The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1916-02-18

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Total precipitation for 1919, 32.42.
FRED &. KIRCH, Observer
In'the political announcement col
umn of she Pioneer this week you will
find that OF Chas. w. kerlin, who is
asking for nomination to the
office of County Auditor on the Demo
cratic ticket at the primary to be held
May % Charley has made good
since he was inducted into that office
I year ago last month, and he has
made q large number of staunch
friends in all parts of the county, who
will be pleased to hear that he has de-
cided to ask for denomination. He
is good conscientious official, and
there is but little DOUBT but that he
will be given a denomination, for we
believe his services in the Auditor s
Office, so far ia we can learn, have
been duly appreciated by the tax pay
ers OF this county regardless of poIiti
cal affiliations. There is no gainsay
ing the fact that he would make a
strong and formidable candidate Mt
the November election.
George f. Schanbacher OF the Pure
Water Dstric. this week announces
his candidacy for the office of County
Treasurer on the Republican ticket.
George is one of cur most thrifty
Joung homssteaders who is making
success Of stock raising and flaming
in this new country. He has had
quite bltof book keeping experience
and writes very nice legible hand
and these two are very important
qualifications required in county
treasurer. We have known George
personally ever since we landed N
this county and we have always found
him honest and upright in his tran
sactions with his fellow men. Should
he receive the nomination at the pr
mary in May, we feel confident that
he will come out sure winner at the
November election. He is competent
and good clean young man, which,
as far as we know, is as high recon-
mendation as any man can have.
Thursday evening Of la.t week we
enjoyed a very pleasant visit with
Superintendent Chas. l.. Davis OF the
Rosebud Agency, who was here max
ing an $50 per capita payment to
the Indians. Mr.. Davis impressed us
as very shrewd man, one who is not
getting credit for what he is really
doing for the Indians Of this ressrva-
ton, and incidentally for the white
man who has so recently taken up
his abode here, for what helps the In
dian cannot fail to help the white
man, and vice versa. Mr.. Davis in
formed II. that his Office has within
the past wear or eighteen months APP
proved leases on something like 250,-
COO acres of Indian lands, and in leas-
ing these lands he is working on the
theory that it is much better for the
Indian, the country, and everybody
concerned to have ten men running
herds of cattle Of 100 head each, than
to have one man with 1000 head Of
cattle. and this theory to our mind is
absolutely correct. He is also a
great believer in alfalfa aud he is
doing all he can to encourage both
Indians and whites to get start in
alfalfa as rapidly as possible. He al
30 told u4 that it was his belief that
there would be more beef cattle pro-
duced on the Rosebud during the
next few gears than ever before In the
history Of the reservation. OF course
the great drawback to the proper and
rapid Development of this lew coun-
try is the lack Of proper railroad facil-
tiles, and Mr.. Davis also recognized
this fact, and expressed hope that
there would be something doing aloug
railroad extension lines in these parts
in the not too distant future. He has
been in the Indian service for more
than rs years, and as he is an old
Kansan we greatly enjoyed our short
interview with him, and came to the
conclusion that perhaps he'is doing a
greater work for the real development
of this rese walton than he is getting
credit for.