The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1901-07-05
FOR STATE
An Illinois Man Has q Kind Word for
South Dakota When He Returns
to HiS Home.
Clerk Wallace Reports to the Board That
There are 1000 Children ofSchool
Age in Mitchell.
The Sheriff Will Have Charge Of the COL
lection Of the Delinquent Personal
Taxes.
GOOD WORDS FOR STATE.
GOOD WORDS FOR STATE.
An Illinois Man Makes Tour of
the State and Speaks Very
Highly Of Its Conditions.

A marked copy of the Polo, ILL.,, Visit
tor WAS received at The REPUBLICAN
Office which consained very hsttering
interview with DR." More, who passed
through this section recently while look
ing over the state. A statement of this
kind in an illinois paper does great
deal of good, M it is presumed that the
gentleman il not biased in what he
says. The following il the article In
the Visitor.
DR.. More returned Saturday from a
two weeks visit TO SCUM Dakota. He
reports great development since his
last visit there seven years ago. The
people nave turned their attention 10
STOCK farming. Creameries are devel-
oping u large production of butter
whlcn commands highest prices. The
native grapes give frmer texture,
luciOus flavor and better keeping quali-
W Than tame grapes.
The mortgaged lands that we're
abandoned during the depressing times
have passed into the hands of the loan
companies and are now being rapidly
solo TO parties from Iowa, Illinois, Min
nesOta and WlscOnsln who are not ad-
venturers but farmers who buy the
land for permanent occupancy. Stock
raising IL no longer An experiment.
Those who know the capabilities of the
soil and climate in Dakota are selling in
northwest Iowa and with their capital
doubling the area of ownership in
South Dakotx. Cheap lands there will
soon be = matter of history. The corn
belt will be- extended northward by
xcclimatlzation OF the people. Now
good years give, with proper culture,
25 to so bushels to the acre
The nrJesian reservoir reached in
Beslle county at about 800 feet is being
utilized for stock, and for irrigation to
some extent, when needed, by punctures
OF two inches 1T the bottom and three
1t the top. The gush from the large
holes WAS found to be too much of q
good thing. 1t flooded everything If
allowed to run, and if the flow vas
checked the we'll was liable to clog.
The smaller hole gives gushing
spring that can be utilized on any farm
and keeps itself clear. The water is
palatabie for domestic use.
The cost of such we'll is we'll within
reach of the average prosperous farmer
and beats windmill by long way.
The doctor says he does not regret
his Investments in South Dakota and
only wishes his faith in its future and
means for investing had been larger.
AS Dr.. Moro had an important part
in framing the plan in the state consti.
tuition for utilizing the iberality of
Uncle Sam toward the public schools
he regards with great satisfaction and
tinge of seif.congratulation the fact
that South Dakota has now q perma-
nent school fund according to the re-
port of the commissioner of school
and public lands for 1900 of 81, ,333, 623. 20
and the grand area OF school lands has
hardly been touched. The average
price at which they have been sold
since the admission of the state is Sl4
per acre. The price at which the
proper authorities appraise the lands
for sale rises each year.
The secretary OF the normal school at
Madison told DR.. More that the sum
finally reached from the sale OF school
lands would swell the permanent school
fund to $40, ,000 600, and perhaps more
The school fund by constitutional
provision is to be invested in loans to
farmers, state bonds or U. q. bonds at
per cent. The amount already accumu-
lated with other causes has lowered in
terest from 10 per cent to the rate at
which the school fund can be borrowed.