The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-07-13
sMITHwIck.
SM1THwIcKs, DAK., June 25t'

OMlTHWICKs, DAk., June Zotn.
To The STAR:
Miss Rena Robins went to the Springs
during the week for a short stay.
Our worthy station agent. Mr.. r. C..
Avery and family spent the Fourth at
s%tureis. Ben says they hada SPLEEN
did time.
MI. I. Walker, of Deadwood, gave
us a call the other day and was much
pleased to see him. Late, we all hope
you will! make Fall River county your
future home.
The school board of Shithwick town
ship No. 6 is composed of the following
members: j. S. Bratton and A. w.
Myers as directors at large No. 1; H..
A. GODDARD, treasurer; E. B. Cook, town
ship clerk.
The regular meeting of the Fall
River Stone company was held at the
office of the company in %Smithwicks ON
the 9Th inst. Son G business was trans
acted and meeting adjourned till the
10th of July
II. A. GODDARD and wife were in town
during the week. Mr.. GODDARD reports
everything at the 2 Bell in good shape
and range stock very fat. They ought
to be for grass was never better than
at the present time.
Well the Fourth has come and gone
and suppose everyone Is satisfied, or
ought to be at least. Business must
now take a new and fresh start. Farm
ers in the softwater belt are in good
spirits if not happy, for their crops are
good, in fact tirst-class. New potatoes
are on hand with green peas and garden
truck of all kinds in great abundance
with spring chickens thrown in.
Most of the citizens Of the soft water
town went to Oelrichs to see the grand
celebration given in that wide awake
little city and reports coming in from
the front all agree to one thing, that
the celebration was a success all around
with four or five hundred Indians
thrown in to make it more interesting
Sol it would be safe to set down as d
fact that Oelrichs is the boss town fol
getting up a celebration ora good-sized
Indian scare. Miss Cook. Mr.. Cook, j.
G. Carmichael spent the day very pleas
antly at the residence Of HI. Robins
where they had a grand dinner, with
table loaded with everything n coulc
wish for with plenty Of ice cream and
lemonade to top off with. Take it al
together those present claim they haC
a splendid time and next year will b.
on the look out for an invitation to til,
same place.
The writer had the pleasure a shor'
time ago to visit one more that beauti
full and wonderfully grand place know
far and wide us the celebrated Ho'
Springs, situated in that romantic Ho
River valley. 1t would be hard indeed
to find q prettier place for the location
Of village. Nature has done almos
everything that is posslbls for it to d
in the way Of Identifying that gran,
and wonderful valley of Fail Rive,
from one end of it to the other, ant
kind reader, what is there more gran,
and beautiful than the handiwork o
the Allwise ruler of the universe
The Hot Springs people having all til
gifts and favors showered upon then
to begin with, have, with forethough
and wise judgement, added thereto tn,
cunning handiwork Of man unit
the beauty Of the whole place is some
thing worth seeing and all they wan
to do now is to keep on with the 600
work as they have commenced aud in
short time they will not only have
first class summer resort but an all-the
. %yeal-yound resort; a place that will b