The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-12-07
PROGRESS OF SOUTH DAKOTA IN 1906
Year Of Real Prosperity Abundant Crops and General Happiness
Extensive Railroad 9vildina

CLERK OF courts at Fort PleTre.
Opening for settlement, subject to
proclamation of president, $3.50 acres
of land off of west end of Lower Brule
reservation.
Appropriating ten acres of land for
cemetery for the Scandinavian Lu-
theran congregation on the Little Mis-.
souri, in Butte county
Creating Battle Mountain reserva-
ton, at Hot Springs sanitarium, to
contain five and one half sections OF
land.
Increasing the endowment of the ex-
pertinent station $4,000 for current
year and $4,000 additional each sue
ceeding year until annual endowment
shall be $4,000.
New postoffice buildings:
Lead, $4,000.
Mitchell, 100000.
Watertown, 100000.
Yankton, additional, $4,000.
For equipment of Battle Mountain
sanitarium for sick and disabled sol
diers and sailors, $19O,00O.
For improvement at Indian schools:
Chamberlain, $4,000.
Flandreau, $4,000.
Pierre, $4,000.
Rapid City, $13,650.
'-or artesian we'll for benefit OF
phton Indians at Lake Andes, $5,-
CDecial appropriation for Hiawatha
insane asylum for insane Indians at
Canton. for the care of the insane from
Indian Territory, $25,000.
For water system and improvements
at Canton, $1,000.
The Sisseton claims case, for the
purchase price of their Minnesota
lands under the treaty Of 1851, was
reinstated in the court OF claims.
In addition a large number OF pri-
vate pension bills were passed In the
interest Of citizens of this state.
Federal Buildings.
The postoffice and court house build
ings previously provided for Pierre
and Deadwood have been under con-
struction during the year. The Pierre
building, built of Indiana limestone, IL
now ready for occupancy and the
Deadwood building is about ready for
the roof. The latter is built Of Black
Hills sandstone.
The New Capitol.
Under the provisions of the act of
the last legislature the capitol COM
mission, consisting of Gov. Elrod Sec
retary of State Wipf, Auditor Halla-
day and Land Commissioner Bach, Sc
cured plans for a complete capitol, and
by contract constructed the foundation
for the east wing, rsing nl-tive boulder
granite for the purpose. they had sold
sufficient quantity Of the capitol
building land to, in their judgment, JUS
tify them in letting the contract for
the erection of the east wing, and TO
that end advertised for sealed bids, to
be opened at the governors office
April g. The bidding was open to the
world, but upon the date OF the pro-
posed bid opening an action, seeking
a writ of prohibition, was beguK
against the caoitol commission by Mr.
w. B. Davenport, on behalf of the citi-
zens of Sioux Falls, on the theory that
under the specifications of the plans
auartzite granite of the Sioux Falls
ouarries, would be unable to compete
upon equal terms with Indiana lime
stone The writ was denied by the SUI
preme court, but the agitation for the
use of South Dakota stone in the build
ing became so pronounced that the
board determined to let that question
be determined by the incoming legis-
lature, and therefore suspended build
ing operations for the season. The
sum of money requisite for the con-
struction of the east wing, as stipula-
ted in the statute, has been secured
from the sale and rental of capitol
building lands.
immigration.
The immigration Of the year has
been considerable and consists princi-
pally Of homesteaders and those seek
ing business. opportunities in the new
towns 1t is almost exclusively Ameri-
can, no perceptible amount of foreign
immigration having come into South
Dakota
The Labor Question.
The matter of securing labor at liv-
ing wages to carry on the extensive
enterprises under way as we'll as to
do the ordinary farm and house work
continues to be the most perplexing
problem confronting South Dakotans
In every way development is limited
to the number of men available for en-
ployment and year by year the situa-
ton becomes more difficult and an
nOying. For some lines OF farm
work, as dairying, it is not possible to
hire help at any price. Hired men alb
solutely. as rule, refuse to milk
cows.
Sanitation.
ContempOraneOus with the scandal
relating to the Chicago packing houses
in the early portion of the summer,