Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-03-13
nth DAKOTA SHEEP

ABERDEEN PLAN MEETS
~ WITH MUCH FAVOR.
,.,,in Many Cities Subscribing
Siasss -, t,r stock-A Bill to Provide
i''ef'n ..shtp Irrigatlon-Many other
,essurss'
, March "A gentleman from
II =. no rounty, who has been spending
own tuo here and who is very much
OF Wv. Wv" in sheep husbandry in South
rF,1' saws the plan proposed by the
No'a .c mi club, of Aberdeen, for put
mn'' ia,re number of sheep into this
* I'M meeting with much favor. The
!. to organize company and sell
III Ill = sh "a of stock at S25 per share.
u. ~ mis- sum breeding sheep will be
',n .a a..' and leased to farmers on
rV'''- This plan, it is believed, will
'!" .-s 90 farmers and keep them here.
'o "n who have given any attention to
Po u" raising and wool growing in South
s ~, have found it profitable business.
PAo ,ar - setting forth the plan
E.p nsnd bv tho Aberdeen clu1
O'0I noan sent out to various parties
VA, of the state and the result has
az that large number OF shares
=, heen purchased ny men. who
dcsirous of aiding in the develop
~. a; the sheep industry in South Da-
-. Further speaking Of the enter
tbc same gentleman remarked that
miner of business men in Minncapo-
'y St paul. Sioux City, etc, have taken
=, five to twelve shares, and the COM
.,aa having direct management of the
.,rnrise are confident the plan will
rnyc grand success.
,side from what the Aberdeen club is
, , private individuals and small COM
MES are becoming deeply interested in
psrD and wool, and as result thousands
sheep are being brought into the state
ssr week more than 1000 head arrived
"ro from Nebraska and Colorado, and
bscrday 500 head arrived ut Highmorc
he nut upon the farm of James Nc
owelI, near that city. Since the middle
december about 1000 sheep have ar
ved in this immediate vicinity. and that
miner will be more than doubled be-
b.c thc LIST of April. There is scarcely
settler in this part of the state that
s,pot from % to 300 or 500 head of
pep, and all are DESTROYS of adding to
her number.
The Irrigation Problem.
PIERRE, March 2.-Shall we irrigate?
as quite the popular. or rather proper,
pes,ion here now as was the question Il
hort time ago. have you received vote
b; United States senator? The ques-
on is asked in more senses than one,
bo. In the first and primary state, any
ne travelling over the Chicago & North
esstern railway from Huron to Pierre
nd noticing along the road those ar
Psian spouters pouring forth their large
reams of water continuously, working
Mte as industriously as death and taxes
nd going forth to fructify the land,
eautiful, Joyous. streams of living water
under such circumstances almost any
ne could be pardoned for answering in
he Affirmative. Senator Melville has in
very complete and careful bill proyid.
ls for system of township irrigation,
pneyhat similar to the township school
Essu The townships will be privi-
FselWbond and sink wells which they
anrent, Also allowed to fill lake beds.
Whether this will be any improvement
the present law is doubtful. The diff
rulty with the existing law is that the
Fountics have not been able to dispose
II their bonds. If this is the case, can
he toWnships expect to be any more
FucceSsfu in the matter? But the
fpoutcrs are going down inst the same.
lhey have been /; success for irrigation
other states, and there is no reason
Why they should not be bigger success
here
Mistake Of the Last Legislature.
1t has been recognized as mistake of
ne last legislature. which this one has
Peen called upon to correct, that express
companies were not taxed proportion
flely with other similar lines of bust
fess such as railroads. An attempt is
pe!hs made TO correct this. Whether it
E ", be successful yet remains to be seen.
| Inc matter has come before the senate
Eohmlttee in the form us to whether the
fsate has the right to estimate tho
property liable to taxation by the gross
earnings OF the companies. AS it is now
EhFir only property liable to taxation
"a lew carts, Office fixtures, furniture,
EN III is apparent that this property
|psa!s little relation to the amount of
business that they do in the state
u the amount of money that
LUZ a people pay to their support. On the
[0llef hand, it is difficult to estimate the
fauouht OF business these companies do
f. any one state, as their business is
Ealsely Interstate. Upon this phase Of
|sne question the committee was a tie, so
k |sIal no report has been had. Senator
EESaxwell, of the committee, suggested
E ha i4ollowlng plan: that these companies
! W W o =, to incorporate in the state
[ a.oa, .hen be taxed upon their capital
/" Whether this is feasible or not,
Il En- NOV altogether apparent, yet. The
o0n. introduced on this subject have not
i + a;n. before either house yet, so that it
viii; n'l III to predict just what action
h. h,a NC taken. The express companies
llase strong lobby here and it is need
,,x,s " say that they don't want to be
NA'u' any more than anybody else does.
To Run Within It's Income.
,,a =! begins to look as though the South
haa' legislature meant what it has
~ saying all along that it was in favor
po,n economy, The two appropriation
tb bmlnl1.ces have their report ready and
, slos SUBSTANTIALLY agree. The sum of
rn r', - 10 90 is reported as necessary to
vn oa ene state machinery for the next two
''"is and it is estimated tb.t tho nras-