St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-31
Assurance That South Dakota
Crops Will Be Better Than
First Reported.
"Millions in It" to Those Who
Can Take in the Best
School Lands.
The Scheme That Is Being
Worked to Enrich the
Parties.
A Modest View Of the Claims
Of WateptOWn for the
Capital.
Special to the Globe .

Special to the Globe.
WATERTowN, S. D., July 30.-A great
many farmers in this vicinity, who, up
to a week past, have contemplated
blowing under a part. if not all, OF their
crops of wheat, oats and barley, owing
to the burned and damaged condition
they were in, now report that they will
have, as a fruit of this years labor,
more than half of a full crop. OF course,
there are a great many farmers in this
section who will have a bountiful and
r~emunerative crop, in case hail does not
blight their present prospect. and who
have not been compelled to think for a
moment of a total failure of their crop.
There are a number of cases. espe-
cially in a northerly directi on from this
city, where the prospects of a munlll-
cent crop has never been better since
the settlement of this section of the ter
ritory. The recent developments tend
ing to assure the agriculturistS of
this region of substantial returns
of this years labor has pro-
duced a happy change in the facial ex-
preston which is both readily seen and
decidedly encouraging to the merchants
in this community.
Going from Watertown in any direc-
ton, a person can see fields OF growing
corn, which for vlgor and excellence
cannot be surpassed by any in the
United States. This proves beyond on
tradiction. the fact that this cereal can
be successfully grown in this part and
latitude of the Northwest.
The lawyers of this city have been eX-
ercised somewhatduring the past week
over a M to the effect that an at
tempt was being made at the Sioux
Falls convention, to rediStrict South
Dakota for the judicial purpose of
the new state in such a manner
that the district of which this
county would form a part would include
a line of counties extending from the
state boundary line Oh the east to the
Missouri river on the west. This scheme
met with hearty opposition from the
members of the bar here, and it is now
understood that the judiciary committee
at Sioux Falls has decided To- to allow
any 'Shoestring'' districts to be formed,
and this result has been brought about
and the outrageous scheme defeated
through the efforts in part of Judge
Van Buskirk, of this city.
The change of judicial districts will
place Beadle, Sphinx, Brown and Mar
Shall counties in one district. The
counties of the Watertown land district
except the county of Marshall, will form
a separate judicial district.
Considerable excitement has been
shown to-day because of the fact that a
number of parties, including Col.
Sheafe, John Martin, Col. Dewey.
Walter Wilson, l.. l.. Goddard, W. L:
Glass, Ole Gesley, G. x. Seward and
W. M. Reed, have filed placer claims
covering the whole of a school section
which is situated within the city limits.
Sioux Falls parties filed claims upon
land containing granite, and after maxi
ing improvements thereon and showing
that the land embraced in their entries
was more valuable for the purposes of
guarrying granite than for agricultural
purposes, finally obtained their patent
from the government. The entries
made within this city are upon lands
that contain large deposits of gravel,
and the claimants seek to WreSt this
land from the government upon the
same grounds that sustained the claims
of the SiouxFalls parties. The land which
has been filed upon to-day is located
within three-quarters OF a mile or the
postoffice. and this scheme to obtain it
Is one that shows the fertility of re-
sOurc of a Col. Sellers, and, like Il
of the famous colonel's projects,
There's millions in it," If all the per-
sons make good their declarations
within twenty-fOur hours all of the
school sections within a radius of ten
miles will be covered with filings.
Every day adds more strength to
Watertown's candidacy for the capital
of the new state. The capital commit
tee of fifteen continue to hold daily ses-
sions, and are doing good, substantial
work, These sessions are closed to the
public, as the work, to be effective,
must be performed in a quiet man
ner. While part of this work
will necessarily be known to the
public the most of it will never be
known except by the fruit which it
bears at the polls next October.
WatertOwn has the utmost confidence
in the ability and energy of this COM
mittee. Chairman Mcintyre has re-
turned to the city to put in a few days
of work, and is engaged night and day
upon the capital project.
An argument of great weight in favor
of Watertown In the capital fight is the
fact that as yet she has never been pre-
sented with any territorial buildings or
institutions, and the further fact that
she has never clamored for all of the
public institutions within the gift of the
legislature. She has not claimed them
as belonging to her in preference to
other cities. Her modesty in the past
will be of benefit to her in the fight next
October.
Last week Tuesday the Scandinavian
Republican Legane of South Dakota,
which met at Huron, adjourned its ses.
sion to this city, where they remained
until Wednesday afternoon. The bust
ness proceedings were of a private ma
ture, but among other things they
raised $4,000 to establish a Scandina-
Wan paper at Brookings. The members
were entertained by the Commercial
club and were shown the city and Lake
KampeSka.
Before departing, the members ex.
pressed themselves as highly pleased
with the reception they received at the
hands of the Watertown people.
Ole GeSley, of this city, was honored
by being elected to the presidency OF
this organization.
Not in the Swim.