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Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-12-29
WAGES INCREASED.
Twenty Thousand Glass Workers and Twelve
Hundred Coal Timers Hear Glad Tidings.

BRIDGEToN, n. j., Dec. 20.-Fires
were under the furnaces today in the
Cohansy, Cumberland and Moor
window glass factories near here
and it is expected the works will
start up in a week or two. 1t is ex-
pected that 10000 persons now idle
will be given employment.
CINCINNATI, Dec. 20.-An Alexandria.
Ind, special to the Times-Star says
three window glass factories will re-
sumo operations January l, giving
employment to 1,200 men.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Dec. 3.-The
Ceronna Coal company and the Vir-
ginia & Alabama Coal company, en-
ploying about 200 coal miners in
Walker county, today announced
that on Jan. they will advance
wages from 60 to 30 cents per ton.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-12-29
Mail Orders Will Receive Immediate Httention.
Power Mercantile Co., Lewistown, Montana
be raised by taxation. and expended

be raised by taxation. and expended
forpublic purposes.
There are nearly 5000 miles of
streets and 80 miles of water
front; one thousand miles of rail-
way are in operation within its
boundary. Besides 35l public schools
there are % colleges and academies
ano $50 private schools. There are
l, ,1O churches of all denominations.
and a park area of 1000 acres.
The total area is LOG, 800 acres; the
population is 3,35O. 900; the assessed
valuation, real estate, $2,367 ,659, ,6O7,
and personal property, $40. .0OI ,O63.
The bonded debt is $2l2, 1923, ,116. Six
teen congressman are elected from
the city, and it is divided into 20
state senatorial districts and 81 as
senbly districts.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-12-29

If you use too much OF
SeAllllng's Best baking powder
it don't spoil the cake.
But why not make your
money go as far as it will by
using just enough Of SeAilling's S
Best baking powder-one-third
less than of the brand you are
used to?
A Schihng g. Company
San francisco zuo3
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-12-29
blind Girl n Successful Farmer.

There lives 20 miles from Oak Hill.
Tex, a blind girl. Mary Ashby. who
has from a few acres Of land cultivated
by herself, cleared about 5000 each sea-
son for several years by the growing and
sale of vegetables. She began with no
capital, and an unfenced piece of uD-
cultivated land. There is now a neat
fence about her domain, n well and a
pump in the center. and she has, in ad-
dition to purchasing these. paid for a
piano and a wagon TO take her veg
etables to market, which is 20 miles
from her home. Every morning dur
ing the dry season she waters certain
number of plants until she has gone
over the entire place. when she be-
gins and goes over it again in the same
syay. The active sense of hearing which
nature has given this blind girl in lieu
Of her sight enables her to detect insect
life easily, and by feeling with her
sensitive fingers she can distinguish
the nature and size of the plants and
vegetables she raises.-Louisville Dis
patch.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-12-29
Unnatural.

That man Davis is clearly not fit to
be father"
''Why?"
His child is week and half old
and he hasn't expressed the belief that
it recognizes him."-Chicago News.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-12-29
Fergus County Officers.

District Court Sessions. 81 March End
June 7th, August 23rd, November sth.
County Commissioners meet in regular ses-
sion. on the first Monday of March, June, sep
tcmber and December.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-12-29
A SchillinR & Company
San francisco


Educate Your bowels with Cascaresa
Candy Cath--.ic. cure constipation forever.
ioc &c II G. G. y. fail. druggists refund money.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-12-29

Job printing at the Argus.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-12-29
SCHOOL BOARD.

