The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1892-04-15
Attorney General Dollard.

This gentlemanIy official is soiourning
with us a day or SO on official business
connected with the Meade county land
Cases that have been before the United |
States land Office here for some time. |
NJ. Dollard stated that court business
prevented his appearing on behalf OF the
state at the time of the hearing last
week apd that the matter will now in
all probability. be settled by the COM
missioner.
On politics the attorney general WAS
quite retlcent, abiding to the Pettigrew-
Mellette squabble in carefully couchcd
language, r%emarking, however, that he
believed Pettigrew "a stronger man with
the administration o than before the
Chamberlain convention. He believed
there never was a convention run by the
people as this one az and hence he
thinks its results have been beneficial.
About Mellette Mr.. Dollard had little to
say, except that he did not think he was
a candidate for any Office. French,
Preston, Jolley and Picker were all
possible congressional candidates and
the two Sheldons, Auditor Taylor and
several Others were gubernatorial PCS
sibilities.
On the question Of fusion, he thought
the chances were in favor OF the demo
Gratis and independents uniting, at least
the leaders were evidently framing THEN
plans with that end in view. lie
thought prohibition would not prevent
fusion. On the question OF prohibition
Mr.. Dollard has some decidedly interest.
ing views.
The Black Hills he believed could Sc
cure a congressional nomination if they
presented a united front. He did not
know who and did notsay"ye or"no'
when the scribe mentioned the names
OF Judge Gardner and Jas. W. Fowler.
Our Smooth Man.
Western plains have many railroads
two streaks Of rust and a right OF way,
but w. T. Coad, who is now at the
Palmer house, is confident that there is
a rosy future before the Dakota, Wy
oming u Missouri River road, OF which
he is the promoter, as we in Chicago call
the smooth man who induces the capt.
talist to look through a powerful field
glass at magnificent financial possibili-
ties in the distance. This road, which
at present writing is still On paper, is
intended to connect Pierre and Rapid
City, S. d., two towns that are about
300 miles apart, and zach less accessible
to the other than either is to New York
City. The "Calamity James" and all
OF their male colabOrcrs in the pictur-
esque vocation OF "bull punching and
mule whacking' between TT. Pierre and
the Black Hills will, under the civilizing
influences OF the new road, be compelled
to conform to the customs OF the efiete
east and a new style OF heroes for yellow
covered literature will have to be cyol-
we'd in the fertile brains OF the dime
novel authors.
1t was eleven years ago that the first
railroad reached Fort Pierre. At that
time Fort Pierre ate with Il knife, and
undesirable residents died by special re-
quest OF the vigilantes. With the com
ing OF the railroad there was a decided
Improvement in the character of the
town, and now that there is to bearoad
on the other side Of the river the last of
the typical wild and woolly west, the
country between.Pierre and Rapid City,
islikely to soon be in as good condition
as that on this side. Aroad would have
been built on the west side OF the Mis-
souri, years ago II it had not been for
the peculiar difficulties that are inter
posed in the crossing OF the cratic and
muddy Missouri. At Fort Pierre, which
is the most available point for crossing
the Missouri unless it is lie Beau, the
forgotten town OF boom tunes, the
channel OF the river is not so wide but
that it could be easily bridged were it
not for the fact that it is custer for a re-
porter to approach the child-mayor of
Chicago than it is to approach the Mis-
souri, Mt Fort Pierre with it's treacherous
- Z shores.
A part OF the scheme that Mr.. Coad
has on hand is the building Of q bridge
quite as elaborate as the one over the
Mississippi that divides with the Anheu-
ser-Busch brewery the honor orChicaeo's
northwestern suburb. The company
that is to build the bridge has RECENTLY
been organized under the laws OF New
Jersey. and Mr. Coad is to be congratu-
lated upon having induced these capitai-
lists, who ordinarily keep their money
buried in the cellar, to invest in this
$2,OOO.OOO venture. Several Chicago
capitalists and clerk Cunningham Of the
Palmer house are interested in the new
railroad, the formerlin building it, the
hitter to the extent Of an annual pass
that has been promised him ms a reward
for courtesies extended to its r~nstline