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The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-15
South Dakota,s Artc,,.n 1yr,,.,

It is apparent that with a sufficient and
we'll regulated water supply. tine Dakota
regions now drought stricken aud impov-
erished will blossom as the rose and Weld
regular aud abundant harvests. In 1884
the first artesian we'll was completed at
Andover. Day county. Since then more
than 100 successful wells. scattered
through thirty or more counties, have
been sunk. these wells give pressures
varying from s to 40 pounds to the square
inch, and flow ut the rate from II t, 1000
or 5000 gallons per minute. In view Of
these facts the inquiry naturally arises,
can not the wells be multiplied to such an
extent as to supply the needed moisture
for u crops? In order to answer this
question at all several other important
queries must first be settled.
i. Over what portion of the Dalotas does the
''artesian basin" extend?
:. Is the water supply sufficient for such
heavy demands us would be made upon it by
this system?
Y: L. the general Topography such a. to adj
init OF the equitable distribution of the water?
4. How Inuny wells would he required?
Q. What would such Il System Of wells prob
ably cost.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-15
Tho RECORD of Smaller Events.

Two Deadwood lads, while hunting
along the banks of the Big Horn river tho
other day, were attacked by M enormous
gray eagle. The bird scared high above
them and came suddenly with n rush. It's
sharp talons laid open the scalp of one of
the boys, and 1t was only after q deter
min ed fight that the eagle retreated.
WHILE threshing near Harrison one
day last week a mysterious explosion oc-
Cured in tho machine. Fire flashed ont
ON all sides and Arie Van der Burg. who
was feeding, had his eyebrows burned off.
The grain stacks caught fire hut were OK
tinguished before much damage was done.
THOMAS FAIRFIELD. of Onida. grows
his own fish. He planted forty young
German carp in his lake near Forestburg
four years ago and they are now ripe
enough to pick. He ~recnntly dug up one
weighing six pounds when dressed.
A MEMBER of the Clair Pattee Dramatic
company dislocated his jaw while on a
train between Pierre aud Miller. Not
stated just how he did it, but it is sup
posed he was trying to brace" the con-
ductor. A Miller physical fixed him SO
that he could go OH with the show.
A MONTANA man named Joseph Yagor-
son. having in charge q herd of horses en-
route for the east, committed suicide 5y
taking poison in Il house of ill. repute near
Eureka.. There are several suspicious
circumstance connected with the case,
but not enough to warrant the arrest of the
parties.
AN Indian outfit from the Yankton
agency is trapping large quantities Of
beaver near Rosedale. The people in the
vicinity are comp aiming ut the rate at
which the fur bearing animals in that
section are being exterminated by Lo.
L. H. CAu1oM, of White Lake, has q
curiosity in the shape of a piece Of petri-
fed wood. showing the grain and marks
of the az where it had been cut off. 1t
was found on a farm near that place.
A SOLDIER named Donegan is missing
from Fort Meade. As he only had TWEEN
ty.four days more to serve to complete his
term Of enlistment, aud has 5000 back
pay coming 10 him. II Is thouRot hs has
met With foul play.
L
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-15
III o

Prospects Darkcnins for u Settlement of
the Coal Mine Trouilcs.
A Spring Valley, Ill.,, special says: The
prospects OF u settlement here are not as
bright us "a few days ago. The men
agreed in a recent conference with the
coal company's superintendent, to n form
of contract, aud it was forwarded to Mr.
Scott for his approval. Instead of an
answer he sent in new miners from Penn
syivania. Contributions for the relief of
the nee y have fallen off in consequence
OF the false statement that IL settlement
had been made. and the miners relief
committee have a large number of persons
on their hands i'll want of food. coal and
clothing.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-15
A Very Sleepy individual.

Herman Harms. of Utica, Mimi, is
said to have been sleeping soundly
most of the time for the past twelve
years. He wakes up to eat occasional
ly and every few years he regains con
s%cicusness long enough to walk out for
q time, but then. sleep overtakcs him
again and he 10 buried in slumber for
months. His latest nap is said to have
lasted thus for two years. He is de-
clared to he very weak with little prob
ability Of ever being able to rise from,
his bed again, even IL he wakes up.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-15
10TH WENE ARMED.

