Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-11-12

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leys this season. 1t long has been he
boast of the fruit rover Of that part
Of the state that there was no rich
er fruit country in the northwes thar
the valleys of thai part of the state.
The truth of this boast has been DEM
onstrated by what has been accom-
plished this season by the various
ruiz growers of the region. AS an IL
lustration, the case of Joseph Wells.
who resides in a fertile valley near
Spearfish, may be cited. Wells q few
days ago marketed the last Of this sea-
sons apple crop. While no
record was kept of the total sales,
Wells states that his products was
about 1000 boxes. each Of which con-
tanned one bushel. The boxes were
manufactured by Wells himself, and
he worked up 5000 feet of lumber in
the making. Although quite aged, he
is an expert, and was able to turn out
from Is to SO of the boxes per day on
an average. Wells has 800 bearing
apple trees in his orchard. The loss
from storms and other causes was re-
markably light this cal.
The election of officers at the state
teachers meeting in Lead was the
chief interest Tuesday. Prof. Cook, of
the Spearfish normal school, and A. A.
Mcdonald, superintendent Of the Sioux
Falls schools, We're nominated for
president, but Cook withdrew in favor
Of Mcdonald, who was chosen. Miss
Nina NJ. Ashoff, of Aberdeen, was
made secretary, and Joseph Swenson,
Of Parker, treasurer. Huron was Sc
lected as the next meeting place. One
of the most popular speakers of the
convention was Mrs. Hattie Moore
Mitchell. of Drake university, Des
Moines, Ia. Nearly 100 teachers were
present at the sessions. One of the
most interesting features was the ad-
dress of DR.. Luther H.. Quick, of
Brooklyn, president of the National
Fairgrounds association, who made 4
strong plea for this feature of a child's
development. Deuel. county, which
last year won the loving cup for the
largest delegation present, is after it
again.
Figuring from the reports of the
Northwestern Railroad company,
something over 10000 new settlers
and residents nave entered the north
western part of the state during the
present year The reports only cover
up to August L. To that period the
road carried into this section 600 full
carloads of household furniture. AS
each carload represents a family and
the average number Of persons in q
family is four, that would give 2,64O
people. The Pierre line brought 542
carloads Of goods for families, which
figuring the same way means nearly
1900 people. Added to these figure!
are the numbers Of families who en-
ployed but half OF part Of a carload
the estimates bringing the grand to.
tai over the ten thousand mark an6
this figure is being constantly swelled
month.
Government surveyors, who have
making a resuryey of the forest
reserves in Harding county, hav
their work on the Cave
Hills reserve and while they have
changed the line in several places.
they have not materially changed the
area OF the reserve. By their changes.
they a opened some Of the tracts in
the original reserve, to settlement, and
have included other tracts which were
open, within the boundaries Of the re-
The new land taken in its most
ly rough, and not valuable for agricul-
tural lands, while hat set out was
more adapted to agriculture. The
other forest reserves in Harding coun-
ty will be re-surveyed and changes in
are probable in both Short Pine
and Slim Butte reserves.
Unusual honor was accorded to Gen.
H. H. Beodle, Of Madison, in return for
many years labor in behalf of edu-
in South Dakota when the South
Dakota Educational association unan-
adopted a resolution which
urges the erection Of a statue Of him.
The association named the following
to see to raising the neces-
sary funds: Gov. Wesley, Hans Ustrud.
M. NJ. Ramer, Of Pierre; Doane Rob-
inson, Of Pierre, and G. G. wenzelaff,
Of Springfield. The convention closed
it's sessions with the largest attend
ance in the history Of the association,
and enrolment Of 7e4. The program
was closed with an address by Booker
T. Washington.
President II. K. Warren, Of Yankton
college, who Is one Of the commission
by Gov. Wesley to prepare a
revenue bill for presentation to the
next legislative session for considera-
ton. said that the commission APP
pointed had not yet held a meeting
and probably would not do so for some
time, but that he was reading up on
the subject and that the other mem
5ers were doing the same.
Deadwood Is to be made a distribut.
ing point for all offices in South Da-
kota west Of the Missouri river. Two
Of postal materials a been
shipped from Washington and the
Deadwood office will carry a $4,000
supply for the outlying sections. This
move is made to do away with the
former practice of registering sup
plies to Individual offices which has
cost the government a heavy outlay
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