Sans rules of eti-
1uette among the aborigines.