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Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-03-14
tFirst publication February ~
! NOTICE TREE CULTURE.

Y. .. LASD OfflGk Al 0EApWOOD, y. A.,
February \. 1883.
II Complaint having bHen sersssFett nc this office
By Ezekiel NJ. Moore against James L. Comes
for flilnre TO comply with law NJ to timber-cul-
ture entry No. 5l3 dated October .. 1883, upon
the southeast quarter ~ section Y, township I,
north. range ., K, b. III. ~. In Lawrence county,
Dakota, with q view to the cancellation of said
entry; contestant alleging that said tract Ia not
naturally devoid of timber and not subject to
entry under the timber-culture entry law. there
beingupon said tract large numbers of oak and
amount Of timber and small grSwth Of trees
Throughout said section. thespsaid parties are
hereby summoned to appear atfhis Office ON the
22btay of March, 1ssS at 10 o'clock a. m. TO
respond and furnish testimon y cancerning said
alleged failure.
JoHN II. WHrrEsrpr;. Register. s
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-03-14
First publication February 81
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

LAND OFFICE At UEADW0OD, u II, Z
81 February q, 1887.
In compliance withfha honorable commission
+ er's letter q of Nov. Is, 1897:
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has flied notice of his intention to
make final proof in support of his claim,
and that said proof will be made before the re-
gister md receiver at Deadwood, ID. T., ON
March "a, lssss viz: s
Harvey /. Hawley. d. 8. No. 205a,
for the e Inf NV or, w if NE or sec y, township @,
north, range q, cast, b. III. NJ.
He names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence. upon. and cultivation of,
said land. viz:
sames Graham az Centsal.C lily, DIT, Nathan
Braxier, Charles Snow and Charles Sturmun of
Sturgis, DIT.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-03-14
First publication March ~
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

1sNfo-OFFICE AT DEADWOOD, IL. IL, L
March 3, 1888.
In compliance Will, the honorable commission.
ers letter G'' of December 3, 1887.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of ha intention ia
make final proof in support Of his claim. and
that said proof will be made before the register
and receiver at Deadwood, Dakota, on April "a,
1SSs viz
John W. Hoover. D. s. No. 219s.
for the se or ne or, f Sc or. or Sc or sec Is,
township Z, north range s, east, b. H. NJ.
ontinnous residence upon, and cultivation of.
said land, viz:
Stephen Ashton, D. Y. Buell.. L. P. knowltofi
and Elliott Nichols. all of Empire y. o., Dakota.
JuIN II. WmTEsIDE. Register.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-03-14

and forty-eight after the Chicago and
omaha dailies have got through with It.
Let up. gentlemen, for i little while any
way, and give yonr readers q rest on the
subject Of scoops When you talk
nbout scoop why there's where We
are ct home. See:
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-03-14

II makes o person extremelyweary to
read SO much slobber and twaddsa about
scoops exclusive, in tho Illness and
the Pioneer. As far as their telegrapllie
news is concerned, there is no use in
either Of them growing. They arc al;
ready publishing news twenty -fonr hours
after the Rapid City Journal has used Il,
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-03-14
sTURGIs PosToFFIcE.

below are the hours at which the mails arrive
and close. Northern. closes u:s0 A. NJ; arrives
IL M. Southern closes I;10 P. NJ arrives 10 NJ
Hours Daily, from q. m. to 8 p. m. Sunday
from 1890 to 1:s0 p. m. Money order window
open from u. m. to o p. m. on week days only.
No registery business done, on. Sunday.
FL. p. ATwATER. CIV. PRATT,
4 Asst p. nj. Postmaster.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-03-14
The Challenge Accepted.
! The following letter explains itself !:

