Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-06-08

erected the first sugar factory In the
United States, has sent a large guam
pIty OF sugar beet seed to X. + wal
tiers. engineer in charge or Tue recit-
nation work at Belle Fourche. MT.
Rewick has recently received a snip
ment of this seed from ana
has sent it west with the request that
IT be distributed among twenty 1arm-
ers in the Belle Fourche,
and Spearfish valleys. These farmers
must have irrigated land and must
nIedee themselves to plant and Guilt
vate one-half acre each according &c
directions. In September Mr.. Bewtck
and an experienced chemist will ana
I'VE samples from each farm TO as
certain the per cent of saccharlne mat
ter. Mr.. Bewick has been looking
over the ground at Belle Fourche with
the view to establishing a beet sugar
factory. and this is the first step in
his direction.
The Indians on the Cheyenne River
reservation are again at their ROAD
work for the summer, about 500 or
them being employed this year. me
are paid in cash at the END
of each month, and for May ABOUT
$4,000 will be paid, while the pay
ment for Jule Is eSllllldtcu a. 2iN'''"'
For the year ending July l the total
amount paid to the Indians for ROAD
work will be $50, 900. This is paid TO
them in lieu of government rationS,
the workmen waving that bounty
when they go to work, and while some
of them were slow to make the change
It worked so satisfactorily from the
beginning that the number OF work
men is continually increasing. Ihls
work gives the Indians ready cash
with which to purchase supplles'
which they spend where they please.
and puts them in line Of earning their
living by labor, and at the same time
places a fine system of highways all
over the reservation.
While sheep shearing has begun in
a few nocks on the range. most of that
work will be done through next
month. While wool buyers are APP
pearing on the Pierre market. they DO
not expect to secure anywhere nearly
so large a clip from this part of the
state for this year as they have in past
wears. The high prices paid FOR sheep
last year were too great a temple
ton to many flock owners, who looked
upon the situation as about high tldo
in prices and let go. and as a result
more than 10O,0 900 sheep were shipped
from the ranges of western South Da-
kota last fall. which will materially re-
duce the clip for this year. Prices are
satisfactory for this season. many OF
the flock owners contracting last fall
to deliver his years clip at above 20
cents. and the situation look as II IT
would be another profitable year to
those who held their sheep last year.
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The school board of Pierre has 70,
the past five years been obliged To
wrestie with a circus during com
mencement week. When the gaudy
posters are put upon the bill boards
the pupils are in a flutter. and the
first attempt to carry through Inc
commencement went down
before the elephant and the circus
ring. and since that the day has been
given to the children and the COM
mencement program changed to meet
the occasion. This year the board anu
teacher were in hopes their plans
would go through without interrupt
ton. but a circus was billed for two
DAVIS before the closing exercises. As
it was long ago given up as a hope
less task to hold the pupils in school
for such a day another change fas
been the day for their enjoyment
when the circus comes.
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Fort Pierre will have a big Fourth
of July celebration, with representa-
lions of the waning wild west. Ihere
will be roping, rough riding n an
indian battle. Last year Pierre gave
way to Fort Pierre. which had MADE
| elaborate preparations for the occa-
sion, but the town was fooded, and
a large part of the population was
homeless on the morning or the
Fourth. Again Pierre gives way 10
the town on the west side of the river,
The report of the. bureau of vital
| statistics for the month of April,
which. has lust been completed, shows
75s births and 329 deaths, pneu-
monia being the most fatal, with Al
deaths; heart failure being next with
36: tuberculosis, IT: accidents, 1b;
cancer. 13, and suicides, 9. There
were 267 marriages and 81 divorces
five of the divorced couples being resi-
dents of the state and 81 non-residents.
There were PSI naturalizatfons.
Pa-ie-ko-wa. an old Bad River In
dian. who is credited with a century
of life, tells the white settlers in that
section that this country mas In the
past gone through periods of about
thirty years Of wet seasons and thirty
years dry. That one of the thirty
years of wet seasons has Just begun,
and the new settlers can be assured of
a number OF years Of good crops.
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A large number Of Conversational
Indians from the different Dakota res
ervations congregated at Oahe last
week and held mission meetings. In
dian and white missionary preachers
were present from all the agencies
along the Missouri River. from Santee
to Standing Rock, and with their
families made a grand camp meeting
holiday OF the occasion.
Quotations on range horses are de-
cidedly different from what they were
a few years ago. Not long ago horses
were practically given away in the
country west of Pierre. At present
sales are being made at from $3.50 to
$500 q span for range bred horses. and
sales Of individual animals at be-
tween $3.50 and 1900 each are not
rare.
Gov. Elrod has appointed Geo. A.
Ludlow, of Sioux Falls, as a commits
sioner Of the soldiers home board, vice
Chas. A. Marshall, deceased.