Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-09-26
SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS.
A CHANCE FOR TIE BLACK
HILLS TO OBTAIN JUSTICE.

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HILLS TO OBTAIN JUSTICE.
The Commercial Value of Tin In the Hills
to he Investigated by Richard p. Roth
well-Rapid Development of the Rus
sian neutrality-suspicious. With Salt.
BLACK HILLS BUREAU, RAPID CITY, 8. D.,
Sept. 2O.-Richard P. Rothwell, editor of the
Engineering and Mining Journal, Of New
York city, and assistant superintendent of
mining statistics, under the tenth census,
passed through the city, en- route to the
northern mining districts Tuesday. Mr..
Rothwell, after examining the mines and
mills at Deadwood, will return here, visit
the school Of mines, and make u careful
survey Of the tin districts.
The attitude of the Mining Journal, with
which Mr.. Rothwell is connected, has here
tofore been anything but friendly to the
southern Hills 1t published and gave
editorial sanction to the absurd fluctuations
of Tom White, the correspondent, who boldly
announced to the world that there was no
commercial tin in the hills. q SANDER which
has for years retarded the progress of
Developments Under the stimulus of
national sanction, and at this late hour,
when the tin reputation OF the hills has
been fully indicated. Mr.. Rothwell will
hardly expect to receive as cordial a well
come from those interested in the mines as
he might under other circumstances, but
every facility will doubtless be accorded
him by both the company and individual
owners of tin property in prosecuting his
inquiries.
The announcement is made by the trus-
tees of the School of Mines that the institu-
ton will open its sessions Wednesday, Oct
1. Both Dean Cushman and the trustees
are working at disadvantage in their
preparation from the fact that the state
board of regents have not as yet announced
the course of studies to be pursued, or ar
ranged for the distribution of catalogues:
The secretary of the board, Don O. Need
ham, of Jerauld county, is not in the Hills
and the correspondence from students, from
parties desiring assays or practical tests of
ore in ton bulk, is accommodating. Measures
should be taken at once to remove these OBJ
stacles to the successful Inauguration of
the opening session.
A Noxious Weed.
MELLETTE, S. D., Sept. 2O.-Until the pres
emit year the so-called "Russian THISTLE
was almost unknown in this county, but
now it is found in abundance, and the far
mers are taking active precautions to effect
| the extinction of the noxious weed, which,
If it succeeds in establishing itself, will be a
source Of great annoyance and inconveni-
| ence. This plant is by no means tndfgen-
1 GUS to this state, but it Is believed seeds
were brought over here from Russia by i'm
migrants, mixed in their seed wheat aid
| fax, and has since spread with
amazing rapidity throughout the state.
ssRussian thistle" is misnomer, as 1t
does not belong to the genus thistle at
all, but is classed with the pig weed or
..lambs quarter" and its proper appella-
ton is Salsola Kali. Its branches and
leaves are fernlike in appearance, and the
barbs are at the tips of the leaves and
almost invisible, but none the less effective.
Horses cannot be worked in fields infested
with them unless their legs are amply pro-
tected with cloth or other covering. Being
of the tumbleweed variety it finds no diff
Guilty, with the aid of the winds, in covering
q large area Of land in short time, drop
ping seeds here and there along its path
way, which soon grow up, to the mortifca-
ton of the agriculturists. 1t will require
the concerted action of all interested to ex-
terminate this evil which should be done
at once, while it is yet in its embryo.
Experiments With Salt.
the Milwaukee railway company shipped
several barrels of salt to this station to be
distributed among farmers for experimental
purposes. Salt is being, and has been, used
on farms in several states with eminent sue
cess, and it was believed that by covering
the ground with salt it would be able to re-
tain moisture longer and Withstand heat
better than ground not so treated. Messrs.
FL. f. Hunter, w. ]. Dale, L. r. Hall, w. s.
Wright and w. J. Stevens made the expert
ment this year, but all failed to attain
the results predicted and hoped for. During
portion Of the summer the grain on the
sailed ground evinced little better ap-
pearance than surrounding grain, but
thrashing failed to disclose any advantage
gained. At any rate the use Of salt will not
prove to be an economical measure to the
farmers, as the price of the commodity will
overbalance what small benefit may be
secured.
Address to the Public.
YANKToN, S. D., Sept. 2O.-The chamber
of commerce Of Yankton has issued the fol-
lowing address to the public:
WHEREAS, Many newspapers of the country
for the past year or two have published I'M
truthful and damaging statements as to fail
ure of crops i'll South Dakota, and especially so
regarding the counties of the southeastern por-
ton Of the state where crops have been fully
up to the average OF the best agricultural states
of the union.
WHEREAS, Such papers persist in publishing
these false and malicious stories, taking no ex-
ception in regard to localities, proclaiming the
entire state failure agricultrlrally, because a
few counties i'll the mol thern and central por-
ton of the state have suffered from drouth in
the past two years;
WHEREAS, the general average crop of the
state, according TO all evidence at our COM
mand, supported by the official crops reports
from Washington city, is not surpassdd by the
great agricultural states of Ohio Indiana or
Illinois: therefore be it
Resotued That we earnestly protest against
the continued publication of these wholesale
falsehoods as they may relate to the southern
portion of the state, and especially to Yanktor
county, where crops OF all kinds for a number
OF years have averaged fully upto those Of
Iowa and Illinois, and where a failure of the
crops has never occurred, as we are prepared
to demonstrate by the sworn statements of 9
large number of farmers, now in our posses
sion, and which this chamber of commerce il
| prepared to verify.