Two Prominent Kentucky Republicans
Meet With Fatal Results.
Col. w. Cassius Goodloe. a member of
the national republican committee, and
collector Of the Seventh internal revenue
district of Kentucky, stabbed and killed
Col. A. NJ. Swops. appointment republican,
at Washington. Goolloe was shot and
fatally wounded. The men met in the
postofice corridor and had angry words,
when both suddenly drew weapons. 6wope
flied and Goodloe Knocked the pistol
dS3n as it went OF, the ball entering his
abdomen on the right side. G6odloe then
began ttabbing his OPPONENT in the breast
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-15
MUST HAVE y PALACE.
st. Paul Finally Concludes to Try An Ic.
Carnival.

81. PauI F1NatIy COncIWles Ia Try An Ice
Carnival.
Tho carnival directors had another meet
ing in st. Paul and decided to begin at
nee preparations for tho winter festivi-
ties. Tho city council has appropriated
Slu,0Uo, nMd influential citizens have guar
anteed the remaining $3.50 o needed. The
palace il to be the largest and most fam
tastic IN external architecture ever made in
any country, and the inside carvings and
ornamentations are to excel i'll splendor
anything ever seen before. The street
decorations will be tho most elaborate ever
known i'll the northwest. At least thut is
what they claim for it now.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-15
SILVER AND GOLD.

Facts From the Min. Total s~:oinar. ot
Silvcr tn Date. .s:sSs.6sS ,OO1.
Edward O. Leech, director of the mint.
reports the coinage at the mint during the
fiscal year as follows: Gold coins in value,
$25, 543, a1O; silver dollars. $33, 793. $50;
subsidiary silver, 1921, Gs6. and minor coins,
$500, f79; total, SGD, 9G55. 929. In addition
to this gold bars valued at $.2 2l1. III, and
silver bars value I at So, 7O9. 2ii We're mun-
ufactured. The profit on the coinage of
silver dollars and subsidiary coin was
t9.4O3. O49. The total coinage of silver
dollars under the Bland act up to the first
Of the present month was S3i3, G3S, Dol.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-15
Tho Nor.i, rlocks by Itself

Governor Miller, Secretary Mittie, Aud
itor Bray, Attorney General Goodwin.
Commissioner of Insurance Carey and the
justices of the supreme court took the oath
of Office in the capital building on the 4th.
and the machinery or the state of North
Dakota was placed in motion. Immedi-
ately after taking the oath Governor Mil
Ter issued a proclamation converting the
legislature for the election of United
States senator's and the enactment of state
10Th. This, it is thought, will give time
for the election of United States senator's
in time to take their seats at the convening
of congress.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-15
ED CATTLE.

Texas Fever Discovered Near st. Louis
Eighty Cattle Already Dead.
A report comes from East st. Louis
that some eighty head of cattle have died
at Hunters station, six miles east of the
National stock yards, in the past three
weeks of llexas fever. 1t is also said that
some diseased cattled have been sent to
the National stock yards. and it is appre-
hended that the disease may spread. The
matter will be Investigated.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-15
A MOTLEY COLLEcTIuN.
Briefly Told News From All Parts Of
vVr.I.s

Briefly Told News From All Parts OF the
W0rld.
The secretary of the navy has ordered
the acceptance of the Charleston, ami SO
notified the Union Iron Works company
Of San Francisco. The question of PEN
atty will be considered when the final set
Element is made.
The Swiss government has prohibited
the holding of meetings by the Salvation
Army and has closed the all occupied by
the salvationists.
The reports of a riot between Metho.
dists and Catholics at Axtell, Kan, were
entirely false.
ANOTHER Tascott has been located at
Dallas, Tex, and the authorities are in-
vestigating the matter.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-15
CHICAGO.

