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Show By EDWARD EMERINE EMERINEWNU WNU F Fe aturu aturu"A turt turtt "A A "ATREASURE " t A TREASURE says Webster's Web WebAx Ax tier's tiers ster's sters ' ' dictionary is a valu valuable valuable able store accumulation or reserve reservesupply reservesupply supply a collection of precious preciousthmgs preciousthings thmgs And South Dakota is a astorehouse astorehouse storehouse of those treasures trcasures II IIvast avast vast accumulation of nature s s bless blessings blessings ings with a II reserve supply to lastman last | man foreverAmong forever foreverAmong Among the precious things of ofSouth ofSouth South Dakota is the glorious sun It Itself itself self shining from Its blue heaven heavenalmost heavenalmost almost every day in m the year ycDr And AndprecIous Andprecious precIous too is the clean pure aIr aIrof airof of its plains plams and moun mountains tams In its itsrich itsrich rich topso topsoil is the accumulation accumulahon at atingredIents ofIngredients ingredIents that produce vast fields fields10f fieldsof fieldsofa -a a . v.heat vheat - heat and corn and fruits The Thelush Thelush 10f lush grass of Its ranges where fat fatcattle tatcattle cattle and sheep feed is a valu valuable valuable I valuI able store of wealth and content contentIT'ent contentirent IT'ent ITent ' Beneath the surface Is a re resene reserve sene supply of minerals mIDerals gold and andsilver andsilver silver feldspar and lithium hg hgmte lignite mte and bentomteAs bentomte bentomteAs As though that were not enough enoughSouth enoughSouth South Dakota has mountains trout troutstreams troutstreams streams cabins in the pines lakes lakeswa lakeswaterfalls wa terfalls colorful canyons the thefragrance thefragrance fragrance of pine and spruce The The'days Thedays < : ' days are cheerfully warm In South SouthDakota SouthDakota Dakota with the nights cool caDI and andrefreshmg andrefreshing refreshmg And the Black HIlls HIllshave Hillshave have no mosquitoes mosqultoes to take away the thepleasure thepleasure pleasure of being out of doorsThe doors doorsThe The tamed famed Black Hills I ! Harney HarneyPeak HarneyPeak Peak rises 7 242 feet above sea lev level level el the highest point pomt in the Umted UmtedStates UnitedStates States east of the Rockies Mount MountRushmore MountBushmore Rushmore has an altitude of 6 200 200fect 200feet fect and on it are sculptured the theheads theheads heads of Washington Jefferson Lm Lmcoin Lincoin coin and Theodore Roosevelt The Thelargest Thelargest largest monument ever conceived conceivedor or executed by man the Mount MountRushmore MountEushmore Rushmore National Memorial was wassculptured wassculptured sculptured In heroic proportions by byGutz9n byGutzon Gutz9n Borglum the late world re reDowned renowned Downed artist and Is called theShrme the theShrine Shrine Shrme of Democracy A half halt mIl mIllion million lion visitors come to the monument monumenteach monumenteach each year and it is one of the most mostphotographed mostphotographed photographed scenes of all times timesThe timesThe The figures on the solid granite gramte face faceare faceare are carved In proportion to men 450 450feet 450feet feet tall ! North and south the Black Hills Hills.S .S S . S Si XS . M 111 Q SHARPE SHARPEGovcrnor SIIARPEGovernor Govcrnor of Sooth Dakota DakotaBorn DakotaBorn Born in \ Marysville I\larysvllle I larysvllle Kan Janu January Janutry ary 11 1888 GO\ GO Governor GOernor \ ernor Sharpe Sharpetaught Sharpetaught taught school for two years yearsserved yearsserved served tour four years in the U S Snavy Snavy navy and has been a surveyor surveyornewspaper surveyornewspaper newspaper man lawyer soldier m mWorld inWorld World War I and has had varied variedother variedother other business busIDess interests mterests - - - - - - - stretch 125 miles and are approxl approxlmately approxlmately mately 10 o miles wide There Is Cus Custer Cuater ter state park with 128000 128 000 acres of ofmoun ofmountains moun tams gorges lakes and andstreams andstreams streams and 90 000 acres under underfence underfence fence with buffalo elk deer bighorn bighornsheep bighornsheep sheep Rocky mountain mountarn goats ante antelope antelope lope and other animals ammals roammg roammgunmolested roamingunmolested unmolested President Coolldge Coolidge had hadhis hadhis his summerVb summer Wh \Vb Vb \ te House there in in1927 1927 and left reluctantly I Imcoming m mcomrng comrng back he promIsed promIsedSkeletons promisedSkeletons Skeletons of Ancient BeastsThe Beasts BeastsThe The Big Badlands covering covermg a mil milhon million hon acres lie east of the Black HIlls HIllsand Hillsand and is one of the most important importantfossil importantfossil fossil deposits of prehistoric prehistonc hfe hfeFossIls lifeFossils FossIls of alligators rhIDoceroses rhIDoceroseshIppopotamuses