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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-05-20
Clarified BY DAIRY TESTS.
tuberculosis Found In Herds Owned
by State Institutions in South Da.

Tuberculosis Found In Herds Owned
by State institutions in South Da.
kota.
An examination recently made Of
the dairy herds owned by the various
state institutions disclosed conditions
that are certain to produce a state
wide sensation. All the officials con-
cerned refuse to talk for publication,
but enough of the discoveries made in
the tests of the mich cows has
leaked out to startle the public.
AS a courtesy to the state the bu.
reau of animal industry, which is al,
lied with the agricultural department,
consented to examine the herds at the
South Dakota institutions, and DR.. J.
P. Foster of Huron, formerly state
veterinarian and now in the federal
bureau, was detailed to conduct the
tests.
With an assistant he examined all
the dairy cattle at the state peniten-
tiary in Sioux Falls, the asylum for
lie lllodllc at ldlIhlOl, Tic INSTITUTE
for the blind at Gary, the reform
school at Plankington and the insti-
tute for the predetermined at Red.
field.
At the penitentiary seven out of
thirty head were killed as diseased
and at the hospital for the insane
twelve out of sixty were slaughtered
The four COWS at Gary were found to
be healthy, but the results at Plank
ingtOn and Redfeld have not been
made known.
The significance of these eXamina-
tions grows out of the unusual care
the dairy herds of the htate inStitu-
ton have received, and the question is
asked how many ordinary mich COWS
are healthy if those receiving unusual
attention are in part diseased. All
the COWS killed seemed healthy to the
ordinary observer, with sleek hair and
plump sides. 1t is understood the tn,
beculin test was chiefly employed in
making the examinations, and in no
case did those declared diseased fail
to prove the diagnosis.
The incident is likely to revive the
agitation in South Dakota for regula-
ton and examination of dairy cattle.
1t is a remarkable fact, yet we'll es-
tablished by Nathan Strauss in his
Investigations of the subjec, that the
finer the breed of the COW and the
better her care, the more susceptible
she becomes to tuberculosis. AS South
Dakota has been turning more and
more to thoroughbred stock in the last
few years, the condition of the dairy
cattle of the state is a source of
anxiety to the consumers of milk and
butter.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-05-20
FRIGHTENING INDIANS.
Authorities at Agency Mystified as to
Identity of Demented Man.

The authorities at the Crow Creek
Indian agency are considerably mysti-
fed as to the identity of a strange
and apparently demented man who
for several days has been frightening
the Indians on the reservation by his
queer antics. 1t is believed he is an
escaped inmate of some insane asy-
become insane and wandered away
from his home to the reservation.
Thus far he has shown no violent
tendencies, but the authorities fear he
may become violent at any time and
do injury to some Of the residents
of the reservation before he could be
taken captive.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-05-20
sUPERINTENDENTs MEET.
Session at Pierre One Of the Most Suc-
ceSSfuI Ever Held.

SSSSsoi SNSI TNCtos .H- .
The three days meeting OF the
county superintendent which was
closed at Pierre is pronounced by the
visitors to have been one of the most
successful of such meetings ever held
In the sttae. All the counties except
Roberts, Hanson and Buffalo were
represented, and the failure to re-
spond on the part of at least two Of
these was illness. Most of the time
of the session was taken up in short
discussions and interchange Of ideas
among the superintendent, of matters
which they must meet in the everyday
conduct of the affairs of their office
One half day Of the regular program
was scattered the rest Of the session
to allow the superintendent to hear
a talk on manual training, with the
tools and materials for the work IN
hand to illustrate tn etalk, and a num-
Der of them took advantage Of the op-
portunity to get a little practical train
ing in that line for themselves.
Last week the visitors as guests of
the city were taken in automobiles,
and shown over the city generally and
taken out into the country for short
rides to give them an opportunity to
see what this part of the state looks
like behind the hills which surround
the city. Wednesday evening Judge
Whiting of the supreme court deliv-
cred a lecture on school law, after
which the superintendent attended a
reception which was rendered to then
at the home of State superintendent
Ustrad. The meeting was voted a
success in every way, and all the Wis
itors went home feeling that their
time had been we'll spent.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-05-20
IN A TAI JANGlE.
Failure Of Representatives From ly.
man and Stanley Counties Failing to
Remember

