Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1911-04-06

STATION
$4,000 Government Appro-
priation For This County
ONE OF FOUR IN U. $.
Congressman Martin Secures the
Needed Funds to Establish
Farm in This County.


the two will be entirely separate. The
100000 appropriation secured by Mr..
Martin, gives this county one Of the
four government stations located in
the United States. The other three
have already been established and are
already in operation.
The letters published below and the
extracts from the congressional record
are self explanatory, but We would like
to add that next to helping to secure
the location of the sanitarium here,
this matter of securing q government
experimental station for this county,
in our estimation, is second in import.
ance in the list of work done for this
city and county by Congressman Mar
tin, and he has done great deal too,
toward their upbuildipg. 1t is an un-
disputed fact that the interests Of the
entire district were never better cared
for than by our present congressman.
Following is q letter to Mr.. j. A. Stan.
ley:
Mr.. John A. Stanley, March %, 1911
Hot Springs, South Dakota.
Dear Mr.. Stanley: On February ii
1911, l succeeded in making an amend
ment upon the floor of the House to
the Agricultural Appropriation bill,
adding the sum of $4,000 to the item
for dry farming experimental work.
did this specially with view Of plac-
ing the Department in position to es-
tablish a dry farming experiment sta.
tion in Fall River county. The item
was retained in the bill and is now
part of the law. Inclosed am hand
ing you copy Of q letter from Prof. E..
e. Chilcott, of the Department of Ag.
riculture, being the agriculturist in
charge of this work.
You will observe that the Depart.
ment expects the citizens OF Fall River
county to provide suitable quarte.
section of wild agricultural land, to be
selected by representative of the De.
partment as we'll adapted for this work
and that the Department will then de.
fray all expenses Of erecting buildings
and supplying the necessary equip.
ment for properly establishing the sta.
ton. The maintenance of the station
will also be provided for in the annual
appropriation bill from time to time.
Heretofore where these stations have
been established, the citizens Of the 10.
cality have not only provided the
necessary lands, but have also con-
structed the buildings, leaving the gov.
ernment to provide only for mainten-
ance. But the Department has con.
sented In this case to vary ito previous
policy in this regard to the extent Of
supplying necessary buildings also.
This is matter that I have been
working upon, as you are aware, 70,
some years, and l am pleased to know
that We can now look forward to ar
early establishment of the station. I,
will, I think, be Of infinite value to th.
agricultural development, not only Of
Fall River county, but Of the country
generally west of the Missouri river, IL
South Dakota, as we'll as in the adjoin.
ing states.
4 It is desired to acquire the land
have considerable of it broken, and
proceed with the construction of th.
buildings during the present season
and as early as possible. Ny recen,
trip to Panama, from which have jus,
returned, has necessarily delayed &C
tion for two or three weeks, 60 that
am especially anxious now that v,
may proceed promptly. In the line o.
Prof. Chilcott's request, make th,
following suggestions:
1st: That the Commercial Club o.
Hot Springs, shall at once select cit
izen Of Hot Springs as q member Of th,
proposed committee, and that, as ao,
springs is the county seat and reached
by both lines Of railway, it would b,
very appropriate that the Hot Spring,
member should be chairman of th,
COMMITTEES;
That the towns Of oelrichs, Smith
wick, Ardmore and Edgemont, or theil