The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-03-28
Tinsley Is In Again.

The Tinsley appointment has excited
a great deal of talk in the senate and
led to a sharp conflict between Senat-
ors Pettigrew and Kyle, ending in the
victory of the former, who secured
the rejection OF the nomination by a
large majority in the senate. Asis
almost universally known Senator
Pettigrew'O home is in Sioux Falls,
and he has made his fight on the
ground that Tinsley was a bitter enc
my of his. The reappointment OF
Tinsley, who will continue to serve,
Notwithstanding this rejection oil his
nomination, may lead to an interest.
ing fight over the meaning of the
phraze in the constitution that presi-
Dental appointments shall be made
with 1.-THE advice and consent Of the
senate"
Valuable Public Lands Near Chambe rlain
The 18th of April will be a lively day
at the U. S. land Office in Chamber
lain. On that day the lands forfeited
by the Milwaukee railroad company
will be subject to entry. The termin-
al grounds OF the forfeited right OF
way are very valuable, and consider
able strife will ensue for their posses
sion. OF these lands 1873 acres are on
the east side of the Missouri river,
and are located within the limits OF
the city OF Chamberlain, Immediately
at the end OF the main street OF the
town. Capt. III. j. King, an old Mis-
souri, and Mississippi river steamboat
man, claims that his right as a home
steader to this land dates back prior
to the passage OF the act Of congress
granting the land to the railroad COM
pany, and accordingly he will make
q vigorous fight to secure it. Capt.
William Sims, another Missouri river
steamboatman, also claims to have
rights to some of the land. Opposed
to Capt. King are other homesteaders
who will attempt TO place filings on
the same land, and to still further
complicate matters @ number oftown-
siters have moved houses upon the
disputed land and will strive to secure
tracts of two acres each under the
townsite laws. Almost daily other
houses are being moved upon the
land by parties intending to secure
portions Of the land under the town.
site laws, until now the 1SS-acre tract
Is dotted owe with the houses OF the
homesteaders and townsiters.
ALI the parties in interest have en-
gagged attorneys to protect their in.
terests and advise them as to the
best means to adopt to secure law
ful possession Of the coveted land.
Each OF the claimants, when asked
as to the status OF the matter, stated
that they are confident of winning
the and claimed by them, and will
resort to all honorable means to
ensure their success. Another tract
containing $40 acres of the forfeited
railroad land, but lying on the west
OF the Missouri river, is in much the
same condition as the tract on the
east side, as both homesteaders and
townsiters are preparing to secure
possession OF it when it is thrown up
on the market the l 18th ofnext month.
The land office opens for business at
. O'Clock a. NJ, and it is generally ex-
pected that several days previous to
the 18th the claimants of the forfeit.
ed land will take positions at the
doors OF the land office and remain
there until the morning of the 18th,
when a ST struggle will take place to de-
eide who shall be first to enter the
doors and present their filing papers.
1t is generally admitted that those
who are first TO present their filings
and have them accepted will have a
decided advantage over their Compel
itors, and for this reason standing
room nsar the doors of the land office
will be at a premium a short time
before 8 o'clock on the morning OF
April Is.