Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1891-03-06
SOUTH DAKOTA SHEEP.
THE ABERDEEN PLAN MEETo
WITH MUCH FAVOR.

for Township Irrigation-M Msn] 0ebsr
Measures.
HURON, March "A gentleman from
Brown county, who has been spending q
day or two here and whe Is very much
Interested IN sheep husbandry In South
Dakota, says tho plan proposed by the
Commercial club, Of Aberdeen, for put
ting large number OF sheep into this
state, is meeting with much favor. The
plan 10 So organize company and sell
1000 shares 0s stsck at S25 per share.
With this sum breeding sheep will be
purchased and leased to farmers on
shares. This plan, IL is believed, VIII
encourage farmers and keep them here.
Those who have given any attention to
sheep raising and wool gfowins in South
Dakota have found IT profitable bussncss.
Circulars setting forth the plan
proposed by the Aberdeen club
have been sent out to various parties
outside of the state and the result has
been that o large number ot shares
have been purchased ny men who
are desirous Of aiding in the develop
mcnt Of the sheep industry In South Da-
kota. Further speaking Of the enter
prise the same gentleman remarked that
a number OF business men In Mtnnespo-
lis, st. Paul, Sioux City, etc. have taken
from five to twelve shares. and the COM
mittee having direct management OF the
enterprise are confident the plan Will
prove grand success.
Aside from what the Aberdeen club is
doing, private individuals and small com
panies are becoming deeply interested In
sheep and wool, and as result thousands
- snn = hnin - ~ I'M n
Last week more than 5000 head arrived
here from Nebraska and Colorado, and
yesterday 500 head arrived at Highmore
to be put upon the farm Of James Nc
DowelI, near that city. Since the middle
Of December about 1000 sheep have ar
rived in this Immediate vicinity, and that
number will be moro than doubled be-
fore the Ist OF April There Is scarcely
a settler in this part OF tho state that
has not from rs to 800 or 500 head OF
sheep, and all are desirous Of cading to
| their number.
Tho Irrigation Problem.
| PIERRE, March 2.--Shall we irrigste?
is as quite the popular, Or rather proper,
| question here now rs was the question .
| short time ago, have you received vote
| for United States senator? The Ques-
!
too. In the first and primary state, any
one travelling over the Chicago & North
western railway from Huron to Pierre
and noticing along the road those ar
tesian spouters pouring forth their large
| streams of water continuously, working
quite as indnstriously as death and taxes
and going forth to fructify the land.
beautiful, joyous streams OF living water
under such circumstances almost any.
one could be pardoned for answering In
the affirmative. Senator Melville has In
very complete and careful bill provid
ing for system Of township irrigation
somewhat similar to the township schoo
system. The townships will be privi
legged to bond and sink wells which the!
can rent. Also allowed to fill lake beds
Whether this will be any improvement
on the present law Is doubtful. The dill
ficulty with the existing law 10 that tn
counties have not been able to dtspos
OF their bonds. II this is the case, ca
the townships expect to be any NOR
successful In the matter? But tn
spouters are going down jnst the same
They have been y success for irrigation
in other states, and there is no reaso
why they should not be bigger succcs
here.
A Mistake OF tho Last Legislsture.
1t has been recognized as a mistake G
the last legislature, which this one ha
been called upon to correct, that expires
companies were not taxed proportion
atcly with other similar lines OF bus
ness, such MS railroads. An attempt
being made to correct this. Whether
will be successful yet remains to be seer
The matter has come before the senat
committee In the form rs to whether tn
, state has the right to estimate tn
property lisble to taxation by the gros
earnings of the companies. As 1t Is no.
their only property liable to taxatio
isa few carts, Office fixtures, furniture
etc. 1t is apparent that this propert
; bears little relation to the amount {
business that they do in the stat
or tho amount OF money this
the people pay TO their support. On th
, other hand, 1t is difficult to estimate th
amount of business these companies d
In any one state, as their business
: largely interstate. Upon this phase {
tho question the committee was tie, {
: that no report has been had. Senate
Maxwell, OF the co.Amittee, suggeste
the following plan: that these compani'
be obliged to incorporate In the sta
!, and then be taxed upon their capit
stock. Whether this Is feasible or no
> is not altogether apparent, yet II
bills introduced on this subject have ~
= come before either house yet, 10 that
Is difficult to predict just what actit
: will be taken. The express c0mpani
!, have strong lobby here and II is nee
n less to say that they don't want to
q taxed, any more than anybody else doe
= To Run Within Its Income.
Il II begins to look as though the Sou
o Dakota legislature meant what 1t h
8 been saying oil along that 1t was In fay
J" OF economy. The two appropriate,
e committees have their repc-t ready al
o they substantially agree. Tho sum
y S596, 1850 Is reported IS necessary
II run tho state machinery for the next t,
= years and 1T is estimated that the pre-
y ent sources OF revenue for that time "
3, amount to 5000, 600. In comparison wi
h the appropriation OF last year, viii
le was SAT-, ,Ol4.24 for one year, It will
" seen that the state under the propOs
y bill will save $i1s, ,039.04 PEI year. III
" amount OF money Is not to be sneezed
T. In these times. It may be that the
n will be changed some, but he It said
,r the credit Of the committees. that tn
Iy have resisted all the approaches and
B. ductive ways OF the lobbyists, and 81
Ia Gentlemen, we respect you. Ffx
your bills any way You want them, b
remember that they cant 60 over
II NIT" and they haven't.
- Other Legislative Top.os.
O. And reapportionment, what will
A come Of that? II wouid be too bad
to cut of South Dakota's crop Of polittcis