The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-03-02

have a warmth-preservlng power far
out Of proportion to their thickness
and weight. In this connection we
wish to state that we have on hand q
surplus Of old papers which can be
used for this p lrpose, which we are
selling at so cents per hundred. There
is no excuse for Hot Springers to sleep
with cold feet. when they can go to bed
enveloped ina smile and a. pair. of
paper blankets also small a cost.
Abe Boland has returned from trip
to Buffalo Gap, Hot Springs, Custer,
and the entire southern Hills. He
went down through that country for
the purpose Of locating quarries of
marble and was successful. Mr..
Boland stated that he saw the survey
stakes of the Burlington and Missouri
railroad company, but no surveyors.
He passed along part of the proposed
route through Red Canyon, and pro-
nounces the same as very rocky heavy
grade. and we'll nigh impracticable..
Rapid City Republican.
Prof. Foster, a coal expert from
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, this week examin-
ed the claim of Pitcher, Moore & Co.,
in Red Canyon and the coal banks at
Minnekahta Falls, in the interest of an
Iowa coal syndicate, and expresses him
self as highly pleased with the pros
pect, and it is probable that extensive
purchases of Fall River county coal
lands will be made upon his recon-
mendation. The Prof. stated that in
all his travels, which had been extern
sive, he never saw such grand and pic
turesque scenery as that in the vicinity
of Hot Springs, and prophesied a
bright future for Hot Springs as a
health and pleasure resort.
The Times is authority for the state
ment that the F. +. & NJ. V. railroad
company intend building spur from
Oelrichs around on the west side Of
the Hills to Buffalo, Wyoming, to cut
off the B. & NJ. who have had corps
Of surveyors in the vicinity Of Hat
Creek and Cheyenne river. Parties
who ale acquainted with the country
say that a splendid route can be found
by going from Oelriclls to the mouth of
Hat Creek, and following up the valley
of the Cheyenne. A surveying party
is now engaged in surveying the land
claimed by the railroad company, in
the town limits, also in surveying the
proposed line. 1t is the talk at Chad
ron and other railroad towns down
the road, that the dirt will begin to fly
OH sle line early in the Spring.
during greater part OF last week
farmers throughout Fall River county
were plowing and preparing the ground
for the seasons crop. The ground is
said to be in excellent condition. What
do our eastern Dakota friends think
of this? Why do they flee to Tcnnes-
see, Kentucky and other parts of the
south to escape the severe winters,
wheii, by simply coming across the
territory they can find country, which
if not exactly in the banana belt,
literally flows with milk and honey and
offers more inducements to The square
inch than any other part of Gods foot
stool? Parties who are casting about
for more favorable place for a
permanent residence; a place where
there no wind, no winter Ito speak of
where fuel, logs and posts can be had
for the hauling, and where there is
plenty of rich agricultural land still
subject to homestead, presumption and
timber-culture entry, should come to
Fall River county before locating
elsewhere.