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Show By EDWARD EMERINE WNU Fraturea. A TREASURE," says Web-ster"s Web-ster"s dictionary, "is a valuable valu-able store, accumulation, or reserve supply; a collection of precious things." And South Dakota is a storehouse of those treasures, a vast accumulation of nature's blessings, bless-ings, with a reserve supply to last man forever. Among the precious things of South Dakota Is the glorious sun itself, it-self, shining from Its blue heaven i almost every day in the year. And precious, too, is the clean, pure air of its plains and mountains. In its rich topsoil is the accumulation of ingredients that produce vast fields of wheat and corn and fruits. The lush grass of its ranges, where fat cattle and sheep feed, is a valuable valu-able store of wealth and contentment. content-ment. Beneath the surface Is a reserve re-serve supply of minerals, gold and silver, feldspar and lithium, lignite lig-nite and bentonlte. As though that were not enough, South Dakota has mountains, trout streams, cabins In the pines, lakes, waterfalls, colorful canyons, the fragrance of pine and spruce. The'3 days are cheerfully warm In South Dakota, with the nights cool and refreshing. And the Black Hills have no mosquitoes to take away the pleasure of being out of doors. The famed Black Hills! Harney 1 Peak rises 7,242 feet above sea level, lev-el, the highest point In the United States east of the Rockies. Mount Rushmore has an altitude of 6,200 feet, and on it are sculptured the heads of Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln Lin-coln and Theodore Roosevelt. The largest monument ever conceived or executed by man, the Mount Rushmore National Memorial was sculptured in heroic proportions by Gutzon Borglum, the late world-renowned artist, and is called the "Shrine of Democracy." A half-mil-lion visitors come to the monument each year, and it is one of the most photographed scenes of all times. The figures on the solid granite face are carved in proportion to men 450 feet tall! North and south the Black Hills W-' Ik. v 1 M. Q. SIIARPE Governor of South Dakota Born In Marysvlllc, Kan., January Janu-ary 11, 1888, Governor Sharpe taught school for two years, served four years In the U. 8. navy, and has been a surveyor, newspaper man, lawyer, soldier In World War I, and ha had varied other business interests. ',';v; Iff ; : " -' 1 ' .'- i Him riafciVtf iSaW ft'ifatrillaatfJflafrWllTlsWMSSHaT Sylvan Lake In the Black Hills. h stretch 125 miles and are approximately approxi-mately 50 miles wide. There is Custer Cus-ter state park, with 128,000 acres of mountains, gorges, lakes and streams, and 90,000 acres under fence, with buffalo, elk, deer, bighorn sheep, Rocky mountain goats, antelope ante-lope and other animals roaming unmolested. President Coolldge had his summer White House there In 1927, and left reluctantly. "I'm coming back," he promised. Skeletons of Ancient Beasts. The Big Badlands covering a million mil-lion acres lie east of the Black Hills, and is one of the most Important fossil deposits of prehistoric life. Fossils of alligators, rhinoceroses, hippopotamuses, saber-toothed tigers, ti-gers, three-toed horses and other long-extinct animals are found here and displayed in most of the important impor-tant museums. East and northeast of the Badlands, Bad-lands, South Dakota is mostly roll ing prairie, falling to lowest levels in the northeastern part of the state. Big Stone Lake is the lowest point, 967 feet above sea level The great Missouri river drains most of the state, cutting South Dakota into two almost equal parts as it flows through it. The agricultural treasure house of America is filled with corn, cane, wheat, oats, barley, flax and fruits from South Dakota. The vast plains area has a big dairy Industry, and beef cattle are grown in all parts of the state. The production of livestock live-stock is the main feature of the state's extensive agricultural industry. in-dustry. Hot Springs is the headquarters head-quarters of horse-breeding, and is also known for its medicinal waters. wa-ters. At the annual Black Hills Round-Up at Belle Fourche, real cowboys from the surrounding cattle cat-tle ranges compete in riding and roping. The mineral resources of South Dakota Include more than 60 basic minerals, including gold, silver, tin, zinc and others. Many of these deposits de-posits are not of economic importance impor-tance at the moment, but will become be-come important in the future. At any rate, they remain in South Dakota's Da-kota's Treasure House, a reserve supply whenever the nation needs them. At Lead It the largest producing pro-ducing gold mine in the United States. The "Days of '76" celebration celebra-tion at Dead wood re-enacts many of the events of the historic gold rush days, when Wild Bill, Dead- 3jMi.ni v- "jfcfjjl HOMESTAKE MINE ... At Lead, 8. D., known ail over the world as the greatest producer of gold ever discovered. wood Dick, Calamity Jane and other oth-er Wild West notables were seen on the streets of this mining center. cen-ter. A pageant descriptive of the Red Man's history of creation is held each year at Custer and called "Gold Discovery Days." Settlement of South Dakota came slowly, although the Verendrye brothers, broth-ers, Frenchmen from Canada, visited vis-ited the region in 1743. In 1804 and 1806 the Lewis and Clarke expedition followed the Missouri river throughout through-out the area. Fort Teton was established estab-lished in 1817 on the site of Fort Pierre, and in 1831 the American Fur company pushed a steamer into the territory. Both plainsmen and mountain men helped build South Dakota and bring to light Its treasures. That there might always be intelligent appreciation ap-preciation of the state, seven institutions institu-tions of higher learning, all state-supported, state-supported, were founded. They are the University of South Dakota, Vermillion; Ver-million; South Dakota State college, Brookings; School of Mines, Rapid City; and four normal schools. There are five Junior colleges in the state. Young, thriving and rich, South Dakota does not hoard its wealth, nor does it allow waste. Its treasures treas-ures are open to all for the reserves re-serves are ample. n o a t h p a 1 jmt'mit. ;". .ZV,' iL. -i iy r 2 n"" E 13"' A K A f'555'1 - - . " fo r " &u , ' " h lht Hl( Badlands. , , . |