The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-12-04
DAKOTA STATE NEWS
DEATH OF STATE SENATOR
ELECT GRILL.
Attempt 60 Have Consrsss Repeal the
Sl.eB Per Acss Clnuse-Tho Sioux hessr-
walton survsy-Auslysls Of sugar Bsets
Raised In brown County-Generah.Nsws.

walton surveyAAuslysls of Sugar Bsets
Raised In brown County-Generah.Nsws.
Elk PoiNT, Nov. 25.-state senator-elect
Louis N, Grill, ST., died of apoplexy az MS
home in Richland, Union county, at y
o'clock yesterday morning. Mr.. Cftll was
taken sick last Thursday at his miilr' Sen'
HOME ard took to his bed. and became un-
conscious Saturday morning. Mr.. Cfsll .has
been q resident ef Union county for aps'ut
twenty-five years. He has been the pM,'-
ness partner Of George n. Freeman, 1u tI'e
milling business, for several years. W.T.
Grill was elected as an independently at t0e
late election, running against Mr.. Freeman.
He has been q close student Of the financial
and Industrial situation Of our county Tor
several years, taking al! Tire leading
periodicals giving light on these subjects,
and it is thought the mental strain was too
severe. He leaves a wife and two childrcn
both married. The death OF Mr.. Grill Will
neccssitate a new election for state senator
in this, the First legislative district.
ELK POINT, Nov. 26.-The funeral of Sem
atdf=eiekt Grill took place from his late
residence Yesterday, and was largely at
tended. The county commissioners and
MANY prominent persons were present.
There was a prayer, sfrsng and q few re-
tnarks. Mr.. Grill was q believer m lnger-
sollism.
An Attempt to Have Congress Repeal tne
sI.a5 Per Acre Cisuse.
K, PIERRE, s. D., Nov. 2e.-Pierre will this
winter make an effort to have congress re-.
neal the ST. rs per acre clause in the Dill
passed last winter, opening to settlemcos
if;oOS;800 acres of the Sioux reservation.
Senator Pettigrew has expressed himself as
heartily in faver of making the land free to
settlers, and it IS Believed the entire South
Dakota delegation In congress are favor
able to such legislation. Congressman Peel'
of Arkapsas, who helped get through The
house the Bit opening the reservation, n
who recently spent a few lays In Pierre
while here promised that he would lose no
time when congress meets THIS Winter to try
and have the law so amended as to make
the land free to homesteaders The
fact that immigration has not set In very
tapidly towards this lately coded portion CT
the stats is due in a great measure to this
pAicctional feature of the bill under which
1t was opened, and It is confidently believed
If the land is this winter made free to set
tiers 1T having nearly all been surveyed
the past summer and will be ready FOR Ill
Ings early next spring. thHre will be a good
Immigration to these new counties, and thai
western South Dakota will experience q
long 1eoked-for boom. There is no finer
country anywhere in the world than these
II, 900, 900 acres of land that now have but
very few settlers. The soil is particularly
well adapted to the culture OF sugar beets,
one OF the coming crops OF south Dakota,
and the rainfall there is sufficient to mature
any vegetable that can be successfully
-1nAto,e 80 tho month wnCt.
and for sheep raising or a stock country,
there 10 no other portion OF the northwest
that will equal it.
farmers Alliance In Annual Session.
MITCHELL, Nov. 26.-The state Farmers
alliance met in annual session in this city
yesterday afternoon with about 5eo oeie-
gates present. The session was a Short one
its principal work being to appoint commit
tees TO complete the organization for the
work. The results Of this session will be
awaited with great interest by all parties
Of the state. Among the prominent alliance
men present are the following: President
Loucks, who arrived last evening; Alonzo
Wardall, of Huron; F. d. Scott, OF Day;
Gozsnd, Of Gcttysburgi Lowe, OF Beadle;
Leavitt, CT LINCOLN; Of the
Ruralist; Goodfellow, OF Brookings; Andy.
of Sphinx. Several prominent republican
memoers-elect of the n>xt legislature are
noticed in the city. Also Hartiett Trip
who arrived from Sioux Falls.
y Paragraphs from Pierre.
PIERRE, Nov. 26.-The government has
, ordered the necessary paraphernalia ano a
$3.50 hose cart, to be manned by Indian
students at the government school here
! This team will probably play an .importan,
l. point in case of fire in Pierre, and will nc
, , doubt be heard from during the next years
tournament.
t S~portsmen are anticipating q great time
I in the jack rabbit race which occurs foul
i miles north OF town New Years day. A
dozen greybounds have being selected tt
. run down the rabbits,
. While it goes without saying that thu
4 prohibition law is a great improvement Owe
t the former system, yet 1t must be admitted
Q that there are now in PIERRE d larg numbe
: of places where liquor cum be procured TO
J, the mere asking, Then there are a humble
of original. package houses in full blast, al
u of which would indicate that we may sool
n expect a raid by the State Enforcement
Q league.
= Brown County Sugar Beets.
ABERDEEN, Nov. 25.-S. W. Narreganl
gathered up a bushel or SO Of sugar beet
G from farmers around Aberdeen and sen
them to Prof. James H. Shepard, of the de
partment of chemistry at the agriculture
college at Brookings, to be analysed
There were two varieties-white and red
Yesterday he received d reply from th
a professor, who got the following results:
White-Sucrose or sugar., per cent, 1855
marc, per cent, 5.66; degree brix. %; purit,
y co-eflcient, 72; sugar in juice, 1913.