The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-06-28
the board Of trustees Of the soldiers
home Of South Dakota, which il soon
TO be erected at Hot Springs. Col.

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home Of South Dakota, which il soon
to be erected at Hot Springs. Col.
Bones is president, Mr.. Kleiner is treas
urer, and Capt. Lucas ia secretary Of
the board, and Capt. Phillips has bsen
appointed superintendent Of construc.
ton 81 the home. These gentlemen
are assembled in Sioux City at this time
for the purpose Of accepting plans for
the home and providing for the recelv-
ing Of bids for its construction, etc.
The last territorial legislature appro-
priated $4,000 for the construction
and completion Of q soldiers homo for
South Dakota. The appropriating act
says thtt it shall be South Dakota in.
stisntion, and that North Dakota can
utilize it only upon payment Of the ac-
tual cost Of keeping old soldiers there,
but that South Dakota must stand all
the expenses of the maintenance Of the
institution. The home is to he located
at Hot Springs, IN the Black HilH,' AApb-
on site already selected, convenient
to the medical springs aud in one Of
the numerous picturesque hooks Of that
scenic country. The plans for the home
have been adopted. j. P. Martin, of
Sioux City, prepared them. The build
ing proper is to he 100 by 30 feet in
size, three stories high, with two wings
3S by "a feet in size, three stories high
the whole to be constructed of white
and red sandstone, natural product
of the Black Hills. Four large towers
will ornament the building. which will
be we'll lighted, heated and otherwise
prepared for the reception and comfort
of the savers of the nation, WIN by the
lapse of years have come to need a home.
The plans provide ample accommoda-
ton for all the lomelike adiuncts
which make life pleasant. Bids for its
construction will be received in
short time.
The home will have room for 200
persons, and tits estimated that enough
veterans will he found to occupy i.
when it is ready for occupancy. Some
5000 old soldiers now live in the two
Dakotas. according to Capt. Lucas, and
10000 of these are in South Dakota.
Out Of 10000 Of these are in South Da-
kota, it would be Strange il 200 were
not in need of assistance. All these
facts were given tc a Journal reporter
while he was looking over the plans
last evening, and after the business
session the gentlemen found time to
say some things about Dakota general
ly.
Capt. w. V. Lucas, who has made
the Indian question study during his
residence in Dakota, said that the la.
bors If the Sioux commission would
eventually be successful. The Indians
will sign the treaty, he says. in spite of
all adverse advice. They have consid-
cred all the questions involved in the
REIMBURSEMENT Of their title, and the
leading men Of the Sioux nation have
in fact fully examined the matter and
are quietly advocating the signing Of
the treaty.
Capt. Lucas throws a wet blanket
over Indian tradition by saying that
Sitting Bull is not very much of a chief.
"Dld Sit, lie says, did not lead the In
.dians in the Custer fight, and all the
distinction which ''Si." has received for
so doing has been misplaced. He is a
miserable specimen Of an Indian, has
no brains and never ana any thing bril-
liant in his life.-