The Following letter explains 1t6el1:
FoRr n AIDE, d. T., March -.
To the Editor Of the Advertiser:
DEAR S1R In reply to MIR. Delmas
Pierrie's challenge in your last issue,
I would respectfully state that
I never have, been anxious to
meet Mr.. Pierrie in the orthodox 24-foot
ring, but as his challenge is meant direct
for me am in duty bound to accept it.
As it is impracticable for me to train
for fight to finish (on account Of my
duties, I viii meet him within month
in twelve (12) round glove contest for
scientific points, for $50 a side and the
gate receipts, winner to take everything.
Hoping this will be received as Salts
factory by Mr.. PIERRE, | have the honor
to remain, very respectfully
Your Obedient Servant,
JAMES f. CoNNERs.
P. s. Mr.. PIERRE can see me any time
totsign agreement. J. +. G.
IL yon want ground feed and lumber
OF all kinds go to the Sturgis planning
mill.
,3fasf Z
As good tea for so cents per pound
as others sell for rs cents, at
SPARKS & ALIENS
Grabill the Photographer, whose work is
not only thoroughly we'll known in the
United States but in Europe also, is still
ut his old stand on First street, where he
continues to turn out to an admiring
public those unequalled portraits and
gems of scenery that well may astonish
the world. That such first-class work
man should be found in the .srowdy
west" surprises the, denizens OF the be-
nighted east.
Since the machinery was started at
the cracker factory OF Hird Bros, it has
been run continuously, and the output
has been disposed Of But the oven is
not large enough, and this morning work
of charging it viii commence. 1t will
be given a much greater capacity than
it now has, and will be SO arranged to
bake faster The success OF. the firm
seems assured. journal.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-03-14
NOTICE.
NOTICE.
U. =. LAND OFFICE, DEADwooD. Dakota,

q. .. IIANU UFFICE, DEADWOOD, DAKOTA,
- February 2S, 1879. !
Complaint Maving been entered at this office
by Henry s. Perrin against Daniel Twitcheli for
abandoning his homestead entry No. 1,222, dated
Nov Isl 1881, upon the hf NV ar NV ar NV or sec
q. anil ne or se ar sec ~ township >. north.
range :, east, in Lawrence county, Dakota, with
p;,rties are hereby. summoned to appear ut this
Office ON the 2ist day of April, 1883, ut 10 o'clock
a. m, respond and furnish lest inony concern
ing said alleged abandonment. r.
JOHN Ii. WalTEsIDE. Register.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-03-14
q. "A. r..

@. A. r.
Jack G.. Sturgis post No. ~. q. A. r., meets the
first and third Saturday evenings in each month,
at $50. at Library hall. Fl Meale, u. Z.
WIN. HORTON, Commander.
]. JOHNSON. Adjutant.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-03-14
OUR CHANGE OF HEART. !"

The Denver Of the Hills, notwith-
standing the extreme liberality and mag
nanimity of the Pioneer TOWNSHIP CONS
pany, has lost its little boomlet. and it
cannot be found. Alas how tickle a
thing. is earthly greatness. Today we
are up, tomorrow down and the next day
neither up nor down. In this particular
case chow are the mighty fallen Oh
"great was the fall thereof, my country
men" Things are dying by degrees up
yonder, and the finger marks of decay
and death are visible on every hand.
People are leaving every day, for the
same reason that rats desert a sinking
ship. Soon will it become another ssde-
serted village" like unto Goldsnnith's
stsweet Auburn" and the native indian
corn viii wave its tasseled head and the
wild buffalo grass will flourish. with its
old-time luxuriance in the long-untrod-
den streets. All human beings will have
gone hence except, perchance, some lone
~ sentinel who, like Byron's '.last man, !"
will gaze upon itself and with one last,
despairing cry expire. The solitude and
silence will be unbroken, save just as the
shades Of evening creep on apace the
mournful, wierdly beautiful cry of the
whip-poor- will will be heard singing his
own death requiem. Sad the coming
dissolution indeed. but fearfully and ter
ribly true. Let her r. /. P. We weep
over her carly demise.
~
Business is not booming here. Stur-
gis is not booming. It never has boom
cd; never expects to, and most assuredly
never wants ton theomanner in which
new western towns are generally BOOM
ed, with an unhealthy and abnormal first
growth followed by the inevitable set
back and relapse, leaving us in worse
condition than it found lis. Sturgis in
stead, at tho present time, is enjoying a
most substantial growth, based upon a
solid foundation. 1t has just entered on
an era Of prosperity that will not end
until Sturgis has proven herself to be
the banner town 4of the Hills. Business
is increasing as spring draws near and
merchants are feeling confident aud hap
Ply. New buildings are going up on
every side, both business houses and
residences. Every carpenter in the city
is rushed, and in fact have been employ
cd all winter. There are no flies on this
burg.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-03-14

Thomas J. Potter, vice president and
general manager Of the Union Pacific,
died in Washington Friday, aged 46.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-03-14
NOTICE TO cREDIToRs.

Estate of John D. James, deceased. Notice is
hereby given by the undersigned, administrator
creditors Of and adj persons having claims
against the said deceased to exhibit them, with
the necessary vouchers within four months after
the first publication of this notice. to the said
administrator at his Office in Sturgis, in the
county of Lawrence.
Dated at Sturgis, Dakota. February I, 1888.
w. G. BUDERUs,
Administrator of the estate of John d. james,
deceased. 2-S-5.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-03-14
Lettar List.

