The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-12-14
The Annual Report Shows Yer,
Prosperous Conditions
Prevailing.
NOTABLE IMPROVEMENTS
New Railroad Extensions Under Wa
and the Large Amount Of Public
Building Gives Promise Of
Another Prosperous Year.

OF South Dakota for the year 1906. pre-
pared by Secretary Doane Robinson. :
The report In part Is rs follows:
The distinctive feature OF the yeaS
has been the action OF the Chicago
Milwaukee and st. Paul. and the Chi
cage and Northwestern railways I'm pre-
pairing TO extend their respective lines
across the state. For twenty-five years
the western terminals OF these lines
have been ut the Missouri river. ut
Chamberlain and Pierre. respectively.
and no effort has been made to extend
them. or otherwise bring the W ends
OF the state into convenient communi-
cation.
After the harvest the Northwestern
railway announced it's determination
TO extend It's lire FROM Pierre To Rapid
City. Construction was begun upon
both ends OF the extension nnd upon
n temporary bridge ut Pierre. n II
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
or about thirty miles. directly north
from Armour. M has constructed "a
line from Madison TO Sioux Falls.
Belle Fourche Project.
only second In Importance to the rail-
road extension Is the great Bcllo
Fourche Irrigation project under thu
direction OF the general government,
More than 1000. 600 Is being expended
under the provisions of the reclamation
law and more than D 1000 acres OF fer
stl. lwn1 tsEtl - aNstsr the IRlla
Fourche ditch.
The legislature authorized the con.
struction OF n wing OF "A capitol build
ing TO cost not more han $4,000, tho
plan TO be "A portion or "A structure
which when completed should cost not
more han $500. 900. The funds for the
structure to be derived from the sale
OF state capitol lands. Al this date
the proceeds OF sales aggregate $4,000
The foundation OF the east wing OF
the capitol building has been completed
State Building Erected.
The legislature also made provision
for n mechanical laboratory Mt tho
Northern Normal and Industrial school
Mt Aberdeen. which has been completed
Several exhibition buildings for thu
state fair. which has been permanently
located Mt Huron. and for nm exhibl.
ton building for the state live stock
show. ut Mitchell.
The splendid hospital building at the
asylum for the insane has been com.
pleted during the year and u inhrm'
airy for men is nearing completion.
Provision was also made for the erec-
ton of "A large factory building mt tho
~pcnitentiary. and the installation OF n
shirt making plant To employ 10 men
Yankton has occupied the I'm fed
cral p~ostofice building which has been
-. a. rttggEaa for the nnNl two
years. The federal p~ostofice n court
house ut Pierre IN enclosed and ths
Dcadwood building Is completed To the
first story. More or less important ad'
dltIons have been made To each OF the
indian schools.
Yankton county has completed and
occupied her splendid new court house.
Faux county has a court house under
construction. Several high school
buildings have been erected during the
year and some nnc churches and opera
houses: OF the FIRST the Conversational
and Catholic churches at Yankton n
the Methodist church at Broohings are
most notable.
Flood at Fort Pierre.
The only noteworthy disaster which
has fallen upon the state during Ia"
year was the great :laod upon the
Teton. or bad river. which resulted IN
the destruction OF "a portion of the Guy
OF Fort Pierre on July 3. The Hood
was the result OF several days OF inccs-
SAINT rainfall. which washed away the
dams I'm the interior. constructed by the
Northwestern Railway company To pro-
vide water along the dTovcr's trail
The water arose with surprising rapid
ity, 20 a height before undrcamcd OF.
Eight persons lost their lives by drown
ing eighteen residences were washed
away into the Missouri river n many
others wrecked. flooded and ruined.
A great prairie fire swept through
the western portion OF Brown county
on November Is. destroying n vast
amount OF property. estimated TO be
worth n half million dollars.
In 1908 South Dakota shipped TO
market 1886 car loads OF stock. In
1904 this was reduced To 1890 car
loads. In 1906 II again increased rinost
10 the figure OF 1903 the total for this
year being 33.1ii ears. These figures
are for the last fiscal years OF the
railroads, ending with most OF the roads
on July /. and with others Septem-
The Acreage Of Wheat.
our estimate OF the wheat crop Of
1904 published I'm the review OF the
progress of the state last year was
sIl5O.OOO bushels. The actual figures
for that crop ms shown by the census
taken last May was 24.lh3.lS. buHhclS
The census shows that there were 3
S7I.lS4 acres harvested last year. The
total acreage hts year is about the
same. From what ] have seen ana
learned I conclude that the average
Weld this season Ia fifteen bushels per
acre or n total az f3.llO,000 bushels
This has averaged the producer o.
cents i'm the local market making the
value OF the entire crop SeS.02l.5O0.
The following IL the total value OF
the agricultural and mineral produc-
tIons OF South Dakota for 1905:
u.a,, A. I Oo bushels. ......S %Osi.sO
go, Z, Az - bushels. ......... Eisi.7Gl
&c.. 40 go 90 bushels . AEM.na
800 cp 40 bugholR..... GArlOOr
Sp.itg. h.Wo.wo bushels ............ l,&1ut
1 i09aD ushciH. AglUGl
Iaa- ,,1 -. lNN.tu
Potatoes. garden and fruit........ $3.50
| nnlrN Ernhucla ...............t... NWNWa