Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-24
IRRIGATION MI TIERS.
Hughes County Leads III Irrigation ana
Pierre is the County Seat of Hughes

| Hughes County Leads III Irrigation ans
| Pierre is the County Seat of Hughes
| County.
We notice an article in the Daily
Huronite of October 9th signed by one
j. c. Peterson, in which he states that
! he heard Pierre men making fun OF IT.
rigation. Now, in this connection we
wish to say that we have heard Huron
men making fun of religion, but IT no
more follows that because an indlvld-
ual citizen of Pierre makes fun OF lrrl-
CATION that the city of Pierre is OPP
posed to irrigation, than it follows
because an individual citiZenof Huron
makes fun of religion that Huron is
opposed to religion. The joke was
not on irrigation but on such conflicts
as ''Huron and Irrigation when she
was showing vegetables from Clay
county as irrigation products from
Huron: also such phases as Huron
and Economy" with eight brass bands
at "a cost Of s., 900 to play the tune, and
a special train costing $500 to bring
the shouters from Huron to sing it.
Also "Huron Pure as Snow" with an
issue of $6O, 900 school bonds to he APP
piled towards above economics.
The facts of the case are. that the
first we'll put down under the arte-
sian well law was put down in Hughes
county and that two more are now UNI
der construction, and that irrigation
has been made a success. by reason of
the first well, for the last three years.
The state of South Dakota is indebted
to Senator Crawford. of Hughes coun-
ty, Hon. j. NJ. Green. of Brule county,
and Hon. +. M. Lillibrldge. of Sully
county, for such irrigation laws as we
now possess, which laws. as we have
before stated in this issue, were OPP
posed by Senator Lowry, of Huron.
This shows the insincerity of Huron's
claim as being the father of irrigation,
be cause they happen to put down a
few wells in Beadle county, Huron
has no more right to claim the credit
of it and ask to be the capital of South
Dakota for that reason, than for towns
in dozen different counties in South
Dakota who are now and always have
been in advance of Huron in the sink
ing of an artesian we'll. There is no
more connection between irrigation
and the location of the capital of
South Dakota, than there is between
blowing and the location OF the capi-
tai. If the sinking of the first arte-
sian we'll would entitle any town to
the capital of South Dakota that capt.
tai should have been placed at Yank-
ton, as they have had artesian wells
running for the last ten years.
The New Railroad.
Aberdeen Republican.
Colonel. H. NJ. Newport, of st. Paul,
has arrived in the city to see what pro-
gress the grading is making and express
es great satisfaction with the work.
There are now % grading outfits at
work between this city and Faulkton,
enough to insure the completion of the
grade this mouth, with the possible ex-
ception of three heavy tIls. These have
been let to experienced railroad con-
tractors to avoid delay. The heavy
grading across Snake creek is let to Spen-
Ger Bros, of Ashton. who have been grad
ing all summer in the Black Hills They
have nearly fifty teams at work, and
hope to finish the job by November LIST.
The crossing at Preachers Run, Ed
munds comfy, is taken by Pat Comford,
of Pierre, q we'll known railroad contrac-
tor, who also has u large force, while
the heavy fill in Faulkton was let to
Louis Norrine, also an experienced rail,
roader.
The r!ght-of-way has been secured from
Oaks to the state line, and Mr.. Narre-
gang reports negotiations are being
pushed as rapidly as possible all along
the line to Aberdeen. 1t is not improb-
able that this work will be completed
soon enough to commence grading on
this end of the line this fall.
The Northern Pacific company have
enetred into a written agreement to iron
the road from Cakes to Faulkton before
August LIST next, while the local COM
pany agrees to complete the grade to
Cakes prior to June LIST. Mr.. Newport
is already contracting for ties, and both
ties aud the steel rails will be stocked up
at Cakes during the winter to be ready
for the construction train as soon as
the grade is completed. If the grading
is done, it is not impossible that track
laying may begin at Cakes this fall.
All this means great things for the
prosperity of Aberdeen.
Our illustrious contemporary, the Dem
ocrat, is Dragging about Huron again
this week, about what will be done with
that shirt, etc., but has to laugh in it's
sleeve for cutting up such tricks before