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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-26
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T>ot!IG.E. E 5j, & ig5.,.iiC,ArioN--i.aae "a
No'rc is hereby given That the ioJl
named settler has fled notee OF his nfo,tan, y.
c,;tli,i, ana that SAID proof vii, be mn,I 81 rs
John u. Francis the Judge and e,.niIrio ' ai
Of the probate court IN and too .Jcral,jd Ne
" T., IN said Judges ofaic, at We S'",,liil
Springs ", I. on Saturday lie ioth d.yat . p
gust 1889 viz A1i
MARION L. HAkMsrov
under his pre-, elnpl'on entry Ne, a45.s for y.
p. NJ w % P" STU
lie names the following witnesses ,o.,,.
his continuous residence upon and cultlyatI, ~
Readle county ID. T.. =. j. Durham. william !,
Murphy and August Porto ali of Tc,mmsI,'. II
Jerauld county; d. T., '''''' u
Anyperson who desires tppyot.st at,.i,,.. :,
allowance of such proof, or who Knows ~ W.. we
substantial reason. under the law and 80, W an
bons of the interior Department, why c,,,,i
proof should not be allowed, wiz he give, ' vi
place to croSseNaminc the witnesses nj ,.';
claimant. and To offer evidence in reb,,it.'II ' ~
that submitted by claimant. ''''' "
j5a9 NJ. VI. RowLty, REGISTER
NOTICE FOR PU5LICATION-Ioud n6.
Nat Mitchell, Dakota. July 9TH. 1855 ,'' ''''c'
Notice is hereby gwen That the tolowir.
to make Final Homestead proof in snppo nrt''' ~
his claim. and that said proof viii he m:,,i, ~.
fore the Judge. or in case u his abesnce, beJo,,
Chas. W. Mcdonald, Cla"k OF lie bis, '3.'
Court in and for Jeranli county. Dakota ' i, Il
said Clerk of Courts office AT, Wessi,,stn,
Springs, Dakota. on Monday TIE 10Th dan +"
August, 1889, viz:
CARL HEM,
under his Homestead entry. No. .2llo7 for Oh,
North East quarter of Section No. 10. IN Tow
ship No. LOG, north of Range No. 81 ". 9TH !,
Nj.
He names the following witnesses to pray
his rontiouous residence upon aud cultiiato,
head; Charles Wagner, and Louis Illdeb ran,,t
all of Gordon, Jerauld county. ID. T.
Any person who desires to protest a-insl II,
allowance of such proof. or who knows Of M
substantial reason, under the law and the rem
latiohs of the Interior Department. why sue
proof should not be allowed, will b. given \;
opportunity at the above mentioned time alI
place to cross-eNamine the Witnesses of sal
claimant. and to offer evidence III rebuttai q
that submitted by claimant.
NJ. II. ROWLEY Reistpr
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-26
RECAPITuLATION

REHABILITATION:
Total Receipts during year 4O273.73
Total, Expenditure during
year 36714 IS
Balance on hand in Treas
ury, June Both, 1889 356l.o8
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-26
NOTICE.

Teachers regular examination at the
court house in Washington Springs,
the first Tuesday of August.
Yours Respectfully,
|. s. Blnford.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-26

ROAD AND BRIDGE EXPENSES.
Supervisors Orders and Ma
Terial $3.50 "A
Redemption 2O5 GO
Rebate on Tax 100 60
Total 6S6 81
General Coun-
ty Expense, Total Gas given
above;9 s7251 49
GRAND TOTAL OF ExPEND1-
TUnES 1888 10
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-26

Memorial services ID memory of
Mrs. Lucy Webb Hayes, will be held at
o'clock p. M. Sunday; July 28st at the
NJ, E. Clutch, OF Washington Springs.
All are invited to attend.
Mrs. M ID. Grow Secretary Wet
u, by order of President.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-26

All wishing to contribute either rags
or money towards the seminary car
pet are requested to leave their do
nations as soon as convenient at Rev.
j. B. Freeland's; opposite the seinina-
ry or at Mrs. Ford's millinery store.
Washington Springs, July 22nd, 1889
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-26

Mr.. H. Gunderson will give a
Temperance Bible reading at the Van
dervene school house. Aug. 9TH, o.
clock p. NJ. Come out and hear him.
Jennie IL. Miles Co. Pres
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-26

Fannie J.. Iia,lford. Ida
Martha Hanford Boles,
Curtis Boies, Benjamin
Frederick Hartford, Susie
May Hanford, Frederick
Thompson Hanford and
George Arthur Hartford
tHeirs at law of George d.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-08-24
At Last.
SAMUEL SCoTT.

