Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-31

Louis bO VIII,
Pu1LENA EVERETT JOHNSON.
Wool, Water and Woman Suffrage.
EDITOR HERALD:
The three greatest needs of South
Dakota today are wool, water, and wo-
an suffrage-the last the most needed
Of the three | have visited thirty
counties OF the State III the past six
weeks at the invitation OF leading Cit
liens, to speak in behalf OF woman
stftrageg constitutional amendment.
As a resiuenGof Massachusetts raised
in Ohio, and familiar with the West us
man and hoy for lifty-two years, | de-
sire to say Il few plain words through
these columns 80 the people OF South
Dakota.
|. / am delighted with the soil, the
climate and the people. They are not
surpassed by those of any State. But
the conditions of the country are pc
| culiar and need different methods. In
| the south eastern counties, and in those
bordering on Mianesofa3 farmers are
pfosper.1s; i<lt5 &@st. @Qd north oil
Huron laaye-lauGa general depression
and distress. For y dlit on rain in
many localities, there has not been a
good gram crop since 1885, and fortWo
Z years wheat, corn and fax have failed.
/ AS a consequence, hundreds OF the
American population have returned
East, andhundreds more are going this
fall, carrying with them wherever they
go a tale of discouragenent. In some
of the s'dry" counties, | have driven
twenty miles without passing single
inhabited house, with deserted clalni-
shanties and old breakings overgioWn
with weeds everywhere in sight: ct
: all this disappointment anu loss mlght
have been avoided if the climate had
been understood. II each SETTLER had
brought twenty five sheep, two brood
mares and i've hoifers, and ii every
& four settlers had united in buying
moving machine aud horse rake, AZ
would have prospered. There is not
county in the State where enough grass
will not 90 to waste this fail to sup
port twice the present population, y
+ only it could De utilized. But th'
r craze for breaking land :" sowing
grain has crippled hundreds Ct farm
ers. and the purchase OF costly ma
chinery for threshing, on credit, ma
sealed their fate. 1t is time Tor Tn
press Of South Dakota to call hal'
Even in iowa and Illinois, farmer
e who rely on raising grain stldoln sfoN
"a =. rich. while chose who feed sheep, hors
It es. cattle, and hogs always pfospel
IL There is no better country in the WORT
~ than South Dakota. even without lff
$ cation. Tor sheep and horses. HAY Ca
,e he cnt and stacked for seventy-cents
- ton. which is worth from twenty
or twenty-five dollars ton IN Massach'
~ setts. And this means That t"eh'
.
.. ANIMALS can be raised in South Dako'
;. ri the cost of raising one IN the East.
3 Artesian wells. ioi artificial lrf
70 cation, next to sheep, horses ana ciitti
!? will prove the best investment. Ii
geologlst OF your state university d
re- snces me that one third the area east
NV, NV +he Missouri River, and extending l
g g definitely westward, can be iertlliz'
" by lowing wells. These Will cost,sli
of and money, but both will soon De sa
p,ied ii the present needless dlscol
ape,, ent can be checked, and II INN
oration and capital at low interest G
ne had. How can these BEST
,,ic attained?
INV g Better than any other way,
oaobf;ns M< Womuu sM.8iage co1sfs
honoy 4wemmexf. One hundred tho
sand dollars spenti advertising Wet
not .boom" South Dakota so grah>
&c that would Go. The plain people
the Eastern and Middle States
the very rich or the very poor, ou'
farmers and mechanics -belleVe
woman suffrage. They are NOV
West by tens CT thousands every y
UNI Emigration agents are lnSltlas "
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