c.s.le.nezxst ..du,l; choice to extra
Or. md feeders. s2.olg2.75; cows. bulls aud
mixed. sl.Oois2 60; Texas cattle. el.A0gs.75;
western rangers. e24Da3. 90.
closing weak; mixed, e3.soa4.O5; heavy, $3.50
@4:os; light. es.soa4.2o; skips. s.ooei3.75
Sheop-&axket steady; natives. $500
400; Western. o.. 5oa4.27h Texans. s3.50a4.O0;
lambs. e4.96I5.50.
Producs-Flour quiet and steady; winter
wheat. es:oos4.s5 spring. es.25 = 4.so;: rye, s..4o
gs;5S: w va.s.' s Gass NoveMSes Ssssc ;,l De.
IIeoember. ;sise; Nay. sshc: Oats: steady;
November. l6Kc; December, 1035c; May, 22c.
Rye. 42e: Barley. Sc. Prime timothy sl.it.
Flax. cash. el.2SA May, al.S7i:.
Provtstons-Pork steady: November. 1925;
~;yanu.sy: sel7,ass.so. Lard. steady; Noyem..
Dor. e5.95; January. e5.s5. Short ribs. $3.50
for Nevsmbsr; dry sslt meats steady. Butter
dull; full cream cheddars, 9aShc; fats, 0IIiO
ealc; young Americas. 9.@9Ao. Eggs firm;
fresh. l0k9eOc.
Hides.steady. Light and green heavy sailed,
g salteA bull. llsc ;igrsen sailed call. 5hc dry
dint. e97c; dry sslted. 60 dry cali. 5l6c dcs-
cons. each. 800.
TalloW-6teedy. No. ]. solid packed. 4c: No.
9. She cake. exc.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-15
HI DEADLY WIRES.

A Horse Roasted and Two Men Seriously
Shocked.
A broken telephone wire on Fourth
avenue, New York, became crossed with an
electric light wire. A horse which stepped
on the wire was Knocked down and roasted
to death. Tho driver of tho wagon was
thrown to the pavement and received u
severe shock, as did also u police sergeant,
who was knocked senseless.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-15
Tho Cost Of Arta.Ian ws,l..

The cost of q we'll is, roughly speaking,
directly proportional to its depth in a
country in which the strata penetrated are
of uniform character, as I believe they are
in this region. At Vermillion the wells IRE
about 365 feet deep. The rocks dip gently
to the northwest, and the altitude Of the
surface rises gently in the same direction,
consequently the depth of the wells in-
creases to the north and west from 365
feet at yermillion to 1876 feet at James,
town. At Vermilllon a six-inch we'll can
be put down Mt a cost of $3.50. The we'll
at jamestown cost S7,121, or not quite
ten times as much us the one at Yer
million. "a two-inch we'll has been put
down for 800 at Vermillion). Were The
wells to be put down on the large scale
necessary for the purpose in hand, it is
thought the average cost of the wells
would not exceed 81, 200 or $1,000. If we
say $1,000 it is still only $4,000 to each
township irrigated.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-15
NEW YORK.

Produes-Whest. quiet and q fraction lower;
No: 2 ~. sSitess,sc TO. b.; ungraded red.
dull and nrmer; No. 2. white. Ale; ungrrded
mixed. 10000. Oats. dull and steady; Deem.
bef. e6xc: spot No. 9 white. 2Ss< q Doc; mixed
western, 2lk024hc.
.P~rovistons-EsGs stronger; western, 2so2:c.
Pork eesles; inspected mess, el2.O. Lard
eester ard quiet; western steam. s6.C0; No.
$3.50. Cheese quiet and easy; western, 7,aG
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-15
Tl.c wen. Arc rrcfcrab,e.

On the other hand, the artesian system
is practically begun. SO far at least as the
sinking of wells goes. The bitches and
conduits will be the same in either case.
Tho great question in either case is, how
to raise money to pay for the work. The
Dakotas have paid into the national treas
ury $50, 600, 900 for lands. The people of
these lands have invested muny times this
sum in improving aud developing their
farms. Is it not simply justice then for
the government to pay back a sufficient
portion of the $40, 0OO, 900 to enable these
two states to properly irrigate their lands?
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-15
Current Prices for staple Products.
slouxcITY

Cattle-Market steady. Quotations: Gamers,
!scstl.1o;cows. sl.oogs.o stockers. a. so a 9. s5
Hogs-The receipts last week we're the heavi-
est known In the history Of the yards-25,0oo-
cations: Light ana mixed. ss.oOgs.S7is
heavy. %. 65gs. 75; stockers. e3.75 $50.
Butter Prices steady. Creamery, 15c;
dairy. 9Nl1c; fresh roll. SAFE.
Poultry..spring chickens. live. e2.oo@2.7s
per dog. live per pound. Go.
dry sailed, 4@6c; green pelts. shearling, each
15190c; dry pelts. per lb.. 109l4c.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-15
Still 1t Is -l,ract,ca,,l.,

