Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1892-10-28
THE YANkTON LANDS.
Two Hundred Thoussnd Acres Fer Pubs
llC settlement.

Two Hundred Thoussnd Acres For Pub
lie settlement.
THROWING open the Yankton Indian
Reservation to public settlement will
afford settlers IN opportunity Of secur-
ing some OF the finest land In the
Northwest for agricultural and stock
raising purposes Tho reservations con-
tainS 400, 900 acres, and 10 within the
boundaries OF Charles Mix County, and
lies along the north bank of the Mis-
souri, River. Tho land Is we'll watersd
with lakes and creeks. and contains
several hundred acres of timber. 1t 10
within four miles OF b railroad, and but
. short distance from several flourish.
Ing towns. This reservation u In the
Yankton land district and Is but thir.
ty-six miles distant from Yankt ton.
The land has all been surveyed BY the
government and subdivided into quar-.
ter.sections, ready for immediate set.
tlement
In 1858 the Sioux Indians ceded oil
their land lying east OF the Missouri
River except the Yankton Reservation,
which was retained for the fsnkton
Tribe, and which they aud their half
breed descendants have occupied ever
since. Two hundred thousand acres OF
the reservation was allotted to these
Indians several years ago, and many
farms are in fair state OF cultivation.
The amount OF land now at the disposal
Of white settlers IL about 200, 600 acres
The Commissioners appointed BY the
President to negotiate the purchase ol
the unallotted lands from the Yankton
Indians com mprises Col. Adams Of Web
ster, DR.. Brown Of Chicago, and j. M.
Cole of st. Louis. The commission met
the leaders of the tribe, many OF whom
arc whttc men and half-breed3. The
Indians are disposed to sell, and oil thai
Is left to do now Is to agree on price.
"Isl xxarhs'' Abol,ahed.
THE following extract from general
Instructions No. Q, issued by the
United States Weather Bureau, re-
ceived at Huron, indicates that the de-
partment has become dissatisfied with
the term "blizzard,' as applied to
storms In the Northwest:
The ''bltzzard' flag and "blizzard'
warning, prescribed for use In North
and South Dakota, Minnesota except
1T lake stations, Iowa. Nebraska and
Wyoming, to indicate high winds, &C.
companied by snow, with temperture
below freezing, will henchforth be
known as the storm flag and storm
signal, respective in the states named,
and the term blizzard" will not in any
case be used in this connection. Gem
eral instructions No. 8, dated August
/, 1892, is amended accordingly, but
will in other respects remain In force.
Local forecast officials and observers
will send prompt notification OF this
change OF name to all concerned.
Heat the County.
THE national banks OF Aberdeen have
won their suits against the county.
which were brought in Circuit Court
| In the case OF the Aberdeen National.
1t was shown that the assessor for the
year 1891, assessed the sbares OF stock
OF the bank at sci, 1873, and that the
County Board Of Equalization re-
assessed the said shares In the sum OF
$50. $50. The court holds that the
board exceeded its powers and author
| ity In re-assessing the stock, and that
It's acts ard doings in the premises are
void, and the same are set aside and
held for naught; that the tax on the
shares OF stock Of said plaintiff shall
not have been extended on valuation
greater than the sum of SCI, 5a3, maxi
ing tax OF @l,Ol947, and that oil In
excess thereof is illegal and void.
The case OF the First National Bank
was identical In character with the ono
above outlined.
Indians " ant to Vote.
A. L. HopPAUGH of Charles Mil
County secured OF Judge E. G. Smith
of hA Ia iofa q r. I'M
rary writ. OF mandamus to compel tho
County Commissioners OF Charles Mi4
to create voting places In the part ol
the county known as the Yankton In.
dian Reservation. The are 700 Ind !.
crafty and who are qualified voters. aud
they dem and that the right OF suffrage
sh all be extended to them. These COnlA
missioners postponed the matter Of vot-
ing places on the reservation 1t their
September meeting. and again st their
October meeting, finally declaring that
they would not establish the voting
places rs desired The Indians there
upon employed Mr.. Hoppaugh to look
after their interests and the mxndam Us
proceeding Is the result.
A CITY saloon Z andidatc.
w. H. LYoN, the patron saint OF the
city saloon scheme at Sioux Falls, has
! set everybody to guessing BY annonnc.
ing himself as an independent candidat4
for the Legislature His only platform
is the municipal saloon II elected. he
says he will cndeayor to secure such I
modification of the present liquor law
rs will permit municipalities TO engage
in and exclusively coz troll the sale oil
intoxicating liquors. He takes the
ground that neither prohibition MOI