The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-11-05

that Of medium to high. The loves
point is the northeast corner of tn
state. Big Stone Lake, 965 feet aboy,
sea level, while 100 miles south O
there altitude reaches 1000 feet
100 miles west, 1900; the great vale,
OF the James river between these two
last points ranges from 1900 to 1,3Ot
feet, while in the Black Hills an ex
IRENE heighth of 1900 feet is reached
at the top of Harvey Peak in Custer
county. Her towns and cities vary in
altitude above sea level from l,l5l
feet for Vermillion in the south and
Mllbank in the northeast portion Of
the state, to $3.50 feet for Sturgis and
Hot Springs in the Black Hills. The
days in South Dakota during the
summer months are as hot as in some
OF The states much further south, but
the nights are always cool.
The state has no large cities dump.
ing sewerage and waste into he1
streams, or heaping the refuse from
the streets and alleys into her ravines
to breed and disseminate disease in
the community. Owing to the rolling
character of the country her streams,
which are numerous, all run rapidly,
guaranteeing purity, and freedom
from malaria and other fever produc.
ing germs.
The state now boasts of between 3,
600 and 1000 artesian wells ranging
in depth from 200 to 1000 feet, with
pressure varying from few pounds
to. 200 pounds to the square inch. These
wells are now procured in about one.
half the total area of the state. The
water is always of moderate temper.
allure making it most desirable fol
stock purposes, and also for irrigatine
gardens and groves. In the vicinity
Of Pierre sufficient gas is obtained
with the water from these wells tc
furnish light and heat for the farm
house. The city of Pierre for several
years has been lighted from these
wells. Natural gas of good quality
and in abundance, with a flow of from
20 to 100 barrels Of water per minute
from one and the same well, are fea'
lures worth consideration by the
homeseeker.
EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES.
South Dakota maintains for the
higher education Of It's young people
state university completely equip.
ped, and of high standing. This is
located at Vermillion in the southern
part of the state, and offers courses tc
the students in education, engineer
ing, sociology, law, medicine, music,
and all of the other branches of tech.
nical learning offered by all of the
standard universities of the country.
The regular enrolment is about 400.
The State College of Agriculture
and Mechanic Arts is located at
Brookings In the eastern part of the
state and has an enrolment in the
preparatory and regular graduate
courses of practically the same as the
university. In addition to these there
is also conducted in connection with
this school four months course ir
agriculture, mechanic arts and do
nestle science for the boys and girl!
from the farms who are unable to de
vote more than this length of time
to school work. The object of thi!
shorter course is to fit boys and girl.
for better work, a higher life, ,ane
greater enjoyment of their work il
the homes and on the farms of tn,
state.
The state maintains four norma
schools, one in the southern, one il
the eastern, one in the western ant
one in the northern portions of tn,
state, and School of Mines at Rapit
City. These institutions are al
splendidly equipped and doing excel
lent work.
| Besides these nearly all the religion
denominations have excellent school
and universities. l believe the oldes
Of these is Yankton College, (Congre
gationaD one of our pioneer institu
lions of learning that has taken
high rank in this work from the be
ginning.
Other institutions are the Wesleyan
College at Mitchell; Huron Colleg
presbyterian at Huron; Redfeld Col
lege Congregational at Redfield; Au
gustana College (Scandinayian-Lutl
eran} at Canton; Lutheran Norma
School at Sioux Falls; Sioux Falls Co
lege, and School for the deaf mute
and the blind. These two last Q
course, are state institutions.
Besides the foregoing the Episcopa
ians have an excellent school at Siou
Falls known as All Saints which
devoted to the education of girls onl.
In addition to these colleges, TIL
Roman Catholics have large nun
Der of academies and schools in col
nection with their church work, an
the German Lutherans, Evangelic;
Lutherans, Seven Day Adventist
Mennonites, Free Methodists, and
fact, nearly every creed with instit1
tion of learning separate and apal
from the public school system.
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