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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-02-24
Pursued by Hard Luck.

l.. w, Head, resident of Perkins
county, living three miles from Meadow
is having more than his proper share of
i'll fortune this winter. At Thanksgiv-
ing ten head of horses owned by him
We're stolen and he has been unable to
find any trace of the animals, and now
his farm home has been destroyed by
fire, starting from an over heated stove.
The family escaped, but lost all their
effects, including nearly 800 in money.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-02-24
Opening 400 Acres to Settlers

Bills have passed the senate and
been favoraoly reported in the house
opening to settlement fourteen hun
dred acres of land in Mellette and
Washabaugh counties on the Rosebud
and Pine Ridge reservations. 1t is a
satisfaction to see Indian reservations
that have so long blockaded progress
in the western part of the state wiped
out. We candidadly believe that the
ultimate good of the Indians is sub
served by the non-reservation policy.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-02-24
woonsocket Paper Sold.

p. j. Bentz and T. w. Parrot have
sold the Times at Woosocket t. Geo.
A. Clark, of Grinnen, Iowa, who has
c. C. Davis in charge of the property
as manager. Mr.. Benz has been con-
nected with the paper for quarter of
century, and is one of the old time
newspaper men of South Dakota. Mr..
PARROT bought an interest in the
Times about year ago.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-02-24
Election i'm April.

The time of holding spring elections
in the towns and villages was changed
at the last session of the legislature
from the third Tuesday in march to the
third Tuesday in April, thus bringing
election on the same day in all towns,
villages and cities throughout the ste tie.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-02-24
Indian Lands.

Copies of the schedule of Indian
allotments have been received by the
land office at Aberdeen. Lands are
allotted to 2,548 Indians on the Cheyenne
reserve and 1853 on the Standing Rock
reservation.
The number of acres allotted to each
Indian varies from few acres up to
$40 and more.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-02-24

State Engineer Lea has joined the
Farmers institute force and is lectur-
ing upon good roads, drainage and
cement construction. There is no
question of his ability to inform the
public upon these vital topics, and the
News believes in utilizing the public
servants in precisely this sort of work.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-02-24

promulgated an order extending until
May 18th the time when homesteaders
will be required to occupy the claims
they have filed upon in South Dakota
and other western states. This was
a compliance with an act of congress
passed on account of the severity of
the winter and probable tardy spring.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-02-24
Kniphts of the GRIN.

The executive committee of the South
Dakota Travelling Mems association,
together with officers of that organiza-
ton, at its meeting in Huron decided to
hold the annual convention of the asso-
citation in that city June II and Is.
The dates fixed for the convention
will not conflict with any other state
gathering, and it is expected that
travelling men from all parts of South
Dakota and neighboring states viii be
in attendance.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-02-24
and good government.

progress and good government.
There are honest differences of
opinion on questions of administration,
state and national. Citizens have a
right to exercise their choice of candi-
dates for public positions. These ques-
tons can be fought out at the pri-
maries.
But it should be content between
brethren-not war Of determination
between implacable enemies. Yours
sincerely,
Ehdr1 w Martin
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-02-24
Epan at Bridpewa.er.

Geo. w. Egan, of Sioux Falls. indie
pendent candidate for the office of
governor Of this state. spoke TO large
audience at the opera house in that city
February II.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-02-24
Notice.

Having disposed of my store business
and wishing to close up my affairs, all
persons knowing themselves indebted
10 me will please call at once and settle
Anton Rhabak.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-02-24
Wesley Talks at Yanktc

At the Lincoln banquet at y lkton
Feb. IL, Gov. Vessey made Il lead
ing address, Civic Rightec Isness. :"
There was very large ate ndance of
citizens. Politics was not mentioned.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-02-24

the east has been on time but six days,
frequently arriving eight hours late,
due to breakdowns of the engine.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-02-24

May 18th for Homesteaders.
BY the interior department has been
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-02-24

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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-02-24

FIG. III
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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-11-27
BY LEONARD FOWLER,

speclal Commlssloner. The OMAN 3
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-11-27

