The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-02-14
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MATTERS Oh. Esi.EC1AL INTEREST TO
SOUTH DAkOTANs.

What South Dakota's Representatives Are
lloing ut the National Capital-Pusling
b New States Many. lhtcrests-How
Senator 9. ttigrsw Game Near Losing His
Scalp In the Early Daya.
The location for tue two land Offices to
be establish d for the territory recently ac-
Quired from the Sioux Indians has been
decided upon. The Office of the northern
district will be at Pierre and the southern
district ut Chamberlain. The lands lying
south OF the 43i parallel of latitude will!
te annexed to the O'Neill, Nsb., land dis
trict.
Gen. Pease. an ex-senator, now of South
Dakota, aud Hon. ID. w. Digs. OF Mill
bank, were at the capital urging the OPEN
lug OF the Sisset0n Indian reservation. A
treat with the Indians. Tho report has
been made and approved by the Indian
commissioner and the secretary Of the in-
terror and was seut to the president.
The president will approve aud send to the
senate with q favorinR message. THIS ~ill
open TOO.OO0 acres Of rich lands in north.
eastern South Dakota to settlement OH the
same terms as those of the Sioux reserva-
tiun when the proclamation is issued.
Senate Moody has been congratulated
on every hand since his argument before
the ways aud means committee Of the
house on the tariff on tin. He has been
In receipt Of several kilograms, one from
England, in which 1t Is stated that docu-
show that the 34O,0UO tons of sheet tin
imported into this country are the product
of Chinese and slave labor.
Senators Moody and Casey, Of the ifri.
CATION committee, expect in u few days to
get through with the geological survey,
who have been talking irrigation at them
Tor the past three weeks aud reach the bill
for q North aud South Dakota irrigation
by q system Of artesian wells. Mr.. Moody
thinks the committee will report IL bill
providing for liberal appropriations for
surveying and beginning q system Of irri-
CATION in the semi arid land belts.
G. Il. Ellis, representing the South Da-
kota farmers alliance, was before the house
committee on irrigation, with Maj. Powell.
Chief OF the geological survey, making an
sinking ~artesian wells for irrigation in the
arid sections. Maj. Powell thinks the
prospects are good for favorable legis!a.
ton in this direction.
MIR. Picker has introduced in the ma
ttonal house a bill granting South Dakota
8 per cent. net of the proceeds on the sale
of public lands.
Senator Davis has introduced q bull,
which is a duplicate Of the u introduced
in the houss by Representative Comstock.
to provide for payment to the Sisseton and
Wahpeton Indians OF tie annuities taken
ftom them at the time OF the Sioux upris-
ing in Minnesota. The bill is similar to
the n introduced by Senator Pet
with some Of the recommendations
made last summer by the commission
which negotiated with the Sisseton and
Wahpeton Indians for cession Of their res
ervation to the government, in that the
annuities are to be paid to certain scouts
who did service for the whites under the
bill, while the treaty negotiations favored
payment to all who remained friendly,
even If they did no service.