Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-06-25
NEWsY STATE NOTES.

The Sonth Dakota board of pharmacy
will hold its regular meeting for the
examination of candidates for regis
tration in Mitchell July g.
The following is report from Pierre
of tie financial standing of the state.
The state treasurer has called 1926, 200
of outstanding general fund warrants
for June rs. This call leaves yet out
standing less than 100000 of warrants
and with no bonded debt, puts the state
in good shape financially.
Reports from Herrick across the
river from Yankton in Knox county,
Nsb., in the famous "Devie's Nest"
say that oil men have acquired leases to
5000 acres and are trying to get $1,000
acres Oil has been found on a farm
near rierrick, and now active work will
begin shortly at boring to determine
the natuIe and extent Of the strike.
South Dakota is fast acquiring an
enviable worldwide reputation for the
care it gives the dependent children of
the state. This is testified to by the
fact that the authorities of the South
Dakota Children's home in Sioux Falls
have received from the Museum of
Education at Buenos Ayres, Argentine
Republic, request for literature as to
the work of the home and other mat
ters in connection with the care of
homeless and unfortunate children.
Chamberlain is to be the scene this
summer of the development of one of
the greatest business projects in the
history of central South Dakota. The
project consists of the construction of a
mammoth cement plant at an expense Of
several hundred thousand dollars and
the employment of several hundred
men in this industry, which is new so
far as this part of the state is concerned.
The general offices of the company
which will INACCURATE the new industry
are situated in Sioux Falls, the COM
pany having been incorporated under
the name of the Dakota Portland
Cement company.
According TO reports received from
Trip county, now included in the
Rosebud Indian reservation, arrange
ments are rapidly being completed for
opening to white settlement from 600,-
coo to 100000 acres of land situated
within the boundaries of the county.
The exact time that the land will be
thrown open for settlement depends
upon the time government allotting
crews complete the work of allotting
land to Indians within the borders of
the county. Additional allotting crews
have recently been placed in the field
which makes it practically certain that
everything will be in readiness so the
immense new tract of land for home
seekers can be opened to settlement
perhaps as early as August, but in any
event not much later than September.
T. H. Mill, of Huron, last week
appeared before the supreme court and
presented argument on behalf of the
City of Woonsocket in what is known
as the Woonsocket license case. AT the
late city election at Woonsocket there
was cast one vote more in favor OF
license than against license The city
council said license carried. here
were two more votes cast for mayor
than license and the attorney gene raj
was appealed to by the no license peo-i
pie, and he asked the supreme court for
further setting aside of the decision
of the city council on the grounds that
license did not receive votes enough to
constitute majority of the votes cast
for the candidate for mayor Upon
the decision Of the supreme court
depends the disposition of four other
cases similar TO that of the Woonsocket
case, and much interest is taken in the
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The Missouri river at Pierre has been
slowly rising for several days, pre-
sumably on account of water from the
Montana floods of last week. The
gauge shows nearly twelve feet today,
which begins to put water into some Of
the lower sections of Fort Pierre. II
would take rise of at least five feet
more to show any effect on this side of
the river. While it is expected that the
river will go several inches higher
before it stops, from all reports ne
apprehension of danger is felt, unless
heavy rains over this part of the state
should swell smaller streams before the
high water from mp river has passed.
Local papers from Lyman county are
showing up several days late, all telling
of swollen streams and railway and
mail connections cut off in that country.
One of the costly features of the floods
come from the loss of the dams on
which many of the settlers depend for
their water supply. The going out of
these dams also added TO the flood