man ana otdHIcy SountteS faIIng 10
Remember.
On account of the failure Of the
representatives from Lyman and
Stanley counties failing to remember
al the last legislative session, these
two counties are again In a tax tangle,
each claiming the right to make the
assessment, and levy and collect taxes
on a strip of country about twenty
miles long and a mile and a half wide.
When the boundary of Lyman county
was fixed the Black Hills survey was
used as a basis, and the law extends
the line along such survey to the river
on the line between townships two
reaches the river 1t runs into the old
survey, in which the township lines
do not meet by about a mile and a
half. Lyman county claims 1t vas the
intent Of the legislature to make the
township line the boundary, and STAN
ley claims that the boundary was fixed
as IL is by law, and that their juris-
diction extends to the line regardless
of townships. The commissioners of
the two counties acting jointly might
settle the matter temporarily, but leg
islative action will be required for a
permanent settlement of the dispute.
While Pennington county boundaries
are not in dispute in any way, both
the north and south lines of that coun-
ty fail to correspond with township
lines, which would be very awkward
in case the divided township desired
local organization.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-05-20
STOCK SALE is ASSAILED.
Ole Brown Of Minneapolis Involved in
Mininu Suit.

The case of Henry O. Anderson VS..
the Gambia Mining syndicate has been
before Judge Taylor in chambers for
argument on a demurrer to the COM
plant.
While the officials of the company
are nearly all residents OF Chicago,
the main office is located in Huron.
After its incorporation little was done
to advance the interests of the COM
pany, it Is alleged, and its stock was
regarded as of little value. The
properties of the company are located
at Nome, Alaska. Finally one man
became the owner Of a large block
of stock, and 10 thereafter it devel-
oped that the property was of i'm
tense value, estimated at from S.
600, 900 to $4,000 900. Former stock
holders, alleging the belief that fraud
had been praCticed, became anxious
again to possess an interest in the
syndicate, and brought suit, with that
end in view, cOntending that the price
paid for the stock was far below its
real value.
The principal subscribers for stock,
as named in the proceedings, are A.
j. Spute and G. J. Johnson, both of
Denver, 626, 900 shares each, and
Ole Brown of Minneapolis, $1,250,OO0
shares.
Judge Taylor took the matter I'M
der advisement, and will give an opin,
ion in a few days.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-05-20

Harry c. Hoover, a Kansas City at.
torney, has filed with the secretary
of state at Pierre articles of incorpo-
ration for the Missouri River Naviga-
ton company, with headquarters at
Pierre and a capital stock of $1,000
900. The incorporators are j.. B.
Schmeltz, John F. Sykes and Harry c.
Hoover of Kansas City and Philip
Lawrence Of Huron. other Kansas
City parties interested are A. r. Grigs-
by and E. H. Wright. They propose
to maintain a line OF freight and pas
senger steamers between Kansas City
and Pierre.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-05-20
CALL FOR STATE TAXES.

The receipts from the special call
for state taxes which was sent out to
a number of counties a short time g
have been $5S, 900, and the call for
outstanding general fund warrants
which will be made early this month
will likely be over $50. 600, and will
pretty well clear up the outstanding
warrants, leaving the debt of the state
a half million dollars of funding war.
rants bearing less than 4 PEI cent.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-05-20
BOGUS INSPECTOR CAUGHT.
8. D. Farmers Near WatertoWn Are
Victims of SwindIer.

Several farmers in the vicinity of
Watertown have been victimized by
q man who says he is the state boiler
inspector, and who calls himself A. F.
Smith. He has visited various places
and has collected fees for the alleged
inspection of engines belonging to
farmers. One farmer, who last week
paid him 81, investigated and ascer-
tanned that there is no such office as
a state boiler inspector, and that no
state inspection is authorized by state
law. The result was that Smith was
arrested and bound over to the circuit
court in the sum of $500.
Adjt. Gen. c. H. Englesby has is
sued orders for the South Dakota Ma
tional Guard to go into camp al Camp
Roosevelt, on the shores of Lake KAN
peska, on July 6.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-05-20
Alfalfa West Of the River.

Reports in the local papers west Of
the river show that a large acreage Is
to be seeded to alfalfa this year. Ex-
periments in that forage last year
have assured 1t as a crop for that sec
ton of the state, and it will be made
one of the principal crops.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-05-20
stu =" SOUTH DAKOTA.
Dpna - .nnnt Of Insurance


