The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1912-04-11
STUDENTS SEE
SIOUX FALLS
CLASS IN JOURNALISM OF COL
LEGE VISITS THE STATE
METROPOLIS
JUNKtT IS A MOST ENJOYABLE ONE
Journalists Visit Sioux Falls Press
Plant and Watch Them Turn Roll
of Paper into a Newspaper.

The Commercial Club of Sioux Falls
was host to the students of journal
ism in the State college or Thursday
and Friday of last week. For two
days, its efficient secretary George
Schlosser conducted the party through
the manufacturing and packing dis
tricts of the Power City and demon
coming.
The young journalists first called
at the commercial club where the
first object to be seen was an excel
lent framed panorama of the State
college beaming over the secretary's
desk. The state penitentiary text
claimed their attention with it's great
twine and shirt factories under the
careful supervision of Warden o. 5.
Swensen. The students were quick to
observe the excellent treatment ac-
corded to the inmates and their appar-
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magnificent plant Of the Manchester
Biscuit company a inspected and
its products literally sampled. The
cleanliness of the work and the care
fulness were especially notable.
The Queen Bee Touring mill in it's
towering granite walls proved in
tensely interesting. The various
stages in the daily manufacture Of
1000 barrels of flour were described
to the satisfaction Of the pencil push
ers. This company is making extern
sive preparations to take care Of g.
great wheat crop this year. Mr..
Schlosser next conducted the students
through the city electric power plant,
operated by the II: H. Billsby Engin-
eering company OF Chicago. This
plant developes 5000 horse power
from a 60 foot head Of water furn-
ished by THE ~inexhaustable Sioux
falls.
The journalists next visited the
most western wagon factory in the
United States, the Dakota Plow and
Wagon Co, managed by N. G. Reinin-
ger, the road expert, formerly of
Iowa. This infant factory already
does an annual business Of a half
million dollars in building all kinds Of
farm machinery. Business is increas-
ing so rapidly, that the company finds
itself obliged to put up new and lar
ger factory buildings.
In packing town the students Wis
tied the South Dakota Provision Com
pany operated by the S~ulzbergers,
and the Morrell Packing Plant. Sulz-
bergers are cramped for room, but
are about to construct huge buildings
on a 63 acre tract furnished by the
city. The Morrell plant was exhibit
ed by its genial manager, T. Henry
Foster. This concern has a killing
capacity OF 1000 hogs and a storage
capacity of 1000 hogs per day and
business rapidly increasing. A goodly
portion Of the output is shipped to
fancy European markets. According
to Mr.. Foster, the South Dakota hog
is remarkably free from disease and
works up well in the packing indus
ly learning the advantages Of Sioux
Falls as a shipping point, and Dakota
shipments TO outside points are de-
creasing as they should.
The work of making cuts and en-
cravings by the National Engraving
company vas OF great interest. The
proprietors devoted considerable time
explaining the delicate processes in
turning out a first class copper en-
craving or zinc etching. This new
company does most excellent work
and deserves a wide Dakota patron
age, for 1t is the only institution Of
it's kind in the state. The students
were also interested in the plant Of
the Western Newspaper Union which
publishes printers auxiliaries, various
kinds Of plate news. and also the
farm page which Is edited by the
State College professors.
As journalists, the students were Of
course interested in the printing
plants OF the Argus Leader and the
Sioux Falls Daily Press, two OF the
best equipped papers in the North
west. After a visit at the Argus
Leader plant, the students accepted
an invitation from the Daily Press.
to spend q couple Of hours Watching
tho processes In publishing . modern