Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-03-16

-nYEYEeYNh2D AL"
Coy Etrod has issued the following
aupeal 10 the people OF South Dakota:
In my mail Wednesday, morning
there came a Very touching letter Ironl
u philauthrupic lady In an adJoihlie
state, saying that she was asking the
governors Of all the states to call al
teutiUu to the famine IN ia
pan.
The Christian Herald. of New YORK
City. is receiving subscriptions ana
a few days ago telegraphed SIo'VOu
10: starving Japan. In the issue o.
that paper of Feb. - they publish the
| following words from President Eoose-
veiL.
THE famine situation in northern
| .I,,uttD Is proving much more serious
| than at FIRST supposed. and thousands
Of p,rsuIIS aye IA the verge OF StafNa-
ton. IL n d calamity such as may &C
CttsluuislIy befulI any nation Nations.
like men. should stand ever ready TO
aid each other in distress, and ap-
peal to the American people tu help
from their abundance their suffering
feluwmen of thu great and friendly
nation Of Japan
For sey erall consecutive year - South
Dakota has r-aped bourrtiful harvests.
LIZ ! 1 A'' A+-N -" IF
tribute q little OF their savings 10 help
this great work Of relief
suggest that one In each Cumrtu-
nifty take il upon himself to solicit
subscriptions and forward the same
to the Christian Herald. New York
City: or the contributions may be sent
to this office and they will De receipted
for and forwarded to the proper au-
-huriues.
cLat+ L;rI.q rU1uuIssIuuer bach uas
returned from his trip TO the northern
cnncties gf ths STATE fvT the purpose
Of appraisins state school lands winch
will be offered this mouth The low
est price fixed for lands in Brown
County was 81 an acre, and the high
est appraisement was S42 an acre.
with an average at about s2o for he
county. In Faux County h lowest
appraisenent was at So an acre, ana
the highest SIS, with an average or
about SIS for the county. For HYDE
County the lowest appraisement was
sl2, and the highest $40, with an aF-
erage of about s14. The appralse-
ments in the highest $40, with an aV-
craze of about s14.- The appraise-
worthy Of comment when the 1act rs
taken into consideration that in 1900
many quarter sections in both counties
were transferred at one dollar an
acre. with q standing joke that when
a purchaser made a deal he needed
TO watch the papers TO see that not
more than one quarter was included
in the deed to get rid of the n /
|
Doane Robinson has been collecting |
a few figures to show that climatic
conditions at Pierre are not so much
different from those of other capitals
The observation show the averages
fer a period of five years and cover
the capitals Of twelve states, reaching
from Albany. N Y, to Pierre h
rainfall for the GRO months OF the
wear is shown to be 1914 at Pierre, IA
inches at Albany, N. Y; los inches
at Bismarck. IA inches at Harris
burg. Pa, l3.4 inches at Madison.
Wis, and cunning from these figures
up to 22.6 inches at Dies Meines. The
annual m-ovementof wind in miles Tor
the year show Pierre at 60,1S3: Madi-
son, Wis, 81 1874: with Albany. In
dianapoiis and Atlanta very little less
than Pierre, at about s4,0OR. fnolcaf-
ing that ake winds are bnf hfue
| ron than those OF h eastern
| states. Pierre leads all but Bismarck
in the number of clear days, with IS3
| per year, and is far ahead of most OF
| the capitals on that score.
The Januar report Of the vital sta.
! tistics bureau is out, n in 1t Superin-
tandent Robinson expresses his graft
| tication of the workings of the law
! it to the advantage of the
county officials of this state in COM
parison with those of adjacent states.
The record is for S69 births, the larg-
nm
month since the bureau was organ
lied. The deaths numbered 31S, pneu-
monia taking the greatest number
/ of victims, with 29; tuberculosis and
heart failure each took 81, cancer Is,
and diphtheria g. The marriage rec
ord is 3S8. all couples of average age
with the exception Of John Brant and
Sarah Peterson, of Belle Fourche, in
which the ages of the parties were "A
and 20. F~orty-nine divorces were
granted for the month, of which num-
| Der only IA were TO actual residents OF
the state. There were 167 naturaliZa-
tons. practically all of which were
from temperate countries
Secretary Robinson, OF the State
Historical Society. has received from
Z. E. Griswold. of Minneapolis. a large
package of papers published in the
| territory about 1850, including sam
| pies of publications which were con-
tinued through the blockade of the
winte of 1Ss0-1- when the publishers
made use of anything in the shape OF
| paper which they could cur Some
| OF them are on wrapping paper of diff
ferent shapes and quality. and others
| on wall paper In fact, anything
which could be used for paper was
called into reauisition 20 fill the needs
of the OCCASION @ Il
| -aS
sRtds sHl be opened 81 the 18th
| March for the construction of a new
brick building at the Indian school at
! pierre. This building hen complet-
ed will greatly increase the capacity
| Of the school. which has been COM
| peeled to turn away pupils for several
years on account of lack Of room.
j. c. Coleman. a negro preacher ut
Oil City. Pa, who has been In eorrc<
sponeenoe with people In Pierre.
writes that after Investigation or the
homestead sections OF the country In
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