COmpany's Certificate of Authority.
Whereas, The Queen Insurance Com
pany. a corporation organized under the
laws OF New York, has filed in this Of
fee a sworn statement exhibiting its
condition and business for the year end
ing Dec. 81. 1908, conformable to the re-
Quirements of the laws of this state reg
ulating the business Of insurance: and,
Whereas, The said mpan has filed
in this Office a duly certified COPY OF its
charter, with certificate Of organization,
in compliance with the requirements OF
the insurance laws aforesaid;
Now. therefore. I, O.. S. BaGSOrd. Com
missioner CT Insurance of the State Of
South Dakota. pursuant TO the provisions
of said laws, do hereby certify that the
above named company Is fully empow-
cred. through its authorized agents, to
transact its appropriate business OF Fire
and Tornado Insurance in this state, &C
COrding to the laws thereof. until the 3lst
day OF December. a. d. 1909.
In testimony Whereof, | have hereunto
set my hand AID official seat at Pierre,
this 10th d. February. A. d. 1909.
(Seal) O. G. BASFORD.
Commissioner of Insurance.
Bv | A. SCHUBERT. Chief Clerk.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-05-20
FOREST FUND APPoRTloNED.
Five Counties in the Black Hills Profit
S8,253 TO Be Divided.

The state has apportioned the re-
ceipts of the forest reserve fund from
the general government Of the coun-
ties, which under the law are entitled
to it. The total amount received
was $S,253.47, and this went to coun-
ties in the following sums: Law
renee, S ,251.55; Pennington, s3.0S1.40;
Custer, $~2,332.40; Meade. $267.O2;
Butte, S300.07.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-05-20
Assuming the Responsibility.

Mrs. Malone's patience was much
tried by a servant who had a habit
OF standing around with her mouth
open. One day, as the maid waited
upon the table, her mouth was open
as usual, and her mistress, giving her
a severe look, said:
"Mary, your mouth is open"
"Yessum," replied Mary. Il opened
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-05-20
A Modern Sapphira,

Chief Clerk-Here comes the lady
who wrote those articles on How J
Live Regally on Six Dollars a Week"
Satan-Put her over there with the
other liars.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-05-20
NOW SETTLED AT BISON.
Commissioners Found II Necessary TO
Transact New Business at the New
CAPITAL.

/. NJ. Simchs, the attorney for Bi-
son, in the recent county seat con
test in Perkins county. was in Pierre
last week on his return home, and re-
ports all the officers of that county
now settled at Bison, which is the
county seat in fact as well as theory.
AS a matter of novelty, when the final
order was secured requiring the coun
ty officials to nov to the real county
seat Simons found a man who just
unloaded five yoke of work oxen at
Lennon, and secured his services in
hauling the records to Bison. The
team when strung out vas a reminder
of the old-time bull trains" which
handled freight to the Black Hills be-
fore that section of the state had any
railroads.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-05-20
FIGHT ELECTRIC HEADLIGHT.
Milwaukee and North-We stern Road
Demand Referendum.

w. G. Porter of Sioux Falls, repre-
senting the Milwaukee road, and A. K.
Gardner of Huron, representing the
North-W Western road, filed the first ref
ercndum petition on the laws of last
winter, presenting a petition with over
twelve thousand names to refer the
electric headlight law to the people
at the next general election.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-05-20
Topics of Interest

Reports to the state land depart
ment show that at the sale of state
lands in Miner county the receipts
amounted to over sixty thousand dol
lars, the average selling price of the
lands in that county being $44 an
acre.
-: .
The report of condition of the state
treasury at the close of business April
80 showed $92, 1856 in the general fund;
$2S6, 1876 in the Irvine plant fund; $685.
500 in the capitol building fund, and
$307,969 in the interest and income
fund for the benefits Of schools of the
different counties.
That real estate values are on the
up grade in Stanley county is shown
by many sales being made at about
$40 an acre, but the highest holding
for farm land near Fort Pierre is that
of the Hemphill place, six miles out
on the old DeadwoOd trail, which Is
held at $50 IN acre, and to show that
he means it the wner last week re-
fused an offer of $43 an acre for the
place.
Deadwood Is to have a new up-to-
date A. d. T. system which will be
installed by the Western Union. The
same system in operation in the large
Eastern cities is to be installed by
men who will come to Deadwood from
Omaha for the purpose. For some
years past there has been no regular
A.. d. 7. system at Deadwood, and
the business interests will greatly ap-
preciate the change.
-:
An indication of the thrift OF the
Homestake miners, many of whom
| are depositOrs in this bank, is shown
by the statement of the First National
Bank OF Lead, which now has on de-
| post a sum slightly in excess of n
million dollars in its savings and time
departments. The statement shows
the bank to be in better shape imam
cially than at any time in its career,
| both the total assets and total depOS-
its showing material increases.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-05-20
WINS BRIDE AND TOWN LOT.
Boyd Hall First Bridegroom In New
Town of Bison, s.. D.