the office of the William NJ. Roylanoe COM
pany at Provo, Utah.
OF all this stretch Of orchards and or
chard lands Mr.. Roylance has apron
mately fifty acres; all Of It in bearing. He
saw the light: the coming demand ten
years ago and got ready for IT, Raised on
a farm. with the ideals Of farming bred
into him by precept and example, 1t was
easy for him to count on his probable
profits long before he had set a tree.
But even he in his warmest moments Of
high enthusiasm, did not dream of what
that orchard would produce; what it would
cCme to be worth. At the time Of plant
ing it was purchased for N,S25; less than
$40 per acre Within the last few months
Mr.. Roylance has repeatedly refused S75,
600 for this fifty-acre plot Of ground.
Sounds like fairy story, doesn't II? But
il is not There Is the ground; there are
the hills; there are the trees; here are the
long, sunny days; the nights never hot;
always cool; there, like a red blanket
covering all Of that fifty acres lies the
soft upper coat of eroded hills; a bed of
phosphates; cooked nitrogen, and all
through the summer the bowed trees bent
TO the ground with their weight of fruit,
CLEAN first green; then crimson in the sun;
glowing redder and redder as the time
of the harvest moon comes In.
But more material than aught else in
the city of Provo stands the great general
offices and warehouse OF the VIM. NJ. Roy
lance company, its business and profits
founded on the produce of this one or
chard as though on a rock. This one or
chard is the foundation and cornerstone
of this great business; a business that
last year shipped GOO carloads OF farm,
garden and orchard produce. OF this
200 carloads was OF fruit alone, and Of that
almost twenty carloads came from the
orchard owned by Mr.. Roylsnce on Provo
Bench The total value OF the twenty car
loads amounted to slightly more than STA
900; a gross return OF 10 per cent on a
valuation Of $4,000. No wonder he has re-
fused $4,000 for that fifty-acre clurnp OF
pear and apple trees.
There's but one way 10 calculate the
worth Of a thing" said Mr.. Roylance, "and
that is BY the return you get from Il. An
old homestead may be worth more to you
than 20 anyone else But there are no old
honesteads In the west. And no we get
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-11-27

many factories furnish payrolls, nearby
mining camps provide an Unsuitable market,
With a population Of 10000 it's past is the
history Of very slow, most conservative
yet sure and certain growth; its future be-
cause Of the United States Strawberry irri-
CATION project, is rosy with hope 1t was
within six miles Of this place that Mr.
William NJ. Roylance selected his birthplace
or maybe he hadn't anything to do with
selecting It, But the fact remains that at
Springville, six miles away, he was born
scant forty-five years ago.
Immediately around and adjacent to
Provo there is a total of 10000 acres Of
orchard land. which means soil particularly
adapted to the raising Of commercial fruit.
This vast area extends from Springville
on the south to Pleasant Grove on the
north. Much Of It is bench" land, located
directly under the face Of the hills; great
walls Of granite and country rock and
periphery which attract the heat all day long
and. at night, disul It; the warm atmos-
pheric waves falling down the slopes as
night progresses, keeping the trees from
extremes Of cold. BY morning these rock
masses are cold; the absorption of heat
recommences and this process goes ON and
on, thus helping to make Of the benches"
the most desirable orchard lands on earth.
Then the erosion of the hills, which has
been going on for centuries has laid over
the face OF these lands a deposit not unlike
that of the action Of water, containing
phosphates, and this, too. adds to the
wealth Of prolific production which has
made and is making this section one Of the
most notable amid all the orchard sections
% the entire west OF all this vast tract
OF land less than 1000 acres is in bearing,
now actually producing fruit Within the
last three or four years approximately 1900
acres have been planted and are now grow
ing young trees-saphngs, yearlings, and
3-year-old bushes. which, In another year
or two, will be bearing apples, peaches
pears. plums and all varieties of deciduous
fruits. The other 1900 acres are on the
market, some at low prices, others held for
the sure and certain increase OF values
Added TO all Of this there IS all that vast
expanse OF peach and cherry and apple
lands which the United States government
IS retaining under the Strawberry valley
irrigation project. In all there must b
close 20 e0000O acres % arabic. tillable
productive lands within telephone distance Of
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-11-27
of the

Or TO-DAY, gg-uy"
Nr Crafrhsad t1ok mucu pleasure IN his
position a. press representative Of the
Caraan- era. Fnead haronef company. The
Vrsnia. her builder. and tle contsat with
aer1srauo puerr we're matters on which
ore great ta.Ies Had msn tr worE niahr
and daF IRIS much waa EnaWu. she bad
been HIiIf on rrs AIahauIa raasr s1s Rad
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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-11-27

