St. Paul daily globe., 1889-05-24
HURON THE CENTRAL CITY
They Eeld Their Wheat and Think They
We're Made Victims.
WHY HURON Is CONVENIENT.
How the Sesseton Indians Have Pro-
qressed in the Civilized
Ways.
Special to the Globe.

Specldl 10 Tue GlODe
HURON, S. d., May 22.-Last fall
when ''Old Hutch" had corner on
wheat which sent the price up from As
cents to s1.15, many farmers in this
locality are said to have received cir
cular letter from wealthy Minneapolis
miller, advising them to hold their
wheat until spring, assuring them
that it would bring much
better price at seeding time. A
few farmers needed the sugges ton
and kept their wheat. But, alas. the
increase in price didn't materialize, and
after storing the grain several months
were obliged to put it upon the market
at from so to 60 cents per bushel. How
these men do go for Pillsbury. They
believe it trick played upon them to
secure wheat for milling purposes at a
low figure, and some go so far as to
intimate that the miller should make
good their loss.
The Fourth of July committee is pre-
pairing for gigantic celebration here
on that day. Hon. S. S. Cox is the chief
attraction. Flags with forty-two stars
have been especially ordered for the oc-
casion. Already orders for hotel rooms
are being received, and the probabilities
are that the crowd will be the largest
yet gathered in this part of the North
west. Reduced fare on railroads will
be given and special trains run to ac-
commodate the crowds.
Huron must be
THE MOST CENTRAL
and accessible city in South Dakota,
else why are SO many conventions and
public gatherings called to assemble
here? Farmers alliance meetings,
Knights of Labor conventions, shate-
hood meetings, prohibition gatherings,
w. G. T. U. conventions, and a multi
tude of other meetings :of equal signifi-
cance have been held here quite recent
ly. In fact, if any considerable number
of people are to come together, the
meeting place is Huron. Early IN the
spring the Knights of Labor held their
annual meeting here; this was followed
by a tremendous gathering-the
largest in the history of Dakota
Of temperance workers; then came
grand meeting of the Farmers
alliance, and during the past
week the advocates of the single
tax proposition held convention here,
The South Dakota alliance and Knights
of Labor will be here on June 1S, to re-
main in session three days. On the 9th
and 2Sth of the same month the annual
meeting of the Dakota Young Peoples
Society of Christian EndeavOr will occur
here, and no telling how many other
conventions and meetings will be
ANNOUNCED FOR HURON
within the next fortnight. Editor Shan
non truthfully says:
'sThere has never been a time
since 1881 when Huron was not
| the most convenient place for the
| people of South Dakota to cOngregate.
| There will not be time in the next 100
years that the same will not be true.
| Huron isn't running capital campaign
OH paper railroads, but on the railway
| facilities she really has. Dakota people
| have had one experience in locating the
| capital in town which was to have all
the railroads on earth just as soon as
the capital was located there. Bis
marck has to-day just the same railway
facilities she had when the capital was
located there-a fact that should be re-
membered at the polls next October"
THE ANNUAL MEETING
| of the Central Association of Congrega-
tional Churches was held with the
church at the Oahe Indian mission last
week, and was very largely attended.
Full delegations were present from
fourteen of the seventeen churches in
the association. Being held at Oahe
gave the delegates an excellent oppor-
| tunity to see how the mission work
among the Indians was carried on, and
how successful it is becoming. They
were surprised at what is being accom-
plished, and expressed much graft
fication at the rapidity with which
| the work of civilizing the Indians
is being wrought. These committees
will have charge of the various branches
| of work in the association until the next
meeting, which will be held in Willow
Lakes Nov. Is:
Sunday Schools-Eugene Steere, of
Pierre; Rev. Philo Hitchcock, of Willow
Lakes: Mrs. Fifeld. of Lake Preston.
Home Missions-Rev. F. G. Appleton.
of Lake Henry; Thomas M. Jeffris, OF
Huron; Rev. James Oakie, of Pierre.
C0lleges-Rev. j. A. Wakefield, OF
Aurora; Rev. F. G. Appleton, of Lake
Henry; Eugene Steere, of Pierre.
Ministerial Relfef-W. n. Carroll, of
De Smet, T. M. Jeffris, of Huron; o. E.
Parker. of HighmOre.
Licentiates- 81. S. Mills, OF
Huron: j. R. Bonney. of De Smet; Rev
James Oakie, of Pierre.
Rev. Fl. s. Mills, of this city, was
chosen director Of home missions
Fred M. Wilcox. also Of Huron, and
Rev. W. B. D. Gray, of Lake Henry
were elected delegates to the national
council of Congregational churches, tx
be held in Worcester, Mass, mex