The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1908-01-10
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retary Of the South Dakota board ut
railroad commissioners s has luxt fnr-
wmrded ia Gov. Crawford the ntGh~
te~ngh annual report nf~ the hoard.
which ceSers matter which came un-
der the Jurisdiction II the beard dnr~
inr the past year. The report IN very
vulnmsnou~. As the business u ~
heard aarinx tho year has been &reas-
err than aursnx any former yeMr sfnce
TIE board was established ~ Nh ace
as the Legislature. The report shosS
that the total msieaxs az thu railroads
operating iin~ In south Dakota N
June 30 last was ss.esss13 miles m
Incr~ax~ nver the mileage owned for
the year 1905 NJ set.ss miles The to-
tai mileage actually owned and ap~r
ased during the year Within the hssms-
aari~s OF south Dnkr.A Was a.a3ssxT
miles, nm iner~ass aver the veas iyse
Of 4sIss miles. thus nearly one-
half 1T the total new mileage ~ the
roads operating ltnrs In South Isnkc-
IN ~as constructed within the limits ~
South Dakota II In shown ny thu -
pert that tha railroads operating lisaeM
within South Dakota rsportad arei-
dents ~ ~ IONS on their Hires Within
the state cL saath DakotA dursuk the
year just cto~ci ~ sniiGwss Railroad
employees killed. IL injured. -.
passengers injured. -: postal clerks
injured. 81 ether p~rsossa killed, -.
injured. 20, or d fetal II ~ ktflsd M
sis Injured during n year.
Tho recent fsnancinl furry " " cssss-
tinaes over until spring may cnt un
some af the sales Of state hutltiirA
lands which have been pending. AssaM
such negotiations have been hated -
watt the outcome Of the money ettsaa.
ti.n. II n likely 10 nave the sauna
results on sales Of school lands III ~
different counties next spring. Ssen~
orally before this there n prenwrsre
brought IN hear from different cOnss~
Tier where would ~ purchasers desire
"a secure wchool lands. bur w M tbr
present there II nothing dning hi that
tine his winter. Commissioners ns,A~
ken. has been securing estimates Hf
| values IL the schuol lands IN the dif~
| fcrent counties from bankers and rrnl
e~sate men. and getting into Snaps ~
H. minimum values for the amAes II
| they are considered 10 b.. desirable m
March. The cash receipts frnfn pMy~
msnts on lanAs already aatA have
fallen on materially from the pAwt fAw
years. For the last t1ve or NIX yenrA.
toward the close ~ the year thar~
have bees q number 81 payments ~
tho part of purchasers who did nut
care To carry their indebtedness "a tho
state any longer III the rate, ard there
was a good sized fund 10 dtstrtbnfe ~
points where loans were desired, hMt
this yenr they are mot coming III With
the payments. ard the demands kAr
loans are far beyond he ability N
The department 70 ali.
companies doing business In this stnts
for 1905 show that they incurred nre
losses for that ear In the amount NJ
t425,06s, IS. While there In no way
10 learn what their loxSes vera TOR
1907 until they make their annual 70
ports sent 10 the state IRE marshal ~
chiefs or fir3 departments and town
clerks show losses far the Las haif u
the year-~sincs the law went into -
fect--of S2s3a22s. Twice that amount
would be Z greater sum thai the loss-
ea os last year. bat In some Of tia
cases reported there was no Insurance..
and In others the loss exceeded the
insurance. ard 1t - likely that wnea
the final footinxs are shown by tina
companies for the year just passed
they will he somewhere near what
they were for the previous year.
The Free Press. of Pierre. tntimatea
that L. A. Munson, former deputy
state treasurer Will annnanee ltsvsesl
~ a candidate for secretary az state.
Mr.. Munson goes 70 Ear a. to admtl
that there iS . strong probability thai
he will enter the race, but declines ~
10 make his statemept positive. Such
4 move would place two c~andidAtes
for state Offices III Hughes county, e,
II. Burke for congress- and MunsOr ~
secretary.
A room at the federal building n
Pierre In being fitted UP for h~aa.
quarters for a permanent postal In
spcctor. who will be located there
Inspector Mullen Will b~ tn Pferre N
a few days n get located IN his new
quarters, he having y werkiua
western and central south Dakota IN
the past from Sioux Falls. but Win
work from Pierre Ia the future.
The state treasury = cailed 4
state general fund warrants 10 IN
amount Of 100000. making the ca'
Of this date. With these warrants tai
IN up there are yet outstanding ~
proximateiy s3oo,ooo of such War
rants.
Gov. Crawford has selected dele
gates 10 the meeting Of the Trann~N in
souri, Dry Farming congress-. which 4
10 meet in Salt Lake CRY Jan. :y-.t
The list II composed nj James Phillip
G. L. Millett and J. d. Carr. Of For
Pierre. Henry Hudson and Dan Pier
wagon, Of Leslie. c. ". Gardner. Il
Piedmont, and !. .. Saddier. y
I.ama.
The state permanent school karx
has received from the general goveffs
ment q draft for 319.0f2.25. which I
S per cent from the sales Of govern
| mHuf lauda within the state FOR IT,