The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-12-21
SOFT Water Town.
smithwick, Dec. II, 1883.

Smithwick, Dec. II, 1888.
En-. srAR:-A few days ago ]. w.
Adamson became the proud father Of
a big bouncing badly boy, mother and
child are doing we'll, and might add
that Jim is slowly recovering and will
probably come out Of this wonderful
ordeal in good shape. Mr.. Adamson
had The misfortune to loose big field
Of A No. / corn. Range cattle broke
the fence down, it is a great loss to Jim.
In fact, ell our formers have had a
great deal Of trouble on this account |
during the past season, and you can
hear them mutter:-"herd law" loud
and deep, and they talk as though they
meant il too. Our new school house is |
just = dandy, q better looking one can
not he found in the county. School
commenced the first OF November un-
der the charge Of Mrs. R. Green, who
has been engaged to teach for the next
eight months. Mrs. Green is an able
and experienced teacher, and the school
hoard feel we'll pleased to think that
our new school starts OF under such
favorable circumstances. It has been
rather quiet in this little soft water
town since they stopped shipping stock
e,.o,,, A1,;o o&ek;e,. awd from tho railroad
news and records now. .a-days, IL looks
as though Smithwicks as a shipping
point, had gone up the spout, for with
the b. & NJ. commine in west Of us,
will cut us Oh. But the farmers in the
soft water belt will not cry, for they
all say it is no benefit to them to have
stock shipped from this point. H. A..
GODDARD has returned home from his ex-
tended trip south. E. b. Cook has beeu
appointed Notary Public and has his
hands full in the locating business, for
now letters keep coming. We have in
the Smithwicks voting precinct about
60 voters, so that would give us a pop
ulation Of from $50 to 900. Now what
man can truly say that a good country
store in this town would not pay we'll.
All the farmers around here want a
bridge across the Cheyenne river and
we want it bad, and another thing we
are just bowling for, and mark you
kind reader-we are going to keep il
up too. and that is this:-We want
when the Sioux Reservation is opened
that the White River shall be one Of ths
boundary lines; Fall River must ani
shall have an eastern outlet. Now
we mean business from the word 90
The most sensible railroad news ant
the most reasonable in the estimation
Of the writer, was that printed in tn
STAR on the 9Th Of this month. It !
the only practical route from the mair
line to the Springs, and l think MI
Evans head was very level indeed
1 when he stated, that said road woul,
, branch OF from main line of the F. E
& NJ. v. road about two miles south o
! Buffalo Gap, running to the mouth o
. Fall River, and up that beautiful strean
; to Hot Springs. He forgot to stat
; however, one Of the principle reason
why this is the most feasible route
That said branch would run across th
= mouth Of Elm Greek Canyon, who's
= sandstone quarries have been worke
for the last two or three months, som
Of said stone baving been shipped a
far east as st Paul Minn., and three q
four miles south Of Elm Greek, it woul
cross the mouth Of Spring Creek Car
on, where can be found more buildin
stone than all the rest Of the quarrie
u put together. This canon is ownedan
C controlled Ly three rich and stron
i companies who are putting y
j. derricks. boarding houses, blacksmit
= shops, &C., preparatory to working thei
IS quarries to their full capacity. Tw
n miles from Spring Greek it would Q,
!. ter the mouth Of Fall River, and 60 Q
l. to Mr. Evans quarry, and it is as NJ
j. Fitch. General Manager Of the abo,
, road, says: ut is freight that his roa
I, wants." and surely this branch wi
4 furnish that article in great abundanc
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