down to the hard pan Of dollars and cents:
the return on the money invested And IL
I get 10 per cent on a valuation of $1,000 per
acre out of farm of mine I shan't sell il
for $500 per acre because I absolutely know
that If the next man applies the same
sense the same skill and the same set Of
methods toward making his land produce
that do, then his return will be Just as
great as mine. That's the way we calculate
orchard land values in the west. I assume
it would be most difficult to pick up any
land Immediately on Provo bench right now
for less than $500 per acre. Yet at that
price without tree on It, it Is far cheaper
than the best land in all of Iowa. For ex-
ample the United States government re-
ports show that the average production of
corn throughout the corn producing states
varies from tl3.T to S1s.O1 per acre. II
there were any four trees in my orchard
which would not produce that much Ia in
struct my superintendent TO cut them down,
burn them for firewood, wait five years
for new ones to grow and make money by
so doing. Trees in my orchard are planted
ninety trees to the acre Then 1 cultivate.
spray, smudge and spray and cultivate and
prop until have the maximum of produc-
lloHs apply IN OtiltI "OIuS, lub ediIlS
sense to my orchard that / do 70 my bust
ness-giving It the same attention, the same
organization, the same care. The result is
that I estimate that my orchard pays me
net a sum in excess OF 10 per cent on a
valuation OF 10000. Up TO now l have mar
keted this year apple production from sew
enteen acres, totaling about 1900 trees. I
have gross return Of about S. per tree, or
500 per acre. II is thus easy TO be seen
that my land is Just thirty times as pro-
ductive as the very best corn land in the
midwest and almost forty times as pro-
ductive as that to which the government
gives the lowest rating. Please remember
that have here quoted, most loosely, the
production, figures and returns from seven
teen acres only. I could give the exact
figures to a cent II 1 had my books by me
and the time 10 dish II out But the fact
remains that from seventeen acres of
apples I have already handled more real
money than any 800 acres 81 corn land that
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-11-27

neer. and a wild. weird freak ike Craig
head could escape shayne in his Wall
street jungle seemed unlikely.
They even said that Aerostadc Power
had acquired inventions identical in princi-
pie with the Virginia. but antedating that
aerial marvel By many years. and they
smiled and said. The old gameg' and Il
told you So" The newspapers published
Carson's picture az that Of a man who was
20 be- robbed Of the greatest invention %
the ages A Mobile dispatch spoke 81
certain Wilmer as the zeal inventor Of the
virginia. the machine which made the air
a nanoeuvering place Cor the destruction
90 navies and cities and q medium for
the sHiftest transportation yet known.
Then some one discovered that on the
day the Caraon-Craishead company had
been foruiod the Universal Nitrates and
Air Products company was born. with al
rectoru and stockholders identical with
those Of me Aeronef company. and that
they had spent a Ereat campaign fund I'M
aetuns leases and grants Cor me srtrae-
uoa from the atmosphere 90 nitratea ard
the UEa 'u lines ike those of Scots plaid
au over ue couunent The cir over al
moss every highway had been granted
away ny he owners oil the fee-the very
streets af New York. being covered % flr
rttes ETC. aEsinst shavne st a
sa ta aut f1e eU tnfa nearly a hundred
lresulsr bIocsa Tire other srest cities
eere similarly urdiroued. The SPACE oear
tHe smaller rivers ana streams was mostly
ad.d to .hs kr Fraduers COMPANY rrr
ursfarv m uia aa sUmaIafsl curiosity tHaf
f caused more rsc.fement rHan tas Viz
y.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-11-27

case grew more noticeable from day 20
day while the world waited for the hearing
on the issuance OF the temporary iniunc-
ton. The Aerostatc Power company was
known 10 be feverishly active in the
preparation Of its case-even while filing
the press with ridicule of "Craighcadisrn 81"
Some journals In the shayne interest adj
vocated laws % make ~ impossible for a.
crank like Craighead TO annoy people by
absurd law suits. 10 was laughable hUt it
was, for all that an outrage. Laughter
too. was out o. place. when people % SUBJ
stance IN the community must appear aud
answer the crazy allegations OF "a uuauc
in that phase 81 naranooa pr0ducing the
decisions of dealing with Ereat afffIra
owning the earth. being president 1r Mes
siah. To an % which Mr. Craignead re-
piled in r. grave discussion as to the fir-
tinction DO any between sanity Iu the
editorial sense. and imbeciify Lawyers
began poring ever cases teaI'Hg wIfh
rights in and over land wien rue nE
'uhity al 90 the outcome Of The JnIv-r-
sal Nluatas and AR Products Company
AGAINST shayno. Ell a.
When the case came on t1 bs heard rhe
laugh hat HaappeaFsd. the very army of
lawyers appeerIuE f1r the defendant r.a-
dernE it serious matter The Justices
seemed to 1o1s Frssitr from tfe Bench
the attorneys lr the tables Iusf oufF.fe .ar
aiI rastIad tuaiF nrIafa ..I HsasrnFHra
HithaH ana Faa ana conferred .n sHfsners
CraIsfraI Gao HIth PILES. His HaIr HIr.
Pied n'H rTuakef unsT H.rr .n #. Hf
IrEaI uisra IrauInE maIs stfearIan cham
GOA Carsan-.FrosH face. HIrtTHef Hf Irr
Euf beach tan. bad taalHIai tra usIar Ht
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-11-27

