Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-03-20

"A LII VI lac ANA~
the state are considering the voting Of
school building bonds this spring to
meet the demands of a rapidly grow
ing school population. In that connec-
ton the opinion Of Attorney Genera
Clark in the case at Mitchell, is OF
especial interest. When the question
Of issuing bonds in that city for erec-
lion of q new school building was
brought up the women claimed the
right to vote on the question under the
provisions of the constitution, and as
their view did not meet unanimous
approval, they submitted their case
to the attorney general, who holoe
that under the provisions of section y,
article z, of the constitution, women
had the right to vote upon the issu-
ance of schoo bonds. The section pro-
riding thaat any woman having n
qualifications of q voter In regard TO
age and residence. may vote at ans
election held solely for school pur-
poses" This is held to apply to the
question of issuing bonds for school
purposes as well as to voting for school
officers. ...
The life insurance companies doing
business in the state for the past year
are just getting in their reports to the
state insurance department., and some
of the largest of the eastern compa-
MES show a net loss of business in the
state, when the policies dropped with
in the year are compared with the
new policies written. . Frank B. Aims
worth, secretary of the Bankers Mu7
tual Reserve Fund Life company, of
Cincinnati, O., was in Pierre this week,
- i-~ - 49,, -,ntta-e hacnr1 tho do
partment. The showing made by the
company is peculiar in the fact that
with a large volume of business in
his state, they were not called Upon
to pay a loss last year, and further
they were not called upon to pay a
loss on any new business written by
the in this state since the
18th Of February, 1902. This is one
Of the companies which shows a large
increase in business in the state for
last year, the western companies en-
orally appearing to be getting in the
lead in such business for South Da-
kota.
The state land department has been
doing some business in the way Of pat
ents to purchasers of state lands who
are making final payment, regardless
of the alleged money shortage. For
the months of January and February
they sent out over ITO patents to sucn
purchasers. Some of these were on
final payments, and others where the
purchaser desired to clear up his title
and paid one years interest in adj
vance for the right to SO finish his
payments to the state. Hutchinson
county purchasers applied for the larg-
est number of patents, taking rs; Bon
Homme was next with IA; Moody tool
IS, and Minnehaha II. The rest were
scattered in a number of counties in
the Jim and Sioux valleys, where state
lands have been sold, running from
one up to nine in different counties.
These payments have brought to the
department the cash to fill loans which
were applied for long ahead, and 3
number of waiting applicants have
been supplied.
The Cleveland school fire has stirred
the school board of Pierre to activity
in regard to fire escapes in the schools
All the buildings are to be provided
with fire escapes outside the building
\ and stand pipes are to be put in all the
buildings with fire hose reeled on ev-
cry floor of the buildings. These pre-
cautions, with fire drills, are supposed
to be sufficient to prevent any such
horror as occurred in the Ohio school.
Besides the action in this city, school
boards all over the state are reported
to be taking active steps to prevent
any such a catastrophe as that al
Cleveland.
State superintendent Ustrud held
court on a oberts county case re-
Gently. County Superintendent Jones,
OF Roberts, has revoked the certificate
az H. L. Priest, a teacher in that
county, charging him with refusal to
attend the county meetings Of teach
ers. h county institute, and the sum-
mer school, with other charges. Priest
was represented by Thad L. Fuller, OF
Nilbank, and Jones looked after his
own side of the case. After hearing
testimony a decision was deferred or
the case until Tuesday of next week
Twenty-Five cars of immigrant goods
crossed the river, at Pierre for the
Stanley county country Sunday and
Monday last. Not a day passes with.
out a string of such cars going west
and at the rate which they are now
coming, as soon as the fasteners fee
certain that they will not be frozen by
getting into Dakota, the railroad com
any will find extra trains required Ic
handle this traffic alone for the west
ern part Of the state.