List of letters remaining in the postofficc at
Sturgis, Dakota, for the two weeks ending March
1, 1883. Those uncalled for after thirty days
from this date will be sent to the dead letter
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-03-14
Army Notes

49,
Capt, Gyms M. DeLany. 18th infant
~, died Downie, Cal, on the 2sth dit.
Major Frederick Means and First
Lieut.. 2. A. Edwards, 25th infantry, are
in Washington.
Capt. Thomas B. Robinson, 10th in
fantry, has been ordered to report to
Gen. Stanley for examination, with 9
view to his retirement.
Secretary Of Was Endicott has named
the new post just established at High
wood, near Chicago, Fort SReridanr in
honor Of Little Phil.
|. First Lieut.. ]. e. Sawyer, 9th artillery,
has been appointed aide on the staff q
General Schofeld..
Capt. e. r. EVEN, 9Th infantry, il
commanding at Fort Keogh, In the alb
sence Of Col. Gibson. ,ss
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-03-14

Black measles ane killing Of tho Nez
Perces on the Golyille reservation in
Washington tersibory.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-03-14

Cass county has turned over to. the
territorial treasures FOR taxes the past
year oyer $38, Q00..
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-03-14


les. SundT1es, Etc.
V. a. ~.
first and third Saturday evenings in each month,
y, oou' y. Lipfais i'a H. Ii Ii Meae' ~ l.
oooN0oN. nu1utne.
Letter list
List of letters remaining in the postofticc at
Sturgis, Dakota, for the two weeks ending March
], 1888; Those uncailed for after thirty days
Office:
BiIlinas Ii Jacob Samuel
Bell Vim mcdonald j M
D ayisls Miss so Alice P snn Wlinah
Eietchera SperrioE Miss Minnie
Hatch & France Waikiing Fraulem NJ
advertised 6. v. PRATT p NJ.
sTuRGIs posToFFIcE.
Below are the hours at which the mails arrive
Honfs sa.aoa from = a. m; tos p. n. SUNDAY
40 3 reg Este business done, on-snn az
- . Az i M " p.atn,nsta.r
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
hereby sven BY The understand administra tor
against the said deceased tG exhibit them with
administrator at his Office in Sturgis, in the
,,,.. :. ., vs., IsgDEpsus, !
,,,a lliS.r'or VI vac ee'a'e VI ooia y; 3aueS'
-e-r~e
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HARNESS. SADDLES WHIPS RoBEs.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-03-14

Tho BelttDaily Herald is at hand, the
first issue appearing Thursday. Success
to it.
The Arizona sentinel., 1888-09-01
The Mexican Pacific,

Mir. w. H. McWood, the conces-
 sionaire and general manager of the
 lately formed Mexican Pacific com pany, was seen by a Taoo Republics reporter, and in a conversation which followed, that gentleman stated that everything was progressinf rapidly to general opening of grading on the projected road. He said that his chief engineer, Mr. E. A. Warner, had already completed the survey between Mazatlan and Culiacan, distance of l56 miles, and handed Tn his estimate for construction. Between the two cities above named there will have to be 14,000 feet of bridges built, but the average cost per mile IS given at s. l09 for both bridges and the grade. Fred Nelson, formerly superintendent of construction on the Mexican Cen tral road, will hold like position on the new line, and MT. Lute Clark, of Chicago, will act as uperintendent. All the officers of the new road have been appointed, and will arrive at Mazatlan by the lst of October. Al ready load of rails has arrived in that port. Steel ties costing Sl.15 each will be purchased in Germany and be laid on the entire road, which will have as terminal points Topic, in Topic Territory, and Yuma, Arizona. 6 distance of 2,035 miles. Mir. Me Wood also said that the Mexican Central company had agreed to extend their Guadalajara branch to Topic, where his road would meet it from Mazatlan. There is no point on the road but what can be reached either by water or rall in l50 miles, which will make the cost of delivery of con- struction material much cheaper than for any other road which has yet been built in Mexico.
 Mr. MeWood is in the city to get certified copies of the concession. As soon as he gets them he will leave for New York to be present at meeting of the board of directors. Re publics.
The Arizona sentinel., 1888-09-01
Republican County Convention.

