Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1913-03-28
A WORD ABOUT TREE PLANTING.

WORD ABOUT TREE PLANTING.
Elsewhere in this issue we print
the proclamation of Governor
Byrnc designating Tuesday, April
o2nd, as Arbor Day. He calls up
on everyone to observe this day,
which long custom has wisely
made very important, by the plant
ing of trees. shrubs or vines. There
is no place within the state OF
South Dakota where this timely
reference to an old custom should
receive any more ready acceptance
than by the people Of this newly
settled country. Here is a work
that children. women and men can
do with equal pleasure and profit.
DR.. Wost. president OF the agri-
cultural college OF North Dakota
recently said: Commencing at
the South Dakota line | would put
a row of willow trees clear across
the entire state, from the eastern
border line to the western. One
mile north | would put another
solid row OF trees that would eX-
tend across the entire state. An
other mile north | would place an
other row of trees, and SO on to
the northern boundary, a row OF
trees stretching from the Minnesota
line to Montana. | am planning
to have a bill introduced i'll the I
next legislature making it compul- /
sorry that land owners plant these
trees. The good that would &C
crue would be incalculable. and the
wealth OF the state would be in
creased many fold
The people of this section have /
already done fairly we'll along this
line but the good work has simply
been started. Every year for the
next five or six seasons strict at
tention should be paid to this inn
pOrtant matter. Nothing can be
done with SO little time and eX-
pense that will in the years to come
yield such big returns in both
pleasure and actual money profit.
Many farm has heen sold at
five dollar advance over another
quarter just across the road. simp-
ly because it had big, we'll ar
ranged and therefore attractive
grove. Let us begin early to make
our homes homelike by the inteli-
gent planting and care OF numer-
Gus trees.
III. T.. Preston OF Mitchell, a
member of the state tax commits
sion provided for by the law SO abb
ly championed by Governor Byrnc
and passed at the late session of
the legislature, expressed himself
regarding his Interpretation of the
new law before the meeting OF the
county auditors at Pierre Oh Tues
day OF this week. Mr.. Preston be
lieves that under this commission.
property will hereafter be assessed
at its true and full value. This has
been the plain provision of the law
for years but it seems that by com
mon consent. or otherwise, the as
sessed value of property is general
ly supposed to represent about one
third of its true and full value. t.
We hope that under the new COM
mission system will be devised SO
u
that all property will hereafter be /.
assessed at its actual, true and full
market value as near as that can be
determined and then have the levy
cut down to point where sufficient
revenue will be derived for school.
municipal, county and state ex-
penses. 4
Tommy Condor will have quite I:
4 we'll worn path from the Ziebach (
county Jail to Cherry Creek station Z
before long. The small matter of I
commitment to the county bastile <
doesn't seem to be any hindrance I
to Tommy when he takes a notion Z
ne wants to attend to little bust :