Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-08-25
STATE CAPITAL NOTES

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The annual report of the state fire
marshal, which is in the hands Of the
printer, will show the fetal number OF
fires reported was $780, total damage
to buildings, s333,s49.17; total dam
age to contents, s374,142.54; total loss.
s7O7 ,99171 Four-ffths Of the loss was
returned to the owners Of the property
through payments by the fire COM
panies carrying the risks on the prop
erty. Largest number of fires from
any one cause appears to have been
charged to sparks from locomotives, to
which forty-nine are ascrlbed, carry
ing a loss of ss2,O9o15. The other
causes given for the largest number Of
losses were children with matches, az;
prairie fires, IA; kerosene, 10; gas and
gasoline, a. Only seven fires were re-
ported for as distinctly incediary, as
against eighteen for the previous year.
Proceedings in criminal court We're
brought in four cases, and In each
prosecution a conviction was secured,
resulting in three sentences to the
penitentiary and one to the reform
school.
State Secretary Policy in his report
will not make any recommendation
in regard to the department, but will
show what has been done financially
for the fiscal wear ending June 80
last, the total receipts reaching $751;
322.72 In the year 11S churches have
been incorporated, and sixtyfour So
cial and benevolent associations re-
ceived charters. The banking indus
try has evidently fourished with 119
new banks started on their way. Com
mercial corporations other than banks
numbered 1,643, and 1914 foreign cor
porations came under the provisions
of law required of them in this state
There were 1,769 notarial commissions
issued for the year, 1852 auto licenses
were granted. The pardon power has
not been used to any great extent, as
the total number of cases in which
clemency was granted was only fit
teen.
Acting as board of review, the
state assessment board, has reduced
the assessment Of the Adams Express
company to $4,000; reduced the as
sessment of the Pullman company
$4,000, and gave the Northwestern
railway reduction of $4,000 on the
assessment placed against them at
Huron, but declined to make any
change in the assessment of Pierre.
The state levy for the next year was
placed at mills, and the levy on cor
porate property was fixed at 20 mills,
an increase of mills over last year.
The 4-mill levy for state general taxes
will bring the state about million
and quarter dollars from that source.
While the politicians are taking their
two months vacation" the equal
suffrage workers are not allowing any
opportunities go for promoting their
suffrage propaganda. They are ad-
dates asking that they be allowed to
send representatives with them on
their campaign rounds, these rep.e-
sentatives to be given fifteen min
utes at the close of each meeting to
talk to the voters. Their plan IS to
include all political meetings, which
they naively say will eliminate any
partisanship from such a movement.
State Game Warden W. F. Bancroft
has issued call for a meeting of all
the South Dakota county wardens b.
Huron on Thursday, September Is. In
addition to the wardens, all interested
sportsmen in the state are asked to be
present. The purpose of the meeting
Is to discuss needed changes In the
game laws as outlined in the first an
nual report of the state warden and
make recommendations to the 1911
legislature Governor Vessey Is ex-
pected to make an address.
The governor appointed as delegates
to represent South Dakota in the Me-
tional Conservation congress to be
held at St. Paul, in October, Mrs. Mary
N FAIR, Pierre; Mrs. Jessamine Lee
Fox, Vermillion; Mrs. Loren King
Fairbank, Huron, Miss Emma G. Hall,
MilbaEk; Mrs. John Stanley, Hot
Springs; Mrs. julius H. Johnson, Fort
Pierre. These ladies are all prominent
in club work in the state.
The auto industry Is fourishine In
South Dakota all right The regis
tration for the month of July going
up to 575 or more than nineteen a
day for every day in the month The
total number of machines registered
up to the close of the month was e,820
nearly half of which have been resist-
cred this year.
A petition has been filed with the
state railway commission by the peo-
pie of Oral on the Northwestern road
in Fall River county, asking for the