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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-04-29
TO MERGE WITH NORMAL.
Springfield City Schools to Become
Part of Normal School

Fart OF normal School.
The Springfield board of education
has made the following proposition
to the state board of regents, and the
regents have accepted the offer,
whereby the city schools shall be-
come the training department of the
state normal located at Springfield
The head of the training department
at the normal becomes the principle
of the city schools, the other teach
ers are nominated by the normal au-
thoritles and receive a small comDen.
sation from the state but the city
bears the great bulk of the expense,
which will mean considerable saw
ing of state funds. This will also be
OF great advantage to the graduating
classes because OF getting their
training under the dollhouse condi-
tons OF model school they will
meet real conditions, such as they
will have to face after graduation
This method is in successful opera.
ton at the Indian state normal at tho
teachers college of the University of
Clnsinnati, at the Montana state nor
mai at Dillon and in variou sother
places, and has been uniformally sue
cessful. These changes will take
place at the beginning of the next
school year. The people of the CON-
munlty are very generally we'll
pleased with this arrangement,
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-04-29
ENLARGED COURT TO MEET.
First Case Before Supreme Tribunal
on April Fl VIII Be Telephone Suit
Against Huron.

Against Huron.
Judges E. C. Smith and J. H. Nc
Coy will be in Pierre April 20 to take
up their duties on the supreme bench,
and the five judges will sit for the
first time On the following day In the
case. in which the Dakota Central
Telephone company seeks to prevent
the city of Huron from interfering
with their making extensions of their
lines in that city.
Judge Smith was college chum of
Judge Haney, both coming to South
Dakota from Iowa. Both were elect
ed to the circuit bench through ap-
pointment from Gov. Sheldon. Judge
Smith has remained on the circuit
bench all this time, and now Joins
his old classmate on the supreme
bench through appointment by Gov.
Wesley.
One peculiar feature in regard to
the hearing before the court in it's
first session with five members will
be that the first argument presented
to them will be by T. H. Null of HUI
ron and the further fact that when
the supreme court of the state was
organized in January, 1890, the first
argument presented to them was by
T. H. Null of Huron.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-04-29

Combining Dairying, Poultry, Fruit
and Pigs.-Dairying may be prof1tably
combined with poultry keeping, with
fruit raising, or with pig growing.
With any of these combinations, one
is able to have two substantial in
comes, utilize the waste products, and
give profitable employment the entire
year to hired help. If whole milk is
sold to village or city trade, fruit
growing and dairying are the best
combination, the manure being used to
fertilize the orchard and land for
growing forage crops. When cream
or butter only is sold, dairying and
pig or poultry raising are good COM
bination, the skim milk and butter
milk being fed to the pigs or chickens.
Pigs, poultry, fruit and dairy may all
be proftably combined under certain
conditions. The success of nearly all
of the great industries has resulted
from good management and the full
utilization of all the by-products.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-04-29
BARK BEETLE is GONE.
The Forestry Department Has Issued
Orders to Cease Distribution of
All

OFQeFS TO lease distribution OF
Cartridges.
AS another evidence that the bark
beetle which proved SO destructive in
The Black Hills National forest, has
eft the Black Hills section, the for
astry department has just issued or
lers to cease the distributicu If free
cartridges for squirrel shooting on
The reserve. When the fight against
The bark beetle was at it's heighth
the service conceived the idea that
if the squirrels are killed off 1t would
aid in the fight. According to Pin
chot, the squirrels eat the eggs Of
woodpeckers, and these birds had
proved the worst enemy of the bark
beetle. But, as a matter of fact this
theory did not work out as expected,
for, while the squirrels decreased,
the woodpeckers did not show any
material increase in numbers. Last
year but five trees in this whole for
est were "struck" by the bark beetle,
and the service has announced that
the fight against the insect is over.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-04-29
OLD CAPITOL FOR scuoo,

At meeting of the school board of
Pierre contract for three years was
signed with Prof. Ramer as the head
OF the city schools. The whole of the
teaching force has been re-employed,
except in cases where the teacher has
Withdrawn The board made arrange
ments toward securing the old cant
tol, the city being given preference
right in the purchase, for the reason
that the building was donated to the
state by the city at the time the capi-
tai was located here twenty years
ago.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-04-29
TO OPEN LANDS SAME TIME.
Standing Rock and Cheyenne Reserva-
tons Will Be Entered in Fail.

