Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-03-21

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has an abundance of cheap umber and fuel
in the forests and mines of the Black Hills,
which will soon be available in all portions
of the state, and prices will be materially
reduced on both. The Chicago, Milwaukee
and st. Paul and the Chicago and North
weastern railroad companies are each build
ing over the Missouri river-the former at
Chamberlain and the latter at Pierre-and
each have extensions on the other side push
ing toward the Hills. TIL Minneapolis
and st. Louis is building toward the river
and will cross at LaBeau and go to the Hills
this year. When these three roads are COM
pleted, the lumber and fuel problems of all
South Dakota are solved.
THE STATE SCHOOLS.
Educational affairs are prosperously
progressive. The higher institutions are
constantly raising their standard of require
ments and increasing their enrolment of
students. This is true of both the state and
sectarian schools. The common and high
schools of the state are doing excellent work.
South Dakota has at present a school fund
of $4, S07, 5S7.OS, the income of which goes
to the support of the public schools of the
state, pro rata, according to the number of
children of school age, which amounted last
year to 1857 per child. In addition to this
the state owns 2, 1888, O19. 70 acres of school
lands the income from which goes to the
schools of the state. These lands are stu
ated in all the counties of state and are leased
at public auction annually to the farmers
for grazing and hay lands. A bill is pend
ing in the present Legislature withdrawing
them from sale. The present minimum
price of these lands is $40 per acre, and in
some counties the authorities hold them at
over 800. The state has an excellent state
university, an agricultural college, a school
of mines, four normal schools. Nearly all
of the churches have colleges in the state in
addition to the state institutions.
DAY COUNTY.
When all things are considered Day
county presents to the homeseeker or inves-
tor more Inducements to locate than other
sections of the state. No station in this
county is over a twelve-hour run from the
st. Paul and Minneapolis markets. The
Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul railway
have three ines of road in this county-the
Hastings and Dakota which, when the new
extensions are completed, will be a part OF
the main line from ST. Paul to the Pacific
coast; the Madison line, from Bristol south
to Sioux City, the Harlem line, from And
over to Harlem, N. d. This company has
always given the best of service and there
have never been any complaints in this sec
ton about the shortage of cars for transport
ing crops, fuel or other necessities.
Located in the northeastern part OF the
state, near the Minnesota line, was one or
the first counties to be settled. The water
supply is abundant and of the best quality.
Wells can be secured at a depth of from 10
to 40 feet. While the water is hard, it is not
alkalyed. The soil, for the most part, is a
heavy black loam, with a grey mari or clay
sub-soil. The climate is mild and pleasant,
the summers are not very hot and the win
tiers are not severe, and makes this an ideal
place to live the year around. The people
OF the county are educated and intelligent
and take great interest in schools, churches
and every advance movement. The popu-
lation is made up of Americans, Scandina-
vians and Germans principally.
Horses and cattle do well here, but it is
necessary to have protection for cattle from
the most severe storms of winter. But
horses need no protection.
There is no better place to raise hogs as
cholera has never been known here.
There are twenty-five dealers in regis
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