SCHOOL BOARD.
W. r. Cort, Chairman; F. E Wright, John
Mackey, w. II. Culver. +. q. Worden, Clerk
REGULAR meetings 6rst Saturday Of each month
ats - at Cort q Worden's office.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1897-01-07

pero madame Georges me prohibi6 Lablar
de ella al principe auDque ignore Ia raz6p /:
sin duda no le gusta que le hablen del bien
que hace.
lie que parece oierto es que Ia "Guilla
baora" ha encontrado a sus padres, V Sc Ia
IleVaron un pals muy lejano.
Lo 1nico que siento es no haberla abra
zado antes de gu marcia.
Pero perd6n, Luisa, perd6n; q estoy ha-
blando de cosas alegres, cuando tantos mott
vos teneis para estar triste
-Si no Sc hubiera muerto mi biic-
dijo con tristeza Luisa intarrumpleudo a
"Alegr1a"-a 10 menos me consolaffa: por0ue
5qu6 hombre honrado me guerra ahora. Dor
dluero que tuyiese?
Al contrario, Luisa; creo que solo un
hombre honrado ser1a eapaz de comprender
vuestra situaci6n. 81, cuando os conozca Y
sepa 10 que os ha pasado, 10 podra menos
sois una mujer honrada.
10 decfs por coasolarme
No, 10 dlgo rorque es verdad.
Sea 10 cleTto, me sati>face oirIo
10 agradezco. Pero Gquien yiene alh2 Mi
rad monsieur PipeIet y su muier
! Dios milo, que contento viene! ESQ oue
andaba tan trlste estos 1ltimos tiempos per
causa de las travesuras de Cabrion
In etecto, Sc acerca ban alegres risue-
nos Nj. PlPelet gu esposa. Alfredo IIeva-
va su Inamovlble sombrerozcolozal, un mag
nifco frac verde acabado de hacer. npa co2.
bata con puntas bordadas, por la cuaI salfan
las puntas de un cuello formidable que le
cubria la mltad de la cara, gran chaleco ANA.
r.lio chiIion con cenefa color oastafla nanta
on negro algo corto, medias blancas como Ia
nieVe zapatos lustrados con clara de bnavo
Pomona llevaba un vestido color anna
-anto, sobre 81 cual sresaltaba un chal azul
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1897-01-07

tan verdarnalta 20 hac1a q meaor rlieeoe
sobra su tale 6no toruead0 corso ei de Il
Galstea de 1l<ra0l. Madame Georges cen
templaba "AIegrta" ga hijo con pTofun-
da satisfaction.
Luisa AIorel habfa sido puesta en hber-
tad despuGs De ana autopsia escrupuiosa de
su hijo; las heFmosas faccciones de L. hiis
del lapldaTlO, alteTad8s por el pesar, raeeIa-
ban una especie de resigaaci6n suave tGIs-
te, y 8u madre, que Ia acoap Ii 4bs, habia re-
cobrado Ia SAID meFced i Il gsncrosids3 dc
Rodolfo y al ouidado con que por su o1dan
Ia habfan asistido
FL portero do Ia puerta del exterior pre-.
guut6 madame Georges que guerra, ' eta
le respondio que uu medic9 d. las salss de
dementes Ia habla citado para las once me-
dis, como tambIen a las peTsoaas que L.
aeompanaban; el portero le dijo que podris
aguaIdaF 81 nledico, bien en una de las cfici-
ras del estableclmiento, bien ea q grau patio
da que hemos hablado. Aeept5 TO Ittao,
apoyada ep q brazo d. ia hijo sia dsjar &c
habIar con Ia mujeT del lapidaEio, TeeoTrl0 las
oarrreras del jardin seguida de Luisa d.
tAlegris' corta distaneia.
-iCuanto ma allegro de veIes, mi amada
Luisa!-dijo Z griseta. haca N
ratio fulmos & bascaroa al lleg4r DE Bouqus-
val qaise subiT ! yuestra casa; mas mi ma-
rido" no me- dej6 diciendo que yaestls habita-
oi6n era muy alta, y TIVE que aguarasr en- el
odehe. Al tn tu4ly0 yeros por PFlmera
yez desde que.
-Desde q e fuistais c0usola9me Il
carcel. IAh, senorita ' AIegiia '!-sxclam6
Luisa ent cida que baen coraz6n /.
que -.
Hates de saber, qaesida mia dljo "a
gTiseta intefampiendo d l. hiia ds Morel, pa-
IA eyitar sns alabaL aLzas,-que ya no soy Sc
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1897-01-07