Commenting upon the final success of
the Sioux commission, and the benefits
which will result from the opening of
the reservation, the y. Y. Herald says
"At last the Sioux nation has surrender
ed, and its autonomy is gone. The vast
reservation on the west bank Of the
Missouri-as large as the state of In.
diana-is TO be split up. Eleven million
acres of soil will be thrown open to
white settlers presently. This consent
Of the Indians to the sale of their lands
for fourteen million dollars is one Of the
most important events in the later his
tory Of the northwest. There is room
perhaps for seventy thousand families
in the new public domain thus acquired.
The earth is fat and prolific. a vast
multitude of pioneers is camped about
the borders awaiting the official sigma
ture tina. they may enter upon their IN
heritance. On the west are the Black
Hills, teeming with gold, silver, copper,
lead, tin, mica coal and gypsum. The
mines are vomiting up treasures from
the bowels Of The earth. Stretching
away on the east is a country covered
with grain fields and rich in cattle.
These are the two parts Of South Da-
kota, separated by the great Sioux reser-
walton. The new country that is now
to be settled will unite the state. When
the president proclaims the country
free, there will be a steam race across
South Dakota for the Black Hills. The
whole region will resound with the
noises of an inrushing population. In
the place of rude tepees there will soon
be towns and cities, lit by electricity
and furnished with theatres and news
paper Offices. 1t was the consent of
Gaul, the great soldier of the Sioux, that
settled the fate Of the negotiations car
ried on by General Crook and his fellow
commissioners. Not until he learned
that government could, if it wished.
take the soil without the acquiescence
OF the tribes. did the chief touch the
pen held out to him and thus sigr.ify to
his people that the struggle was over.
The Indians are very bitter in spirit.
Since they first coded land to the white
men in the Big Sioux valley, about 1876,
they have seen the white race gradually
elbow them out of their country. They
lost the Black Hills in 1876. and now
they have yielded one-half Of their
whole possessions. The great chiefs
admit that they simply bow to a SUI
perior force. If they could fight they
probably would"
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-08-24

Martin, II. II. Byrne; Martin Valley
school house.
Point Of Rocks-Chas. Balk. w. II.
Pringle, Henry +. Way at Pringle's
residence.
Pleasant Valley-Henry Patterson,
Robt. Hopkins, II. b. Dewitt; at Patter-
son Bros. residence.
Spring Creek-Chas. Lock, w. J. Gil.
pin, Ed Sweetman at Cunningham's
store, Folsom.
Squaw Creek-Cyrus Belknap, Dave
Pushor, Frank Bender; at Belknap's
residence.
Presented resignation Of j. II. Long,
coroner of Custer county. Same ac-
cepted.
DR.. f.. V. Btachley is hereby appoint
ed coroner of Custer county, to fill the
u~nexpired term, or until the next
general election in 1890. The county
clerk is authorized TO pass upon the
bond of said T.. V. Blachley.
The following bills we're allowed
J. +. Street, ! day county COM
missioner and mileage......... 5 II 90
JOS ieumphreus, | day county
Commissioners and mileage. 40
+. A. Towner, ] day county COM
missioner and mileage........ ) so
There being no further business,
board adjourned sine die.
j. +. STREET, Chairman.
Attest:
j. +. PncHrR, County Clerk.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-08-24

Oftne Board Of County Commission
ers Of Custer County, u. r.
Custer ClTy, CUsrER Co., D. Il.

CUSTER CRY, CUsrER Co., d. T.
Aug. 10, 1899.
Special meeting of board Of county
commissioners pursuant to call of coun-
~ clerk.
Present: j. +. Street. +. A. Towner,
Joseph Heumphreus, and county clerk.
The following named persons are
hereby appointed judges of election ;
said election to be held Tuesday, Oc-
tober LIST, 1889.
Battle River precinct-A. f. Fay. VIM.
%Spangler, AL Walker; at office of j. +.
Wight, Hermosa.
Bakerville-Sid Potts, Abe Baker,
James Cole; at Potts residence.
Buffalo Gap-R. f.. Thompson, f. C.
S~llkinson, J. r. Stewart; at Buffalo Gap
school house.
Battle Naiiey-A. Nyswanger, John
Reddick, III. \. Steel al Steel school
house.
CUSTER. NJ. Lewis, w. F. Wells, 0,
Palmer; at ;. NJ. Booths store building
Cheyenne River-Earl Booth, Ed
Lindsey, Chas. Freeland; at S & q
ranch.
Elk Mountain-Wm. Smith, A. w
Drew, A. sherwood; at Tepee Gulch
school house.
Eldorado-Chas. Holmes, A. l.. Sivyer,
Nal Handy at Holmes residence.
French Creek-Wm. Tarrant, B. o.
Palmeter. J. +. Barnes at Palmeter's
store.
Graham-J. f. Graham, II. &. Nc
Cormack, A. X. Hart; at McCormack's
residence.
Ifarrison-W. ID. Vestal, Frank Stew
art, I. NJ. Warren, Jr.; at Harrison's
school house.
Lame Johny-A. L. Sprague, Horace
CroiIord, +. T.. Dean at Dean school
house.
Martin Valley-A. VI. Willard, j. w.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-08-24
Forest Fires.

