Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1917-09-07

bureau OF Lne Un1teQ states was In
structed to spend funds at its dis
posal under the direction of Congress
in the states in which the funds ORR
ginated. There has originated in
the state of South Dakota from the
sale of public lands and placed in
the Reclamation Fund over $4,000
900 and the Belle Fourche project
has cost little over $3,OGO,OOO
leaving about $9,O0O,OO0 as credit
to this state. Temporarily however
the rules of the Reclamation Service
were changed so that the funds
could be spent in certain states
which have produced no irrigation
fund, hence our $9,0OO,O0O was
temporarily diverted into other
states, but the payments back into
the fund in 1916 were over $1,000
600 and in 1917 will probably be
nearly $2,000,000 so that the Re-
clamation Service should have funds
now for the. construction of our pro-
ject. With this in view, upon a re-
quest of the Service for a complete
survey and estimate of cost under
government supervision, the answer
was given that if the state would
cooperate to the extent of paying
half the cost of such survey and es-
innate, the probable cost of which
was fixed at $4,000 the Reclama-
the survey. To that end Mr. De-
Moulin and l were at Pierre last
winter and secured an appropriation
for half the estimated cost of such
survey, and the survey is now going
on.
In recent years this community
realizing it's loss thru not having
an Irrigation District and no statute
under which to organize one inter-
ested itself in having passed an Ir-
rigation District Law which after
proper referendum was passed at the
last general election of the state so
that nothing now stands in the way
of our project, and l am absolutely
sure that it will soon be reality.
This project will mean millions
and millions of dollars of new wealth
for this community. There is posi-
bility of adding another 10000
acres of land under the project by
extending it into Washington county,
and this will mean that from one to
two thousand new families will
settle on this 100000 acres of land.
This land will all be worth at a
low estimate $4,000 per acre when
under irrigation, meaning an in
crease of over $1O.0O0,00O in new
wealth with respect to land values
only, over $1,OOO,OO0 of which will
benefit the state direct thru their
ownership of about 10000 acres of
land under this project, and the
prosperity and happiness it will give
to the people of this community and
those settling here is hard to esti-
mate"
Mr. DeMoulin next introduced
Henry Marty, cashier of the Peoples
National Bank, who spoke on the
wealth increase and prospects from a
dairying and stock raising stand
point. Mr.. Marty said:
Gentlemen, in opening my re-
marks l feel toward you very much
as DR.. Hargens did the other evening
when he was introduced at a re-
ception to a lady whose dress was
somewhat deficient at both top and
bottom. The doctor said: L am de-
more of YOU I want to see more
eastern
part of the state.
l have been assigned to speak on
the dairy and live stock industry in
this county, but from a practical
working knowledge of the dairy
business l know very little as we
own one Holstein COW and my wife
does the milking, but few points
want to make are these: This
county is not in my opinion adapted
to straight farming on CONNER
cial basis but we have an ideal
country for the dairyman and the
production of live stock in areas
which will not be under the irriga.
tion project.
This county offers exceptional op.
portunities to the Industrious hus
bandman to build a home and gain
independence in the dairy and live
stock business. Particularly is the
dairy business attractive to the mar
of small means. Dairy cows in this
section are free from tuberculosis
and the money comes in weekly from
cam checks which pass here a,
legal tender.
The banks look with favor upor
loans based on dairy and live stock
and are ready and willing to assist
in the upbuilding and promotion Of
this class of business. will say tina,
our bank during the past year hal
not lost a single dollar OH loans mad.
for this purpose, showing that thi!
business is safe and prosperous.
: In closing will say that am glat
to meet with you and hope that 70,
may have been impressed with oul
ity and the institution which yo,
contemplate purchasing to the exten
that your church will locate thei
sanitarium in Hot Springs. l thanl
3 you."
: Postmaster C. S. Eastman, respond
. ing to the toast Opportunities Fo
. Homeseekers" said in part:
The tourist or visitor to our cit,
arriving here thru the foot hills owe
either of our railroads, as you gentle
> men have, while he is no doub
pleased with the various scenic at
fractions is apt to be impressed will