That both the Standing Rock and
he Cheyenne Indian reservations In
South Dakota, which are to be opened
or settlement, will be opened at the
same time, and that the registration
or both will take place this fall, is
he opinion of all the members of the
South Dakota delegation in congress,
according to kilograms received by
ion. George w. Case of Watertown,
president of the Business Mems union.
United States Senator Robert ].
Gamble wires Mr.. Case as follows:
I am in close touch with the depart
nent, and have urged and am urging
he utmost expedition. | am satisfied
hat the registration will be had this
all on both reservations, and the
ilings made in the spring of 1919.
The allotment work is complete on
he Standing Rock reservation, and
he appraisement is now being made.
The allotments will soon be completed
IN the Cheyenne, and as soon as this
S finished the appraisers will be APP
pointed"
Congressman Eben w. Martin tele-
graphs: There is every probability
hat the drawings for both reserva-
ions will be had the coming fall"
Representative Charles H. Burke
wires: Il am confident that both res
ervations will be opened this fall and
at the same time"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-04-29
NEW COUNTY IN LEGAL KNOT.
South Dakota Petitioners Now Reside
on Indian Reservation.

South Dakota Petitioners Now Reside
on Indian Reservation.
A petition has been presented to
Gov. Wesley asking for the organiza-
ton of the new county Of Corson,
which the last legislature created in
the northern part of the state west
of the Missouri. While the petition
contains the required number Of sig
natures it will be submitted to the
state legal department before any ac-
ton is taken to settle the question Of
the rights of a legal county organiza-
ton on an Indian reservation. While
portion of the new county Is expect
ed to be opened to settlement the last
of the present year, as it now stands,
it is all reservation and will be such
for some time to come The question
Of legality of such an organization
will have to be settled before action
is taken on the petition.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-04-29
TEST CASE AT DEApwoop.
is of interest to Every County in
South Dakota,

A test case of interest to every
county in South Dakota is to be made
in Deadwood to determine whether
county commissioners may use money
from the general fund for the con-
struction and improvement of roads.
A well defined movement has been
started to give Lawrence county bet
ter roads, but the attempt is ham
pered by the fact that so little
money is obtainable from the special
road fund. The good roads commit
tee, through N. T. Mason, suggested
that the commissioners draw on the
general fund.
States Attorney John T. Hebron,
on request, filed an opinion that it
would be unlawful to use the general
fund for road work. The road fund
amounts to only $4,000 a year, and
is overdrawn to the amount of $45,-
600. The statute permits the COM
missioners to levy on the ratio of ST.
600 to each 100000 of assessed valu-
alton for road purposes, and that ad-
ditional sums may be expended for
building bridges Or roads, if ratified
by vote of the people. 1t is further
specified that the towns through
which any county road passes shall
keep 1t in repair.
Attorney Hebron called attention
to the fact that the road levy is made
only on property outside of the
towns, and that if the general fund
is used those in the towns would not
only be taking care of their own
roads but be required to share in the
cost of the roads in the country 1t
is further contended by Mr.. Hebron
that the law would not have required
a vote on additional appropriations if
1t was not intended to limit the levy
to 2 mills on the dollar and keep the
road expenditures within the amount
raised by such levy.
Mr.. Mason, on the other hand, con.
tends that the $1,000 for each $780,
900 of assessed property which the
board may appropriate for road work
is in addition to the regular road
levy. Consequently test case will
be brought before Judge Rice of the
circuit court by Mr.. Mason.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-04-29
Goats Need Much Exercise. Go,

