Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1894-08-23
IRRIGATION IN SOUTH DAKOTA
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pose In Future.
A. C. Bartholomew, irrigation ex
pert OF the South Dakota Agriculture
College, who recently made some in
teresting irrigation experiments il
Brule County, rhas accomplished re
suits which are Of great interest Il
those interested in irrigation. Mr..
Bartholomew learned that waste water
from n artesian we'll in hat county
had formed lakes ten feet deep and
covering 400 acres Of ground. This,
he says, would make 1900 acre-feet Of
irrigation water, sufficient to water
1900 acres of land. This amount OF
land irrigated by water from the sin
gle well would probably insure twenty
five bushels OF wheat to the acre, or a
total OF 100000 bushels. 1t would also
produce 800, 600 bushels OF potatoes.
The water Is worth 81 per acre-foOt, If
sold. The expert finds that the farm.
ers are afraid to use the water carried
away by the bitches leading from the
we'll owing to the wording Of the pres
ent artesian well law, and the water
from the large number Of wells in
Brule County is in consequence per.
mitted to go to waste. To remedy this
he'suggests that the law be so amend
ed that every farmer whose land can
De reached can s the water to pro.
duce crops.
The Irrigation Association.
The Legislative Committee OF the
South Dakota Irrigation Association
has made these assignments: To H
S. Houser of Hitchcock, was delegated
the formation o. a bill looking to the
borrowing from the state school funG
for irrigation purposes; to Capt. H. A.
Humphrey of Faulkton, the formation
of a bill for the retention of surplus
waters; to w. B. Sterling of Huron, s
bill looking to the formation OF irriga.
ton districts for bonding purposes: to
O. S. Basford of Redfield, the formul.
ting Of a bill aiming to enable coun
ties to utilize their credit; to Capt.
&. S. Fassett, state engineer, the rec
ommendation OF amendments to exist
ing laws. All these propositions will
be submitted to q future meeting OF
the committee for consideration and
put into proper form for presentation
to the next Legislature.
VIII lie Reimbursed.
In the Indian Appropriation Bill q.
it passed Congress is q clause inserted
by Senator Petigrew whereby an ap
preparation is made for the payment
of claims filed by persons evicted from
the Crow Creek Reservation under the
order Of President Cleveland. In
Arthur's administration, when the
Crow Creek Reservation WAS opened
to settlement, q good many Yankton
people were among the unfortunate
boomers and settlers who located there
and who were afterward forced from
the coded ground by the counter proc
lamation of Cleveland ordering all
white people to leave the reservation.
The Yankton people made out claims
against the Government and these
claims have now been recognized in
the Indian Appropriation Bill. The
original claims were for 1865, but
were reduced $7l5.
Deadwood Wins First Round.
The county seat war has been de-
cided and Deadwood will remain the
seat of government OF Lawrence Coun-
ty. The county commissioners decid.
ed that the county sea- had been legal
ly located in Deadwood in 1887 and
that under the constitution OF the
state before an election can be called
vote upon its removal it would have
to be petitioned for by q majority Of
the legal voters Of the county; that
the petition which Lead City has pre-.
praying for its removal was in
that it contained anne not
belonging on that document,
and that they would have to reject the
proposition OF Lead City and refuse to
consider the petition.
Thus ends for q time what promises
to be a long and bitter fight between
the two towns.
State Levies Completed.
The State Board of Equalization
its work. 1t has made the
following levies: General levy, 2 mills;
bond, interest and sinking fund, 3of
mill; special sinking fund, d OF l mill:
property Of corporations, 40 mills.
This heavy levy on corporations, after
them heavy assessments, shows
that corporations r getting it this
year. 1t will be several days before
figures giving the valuations can be
secured.
Postmaster Arrested.
=. II. Tyler, postmaster at Hutton,
was before Court Commissioner Wal
lace at Aberdeen on charges of embez.
cling $503.87 of postofice funds and is.
suing a money order for $50. 81 without
receiving the money therefor. He
waived examination and was held in
bonds Of 81, 500.
The Pont0on Demolished.
The pontoon bridge between Pierre
and Fort Pierre was completely de-
.olished during q high wind. The
was nearly completed and
would have been in operation in q few
days. The loss will be heavy.
Dragged to Death.
George Webster, a13-year-old lad at
Hot Springs, raj thrown from his
horse and dragged and kicked until
ais skull was crushed. He died In
Our hours after the accident.
Lot OF Cattle Stolen.
There were twenty-eight head o.