Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-04-26

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Campbell, Of Huron, was elec.eu 80
dent and w. S. Hill, OF AAeAa na
vice president; a treasurer W.
named at the next rnee'ihs
r. mnhel was also made s~uperlntehu-
49, ~ Grounds and Mr.. Hill VIII be III
,haree of the horse and cattle depa,,
sant and Mr. Peterson, Of Vermlll-
ion will be superintendent OF the
swine and sheep department. super,
tendents for other departments WIZ
also be named at the meeting 10
he held there April 80, al "hlci.
time contracts for the erection Oh
n number OF new buildings Will NC
let Among the buildings proposeo
Is y new agricultural hall; an addltloh
IN the woman's building; a poultry
building, four hog barns, TWO sneep
barns and two cattle barns. Inc
buildings now or the GROUNDS VIII
also be improved.
The work of grading the remalnlns
norton Of the Missouri rlVer-blaen
Hills extension of the chicago a.
North western railroad again is IN run
swing, and is being pushed as rapiuls
as hundreds of men ana Teams d
push 1t. 1t is stated that the coliliac-
tors having one section OF the "olN
will have the grading between Nowlin
and Philip completed soon, whlch
Will give the tracklaying crew ciear
Ealing to a point just east or the
Philip townsite. Three crews are at
work on the mile and one-half OF un-
finished grading between the fhilP
postoftice and the townsite.
It is confidently expected that an
grading east from Philip will be COM
pleted by May / and that by that time
rails will be laid to Philip, making
everything complete for the runnln
Of trains by the time stated.
Another appropriation MADE by 1ne
legislature has given the author1tles at
the state university great satisfaction.
This was the appropriation for ex-
tending the Improvements already De-
gun on East hall, the young ladies'
dormitory. 1t will be remembered
that a sufficient amount Of money was
received from the insurance on the
old West hall to make somewhat eX-
| tensive repairs on the other dorml-
tory. The addition made by the leg1s-
| lature will enable the new building TO
be carried up three full stories and to
provide in the new portion hospital
accommodations in cases of severe Ill
| ness. This has been an improvement
long needed and will prove a welcome
addition to the accommodation Tor
young ladies When completed. as
it will be early in September, the &C
c~ommodation of East hall will be fully
doubled.
The school land lease books from
the different ountie are all in, and
show that the leasing for this year
will bring a greater evenue than FOL
any former year. Day county shows
the highest lease price for any single
tract at 81 an acre for n section 81
grazing land; and Brown county
shows the highest averages ovef"th
lease minimum set by the state board
most of the leases from that COUNT
going at higher figures than the lmi'
fixed, and practically everything II
the county being taken. The lease re,
turns from west of the river show az
increased demand, and While a lot O.
it was taken, there appears to hav'
been an agreement that there is We
plenty for all in that section and Their
was no bidding higher thar the mini
mum.
A dispatch from Pierre
that the members of the new capito
building commission left that plac'
Saturday on a trip which will frs
take them to the Black Hills. The.
will inspect the sand stone OF Ho
Springs and other parts of the Hills
Later they will go to Sioux Falls ant
inspect the jasper of that section. /
suggestion is found in the Pierre dis
patch for the use of Sioux Falls jas
per for the basement story and tn
Hot Springs sand stone for the re
mainder of the building. This sugges
ton is all right. but it is the genera
impression that little if any South Da
kota material will &c into the ne'
building.
The people of Lyman county ar
showing a desire to take advantage c
the new law in regard to range stocl
and are circulating petitions In tha
county to present to the county com
missioners asking them to call a spe
cial election to submit to the people
the county the question of free rang
The farmers are getting to be NOR
and more numerous, and while mos
of the stockmen do all in their powe
to keep their stock from annoyin
their neighbors, a few of them al
charged with running their herds owe
the growing crops at every opportu
nifty, and the feeling is very strong /
that county.
One of the examples of anti-rac
suicide was exemplified when tn
family of Joseph Serbousek arrive
from their old home in Iowa to local
on the Sully county farm recent
purchased by Mr.. S~erbousek. TIL
mother arrived accompanied b
twelve children, and two of the Chi
dren did not come along. With a fe
such families the population of Sui
county will show a change which wi
make the school fund apportionmer
spread out mighty thin over tn;
county.
Tit most interesting and signifca,
features of the stock meeting hel
last week al Rapid City and also
Belle Fourche are the signs that tt
great cattle men are being crowde
out by the homesteaders, and tt
great question facing those who ow
large herds is that of a suitable rang
In former years the association w;
engaged in a discussion of topics
interest to men whose stock roame
limitless acres, and who had no col
Germ as to where their stock wouI
feed.
Lyman county papers call attentic