The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-08-11
STATE CAPITAL NOTES

Lot NiN Ao0S L yNNASb
is bookkeeper in the treasurer's de-
partment and gone to Aberdeen, to
engage in abstract business. Ra'ph
Longstaff of Huron, takes his place
in the ~treasurer's office.
While complete figures have not
been secured, it is certain the increase
in state valuation this year over last
will be over SIG, 900 900, bringing the
total assessable value Of the state up
to 1898, 900 900. The increases sho"n
in the returns on town lots and goods
and merchandise have helped to run
up the total beyond expectations.
Articles of incorporation were fill
ed today for the First State lank
of SODIUM, Perkins county, with
a capital of $4,000. %lncorpor-
ators, C. d. Hines, Maltby, Jess Dali
ton, E. F. Jones, Serum. Antilles
were filed for the Little Bend Tele-
phone company at Okobojo, with a
capital of 2 1000. Incorporate S H..
P. Knox, Little Bend; w. H. Green,
w. E. Jenkins, Okobojo.
Insurance Commissioner Bastord
has been making some figures on the
total amounts paid out by the people
of this state for insurance Of al
classes in 1909. His figures show that
for all classes, covering fire, life and
accident, the people Of the state last
year paid $4,000, 900. The state Is
looked upon as good insurance terri
tory and a number of new companies
are making application to get in.
w. F. Bancroft, state game warden,
says that the game laws are being
pretty well observed. He admits tina
there are cases where the law is being
violated, but he has the law breakers
pegged and he hopes in time to land
them all. He is making a personal
visit to the various counties and &C
quainting himself with the conditions.
and the work which the deputy or
county wardens are doing.
The Governor has appointed the fol-
lowing delegates to the thirteenth an
nual mining congress, to meet at Los
Angeles, September 26 to October 8:
!. A. Boland, Keystone; c. G. Chris
Hansen, Rapid City; Warren H. Gwen,
Rockford; T. R. Baldwin, Deadwood;
r. S. Jamison, D~eadwood; William
O'Brien, Lead; Nick Treweek, Lad;
Fred Hale, Lead; Bruce C. Yates,
Lead; Jas. A. Clark, Rapid City.
Governor Vessey has taken up with
President Taft, the" matter Of the
land Withdrawals in the Lennon dis
trict to secure a ruling on just what
the results of the withdrawal Will he.
The general opinion is that it means
that none of the homesteaders in the
more than a hundred townships COW
cred can offer proof until after the
land has been classified. If this Is
the instruction it mea a hardship
on many of the settlers who were ar
ranging their business On the bass
OF loans to be secured OF their lands
when they could commute. The order
has created a buzz in that part of the
state, and will embitter many OF the
residents if it stands as reported.
The secretary of state has receiv-
ed samples of the referendum ba lot
which will be presented to the voters
at the November election. 1t con-
ldllS SBA ullltIShl laws, III 10 Oh q
strip of paper six feet long and ten
inches wide. 1t is printed in nom
pareil type, and to read it would take
over a half hour of the time of a rap
id reader, who would give it but a hur-
ried going over. The constitutional
amendment ballot will be over twen-
ty inches long, in addition to this and
would require about twenty minutes
g. ~-,ln.aN Tho lou nf
the state gives each voter five minutes
in which to prepare his ballot, and in
this he will be expected to pass upon
the six feet of laws, and two feet
Of amendments, and arrange his gen.
eral ballot, which will keep him going
some.
A. P. Ryger, state dairy expert and
inspector says the cream inspection
law which was passed by the last
legislative session needs seve al
amendments. One he is in favor o.
is a state license for cream buyers, In.
stead of a fee on the amount CT but
ter fat purchased. II is almost i'm.
possible to secure this fee when the
cream is consigned to points outside
of the state. A state license would
better regulate the buyers in his est
nation than will the present system.
While the inspector has the power {,
destroy spoiled cream in the state, h.
can only condemn it when it is ship
ped Outside the state. The buyers
claim that they do not expect to use
II for butter, but only for soap grease,
but he has followed several such ship
ments to points outside the state
where he has no jurisdiction, and
finds that they are used for butte re-
CARELESS of condition. In Minnesota.
condemned cream Is made unfit for
butter by introduction of chemicals
which discolor it, but the law of this
state gives the inspector no such
authority. The law needs strengthen
ing at several places, and the next
session will be asked to give it mo e
efficiency.
The recent order c. Taft regarding
the suspension of public lands from
homestead entry in which were In
cluded 200 townships along the state
line between North and So in rakota
has met with the opposition Of four
teen commercial clubs In that section
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