Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1888-05-23

ton. The mistdls fss1ply ths assump
ton that the laaes u nv. reservation ar
now open and avsilabls ~ settlement. 1
is reported that \ gfseE many persons
upon this erronsous aps1mpticn, are nov
on their way % ~ rssseyaaion. Indeed
it is te,ieved int h1sl y and even thou.
sands are nsAtl9 lAis hlztasr, and it Ii /
fact that lazls bsfs Ii settsss are ii.
ready begi4 king arrive at points nesl
the yeeegsattOns ~ y 1srn when they
seAcA - sroe - ~ ~
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20 much as enter upon tho land. The Law
does not open the reservation until certain
preiiminaries shall be complied with. One
of these is the securing Of the consent of
the Indians themselves to the opening Of
the lands. After their consent shall be
obtained there is definite course for the
interior department to pursue before set.
tiers can even go upon the lands. Whom
all this may be done IL not definitely
known. 1t is known that at best IL will
take several months ct least. All those
therefore who are hurrying to the reserva-
curing homesteads are doomed to certain
disappointment. Many Of them doubtless
are men who can i'll afford the period OF
waiting which il certainly before Them.
They will have to iurn Ground and come
back to their former homes. The better
plan is not to leave the latter at all. The
safe course is to wait til the lands are Of
ficially declared open te settlement. This
will he done with due publicity, aud there
is no danger Of the time Of the opening
not being definitely known. This is an
important time of year for farmers, espec-
tally small farmers, and for them to leave
now is to throw away the profit of this
years crop, without gaining thereby 4 soli-
tary advantage. The strong probability ia
that the farmer can safely put in and at
tend crop and then have ample time to
reach the reservation before it il actually
opened to settlement under the new law.
Dakota Judgsa
Senator Davis bill to provide for two ad :
ditional associate justices OF the supreme
court Of Dakota has been favorably re-
ported so that the supreme bench shall
consist of chief Justice and seven asso-
ciate justices. The bill provides: The two
justices to be appointed are to hold Office
lVi AouI years. luc tefTltOEv IN u U0 OI-
yided into eight judicial districts and the
judges are to reside in the district to which
they are assigned. The present 6fth dis
tict is to be divided into the fifth and
seventh districts, and the third district into
the third and eighth districts. The asso-
ciate justice of the eighth district is to hold
two terms OF court in each year IN Gran
Forks. All Offenses committed before the
passage OF the act shall be prosecuted in
the same manner and with the same effect,
except as to the number Of judges, ~ IL
the act had not been passed. The CONF
ties which will be embraced in the new dis
trict are Beadle. Kingsbufy, Brookings,
Sphinx, Brown, Clark, Day, Marshall, Cod
ington, Hamlin. Deuel., Grant, RObsrts
Md the Sisseton and WApheton Indian
reservations. Seventh District t-Hughes,
Hyde, Hand, Sully, Faulk, Potter. Ed
nunds, Walworth, McP Pherson and Camp
bell and also the following portion of the
Great Sioux reservation: All that portion
lying northward Of the counties of Presho
and Pratt and line extending from the
north line of the county Of Pratt TO the
25th degree Of longitude west from WASH
ington, and eastward Of said degree of
longitude and southwark Of the north line
of Bozeman and Schnasse counties.
Eighth district Grand Forks, Walsh, Penn
bina, Ramsey, Cavalier aud Towner.
Third district, the counties now constitut-
ing the same except as affected by the
formation Of the eighth district.
Fire st Blunt.
Blunt was recently the scene Of very
destructive confagration and but for the
heroic efforts Of the citizens generally,
might have proved much more serious.
The Shepard building, whore the are is
supposed to have originated, is situated in
the center OF the block, and % conss-
quence the flames spread both ways very
rapidly. The west, side Of the street suf-
fered only the loss Of glass and badly
blistered fronts. What the unfortunate
people will do it is too ea'ly to determine,
but all will resume business again. The
10 'ses as far as it is yet possible to ascer-
tain are as follows:
Bank OF Rlupt building, 81 800 ;contenta saved ;
g. Jones. building ei, 100, occupied by J. S.
Dougherty who saved eontents; no Insurance.
A. Riggle, building 4S0c; no insurance; Occu-
pied BY Mrs. M. 6edgwick ~ = millinery end
90O; insurance, 500 In Commercial Union.
Mrs J. r. taphain, building and household
goods, $500 no insurance.
Allen Sisters, building $500 no insurance.
Shepard 4 Co., building. si, 900; no Insurance.
+. NJ. Heaton, building, ~ 800; occupied 6y
Jim IMpham, city meat market, loss e1,o0O: Dr.
II, j, Keyes, dental parlors, loss aSO; Baker 4
Riggle. law Office, less $2oo no insurance on any
Of il.
n Bolster, bakery and contents, $500; no In
surance.
in Phoenix, Of brooklyn. for ei.0oo. >. l. Eich
hcitzl WHO occupied same, escaped with ios'
sol Rimsr, building, $500; no insurance.;
sured in the Commercial Union.
New England house, barn and damage 70 hcte
$500; no insurance.
Town sites.
In his decision on the Cook City land
case the other day, the secretary Of the m
terror considered at length the question Of
the amount Of land to be allowed for town
sites. His views on the subject will b.
especially interesting to Dakote people
who are engaged In laying out town sites
In his letter to the commissioner OF tn
general land of1ce the SECRETARY says:
The Law prescribing the acreage q town site!
says that town ats whore the inhabitant
are in number 100 and Isss than 10 shall efn
brace mot exceeding ~ acres; ard u cass
where the Inhabitants u such town aFe n0r
than 80 and lees thaa 100 shai! suahsacs no
exceeding 80 acres, sec. These - n0 law ~
scribing fhs acreage d The sites q the town
containing less than 100 inhabitants. n suc
cases therefore, the acreage wouid eeom g B
. mater OF executive discrstiCn. Yo9r one
and the department have dtEected whAe actt0
should be taken In such eaee - tte elroalaf ~
proved Nov. & lsas; when tks nsn,a9 g g
kabiSants Of 8 town 10 lsss thea - - tow
sits shall b. restricted % the laod eceAauy =
cupied foF town purroses ~ fsoel snbdtv!ssoas.
Il Il true ths dseision q your 0llce y - 60
a bar vas mads thrse nonths se0ees - q q
cular abOvo cited wes pfOmu1Dnte4; oue -
circular slmply statsd ~ unl5oEm pgoosam
practice a your o6lcs. ard - - - ~
eeid practice q your 6eoistna heeo1n - eeeoet
ancs thsrewtth restgtetlng the tOWn saee - ~
land actually occupssd 5oe ~ terms Yurposee
should b. DISTURBED.
nahsea WhaaA oapDay.
In : lengthy artsels- IN the Nsy 1ol
Hersid Of Jscsnt dAts apPeass ~ g
loving regarding ~ whsat sspply:
n III couat6ss q DussiGA Kt11eR, MeEtcl
Emnnons, MeInaM moagk a1dhN - - eoonsa.