Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-03-28
Tinsley Is In Again.

The president has appointed Alfred
D. Tinsley postmaster at Sioux Falls.
The Tinsley appointment has excited
a great deal OF talk in the senate and
led to a sharp conflict between Ssna'-
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. As is
almost universally known Senator
P~ettigrew's 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 OF his
nomination, may lead to an interest
ing fight over the meaning Of the
phra7e in the constitution that presi-
Dental appointments shall be made
with 1.-THE advice and consent Of tie
senate"
Valuable Public Lands Near Chambs riaIn
the 18th of April will be a lively day
at the U. S. land Office in Chambe T
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 .ocated within the limits OF
the ely 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 tight 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 tn place filings on
the same land, and to still further
complicate matters a number oitown-
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-acrs tract
is dotted over with the houses of the
homesteaders and townsiters.
All the parties in interest have en-
gagged attorneys 10 protect their in
terests and advise them as to the
best means to adopt to secure law.
fnl possession OF the coveted land.
Each of the claimants, when asked
rs to the status of the matter, stated
chat they are confident of winning
the land claimed by them, and will
resort to all honorable means to
their success. Another tract
containing $40 acres of the forfeited
railroad land, but lying on the vest
oil 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 1t when il is thrown up
on the market the / 9th ofnext month.
The land Office opens for business at
0 O'Clock q. m, and it is generally eI-
pected that seversl 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 q struggle win 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 viii have a
decided advantage over their compel
irors, and Tor this - standing
room near the doors OF the land Office
viii De at a premium q short time
before 9 o'clock on the morning o!
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