The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1908-11-20

There were some surprises oa the
county seat egnoval and county divf-
SION propositions presented In different
In the state at b recent
election. In walworth county the To-
cal ~jeaaoUsies Of the past four years
appear to have been healed. and as
there was no one left at Bangor TO
make a fight the location was changed
10 SeIhy by general consent. n prac-
tfcally without u contest. In Hutch
inson county Parkston lost by a little
over Sc. and charges Ii 10 local jeal-
ousy on the part Of Trip. III Charles
Mix county the bitter contests Of the
past four years appeared To have
brought on a more acute attack on
election day, and Wheeler will hold
the county seat for another Tour years
down on the river and ten miles on
the railroad which runs through the
county. What the result OF the con-
test was in Gregory county between
Fairfax and Herrick is not yet known.
In Lyman county the question of re-
movai to Presho from oacoma was
voted down by a heavy majority. and
that town is safe for four years more
Under the constitution q county seat
question cannot be submitted oftener
than once in four years. On county
division Lyman county voted down the
proposition almost as decisiveiy as it
did county seat removal. and this in a
county where il was expected TO carry.
In Butte county, while no official fig
ures are 10 be had. private advices
say the question has carried. although
il was believed TO be doomed TO failure
i'm fhaf t~atfnfy If this - *ylfa Js,ssrn
will have 10 give way To Stanley on it's
honor Of being the largest county in
the state.
The capitol commission has decided
TO ask the legislature for a sufficient
appropriation TO change the interior
fittings Of the new capitol from iFnita-
ton marble 10 real marble and To
change stair balustrades from iron to
marble, the changes causing an In
crease of approximately $2o.oea from
the original figures. The commission
estimates the amount needed for the
changes decided upon. for furnishings
for the building and for the parking Of
h grounds viii be about $e0o. 600.
Gov.-elect Wesley believes in keep
ing his platform pledge of moving TO
h capital n dcyoting his time to
the Office since he has been elected.
He. in company with his wife. was
in the city recently and practically
completed a deal for a residence, and
expects to get his family located
there before the first OF December and
get his youngest son started in school
before the opening of the legislative
session.
Gov. Crawford has appointed as DEL
sgates from the state to the eleventh
annual session of Mining Mems con-
gress. which meets at Pittsburg, Pa,
Dec. 2 TO s. Nicholas Treweek Of Lead,
William S. Elder OF Deadwood, A. A.
Webb of Deadwood. A c. Boland Of
keystone, r. NJ. Steere of washington
Springs. Charles ii. Fulton Of Rapid
City and William ]. Thorby Of Dead
wood.
Gov. Crawford has appointed as DEL
egates from South Dakota TO the fifth
annual National Rivers and Harbors
convention, which meets at Washing
ton Dec. 8 to IL. Senator Robert +
Gamble OF Yankton, Senator A. b.
kittredgc of Sioux Falls, Congressman
E. w. Martin Of Deadwood, and Philo
Tall Of Erookings.
When Elijah Clark Sears. Of Cam
ton. cast his vote on Nov. 3 he had
voted al twenty presidential elections.
His FIRST vote was cast i'm 1928. when
Andrew Jackson was elected president.
Mr.. Sears was born June u, 1895. and
consequently is in his 10th year.
The governor has appointed Stan
ley Bullock. OF Belle Fourche. as game
warden for Butte county.