Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1891-12-03
RAIN MAKING.
q. Kansas Company Cannot supply
,he Demand but will Sell Terri.
tory 10 Companies.
M Give the Secret for l Cent an Acre
-Beadle, Hyde and Hughes
Interested.
n, Vest Compared With the East-A
Light Grist for the
Week.
RAIN MAKING.
n, Kansas Company Rushed with
Business.

N, Kansas Company Rushed with
Business.
Mr. Hill is IN receipt of another letter
suo the Kansas raInnakers, withdrawing
Aer ar.t offer to supply ram for grow
No crops, but offering to sell territory
ma Instructions TO use the Melbourne
r,ism. Here il the last letter
D. HILL, DEAR SB.-SIn,e our
pnpany have operated IN Texas, we find
many calls from all over the u, S. II
"A be impossible for us TO operate over
much territory in 1892. Therefore We
Vi sell to companies or syndicates per.
sua rights by districts or states. dist
lis Of not less than 10 counties, contig
10, and at a cost Of not to exceed one
oSt per acre. The same as we would
sGge for one season If we operated our
srs. We would impart the secret to one
he company and furnish an apparatus,
ui 7 obligations TO not divulge the Sc
ra, and to not operate outside of terri.
by sold. We would give trial rains so
: 10 satisfy the Co. We have the greatest
iSOyery of the age. Hoping to hear
bon You in time. am yours,
A. b. MONTGOMERY.
The following telegraphic account and
sttorial comment OF a recent test is from
GOOdland, Kansas paper:
TEMPLE, Tex, Nov. S.-Last Tuesday
sH men, headed by E. +. Murphy. pres
lent Of the Kansas Artificial Rain COM
Su,, arrived in Temple. They came to
zDerment with their new secret process
b producing rain. They procured a
'lSe that suited them, and with their
rplements and materials at once set 10
'ork. Their proctss is kept secret.
hHe was nothing to indicate that the
snmakers were at work except suggcs-
e blazes OF purple and blue which Is
ped at night from hole in the roof Of
e house. They worked oil the time.
fist they announced that the atmos-
0eric condition was unavorable, and
lst must be some days before rain
oald be produced. Thursday afternoon
Nupby said everything was going smooth
and rain wonld almost certainly come
p l2 o'clock Friday night.
Up to 10 o'clock Friday night not a
foud was visible. At IL o'clock it was
|ondy, and fifteen minutes later rain be-
Pa to fall and continued half an hour.
fHOrday morning the SKY was cloudy, bat
Pc eminmakers said more rain would fall
Saturday night,
Al one O'Clock last night clouds began to
"aer. AT 2 o'clock it was raining and
Frtinued in showers all day.
AT HOME.
Tue Goodland raInmakers returned
lone Wednesday night and report a
|psndip success, especially at Tomple,
1' The experiment at Oklahoma City
N"ouhuoned sooner than MIR. Murphy
|emed advisable, but a slight rain fell
eiore they left, and quite a shower after
|a'y had gone. At Temple, Tex. where
Ae' have had no rain for four months.
EsV produced three good showers. the
W ohe an extensive rain fall OF about
" inches. The last rain covered near
wv miles square and was regular
'aser' Without any question this is one
" 'ne most important tests that has ever
'~h performed by the Melbourne plan,
'aa the Goodland lawmakers came home
ahasiastic and covered with glory.
''perntendent Hayden OF the Galveston
t''slon OF the Santa Fe railroad was a
.'e observer Of the experiments at Tenn
s' aud tele2raphed to head quarters that
-e experiment. was entirely successful.