Goats Need Much Exerclse.-Goats
need a great amount of exercise. much
more than sheep. The one is by ma
ture browser and the other a grazer,
and the browsing habit naturally re.
quires more activity on the part of the
goats. They are sensitive to restraint
and do better If not herded, but OF
course herding is often q necessity
and therefore should be done under as
favorable circumstances as possible.
They should not be allowed to feel
their restraint. If constant attendance
is necessary, the herder should be Of
quiet disposition. The next best thing
to the freedom of a range is large
pasture, where the goats may have
oversight, but not constant atten.
dance. Such pastures are considered
the cheapest method of keeping these
goats. They can easily be trained to
come home by feeding little and
sailing regularly at home.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-04-29
MYSTERY IN HINES DEATH.
May Have Been Slain by Robbers, or
Victim OF a FALL

May Have Been Slain by Robbers, or
Victim OF a Fall.
Was John Hinze done to death by
unknown persons who were trying to
rob the mining property he was guard
ing, or did he accidentally fall and
receive mortal injury?
Hinze, who was receiver of the
property of the Globe Gold Mining
company, died at st. Joseph's hospital
at Lead as the result of conclusion of
the brain, after lying unconscious sew
eral days. Although a careful search
was made, no trace fthe supposed
assailants of the old man was found,
and no definite clue obtained. Hinze
was unmarried, and had no known
relatives.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-04-29
SOS DIVORCES in A YEAR.

The report of the vital statistical
department for 1908 indicates that
the divorce colonists" lost no time
in pushing their cases when it be-
came apparent that the old divorce
made-easy law was about to be
knocked out. The total number of
divorces for the year was 665, an in
crease of 113 over the previous year.
Of this number but 239 we're granted
to bona fide residents Of the state.
the rest being granted to the colo
nists."
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-04-29
POPULAR TEACHER DIES.

One Of the saddest events in The
history of Spearfish was the death Of
Miss Grace E. Alden, practice teacher
at the Spearfish normal school. Miss
Alden was serving her first year. She
was i'll with a spinal trouble only a.
few days and died before many
learned that she was i'll. At the flu
neral all the students marched in two
lines to the station from which the
remains were sent to Miss Aldens old
home in Messina, N. Y.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-04-29
ROAD BUILDERS DISAPPOINTED.
Law Which They Expected to Invoke
Has Been Repealed.

Permanent roads agitation for Law
renee county received temporary
setback in the test case in the circuit
court at Deadwood when the county
commissioners asked Judge Rice to
permit them to expend some $1,000
of public moneys for the movement.
The court held that the sections of the
code under which the committee
hoped to secure the money had been
repealed, and that only the expendi-
ture named by law could be made for
the purpose. This is inadequate to
carry out the plans of the committee
which is now seeking another means
of raising the funds.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-04-29
THE BOULDER EXPLODED.
Being Pressed in Use to Aid in Keep
ing Broken Crate in Position.

homestead shanty near Hayes,
Stanley county, came near being
wrecked by peculiar accident a few
days ago, and one of the occupants
of the shanty came near enough Sc
rious injury that part of his clothing
was torn from him py flying pieces
of the stove CRATE. The CRATE had
become broken in some way, and
small boulder was secured to hold it
in position. When a hot fire was
started one of the chilly days of last
week the boulder exploded, blowing
the broken pieces of crate out
through the door of the stove, around
which were gathered the owner Of
the shanty and several of his friends.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-04-29

Give Pigs saIt.-Do not wait till the
pig is dead before you give him salt.
He should have salt every day in his
life and then some rubbed in after he
is dead.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-04-29

While hunting alone near Orient
John Campbell, highly esteemed
young man, accidently shot himself
with a .12-gauge pump gun. The
charge entered his left side, piercing
his heart This was the Fec5nd acct
dental shooting here this spring.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-04-29