Boyd Hall, son Of Shock Hall OF
Bixby. obtained a wife and a town
lot in Bison, the new county seat of
Perkins county. George Carr of BIZ
son offered a valuable lot to the first
bridegroom. and Hall, a prosperous
farmer in that vicinity, hurried his
marriage to his betrothed, Miss Nettie
Kirkpatrick of Ada, and secured the
real estate prize.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-05-20
MANUAL TRAINING ABOLISHED.
Deadwood's Board Finds That the
Benefit Is Not Worth the Cost.

BY the unanimous action of the
school board, manual training will be
abolished In the Deadwood schools
next year. The board decided that
the expense Of maintaining the ourse
was too heavy in proportion to the re-
suits obtained, and the time now &C.
cupied in this course will be devoted
to other studies.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-05-20

49, W. YIN Nly, ~. L.
l.. CAPITAL STOCK.
Capital paid up in cash. ..... 81, 1000. 5000
Ledger assets Dec. 81, 1907. 7,160, 6S2. IS
II. INCOME. E
Total premiums ............. S4,354,376. 10
interest received ............ 2oS, 969.l2
Increase in book value of
ledger assets .............. 1865
Total income .............. S4,613, 5o2. II
III, DISBURSEMENTS.
Expenses Of adjustment and
settlen. at of losses. ... 51.s7O2l
Paid kholders for inter-
est or dividends ..,....... l0o,ooo.OO
Advertising, postage, tele-
grams, telephone, legal
,eNpensrs and express. 49,. 76. 49S. IS
Furniture and fixtures. I'M
partmcnt fees and eX-
penses, inspections and
surveys 9S, 1852. OS.
commissions or brokerage. 500, 751.44
Salaries, fees. etc, of Off
GERS, clerks, etc. ......... 4S7.7S47l
Rents, including amount for
eomponys own occupancy. 34.173.32
All other license fees and
taxes ...................... 16,336.74
Taxes. licenses and insur-
ance department fees ..... 49, 62. 90
Loss on sale or maturity of
ledger assets ............. 1905
All Other disbursements 49,. 27.37912
Total disbursements ...... S4.076, 611.43
Balance 81 .697 ,5T3.O5
". LEDGER ASSETS.
Mortgage loans on real es-
tate. first liens ............ ST. 100000
stocks ....~........,...... 6,74l.2O7.6 go
Cash in Company's office. -. 1,5GO.59
Cash IN bank and in trust t
companies ........,...... 273.237.48
Agents balances ............ go, JOl. 81
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-05-20
ANNUAL STATEMENT
For the Year Ending December 31st,
A. D. 1908,
or the condition and affairs OF the
QUEEN INSURANCE COMPANY OF
AMERICA.

Organized under the laws of the State O,
New York, made to the Commissioner
o. Insurance of the State of South Da-
koia pursuant to the laws thereof.
tFesIuEnl. Edward F. Beddall. Secre-
tary, Nevett S. Barton. Incorporated
Sept. II, 1891. Commenced business,
Sept. il, 1891. Home Office, S4 William
street. New York City, n. Y. "
Graham guardian., 1909-05-21
STAKE NOTICES

Quarterly conference of the st.
Joseph Stake will be held in Pima
Saturday and Sunday. June 5th and
9th. Saturday forenoon will be
childrens' session, and Saturday
afternoon will be Relief Society ses-
sion in which special attention will
be given to Relief Society matters.
The Pima ward is making prepara-
tions to accommodate all who may
attend.
The following program of meet,
ings will be followed in visiting the
San Pedro and vicinity, beginning
on Saturday, May 22d:
San Pedro Valley--Saturday, Sun.
day and Monday.
Bisbee-Tuesday evening and
Wednesday.
Douglas-Thursday evening and
Friday.
Whitewater Saturday evening
and Sunday.
These wards and branches will be
visited by President Kimball, ac'
companied by representatives of the
Relief Society, Sunday School anG
Primary Associations. The ward
clerks are requested to see that the
ward records are in condition fol
inspection and the same applies tc
each of the secretaries of the differ
ent organizations.
Graham guardian., 1909-05-21
list publication April 3oth -4t
Notice 10 Creditors