norita sAlegrfa", siuo "madama German
40 10 sabfsis adD2....
ST.. saba que -estabais. -. casada.
Pero dejadne manifestaros mi agradecimien-
to-
-Lo que acaso ignorais, nj quorida Lui-
sa-contest6 ''mauama German" interrum-
pieldo otIa Yez Ia hija del laqidario,-eg
que, i me be cassdo, 10 debo q Ia generosi-
dad del que es Ia prOvidencia De todos noso-
tros; de yoz, de Yuestra familia, mia, de Ger
man, ds madTs....
-lEI sefIor Rodolfol. .. n -. 10
bendeoimos 7odos los dfas. Cuando sah de
Ia prisi6n, el abogado que fue de su parte q
acousej jsrme d4rme valor, me diio que Sc
dabfa 81 seTIor Rodolfo el que M Ferrand-
: Ia infeliz 10 pudo pronuneiar este nombre
zin extrenecerse,-a fin De repnrar sus cruel
dades, me hubiese aseguTado ana renta mi
J otra s hi pObre padre, que esta adn aquf
ruuque. gracias 81 seTlor, Va mejor cada dia,
y Volvere hoy mismo con yoz Paris,
i So realiza Ia esperanza del mGdico Creo
que ahora es precise causarle gran sor-
press, que Ia pTesencia inopinada de las
perEouaa qaieLes tenfa costumbre de YER
antes de habsr perdido Ia Taz6n, podra reaIi-
ar su cara 10, por nj pGrte, creo que es
cosa gegura.
y 20 NE atrevo creerlo a1n, se1Ioaita.
~, Msdama German, madame German,
Luisa! PeIo, yolyiendo 10 que os decia,
lao sabGis quisn e. el senior Rodolfo?
La proVideneia de los desgraoiados.
ESQ por de contcdo -. pero zqnG
mas 2. IA VOC que no 10 sab6is. Paea
bien, o 10 v0y deoir.-Y dirig6ndoso su
marido, que Ib4 delante dando Il brazo a
madama Georges y hablando con Ia muier
del lapdarlo. exslam6:-N vaYas tn
prisa, Gsrmal, que estropeas nussEra ma
dres J ademAs me gusta tenerIe csrca> de mi.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1897-01-07
LOS MISTERIOS DE PARIS

aire del seilor RodoIfo de otro tiempo"; de
modo que me qued6 al moments tan fresco
acardandome de los alfieres que habfa pues-
70 en- mi chal, de las plumas que me habfa
eortado y de las veces que me habia dado
81 brazo por la cale
-5Y no tuvfsteis miedoa lCaramba! Yo
hGbiera temblado de pies cabeza.
-Pues 20 nada. Dsspu6s de haber reci-
bldo madama Georges con Ia bondad de IN
seraf1n, el principe di6 la mano & German,
luego me dijo sonriendo:-SQu tai yecina?
6C6mo estan papa "Gorri6n' mama era
moneta"? (Es el nombre de mis- paiaritos lis
precise ser tan amable como ell seflor Rodolfo
para acordarse de ellos.) Estoy SECURE, anadi6,
de que ahoTa vos Y German cantais porfia
con Vuestros pajarillos.-No hay duda, mon
senor.-( Madama Georges nos habfa dcho
Por el camino German mi que era pre-
elso lamar al principe monsenor.) ST. monse-
nor, es grande nuestra dicha, y nos parece
mucho mas dulce y grande, porque os la de-
bemos.-No es mi a quien la deb6is. hiia
mia, slno avuestras exce.entes cuaidades V
las de German--Et c;etera, ct cptera; me
dispense de los demas cumplimen tos Por
fin nos sopranos de aquel bnen senior con el
caraz6n ahigido, porque no volyere1nos 3
yerlo.
Nos dijo que Sc iba Alemania dsntro de
pocos dfas, y acaso habra partido va; paro Sc
haya marchado no, no 10 eoharemos de la
-iQa6 dichosos deben ser sus sdbdi
tos!
-lYa 10 creo! Cuando a nosotros, que
para el somos extrafoB ha hecho tanto bi6n.
BE me olvidaba deciros que en- aquella mis-
ma quinta habia vivido una de mis- antiguas
de prisi6n, muchacha por cieIto
muy honrada, que por dicha suya Sc habfa
encontrado tambi6n con el sefor Rodolfo,
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1897-01-07