How Coyotes Were kiIIed.-Brlga-
der General R. H. Pratt, stationed
IN Oklahoma in the COS, wrote lately
to an acquaintance this story of how
he got coyotes pelts to make robe.
Coyotes and wolves were plentiful
about the camp and l decided to get
a lot of skins and have an Indian
woman tan them, leaving the tails
on and making a carriage robe for
sister. A Comanche named Essatoyet
and his wife agreed to get the skins
and tan them for a consideration IL
| would give them a beef and some
poison. The beef contractor sold me
beef for 81. We were then paving
$3.50 hundred for the best of beef
for army use. got the poison and
went with Essatoyed and his wife to
see them set the bait They drove
the beef to glade mile from camp.
killed 1t, took off the hide and re-
served all the best meat for their own
use, and sprinkled the poison over
the carcass. Essatoyet had cut thirty
sticks foot and half long and
sharpened them at both ends. These
he stuck In the ground in a large cir
Gle enclosing the carcass, and on each
put chunk Of liver or heart, saying
as he did so, Sugar wolf heap like
him. The next morning | went with
them to see the result of our venture.
and we found twenty-seven coyotes
and two large gray wolves dead about
the carcass and vicinity, So got.
my robe and had wolf skins to spare
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-04-29
COL. FROST COMING BACK.

Nehdnt ISdoer OF inc fiTSt oouth Oa.
kota Will Locate in Aberdeen.
The announcement is made that
Col. A. S. Frost, known to fame as
colonel of the First South Dakota
regiment, which performed valiant
service in the Philippines, has ar
ranged to locate in Aberdeen. 1t is
understood he will occupy a promi-
nent position in the South Dakota
National Guard.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-04-29

For many years to come there will
be a material increase each year In
the revenue, due to extensions and a
certain increase in the number of
water consumers. The additional in
come, now that the city has it's plant,
will be largely profit. At present the
system includes about thirty-two
miles of mains.
From Nov /, 1907, to Jan. 1, 1909,
total of 325,20O,187 gallons of water
were pumped. The total cost to the
city of furnishing water per 1000 gal
Ions for 1908 was .0445.
Water is procured from monster
wells sunk in a huge basin which
lies north of the city The water is
of the purest quality. Additional
pressure in the mains is furnished by
high tower, surmounted by a tank,
situated on hill in the northern part
Of town. The pressure is ample to
enable the fire department to throw
streams of water to the tons of the
highest buildings.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-04-29

because these soils are extremely rich
in deposits Of lime; that the reason
why certain portions Of Ohio, for in
stance, succeed as we'll as they do,
is that the soil there is also heavily
charged with lime. This fact is borne
out by many things that we would
like to enumerate, but we will men,
ton one. In our own county alfalfa
is growing wild for many miles along
the railroad tracks. Section men
complain bitterly Of it, saying that it
seems impossible to kill it. When we
stop to think Of the unfavorable con-
ditions under which these plants
started, merely dropped from leak
ing bag being transported on this rail-
road, falling among gravel and Gin
ders, with lack of moisture, no seed
bed whatever, with the birds to prey
upon it, and SOIL where there is any,
that is more than likely Of sub-surface
origin and decidedly lacking in fertil-
ity; when we consider these things,
il seems to us that the only possible
reason for its splendid success under
these difficulties has been in three
things: First, the railroad embank-
ments are composed of limestone
gravel; second, they are thoroughly
drained, and third, owing to the pres
ence Of sweet clover growing along
the railroad tracks, the probabilities
are that the alfalfa very frequently
finds its incubation quickly. Humus
is certainly deficient as we'll as soil
preparation We know of other in
stances where the alfalfa grows we'll
along the railroad tracks, when the
soil adjacent to these roads refuses
to grow alfalfa satisfactorily. We be-
lieve that this confirms our theory
Of the lime, drainage and possibly
incubation which the alfalfa finds on
the railroad track, but which are
probably lacking to certain extent
when this ground is left. Our theory
on this matter is confirmed from a
great many other sources. Farmers
who have had their alfalfa terminate
properly in the first place, but gradu-
ally "go back" and in year or SO
have it all gone, have probably in
nearly every instance been unsuccess-
full owing to lack of lime Farmers
living in sections troubled by crab
grass or by sorrel have actually
found that liberal applications Of lime
would do serious injury to these
weeds, while the alfalfa throve splen-
didly.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-04-29