The Republican voters of Yuma County are requested to meet in mass convention at the Court House in Yuma, Saturday, September 18th, prox., at 7;30 o'clock p. m. for the purpose of electing four delegates to the Territorial Republican Conven tion, the selection of new Republi- can County Committee and the trans action of other business that may properly come before them.
 This is most important meeting; let every lover of Republican princi ples be on hand to aid with voice and vote.
 Yuma, AT. Aug 3Oth, 1888. (Signed) J. H. TAGGART.
 Chairman Go. Com. T. D. MACLEOD. Secretary.
The Arizona sentinel., 1888-09-01

A single page in one issue of the Century taken for advertising purpo- ses costs S200; in Harper's S400; in ether magazines from $350' to $l0O. A yearly advertisement of a column Tn the Chicago Tribune is S36,000, in the New York Tribune S29, 554 for the lowest and SlS4,OOO for the high est priced columns. These papers are never at loss for advertising to fill their columns. Enc people who ad- vertise in the New York dailies are the established business houses, who never pay out money that brings no return
The Arizona sentinel., 1888-09-01
Silver Per Capita.

The men who are afraid of getting
 too much silver into the money circu-
 lation of the country should stop and
 think little. As people certainly
 Americans are not better fnanciers
 than the French. They manage to
 find support for 35,00o,00O people in
 a spot but trife larger than Califor-
 mia, and the people are doing we'll
 They have S2250 in gold and $l7 in
 paper per capita in circulation, but at
 the same time have of silver an amount so great that were the people of the
 United States given the same amount 1t would require all the product of our silver mines, running at their present capacity for eleven years to come, to fill the requirement. At the same time France is perfectly developed country; all her industries are estab- lished and all her resources utilized, while we have yet half continent to place in running form, and south of us lies limitless areas awaiting the electric touch of Anglo-Saxon muscle and brain. Turned in any light and the infamy of the legislation that de- monetized silver is apparent. The loss that it has caused and is still causing the people of this country can only be computed by hundreds of mil lions of dollars annually. It is some thing frightful, and unless there is a halt and wiping out of that statute, there will come crash that will be to the business of the East what the phe nomenon of of geological period is to the crust of the earth. The need of more money is apparent in a score of things. For instance, the value of iron taken from the earth annually in our country is equal to twice that of the gold and silver combined; the value of coal mined annually is equal to the product of iron, gold and silver. When to this is added the product of the farm and the increased value giv- en to raw materials through the trans formation made by the factory, and then reflect that, barter and trade as we may, and use whatever disguises we may, the final measure of all must be in gold and silver, the wickedness of the legislation which would curtail the amount or depreciate the value of either of these metals is directly ap- parent.-Salt Lake Tribune.
The Arizona sentinel., 1888-09-01

The following is statement show ing the railroad mileage in the Terri tory of Arizona, and the rate per mile and assessed value as fixed by the Ter. riCorial board of equalization:
 Atlantic & Pacifc-393.4l miles, assessed at g, 282,O3 per mile; total valuation, s2,S62,13O.
 Arizona Mineral BeIt-30 miles, at S5,7O6.33 per mile; total, sI7l,l90.
 Arizona Narrow Gauge-1O miles, at S5, 200 per mile; total, $52,0OO. Arizona & New Mexico-4I miles, at s5,402.22 per mile; total, St84,- 59l.I3.
 Marieopa & Phoenix-3f.45 miles, at S7,o00 per mile; total, $354,65
 Prescott & Arizona Central-73. 3 miles, at s5,l5L62 per mile; total val nation, 8377,6l3.75.
 Southern Pacifc-3S3 miles. at s7, 300 per mile; total, s2,s72,50o.
 Total number of miles of railroad in the Territory, f,053.4l; total as. sessed value, S7,3l7,930,57.
 The above is slight advance on all the assessments over the value as as sessed in 1887.
The Arizona sentinel., 1888-09-01

The movement of standard dollars from the different hints and sub-treas uries to Washington, for storage in the large new silver vault, will begin tomorrow. Shipments will be made in lots of s50,OOO day and will con tinue until the vault is filled. As the vault has capacity of Sl00,00O,OOO in silver dollars, it will take about six months time to fill it at the rate of shipment decided upon. Shipment will be confined to coin now stored at Philadelphia, New York, New Orleans aud San Francisco. It is estimated that ab u s2O,O0o,O0O will be brought from each of the cities named.
The Arizona sentinel., 1888-09-01
Board of Equalization.


