Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-10-15

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Rye ..:......-.,.."...... L5Oo.OVt 6sp.ooo
1--we STOCK ...,,..'.,......t..,...... SzVV.Wp
Dairy and crsamery. ...,,...n...,. 100000
Legs and poultry .................. 100000
nay ..'..s..:. .......................... lsWp,VO
Wool and hides .............., 10000
Garden products and fruit ....... 100000
Minerals. stone and cement.... i2c0o.Oo0
Total .......................... .Sl4s4 900
While corn is the second product in
total value. the 1908 crop shows an
Increase of about thirteen and half
million bushels over the crop of 1902.
At the rate corn Is being Increased In
acreage. the prediction that corn will
be king X South Dakota within a few
years, seems to be reasonable. The
total production of new wealth for
1902 was $119,949,00 The increase
OF nearly $27.000,000 OF this year is
sufficient answer to the derogatory re-
ports about the state that have ap.
peared within the last fortnight.
Perhaps stronger argument in
favor of the state is shown in an ex-
animation of the bank deposits. In
July, 1901. South Dakota banks had
deposits amounting TO $4,000, 100000:
on July I. 1902, these amounted to
100000, 10000. and on July |. 1908. TO
$4,000, 10000.
In addition to the money In corn.
wheat and the gold of the Black Hills.
which has been termed the richest
enc hundred square miles In the
world. there is good money in South
Dakota cattle. Men who have come to
South Dakota without money. and
who now count their dollars with FIVE
figures, say that raising cattle Is the
only business In the world for which
q man can borrow his entire capita
1t Is feet that Scuth Dakota banks
are glad TO help any hcnost, ,ndustri-
Gus young man, who cones well recon-
men led for his commercial integrity.
in cattle business and accept mis- cat.
tie as collateral A bani.- OF Ups.
wich told your corresponds. hat dur
ing twenty years of such loans he had
not lost one cent and he could name
by the score young men who had Sc
cured from South Dakota banks the
price OF their first rerd of cattle.
A visit TO the cattle ranch Of Lee C
Prentis near yermillion, S. d., was
Cne Of the interesting features Il the
above mentioned trip. I es & Prentis
ere the largest cate breeders in
south Dakota. They exhibit VIII some
pride, among their valuable short
horns. a two-year-old heifer which re-
1tly took sweepstakes over the win.
FER OF the sweepstakes at 1902 Inter.
national Live Stock Exposition at Chi
cago. Other shorthorns have just re-
turned from a very victorious tour
among Interstate and county fairs.
winning eight first prizes at Sioux
City, eight at Yankton and six at
Huron. There are other stock farms
in the state that show blooded cattle
not far behind these prize winners.
A large number of the farmers and
stockmen. as well as majority of the
South Dakota editors have been In at.
tendance at the Corn Palace at Mitch.
ell during the last week. The South
Dakota Commission to the st. Louis
Exposition has Just decided to repro
duce the Mitchell Corn Palace as the
South Dakota exhibit, and visitors to
st. Louis will have an opportunity to
see building 40 by 100 feet. the ex.
terror Of which will he entirely con-
structed Of corn.
Like other South Dakota towns.
Mitchell is show ing considerable pros
perity and enterprise this year. The
cornerstone Of the $4,000 city hall
was laid last week; the walls of
$4,000 hotel to be built of stone and
steel arc up above the first floor; q
Carnegie library has been bull. At q
cost of $4,000. and score of smaller
buildings are under construction. and
improvements and pavement OF streets
are under way. As an especial reason
for gach q fine showing at this time,
the last legislature OF South Dakota
agreed to submit to voters of the state
in November, 1904, the question OF
moving the state capitol from Pierre
TO Mitchell. The people Of the latter
town, backed by goodly number Of
those in the most thickly populated
portions Of the state east OF the Mis-
souri, River, and in the Black Hills,
who will find Mitchell more accessible
than Pierre, have already under way
a lively campaign by which they ex-
pect to securo the capital in Novem-
Der. 1904 The reproduction OF the
Mitchell Corn Palace at the St. Louis
Exposition is regarded as big card
ia their favor.
Dolls are often seen displayed In
the cottage window of Servia. Trav-
elers are informed that they are put
up as a sign TO announce to wayfar-
ers that manageable daughter
dwells in the house.
In Surinam the thermometer aver
ages rs degrees. and in winter it is
only half degree less.
Thirty years is the average age of
an ostrich and the annual yield of
bird In captivity is from two to four
pounds OF plumes.
In the prisons of Great Britain
neither male nor female convlcts are
permitted TO see mirror during the
period Of their Incarceration.
The largest oak tree in Indiana
was lately cut down on the farm OF
Joseph NJ. Johnson, near Amora. AT
lie base 1t measured six and half
feet In diameter. 1t yielded $3.50 feet
of lumber
man never knows what he can't
do until he tries.
payin' attintion till the trusts?" Il
am that" do yez think they're goln'
to swallow up the country" 81 had me
suspicious. But I've been lookin' at
the map. There's wathermelons in
George, an peaches In New Jersey,
an California pears on the Pacific
Coast, not to m.ntion the mineral pro-
ducts. such as coal. iron. copper lead,
an prairie dogs. An I've concluded
that any wan trust that tries ty swal-
low the intire outfit Is In line fur o.
the biggest attacks iv indigestion on
record"