rhinoceroseshippopotamuses hIppopotamuses saber toothed tl tlgers tlgers gers three toed horses and other otherlong otherlong long extinct extmct animals ammals are found here hereand hereand and displayed in most of the Impor Important important tant museumsEast museums museumsEast East and northeast of the Bad Badlands Badlands lands South Dakota Is mostly roll rollmg rolling mg prairie falling fallmg to lowest levels levelsin levelsIn in the northeastern part of the state stateB stateB B g Stone Lake Is the lowest POint point967 967 feet above sea level The great greatMIssOurI greatMissouri MIssOurI river nver drains drams most of the thestate thestate state cutting South Dakota into mto two twoalmost twoalmost almost equal parts as it flows flowsthrough flowsthrough through ItThe it itThe The agr cultural treasure house of ofAmenca ofAmerica Amenca is filled with corn cane canewheat canewheat wheat oats barley flax and frUIts frUItsfrom fruitsfrom from South Dakota The vast plams plamsarea plainsarea area has a big dairy industry and andbeef andbeet beef cattle are grown in all parts of ofthe ofthe the state The production of live lIve- lIvestock livestock - stock is the main mam feature of the thestate thestate state s extensive agricultural agncultural In Industry industry dustry Hot Springs Sprmgs Is the head headquarters headquarters quarters of horse breeding breedmg and Is Isalso isalso also known for tor its medIc medicinal mal wa waters waters ters At the annual Black Hills HillsRound HillsRound Round Up at Belle Fourche real realcowboys realcowboys cowboys from the surrounding cat cattIe cattie tIe ranges compete in m riding and andropmg androping andropingThe ropmg ropmgThe The mineral mmeral resources of South SouthDakota SouthDakota Dakota include wclude more than 60 basIc basIcminerals basicminerals minerals Including includmg gold silver tID tIDzmc tinzinc zmc and others Many of these de deposits deposits posits are not of economic econormc Impor Importance importance tance at the moment but will be become become come important In the future At Atany Atany any rate they remain remam in m South Da Dakota Dakota kota s Treasure House a reserve reservesupply reservesupply supply whenever the nation needs needsthem needsthem them At Lead is the largest pro produclng producing duclng gold mine mme in the Umted UmtedStates UnitedStates States The Days of 76 celebra celebratIon celebration tIon at Deadwood re enacts many manyof manyof of the events of the historic gold goldrush goldrush rush days when Wild Bill Dead " " _ .A A . HOMESTAKE Ol\JESTAKE Ol JESTAKE \ \ MINE l\U'lE l U'lE UlE " ' At Lead LeadS S D known all over the world as asthe asthe the greatest producer of gold ( old ever everdIscovered everdiscovered everdiscoveredwood dIscovered wood Dick Calamity Jane and oth othcr other cr Wild West notables were seen seenon seenon on the streets of this mining mmmg cen center center ter A pageant descriptive descnptlve of the theRed theRed Red Man s history of creation IS ISheld isheld held each year at Custer Cllster and calledGold called calledGold Gold Discovery DaysSettlement Days DaysSettlement Settlement of South Dakota came cameslowly cameslowly slowly although the Verendrye broth brothers brothers ers Frenchmen from Canada VIS VISHed visIted Hed the reg on in m 1743 In 1804 and and1806 1806 the Lewis and Clarke expedItion expedItionfollowed expeditionfollowed followed the Missouri Mlssoun rver r ver througl througlout througlout out the area Fort Teton was estab estab1 1 shed in 1817 on the site of Fort FortPIerre FortPierre PIerre and In 183L 1831 . the American AmericanFur AmericanFur Fur company pushed a steamer into intothe Intothe the terntoryBoth territory terntory territoryBoth Both plainsmen plamsmen and mountain mountainmen mountainmen men helped build South Dakota and andbrmg andbring brmg to hght its treasures That Thatthere Thatthere there might always be intelligent wtell1gent ap- ap appreCHtton ap appreciation - preciation preCHtton ! of the state seven mstltu mstltutlons mstitutions tlons of h gher learning learmng all state statesupported statesupported supported were founded They are arethe arethe the University Umverslty of at South Dakota Ver VermIllion Vermillion mIllion South Dakota State college collegeBrooklngs collegeBrookings Brooklngs Schoolof School of Mines Mrnes RapId RapIdCIty RapidCity CIty and lour four normal schools There Thereare Thereare are five junior JUDlor colleges in the stateYoung state stateYoung Young thriving thnvmg and rich nch South SouthDakota SouthDakota Dakota does not hoard its \ wealthnor ealth ealthnor nor does It allow waste Its treas treasures treasures ures are open to all-for all for all - for the re reserves reserves serves are ample D AD A K 9- 9 - _ _ -j j - _ _ _ A - - - - = - = : ---l l - - - 9l - J 14'M 14M 14'MJ ' . - J- J ' : - - , . - |