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while corn is the second product Ii

while corn is the second product In
total value. the 1903 crop shows an
increase OF about thirteen and n half
E.illion bushels over the crop OF 1909.
Al the rate corn Is oein. Increased In
acreage. the prediction that corn Will
be king In South Dakota within few
years. seems to be reasonable. The
total production OF new wealth for
1870: was Slls.9t9.c00. Tho Increase
OF nearly $4,000. 900 Of this year Is
sufiicicnt answer To the derogntory rc-
ports about the state that have ap-
penrcd within tho last fortnight
Perhaps . stronger argument In
favor OF tho state ~ shown In nn ex.
animation OF tn. bank deposits. In
uly. 1901. South Dakota banks had
deposits amounting to $4,000. 10000:
on July ]. 1909. these amounted To
$50 ZOO. 10000. and on July !. 1903. 70
81. 1000. 10000.
In addition to the money In corn.
wheat and the gold Of the Black Hills.
which has been termed the richest
one 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 dve
figures. say that raising cattle In tho
only business In tho world for which
q man can borrow his entire capita.
II II . fact that South Dakota banks
arc glad to help amy honest. indnstri-
ous young man. who comes well recon-
mcnicd for his commercial integrity.
In cattle business and accept bis 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 namO
by the score young men who had Sc
cured from South Dakota banks tho
price OF their nrst tcrd Of cattle.
A visit to the cattle ranch OF Lee 4
Prcntis near vcrmiiiion. 8. D., was
tnc of the interesting features u tho
above mentioned trip. Lee & Prcntis
ire tho largest catt.c breeders In
south Dakota. They exhibit WITH somo
pride. among their valuable short
horns, n two.year.oid h"'fer which re-
entity took sweepstakes over the win
ner Of tho sweepstakes Mt 1909 Inter
national Live Stock Exposition at Chi
cago. Other shorthorns have just re-
turned from very victorious tour
among Interstate and county fairs,
winning cigh. first prizes Mt Sioux
City. eight mt Yankton and six at
Huron. There are other stock farms
In the state that show bloodcd cattle
rot far behind these prize winners.
A large number OF the farmers and
stockmen. as well rs majority OF the
South Dakota editors have been In Mt
tendance at the Corn Palace ut 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 us the
South Dakota exhibit. and visitors to
st. Louis will have nm opportunity to
see a building 140 by 100 feet. tho ex-
terror OF which will he entirely con.
structed OF corn.
Like other South Dakota towns.
Mitchell is showing considerable pros
pcrity 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: q
Carnegie library has been buiis at a
cost of SIS 900, and a score of smaller
buildings are under construction, and
improvements and pavement OF streets
are under way. As an especial reason
for such a 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 n 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 ex-
pect to secura the capital in Novem-
ber. 1904. The reproduction of the
Mitchell Corn Palace at the st. Louis
Exposition is regarded as a big card
in their favor.