Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-01-30
NEWS OF THE STATE

A RESUME OF IMPORTANT HAP.
PENihos OF THE
officials of the First National Life
Insurance company, Of Pierre. the
Northwestern Life Insurance com.
pany. Of Aberdeen, and the Aberdeen
Mutual Life Insurance company. Of
Aberdeen. In meeting at Huron
merged the three companies, which
will operate under the name of the
First National Northwestern Life In.
surance company. The home office
Of the company will be at Pierre and
branch Office will be maintained at
Aberdeen.
The Indians Of lower Brule reserva.
ton are raising fund among them.
selves to purchase a home for Rev.
Luke Walker, who has been acting as
q missionary on that reserve for the
last 48 years. Rev. Mr.. Walker ls q
full blood Sioux, but his wife is a
white woman. whom he married while
both were engaged in missionary
work. The missionary has put in
more time in the last half century
looking after the spiritual needs Of
his people than in the collection Of
worldly goods for himself.
Otto Pichler, a farmer living 16
miles southeast of Lennon. made an
unusual catch in trap which he had
set for coyotes. When he went to
the trap he found a large eagle
caught In 1t. The eagle was released
and 1t was only slightly injured. 1t
has been placed in captivity. and it
Is attracting great deal Of atten.
tion. Pichler was badly scratched by
the eagle while he was releasing it,
as It made desperate fight for free.
dom. It, is brown in color, with a
gray head, and measures six feet from
tip to tip Of wings.
John Morrell came recently through
the Colorado and Nebraska irrigation
fields Of the Great Western Beet Sugar
company. and while visiting the head.
quarters of the company was told by
the chief chemist that Of all the beets
used by the company in all Of it,
several factories those from the Belle
Courche valley gave the highest sac
chartne percentage. The latest in
formation concerning the proposed
beet sugar factory in Belle Fourche
is that the Great Western Beet Sugar
company viii begin building this year
and will complete It in ample time
for 1920 crop.
F. e. Mccall. state college extern
sion specialist in horticulture, recon
mends for South Dakota the plan Of
the American Forestry association te
plant great lines Of memorial trees
along national highways. Nc. Nc
Call says that the method now in use
Of marking highways with various
colored banda about the telephone
poles has not proved satisfactory be
cause the markings generally are 9
failure from the standpoint Of beauty
and very often fail from the stand
point Of utility. Those responsible
for placing such marks often have dis
regarded rules and at many corner
the traveller 10 in quandary as tt
which is the proper road to take.
The salaries Of the county Judge
and states attorney Of Perkins coun
" will be reduced as the result o.
several township clerks failing t.
send in registration lists. Through
the same cause several other county
officers will fail to receive expected
Increases in salaries. In most casei
the salaries are based on the popula
ton and where there Is q failure Il
send in registration lists the salariel
are based on the vote cast at the las
general election. The vote Of 191.
was extremely light and therefore thu
salaries Of the county Judge and thu
states attorney Will have to be baset
on this vote. The result is that thu
county Judge will have to be satisfied
with the dignity of the office alone
for his salary will be. only about s..
per month-just about enough to pay
his travelling expenses when attend
ing terms Of court. The states at
torney will receive about SIS pei
month, which, as in the case Of tn.
county Judge, will only pay the ex
penses Of the office and leave hin
nothing for his work,
Pierre-To cope with the growing
scarcity Of rural teachers, the depart
ment Of education is preparing bill
under the provisions Of which exist
ing high schools in each of the coun
ties of the st3te may be given stat,
aid in order to induce them to tax,
up the work Of preparing suitabl,
teachers for rural schools. The bill
provides for an appropriation of $50,
900 annually to be distributed amonl
the high schools Of the state which
will undertake the ornament mainten
ance Of normal departments especial
~ for the training Of teachers for tn,
rura1 sch00Ia 4Each hiOt achno1 xpif1