Withou. going further into details it will
be sufficient to state here that so far rs the
difficulties mentioned are concerned they
do not seem insuperable. Nor is 1t be-
lieved that any important ones have been
overlooked. As to the relative merits of
the two plans here discussed the latter has
the advantage of covering II much greater
area. especially in North Dakota. 1t may
he that it is also q cheaner plan.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-15
Other BENEFIT. THAN IrrIr.tion.

It may be we'll to call attention also to
the fact that a large number of wells sunk
throughout this wide region would lead to
the possession Of o great deal Of valuable
information in regard to coal, salt, gas and
the earth.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-15
A.. to th. Multiplication of ,y,,,,.

10 the second query also, oniv o partial
answer can be safely given. The multi
plying of wells thus far has caused no
diminution in the flow in any locality, SO
far us 1 have been able to ascertain, but
until the collecting area is positively de-
termined by a careful geological and topo-
graphical survey, whit the effect of 1,ODO
or i,50O four or six-inch wells would be
can only be coniectured. The thickness
ofthe water-bearing strata, the character
OF Tho underlying beds, the location and
extent of the collecting area, are all vital
factors in the problem and must be posi-
lively determined before a positive an
swer can be given to the question, as tho
supply sufficient"
In answer to the third question it may
be said in general that there is
lively little of the area included in the
.artesian bnsin" which cannot be reached
by the flow from the wells. Just what
the exceptions are will be known when q
careful survey is made. 1t is quite evil
dent that the wells cannot be made to
which they are found.
The Nunbsr OF Wells Needed.
In regard to the number of wells that
would be needed the following figures are
submitted:
Ono inch OF rainfall gives $50 barrels to tho
acre.
one inch of rainfall gives $50, 400 barrels to the
section.
One inch of rainfall gives 1o,sl4, 400 barrels TO
tho township.
The average annual rainfall of the Mis-
souri, valley is about 20 inches, probably u
little more in the region under discussion.
Multiplying the number in the above table
by 20 we nave the following results:
Twenty inches Of -ainfall gives II, 200 barrels
to the acre.
Twenty inches of rainfall gives 1,loo,soo bar
rels to the section.
Twenty inches Of rainfall gives 39,ess, 500 bar
rels to the township.
Suppose it is desirable to double this
amount, by means of wells, and suppose
a we'll flowing 100 barrels q minute be taken
as q standard. Such q we'll furnishes:
One hundred barrels a minute. 6,ooo barrels An
hour, Ia, 200 barrels per day, 81, $780, 900 barrels
per year.
Making the division, we find that it
would require seven such wells in each
township, provided that all the water is
used in the township, none escaping to
lower levels. It 10 not probable that this
latter would be true. Nor is it believed
that it would be necessary to double the
present rainfall. One-half that amount,
under control. would be ample.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-15
Filed tho First Bill.

Just as soo as the telegraph announced
the advent of statehood. Attorney Boycc
rushed to the clerk of courts Office i'll
Sioux Falls and filed q bill for divorce for
a client Of his. This is no doubt the first
paper filed in South Dakota as u Estate. The
application comes from parties not known
in the city and is based upon the grounds
of inhumnn treatment.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-15

P1eduee-Whsak, No. I hard, November.
no: Nay. $50; No. I nesthsrn, November, 7a,ac;
n!ey. e3he; No . 0osthssn. NovsmberX 40;
NY seAss
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-15

Prof. Culver, Of the Dakota Cnivereity
at Vermillion. has prepared a careful paper
upon the subject of irrigation, which will
be found of peculir interest to Dakotans.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-15
1~RRlGATlNG DAKOTA.
THE SUBJECT ExHAusr1vELY DIS.
cussED by PROF. CULVER.

