Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-04-22

reno It's claim n no decision being
rendered by the officials of the local land
Office. The Secretary of the Interior
has agreed to withhold his approval Of
the States selection until q decision on
the case is made by him.
Chair of Geology Filled.
PROF. JAMES Z. ToDD of Tabor, Iowa,
has been elected to the chair of gc~ .ogy
and %mineralogy in the University vi
South Dakota and has slgniliea his &C.
ceptance. lie received the a. Is. and
A. NJ degrees at Oberlin College, fol-
lowed by four years of professional
studies. including one at the Sheffield
Scientific School at New Haven. He
has occupied the chair of natural sci.
ences at Tabor College continuously
since 1871, and during three years OF
this period he also filled the chair of
geology at Beloit, dividing his time be-
tween the two institutions. For eight
consecutive years, beginning in 1881, he
was engaged in the United States geo.
logical survey in field work in South
Dakota during the summer and vaca-
tion. and spent the two succeeding sum
mers in similar work in that state in a
private expedition. He will enter his
work with u practical knowledge OF
South Dakota geology which u Granger
would not have.
Confidence of the Stockmcn.
IT now looks as if the shipments of
cattle and sheep to the great stock
ranges of Western South Dakota this
year would be the greatest in the his
tory OF the country. Already prominent
stockmen have commenced to contract
for Southern cattle. some half dozen
prominent cattle men having just re-
turned from New Mexico, where they
each contracted for all the way from
1,Oa0 to 5000 head each. The loss of
cattle OF the Sioux Range the past year
has been so light that stockmen arc
much elated ove the future prospects
of the stock business. The Missouri
River Stockmcn's Association was in
session at Fort Pierre, and the reports
of the officers of this association show
very little Seattle rustling'' going on
and stock in the very best condition.
The association will endcavor to have u
State association of stockmen formed,
believing that it will be of great good
to all the stockmen in Western South
Dakota.
South Eakota Russian Relief.
PRESIDENT BACH of the Russian Re.
lief Commission located at Aberdeen, is
getting excellent returns from the
workers in the Southern part of the
State and is satisfied South Dakota will
raise q generous fund. He has organ
lied every township in that judicial dis
trict, n would get some big returns
there had not that section suffered so
much from drought in the past. How
ever, the cities and towns will do the
best they can, and the county districts
will also be heard from. The City
Council of Rapid City by resolution in
structed Mayor WOODS to issue a proc
lalnation calling q mass meeting of cit
liens, the object being to send relief to
the starving Russians. 1t is already
decided that Rapid City shall send q
carload of Black Hills flour, and such
other relief as the meeting dccides.'
Dcadwood and the mining camps will
probably duplicate Rapid City's flour
donation.
Odd Fellows to Celebrate.
EXTENSIVE preparations are being
made at Hurley to appropriately OBJ.
serve the seventy-tifth anniversary Of
Odd Fellowship in America en- the Goth
inst. The celebration will be undeT
the auspices of the Turner County I. o:
"a y. Anniversary Association, com!
posed Oh the lodges at Centervillc, Par
kcr, Marion, and Hurley. Past Grand
Master A. E. Clough of Madison will
deliver the address, his subject being
''From bondage Into Liberty" 1t is
expected that the Goth will be u gala
day there, as in addition to the Odd
Fellow festivities, Sprave, Phillips d
Michie's circus, q portion of which is
summer tou through the Dakotas and
Western Minnesota, have decided to
give their opening exhibition on that
day.
Another Rich Strike of Ore.
News was received at Rapid City of a
rich strike in the Keystone mine, twenty
miles south of that place. The tunnel
is now in 300 feet, the last sixty feet