St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-02
Already Dating the State of
South Dakota in View of
Admission.
Why the Van Etten Cyclone
Wrecked the Woman Suf-
frage Measure.
Pointers for Those Who Want
to Catch on Before the
: Flood Comes.
Special to the Globe.

W l.
of Dakota wish to know just what sort
of water they are drinking they should
iSend sample bottles to Prof. Sheppard.
9of the agricultural college at Brookings.
The professor is engaged in analyzing
/, the drinking water of Dakota. AS soon
as his Investigations are completeda bull
,letin will be published giving the re-
suits obtained. This may be had for
the asking. The water question has
long been matter for consideration,
both by DakOtanS and those cOntem-
plating settling here. Much has been
said about alkali and impurities in the
waters of the jim and Big Sioux val
Ieys, but this comes from those iwholly
ignorant Of y!a! -
GODS ONLY BEVERAGE, i g;
s'the pure and sparkling water" 1t is
gratifying to know that the agricultural
college has taken the subject in hand
and will soon give to the public & thor
Ough and Interesting analysis OF water
from a large number of weilSin vari-
Gus parts of the territory. Much valua-
BILE information will also be given in
the bulletin as to the of wells, cisterns,
etc.
To show that many residents of this
part of Dakota are welded to the name
South Dakota for the proposed new
state, it is only necessary to note that a
number of business firms are having
their Office stationary printed with
South Dakota following the name of
the city or town. The ruStling
South Dakota business man is deter
mined to be ready for statehood when
RI .hnI
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Capt Van Etten has a goodly number
of friends here who regret exceedingly
his failure to present the bill providing
for woman suffrage to the legislature in
a satisfactory manner. The captain is
a regular cyclone when excited, and
words and thoughts come so rapidly
that he is likely to forget himself and
subject This doubtless was his mis-
fortune few days since at Bismarck
-
Foster & Thompson, of this city, have
just received from Forbes Bros, of
Henry. H.. ten very superior young
cows and heifers and grand young bull
to head the herd. They are all Short
horn, red color, and range in age from
one to five years, some of them in calf
by Lord Lancaster 5th, S196S, by imp.
Julius (4S015), out of imp. Mary Ann, of
Lancaster nth. Before making the
purchase Mr.. Thompson visited sixteen
different herds in three states. The Sc
lection made is thought to bean excel
lent one, and doubtless makes MesSrs.
Foster i Thompson the pOssessors of
some of the finest cattle to be found on
any stock farm in Dakota.
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. County commissioners, railroad COM
panies. loan companies, Immigration
committees. etc, seem to be thoroughly
of one mind in the matter of advertising
South Dakota. They pull together
with the avowed purpose of inducing
people from Eastern states to locate in
this Eden of the West" Never in the
| history Of any country has there been
such an opportunity to develop new
commonwealth as is offered in Dakota.
/ Statehood or no statehood, Dakota will
get to the front in point of increased
population before the close of the
present year. Representatives of
Dakota are in all parts of the East hold
ing meetings and giving the people
/ lectures on Dakota, its people, products
and possibilities. and distributing tons
of printed matter descriptive of the
land that offers so much for SO little.
The firm of F. ]. Mats d Co., seed
dealers of this city, has alrea ly received
over two tons of seeds, exclusive of
wheat, oats, barley. corn, flax and other
field seeds. This indicates something
of what may be expected from farmers
next fall.