Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1911-11-30

ON
South Dakota's Executiye i d
Governors Special sn
Eastern Trip.
TO ADVERTISE SOUTH DAkOTjL
Agricultural Department i Expcr-
imenting With dynamite
ID Farming.


n Washington, D. O., Nov, q 27.--74AA pei.
,manent organization TO be known as q
the !" National Conference Of Iinnigra
5tion,s Land and Labor offlcials.' was
the outgrowth Of the recent gather
ing Of representa- atives from d num-
Der OF states, at the Capital. Il
Powderly, famous years ago as the
head Of the Knights Of Labor but
now of the a Agricultural Department,
was chosen as honorary president Of
the conference, while John r.. Cum -5
MINIS. Industrial missioner OF Wis
sconsin, is president. Mr.. A. p. SAN
dies OF the state board OF agricultnre
of Ohio, was named as vice president.
Charles +. Gettomy Of Boston, Is treas
Iurer, and Miss Frances A. Keller, Of
the bureau of industries and immiy
grafton Of New York, is secretary. u.
b.. Haynes, special commissioner Of
Nebraska and Raymond Pearson,
commissions Of Agriculture OF New
York, are among members OF the
executive committee. The members
OF the conference We're received while
here by President Taft. AT their
meetings they passed resolutions res
commencing measures intended to in:
duce immigrants to leave the con
gested for agfict, ,ltural
~ "A IJss
ed appropriations BY congress for
the bureau of informa ton Of the Uni.
ted States immigration service and
the creation, at the expense Of the
states, OF state bureaus of immigra-s
ton and information, with represen
tatives at ports Of entry, were favor
states shall establish free employ
ment bureaus and enact laws safe
guarding laborers in search of en-
| ployment During the progress of
the meeting Mr.. Roy w. Schenck,
state commissioner of Wyoming brot
into prominence the necessity OF the
| "back-totthefa farm movement, !" and
he expressed himself to the effect.
1 that the federal government ought
to spend its money in advertising
the millions Of acres Of fertile land
awaiting only the touch Of the plow
! and harrow He said that ten mill
! lion acres of such land could be.
found in Wyoming alone. ut is my
idea," he said, that while the gov
ernment is spending so many mil
lions Of dollars in the reclamation
Of ou.' lands, making them cultiya-
tibie, it is equally important that:
some effort should be made to direct
| intending settlers to the most avail
/ able lands" We would start in with
foreigners when they first land in this.
country, and carry the news of un-s
developed lands to every section Of
the country. With congress dis
posed to do mostly anything in rea-
4 son for the development Of agricul-
] ture, and with the work of the recent.
conference backed up by the plans,
that will be formulated on the Gov
ernor's Special now eastward. bound,
and carrying the Governors of, Wash.
ington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana,
North Dakota, South Dakota, Mime
sofa, Colorado, and Wyoming, there
ought to result some legislation of
real benefit to this back .the-farm''
campaign.
The South Dakota delegation viii
undoubtedly make a strong effort to
secure the return of a full regiment
OF cavalry to Fort Meade, which has
| been practically abandoned since
troops were moved to. the Mexican
frontier. 1t is understood to be the
policy Of General Wood that troops
should be more concentrated, and
therefore he is supposed to be oppos-
ed to maintaining any considerable
number Of troops at Fort Meade.
Senator Crawford, OF South Dako-
Ia who has been at the capital part
OF the time, has been proselytizfng In
the republican missions, and Micli.
gan has been one Of the fields cf his
recent Iabors. The senator is q fss.A,
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