The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-04-22
THE INDIANS CONSENT
Remaining Cheyenne and Standing
Rock Lands to be Opened

Rock Sioux have reluctantly consent
lands, aggregating perhaps 10000 adj
dltional homesteadS. The lands are
generally of the same quality as these
opened last autumn. There can be no
doubt that this COurse is of equal value
to the SiouX and to the pablo.
In an elementary way the Sioux are
now prepared to take some Of the re-
sponslbilities of citizenship, and the
only way is the hard one of act al
participation. They have many o.
stacles to encounter and overcome, but
there lis no royal road" The sooner
they begin to share in these response
bllltles the sooner they will be placed
upon a firm footing. Closer contact
with the whites; meeting them daily
In affairs. will sooner than any other
school teach them the value of things
according to the standards they must
sooner or later adopt; will develop the
Judgment and make them self-reliant
and successful. They are bound to
suffer many hardships on the wav I'd
to citizenship, but the protecting hand
of government will not be wholly
withdrawn.
> OF curse, from the standpoint OF
the state and of the public, there IS
every argument for breaking up the
reservations. which have been che OF
the most ser1uos obstacles to the de-
velopment of the western portion of
the state.
The homesteaders who won in the
drawing Of the reservation lands last
autumn are preparing to make good.
A novel feature of the new home
stead movement is the ready-made
house. Building firms have circular
lied the claimants most vigorously and
a very large per cent have been in
duced to purchase ready-made struc-
lures which may be set up and ready
for occupancy in a few hours after
reaching the land.
A feature which must be most hep
full to the newcomers in the trans
missouri regions are the s%ubstations Of
the state experiment station located
at Cottonwood and neal Belle Fourche,
where experiments in practical farm
ing methods adapted to the region are
ASu III. iS pooSio.A-
Of the section are little known,
to the most sophisticated. The
methods used in the more humid re-
g1ons of the East are not adapted to
Western South Dakota. and the home
left to his own devices, Is
likely to waste much effort and time
in getting the trick Of the soil and
The s%ubstations are calcu-
ia 49, w. ec~.l --~ -1l~~k --~-z
In effective methods. and they are full
filling their mission under the wise
Of Prof. Clifford Willis the
agronomist.
Large expectations have been Arous-
I'd by several years Of successful cult
vation Of alfalfa culture throughout
the western section. The crop has come
the past winter in splendid
shape. For I'VE or three seasons Cen
trail and Western South nakota have
been the chief seed producing sections
seedsmen from across the world
come here for their supplies.
From S. to $12 per bushel has been re-
,lized and some growers have put
way snug little fortunes. To take on
.hree tons OF good hay and q r Of
iced Is very common.
The experiments made with the Ash
tic seed brought back by Prof. n. f.
Hansen have been very satisfactory.
The Afghanistan varieties seem we'll
to the climate and have with
TODD the winter perfectly. But a very
quantity Of the North Siberian
'eed was secured, and this IS being
reated with the utmost care at the
station. A few plants are
sen out to farmer this spring
variety as found growing wild
W Prof. Hansen in a region where the
.nnual precipitation is fellow ten
inches and the snowless winters are
Atreme'y cold. the temperature fro
uently falling below 60 degrees. Snoh
lants ought to withstand ANYTHING
Dakota can offer in the way of
weather..
The fishing season has onened and
fishing in the Black Hills is very
and is attracting many
portsmen. The streams of the Black
ILLS, although apparently we'll adapt
to trout, were not naturally stocked
18th fish, and It was necessary to plant
he spawn there. This has been done
is still being lone very effectively
nder the auspices Of the government.
he denizens OF the pairie sections
esort there very generally for the
port.