The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-09-21

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of the 9Th:
Railroad men are prophesy ing
that when the new North Western eo
tension to the Black Hills aud the
Milwaukee extension westward from
Glenham, S. D., are completed, the
twin cities will draw q tremendous ira
vel from both line \ The Hastings
Il Dakota division tr aims of the Mil
waukee road which is to be the Pa
cific coast extension, ,now require three
sleepers nightly to take care of the
tr affic west bsund and the return busi-
ness. The North Western road took
out three sleepers yesterday for the
Lead and DeadwOod country, and
sold all the upper berths. These con.
ditions are indices of the amount OF
business that is being done westward. -
There is proof and more proof
coming up every day that South
Dakota is the best state in the
Union in which to live. We
have lots of fresh air, hot and
cold, but we all live; rains and
drouths but get crops, and so it
goes on down the line. The
latest evidence is in the shape
of a report from Pierre on vi
tai statistics. During the year
ending June 80, 1906, there were
$3.50 births in the state-5. O66
males and 4,7O3 females, an
average of 22.4 to the thousand
population. There were SO, 333
married women under the age of
As years, 1873 of each 1000 of
these women gave birth to a
child during the year, and there
is an average of 35 children to
each family.
There were 3,644 deaths dur
ing the year. an average Of 8 3 to
the thousand population. The
chief causes of death we're:
heart disease 322;; pneumonia,
295; tuberculosis 27O; old age,
254; cancer 13O, and typhoid rs.
OF the total number of deaths,
268 were from violent causes,
43 drowned, 80 suicides, 5 mur-
ders, % by horses, Is in railroad
accidents, 22by burns, 7in mines,
! "a by gunshot, the balance un.
classified. The average age at
death was 33. tuberculosis 27O.
an average of 58.6 to the hun
! dred thousand, against 202 in
the registration of the U. S.
There were 4,141 marriages in
the state during these months.
The youngest girl was II, boy 5;
oldest man 20 aud woman II
years of age. 508 divorces were
granted, but only 152 fthis mum
Der were actual South Dakots
residents. 1854 men made de-
claratlon in the state and 539
| were granted citizenship papers.
/ All but 226 of this number came
/ from Mort thern Europe or Canada
The Herald reporter was talk
1 ing with Mr.. John Roth recently
about current affairs when the
conversation was turned to the
changes that have taken place
/ in the northwest during the last
few years. Mr.. Roth said: "Yes,
it is evident to everybody,
| that climate conditions are diff
ferent from formerly and are
changing every year. There
are various opinions as to the
cause Of this-the majority Of
the people believing it to be the
result OF the changes made in the
settlement of the country, the
breaking Of the soil, trees grown
and many other reasons. What
ever the cause may be it has its
advantages in other ways. o.
late years mucn rain has fallen
where : few years ago drouth
was the main dread Of the farm
Ter. Then wheat WAS the/real
article growu-cOrn Was practi
cally unknown. The farmer hao
inst such live stock on his farm
e was necessary. Tame grass
could not be successfully grown,
The last few years have made .
| radical change In all Of this. The
| acreage Of wheat is . half or less
of what it used TO be. Corn il
raised by every farmer. Tame
4 grass - now successfully cult
| waited. Flax, rye, barley and
macaroni wheat al play % i'm
p0rtant part In the successful
farmers field. Farmers who
formerly threshsd from the
!. shock, stack all their grain now