The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-01-21
OOAN ROBINSON STATE STATS
TITAN AND HISTORIAN
REVIEWS 1000
STATES OUTPUT FOR YEAR
THE PRODUCTS or SOIL RANGE
AND NINE AMOUNT TO
400. 600. 600


Pierre. Jan. ~South Dakota has
come through the best OF a long series
OF good years. q year In which her
soil produced In crops, traits, live
stock and minerals more than $780,
600 600: . year In which we carried
away to markets beyond the state Dor
ders more than $i2s, COO. go worth o.
products: a year nj the close OF which
we and more than 5000 900 OF re
serve wealth piled up In the vaults OF
our banks. wealth that In all our own.
for no one residing without the state
comes here TO bank their money. N In
the cas- In all states containing large
commercial cities. The prod action OF
the soil, the products marketed and
the deposits In the banks are the re-
sources OF but q half million people.
Indeed the greatest disappointment
to our people Is the fact that our rosN
ulation does not increase al n greater
rate. II IA rather surprising that,
with 20 substantial evidences OF eros
perity extending over = dozen years.
with the population OF America In
creasing so rapidly rs II In that this
region, with It's almost litmitleas o.
p~ortunities has attracted so relatively
little immigration. Much interest and
curiosity In manifested In the probable
revelations OF the ensus next SIM
mer. We had 32S 900 In 1890. SOL. 90
In 1900. ass 900 in 1905 and In the last
Ave years OF great prosperity the most
sanguine do not estimate the growth
above 100. 900.
One would hardly dream that n
Jewish law dating back To King David
or earlier would particularly affect
a South Dakota census In 1910. but
Il seems that II In destined to do 10.
For sociological study race 10 much
more important than nationality. and
II was particularly desired that a race
census be taken In the state. where
we have a large German population
hailing from a half dozen countries.
as Germany proper. Austria. Polan.
Switzerland. Holland and especially
Russia.
OF the latter there are about m
many Russian Germans ms OF those
coming from Germany. In the time OF
Peter the Great special opportunities
were offered to German farmers To in
duce them to settle In the crimean re-
gton to teach the natives the arts IT
agriculture and thousands awaited
themselves OF the special privileges.
ifit htIiohk III it
them from military duty. When the
father OF the present czar forgot about
this exemption and froced the Ger
mans into the army great numbers
them immigrated to America. and
South Dakota became the home OF
Is. 900 of them. and. with their Amer
ican-born children. they now number
their German characteristics by their
s0fourn i'm Russia.
We have here likewise Austriana.
Poles and Russians OF Slav stock.
Russians Of Cossaek stock and Swiss
OF Italian lineage. so that II will be
seen that any significant study OF these
foreigners and their influence upon
our affairs must he racial rather than
by national ella ssifications; but when
the bill for the purpose came III In
congress Il was strongly opposed nv
the Hebrews, who adhere To the old
law. n their influence vas sufficient
to defeat II.
A recent bulletin from the state uni,
versity il devoted to the high scheo's
OF the state and reveals Some interest
ing facts. There are 39l persons EN-
ploved In the force OF instructors. For
ty-three schools EMPLOY city superb
tendents. The AVERAGE salary o. a g.,
perintendent Is 1880: OF the force OF
instructors. SIZE: 2s2 Of these hold col
iege degrees, rs others have had train.
ing In institutions OF higher learning
and 60 In high schools and academies.
Eighty OF the graduates are from
South Dakota institutions. the uni
versity leading with "A: Wesleyan sec.
ond. 10: yankton. II. ~Brooxings, 8
Huron, 3. or outside institutions Min
nesota university leads with "a; Mich
igan, IS: Chicago, Is: Nebraska, Is
II.
A gratifying pride has grown up
among the people OF the state In be-
half OF the new capitol. 1t liz really n
most satisfactory building. its cost
considered. Architecturaliv. II In very
beautiful. it's ines perhaps being AZ
effective az those OF any capitol In the
country: Its capacity IL so per cent
that OF the Minnesota capitol: its con-
strucfion ga ~stantiaI. modern. fire.
proof throughout.
The Interior 10 In excellent taste, en-
tireiy avoiding the garish and nam
boyant: subdued and restful decora-
tive schemes prevail and make a fine
setting for the excellent paintings 10
be mounted by BIashfieid. Simmons
and Holloway. The former gives us
but one piece. a very large panel for
the governors parlor. exemplifytng
the progress OF South Dakota II
contains seven figures. but Il n not
involved as the work OF this artist
In the Minnesota capitol. the desire Of
the commission being to keep the
treatment SO simple hat a meaning
you'd be revealed to the ordinary In
$ividual by a mere key word. This
has been accomplished.
Mr.. Simmons exempltfied the In
dustries OF the state In the four pen
dontives supporting In dome. and
A Fur pelt Round Up