The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-09-08
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Government at the Capitol and
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institutions.
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An erroneous jmpssAonshaz sddea
OUT as to the import Of the report
made by Dr.J.~E.-Todd, the~geologist,
relating to the gas and oil possibili-
ties lear Pierre. For. twsnty-threo
years past the city Of Pierre has been
able to separate and use approximate.
ly $4,000 cubic feet Of natural gas
daily, which was dubbed up with the
artesian water. This gas is CHA, iden-
teal with the natural gas Of Penn
sylvania and Ohio. The persistence
OF this valuable flow has led to the be-
lief that 1t ~percolates into the artesian
stratum from some nearby reservoir
from which perhaps both dry gas and
oil may be secured. Almost invaria-
bly,, if not always, oil and gas reser-
voirs are found under a dome or anti
cline where an internal convulsion has
caused IN uplift of the rock strata.
DR.. Todd was employed by the Pierre
and Fort Pierre Commercial clubs to
examine the region and ascertain il
possible the location of such an uplift
in this vicinity. He has recently spent
two weeks in the region, very are
fully examining the shale exposures.
along the Missouri and tributary
streams, and reported that he vas un-
able to discover such an uplift at any
point examined. He believed 1t would
be unwise to expend money in sink
ing deep wells until such uplift was
found.
HIS report doss not alter the fact
that we do have q persistent now of
natural gas, which almost certainly es-
capes from a nearby reservoir, and
that this. dome or anticlins is back
from the valleys eroded through the
ssshaless IA ths ACCOMPLISHMENTS
wells being sunk in the region it may
be opened at any time. UnmistAkably
it is not far distant. q q
"a i
y aTfs, ssaS fssommend.Hos..N
4 ms stats ts,cehmssion, u It. an
nuA nepbrt inclhdes 4 numbsr q rec
concentrations for the consideration of
the legislature, among them the fol
lowing: ...
Z decentralization for a count as
SCISSOR system. At present the state
has local a~ssessors-1,5O0 used in 1916
and the commission contends one
county assessor. in each county, notic-
tally CHARGED with Such duties. would
be able 70 work To better advantage.
Better Method Of making state ap-
propriatious, q more businesslike
methodist possiote;l perhaps the bud
Codifcation OF I'll avenue laws.
Since the state has the tax commits
sion, and duties formerly assigned t
other state officers In connection with
taxation are now performed by the
commission, there are found to be
some discrepancies in the statutes, due
to the changes. causing confusion and
kannbtahcet. J3stg 2AE z
. Real estate assessment for a period
/ ofi y9afs.s fatk1r.lhan EVERY year. A
number. OF the, Older states assess, real
estate every five years, and that as
, Sessmen{ rate holds fer the period.
Before this is done. however. the com
mission recommends a thorough ap-
praisal OF. real property.
Collection Of delinquent personal
property tax centralized. | AS the law
now is it Is a matter between the sher.
if and treasurer. The commission
considers putting the duty in n PLACE
"1 xpb4 E sStsss. a 81 the add lds,Ae
expenses of county auditors meeting
with the commission n c p year. This
formerly was done but when the tax
commission was Organized the law was
repealed. The meetings are consid-
cred very important, and so. in spite
OF the repeal Of the law, have been
''p rins''y' taaodgh still, IA ! distant maj.
ter. the tax commission recommends
that when the next state rce5sus is
taken that local assessor do not have
1t entirely a state matter. and have
regular census, enumer3tprs3
The state tax Commission has set
the levy for some general taxes next
year at ! mill, the same al it was last
year. The corporation tax on express.
telegraph and private car lines is
1926 mills.
Duck Dinner Costs $25.
The state game department has
been notified that It cost Elmer bod.