Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-28
DAKOTA.


of Lyman county are two young ladies Of
whom the people of South Dakota can be
proud. These ladies fled on homesteads
in the coded Sioux lands in February, 1898,
and since that time nave made the neccs-
sary improvements on their claims, paid
the expense of making at least monthly
trips to Plankinton. a distance of fifty
miles, where they had Office work, besides
saving enough money to pay for their land.
On one occasion while on their way from
~flankintOn to their homesteads west of
the Missouri river they reached there at Il
time when n severe storm was raging,
lashing the Missouri into u torrent of foam.
The only way 10 get across was by means
IF skiiis. The turbulence of the stream
did not deter them and after much urging
they induced a boatman to row them
across. The passage was a dangerous one,
the waves each instant threatening 10 EN-
gulf the little boat, but the ladies did not
finch. Their courageous behavior on this
occasion is still the talk of the river men.
y few days ago the young ladies made
final proof on their homestcads, paying the
government price for the land, and now
each of them owns 100 acres of fertile land,
neither farm being hampered by n dollar
Of Indebtedness.
Judge Grant has rendered n decision in
the ease against Al Cram, Il farmer living
twelve miles south Of Huron, arrested
charged with obstructing the flow of water
in a puhlic stream. Some months ago
Cram constructed "A dam across the Jim
river TO obtain water with which To irri-
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neighhors objected, and IA couple of weeks
since the dan and water hosting appliance
were blown TO pieces with dynamite, Mr..
Cram set about to reconstruct the dam
and was arrested. The case attracted
much interest, ~ other farmers along the
river were about 20 follow Mr.. Grams ey-
ample. Mr.. Cram won his case, and an
other season will see very many farms On
the margin of the jim river irrigated with
water from that stream.
The rich strike of refractory ore in Vel
low Creek gulrh, one and a half miles
from Lead, created excitement similar to
that of the early days. All the ground in
the ueighborhood has been stakcd off and
the owners consider they have a fortune in
sight. The ore ASSAYS all the way from
800 to $40 a ton in gold, with about twelve
ounces in silver, Development work has
already commenced on several Of the
claims with good results, and should the
ore prove lasting il will create considerable
Of a boom for the Hills. especially Lead.
The ground is all owned by Lead people.
At the next general election in November
the voters of Lawrence comfy will be in
tDpa-faI il, a ,,,,nt a. l,,t Hnl,t l,at ,pnan
Lead aud Deadwood. Two petitions have
been circulated throughout the county and
the name. of "a large majority Of the voters
mt the last general election was presented
to the county commissioners. who will call
the election. The loss of the county seat
means death for Deadwood, and from pres
ent appearances ii is no sure thing il will
not be moved.
Omaha parties are taking of establishing
a beet sugar factory at Rapid City. They
say that the soil and climate here are adj
mirably adapted TO beet raising, and stated
that should they 20 into the business III
would be their intention to fatten cattle
on beet tops and to dispose Of them in
Black Hills markets instead of shipping
them east. =
Senator Roach has secured two amend
mcnts 10 the river and harbor bill in the
senate, one for $4,000 for an ice harbor
and other improvements in the Missouri
river at Bismarck, and the other $4,000
for Missouri river improvements net wccn
Bismarck and Pierre.
Stockmen are making frequent COM
plants regarding the ~depredaiions Of
wolves on the ranges, says the Belle
Fourche Bee. These pests are becoming
more numerous with each succeeding year
and are killing hundreds of animals
Rev. X. :. ~. Clair, presiding elder OF
She conference of the NJ. +. church of
South Dakota, died suddenly at FL Reno,
o. T., Of heart disease.
The comptroller Of currency has APP
pointed Major Rowley Of Mitchell receiver
OF the Rapid City bank, recently sls-
pended
Within the radius of twenty miles Of Al
pena there are at least Il dozen women
holding down claims.
The enterprising people of Oacoma have
commenced the construction of n fine race
track.
The Brule Index has been sold by w. Il.
Dups to C. j. Maynard, who has assumed
control.
The Living Issue is the title of a new
prohibition paper at Huron.