 B. B. Ryan appeared on behalf of the Southern Pacific railroad, asking for reduction of it's assessment to the same as it was last year. A reduction of $500 was granted, the assessment being fixed at S7, ,000 per mile, a raise of $500 per mile over last year.
 Mir. Ryan also asked for reduction of the assessment of the Maricopa and Phenix railroad to S6,500, same as 1887, which was refused.
 The board held brief session this morning and adjourned sine die.- Journal Miner.
The Arizona sentinel., 1888-09-01

Bearing on the proposition of Major Powell to reclaim the Colorado des- erts, for which Congress has already made a preliminary appropriation, is an article by Joaquin Miller on "The North American Nile" He urges that the land instead of being a desert is in reality enormously fertile
 "rhesc ruins of Arizona are older than history-as old es. the oldest ruins on the Nile of Egypt. The region then was densely populated. No allure ments of gold; nothing but the gener- ous soil and the genial climate built up cities here that rivaled in extent those of egypt. If then these primi- tive people made a garden of this land, where we now insist on locating a desert, can we not do something with our improved methodsfo Very clearly this region was once the garden of A nerica, and it is reclaimabIe. Miller says he never ate finer bananas than those grown near Yuma.-Silver Belt.
The Arizona sentinel., 1888-09-01

The post office at Norton's should be re-estabhshed. There is consider able business done at that point and vicinity and the nearest post office is at Ehrenberg l25 miles distant from Yuma. The discontinuance of the Norton's post office was a blunder and if the proper representations are made to the postal department there will be no difficulty in having it re-establish- ed.
The Arizona sentinel., 1888-09-01
Money in Nectarines.

As sample of what can be done in something besides oranges in this val ley, we learn from Mr. T. P. Drink. water, who is at work on the Kimball ranch formerly belonging to Dr. H. Graves, that he has picked l,5OO pounds of nectarines from one tree. and there are l50 pounds still on the tree. He sells the fruit at S2O a ton, which would give $l6.5O as the income from one tree. There are from 100 to 125 trees to the acre in the orchard, which would give an in come of l,65O to S2,00O an an acre per year for an orchard of nectarines. Riverside Press.
The Arizona sentinel., 1888-09-01
There is a Hold Over.

The law requires that the Board of Supervisors shall forward to the gov ernor of the Territory a list of the officers to be elected in their respect i've counties that the same may be in corporated in his election proclama- tion. Acting upon the advice of Dis trict Attorney English, the Board of Supervisors of this county placed the number of supervisors to be elected at two, while other counties named three. Here was mooted question to be de cided by the Attorney General, who in recent letter to s. c. Bagg, of this place, states the law as interpreted by District Attorney English is correct, and that only two supervisors are to be elected. To quote from his letter: 'I am of the opinion that the mem- bers of the Board of Supervisors hold office for the full terms as fixed by the law in force at the time of their election, and that at the coming cleo tion in November, your county is en- titled to elect but two members of the Board of Supervisors. Epitaph.
The Arizona sentinel., 1888-09-01

The Territorial Board of Equaliza- tion raised the assessment of real es- tate and improvements in Yuma twenty per cent. The increased valu- ation is not fair, and the Supervisors of this county should attend to the matter if 1t still lies in their power to rectify the mistake of the Territorial Board: The reason that there is less land assessed this year than last is that Judge W. W. ter at the last term of court decided that govern ment lands could not be taxed, conse quently our assessor did not assess such lands. Very little land has yet been patented, but large acreage will be taxable next year. Again we assert that the Territorial Board has acted unwisely and has in. addition injured this section
The Arizona sentinel., 1888-09-01
Republican Territorial Convention

The Territorial Convention of the
 Republican party of Arizona for the
 nomination of one person for Delegate
 to Congress, one person for Superin-
 tendent of Public Instruction, at
 which Convention shall also be nomi-
 mated one Councilman for the North ern District, composed of Apache, Va
 vapai, Mohave, Yuma and Naricopa counties; and one Councilman for the Southern District, composed of Pima, Cochise, Graham, Gila and Pinal coun- ties; will be convened in the city of Tucson on September l9, 1888 at II o'clock; a. m. The t,e t0,Aenublicans of the different counties of the Territory are therefore respectfully invited to hold county conventions composed of mem bers chosen by primaries held in the various precints of the counties, at which county conventions delegates to the Territorial convention shall be chosen upon the following basis: One delegate from each county and one del egate for each fifty votes or fraction over twenty five votes cast for 0. 0. Bean for delegate to congress, at the November election in 1886. The rep of the several counties will ha ac fo1lozf.