The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1890-06-20
press, shet its high time something was

sas and Nebraska as the years are to
follow m another-all the nicely spun
theories about cultivation" of land,
tree growing" and the rain belt fol-
lowing settlement" TO the contrary
notwithstanding. How best to tide over
these periods OF drouth and the CORES
ponding failure of the smell grain crops
is with what we have TO do.
Irrigation, as the term is commingly
understood, we do not believe practical
for South Dakota to undertake as a state
no matter how profitable irrigation
might be when undertaken in a private
way. There are so many reasons why
that it would take a column TO note
them. Government aid in that direction
is too improbable to even consider. But
artesian wells which will supply an
| abundance Of water for sG0ck purposes
can be constructed by counties, town.
ships and individuals without the aid of
tie state or general governmental the
state will only allow il to be done. That
mitch iauded constitution, drafted at
Sioux Falls and swallowed like Il sugar
plum by the people Of the state last fall
IS IN the wa Of a general construction
OF a~rtesian wells outside Of cities for tie
present. 1t was to correct this biunder
in tho constitution that had forits origin
tlle gathering at WoonsoHket on the 1th
inst. For the general apathy exhibited
toward the WaonsGcket convention the
farmers themselves are as mitch TO blame
~ anyone. No one can deny that, Lees
than half a dozen counties were repre-
scented, and at file meeting held in Kim
bali n Elonth before not TO exceed a hall
dozen farmers all told were present.
The farmers aNiancoat Huron refused TO
recognize the resolutions adopted at
Wo9nsoeket.
Give South Dakota plenty Of moisture
and the farmers alliance would be killed
dealer than a door nail. Her farmers
would soon be rich enough to have no
use for organizations OF that kid or fer
! its pr ime iuogers who want Office. You
cant legislate a farmer rich. The only
men who Get rich by legislation are the
eastern manufacturers.
l3ut The farmers are net wholly to
I blame for the general Indifference that
has characterized Ill efforts to secure ar
! tesisn wells. Thapess is largely to
blanc. As a public educator ii slo uld
g not allow a shower or two of rain to cocl
o its ardof for a more general distribution
: of moisture in South Dakota.
Ii there is anything III science OF geol-
d ogy the water supply which mderlies
9 most of The state is inexaustabie. Place
an a~rtesian we'll in every township in
. the artesian belt and What would it
c mean? A country covered wlth small
lakes FROM y end to the other and with
the abundance Of native grasses nov
going largely TO Waste-a paradise for
s~tock.aen. Heavy dews would as surely
o follow as the nights the days, which in
! themselves would, in ordinary seasons,
t, cause Il profitable crop of small grains
d for home use. Then with abuG-
q dance OF water the year around farmers
ID would go more largely into stock raising
and have something TO fall back upon
is when the drought. peculiar to the whole
l. Northwest, struck them.
5ol The GRAPHIC is not q whit discouraged
.d over South Dakota, Brule county or KIM
hall; it has eenseveTal bad years i'll Sue
IT cession- as it has also seen some mighty
a good ones-apd we have unlimited conf
as dence i'll Inc country as a whole. Com.
~ paritiYely speaking 20 has more al
~ stake in South Dakota than the GRAPHIC
and it goes without saying that it vii
rs pull off its coat aud fight for its adopted
Ell country at the drop OF the hat. Bnt it
Id protests against the press and real estate
lie boomers shutting their eyes TO the fact
st THAT there are drawbacks 10 the country
u, that can and ought To be overcome. /.
lii we, with some hundred odd vacant lot;
is Ia the city OF KitDba.i, about haiftile I'M
III plated land, to say nothing OF sayera
quarter sections scattered over The coun-
N try and a costly residence in the cours,
ng Of construction, can afford to letit go ont
TIA that South Dakota wants more moisture
and wants it bad, it would seem that the
op average newspaper publisher or real es-
Is, tate dealer can we'll afford, too, to get
ho down from their high horses and max.
ed the country what they have so long
~, cracked it up TO be. For our part W,
have the p~roformdest sympathy for til,
farmers who year after year have seei
NJ their crops wither and die, and we havn'
the gall to tell them to raise more stool
ng when that means just SO much more la
oh Dor in hauling water from a we'll. with
limited supplya best, or carting 1t from
II miles away. Only Saturday there wa
g. seen in Kilnhnll the spectacle OF a farm.
or selling of stock because he couldn'
ck water them.
al There need IL fear that South Dahot;
lse viii he abandoned and left to its origin
al owners, the Indians. There never wa
a country between the Atlantic and thu
Pacific that went bach after being one
lie settled. Tho hiormons went into Ia
Salt Lake country for The sole reaso.
in, that the country was go poorly adapted {
ig, cultivation they thought the GENTLE
would never bother them. To-day
TIC blossoms like a rose garden. What di
% it? Water. The question is, shall III
DIS pioneer settlers OF South Dakota allow
ng themselves TO be driven out for want 0
OF sufficient enterprise to deyelope anythin
ut but Office seekers and politicians and Il.
nat low their iaUAsto pass into the hands @
tie capitalists, who viii by force OF ~necessit
make them valuable and sell them a
OF an immense pTuht, OF will they improve
'us tie opportunity which at some tin
les knocks at every mans door, and which