Esta sssa admite suzcx.poloneg : so@-
clsas ds coras pos szCgegas, tA1ahlan
pzr16dioos uusgEaocs J c@ 4-oda.S, sEoaEga.I,'
dose igu@14Qs1ta de eomisioneg peEtenec1e14-
Eag 81 fsz4o; = d. cozoE-e5aE cCi&ls@4i 4itiezs
ohzsa que 80 hails.rssl Sruncas; pudiando 4os
seEoraa que as eneuonbzen en- dIcho cas-
psaar una nota de! 6i@lazo euadexno gus
nub4asan KsclDt&c.
I2ntxs los p@s4S0Isoa iLoa4g&G > q~a sa
Ca3syc 2aps~s@s .<5so<z.
la z1sI5s5l4;AC-U4S AR4I1IAuA
1Gs pcx 3 bol-azs. Is aoa g9..os.a9@ lcs r.
3oxos que a&ia1 40 xSs.Z Z982u12a, - Et,.Stto ::
nus as&s0s ; -os Xa&s.--1-aoz 2e@s.2u@ QU3 :
"a 6xs2 s3gSzsoz k&os, ex q kSzl<e.lct =
EzAe.sx 9i<aal&es,n 81 L. sn@5ta AMsr-,
il glna. / z23aps22 9.E>zoa SIS 5s~T@xEss att
la IIs5JE337rrEIE, sA<;zLI4J Al5:1.z<STIC'A
Is $685. 2s=z@s@ 50
e. SAL.@sN Egs 80 E
e,sgt...tfe7 - suz& lazas e@zra 80
/. 8. % -5s>s-
, -@:s
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1897-09-30
Good Men Coming.

Sioux Falls Argus: South Da-
kota has outgrown the pioneer
stage. Fifteen years ago many
Of those who came to South
Dakota came because thev had
failed where they we're, and they
hoped to stumble on good thing.
Some of these have succeeded,
but those who have failed, for
lack Of ability to succeed any
where, haye moved on. They
failed here for the same reason
that they failed where they left
and will fail where they are
going, because they are built for
failure and Gan never succeed
anywhere.
But the class who are now
coming to South Dakota are of
the. best farmers. They come
not because they have failed
wherc they were, bat hecause they
see ii the cheap and fertile lands
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1897-09-30
POSTAL BANKS AT WASHINGTON.
Two Interviews with Prominent Oficials
Who FavorIt.


Two Interviews with Prominent Officials
Who EavorIt.
Assistant Secretary Spaulding OF the
treasury department at Washingt ton
was interviewed on the subject of pos
tai savings banks the other day by
Chicago Record correspondent. He
said:
II do not think the government
ought TO enter the banking business in
competition with private parties, but
the postal savings bank need not do
this. As I understand the purpose of
the advocates of this system, it is to
accommodate certain small depositors
who could not in most cases reach
banks and who dissipate their small
earnings under present conditions. If
this system reaches such people it will
prove great benefit to them. Postal
savings banks open a way for insignifi-
cant deposits to accumulate and become
of appreciable value to the depositors.
in this way. In this way such banks
are an incentive for economy and in
duce thrift. Self-respect accompanies
the possession of little money, and
such a system, therefore, tends to
better citizenship, 1t also tends to
place considerable money at the dis
posal of the government which other
wise would be lost TO the government
and the citizen. 1t seems to me that
the plan ought to be worked out to
great advantage to everybody con-
cerned."
Third Assistant Postmaster-G General
Merrittsaid to the same correspondent:
"The people should be encouraged
in habits of thrift,and economy, and no
better way of accomplishing that re-
suit can be devised than. by Offering
them perfectly secure and reliable
sayings bank, where small deposits can
be placed at Interest. The habit of
economy once formed will rapidly grow
and spread. and postal savings banks
will prove a success from the day they
are established in this country
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1897-09-30
Canadian ports. That is exactly

