Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-02-19
COUNTY ROADS GET BIG
BOOST FROM LICENSE FUND

COUNTY ROADS GET BIG
BOOST FROM LICENSE FUND
C~enterville, S. D., Feb. 12.-It is ex-
pected that by March l the automobile
fund of Turner county will reach about
$4,000, and this sum will be expended
during the coming summer in improv-
Ing the public highways Of the county.
Under q new state law the money is
derived from automobile licenses. Out
of each Sc automobile license fee paid
during 1914, the sum Of $5.25 will re-
main In the county treasury, only rs
cents of each license fee going to the
state. On January 1 Of this year the
automobile fund of the county had
reached $1,667.75, and on February i
this had increased to $685. 81, so it is
safe to estimate that the fund will
reach $4,000 by March 1. The fund re-
tanned by the county for good road
building will be under control Of the
board of county commissioners. In or
der to expend the money to the salts
faction of the automobile owners Of the
entire county a meeting has beer called
by the county commissioners of auto
mobile owners, to be held at Parker
February 10. A similar meeting has
just been held at Viborg. 1t is expected
that at the Parker meeting the automo-
bile owners of the county will perfect
the organization of a county automo-
bile club, and appoint a committee to
act with the county commissioners in
improving the public highways of the
county with the money in the automo-
bile road fund. In this way it is be-
heved there will be harmony of action.
HANSEN ALFALFA OFFER
WILL EXPIRE FEBRUARY is
Bookings, S. D., Feb. 12.-The free
offer of one ounce of Siberian alfalfa
seed closes February Is. Farmers who
wish to try an ounce Of Professor Han
sens introduction should send in their
requests at once, enclosing 4 cents in
postage to cover mailing. According
to Professor Hansen, an ounce con-
tains approximately $4,000 seeds. More
than 100 letters per day are now being
received asking for this seed. The Of
fering Of this seed to farmers at IS pel
pound is also supposed to close or
February Is.
Professor Hansen has just issued a
short bulletin listing his plants for dry
western uplands, seeds Of which NAV be
obtained from him in very limited
quantities. The list includes the fol-
lowing plants discovered by him OH his
recent Siberian trip: Siberian red
clover, white Siberian millet. Lava
thera Thuringiaca Ga perennial flower
"a perennial flower growing up to I
feet); Turkestan radish, Siberian
esparsette Ga legume), Monaghan
wheat, Chez grass, Melilotus dantatus
"a yellow lowered sweet ~clover), and
a few Towering plants.
INDIAN STILL TRYING TO
BREAK INTO PENlTENTIARY
Pierre. S. D., Feb. 12.-To try to
break into the penitentiary and ia
be refused admission, with an Dor
tunity given him by the supreme cour
to try again, is the record Of Grover
Squirrel Coat, an Indian from Gregory
county. Squirrel Coat was convicted
in the state court on a charge Of cattle
rustling. and was permitted by the
authorities to go to Sioux Falls alone
to begin his sentence. When he ar
rived at the penitentiary the commit
ment papers had not yet reached that
institution, and Squirrel Coat was
turned away. He thought he would
loo owe the town while waiting per-
mission to enter the p~enitentiary. and
drifted into the office Of Attorney Toe
Kirby. where he stated his case. and
told his troubles. Kirby thought that
long as Squirrel Coat was an allot-
ment Indian, and Squirrel Coat came
to the supreme court to ask for a re-
hearing of the case, which privilege
the court refused to grant. The Indian
will probably be accompanied BY the
necessary pGpcIS OH his next trtD to
the penitentiary at Sioux Falls.
YANkToN WINS TITLE.
Yankton, S. D., Feb. 11.-Yankton
college defeated Northern Normal here
last night, 4s to IS, cinching state in
tercollegiate basketball championship.
The victors played ~listless bail except
in the last five minutes, when 20 points
were scored. Johnson and Danford
were the best local stars.
LAWRENCE COUNTY OFFICIAL
is UNDER INVESTIGATION
Deadwood. s.. D. Feb. 11.-Follow-
ing the finding of a warrant for $500.
which had been issued and sold to an
other county officer without authorize
ton, the county commissioners yester-
day commenced an investigation Of
the county auditor, John T.. Baker, for
alleged Irregularities. The board found
h warrant last week and forced its
return q cancellation and refund OF