Tho Artesian We'll Plan :. Fea.ihle-or til.
Streams May Be misunderstanding
Facts On Observation-Disclosures to Re
Encountered.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-15
kota being 2o0 feet lower CHAN tha MIA

kota being 200 feet lower than the Mis-.
souri, at Bismarck.
In view Of this topography it is per.
fectly feasible to lead any desired volume
Of the Missouri river through the coteau to
Fort Stevenson, aud across North Dakota
from say the northwest corner of Mclean
county, east by north carrying it south Of
DEVILS Lake, where it should turn east
ward and southwark, skir.lng the western
flank of the Coteau du Prairle. One
branch from this main line could be sent
into the Souris valley, and carried through
the counties of Church, McIlenry, Pierce.
Towner, etc, TO the Red river. thus feriil-
izing n large region, while the rest of the
water should be sent southwark into two
main branches, one on the east side of the
James, keeping we'll up on the flank Of
the cotean. and sending of side branches
to ramify through the counties lying on
the east of the James; the other ON the
west side of the stream keeping we'll up
on the east flank of the Cotean du Mis-
souri,, and like the eastern stream giving
off side branches which would again and
again subdivide into o network of irriga-
ton bitches, all slowly leading the water
into the james, which would finally dis
charge the surplus into the Missouri ut
iapkton.i
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-15
Brief Bits Of South Dakota Nevs.

HUM" the Indian scout and chief Of
police at the Cheyenne agency, is humping
himself to secure q pension from Uncle
Sam. he received a bullet in the shoul-
der during a skirmish with the Nez Perces
While acting as a scout under Gen. Miles.
Hump" made application before Tho
board of pension examiners at Pierre LAT
week, "
In . recent observation by the sisnal
omecr ct Rapid City it was found that NJ
city 10 1890 feet above the sea level.
While seufling with another bow Dan.
y! 6cstt, an 1l.year.oldN Mt. Vernon youth.
tell and broke his collar bone,
HAyi Il go . ton In Dssdwood. j
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-15
Two sou.,. Dakota appointment.

The president has made the following
appointments: Solomon Wenzloff, of
Yankton, to be register of the land office
at Yankton; r. l.. Carpenter, Of Water
town, to be receiver of public moneys mt
Waterto Wn.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-15
Difficulties to Bo Encountered.

Tho plan just discussed presents some
difficulties which must be understood fully
before Judgment can be pronounced OIL the
practicability ofthe method suggested.
1t may be a question whether a state has tho
right TO turn any considerable portion Of q nnvi-
gable stream from it's course. ard use 1t in the
way hero contemplated.
The enginesriny difloalties may BIO rather
souri, is the first of these. Tho point suggested
for the head of the canul il selected because of
tho narrowness of the coteau in this region,
which would lessen the labor of cutting the
canal. All the difficulties. under this head
could DO settled and the proper point selected
by . corps of topoeraphers which the United
States geological survey could send to investi.
gatc the matter, aud it would seem that this is
q proper work for that department.
The great amount Of sediment carried by the
Missouri will rapidly fill any reservoir supplied
by that streum, thus making It necessary to
devise some mems OF removing tho accumula-
tion of silt ct regular and perhaps frequent in
tcrvnls.
The character of the banks of the Missouri
and it's well-known habit of changing its chan
mel SUDDENLY, will add somewhat to the obstacles
alreudy enumerated,
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-15

LARGE deposits of mari have been
found in several sections Of Brookinos
county. The substance is very valuable
as q fertilizer.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-15
Treasury Transfer.

The new state treasurer, Booker, has
arrived at Bismarck and was sworn in:
also Helgeson, the commissioner Of apri.
culture: 1t looked at one time as If there
was to be q hitch between the old territo-
rial treasurer and the old auditor and the
new auditor and treasurer, but Treasurers
Booker and Bailey came to an understand.
ing as to the division of the funds. Bailey
paidlover to the North Dakota treasurer
$4,000 to begin housekeeping with.
Ot this amount $50, 200 belongs to North
Dakota general fund. The balance is the
bond interest fund, unexpended bond
balances, and 81, 1871 of railroad tax be-.
longing to Eddy, Foster, Mclean, Wells
and Mercer counties. North Dakota's
share Of the temporary loan of $4,000
outstanding will be wiped out by the
amounts South Dakota will owe her in
the final adjustment. Therefore North
Dakota begins BUSINESS with a balance in
the treasury.