In the Probate Court of Graham
County, Territory Of Arizona.
In the matter of the estate of
Caroline Bryce, deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the
undersigned, administrator of the
estate of Caroline Bryce, deceased,
to the creditors of and all persons
having claims against the said de-
ceased, to exhibit them, with the
necessary vouchers. within ten
months after the first publication
of this notice, to the said admins
traitor at his residence in Bryce,
Graham County, Arizona. .
Dated this Oath day of April, 1909.
A. N. BRYCE,
Administrator.
Graham guardian., 1909-05-21

w "A Pitt to A A Anderson ct al
deed, $12, 500; NV t, sec "a and AZ
acres in sw t ne /, sec "a and !
sw /, sec q, tp s, r. 80.
VIM T Reynolds to d V Beal
deed, 1915; lot 2, blk "a, plot A.
Pima.
A E Hobbs to G w Harwell, deed
81; lot 90x250 ft beginning on east
line of blk 6, Duncan.
Walter Sparks ct al files proof OF
labor on claims in Sparks mining
district.
T S Bunch, trustee, to j F Hayes
deed, land between west line lot G.
blk Is and east side lot /, blk 81
Clifton.
New England and Clifton Copper
Co files Is proofs of labor on claims
in Greenlee dist.
M A Baker to C D Coon. release
of mtg, $1,000; 20 acres beginning
80 # south and 105 # east of nv
cor sW 1 ne I sec 70, tp Z, r ".
United States to Morris E Bren,
ner, patent, Sc I Sc I and W ! Sc
and sw / ne /, sec II, tp 8, r 26.
H ] Dowdle ct al to M E Bremen,
deed, $500; e ! lot and part of lot
16, blk 80, Stafford.
Jno l. and A C Alexander to C
Creswell, deed, 81; land in sec IS, tr
4, r %.
G E Oliver and Co and Bishop &
Babcock Co, agreement, $275; Nc
IL carbonator, No II gas regulator
and gage.
w W Polly files 5 locations in
Lone Star dist.
National Mining Exploration Co
file proof Of labor on Fumarole
group.
Graham guardian., 1909-05-21

to property by exterminating the
rats is incalculable. An eminent
British medical authority estimated
recently that there was one rat to
every acre of land in Great Britain
and that the animals destroyed
$75, ,OOO,O 900 worth of property a
year.
What science has done since the
war with Spain in clearing Cuba Of
yellow fever by attacking the mos
quitoes of the genus stegomyia,
and the sanitation measures effected
so brilliantly by the government
corps in the Panama canal zone, are
a familiar story. A pamphlet on
the economic loss to the people of
this country through insects that
carry disease enumerates several
kinds of mosquitoes, ticks and Bit
ing insects that are responsible for
the spread of malaria, spotted fever,
pinkeye and certain blood diseases.
The fight against the house fly,
which is the active agent in the dis
semination of typhoid fever, Asiatic
cholera and other intestinal diseases,
as well as being a minor factor in
the spread of tuberculosis, has only
been begun. But the fact that
"the domestic fly is passing from
disgusting nuisance and troublesome
pest to a reputation of being dan
gerous enemy to public health"
promises to have important results.
Merely to make the common house
fly known as the. typhoid fly" is a
a substantial beginning in educating
people to the need of domestic
cleanliness as a safeguard of pre-
ventive medicine. The New York
World.
Graham guardian., 1909-05-21
MARBLE IN ARIZONA

The marble prospects in the Chiri-
cahua mountains, Arizona, were in
vestigated by Sidney Paige, of the
United States Geological Survey,
in 1908, at the request of the Su-
pervisor Architect of the Treasury.
The two groups Of deposits ex-
amined are in Cochise County, Ari-
zona, and are accessible from Bowie,
Arizona, and Rodeo, N. M. The
rock is practically nearly pure car
Donate of lime, of medium-grained
crystalline granular structure, and
is white with pinkish tones, 1t is
probably available for exterior
building and decorative use, Tests
of the marble were made at the
Geological Surveys structural-ma-
terial laboratory at st. Louis.
A report on the investigation ap-
pears in the Surveys Bulletin 38O-l,
which may be had on application to
the Director at Washington.
A woman is as old as she looks
before she is dressed to go out
June Smart Set.
Graham guardian., 1909-05-21

Jno w Prout, Jr, J M Ormsby,
A G Smith and A T Hammons to
National Mining Exploration Co,
assignment of interest in claims in
Lone Star dist.
Frank Rottman files 6 mining To-
cations in Rattlesnake dist.
Angel Bianes files 8 placer loca-
tions in Lone Star dist.
Incorporation Of the town of
Clifton, beg. ne cor sw /, sec 10, tip
l, 80; W 2 miles, Sc ! mile, 2
miles, n 81 m.
John Mattice. H ] Anderson, w
A Lines, j T White ct al file articles
Of incorporation of Cottonwood
Wash Ditch and Reservoir Co.