The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-07-23

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years before the river is back in it's
old channel. The Missouri River
Navigation congress meets in Yank-
and we would, suggest that one
Of it's principal acts should be the
adoption of a memorial
to congress asking that immediate
steps ibe taken to prevent any further
encroachment of the Big Muddy on
Dakota soil or any other out
side of it's present channel.
The current issue of the Saturday
Evening Post contains an interest
ing article upon the manner i'm which
European farmers utilize barren
spots on their farms, hillsides and
which are uncultivated with the
,plow, and places where the soil is
not sufficiently rich to justify crop
ping by the planting of fruit trees
and Of chestnut orchards. The fer
tility of the soil of the United States,
unusually rich as it is, has in many
places become exhausted by unset.
entific methods of farming. The
Americana farmer, however, is too
progressive to permit a waste to
go on beyond repair. Sooner or later
he will profit by the experience OF
the farmers of the old world, and
will take up the task in good earnest
of conserving the natural resources
of the country. The government is
accomplishing a great deal i'm, arous
ing interest in the subject, and South
Dakota is doing its share in loanine
one of its most distinguish ed citizens
Prof. N. II. Hansen Of the State Az.
ricultural college, to the government
for expeditions ITO Europe and Asia
in search of new plants and trees
calculated to add to the agriculture
wealth of the nation.
The war department has had it;
attention called recently to an un.
usual. citizenship cas- 1t is that Of
an enlisted man of the coast artil-
lery corps. He came to this country
in 1903, at which time he declared
his intention of becoming a citizen
of the United States, and gave his
residence as Brooklyn, N. Y. He en-
listed In the army and since 1904,
has been employed on a vessel en-
gagged in planting mines. The yes
sci Is now at San Francisco, where
he applied for completion of his nat
uralization, but the application was
denied on the ground that service in
a mine planter could not be con-
sidered residence in the United
States. As the war department. has
no jurisdiction in naturalization
cases 1t will lbe mp to the courts OF
New York to decide this interesting
case.
The new lands which have been
reported by the various land Offices
OF the state to the state auditor for
assessment this year. will add ma
terially to the real estate list to ibe
assessed, and will increase the val
uation between SIS, 900, 1000 and
$40, 000, 900, as the lands reported
are in counties with assessment val.
ues running from 81 to $12 an acre.
All OF the different land offices OF
the state report a total loss OF S;63s
quarter sections to be added to the
roll. This increase. with that which
will come with increases on lands
assessed in past years. will place the
real estate assessment Of the state
at more than 5000, 100000 this year.
To wreck a home is q serious Of.
Tense. To lead q wife and mother
.astray Is q black-hearted crime, and
the criminal deserves severe punish.
ment. But suspicion and gossip art
not proof. Even the confession o.
one Of the parties q not conclusiys
as against. the other. for c~onfessioni
are sometimes ;obtainead by terrorism
or promise Of forgiveness. whichscon'
Tess to more than the truth. II on,
OF the accused parties is shot dowl
In has tracks without an opportun
1ty Of defense Of explanation. til.
murderer 10 not entitled to The ben
;eit which might accrue to him l
the guilt Of the&victim were abso
!lutely proved. The danger OF ad
mittinS the so-calied sMnwritten law
60 defense an murder cases n no
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