The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-04-22
STILL MORE LAND
OPENING OF ADDITIONAL SIOUX
LANDS PROVIDES FOR
5000 ENTRANTS
Keeps Pretty Qese Tab on Matters
and Things Of State Wide In
terest and Points Out
the Latest

Pierre-The Cheyenne and Stand ng
Rock Sioux have reluctantly consent
ed to the opening of the rest OF their
lands, a~gsregating perhaps 10000 ad-
ditional homesteads. The lands are
generally of the same quality as those
opened last autumn There can be no
doubt that this course is of equal value
to the Sioux and to the public.
In an elementary way the Sioux are
now prepared to take some of the re-
sponsibilities of citizenship. and the
only way is the hard one of act al
participation. They have many 90
Stacles to encounter and overcome, but
there is no royal road" The sooner
they begin TO share in these response
bilities the sOone they will be placed
upon a firm footing. Closer contact
with the whites: meeting them daily
in affairs, will coner thar 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
vi it Noii' p CI tl' ""N W
to citizenship, but the protecting hand
of government will not be wholly
withdrawn.
or course, from the standpoint Of
the state and of the public, there is
every argument for breaking up the
reservations, which have been one Of
the most seriuOs 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 eOoG.
A novel feature of the new home
stead movement is the ready made
house. Building firms have circular
iZed the claimants most vigorously and
a very large per cent have heen in
duced to purchase ready-made str c.
ttures which may be set up and ready
for occupancy in a few hours after
reaching the land.
A feature which must he most he p
full to the newcomers in the trans
missouri regions are the subetations of
the state experiment station located
at Cottonwood and near Belle Fourche,
WHtIt FNptI llitillS III u dNNlNdi i III
Ing methods adapted to the region Nre
carried on. The agricultural posSib1-
tiles OF the section are little known,
even 10 the most sophisticated The
methods used in the more humid re-
giOns OF the East are not adapted TO
Western South Dakota. and the home
steader. left to his own devices. is
likely 10 waste much effort and time
g., oott:nU the trick of the soil and
climate. The substatiOns are calcu-
lated to afford practical object lessons
In effective methods, and hey are full
filing their mission under the wise
direction of Prof. Clifford willis the
state a%gronomist.
Large expectations nave been aronS-
ed bv several wears Of successful cul i
walton of Alfalfa %c"lture throughout
the western section. The cror has come
through the past winter in splendid
shape. Fol two or three seasons Con-
tral and Western South Nakota hove
been the chief seed producing sections
and seedsmen from across tn" world
have come here for their eu~p}iee.
From Sc to s12 per bushel has been 70
allied and some 1--WE have ut
AWAY SllUS llilit ~ van IL
three tons of good hay and a crop o
seed is very common.
The experiments made with the AS
2tic seed brought back by Prof. y. r
Hansen have been very factory.
The Afghanistan varieties seem well
adapted to the climate and have with
stood the winter pCrfeCtly. b. a vrrT
small quantity of the North Siberian
ii - nnI t1ic i. 1n N "
treated with the utmost care az the
experiment station. A few rlants are
Neine sent out to farmer this sDring
This variety AS found growing Will
by Prof. Hansen in a region whore tho
annual PRECIPITATION is Glow 'e1
inches and the snowless winters are
extremely cold. the temperature fr'-
o~uentlv falling below 80 degrees. s cn
plants ought to withstand anytime
South Dakota can offer in the way OF
weather.
The fishing season has orened and
trout fishing in the Black Hills is very
excellent and Is attracting many
sportsmen. The streams of the BECK
Hills. although apparently well adapt
ed TO trout. were not naturally stocked
with nSn, ana II was necessary VI 'idHt
the spawn there. This has been zone
and is still being done very effectively
under the auspices of the government
The denizens Of the pairie sections
resort there very generally Cor the
sport.
Philip-The young men Of this city
think they would like 10 organize a
-.t...- III. Grcf u-Act ~ the
Missouri outside OF the Black Hills.
and are taking steps toward sucN an
organization, to become a Nart OF the
state troops as soon AS there IS an
opening for them to get into the list.
Brookings County Fair