Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-21

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state at Pierre are the Republican and
Democratic parties, the former having
designated white as the color of their
official ballot, mi the Democrats hav-
ing selected yellow. The prohibition
lists and socialists have not as yet COM
nlied with that provision Of the pri-
mary law, Inc in the published no
| tees sent out by the county auditors,
colors are not designated by the TWO
minority parties. It is probable though
that they will carry out that provision
of the law before an election is helu.
Superintendent House, Of the United
States Indian school at RAPID CITY
has received word from washington
hat the congressional committee hav-
ing in charge the $4,000 appropriation
for additional improvements at the
school there, has acted favorably and
in all probabilities h money Will pc
available for starting work this sum-
mer. The contemplated improvements
include $4,000 for a domestic science
course, $1,000 for general repairs, IN
GLIDING cement walks; $1,000 for per.
fecting a private water system and
S., 900 for installing a sewerage tank.
The improvements mentioned were
personally advocated at Washington
by superintendent House on a recent
visit to the national capital.
Beginning with the first of April the
boundaries of the Pierre land district
will be widely extended. By the WHIP
ing out out Of the Huron land dis
trict the counties Of Beadle, Sphinx,
Faux, Potter, Hand and Hyde will
be added to the Pierre district. But
the addition of the territory will not
mean any great addition to the bust
ness. About all which was left for the.
Huron district to look after was in
the southern parts of Hand and Hyde
counties, with a few scattered tracts
in Faulk n Potter. The eastern part.
Of h district having been practically
cleared of the government lands, prob
ably a few quarters scattered about
being yet to probe up and wipe u the
government connection with any Of
the counties in the Jim river valley.
The next offices which will probably
be abolished ire those of Mitchell and
Watertown, which will leave Aberdeen
the only office east of the Missouri riv-
er towns of Pierre and Chamberlain.
The Pierre Office will probably be the
last in the state to be abolished, as
those at the state capitals are general
ly left for the clearing up work after
the others are no longer paying eX-
penses, h one at Des Moines for
Iowa clear UP work now being in the
list to be abolished.
The preliminary report Of the super
intendent of vital statistics, which has
just been issued on marriages of the
state for 1907, shows 1890 ceremonies
for that ear, a record Of practically a
dozen a day through the e The
ages of the brides were given at from
Is, at which two were married, to 60,
at which g three women were mar
ried. h ~ost popular age appears
to ave been 20, as 500 girls were
married at that age and 10 was close
with 500; and 499 were brides at IS.
The average age of the brides was
23.S years. The ages of the grooms
ranged from IS to 70. the average
marrying age for men being 1872 years,
with the greatest number taking brides
at the 6 Of 20, 465 having married al
that age. The figures compiled show
that the nance for women marrying
decreases after they pass 20, and tina
Of the men after they have passed %
which does not hold out the theory OF
late marriages on the part of either
sex In this state. Last year a num-
Der of marriages were reported wher
aged men took very young wives, but
the report this year is strongly in con-
trast to that as in nearly all the mar
riages the ages of the two contracting
parties We're near the same figure.
The report of the bureau of vital
statistics on divorces in the state for
1907 shows that $50 mismated cou-
pies were granted legal separation by
the courts Of the state for the year.
Out of the whole number the resi-
dence of the defendant was given in
the state in 1S3 cases, while in $50 the
residence was given in some other
state, and In A cases it was given as
unknown, and the sum Of the last two
figures probable shows the sum total
of the Colony business in the state
for the yea Out of the total. 255
were asked on the grounds of deser-
ton and 1873 on pleas of cruelty. Fiji
ty were granted for non-support, "a
for willful neglect, 80 for intemper-
ance, n for adultery, 2 for immoral
habits, for abandonment, Q for
fraud and l each for insanity and un-
comfortable temper. Minnehaha
county, n home of the Industry in
the state, leads them all in the num-
Der with 154; Lincoln, a near neighbor,
which probably gets some Of the
Sioux Falls overflow, is next with Al;
Brown had 81. Lawrence 20 and PEN
aington 80.
A group of leading Democrats of
hughes county met at Pierre and af-
ter discussing the situation decided
that they would name a delegation to
the state convention to select delegates
to Denver, without the formality of
the primary. In that line the chair
mar of the county committee together
at the earliest possible date and ar
range for a a county convention to
be held at Blunt on the fourth Tuesday
in March for selecting such delegates
TO the state convention.
The state conference Of charities and
corrections for South Dakota will be
held at Redfield on April 1, 2 and 8.
This meeting is expected to be one of
the most interesting ever held in the
northwest. Themes of vital Importance
not only to the workers in lines Of
penology and sociology, but subjects OF
interest to the public generally, will
be discussed by men and women OF
prominence in this line. Several peo-
pie Of great prominence have already
been secured to take part in the pro-
,ram.
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