The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-10-04
HORTICULTURE THE
BASIS OF WEAlTI
;. A. stransIsy TslIs Farmers Of Che
Mix County that South Dakota
Land 10 the EQUAL Of iowa's.

tttt tAftutft Oh tu3fttt MIA county
tcrday ut the opening of the coun
vclopment OF the northwest, and
pcciaily South Dakota. eliminate
politics I'm his half-hour address n
Sfransky In q great optimist and h.
for n quarter OF a century been xtriv.x
for the advancement OF the state. ID
AN the past ten years has become ~
states biggest advertiser and iaht
owner.
Mr.. stransky opened his address with
few preliminary remarks. conKratu
iating the people OF Charles Mix ful
their thrift and enterprise. Mr.. stran,
sky said I'm part:
Agriculture n the basis OF ali wealth
and they who tn tho SOL feed the world
You who are here today are farmcr-rl0
nccrn. In some other state many OF YOU
ancestors were pioneers: hardy. courag
cous men and women are you and 30 wer,
yoar ancestors. In fact. but n few mlei
from where we now are assembled. "
Clark. commissioned by that great states
man. patriot and scholar. President JET
ferson. made the white mans first trlI
sebss p pna ana oysr n UNI 70
or the northwest, embracing all OF Wash
.rgton. oregon. Idaho and parts OF othel
states. From these Adventures and fort
une hunters went back awful tales OF san.
claims. where the parched lips OF ma
found no welcome water. where the onl
bird was the swapping owl. and the SPAR
vegetation was full or deadly rntticre. w
tnow today their stories were an muc
Exaggerated as the sailors stores Of m6
fnalds and sea serpents.
Wealth Ia IN Agricultural Product
! am speaking TO you IN agricultural =
tlc. and 80 you are. and south Dako
fcuitural state. Some refer TO South I
kltn as cattle state or a mining sts
Why. do you not know that the vaiue
pfoducts y greater than tho animal
mineral productions together. and that
combined Held. garGsS and orchard M
dpcts for one year would equal the
almost dccaaeY And Il we look Into
future when much OF the land now b.
tahen up by farmers Is put under cult
ton. the agricultural productions OF
voting state battle your .mgginations. IA
You are to be- congratulated today Il
you reside In South Dakota. You arc
be congratulated upon your enterprise
cstsblishing and maintaining cou
sdusative value. The spirit OF rivalry
the iroduction OF a better grain. or o
larg,g yield; OF a better hog. horse or .
puts The mind OF every competitor at "
and II must be remembered that all pr
rcss has It's origin. plauFand working
In thu mind Of man. Go to the farm
Prize winner at the county fair and
will zee evidences Of thought and thr
And when you meet upon these grou
and exchange ideas: when you meet N
who have thought uDon different lines
str.veti for different ends. YOU cScha'
IDEAS With them, you absorb. as u "
and they from you. and you 30 TO
farms mentally broader and better q
you wire when you came. your spirit
determination awakened; you have b
nA hafferrI fsss A ali
influence Of association.
Dakota just as 0ood as Iowa.
Hundreds are pouring In now TO
lands beyond the Missouri. while we
largely recovered from the effects OF
drought twenty. years ago while our ais
grand state OF Iowa has suffered two
I'm parts OF the state three droughts IN
same time. yet land east OF Hawardci
selling t,r more than land Just as 8,
west OF Il In Dakota There " no rcR
auctions are concerned. for we equal
excel them Ia all these. If the Iowa
could be moved 10 Montana. any acre
South Dakota subject 10 tillage. would
closed deal involving $4,000. Had
Iowa land no better. the same acres wo
have sold for three times the amou i.
When these facts are fairly known,
We have IN the past borne the burden
n heavy local tax. A large part OF
has been fer educational purposes. and
pay urErulgingiy 10 sustain the sch
our children In discipline and learning
have accumulated large school ~
which " lcfscning our taxes: and "
that our many thousand acres OF unE
arlly. Withdrawn nom sale. and rented
held for higher prices which arc SURF
come. believe the rent In the future
exceed the : per cent. interest on
ftfpHa al OhfoieN ha anla
from y TO 20 per cent. could be annua
added TO our future school fund by
sourse. But In any event our school n
II a legacy we bequcath TO posterity, i
IL nm incentive 20 anyone seeking a 10
ton I'm n new state.
Where can you find n more health
slimate than South Dakota7 You can,
yniiSa twenty ysars ago ne Sop ns nt 10
long their lives a few months have h
active farmers ministers or teachers NJ
a few months after their arrival.
As 20 soil. variety and quality,
quantity OF production. your booths
barns testify here today In n silent
guRgc more eloquent than my tongue.
pies, piums. berries. wheat, barley. Ct
ons are but a part OF the list OF agris
turnl products: while your farm stock
never e"ua'cd hv state 40 Young /
ours, our stability and progress II pro
by the fact that we have had no b.
failures In i've years. and We are br 3
Ing more railroads than any other ets "A
Nowhere else I'm our broad land can
man cultivate so many acres and prod 4
40 much ~ so small an outlay OF Ia III 4
and capital Beneath us lies n lake OF Il
pxhaustible water ready 10 send up n
pctual fountain " only tapped: all ~ Y
for the use OF a man OF ingenuity. thr
and thought.
$50 AN ACRE FOR DAKOTA Lam !,
Huron. ~, D.. Sent 2S-Thp lnrc =
price yet paid for South Dakota la II,
was yesterday paid TO II. o. RIchar
OF this city, for his $500 acres ran +,
near Forrcsburg. Sanborn county, d =
consideration being $4,000 or $50 II
acre. The purchasers OF the large trg u !
OF land are members OF the HuttH
ische- Brnder-Gcmelnde society. ca ,
mhn-Russlnn organization with hea&
quarters NJ olivet. Hutchinson coun&
The Richards ranch IL one OF al
finest I'm the state and the buildings a
modern and complete. while the ioc&