Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-11-22
WGkNER IN n.
Director fot huron Weather Bureau
Gives etaNnen nj of Conditions.

reau, has issued the following report
of climatologic conditions in South
Dakota for the uOnth of October:
Except that in places there was in
sufficient moisturein the soil, the con-
ditions We're on the whole favorable
for all kinds Of Hasonable outdoor
work, owing to there being no severe
ly cold weather, or rain or snow
storms of consequenG, and an abund-
ance of s%unshiny weather. There was
practically no snow east of the Mis-
souri, river. and not suit Client west of
that stream to mateTally interfere
with operations. There vas some high
wind, and on the 23dt dnd caused
some local damage inf pats of Law
renee county.
Temperature: The man temper
ature for the state was ~53.9tegrees, or
about 1 degree above the prmal for
the month. The highest t~emeratures
recorded ranged from SO sdgrees at
Marston on the 4th, to rs dgrees at
Lead on the list and at Sissetos on the
I'd. The lowest temperatures reorded
ranged from Z degrees at Hiamore
on the 22d, to 25 degrees at Piewe on
the Goth. Compared with the reords
of 20 preceding years, there haveAeen
8 with a higher maximum and 8 NTH
g lower minimum temperature, inOc-
tober.
"Precipitation: "The average pN-
cipitation for the state, 0.52 inch, IVES
about LOG below the normal for tn
month. The local monthly amounts
r,~nol f,,,, I 81 i,1Lne - N,ylr+,n.
to none at Onaka, and five other sta-
tons received only a trace. Com
pared with the records of 22 preceding
years, there has been but one year.
1895, when the average precipitation
for the state in October was less.
"Sunshine: There was an average
of IS clear, Z partly cloudy and 6
cloudy days and an average of 3 days
on which 0.01 inch or more of precipi-
tation occurred.
wind: The prevailing direction
was from the northwest. The aver
age hourly velocity, determined from
the records of the regular weather bu-
reau stations at Huron, Pierre, Rapid
City and Yankton, was 9.3 miles"
e''S ~
Pierre.-Prof. N. E. Hansen OF the
state agricultural college was in this
city on his way to SaEsarc, Stanley
county, to work his machine for trans
planting alfalfa, and he will work in
that section until the weather stops
operations. Prof. Hansen is working
to the ultimate end of covering the
western port Of South Dakota with
alfalfa, and the plants he is working
with now are natives of Siberia,
where they grow under conditions
which are similar to those of western
South Dakota, with the exceptions
hat the degrees of heat and cold are
greater, and the rainfall less than
here. In the section where the plants
are native they are subject to sum-
mer heat as high as 10, and winter
cold to Al below zero, with an annual
average rainfall Of six inches. 1t is
with alfalfa, which is native of such a
section, that Prof. Hansen believes
that he a cover the p~rairies of the
western half of this state, and make
the land worth many times what it
will bring on the market at The pres
ent time.
Candidacy Announced.
Philip.-Upon the suggestion of a
number of the representatives from
the western part of the state, Repre-
s~entative-elect A. c.. Granger, from
Stanley county, has announced his
candidacy for the s~peakership of the
next house. Mr.. Granger is one of
Stanley county's rising yong lawyers.
a man who is thoroughly posted as
to the needs of. the state, and he hopes
to have the united support of all Re
publican representatives in the terri
tory west of the river. His campaign
for the speakership has been placed in
the hands of the other two representa-
tives from Stanley county, Hon. r. A.
Bielski and Chester N. Leedom.
Students at Bookings.
Brookings.-An unprecedented in
fux of new students at the state col
lege this ear has introduced the prob
lem of caring for all. Formerly the
entire student body could be easily
seated in the chapel, but this year it
is necessary to hold chapel meetings
in two sections in order to accommo-
date all. Chemistry laboratories and
other class rooms are crowded to the
limit, and considerable doubling up OF
desk has been necessary. The
remarkable increase of high school
graduates is a gratifying feature, over
ITO of the new students being high
school seniors last year.
Burke Files Expense Account.
Pierre.-The first expense account
of h late election to be filed with
the secretary of state were those OF
Charles H. Burke, as a candidate for
congress in the Second district, who
shows the expenditure of $3.50; and
the account of o. D. Anderson, Dem.
ocratic candidate for lieutenant gov
emo who shows his expense to have
been $305.05.
For Trunk Line Road.
Pierre.-Gcod road boosters of Ohio
have written State Engineer Lea in re-
gard to the trunk line road idea in this
state, their plan being the improve.
ment of local roads alone and while