: April /, 1907, :.................. e s7ss.1s
Total receipts for quarter ending
July l, 1907. .................... 1,779.6s
oct. /, 1907. ...............:.., s,s1o.7s
Total receipts for quarter ending
Jan. l, 1908. ..................... s,oo1.4s
Total receipts for quarter ending
April l, 1908. ................... 3,553.11
Total receipts for quarter ending
July l, 1908. .................... 4,oSs 6s
Total receipts for quarter ending
Oct. l. 1908. ................... 5,29s94
Total receipts for quarter ending
Jan /, 1903. ................... s,1O62l
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-04-29
Estate Topics Of interest
'oWNERsHIP" AT SIOUX FALLS.
Municipal Owned Waterworks Sys-
tenn Is Proving Moneymaker for

Municipal Owned Waterworks Sys-
tenn Is Proving a Moneymaker for
City.
Those who seek arguments in favor
Of municipal ownership of public
utilities need go no farther than the
city waterworks system of Sioux
Falls.
The municipal waterworks plant is
managed by a board of three COM
missioners-E L. Smith, chairman,
and George T. Blackman and ]. B.
Peterson
All are shrewd business men. and
conduct the system as they would
their own private business, with the
result that, although it is yet in it's
infancy, it is already probing a big
moneymaker for the city.
The Sioux Falls waterworks sys-
tenn actually cost, for its construction,
the sum Of $23S,30O. Of this amount
100000 is represented by per cent
bonds, which the voters authorized
to be issued when it was first decided
to install the system.
Expense and Revenue.
The first year the system was OPP
Grated showed a net profit of $21, 900.
The following table shows the ex-
pense of operating the last year and
the items which go to make up the
net profit:
Water rentals received during the
Received from city of Sioux Falls
for MIGRANTS and water. ......... 500
Iotal OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. s44, 500
lost of operating plant during
Annual interest on $4,000, per
cent bonds Observation-Disclosures. 10000
Total Observation-Disclosures. $23, 500
Iotal income tor year. ............. "a, 500
Total expense for year. ............ 90. 500
Net profit for year. s21 900
How Receipts Have Grown.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-04-29

How Recei pts Have Grown.
The following table shows the in
crease quarter by quarter since the
system was placed in operation:
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-06-03
GOT AHEAD OF CHIEF.

A San Francisco paper tells the
following story of Pennington boy
and brother of Judge J. S. Clay:
San Francisco's police department
has lost a good officer in Corporal
w. II. Clay, and new legal lumi-
nary has dawned on the city In the
person of Attorney Wade II. CLAY.
They are one aud the same person.
but II was only this week that Chief
Jessie Il. Cook got an inkling TINT
Clay was carrying water on each
shoulder by practicing law in the Pa
cific building when he was not at
tending to his duties on the police
force. He was good officer, at
that, his superiors say. But with
the chief duty is duty. SO he sent n
detective to call on Lawyer CLAY.
The detective engaged Ciay's ser
vices for fictitious case and paid n
retainer.
Then Chief Cook sent for CORPORAL
Clay to appear on the carpet AT "a
Eddy street.
Good morning, corporal" said
the chief.
Morning, sir" said Clay, salut-
ing. What do you know about
law?" said the chief.
well sir, know a little" an
swered the corporal, proudly, not
suspecting any trap.
so I'm thinking" said the chief,
'and perhaps you know that the
law prohibits n policeman from prac-
ticing law or engaging in anything
like that"
81 guess you've got me, chief, but
was going to tell you all about Il
and resign, anyhow, " declared Clay,
sheepishly, and he beat the chief to
1t by handing In his resignation.