The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-08-12
STATE CAPITAL NOTES

| is bOOkkeeper in the treasurer ue-
partment and gone to Aberdeen, TO
engage in abstract business. Ra pa
Longstaff of Huron, takes his place
in the treasurers office.
While complete figures have Mt
been secured, it is certain the increase
! in state valuation this year over last
will be over S16,000,000, bringing the
| total assessable value of the state up
| to 1898, 900 900 The increases shown
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 ank
of SODIUM, Perkins county, with
capital of $4,000. lncorpor-
ators, c. D. Hines, Maltby, Jess Dal-
| ton, E. F. Jones, Serum. Arti les
were filed for the Little Bend Tele-
| phone company at Okobojo, with
capital of $4,000. Incorporate II.
P Knox, Little Bend; ". H. Green,
1 w. E. Jenkins, Okobojo.
Insurance Commits ioner Basford
has been making some fgares on the
total amounts paid out by the people
! of this state for insurance OF al
classes in 1909 His figures show that
I for all classes, covering fire, life and
accident, the people of the state last
year paid s4.S00,000. The state IS
looked upon as good insurance terri
tory and a number of new comp n es
are making application to get in.
w. f. Bancroft, state game warden,
SAYS that the game laws are being
pretty well observed He admits tnat
there are cases where the law is beng
violated, but he has the law breakers
Degeed and he hopes in time to land
them all He is making a personal
visit to the various counties and ac-
quanting 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 s26 to October s:
J. A. Boland. keystone; c. c. (hris-
t!ansen, Rapid City; Warren II. wen,
Rockford: T. r. Baldwin, Deadw cd;
r s. Jamison, Deadwood: William
O'Brien. Lead Nick Treweek, l. al.
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 LemmCn dis
trict to secure ruling on just what
the results Of the withdrawal will tie.
Io i,io ic bat
that none of the homesteadeGs in the
more than a hundred townships COW
cred can offer proof until a.ter the
land has been classified. If this is
the instruction it means a hardship
ON many of the settlers who We're ar
ranging their business on the has IS
of loans to be secured on their lands
when they could commute. The order
has created 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 yot RS
at the November election. 1t con-
tains SIX different laws, and is on
strip of paper six feet long and ten
inches wide. 1t is printed in non
pareil type, and to read it would take
over half hour of the time of rap
id reader, who would give it brt hur
ried going over. The constitutional
amendment ballot will be over TWEEN
ty inches long, in addition to this and
would require about twenty minutes
more for consideration. The law of
the state gives each voter five minutes
;,, oh 20 bic ho1l in
this he will be expected to pass upon
the six feet Of laws, and two feet
of amendments, and arrange his sen
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 las
legislative session needs seye al
amendments. One he is in favor O
is state license for cream buye s, In
stead of a fee on the amount Of but
ter fat purchased. It is almost i'm.
possible to secure this fee when the
cream is consigned to points out side
of the state. A state license would
better regulate the buyers in his est
nation than will the present system |
w Illo tue lHS bcciOl Has the pONof u |
destroy spoiled cream in the state, h,
can only condemn it when it is ship
ped otuside the state. The buye,s s
claim that they do not expect to use
it 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 hu'te re-
gardless of condition. In Minnesota
condemned cream is made unft fo'
butter by Introduction of chemicals
which discolor it, but the law of this !
state gives the inspector no slch |
authority. The law needs strengt hen-
ing at several places, and the next
session will be asked to give it mo-
efficiency
The recent order of Taft REGARDING
the sl,spenSiOn of public lands from