The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1900-08-04
BRING MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS INTO DAKOTA
Machines Busy Threshing Out the
Grain Of a B%ountiful
Harvest.
WOMEN DO WORK IN The FIELDS
Fair Damseis Volunteer Their Ser.
Vices Owing to q Scarcity of
Laborera =. Hobocs Wnnt
Big Wages and Pie.

Sioux Falls, S. d., Aug. 1.-The
ears of the people of the South Da-
kota towns are constantly greeted
these days with the Shrek of thresher
engine whistles, al the ponderous ma
chimes pass laboriously through the
streets on the way to the rural
regions to begin the work of thresh-
ing out the grain which will, during
the next few months, bring millions
Of dollars into the state.
II some few localities threshing al
ready has commenced, but In the
greater portion of the state it will not
begin until the latter part of the pres
ent week or next week. Wheat har-
vest is completed in the southern and
central portions of the state, and is
nearing completion in the northern
portion. Many localities report u
shortage of harvest hands.
Scores of South Dakota's fairest
damsels have come to the rescue by
volunteering for work in the harvest
ields, and are rendering valuable as
distance by driving header boxes and
IN other ways.
During former years thousands of
men came to the state each summer
rom the states to the southwark for
The purpose of procuring work, but
This year the influx has been compar-
ltively small, due probably to the un-
5nsuaully good crops in Kansas and
Nebraska and the vast amount OF
work there for all who wish it.
Many Of those who have come to
South Dakota, as was the case during
former years, are genuine hoboes who
ire not seeking work, but who prefer
10 lie around the smaller towns in the
Hheat-growing sections and prey up
On the men who work when they go
10 the towns after receiving their pay
Tor the purpose Of having a good time
md brief respite from the labor of
he harvest fields.
Owing to the shortage of help the
farmers in n number of localities are
offering as high as $3.50 per day for
men to help them through the busy
season which confronts them. In
an endeavor to relieve the stringency
in the labor market II. NJ. Eddins, of
Groton, t~elegraphed to Minneapolis
for 200 harvest hands, but was in
formed that men were very scarce, al
though every effort would be made to
supply the number wanted. Thus far,
however, they have been very slow III
appearing.
Mcpherson county, which is settled
largely by Russians, has a very poor
wheat crop this year, and many of the
farmers have gone to surrounding
counties which were more fortunate,
and have hired out as harvest hands.
This has somewhat relieved the short
age in these particular localities. Some
amusing stories are told of the expert
cnccs of farmers with the hobo ele-
ment which accompanied the influx of
harvest hands.
One farmer who observed a number
of the gentry lying in the shade in
the outskirts of a town approached
the group and stated that he wished
to hire several men. He asked them
what wages they would expect, when
the spokesman of the party replied
that they could not think of working
for less than $3.50 per day, and that
in addition their employer would be
required to furnish a guarantee that
they would have pie for dinner every
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