The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-06-11
GAME PARK ASSURED
BILL TO ADD 10000 ACRES TO
CUSTER SANCTUARY
PASSES SENATE.

park and game SANCTUARY near Cuslel
on the scale intended for according
TO word received from Congressman
Harry l. Candy At Washington, his
bill 10 add 80, 900 acres TO the pres
cnt park has passed the senate and
having previously passed the house,
now goes 10 the president for his sig
nature. Not only will this give south
Dakota additional land for its park
but IL will make II one OF the biggest
and finest parks Of the kind in the
United States and the state will fence
il and assist in caring for It. II
il proposed by this bill TO author
lie the establishment OF a game
sanctuary or preserve in the higher
ranges Of the Black Hills Of western
South Dakota. Immediately adJoln'
ing the land proposed TO be included
in the sanctuary the state OF South
Dakota owns and conducts Custer
state park. which is approximately
go. 600 acres in area and was patented
by the Uniter States in lieu OF com.
mon-school sections l6 and Sc retained
upon the establishment OF the Black
Hills and the Harvey National forests.
The park was established by legis-
lative enactment and is governed by a
park board. The forest therein is in
charge Of the state forestry depart
ment, modelled along the line OF the
National forest service. The park
Board has started 10 develop the rec.
reational possibilities Of this tract,
and the work already done includes
the erection Of a surrounding game
tight fence and a start on highway
development, tourist accommodations,
and a fish hatchery. The park is
stocked with several hundred elk.
antelope, deer. buffalo, and other
game animals.
Farmers owning land about Lake
Andes, and other small meandered
lakes in the southern part Of the state
are demanding that the lake levels be
lowered. Only a few years ago,
money was spent for artesian wells to
supply these wells with water. When
the prairie sod shed water as would
q single roof, they were filled with
water, and when the government sur
veys were made, their outlines were
"meandered," but with the breaking
up of the prairie the water supply
went into the ground, and there was
little AXE except name. Now the
same lakes are filling beyond the me-
andered lines, and land owner are
complaining Of damage to their tracts.
The college of engineering of the
University Of South Dakota has
recently purchased a considerable
amount Of machinery from the govern
ment, which will be used toward
e%quipping the new engineering shops.
Among the machines are five large
and six small engine lathes, an auto,
matte screw machine and a milling
machine. A high speed hack saw, a
20-inch shaper and a universal milling
machine have been ordered.
Pedigree applications for 40 head of
purebred hogs were made u recently
by the McCook county farm bureau
office for livestock raisers in the
county. The agent also helped select
foundation stock for three purebred
herds. This is evidence of the fact
that McCook county farmers are
greatly interested in livestock i'm
prOvement work.
College men of South Dakota are
urged, if possible, to spend their sum
men vacations on the farms. An ap-
peal issued by E.. T. Meredith, secre-
tary Of agriculture, says that this year
there is special need for such help
on the farms because of the import.
ance Of maintaining a normal produc-
ton Of food.
Residents in the vicinity of Blunt
say that in a recent storm in that sec
ton three distinct hail storms swept
rel in n night, and that the result
was the killing of many different
species of birds, and that the next
morning many birds of different kinds
were to be found dead on the prairie.
The first case under the workmen's
compensation law Of this state has
been before the supreme court for
consideration, and the award by the
industrial department of $3.50 to
Frank Day and Pearl Day as depend,
ents Of Van Day, has been affirmed.
The Roberts county farm bureau
has made sweet clover one Of the
main farm crop projects OF the coun-
ty this year. About IS farmers are
trying it out. One farmer got Is
bushels Of seed per acre last year.
Estimates of the damage done
through the recent floods to bridges
In Hutchinson county, indicate that 1t
will take $1,000 to replace the
bridges and repair the grades.
Three quarters Of a million dollars
was received for the first year of the
operation of the mortgage registration
tax in this state.
An open-air theater is planned for
the campus Of the University of South
Dakota at Vermillion.