Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-06-12

by r. e. Olney, and ranged in that
part of Stanley county. The people
Of that county will not secure a vote
on the question of herd law berore
the November election, and In the
meantime there is bound to De more
or less friction between the CONNECT
ing interests all through the present
crop year.
While the Trip county opening will
not occur until fall, a number of squat
ters have located at Lamro, near the
center of the county and have punt
up a thriving little trading point.
Among them are a number or laHll-
lies, and they want he state educa-
tional department to tell them no"
they are to secure school 1aclllles.
such neople are assessed and taxed for
judicial purposes, but for no other
purpose under the state laWtl and they
think tina as long as they are subject
to the inquiries of he assessor they
should be able to get a school tax IN
some manner. and also get their snare
of the state school fund. From a gen.
eral reading of the law II looks as II
the only way they have to get schoot
Facilities before the country is opened
10 StllltIIleIl VIII NC ~ 'Ny
s.riptions on the part of those des1r-
ing the chool privilege.
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The ranchers in the vicinity of Oko-
oojo, twenty miles north Of Pierre, be-
lieve in making use of the natural gas
which can be secured in the artesian
dow of thai section. This spring wells
ror this purpose have been sunk on
the farms of George Harry, George
Olmstead, w. S. McClelland, Julius
schooner and Joseph Hodoval. These,
with wells which have been sunk in
that section the past two years, make
ten wells within a. few miles of that
piece, all of which have been ar
ranged for the use of the gas which
can be secured. TIL. farm house are
heated and lighted from this source,
and the expense of fuel oil and gaso-
line cut out OF the operation OI the
farms.
James Coulter, the county assessor
Of Stanley county, is having troubles
of his own these days. He is employ
ing sixteen deputies in an attempt 10
get his work completed in time for the
July session of the county BOARD. he
E.S the aSSGSSlIlcll VI l4o
to look after, and While in past years
he has only needed two or three men
in a township, he now has to interview
from a dozen up to several
hundred. The law allowed him to be-
Gin work a month earlier than in
counties of ordinary size, but even
with that privilege he will have hard
work in getting ready for the board
meeting.
The residents of the towns Of Phil
in, Cottonwood and Kadoka, in Stanley
county. are putting up a kick over the
fact that they are required to go from
three to five miles to vote. The COM
missioners say the liked the polling
places in the precincts at h same
places they were located two years
ago, and were satisfactory then. But
the towns with several hundred voters
each nave come into existence since
that time, and feel that with a large
majority of the voters of the precinct
a change should have been made to
meet the changed conditions.
The supreme court has granted a
writ of certiorari in the liquor license
case from Woonsochet and set June II
as the date for hearing. In this case
While there was one more vote for Ii
cense than against, several voters did
not express themselves o the subject
and the contention of the anti-saloon
element is that the license vote to sue
coed must be a majority of all the
votes cast at the election, not merely
a majority of those cast on that ques-
tion.
The old time friends of Sitting Bull
have been busy in regard to retain
ing his old home oil Cannon Ball
river as a public reserve, and while no
action was secured in the present con-
gress, the commissioner of indian af-
fairs has agreed to set aside a tract
covering the site of the home at which
the old chief was killed, as a tempo
rary reserve, pending whatever action
congress may take at the next session
when the matter is formally brought
before that body.
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One of the strongest evidences OF
the growth of the state in all it's parts
is to be found in the discussion Of
school facilities in the different towns
through the press. Nearly every town
shows a demand for increased school
facilities, and the question at issue is
the best way to supply this need, and
the best way to raise funds.
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Building operations are being push
ed in Pierre this spring, and the indi-
cations are that a larger humble of
dwelling houses will be erected this
summer than for any former year in
the history of the city. The building
is not confined to any particular por-
ton ot the town, but covers every Sec
ton.