The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-07-29
STATE CAPITAL NOTES

Inspector III luz oOulu DAkOLd Ma
tional Guard. has been assigned to
teach the of1cers at the special one
ers' school which will open In the
club house at Camp Roosevelt Thurs.
day. July I'll Captain Grisman o.
RedAeld will be his assistant. Camp
Roosevelt at WATERFOWL Is being I'm.
proved and put In condition for the
school, and for the regular annual en-
campmenN Grading Is being done on
the rife range and the targets are
being repaired. A boulevard has teen
laid out along the shore line of Lake
kampeska and graded. A new escort
wagon and an ambulance have been
received from the wal department at
Washington. These will be used In
special drills by the hospital corps
during the encampment.
While the central and western por-
tons OF the state are discussing dry
farming and irrigation the southeast
ern portion Is deerly interested In
drainage and Prof. Mcdaniel OF the
state university has published a bnlle.
tin upon the application OF the state
drainage law and the engineering in
volved In the ordinary drainage prof.
ect. In practical use the new law has
affected the reclamation of several
thousand acres of bottom land In the
Missouri and Sioux valleys one ditch
alone constructed by Yankton ana
clay counties having rendered more
than two townships arabic In every
wear which hitherto could only be
depended upon in dry seasons.
Gov. vassey has appointed the f9l-
lowing delegates to the national con
servation congress 10 meet at st. Paul
September 6 to 9: S. l. Potter. Web
ster; J. r. Small. Milbank. George
Sloatman, Chamberlain c. Z. Do'and,
Pierre. Roscoe Knodeli. Lamro; o.
I. Rranson Mitchell: w. f. Cham
berlain. R~rookings: T. P. Geidf. Eur
eka. Carl f. Clement, Java. Matthew
Brown. Kadoka: II. c. Knapp, Ar
mour; C. II. Lien. Summit.
The governors office has received a
list OF the names OF the members O.
the First South Dakota regiment, VINO
are to receive money due them for
services In the Philippines. The totai
amount OF claims allowed is a ilttle
more than SIS 900. but 20 per cent
OF this goes to the attorney VINO got
the claims through. This is distribute
Cd in sums ranging from a re" cents
IN to about s75 for the highest sum
10 any one man.
The state has received nearly ten
thousand dollars of fees from oil in
srection in excess of the cost OF r n
ming the department. OF this Insrec-
tor Murray 81 the northern dS'r'ct
turned in s6.1S5: and INSPECTOR Pc X
ham of TIE southern district s3.!co. In
enector Cox. of the western district
had no surplus. II recurring All the
receipts OF his district to meet the
expense Of ore~~ting his office, he col
'ectng only sl,769.
The state railway commission mas
fyad a hearing on the 18TH or TINS
month at Carlisle, where the reop'e
are asking for the location of A sta
ton agent: and on the 27th Mt Alaska
where the neople are pet'tionin7 ,of
both a station and an agent. Those
places are both on the MINNEAPOLIS
and st. Louis road.
Interior improvements. calling 10"
the expenditure Of a large sum or
money, have just been made to the
Locke Hotel. The dining room AMI
Office apartments have been enlarged
tile floors have been laid and many
other improvements added. - say
nothing OF painting, decorations, etc.
Articles OF Incorporation were fled
here for the Bank Of navis'on. with
a canital of $4,000. lncorDorators. w.
w. Della. J. w. r. n. Della, all OF
IT, 49, Dn~1 M Cy,ish-
wick. with a canital Of so 00e' i0cNr-
porators. s. r. Flanagan, F. L. Elan
nigan. Theodore Reaser, Smithwick.
Governor Vessey has appointed as
delegates TO the National Good Roads
congress to be held at Niagara Fail,
July 1929 and 80. the memNe~s o.
the state good roads commission the
three men being +. c. Isenhuth, cf
Redheld: J. r. Dalton ri Wonnsocket
J. w. Parmley OF Ipswich.
The government Is unloading he'fcts
ri Ia Beer for the Cheyenne River
Indians. These cattle will he dis
trihuted TO the Indians whether they
are on ailotments or still on the
reservations. and will be used to
stock up their herds.
The state educational department
has begun 10 receive the papers from
the teachers examinations OF last
week. Stanley county sends IN seven
tv-fve sets of papers from the teach
ers who took the examination I'm that
county.
The MINNEAPOLIS & 81. Louis Rail
way ompan has established an agent
At Wetnnka. following an order OF
the railway commission, which was
issued after a hearing in this city
several weeks ago.
The fffh volume of the collecticns
OF the State Historical society g to
the printer this week and aside from
the formal papers IL devoted chiefly
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