Helena, Mont, Aug. 19.--The forest
fires which have been raging all over
Montana for three weeks AMI have
destroyed hundreds of thousands of
dollars worth Of timber have reached
most alarming proportions, A gentle
man just in from northern Montana, re
ports hat on the ranges in the Choteau
country, which heretofore have escaped,
and on which cattlemen were depend
ing to keep their stock this winter.
thousands of head of cattle were burn
ing. The big companies have over 800
men trying to extinguish the fire and
ave their feeding grounds, but all small
streams are dried up and the flames
leap over them as quickly rs if travel
ing on the open prairie. In two days
the fire travelled over a section sixty
miles wide and 100 miles in length. In
Deer Lodge county the town of George
town is surrounded by fire. Conrriers
who arrived at Phillipsburg from
Georgetown at midnight reported that
the utmost CONSERVATION prevailed i'm
the town. and that a large force Of men
was organized To 90 to the rescue. In
the Yellowstone pineries the fire covers
an area of eight miles square and Is
spreading rapidly. The ranges in that
section have been almost entirely de-
stroyed, the fire extending nearly four
miles from the city Of Glendive.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-08-24

In answer to the question, what is
South Dakota ?" a local editor saws
"!n gold production she exceeds Cali
fornla. In silver she is richer than
Nevada. In lead she is the peer OF
Wisconsin and Missouri. Her coal
fields are greater in extent than those of
Iowa or Illinois. Her tin mines are
richer than England's. Her gypsum
cliffs make a better quality Of cement
than the cliffs Of Maine or Nova Scotia.
Her marble qnarries are unsurpassed in
Vermont or Italy. She produces better
wheat than Russia or India. More corr
is grown in South Dakota than in Egypt
In live stock production she leads
twenty states. In commercial enter
prises she surpasses old Venice. II
intelligence she pales the luster o
ancient Greece"
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-08-24
Crouch Interviewed.

George Crouch, an Englishman, who
will be remembered by many of oui
local readers as one of the gentlemen
accompanying MIR. James Wilson, of the
Harvey Peak Tin company, upon his
last visit to the Hills, and who spent
considerable time in the investigation
of u mineral resources, was inter
viewed upon his return to New York
by a reporter of the Commercial Adver.
tiser, IN old and reliable journal, and
among other things said
ITO the people at Dead wood, Custer
and Rapid City and throughout all the
Black Hills the opening of the reserva-
ton is the removal Of the heaviest
weight on their growth and prosperity.
When General Custer first entered the
Black Hills country in 1874, accom-
panied by the government g~eologists,
Professors Newton and Jenny, the dis
trict was a part Of the Sioux reservation.
The report Of its mineral wealth, how.
ever, caused an inroad of gold seekers
IN spite of the tact that it was a reserva-
ton. In 1877 the Indians were induced
to cede the Hills to the government.
The remaining or eastern section of the
reservation has since been retained by
the Indians. This part is a stretch of
country extending from hear the north
ern border Of Nebraska to very heal the
Northern Pacific railroad in Dakota, a
distance of about $50 miles and from 90
to 100 miles in width. 1t so completely
covers the east side of the Black Hills
that to reach them from the east il used
to be necessary to pass through the res
ervation itself, or make a wide detorr
either to the north or south. No rail
road could be constructed through the
Indians land. Consequently, until
three years ago, the only way to reach
the Hills was by long, tedious stage
coach or wagon journeys, and the richest
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-08-24
MINING APPLICATION No. AT.


