The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-06-06
Over the observation,


are combining business and pleasure in
taking in the Huron convention. The
clergy, lawyers, bankers and business
mea, as a rule, have their annual out
ings, but who ever heard OF farmers TAX
ing vacations? And yet what class OF
people, from the closeness of application
to their business, the long hours at
labor. and the lack OF those pleasant
home surroundings which add SO much
to contentment and happiness in the
every day life, are more in need OF occa-
slonal vacations. Few except the farm
er who has tried it can realize the obsta-
cles in the way OF a few days even, spent
away from the farm. The first and
greatest difficulty is the question OF
finances. With never sufficient cash on
hand for the necessities Of the family
they do not feel able to employ hands
to take their places and yet the work at
home must be done. Even when crops
are all in, and as happens at present,
the corn is not ready for cultivation,
the crop must be watched, COWS MIXED,
calves and hogs fed, and a dozen extra
Ii these matters, through older children
or the kindness OF neighbors, are over
come, then comes the question OF con-
veyance. Horses must be found able
for the drive, if drive it is and pray
when is it any other kind OF a trip? 1t
surely takes perseverance to overcome
all the difficulties and where the attempt
tis made, it too often ends in the
declaration, "There is no use, | can't
spare the time"
Aside from the pleasure OF season Of
rest. does it not pay in dollars and
cents, all msn and more than all others
the farmer, to give himself and family
an occasional vacation? Should they
not be familiar, by pleasure trips in dill
ferent directions, with the geography
and production OF the different localities
OF the country with which they have
cast their fortune? BY Byanattendance at
public gatherings can they not better
eduCa tie themselves for home duties and
for that duty on which SO largely rests
the success OF their calling, the duty Of
(citizenship? IN spite OF the many diff.
cu!ties goodly delegation OF Black Hits
farmers are on the way to Huron tC
! meet their brother farmers from all sec,
| tions OF the new state OF South Dakota
there to consider how best they can de
| lend their interests against the encroach'
ments OF capital.
| The Pennington county delegates gath.
| cred at the residence OF Frank Stuckel
| on Thursday evening. leaving early Fri
day morning. The drive down Box
Elder slope was a surprise. Since our
last trip much land had been taken,
houses built and fencing and breaking
done. TO Judge OF u country the average
| man must see it improved. The best
country in the world, stripped OF it's
| Improvements, looks bleak and worth
less. We realize this more as the bare
stretches OF country over which we have
Travelled are gradually assuming the
| shape OF cultivated farms. Wheat and
| other grain along the road is well ad.
show the want OF water. The noon Fri
day was made a. short distance west ol
the ranch of H. p. Anderson. Mr.. An
| derson, who is engaged in the butcherine
| business in Lead City, has a wide &C.
quaintance among our farmers. We
| found him at the ranch and complain
ing somewhat OF dry weather, too dry
for breaking, which he was anxious to be
at. Mr.. Anderson has here a pre-emp
| ton and timber right and it is 800 acres
OF choice land At the head OF the draw
1 in which he is located we could see the
dwelling OF w, H. Blair and understand
1 that he has a claim hard to beat Op
posite MIR. Anderson's was good piece
of wheat owned by Frank Alderman
Here we saw something, to us, new II
fencing. 1t is always a job to we'll anc
lastingly brace the corner post OF wirt
fences. Mr.. Alderman has one panel o
board fence running each way from tht
corner posts. This weshould thinkwoul
make a solid and durable brace. BE
i yond Mr.. Anderson's there are still
scattering claims vacant and when with
! ~ Nf fho 0ll !, II,
crossing we began trip across a trac
OF land nearly every foot OF which is
vacant and is very choice land. Th
tmajority Of it is dark sandy loan, il
some places slightly mixed with gumbo
It will be very easily worked and mus
} prove productive. These rolling tabl
lands bordering the Cheyenne are full.
, equal to any on the reservation ant
{ much more desirable as they can
: taken under any OF the existing laws
: while the reservation is confined TO tn
} Homestead right with the pre-emptiol
fee OF $1.25 per acre added. They ar
, also nearer to timber and markets an
2 good water can be had by digging.
II The different delegations met at tn
+ Cheyenne river on the evening OF Frida
| the Both, nearly all reaching there i
] good season. A delegation from tn
j knights OF Labor organization was ais
g on hand and Saturday we began til
$ drive across the recently opened resel
!yation. Most OF our readers al
9 familiar with that section, d majo
< Iity having reached the Hills owe
j, the old the trail while many spent man
q years in hauling freight across it. A
i though this is the writer's third trip W
e we never until the present time full
realized the capabilities OF this vas
t tract OF 12O miles in width. For twent
d miles after leaving the Cheyenne we pas
: over a gently rolling tract OF sand
II loam that must soon be dotted wit
]. dwellings and yet not one foot OF it
e taken today. This would be our choi
'el OF the reservation and yet as Me reat
!. the bluff above Peano the wide vale,
II Iof the head waters OF the Bad riv
it open out in tempting array and The
n are well dotted with timber. From he
. on are many rich valleys and the majc
d ity favored this section. The soil
lg richer, showed better growth OF gras
it but is heavier and will prove harder
N work. After leaving Willow creek, t