The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-12-15
SOUTH DAKOTA HAS
INCREASE N wealth
The Annual Report Shows Very
Prosperous Conditions
Prevailing.
NOTABLE IMPROVEMENTS
New Railroad Extensions Under Way
and the Large Amount of Public
Building Gives Promise of
Another ProsperousYear.
NOTABLE IMPROVEMENTS

Pierre, S. d., Dec. 12.-PurSNant to a
custom inaugurated with it's birth the
state historical society presents the an
nual review of the progress CT the state
of South Dakota for the year 1905. pre-
pared by Secretary Doane Robinson.
The report in part is as follows:
The distinctive feature of the year
has been the action of the Chicago,
Milwaukee and st. Paul, and the Chi
cago and 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 communi-
cation.
| After the harvest the Northwestern
railway announced it's determination
to extend it's line from Pierre to Rapid
City. Construction was begun upon
both ends of the extension and upon
temporary bridge at Pierre, and it
may be confidently predicted that the
review of the state. a year hence, can
record that the long separated ends 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
line from Madison to Sioux Falls.
Belle Fourche Project.
Only second in Importance to the rail-
road extension is the great Belle
Fourche irrigation project under the
direction of the general government.
More than 100000 is being expended
under the provisions of the reclamation
law and more than 100000 acres of sei;s
tile land will come under the Belle
Fourche ditch.
The legislature authorized the con-
struction OF wing of a capitol build
ing to cost not more than $15O,00O, the
plan to be a portion of structure
which when completed should cost not
more than $500,0 The funds for the
structure to be derived from the sale
of state capitol lands At this date
the proceeds of sales aggregate $45, 900.
The foundation of the east wing of
the capitol building has been completed.
State Building Erected.
The legislature also made provision
for mechanical laboratory at the
Northern Normal and Industrial school
at Aberdeen, which has been completed.
Several exhibition buildings for the
state fair, which has been permanently
located at Huron, and for an exhibi-
tion building for the state live stock
show at Mitchell.
The splendid hospital building at the
asylum for the insane has been COM
pleted during the year and the infirm-
airy for men is nearing completion.
Provision was also made for the erec-
ton of large factory building at the
penitentiary, and the installation of
shirt making plant to employ 120 men,
Yankton has occupied the fine fed
eral postoTice building which has been
under construction for the past two
years. The federal postoffice and court
house at Pierre is enclosed and the
Deadwood building is completed to the
first story. More or less important adj
ditions have been made to each of the |
Indian schools.
Yankton county hos completed and |
occupied her splendid new court house.
Faulk county has a court house under
construction. Several high school |
buildings have been erected during the |
year and some fine churches and opera |
houses; of the first the Congregational |
and Catholic churches at Yankton and |
the Methodist church at Brookings are
most notable.
Flood at Fort Pierre.
The only noteworthy disaster which
HAS Iallen upon the state during the l
year was the great flood upon the
Teton. or Bad river, which resulted in
the destruction of a portion of the city
of Fort Pierre on July g. The flood
was the result of several days of inces-
SAINT rainfall, which washed away the
dams in the interior, constructed by the
Northwestern Railway company to pro-
vide water along the drover's trail
The water arose with surprising rapid
ity, to a height before undreamed Of
Eight persons lost their lives by drown
ing eighteen residences We're washed
away into the Missouri river and many
others wrecked, flooded and ruined.
A great prairie fire swept through
the western portion of Brown county
OH November Is, destroying a vast
of property, estimated to be
worth half million dollars.
In 1903 South Dakota shipped to
market 1886 car loads of stock. In
1904 this was reduced to 1920 car
Dads. In 1905 it again increased almost
10 the figure of 1903 the total for this
year being 33,144 cars. These figures
are for the last fiscal years of the
'ailroads, ending with most of the roads
on July l, and with others Septem-
The Acreage Of Wheat. ID
Our estimate of the wheat crop of
l904 published in the review of the S
progress of the state last year was G
"a, 100000 bushels. The actual figures {
aiken last May was 24,183,132 bushels lie
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