Philip weekly review. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1907-1912, 1910-01-13
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| A gratifying pride has grown ur
among the people of the state in
behalf of the new capitol. 1t is
really most satisfactory building,
it's cost considered. Alphabetically,
it is very beautiful, its lines per-
haps being as effective as those of
any capitol in the country; it's ca
pacity is 60 per cent that of the
Minnesota capitol; its construction
substantial, modern, freproof
throughout.
The interior is in excellent taste,
entirely avoiding the garish and
famboyant; subdued and restful
decorative schemes prevail and
make fine setting for the excel
lent paintings to be mounted by
Blashfield, Simmons and Holloway.
The former gives but one piece, a
very large panel for the governors
parlor, exemplifying the progress
of South Dakota. 1t contains seven
figures but it is not so involved as
the work of this artist in the Min
nesota capitol, the desire of the
commission being to keep the
treatment 90 simple that the mean
ing would be revealed by a mere
key word. This has been accom-
plished.
Mr.. Simmons exemplified the
industries of the state in the four
pendentives supporting the dome,
and also has a historical allegory
in lunette over the grand stair
way.
Mr.. Holloway places a suitable
allegory in the chamber of the su-
preme court, his well known paint
ing, The Louisiana Purchase" :"
which won him fame and the first
award at the St. Louis fair, goes
into the senate chamber and in a
very large cove panel in the house
of representatives he mounts, THE
Jed Smith Incident" one of the
most dramatic incidents in the his
tory of the state. Fhfs has to do
with the massacre of large num-
Der of Gen. Ashley's men by the
Rec Indians in 1923, Immediately
after which young Smith perform
ed the first recorded act of religious
worship in South Dakota by max
ing a prayer amid his dead and
dying companions.
Comparative figures of the yields
of crops in the western states, COM
piled by the agricultural depart
ment, are being generally publish
ed in the newspapers. In one re-
spect these tables do North Dako-
ia and South Dakota a real injus-
tice. In both of these states wild
hay is one of the best and most
profitable crops, but the govern
ment statisticans refuse to take ac-
count of it. BY the federal census
of 190O.South Dakota made 2,O45,-
900 tons of wild hay and North
Dakota almost an equal amount.
The wild hay meadows of these
states are among the most profit
able and best kept portions of the
farms and in every way excel the
meadows of tame hay. 1t would be
folly for a farmer to plow up a
good wild meadow to cultivate the
land to any crop. Ton for ton wild
is vastly superior to any tame hay
grown. At present North Dakota
and South Dakota are annually
making at least 5000, 600 tons
each of wild hay, yet in the pub
lished tables we get credit for less
than q million tons of hay, being
only for the alfalfa, timothy, clov-
er and millet produced.
Serious charges have been made
against the management of the
Soldiers home, but Col. Arthur
Linn, former commandant and at
present commissioner of the home
denies that abuses exist and de-
clares that Col. Geddes is giving a
most satisfactory administration.
Some of the states best men have
been commandants of the home,
but no one has escaped criticism,
and ordinarily these have resulted
from the efforts of the officers to
suppress the use of intoxicants in
the home. Out of a very large
number of worthy veterans in the
home there are always q few bOOz-