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value of the stone produced at the Penitentiary 

 quarries and used in State buildings during the 

 fiscal year ended June 30 was $15,147. 



Railroads. In 1900 the railroad mileage in the 

 State was increased by 136.66, divided among 4 

 lines. The valuation of the roads for assessment 

 was $12,753,867. 



Banks. Under the law for organizing national 

 banks with capital stock of less than $50,000, 

 three have been organized in the State. The Yank- 

 ton Savings Bank, which failed in November, 1899, 

 had liabilities of $32,000, of which $8,000 was 

 county funds. The State bank, at Plankinton, 

 failed Jan. 9; Aurora County was said to have 

 had about $6,000 on deposit. The establishment 

 of the first bank in Selby is described in a dispatch 

 of Aug. 22 : " The extension of the Chicago, Mil- 

 waukee and St. Paul, from Bowdle, has reached 

 this town and is being pushed west by an increased 

 force. The business buildings of Bangor are about 

 half here, and the remainder will come before the 

 week closes. A hot race occurred when the two 

 banks started the Farmers' and Merchants' and 

 the Walworth County and State. They left Ban- 

 gor about the same time. The latter had about 

 a quarter of a mile the start and was much the 

 lighter building, being but one story in height, 

 while the Farmers' and Merchants' is 30 by 20 

 and two stones. The latter soon began to gain, 

 and when about a mile and a half out passed the 

 State bank and steadily increased the distance be- 

 tween them. The State people sent back for re- 

 enforcements, and soon added two more teams, 

 making 12 horses in all. Then they began to gain 

 steadily on the Farmers', who, seeing they would 

 be losers unless help soon arrived, dropped the 

 wagon in which they had the safe and added 4 

 horses to their 30-horse team. It was then an 

 even thing for some distance, but the Farmers' and 

 Merchants' pulled into town several lengths ahead. 

 Then the race for lots began. The Farmers' were 

 declared winners as the first bank in Selby." 



Products. The values of products of 1899 are 

 given as follow: Wheat, 35,000,000 bushels, $18,- 

 000,000; corn, 40,000,000 bushels, $9,000,000; gold 

 and other minerals, $11,131,436; live stock, $30,- 

 000,000; oats, barley, and rye, $12,000,000; flax 

 and other grains, $10,000,000; hay and grass, 

 $10,000,000; dairy and other products, $6,000,000; 

 wool, hides, and furs, $3,500,000; sundry items of 

 agriculture, $10,000,000; total, $119,631,436. In 

 1900 the wheat crop was small in the northern 

 part of the State. The estimate for the entire 

 State was about 23,000,000 bushels. But the corn 

 estimate was from 00,000,000 to 80,000,000 bushels. 



The value of the gold produced in 1900 was 

 given by the director of the mint at $6,617,674, 

 while 280,000 fine ounces of silver were produced. 



Political. State officers were chosen at the 

 November election. Nominations were made by 

 the Republicans, the Prohibitionists, the Mid-Road 

 Populists, and by the other wing of the Populists 

 and the Democrats united on one ticket. 



The Republicans met at Sioux Falls, May 23. 

 The resolutions commended the administration and 

 reaffirmed the party principles. The ticket fol- 

 lows: For Governor, Charles N. Herreid; Lieu- 

 tenant Governor, George W. Snow; Secretary of 

 State, O. C. Berg; Treasurer, John Schamber; 

 Auditor, J. D. Reeves; Superintendent of Schools, 

 E. E. Collins; Land Commissioner, David East- 

 man; Attorney-General, John L. Pyle; Railroad 

 Commissioner, Frank Lecocq. 



A Democratic convention, at Chamberlain, June 

 6, elected delegates to the national convention, 

 instructing them for Bryan; declared allegiance to 

 the Chicago platform, opposition to imperialism 



and to trusts, expressed sympathy for the Boers, 

 and commended Senator Pettigrew. " Admiration 

 for the honorable record of C. A. Towne " was ex- 

 pressed, but delegates were not instructed as to 

 the candidates for the vice- presidency. 



A second convention of Democrats was held at 

 Yankton, July 11. The People's party was in 

 convention at the same time and place. Confer- 

 ence committees were appointed, and a fusion 

 ticket was arranged. It was: For Governor, Borre 

 H. Lien; Lieutenant Governor, Abraham L. Van 

 Osdel ; Secretary of State, Fred B. Smith ; Auditor, 

 F. J. Tracy; Treasurer, Charles A. Tedrick; Su- 

 perintendent of Schools, Miss M. H. Aasved; Com- 

 missioner of Lands, Edmund Cook; Attorney-Gen- 

 eral, A. E. Hitchcock; Railroad Commissioner, 

 W. T. Lafollette. Both platforms denounced the 

 policy of the administration in the Philippines, 

 condemned trusts, commended the administration 

 of Gov. Lee and the course of the Railroad Com- 

 mission, favored the re-election of Senator Petti- 

 grew, and expressed sympathy for the Boers. -The 

 People's party con- 

 demned the policy 

 of the pension com- 

 missioner, instruct- 

 ed the electors to 

 vote for Bryan and 

 Towne, and said : 

 " We condemn the 

 outrageous abuse 

 of the military 

 power at Wardner, 

 Idaho, by which 

 civil authority was 

 set aside and peace- 

 able citizens im- 

 prisoned for 

 months by armed 

 Federal soldiers 

 without warrant 

 of law, as one of 

 the most danger- 

 ous attacks on the 

 liberties of the peo- 

 ple in the history of this country. We charge 

 that this attack on the rights of the honest 

 workingmen was made by the War Department, 

 with the full knowledge of, and presumably by the 

 order of the President. 



" We condemn the action of the State Board of 

 Equalization for so largely increasing the personal 

 property valuation of the farmers, in some cases 

 more than doubling such valuation, while leaving 

 the valuation of railways and other corporation 

 property, and the credits of banks and other large 

 property holders, without material increase." 



The Mid-Road Populists convened at Yankton. 

 Oct. 4, and nominated the following candidates: 

 For Governor, S. E. Stair; Lieutenant Governor. 

 C. J. Maynard ; Secretary of State, Fred. Nysturm : 

 Auditor, Frank Stout; Treasurer, Frank W. 

 Bailey; Superintendent of Schools, O. I. Husaboe: 

 Commissioner of Lands, I. I. Stearns; Railroad 

 Commissioner, A. D. Blundin. Mr. Maynard with- 

 drew, and the place of Lieiitenant Governor was 

 left vacant. The resolutions approved the Sioux 

 Falls platform and the candidacy of Mr. Bryan, 

 favored the re-election of Senator Pettigrew, and 

 called for a legislative appropriation for the State 

 fair. 



The Prohibitionists also named a ticket, as fol- 

 lows: For Governor, F. J. Carlisle: Lieutenant 

 Governor, K. Lewis; Secretary of State, N. J. 

 Davis; Auditor, J. E. Gamble; Treasurer, H. H. 

 Curtis; Superintendent of Instruction, G. H. 

 Grace; Commissioner of Lands, P. S. Rhodes. 



CHARLES N. HERREID, 

 GOVERNOR OF SOUTH DAKOTA. 



