Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-04-03
THE NEWS IN DAKOTA.
wHA1is HAPpENING AS STATEHOOD
DRAWS NEAR

wHAtis HAPrENlNG As STATEHOOD
DRAWS NEAR
Spseaak Alliance Meeting ae Huron-- Gov.
srnAh Now and in the Fnst-Ns Lack oi
CaseeAatss for tAs Cspttai df South LA.
kste-Other Newsy Notes.
sP1cIAL AIETrNa OF THE FARMEs' Al
1IANCE.
Aspscial meeting OF the farmers alli-
ance eccurred at Huron on she 22d and 23rd
nit. Ihs attendance was good through
ont. sssidsnt Loucks ofaciated. Many
q No hoSs prominent leaders Of the or
I lsatscn wers present. Among other
b acqsg99 slAA thA Sieaxs EGila
ccnstitutiOn. This received much atten.
tion. The matter Of prohibition was also
discussed, but as the platform heartily in
dorses tho measure no particular action
was deemed necessary.
Az to binding twine the alliance advocat-
ed the use Of headers and will avoid as faa
as possible purchasing twine until man
ufactory Of their own can be established,
which will be the present season. Last
year the alliance people used nearly mil
lion and quarter pounds Of binding
twine, and had not the price increased SO
greatly that amount would have been OK
celled the present year by several hundred
tons.
The alliance gave attention to money
loaning, and listened to an extended adj
dress by President Loucks on that sub
ject. He believed that if the general
government had control of the money it
could make loans at per cent. per annum
and then have profit of II per cent.
The following resolutions were unani-
mously passed:
Whereas. !. In view Of the fact that the
price OF binding twine has advanced to a figure
that almost prohibits its use, through the ma
that the farmer use every possible expedient to
do without 1t. Among the expedients we would
recommend the changing of binders into head
ers, which can be done at a small cost Also
adding Of platforms for hand binding
2. That We recognize In the siocx Falls con.
stitution an able docuQent, guarding the inter
deavor to secure It's adoption.
q. That wo will support only such men as
delegates to the constitutional convention as are
heartily in accord with principles OF the present
Sioux Falls constitution.
DAKorA's TERRITORIAL GOVERNORS.
Governor Arthur G. Mellette, Of Water
town, is the tenth, and will be, the last
decessors were in the order named, Cover
nors Jayne, Edmunds, Faulk, Burbank,
Pennington, Howard, Ordway. Pierce and
Church. Governor Melette will have the
honor of guiding the territorial ship into
two grand harbors of commerce and state
hood, an honor that will, more than likely,
never be extended to any other gentleman
jim the United States. Let it be recorded,
says the Bismark Tribune, that the first
official act of Governor Mellette was to
sign the notary commission of George I.
Love, of Beadle county. This commission
will undoubtedly be preserved and cher
ished by Mr.. Love, as the signing Of it
Was the first official act of the last COVER.
nor of the territory Of Dakota.
CAPITAL CANDIDATES.
There are now ten applicants for the cap
ital Of South Dakota. Alphabetically they
NE Aberdssn, Chamberlain. Forest City,
Huron, Madison, Mitchell, Pierre. Red
neld, Sioux Falls, Watertown. But the
election is not until October. By that
time Osceola, Yale, Appleby, Rudolph.
Burbank and Zeil may be in the field and
how many more the prophet has not arisen
who can definitely say.
POSTAL AFFAIRS
The postofico at Lldorado, Buffalo
county, will be discontinued from April lst,
because not needed The name of the Of
fec at Keyes, in Minnehaha county. has
been changed to Baltic, but there is no
change in the postmaster.
John W. Banbury has been appointed
postmaster at Britton, and Adelman NJ.
Andrews has been named and confirmed
for a like position at Plankinton.
There Is prospect. according to re-
cent Rapid City correspondence, that the
big fume to convey the waters of Rapid
creek to point high above the town, to
furnish power for mills and factories, and
to be used in irrigating high lands be-
tween the foothills and the cheyenne river.
will be completed this year. It has been
extended to point within four miles of
Rapid City. The fume is the property Of
the Dakota Water Power company, New
York corporation. which will, IL the fume
be completed, possess property of Great
value. A prominent member of the com.
pany is expected at Rapid City soon to
make preparations for resumption Of
work.
"A very interesting occasion developed
from the sixth annual encampment Of the
Dakota G. A. R., which opened it's work at
Aberdeen on the 26th. The city was pro-
fusely decorated and large attendance
heightened the general interest. The vet
Grams were welcomed by an address by
acting major, Geo. S. Engle, and were
further favored, among other addresses. by
onS from Gen. VIM. Warner, of Kansas
Citp, commander in -chief OF the national
G.. A. r. Many prominent Dakoti1Rls
were present on tho occasion, suppiemSnts
cd by large delegation Of ladies' representa-
ing the w. r. G.
"A recent Pierre dispatch saws the ice
was all out OF the river at that point and
the ferryboat was launched for the sea I
on the 22d. Moro than half Of the yad 4
houses in Pierre arc now occupied by new
colnsrs and the city 10 beginning to as
sumo it, former active appearance. The
Sioux Indians ass said now to be willing
and anxious to sign the treaty opening the
reservation. Building operations have
commsncsd with some activity. Plans
and specifications nave been accepted for
the government Indian school building.
Tho accession Of new governor, Of
political creed other than that Of his i'm.
mediate predecessor, naturally leads to an
unusual number Of changes in the appoint
i've omcsrs. Among the early acts Of Gov.
Menst4s Was the removal Of trustees
Gale, Palmer, Kelly Pennington and Pea
miller, Of the Yankton insane asylum.
The jury in the cass Of Roluxt Alli-
son against the Duluth, waterto own and
PaeaAc railroad, on trial in the district
coolt q Huron, returned a verdict on the
nd n favor Of Allison for 3l 400, for
damages TO farm through which the road
passes.
csoy. Aellstts has appointed J. N.
Bailey, r., Of Sioux Falls, territorial trees.
ursr % succeed John D. Lawlsr, resigned.
hr. Bailey has arrived at Bismarck and
sntsfsd upon the dischargs Of his duties.
1hs Missouri river is again cutting
into tho bottom land below Yankton and
II = thought the railroad track viii have to
b moved.