The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1903-11-26

Total ...................,....... $50 900
While corn Is the second product in
total value, the 1903 crop shows an I
increase Of about thirteen and half
million bushels over the crop of 1902.
st tho rate corn Is being increased in
acreage, the prediction that corn will
be king In South Dakota within a few
years, seems TO be reasonable. Tho
total production Of new wealth for
1902 was sil9,9i9.u0O. The increase
Of nearly S27O00,00O Of this year is
sufficient answer TO tle dcTogatory re.
ports about the state that have ap.
pearcd within the last fortnight
Perhaps a stronger argument In
favor of the state is shown In an eX-
animation Of tho bank deposits. In
July, 1901. South DEkOta banks had
deposits amounting to ,OUO.uUOOp.
on July /. 1902, these amounted To
100000, 10000. and on July I, 1903, TO
S32 900. 100000.
In addition to TIRE money In corn.
wheat and the gold Of the Black Hills,
which has been termed the richest
one hunured 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 Ave
figures. say that raising cattle Is the
only business In the world for which
n man can borrow his entire capita.
II is a fact that South Dakota banks
are glad to heln any honest. industri-
Gus young man. who comes well recon-
men1ed for his commercial integrity,
In cattle business and accept his cat
tic as collateral. A banker of lps.
wich told your correspondent that 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 e
| Prentis near Vermillion. S. d., was
one of the interesting features Il the
| above mentioned trip. Lee & Prentis
ere the largest cattle breeders In
| south Dakota. They exhibit with some
| pride among their valuable short.
| horns, two.year-old helfer which re-
| Gently took sweepstakes over the win
| ner Of the sweepstakes at 1902 Inter.
| national Live stock Exposition at chi.
cago Other shorthorns have just re-
turned from very victorious tour
| ariong interstate aud county fairs.
winning eight nrst prizes mt Sioux
| City. eight at Yankton and six at
| Huron. There are other stock farms
| I'm the state that show bloOded cattle
not far behind these prize winners.
A large number of the farmers and
siockmen. as well as a 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
| H. h., tngt tn
| duce the Mitchell Corn Palace as the
Soutn Dakota exhibit and visitors to
st. Louis will have an opportunity to
see building Ii0 by 100 feet. the ex-
terror OF which will he entirely con-
structed of corn.
Like other South Dakota towns
Mitchell Is showing considerable pros.
perity and enterprise this year. The
cornerstone OF the $4,000 city hall
was laid last week: the walls OF n
$4,000 hotel to be built of stone and
steel are up above the first floor: n
Carnegie library has been built at n
cost OF $1b O0O. and p score OF smaller
buildings are under construction. and
improvements and pavement of streets
are under way. As an especial reason
for such 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
lively campaign by which they cx-
pect to securJ the capital In Novem.
Der, 1904. The reproduction OF the
Mitchell Corn Palace at the st. Louis
Exposition is regarded as big card
In their favor.