july &c, 1889. (
Notice is hereby given that L. Forrest Hall,
whose poStoiiice address is Custer City, Custer
county, Dakota, has made application Tor IA
patent for eIghty-one and 100 CSl.07) acres of
place. mining ground bearing gold, situate in
Ierrit =, and described IN the official plat and
field notes on fle in this office, as follows, viz:
.Beginnihg AZ the most westerly corner of the
clam, ut a pine post IX4yG0 inches, = feet in
ground, and In mound OF rocks 20 inches high,
marked No. I on one side and NJ. &. 5Qi on The
opposite side, for corner No. 1, being also corner
No. = Clark Placer, NJ. {. 56. From which cor,
ner a pine tree - inches in diameter, blaZed and
marked B. t., bears south, 30 deg % min east,
l0i feet dist. From which corner so marked
and established, run: First course. north, IS
deg 90 min east, 1870 feet To corner No. 2. from
which n pine tree 20 inches in diameter, hlazed
aud marked Il. T. bears north IS deg 90 min
vest. 6G Fl dist. Thence, second course, south.
post 4NiN6O inches, ? # IN ground, and in mound
OF rocks, I II base, 20 inches high, marked No. 3
on one side and NJ. G. 54 on opposite side.
Thence, third course, south. u deg 30 min west,
tN X to corner No. 1. From which T.. =. Locat
Ing Monument No. - bears south, "a deg % min
east. 545S it dist. Thence, fourth course, north.
6 deg - min west, lsS IL to corner No. 3, and
corner No. 6 Smith Placer NJ. C.. JO7. Thence,
fifth course, west 1921 feet 10 corner No. 6, and
corner No. : n. e., 507. Thence sixth course,
north, 8 deg 80 min west, 1913 II to corner No. :.
west, 972 IT 20 corner No. | and place of begin
ming. variation, Is deg so min east, containing
S1.07 acres of placer mining ground, and forming
the Hall Placer Mining Claim.
The location of this miite is recorded In the
Register ol Deeds office Of Custer county, u. f.,
on pages 5ts ana 90, OF Book 1 Of Locations.
Adjoining clailnaatS are east by Mallon Placer
claim, south hv IIarbach Placer VI. c. $40, and
smith Placer VI. e.. 507, on the west by Clark
Placer NJ. {. SOC, on north by unclaimed land so
far as known.
All persons holding adverse claims thereto
are required 10 present the same before this
Office within sixty days from the first day of
publication hereof, or they will hc barred by
virtue OF the provisions of the statute.
J.. p. LuSE, Register.
1t Is hereby ordered that the foregoing notice
OF application for patent be- Published for the
period of sixty DAYS tten consecutive weeks
In the CUSTER CHRONICLE, Il weekly news
paper published ia Custer City, Dakota.
j. i. LUSE, Register.
DONALD MACDoNALD, Atty for Claimant.
ElrSt NnhllnlllAn AnAlIai -
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-08-24
An Open Letter.

The following open letter appeared in
the Rapid Journal of the 18th inst:
To Thomas Ii. White, Deadwood:
Will you please inform me how you
came by the information that ! had a
contract to build a hume or a portion of
a hume for the Dakota Water Power
company? | never had a contract of
any kind with the Dakota Water Power
company, or anyone to build a hume in
this or any other country.
You pretend to be exposing frauds in
the Black Hills, while you are publish
ing lies about mines and other things
you know nothing about. You are only
exposing the biggest fraud there is in
the Black Hills. His full name is
Thomas III. White. You know that you
never examined a tin mine in either
Pennington or Custer counties. Yet
You come out and publish a statement
stating that if all the cassiterite in the
Southern Hills was pure silver the
mines would not pay to work. How do
you arrive at such d conclusion if you
never saw any Of the tin mines?
In your advertisement you had in the
Deadwood papers when You were black
mailing the tin, you stated that you
furnished reliable reports in regard to
mines. In making those reliable re-
ports did you examine the mines the
same way that you did the tin mines of
the Southern Hills? BY looking at
them at a distance of from forty TO sixty
miles or do you actually 90 to the
mines and look at them before making
your reliable reports?
How do you know that if the whole
1000 acres of Hermosa placer ground
could be cleaned of and swept as a floor
that it would not produce g43,000? Can
you see in the ground from three to six
ty feet and tell the exact amount of gold
there is on the bed rock If you can
you should go into business on your
own account. There's millions in it if
you can | was we'll acquainted with
the men who owned the Hermosa placer
ground for ten years before the Hermosa
company bought them out. l know
that they were good miners twenty
years ago, and | know that they were
not such fools as to stay and work
ground for ten years unless there was
something in it. | know nothing what
ever in regard to Hermosa placer,
whether it will pay or not, although my
chances to learn have been much better
than yours, ! | having been on the ground
several times. 1t is not likely that you
ever saw the ground, yet you do not
hesitate to condemn it. You also state
that the Grizzly Bear and Golden Safe
mines will not pay to work. How do
you know? You certainly never made
an examination of either of the proper
ties, while it is a recorded tact that the
Golden Safe always has paid from the
time the mill first started up until the
mine as sold. 1t returned nearly one
half ounce to the man per day. If you
care to learn the facts in regard to the
matter write to ID. Carrigan, Banker,
Custer City. He bought the gold.
Now, Mr.. Tom White, the best thing
you can do in your future reports is 10
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-08-24

