The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-01-24
Oats, fifty to seventy bushels; wheat,

twenty to forty. Mr.. j. A. Allison, who
located here. nine years ago, says: "Any
crop a man may plant here will do as
well as in any country in the world. =
Potato Miller planted his potatoes
about the first OF last June, plowing
them under with every third furrow.
They were not dragged nSs cultivated,
neither did he bug them and yet he dug
400 bushels per acre OF large, market
able potatoes. They were OF a rare
variety, called the "Chicago Market" /"
Water melons have yielded twenty eight
wagon loads per acre. In fact, all vege-
tables do remarkably well with very
little cultivation.
Potato Miller dressed eight hogs to-day.
He doesn't propose to eat Cedar Rapids
bacon any more, paying freight both
ways, and 3 to 4 cents commission
which makes it cost the consumer from
IA to 16 cents.
G. w. Faus has purchased a flock OF
sheep. He is now a high tariff man.
We are much in need OF a railroad and
WOODEN mills.
A Touring mill will be built here in the
near future. M. A. MILLER, Sec'y.
p. .S.-Yhe result OF las falls election
must often remind the chairman OF the
republican central committee OF the
words OF Grover Cleveland: ell natured
complaints OF incompetency and self
righteous assertions, over the body Of the
people, are impotent and useless"
NJ. A. NJ.
CUSTER CITY.
Gillett's party OF fBurlingtot & Missouri
engineers, after finishing up their location
lines in the vicinity OF and through Gus.
ter City, has moved camp to Hill City to
continue the work on the central Hills
line. The Burlington & Missouri has
undoubtedly, after thoroughly prospect
ing every part of the Hills with prelimi
nary surveys, commenced locating this
line with view to building eastward
through the tin country as soon as pos
sible. This is rendered all the more nee
essary now that the reservation is
opened, or soon to be, in order that il
may have a feeder from the west while
building through the reservation. Tht
fine timber of this country Is quite ar
object, too, VI hen there is such lont
stretch of almost timberless lines tc
| bI1i1d tO tho ea St ond west
Up in this high altitude one woulc
naturally expect to receive the benefit
OF any cold weather that might visit
South Dakota or Wyoming; but during
the last cold "snaf" when the tllermem
eter registered 200 below zero in thefoot
hills-at Buffalo Gap and Hot Springs
it very kindly remained above zero here
all the time.
T.V. Garlock, one OF our popular mer
chants who is now taking an extensive
trip in the east, is making preparations
to start a banking business in Hill City
as soon as the necessary building can bt
erected.
D. W. McFadden, the superintendent
OF the Harney Peak company 10,
this vicinity, appears to be very bus,
this winter attending it's numerous de
velopmcnt works under his charge.
Several men were brought befor
Judge Wells Saturday, charged with par
ticipating in druaken row Friday eve
ming in the saloons. One man wa
pretty badly bruised on the head by
rock hurled at him by a fellow disturbe
OF the peace. District Attorney Smit
has commenced suit against the tw
saloons for keeping dtsorderly houses
These dens OF iniquity should be sur
pressed.
There has been just enough snow O.
the ground here for the last two or thre
weeks to make splendid sleighing, and
greatly aids logging in the timber. Th
winter weather has stopped a great dea
OF sickness that prevailed here durin
the fall, but there are still several cases
O. c.