Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-18
Great Tract Could Produce
Sufficient Grain to Feed
the Nation.

0On WOUIO Dc 4.UbO,UO UuUu0AA -
one-tenth Of the land were devoted -
the growing Of oats at forty busheaDi
per acre the yield would be 630QOoof
bushels.
"This." Professor shaw ad0ed u
would still leave one-nfth Of the lana
for other kinds Of production: such aDi
alfalfa. vegetables and pasturage. 1n0
estimated possible production theo
would stand a. follows foe each ysaA
after the flrst year:
Fodder corn ................ Ss060 eoao i
Whcat ..................ss.... AN2v UuSNssUf
Flax OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 1900 nuenel0
Barley Observation-Disclosures. S.VoO,VUV pU0Dos
Oats ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. S.&D0OO 00on0o,
This" no said in conclusion, would
still leave ample room for other llnoH
Of production"
Poor Los progress 40 . fArnAsr -
been forwarded by man who not only
Is 4 great believer In the future Of tho}
northwest. but who also thinks the one
time savage can DO made q really use-l
ful member Of civilization instead %
being herded in reservations ON 10oe.l
ing Of mere tolerance. This promoteeA
of Indian advancement II Louis W.
Hill. son Of James J. Hill. founder Of
the Great Northern railway. He him,
self IS chairman Of that roads board %
directors. Young Hill. with MFs Hin
and their four children, passes much
Of his time In the big outdoors. He has
made many visits to the Fort PeckA
reservation and has studied closely they
possibilities Of the Sioux and MandaAA.A
8 10 * = ! ! Z
To Instruct Indians.
The result OF his observation Wa .ai
conviction that it would pay In %.
Geological sense to have the Indians ind
structed in the agricultural metho6DS
Of the whites. He obtained permio.3
sion from the department Of tho 1r.(
terror to send delegation Of redlsk1noy
to the land show In New York year,
ago. The Indians were % much lm.l
pressed by the evidences Of advanced,
agriculture they saw In New York thata
on their return to the high plains OF
Montana they voluntarily became in-t
structors Of their brethren In scientino}
farming. with the logical outcome thaek
the reservation yielded a bumper cfoIi
last autumn.
1.-THE figures are rather surprising
said Hill to the writer in St Paul ro-3
Gently. 'for they show that since thesol
Indians returned from New York twicoI
as much acreage has been cultivated o.
the Fort Peel; reservation as WAS plantef
ed last year. 1t simply goes to shovA
that almost anybody will improve BIZ
condition IL he gets helping hand ~
the right direction"
That comment was made when Louis
Hill and his interviewer had returned
from the first county fair ever held by3
Indians, at Poplar. which n about az
prosperous a little town rs can b
found in the country. A big agricul-}
tural exhibit had demonstrated whaU
Lo could do as a farmer. and at th6k
same time great gathering Of chiefs
and braves and squaws and pappoosso
had shown what tribal reunion meant
More than 1900 Sioux. Mandans and
Blackfeet were camped In q circle a
mile In diameter. For Eve days they
entertained visitors with pony racesA
war dances, medicine making and oth.l
er features of life in the open and
then switched to football game ks-l
tween the Mandans and team OH
Blackfeet from Glacier National park
The palefaccs came away with increase
ed esteem for a race that conld Erow5
In generation from the savagery on
the tepee to the civilization OF the &rons{
tier farmhouse.