Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-01-10

laws, of the South Dakota board OF
-. road commissioners, has just for
warded to Gov. Crawford the elsn
teenth annual report of the BOARD
which covers matters which came I'M
der the jurisdiction of the board our
ing the past year. The report IS very
ycluminous, as the business OF the
board during the year has peen great
err than during any former year since
tho hoard was established by an act
of the legislature. The report shows
that the total mileage of the railroads
operating line in South Dakota on
! June 80 last was 3s,049.3S miles, an
increase over the mileage owned tor
the wear 1905 of S71.25 miles. The TO-
tai mileage actually owned ana oper-
ated during the year within the boun-
daries of South Dakota was 3,63o.ei
miles, an increase over the yaar 1895
of 431.79 miles. Thus nearly one
p half Of the total new mileage OF the
roads operating lines in South Dako-
ia was constructed within the limits OK
South Dakota. 1t is shown by the re-
port that the railroads operating lines
| within South Dakota reported accl-
! dents to persons on their lines within
the state of South Dakota during the
year Just closed as follows: Railroad
employees killed, I'll; injured, 272;
passengers injured. %; postal clerks
: injured, 3: other persons killed., ";
injured, 90, or a total Of 33 killed and
31S injured during the year.
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I, The recent financial furry if it con-
! tinues over until spring may cut OF
some of the sales of state building
lands which lave been pending, as all
such negotiations have been halted 10
wait the outcome of the money 81 ua-
ticn. 1t is likely to have the same
results on sales of school lands In the
different counties next spring. Cen
orally before this there is pressure
brought to bear from different oun
ties where would-be purchasers desire
to secure school lands, but up to the
present there is nothing doing in that
line this winter. Commissioner Dok-
ken has been securing OF
values Of the school lands in the dl1-
ferent ountie from bankers and real
estate men, and getting into shape TO
fix minimum values for he sales II
they are considered to be desirable in
March. The cash receipts from pay
ments on and already sold have
fallen off materially from the past few
years. For the last five or six years,
toward the close of the year there
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the part Of purchasers who did not
care to carry their Indebtedness to the
state any longer at the rate, and there
was a good sized fund to distribute to
points where loans were desired, but
this year they are not coming in with
the payments, and the demands for
loans are far beyond the ability of
the department to fill.
The reports filed by the insurance
companies doing business IN this state
for 1906 show that they incurred fire
losses for thai year in the amount OF
$425, O5S.63. While there is no way
to learn what their losses were for
1907 until they make their annual re-
ports sent to the state fire marshal by
chiefs of fire departments and town
clerks show losses for the last half OF
the year-since the law went into ef-
rect-of ~$263.223. Twice that amount
would be a greater sum han the loss
es of last year, but in some Of tho
cases reported there was no insurance
and in others the loss exceeded the
insurance, and it is likely that when
the final footings are shown by the
companies for the year just passed
they will be somewhere near what
they were for the previous year.
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The Free Press, of Pierre, intimates
that L. A. Munson, former deputy
state treasurer, will lot himself
as a candidate for secretary Of state
Mr.. Munson goes so far as to admit
that there is a strong probability that
he will enter the race, but declines yet
to make his statement positive. Such
a move would place two candidates
II Tor state Offices in Hughes county, e.
Fl. Burke for and Munson for
Lsecretary.
A room at the federal building in
Pierre Is being fitted up for head
quarters for a permanent postal in
spector, who will be located there.
Inspector Mullen will be in Pierre in
aifew days and get located in his new
quarters, he having been working
western and central South Dakota in
the past from Sioux Falls, but will
work from Pierre in the future.
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The state treasury has called in
state general fund warrants to the
amount of $1,000 00, making the call
of this date. With these warrants tax
on up there are yet outstanding ap-
p~roximately 100000 Of such war
rants.
Gov. Crawford has selected dele
gates to the meeting Of the TRANSMITS
souri, Dry Farming congress-. which is
to meet in Salt Lake CRY jan. 23-26.
The list is composed of James Philip.
G.. L.. Millett and J. D. Carr. Of Fort
Pierre; Henry Hudson and Dan Bier
wagon, Of Leslie; G. v. Gardner. of
Piedmont, and j. D. Saddler, of
Tama.
The state permanent school fund
has received from the general govern
ment a draft for $19,012,25, which is
5 per cent from the sales of govern
ment and within the state for the
year ending June 80 last.
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