Canadian ports. That is exactly
the class of inportations that Mr..
Elkins says the discriminating
duty was intended for. The
attorney general also holds that
foreign goods shipped from other
than British possessions in British
vessels are not subject to the
discriminating duty. Senat 0 r
Elklns, who was in Washington
when the attorney generals opin-
ion was made public, said 81
shall introduce as soon as con-
gress meets a joint resolution to
abolish the bonding privilege and
| believe it will pass. This would
divert a large amount of traffic
from the Canadian Pacific rail-
road to our own railroads. /
thought that we had aided our
railroads by section %, and | am
willing to bear all the odium that
may be attached to the framing
of that section. / do not care
how heavily it is loaded upon my
shoulders. The opinion virtually
makes section % a dead letter,
and no discriminating. duties will
be imposed, without further ac-
ton on the part of cnogress.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1897-09-30

of this state an excellent oppor-
tunity to make money. They
come because they know there is
more money to be made on land
than can be bought for $40 to $50
an acre than on land that is worth
500 an acre. They bring with
them some capital, much knowl-
edge of farming and a willingness
to work. They belong to the
permanent vanguard; the men
who come to a state when it has
proved its worth and who come
to stay
This week the harvest excur-
sions brought in many settlers
and homeseekers. Speaking of
them, as a class, George Jackson,
the conductor of the Illinois Gem
trail, which brought in six car
loads, said:
The class OF people who went into
South Dakota today are the finest lot
of homeseekers | ever saw. | have
been carrying such gatherings almost
ever since immigration commenced
and | have never seon such a splendid
lot of men in any year. They evident
ly have meney. and they are bright
fellows who will know a good thing
when they see it. The addition of
these men TO the population OF the
state will be u blessing to the whole
northwest. Sometimes the immigra-
tion has not included any considerable
proportion OF practical farmers, but
was made up largely of those who
do anything else. Today's contingent
are evidently experienced agricultural-
lists, and they will make a SUCCESS
where the other fellows will fail be-
cause they are failures anywhere"
The men who are now coming
are welcome additions to our pop
ulatlon because they come here
with the determination to succeed
and because they will succeed. A
few thousand of these men will
quite change the business situa-
ton in this state.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1897-09-30
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent.

From Our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Sept. "a, 1897.
"There will be no trouble with
Spain unless it be deliberately
and without real cause brought
on by the Spanish government,
said prominent member of the
administration while discussing
the cock and bull story of an ulti-
matum having been sent to Spain
by this government, which came
via Paris. Continuing this gem
tleman said LAS a matter of
fact the instructions given to
Minister Woodford, a copy of
which he doubtless left with the
Duke of Tetuan when he was re-
ported to have delivered an u1ti-
matun to him, were entirely mild
and concilatory in character and
there could be no real reason for
Spain to take offense at them. :"
The trouble about that "ultina-
tum" story is that it was alto
gether too premature. The Nc
Kinley Cuban policy is to first try
persuasive and peaceable methods
of bringing about peace in Cuba
with the consent and assistance
of Spain, but if those methods do
not accomplish that purpose,
there isn's the slightest doubt of
his intention to use stronger
methods, even to the extent of
force, if necessary. The war in
Cuba is depriving the United
States of a trade of more than
50,0O0,000 year, and it has got
to be stopped, either with or
without the consent of Spain.
According to Senator Elkins,
who claims to have been a joint
author of the section in question,
the construction placed upon sec
ton "a of the tariff law, imposing
discriminating duties, by the
opinion of Attorney General Nc
Kenna, which unques ito b y
represents also the opinion of
President Mckinley, is directly
opposed to-. what those who
amended the wording of that
section of the bill while it was in
conference intended. The attor-
ney general says the discrimin-
atiug duty is not to be imposed
upon importations from other
countries which come through
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1897-09-30
A Mass Convention.

