The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-04-05
THE NEWS IN DAKOTA.
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0pocaal Alliance 0ootlne q 8Qroa-0Ovs
ernors, New md In ths Past-NoLS6kSe
Candidates ebr the Capital - ssuth De.
kota-Othee Newsy Nssssgy
SPECIAL xEnrrHa or ran yAnlrEs' Az
LANCE.
Aspscial msseing Of the farAsss' slli-
ance occurred ct Huron on the 20d and 2Srd
ult. The attendance WAS good through
out. President Loucks o6eiatsd. Many
Of the more ! prominent leaders Of the or
sanixaticn were present: Among other
constitution. This received much atten-
ton. The matter Of prohibition was also
discussed, but a. the platform heartily In
dorses the measure no particular action
was deemed necessary.
AZ to binding Irvine the alliance advocat.
ed the use Of headers aud will avoid - Tar
as possible purchasing twine until Q man-
ufoctory 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
Irvine, and had not the price increased 90
greatly that amount would have been o..
tons.
The alliance gave attention to money
1oaning, and listened to an extended adj
dress BY President. Loucks ON that sub.
ject. He believed that e. the general
could make loans at 2 per cent. per nnnum
and then have q profit Of II per cent.
The following resolutions were unani-
mously passed:
Whereas. I. In view Of the fact that the
price Of binding Irvine has advanced to Q 6gure
that almost prohibits It's use. through the ma.
that the farmer use every possible expedient 70
recommend tho chsneinao Of binders into head
adding Of platforms for hand binding:
9. That We recognise in the Stock Falls con-
stitution an able document. guarding the inter
deavor TO secure its adoption.
81 That NO win support only such men AZ
heartily in accord with principles Of the present
Sioux Falls constttution.
DAKoTA'S TERRITORIAL GOVERNORS.
Governor Arthur @. Mellette, Of Water
town, is the tenth, and will be, the last
governor of Dakota as o territory. His pre-
decessors were in the order named, Cover
nors Jayne, Edmunds, Faux, Burbank.
Pennington, Howard, Ordway, Pierce aud
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 DO extended to any other gentleman
in the United States. Let it be recorded,
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, Is the signing Of it
.was the first official act Of the last cover.
o Of the territory Of Dakota.
CAPITAL CANDIDATES.
There are now ten applicants forthe cap
ital Of South Dakota. Alphabetically they
are Aberdeen, Chamberlain, Forest City,
Huron, Madison, Mitchell, Pierre. Red
field, Sioux Falls, Watertown. But the
election is not until October. By that
time Osceols, Yale, Appleby, Rudolph,
Burbank and Zeil may be in the field, and
how many more the prophet has not arisen
who can definitely sey.
poSTAL AFFAIRS
The p~ostofice at Eldorado. Buffalo
county, will be discontinuedfr from April LIST,
because not needed. The name Of the Of
fee ct Reyes, 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 o like position at Plankinton.
There is q prospect, according to a re.
cent Rapid City correspondence, that the
big fume to convey the waters of Rapid
creek to q point high above the town, te
furnish power for mills and factories, ant