The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-07-15
Secular News Of the Week.

Secular News Of the Week.
Blind pigs, one of the great curses
of the iron range country, were
given body blow by the new state
law which went into effect on July
1, forbidding the sale of malt except
by licensed saloonkeepers and drug
gists.
This law will obviate one Of the
greatest difficulties encountered by the
sheriff and his officers in enforcing
the saloon laws. The keepers of blind
pigs sell malt and swear that it is
not intoxicating. The officers are then
compelled to prove that it is intoxicat-
ing, greatly complicating the prose
cution. In future it will not be pos
sible to set up this defense, and the
sheriff of st. Louis county believes it
will be much easier to bring the keep
ers of blind pigs to justice.
The range country will be more af-
fected by the new law than any other
part of the state. For years blind
pigs have flourished in the mining and
lumber camps, and have practically
defed the officers, although arrests
are constantly being made. These
resorts have been the scene of many
crimes.
The drouth in Day county, South
Dakota, continues unbroken and 70
per cent of the acreage of wheat, oats
and barley is beyond possibility of any
yield, even if abundant rain should
| come. The remainder would yield
fair crop with rain, but is also begin
ming to show damage. Most of the
| flax is still green, but showing dete-
rioration. Corn looks we'll all over
the county.
The latest report is the Mellette
county, South Dakota, will be opened
to settlement in October. There prob
ably will be drawing for filings, and
the actual settlement will not occur
until next summer.
In that relation, the following fig
ures have been given out as to what
the homesteaders can expect to OBJ
tain when they get an opportunity at
these lands. There will be about 30O,-
600 acres of land left for entry after
the Indian selections have been made.
Of this 10000 acres, or 1875 claims
have been appraised at from $475 to
S. an acre, being considered as the
best lands left open. About four times
that amount has been listed as second
grade and is appraised at from 81 to
81 an acre, and in this list will be
found lands which will strike the
fancy of some of the settlers more
than the higher priced lands.
The remaining 100000 acres is
classed as grazing land, and probably
is rough, being appraised at from Is
cents to 81 an acre. This country,
near the Nebraska line, has been IA
vored this year with rains not received
further north, and is looked upon as
in good location
A central creamery, owned by farm
ers and capable of handling all the
cream that the farmers of this section
will produce, is assured for Bemidji,
Mimi, as a result of the meeting OF
the new Farmers Cooperative Cream
cry association, held there, June ~.
The officers of the new association,
are: N. A. E. Rako, president; w. L.
Morris, vice president; Morris Pend
ergast, treasurer; A. P. Richie, sec
rotary and manager. The association
decided to accept the offer of the
Fitzsimmons-Baldwin company to rent
its creamery plant and building.
; The United States grand jury re
turned nine indictments in the United
June 20, against officers of the Amer
lean Steel and Wire Company, and OF
thirty-five other corporations and
partnerships in the steel and wire
pools which the federal authorities
have had for some time under inves
. tigation. The indictments are found
under the Sherman Act and charge q
combination and conspiracy in re
straint of Interstate and foreign com
merce and are strictly of a personal
nature The corporations and firms
as such, are not indicted, but eighty
three individuals operating through
, the alleged pools are involved as de
PENDANTS in the true bills which the
) grand jury handed up to Judge Hand
, The premises of the North Dakota
j board of railroad commissioners in
> calling a hearing In the matter OF
3 settling the affairs of the Turtle Lake
; Cooperative Elevator Company, out Of
4 which has grown the issuances of an
r order by the commissioners against