Pursuant to a call signed by Fred
Boterman, there assent bled in Hurley
last Friday fifteen Or twenty citizens
of the county who were opposed to the
election of Judge Smith. The crowd
was called to order and d. Dwyer was
placed in the chair and f. f. Hanford
elected secretary. Delegates were then
elected to the judicial convention, at
Yankton, as follows: j. FL. Shurtleff,
Sam Tjaden, F, Boterman, A. B. Sage,
S. NJ. Goodhope, j. HI. Gallagher, A.
E. Rundell, Saml Lindsay. E. j. Odell,
M. ]. Bloom, Ell. p. Sorenson, John
Wolff, Sell Smith and John Heirigs.
When it was suggested to one of the
leaders that the convention instruct
its delegation to support Judge Smith,
and thus make him a non-partisan can
didate, he replied that Smith was on
the wrong side. In other words it was
anything to beat the republicans. 1t
won't work, however, and their scheme
is too thin to fool any republican and
is.repudiated by even democrats.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1897-09-30
Bryan and His Passes

val Troy IN. " Press: The
Omaha Bee publishes fac-simile
on of the letter in which William ].
hen Bryan made application for free
:. railroad pass from Sacramento,
CAL, to Portland, Ore. Bryan
sifd had previously travelled from Og-
ge4 den to Sacramento on a free pass.
4 Bryan defends his application by
, saying that he asked for the pass
- on the ground of his connection
andE with the Omaha WOrld-Herald.
AS Bryan's position as an editor
of the World-Hera1d's staff ex-
pired last year, he claims the free
ll5s. transportation by virtue OF own
are ing a few shares of stock in that
lingE paper, and on the papers adver-
Inc tislng contract. The business
- : manager Of the World-Herald
The says that it has no advertising
saw contract with the Southern Paci-
en'sg tic road and had not been print
ant. ing any OF that roads advertising
49, matter.
, IN This is the man who, although
no he travelled to the Chicago COM
on yention on free passes, insisted
ner. with great flourish on paying
lal the fare of himself and wife on
zantI the return trip, and who, during
his presidential canvass, called
sevcrybody's attention to the fact
tate that he was paying his way and
to his contention that no one was
bel entitled to special privileges from
obsr the sailroads. Now as a capital
u list, a sfockholder he.asks favors'
rug of a railroad company.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1897-09-30
South Dakota Farm Lands.

elopA Slty - ~
ported that there is great activity
among those who would purchase
farm lands in South Dakota.
Desirable farms are being sought
and the prices are going up in
sympathy with the increased
demand. Farmers who already
own land are planning to ex-
tend their cereal acreage next
year and to add improvements to
their property.
At first blush this might be set
down as due entirely to the inf1u-
ence of dollar wheat, but as there
was a strong tendency in this di-
rection in South Dakota before
the present wheat boom set in,
other causes must be considered.
Of course, the prevailing high
price of wheat is encouraging to
South Dakota farmers as we'll as
to those OF other sections, but in
a vigorous young state which IS
not half through growing the
effect of abnormal market condl-
tionS is not the same as III older
ones which have seen a more or
less full development of their re-
sources. In the case of the latter
the normal advance1n values year
by year is hardly perceptible, and
there will certainly be a full re-
action from any sudden advance
from causes other than normal.
A Wisconsin or Illinois or Ohio
farm which under average condl-
tlonS is worth $50 an acre and
which advances to 500 under the
stimulation of dollar wheat af-
fords its owner a good opportun-
ity to sell at a pronounced
advantage to himself, for the
price is sure to fall to $50 again
or perhaps lower, with the return
OF abundant crops and low prices.
But the same is not true of South
Dakota farms. Their natural
advance in value during the past
year is far greater than that
which is caused by present mar
ket conditions. In an instance
where $40 an acre has been
added recently to the price of de-
sirable farm lands in that state
it is probably safe to say that So
of the advance would have oc-
Cured in any event; and suppos-
ing the normal advance to be
that tignre---or any other, keeping
the same proportion mentioned
lit is reasonably sure that an
other like advance will take place
next year and the year after.
Farming in South Dakota has
many years yet in which to de-
velop, and each year will record
increased value Of land. Future
prospects are grand and prac-
tically unlimited. How, then,
can any farmer IN the state
whose object is to possess a per-
lnanent and satisfactory home af-
ford to sell on the advance shown
this year? This is no doubt the
view taken by majority of the
farmers, for there does not appear
to be any eagerness to sell.
Anxiety to make deals in South
Dakota dirt is about all on the
side of the buyers at present.
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