The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-01-28
Richards OF Washington.

mary election law to the United States
supreme court. Before leaving, Mr..
Richards said: at is now nc longer
a matter of the Richards primary law,
but the greater question of the peo-
pies right to rule, and a question Of
the integrity of the constitutional
amendment on the initiative and refer.
endum; also of the integrity of the
election laws of the state, as expressed
by the verdict of a majority Of the PEG.
pie at the polls. The only difference
between an absolute monarchy and a
republic lies in the election laws. I
have no idea whether the United
States supreme court will grant n
relief, but we will exhaust all legal
remedies first, and then appeal to the
people through the republican proposal
promulgated at Pierre January g."
Want Boundary Settlement.
Residents along the line between
Pennington and Custer counties are
attempting to secure some arrange-
ment which will relieve them of a
great deal of annoyance in regard to
taxation. BY some method of boun.
dairy establishment. the line between
these two counties does not follow a
section line, but runs through about
the middle of a strip Of "forties' or
forty acre tracts. leaving a part Of
such tracts in each separate county,
and when 1t comes to assessment and
tax paying, parts of these tracts are
assessed, and the owners compelled to
pay taxes in each county. What they
want is some agreement which will
change the line to locate the county
line on a section line which will place
the whole Of the tracts in one county
or the other.
Normal Team Wins.
The Northern Normal basketball
team won the first game of the season
when 1t defeated the jamestown IN.
d., college quint by a score of 20 to
10. Coach Brown has arranged the
following schedule for his team: HUI.
ron college at Aberdeen, January 81:
State Normal-1ndustrial school at Ell.
lendale. N. D.. February z: Dakota
Wesleyan university at Mitchell, Feb-
ruary IA; Ya7kton college at Yank.
ton, February Is: Springfield Normal
at Springfield, February 16; Sioux
Falls college at Sioux Falls. February
II; Madison Normal at Madison, Feb
ruary IS: School Of Science at Aber-
deem. February "a; School Of Science
at Wahpeton. N. D., March Z: Yankton
college at Aberdeen, March II.
Homesteaders In Dewey.
It Is estimated that over 100 home.
steaders have filed on land and estab.
lished homes in the region north Of
the Moreau river, in Dewey county,
since the first of last May. when that
portion OF the reservation was opened
to settlement. It is believed there
will be another heavy immigration to
that region in the coming spring and
summer. Homesteaders who settled
that section of South Dakota when the
reservation a first opened are near
ly all making good, and the newcom.
ers who follow in the pioneers foot
steps will also make good, 1t is
claimed. The successful pioneers keep
a herd Of dairy cattle and grow some
alfalfa. in addition to the other farm.
ing they do.
New Wing Inspected.
The board OF regents of education
last week inspected the new east wing
OF the Central building OF the North
ern Normal and Industrial school at
Aberdeen and approved and accepted
1t from the contractor. With this addi-
ton the school Is we'll prepared to ac-
commodate the large increase in en-
rOllment. On February Is the east
wing OF the Central building will be
thrown open to the public and a house.
warming or re-dedication of the build.
ing will be held. DR.. George W. Nash.
formerly president Of the school but
now head Of the State Normal at Rel
bingham. Wash, will be the principal
speaker.
Canton Orator Winner.
Frank Leffert, of Canton, s. D., won
the annual oratorical contest of Da.
kota Wesleyan and will represent that
institution in the state intercollegiate
event, which will be held in Mitchell
on February Is. The winner of the
state contest will enter the Missouri
Valley Oratorical conference, which
comprises clever middle western
states. The subject Of Mr.. Leffert's
winning grafton was "The Twentieth
Century" LLOYD Rising. also of Can.
ton, won second place.
President SlagIe BAG On Job.
President Robert L. Slagle. Of the
University OF South Dakota, has re-
turned to Vermillion after an extend.
ed trip of v a month through the
south. He visited st. Louis and New
Orleans. and spent five days in Ha-
vana. Cuba. sailing thence to Palm
Reach. Florida. He returned to Yer
million after short stops at Birming-
ham. Ala, and Chicago.
Over Two Million.
The state insurance department has