Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-06-23
We Notice From Our Exchanges

OF the new towns IN 1rlpp county
to dispossess the town of Winnel
of the county seat, has made a de
cision in favor of Winner. At tn,
election last November Winner
captured the county seat. Parti
zans of Colome, not satisfied will
the result. charged irregularities If
the election.
That across 10000 yard range
and at target that had previous
/ ly been placed the United States
cruiser South Dakota, Monday
night, at San Diego, CAL, fired IS
shots from its six-inch guns. scor-
ing "a perfect hits, thereby estab-
fishing the most wonderful record
in the naval history of the world,
and clinching beyond all doubt the
results of what has proved to be
the most successful target practice
yet held by the Pacific fleet.
That during the recent annual
convention of the South Dakota
Bankers association attention was
called to the fact that during the
last year there had not been a
single bank failure in South Dako-
ia. During the year there had
been only four attempted bank
robberies in the state and each OF
the crlprits were captured. South
Dakota now has a total of 636
banks-Io2 national and 534 state
banks.
That when the state land depart
ment makes its June distribution
Of income to the schools of the
state, it will send out larger sum
of money than has ever been sent
out at one distribution since the
beginning Of statehood. The
amount will be over half million
in fact in round numbers it goes to
$55o,ooo. This sum scattered
among the schools Of the state on
a basis of school population will
help to materially reduce the ,evies
for school taxes in many of the
school districts of the state.
That one of South Dakota S
largest real estate transfers has
been made at Pukwana, the 5000
acre holdings of the Sanborns,
known as the Carpenter ranch, be-
ing sold. The sales of the first day
amounted to 1000 acres. The
home ranch, comprising about 300
acres, brought $45 an acre, or. a
total of $4,000. The east ranch,
amounting to GOO acres, brought
SIS per acre, or a total of SCI 900.
One hundred and thirty acres, ly-
ing partially in the town of Puk-
wara. brought 500 an acre, two
quarters in Smith township brought
$40 an acre, and two other quar-
tiers adjoining, $3.50 an acre.
The total sales for the first day
amounted to $4,000.
That five thousand cattle. which
were originally intended for ship
mcnt to Ziebach county, have been
eaten bv Mexican insurgents, ac-
cording to a story that is being
circulated on Fox Ridge. The
Diamond A, Matidore and Tur-
key Track companies. it is reported
threw forty-fve thousand OF their
cattle together north of the Chey-
enne river. last fall following a con-
solidation. Five thousand were
left down in old Mexico. the in
tention being to bring them to this
country in the spring. 1t was
these 5000. according to reports,
that the insurgent forces under
Madero confscated, ate and waNed
fat on while they were overthrow
ing President Diaz.
That settlers along Cheyenne
river report antelope to be ranging
i'll that section i'll several small
bands. The last Legislative session
placed these animals under the pro-
lection of the law. prohibiting their