Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-11-06
MUST oTE BIRDS.
Six Chinese Pheasants Liberated ir
Sherman Park-More to Follow.

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Sherman Park-More to Follow.
Sioux Falls.-The sixty pheasants
allotted to Minnehaha county which
We're turned over to Joe Brown for
distribution have bee located at diff
ferent points in the county. Six Of
these birds have been liberated in
sherman park and as many more in
the woods around the city. Aside from
the general reward of $25 which is Of
fered by the state for information that
would lead to the arrest and convic-
ton of any one shooting one of these
birds the county game protective as
sociaion has added a reward of $50.
Last year 80 pair of these birds
were liberated in the county and half
Of that number were shot. The state
and county game organization do not
propose to allow this law-breaking to
so on.
1t is known hat it is not the hunters
but the boys who are shooting the
birds. The law in this respect els
strenuous and any one caught inter
fering with these pheasants will re-
ceive harsh treatment.
If the birds are left alone in the
Sherman park it will be but a few
years before they are plentiful and
will betame and an attraction to the
will be tame and an attraction to the
Government Takes Charge.
Edgemont.-The case of Jack
O'Neal, charged with robbing the post
Office at Edgemont on the night Of
October 5. has been taken from the
hands of the state law officers, and has
been bound over for trial before the
federal courts under $4,000 bonds. He
was brought here from Hot Springs
upon being arraigned before United
States Commissioner Harry Goddard,
waived examination. Hugh Athol, who
was arrested as an accessory with
O'Neil and was supposed to have turn
ed states evidence, was not here when
he was wanted, having evidently de-
cided that a clean getaway would be
the best move for him. Federal au-
thorities are at present on his trail
and when he is apprehended will be
held under $1,000 bonds to appear as
a witness against O'Neil. United
States District Attorney Robert Stew
art and Deputy Marshal Lee Brooks,
both of Deadwood, represented the.
government in the matter, and the lat
ter took the prisoner into custody.
Postal Inspector Flemming has been
gathering evidence.
Tax Commission Orders Change.
Pierre.-On petition Of the county
auditor of Dewey county, the state
tax commission has instructed that Of
fetal to place n thousand@head Of
two and three-year-old cattle with the
ID. a." brand, owned by Field and
Zimmerman, upon the tax list of
Dewey county for last year, and to
take steps for collection of the tax up
on the same. The auditor presenting
that this firm had one thousand or
more such cattle in Dewey county at
the time OF the assessment and falling
to make a return upon them, and that
they are now engaged in moving their
stock from this state to a new range.
Increase in Shipments.
Plerre.-Th reports of shipment of
products of South Dakota to outside
markets for the year show that regard
less of the hog cholera epidemic there
was not only no falling off of cash re-.
turns, but an increase. While the re-
ports show that there was s.S40, 900
pounds less pork shipped to the mar.
ket for the fiscal veal ending June 30.
1914, thatsfor the preceding fiscal year,
at the same time there was an increase
of 7,289,00O bushels in the corn shin.
ments for the same period. In other
words, h loss on pork for the year
was $7OS,000, and. the gain on corn
sales was $4.433,OOO.
Z. j.. Gustafson, a farmer residing
miles southeast of Aberdeen, shin
ped m OF the highest priced hogs
ever raised in South Dakota to Mr.
Stephens of Carlock, III. The hog ia
a Hampshire and sold for $3.50. 1t will
be exhibited at the International Stock
show at Chicago in December by Mr.
Stephens. The animal was viewed with
interest by many citizens Of Aberdeen
when brought to that city.
In the opinion of H. F. Patterson.
superintendent of the South Dakota
Better Farming association, the farm
ers of the northwest will do well to
turn a deaf ear to the suggestion that
they raise more wheat on the ground
that the European war will make
wheat high in price for many years to
come. Mr.. Patterson does not advo-
cate reducing the area of wheat, but
he does urge farmers to raise more
corn, and to raise more cattle and
sheep. He points out that recent high
prices have caused many farmers to
their calves and young cattle,
so that the northwestern farmer who
goes more extensively into cattle rails
ing is certain of good profits for many
years. Wheat, he argues, is frequently
failure, while the farmer Who plants
corn and who builds a silo, can quick
ly convert his corr crop into profta.
BILE cattle feed when he sees a drought
is affecting it. He insists that sheep.
too, are profitable, and urges every
in this section OF the north.
west to keep a small flock of sheep.
Several representatives of fire insur
ance companies, all with headquarters
In Sioux Falls, with State Fire Mar.
shall Kranz, have recently completed
an inspection of all the buildings in
the towns of the Rosebud country, and
as a result of this inspection a mate