noon and get a hearins mere IN a few
days. In very few weeks we shall win
the greatest legal triumph OF recent tines
or-snuffed outr'
And l." said Carson.
And you, fair youth" said Craighead,
will be sligibls one way or the other 70
repair again 10 the sihyl OF the Mountain
Top. Waiter. a masnum OF choice infer
mented grape Juice sparkling with carbouic
acid from the soda fountain. Perish the
thought that Fiuey Of the sapient Phiz
shall fail On establishing a legal principle
clear az day and approved by me- Drink
with me. gentlemen, 60 triumph
That night began the series Of sensations
that made 90 memorable the war FOR tho
use Of the air In the courts Of every fed
eral district and the state courts 81 West
Virginia Mr. Filley filed his Injunction
suits asainst the owner 81 every knowu
airahip. snd. hy the CLAUSE used IN labor
disputes. bound an persons. whether named
or not who misht with the defendants or
INDEPENDENTLY. design trespaHs against the
plaintiffs rights
The ban n New YORK. recitcd that the
plaintiff was the owner of an rights OF
navigation IN the air in certain prescribed
belts on bands surround uE the city of
New YorE diyiding it into portions. and
TidironinE the continent mat tho defend.
ants bad n the pasi habiruaily rfespasaeti
aa theaa ag GsIns owes them .n afahias.
taaf tha naaaaaa 81 8r fFam lIa cts I'd
Nau YorE oEer the a-s enc river lr other
route HaH impossible cave hf Ha.h Irrs.
pass and therefore Injunction was tated
HroHibiuus the defendants. rhrIr servants
and tI other parsana uam denariIns irom
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-11-27
4 Gay DAY WINE
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lies out of doors
In my net profits / must count the fact
that the administration Of my business
has taken me to Los Angeles, omaha, st.
Louis, Chicago, Kansas City, Denver. Pu-
ebo Seattle; has brought me into con-
tact with tho sharpest, most alert men,
the very highest class Of business men,
that 1 live here I'm the city, since 30 Is
cheaper to rent a home, II one must rent
in the city, than 70 take mp the same
amount Of land on ones own orchard.
And have no laborious tanks. NY bus
mess Is clean fine, and. In the slang
phrase Of the day, IA gentleman's job
stopped him long enough TO ask this
question.
Well Mr. Roylance. can any man make
this success? Are there not pre-suppcsed
standards OF intelligence, skill. fJre-knowl-
edge and experience"
mot a bit OF it," was his quick answer
ANY man with sense enough to pour
swill to the pigs can make identically the
same success The soil the sun and the
water do the trick
Then why" / persisted can't we do
the same thing in the midwest
You're not sure OF your rain in the first
instance. We are. We have Il running
in bitches along our farms. When we
want rain we open the slide IN the canal
and turn II on till the trees have had
their iii. Then you haven't the soil; the
hills, whose sides have been washed and
washed. each washing bringing down
more and more Of the natural phosphates
and nitrogens that are a property OF that
cooked rock. Besides which. your sun Is
blazing hot throughout the growing sea-
son, the nights are hot. and there are no
great hills, eternally covered with snow
no vast expanse Of water inland seas,
fresh and salt TO temper your nights and
days. As a matter OF fact your Benton
Harbor country. On Michigan. e. g fine
apple country simply because II has just
one Of the things that We have the lake
at its doors"
TN which case" 7 faltsred .'the east
and the midwest must always depend on
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-11-27

travel mpossible-Finley suayus. and that
those who stood Tor monopoly and thraI-
dom % the heavens 90 the earth. wsrs a
group OF adventureru who were suddenly
become portcnL And the cry 70 carnage
was ln the voice % Justice MeFaddan
droning forth the words. 'UulveFsal 81
tratss. etc. va. shuyno 81 al"
While the pieadlnss and affidagita sera
read. Craiahsad sketchcd the balIffs.
shuffcd bis feet and drummed on ths
table until the court tapped f1r Eiiencs.
I'VE viii hear from che plaintiff saIt
Justice McFaddeu. And a. tls facts
seem practically undiHputsI
But your Houor protested the COON.
se' Cor che iefeudants. We certainly d. noe
admit
for present purposes replied the ils-
uca The sl8ulHs seems Ample that ufau.
uff owns certain ushta u lands DO az
tduatsd that che dsfendanfs must pass
over Them In coins fam p.tt- l1 place.
that me defendant have HaHItuaIIF done
au. aal fhat tHa sitaataa saHsufltes IA
threat that co.'s aiu bel reusasd Toe g.
PENDANTS. hy claiming tha uEat ta pas
these lines. confess fHIH fnr ursasnt nur-
plaes. We siH therefore bear nam plain
uua eoansel an Us lew
Mr FIiey safherad ap ma papsra. bee
With rr1fsaslanal-aalnIIns MaF b.
g.sass rse coafl haf llmtoana.f rHsF
enc Grew Ilm ..e IH.... -e..leal laf cas-
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