mining country lay comparatively
worthless because of its inaccessibility.
"Half a dozen railroads have been
built right up to the Missouri river, the
eastern boundary Of the reservation.
There they stop short. waiting till the
rails could be laid across the Sioux strip
to Rapid City or Custer. There will be
a lively railroad building race when the
time comes. Three years ago the FIRE.
mont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley
railroad was extended around the south
ern border of the reservation until it
had cleared the obstruction on the west,
and turned to the north $50 miles to
reach Rapid City.
with railroads running direct
through to the Black Hills an inlet to
them will be given for machinery and
supplies and an outlet for the products
of the mines. The Hills are rich in al
most all known minerals, and many
Notwithstanding the enormous expense
incurred in transportation by wagons.
The Homestake gold mine, near Dead
wood, is even now famous among gold
mines, and has paid over $l,393, 900 in
dividends IN the last ten years, and the
Father de Smet has paid l.l25,0 600 in
the same period. Extensive deposits Of
anthony, copper, asbestos. mica, zinc,
silver and tin have also been found, and
even petroleum has been struck on the
eastern slope of the Hills.
Perhaps the most important Of these
are the tin deposits in the vicinity of
H~arney's peak. These are the only
known tin deposits Of any consequence
in North America. The tin mines Of
Cornwall, England, from which the
United States obtains its supply, have
beeu worked for centuries and are
showing signs Of exhaustion, and a new
source of supply was becoming II necess-
ity in the world. 1t would be 2 great
benefit to the United States if it codld
furnish its own tin supply, for it now
imports about $30,000.CJ0 worth a year.
Much of the tin region has already been
taken up by individuals and companies,
among others an American company, in
which III. X. Thurber, George Ehret,
Henry Ciausen and Samuel U%ntermeyer
OF New York, are prominent. English
capital has also become interested in
these tin mines, and all parties only
await the incoming of railroads to
develop, not only the tin section, but
the whole rich mineral veins of the
Black Hills. When the country is once
fairly opened there will be a second
Oklahoma rush to these fields that
promise so much"
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-08-24

Any man who has struck his finger
nal with G. hammer knows how 1T is
himself" and if he tries it he will know
that the best thing for it is DIR. Fenner's
Golden Relief. 1t is also the best thing
for diarrhga, pain in the stomach, burns,
fresh cuts, neuralgia and rheumatism.
Quickly cures all pain, swelling, and
stomach and bowel difficulties. Worth
its weight in gold. Try it. For sale at
Hitchcock's.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-08-24

The Pierre Capital is a new dali,
which reached our table a few days
since. 1t starts cut with indications o.
a fair measure Of success, and radiant
with hope for the rapid progress of the
future great" based largely upon pros
pective capital honors. Should the
capitol bird light elsewhere, the new
daily would doubtless lapse, or become
weakly.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-08-24

The reputation of a mine is as tender
as that of a woman, says the Mining In.
dustry. No true miner-one worthy OF
fellowship in the guild-will ever speak
III Of the property Of his brother miner,
vet in almost every mining camp are to
be found a few men, engaged in mining
operations, with souls so small that they
cannot endure to hear a favorable word
spoken of the mine Of a neighbor.
These envious meddlers are particularly
busy when any large sale of mining
property is being negotiated by any
man or company of men in their neigh
borhood. If they cannot attract the at
tention of capitalists to their own prop
erty, they do all in their power to keen
capitalists out of the reach of Their
neighbors. To speak plainly, such men
are mining hogs"-men who should be
kicked out Of the proverbially liberia,
and generous brotherhood of miners.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-08-24

The bonus of $4,000 which Pierre
was called upon to raise TO aid in the
erection Of an $4,000 hotel has all been
subscribed, which practically insures
the consummation Of the enterprise.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-08-24

go and see the property before reporting
on IL and coniine your statements to
facts. ] have quite a number of tin
claims myself. Ifyou wish to report on
any or all Of them you can make a much
more reliable report after having seen
the properties.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-08-24

The Pierre Capital asserts that the
Black Hills are the golden gates Of the
world, and thst Pierre stands at the
entrance. Nov, what will Rapid, the
gate city, say? What's the matter with
opening a gate, some of these fine days,
On The west side?