Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-07-24

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CIR city oiicials % y ccnsidera.
10 expense IN putting ii good Sub.
slantiaI crossualks al over TN city,
nltsr which. they have dirt hsulsd
Ind spread from four q six Inches
iii ovsr lie walks. This dirt makes
nice pleasant walking after . rain.
Dr. Mad informed " yesterday
that ". N. Mcdonald, the mill man
west 81 town, Was the happy father
of ! new twelve pound baby.
Hurrsh for Union COUNTY. She a
raise the biggest corn, the biggest
small grain, the biggest vegetables
and the biggest babies Of any county
in the west.
To build up 4 town people must
stick together like brick dust ~ Z
bar Of soap. There must be no
wrangling Or quarrelling Or jealous
les among them. Property owners
must offer inducements to secure
business, must advertise in local
papers, and above all things must
not expect to make a fortune in A
year or two.-HaMaylen Commercial.
About two hundred dollars have
heen subscribed by citizens and
business men Of Elk Point, to b Of
fsred as : sweepstakes purse for
trotting races during the coming
Union county fair. This is done to
induce some first class trottine
horses to come here and make the
races interesting at the fair.
Charley Freshman brought id
some samples of wheat yesterday
from Dick Coonanb farm in Union
county, that measured six feet in
height, and are but little above the
average in Dicks whole field. The
heads are nearly six inches in length
and are filled clear to the end. Mr..
Coonan confidentially expects this
crop to 60 80 bushels per acre
Hawardcn Independent.
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A gentleman who lives in a thriv-
ing. central Dakota town was in the
city the other day and made Ahe re-
mark that Elk Point had the real
solid backing in the way Of farming
country surrounding it to make it
one Of the best towns in Dakota. It
is true Elk Point is way behind the
farming country around it, but with
a little vim on. the part Of our citi-
zens we will soon catch up.
Elk Point is having some new
blood infused in her veins aud it is
having a good wholesome effect
Such men as Gilmore, Talcott, Briggs,
Tower and others arr showing us
old moss bucks what energy, push,
and enterprise will do for a town,
and we notice this rustling spirit is
taking hold Of a large number Of
u citizens, and Elk Point is just
more than humping herself.
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Frank Budde, the proprietor OF
the fremont House is a rustler. He
gives his hoarders fried spring chick
en- for breakfast and the boys say he
procures his chickens after1 IL o'clock
at night. We are boarding there
now while our family is gone, aud
we would ask as . personal favor
that the people in that vicinity
leave their chicken house doors OPEN
during the night. We are fond u.
spring chicken.
ARTISAN WELL.-Over one-hall
the voters and tax payers Of the city
have signed q petition to the city
oouncilasking them to appropriate
$500 to put down a test hole for IN
lartesian well. The council viii no
act favorably on the petition
and We will soon know whether We
arsjl4he artesian basin. There is
. party here ready to contract 70
put i two-inch pipe down GOO feet
for 75 cent? per foot.
Geo. r. freeman has purchased
for Herb Parker; OF West Union,
Iowa, an officer ofsthe Milwaukee
railroad company, thu hrm Of a. r.
Stoddard, near Richfsnd, paying
the handsome sum Of 5000 III it.
The farm il worth every AjoEls Of
the price paid although !. issonly
leo acres in extent and has but
small improvements on Il. Hsex-
poets TO turn II into 4 horse ranch
for breeding thoroughbred horses.
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Col. NJ w. Sheaie, Of WatertoWa.
was IN the city ! fen days last week
attending u business matters con-
nacled With The Touring mill No.