The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-12-14
he Annual Report Shows Very
Prosperous Conditions
Prevailing.
a IMPROVEMENTS
New Railroad Extensions Under We,
and the Large Amount of Public
Building Gives Promise of
Another Prosperous Year.

state historical society presents the an.
Tual review of the progress of the state
OF South Dakota for the year 1905, pre-.
pared by Secretary Doa Robinson.
The report in part is as follows:
The distinctive feature of the yeas
has been the action of the Chicago,
Milwaukee and st. Paul, and the Chi
cago n Northwestern railways in pre-
pairing to extend their respective lines
across the state. For twenty-five years
the western terminals of these lines
have been at the Missouri river, at
Chamberlain and Pierre, respectively,
and no effort has been made to extend
them, or otherwise bring the two ends
of the state into convenient commune
cation
After the harvest the Northwestern
railway announced its determination
to extend its line from Pierre to Rapid
City. Construction was begun upon
both ends of the extension and upon
a temporary bridge at Pierre, and it
may be confidently predicted that the
review OF the state, 4 year hence, can
record that the long separated nds OF
South Dakota are united by two great
railway lines.
The Milwaukee railway has also ex-
tended the Armour branch, a distance
OF about thirty miles, directly north
from Armour, and has constructed a
me from Madison to Sioux Falls.
Belle Fourche Project.
Only second in Importance to the rail-
Toau extension is the great Belle
Fourche irrigation project under tho
erection of the general government;
More than $1,000, 600 is being expended
under the provisions of the reclamation
law and more than 100, 600 acres of fer
tile land will come under the Belle
Fourche ditch.
h legislature authorized the con-
structlon of a wing of a capitol build
ing TO cost not more than $3.50, 900, the
plan to be a portion of a structure
winch when completed should cost not
more than $500, 900. The funds for the
structure to be derived from the sale
OF state capitol lands. AT this date
the proceeds of sales aggregate $45, 600
The foundation of the east wing al
the capitol building has been completed.
State Building Erected.
The legislature also made provision
Tor a mechanical laboratory at tho
Northern Normal and Industrial school
at Aberdeen, which has been completed
Several exhibition buildings for ths
state fair, which has been permanently
located at Huron, and for an exhibit
llOu DullUlnS 1Of the state live Stnrl.
show, at Mitchell.
for the insane has been com
pleted during the year and the infirm-
airy Tor men is nearing completion.
Provision was also made for the erecl
tlon OF a large factory building at the
and the installation of a
snlrt making plant to employ 100 men.
Yankton has occupied the fine fed
eral DOStOflce bIljIdjur which, I,. boo,
under construction for the past two
years. The federal postofice and court
mousse at Pierre is enclosed and the
DeadWood building is completed to the
lrst story. More or less important ad-
iltiollS nave Deen made to each of the
Indian schools.
lankton county has completed and
occupied her splendid new court house.
taulk county has q court house under
construction. Several high school
buildings have been erected during the
ear and some fine churches and opera
louses; OF the first the Congregational
md Catholic churches at Yankton and
he Methodist church at Brookines are
most notable.
Flood at Fort Pierre. ;
The only noteworthy disaster which >
las fallen upon the state during the
ear was the great FLOOD upon the
or Bad river, which resulted in
he destruction of a portion of the city
t Fort Pierre on July 9. The flood !
5as the result of several days Of inces-
ant rainfall, which washed away the
ans in the interior, constructed by the {
northwestern Railway company to pro- I
water along the drover's trail, {
he water arose with surprising rapid I
y, to a height before undreamed of. l
light persons lost their lives by drown-t {
lg eighteen residences We're washed, I
way into the Missouri river and many
Tiers wrecked, CODED and ruined. $
A great prairie fire swept through, I
ne western portion of Brown county a
n November 15, destroying a vast !
mount of property, estimated to be c
'orth' a half million dollars. 2
In 1903 South Dakota shipped to
larket 1886 car loads of stock. In,
904 this was reduced to 1920 car
ads. In 1905 it again increased fhmostj
, the figure Of 1903 the total for this {
re for the last fiscal years of the,
threads, ending with most of the roads,
July 1, and with others Septem-
The Acreage of Wheat. c
Our estimate of the wheat crop OF Z
)O4 published in the review Of the
rogress Of the state last year was r.
bushels. The actual figures
II that crop as shown by the census u
ken last May was 24,1SS,132 bushels. ).
he census shows hat there were q :
'4,1S4 acres harvested last year. The
acreage this year is about the
lme. From hat 1 have seen and
armed | conclude hat the average
cid this season is fifteen bushels per
or a total of 43,11O,OOO bushels. re
his has averaged the producer IS m
nts in the local market making the "
due of the entire crop $2S, 021.500. &C
The following is the total value OF W
e agricultural and mineral produce Il
ons of South Dakota for 1905: tr
heat. 43, 110,OO bushels. % oe1 5no w
81, 615, S72 bushels * All 7SJ In
AZ, 0G0,0 900 9450t mo
lrley, 2O,000,00 bushels....... AMMAN !,
eltz, 5000. 600 bushels. i s6'0Ho =
asalon,' l,uo'tNo pHshels........ $4,000
q = aaliu ~ 1,S00,G 600 w
';a.oes, Saluen ana Iruit........ 1880 eco
10y 9uust 1000, 090 !,
80 anu pouiuy .......-......... $500, 0G0 !,
y 14,5O0,O 600 ad
s.osh q, 100000 fir
~ % ilt ~ .4........-.... $4,000 ce
,,ar oU ohs ..:.......-....... a,0O an
iiais 100000 In
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