Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-05-26

Hot Springs Is promoting q paper
mill A -four ton plant Is projected.
Citizens ut Aberdeen have perfected
o bond guaranteeing . right Of way
and depot facilities to the proposed
Black Hills road.
Gophers are becoming . pest along
the James River north Of Yankton, and
farmers have inaugurated y crusade
against the animals.
The Central Dakota Veteran Assoc
ciation will hold its annual encamp-
ment ut Lake Preston on the
week commencing June L..
Tho pontoon bridge at Chamberlain,
Is In position again, and hundreds
Of cattle and scores OF land seekers
are crossing daily on their way to the
coded Sioux LANDS.
White ace Horse, the Indian i'm.
plicated In the killing OF cowboys some
committed suicide. Is alive and we'll,
hidden 1t Pine Ridge Agency.
Harry L. Williams. . young school
| teacher, has been indicted for stealing
| three 1000 mile mileage books from
| depot aud for forging names TO them.
The proprietors OF the Wind Cave
have planned m excursion for the ed
itors OF the Back Hills, and individua
| invitations have been extended to each
OF the mem bers Of the fraternity and to
their wives.
Contractors on the Government ar.
tesian we'll 1T the Indian School 1t
Pierre struck . flow OF water At . depth
| OF l, 200 feet This establishes the fact
] - - ~eNnaIan huafp In that mart ~ thu
state, which has always been ques-
| toned. The we'll will be sunk about 100
feet deeper. when the contractors ex-
| pect . gusher.
A largo number Of physicians and
surgeons OF the Hills will meet In Hot
| Springs for the purpose OF organizing
. medical and surgical staff for . hos
| pital staff for 3 hospital to be estab-
lIshed ut that point 1t is proposed to
locate . first-class Institution, equal to
anything Of . like nature In any Of the
eastern cities.
A large force OF men is at work on
the Yankton 4 Sioux Falls Railroad
and the grading 10 being pushed all
along the line. This piling of the
bridges II all on the ground and = crew
OF bridge builders 10 croWding that
branch Of the work. The Yankton
end OF the grade will be ready for tbs
track-IAyers before many weeks are
past
Last winter the Legislature passed
. law empowering the state Railroad
Commissioner to fix minimum pAssen-
ger rates. The Railroad Commission
ers came to consult the Interstate Com
merce Commission on the constitution
atty OF the statute. The national body
after . careful examination decided
that there are 50 many glaring errors
In the bill that 1t would not stand. On
this advice the State Commission will
refuse to act under the law.
During the year slapsing since the
opening OF the Sissston Reservation,
1850 homesteads have been filed upon
IL, leaving less than 400 open to settle
ment These remnants are largely
fractional and are chiefly located on
the hills. Tbs soil generally Is rich,
but the pieces left are not. OF course,
choice tracts. Though VOL adapted to
Nourishing towns have also grown up
that il Is safe to place the white popu-
lation OF the reserve ct TO- O0-a clear
gain to the state In twelve months.
What Is claimed to DO the largest
book eyer made has just been completed
By Brown & Saenger Of Sioux Falls.
Ii Is called the Visitors Register, and
will be shipped In + few days To Chit
cego, whore II will be put into the
south Dakota building, and every
South Dakotan 10 expected to register
10 II The book contains 1000 pages.
and will accommodate forty names to
the pags. II 10 IS Inches long. 81 inches
vide, when shut. and l3 inches thick.
1t weighs ITS pounds, and II took this
whole hide OF . COW 10 bind it Through
the hollow OF the back, when II II open,
7~-year.old boy can crawl with ease.
The board 10 three quarters Of an inch
thick, The book cost the firm 500,
aud will b. presented TO the South d.
kotA Commission.
Stockmen west Of the Missouri River
are protesting against tho section Oh
Governor E~heldon's cattle QuerAptlne
proclamation which says. Provided
that cattle brought into this state from
certain portions OF Texas shall come
into the EtAts OF South Dakota only
FOR slauehter or Groztng, and shall moi
b shipped from South Dskota into apy
other state or territory In the United
Ststss before she 1st day Of Decemb Dor,
1893. The st0ckmen ask, II the csttll
are az % b admitted into the state,
why afe they not ia . 6t condition q
shin vixen % owner Of such stock sect
n. ITO his ady1ngage 70 seil9 Stock tbs
III Aei4 On tho ranges Until Decenher
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