The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-02-03
FROM sMlTHwicKs.
SMITHw1cKs, OAK, Jan. 80, 1857.

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To The STAR:
A. w. Odell and wife are expected
home this week.
Sheriff Moses stopped of here on his
way to Oelrichs last week.
Mrs. GODDARD was in town to-day
visiting at Mr.. and Mrs. Averys.
Mr.. GODDARD general manager of the
Keystone Cattle Co., is in town every
day or two. .
All the settlers of tins little Soft.
water burg are in the best of spirits
since we have found out that our land
is being plated, and will soon be in
the market so we can get our filings
on it. And to you, brother Acorn Of
Bradley Flat we extend the right hand
lpf good fellowship, and we are glad
Indeed to have found one more man
who is capable of looking ahead, and
one who takes an interest in his fellow
men and one who wants to improve
himself and his neighbor, one who is
willing to devote part of his time to
the interests of the county at large.
Your letters are read here with
great deal Of interest, for our land
lying here unsurveyed and unsettled
is worth nothing to any one except to
big stock men rich cattlemel very few
of whom but have emo Ugh Of this
worlds goods, without occupying all
this land which is rich and fertile which
is capable Of supporting so many thous-
ands of poor people, furnishing them
with good homes and life Of COM
paratiye comfort and ease. / believe
with brother Acorn that man is never
satisfied. Give him chance to make
twenty-five thousand dollars and he
will say, "Oh psllaw! that's nothing. 7
want fifty thousand or nothing" and
so it goes. But l suppose man is
built that way and can't help it,.
Indeed man who could step up and
truly say am satisfied would in my
estimation he queer looking animal,
and rather thin siilder the hat.
Our people have had several meet
ings since the 18th and | mnst saw
they appear to have done us good all
around it has given us better chance
to understand one another, which
could not have hcen accomplished in
any other way, and we do hope the
commissioner will do whats right and
just for the citizens of the softwater
part of this county. We are aware
that it is impossible for men holding
public offices to give satisfaction to all.
We do not want the earth; all VIC ask
is that justice be done us.
,s,oO1nr if orv, o,o could +o1l ,,,l,, /
became of the petition that was sent
from here to Hot Springs asking for a
school to be established at Smithwick.
1t looks as though some one must have
a big waste basket. We have three
petitions drawn up and duly signed
by our Taxpayers and voters, which
will he handed in at the next meeting
of the board and we shall insist thai
some action he taken on them. If VIC
are asking what we have no right to we
want to know it. And on the other
hand if what we ask for belongs to us
by virtue of our being citizens, vo ter:
and taN-nayers we want it-all cf it,
Would we be true Americans if we
did not demand this? Butt for one
have no fear but what the honorable
board Of county commissioners. will
see that justice is meeted out to us
and | do further more say and believe
that the men who compose said boari
are men who mean and want to de
what IS right and FOR the best interests
of the whole county. We want |;
school and we want a place to vote.
Dick Moon.