The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-04-22
THE INDIANS coMsEMT
Remaining Cheysaas ard Standing
Rock Lands 20 b Opened

Remaining Chsysnns ard Standing
Rock Lands 10 b Opened
Pierre--The Cheyenne and Stand ~
Rock Sioux have reluctantly conssnt
ed to the opening OF the rest OF their
lands. axgresasinE perhaps 1000 sd
dsfionai homest~ads Tae lands =
generally Of tire same quality A. shoss
doubt hat this coarse II Of equal vaixe
10 b Sioux and 20 the public.
In an elementary way TIE Struv are
now prepared To take some of the re-
sponsshIIEsies Of citizenship. aud thu
only way ts the hard on@ os act al
participation. They have rsany aJ-
staeles TO encounter and overcome. but
there Is no royal read" The 80 sasr
they begin 10 share In these r~~ponsi~
htlitiss the sooner they win - placed
upon = arm foosiag. Closer eoufaes
with the whites. me~tiag them daily
In affairs. win sooner shaa aay csEsr
school teach them the vaIae Ut isIngs
according TO the standards they must
sooner or later adopt. will teveaop the
Judgment and max. them self~regiAnt
and successful They are bound to
suffer many hardshtps on the wav np
TO citizenship. bat the protecting hand
OF government viii not BE- Wholly
withdrawn.
OF course. from the standpoint OF
the state and OF the pa lie. there n
every argument for breaking up the
reservations. which have b@~n en- OF
the most sertusss obstacles To tee de-
veioptnent of the western per q OF
the state.
The homesseAders who won In th@
drawing Of the reservation lands last
autumn are preparing To make roos
A novel feature OF the new hone-
stead movement Is the ready made
house. Building Arms have circaisr~
ICED the claimants Mfsst vigorously AM
a very large per eent have been Ia
aueed Go purchase ready-naade xtrse-
lures which ray be set up and ready
for occupancy In . few hours after
reaching the land.
A feature which must Re mcst hep
full 10 the new comers In the trans
missouri regions are the substaffons OF
the state experiment station located
at Cotton wood and near Belle FouFrhe.
where experiments la practical far-n-
ing methods adapted To the region srs
carried on. The agricultural pcssshil-
tiles 81 the section are little known.
even to the most sophisticated. The
methods used In the more hnrnd re-
gicns of the Fast are not adapted 10
Western South rakota. ard the home
steader. left 10 his cwn devices. Es
likely TO waste much effort AMI ttEs~
In getting the trick OF the soil and
climate. The s~uhstaf'ons are cal n
lated Tn AFFORD practical object lessons
In effective methods, and thy are ful-
filing their mission under The wire
direction az Prof. Clifford Willis the
state agronomist.
Large expectations have been aroas-
ed bv several years of successful curl
walton 81 Alfalfa eeiFare throughout
the western section. The crop has come
through the past winter I'm splendid
shane For two or three seasons CEN
trail and Western South fsakota have
been the chief seed producing sections
and seedsnen from across the world
have eorse here for their supplies.
From S. to sfe per hashel has been r.
alfred and some grosers have pn'
away snug little fortunes. To take Cd
three tons az good hay and a crop o.
seed In very common.
The experiments made with the Al.
attic seed broaght back by Prof. y f.
, Hansen have been very satisfactory
The Afghanfstan varieties seem vel
adarted TO the climate and have with
stood the winter perfectly. But a vers
small quantity of the North Siberian
seed Was secured. and this II hesna
( treated with the utmost care at shs
, experiment station. A few rlant< arr
|. sesne sent ous 20 farmer this snrtns
!. This variety as found growing Will
~ Prof. Hansen In a region where tn
annual precipitation liz fesow Fer
. inches and the snowiesx winters srs
extremely cold. the temperature FRI
nreutly falling below 90 degrees s cf
( nlarts ought 10 withstand anvthinV
South Dakota can Offer In the WAY o
weather.
The fishing season has o~enea ana
), trout fishing In the BLACK HIS Is YER,
" excellent and IL attracting man,
9 sportsu'en The streams os the H'ecA
u Hills. although apparently well a'apt
Q ed 10 trout. we're not naturally s'ceke'
i with rsh. and II was necessary 60 plan
the Nn there. This has bean dom
q and n still being dene very sree,Fvel'
under the auspices ef the government
The denirens Of this pairfe section
resort there very generally for II
: sport.
9 Guard VIII Go To Sparta