The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-06-13
WITHDRAWN FROM MARKET
South Dakota Land Reserved by.
the Government.
VIII BE Hold Subject to the Action
Of the State Authorities for
About a Year---A Big
Artesian WE'LL.

Chamberlain, s. D., June SIN ON
pliance with instructions from the COM
missioner of the general land office the
register and receiver of the Chamber
lain INK office have reserved five full
townships and five fractional townships
of land, in the western part of Jackson
county. and the land is therefore with
drawn from the market. Jackson coun-
ty lies In the extreme western part Of the
Chamberlain land district. and only q
short distance east of the Black Hills.
The action of the and office was taken
in view of the fact hat Governor Shell
don and the commissioner of school and
public lands, Lockhart. made applica-
ton to havc the lands surveyed under
authority of an act of congress approved
August is. 1894. which provides among
other things for the survey of grants of
public lands which were made t. the
several states under the various acts ad-
hitting them into the union
The land in jackson county will be re-
served for a period extending from May
% until the expiration of sixty days from
the date of filing OF the official plats Of
| survey OF the several townships in the
Chamberlain land Office. During this
period the state authorities may select
any of the lands tua in said town
ships which are not embraced In the
claim of any person or persons who may
have settled or established residence
upon any portion of the land prior to
May %.
James Hartgering. q deputy United
States surveyor, has received the con-
tract for surveying the land, and Is now
engaged in the work. The lands will
probably be reserved for a period of a
year or more, as it will taxi many
months to complete the work of survey
ing and drafting the plats Of the land.
If he state authorities should finally
decide not to make filings upon any Of
the land, the tracts will again be sub
ject to entry under the homestead laws.
One Of the most interesting contest
cases ever tried before the United States
land Office III this city Is that of Frank
L.. and William C. Spaulding against
Clyde L. Kinney and James w. Sanford,
involving u trifie over 800 acres of very
valuable land on the Missouri river In
the southern part Of Lyman county.
The fact that there Is q mammoth nat
ural artesian spring on the land, fur
nishes sufficient water for %irrigating a
large portion of it. adds interest to the
struggle for possession Of the n The
tract was formerly embraced in the
allotment of a Sioux Indian named
Willie Knee, but was ~relinqutshed by
him, and, in accordance with instruc-
ton from the commissioner OF the gen
eral land office. was cancelled upon the
records of the local office January 20,
Sanford and Kinney made entry OF the
land on that day. n a few days later
contest proceedings were commenced.
AS the result of a hearing In the case
the local officers "a decided that the
entries of the defendants should remain
intact, basing the decision upo the
ground that although the contestants
alleged to lave posted notices on toe
land December 20, 1895, II on January
Z, hauled a oad of logs there for the
construction of dwelling houses, they
they failed to show that their
settlement was followed by occu-
pancy of the land, as required by the
settlement laws; that neither establish
ed residence upon h land, or made Inn
provements of a character sufficient to
segregate the tracts from entry by he
frSt legat applicant, WEel inc idnu De
came subject to entry January 30. h
case will undoubtedly be appealed to
the commissioner OF the general land
office.
At a depth OF $50 feet Nettle Bros. ar
tesian well contractors. struck a fine
flow in an artesian we'll just completed
on the farm OF Mike Gales in Aurora
county. The we'll is four and one-half
inches in diameter. and the pressure
forces the water to a height of nearly
six feet above the top of the casing. The
point where the well is located is much
higher than the surrounding ground.
and Gales will be able to irrigate over
800 acres of his farm, besides giving a
great deal of surplus water to his neigh
bors. The drilling machine used in
sinking the we'll is perhaps the only one
In use in the state that Is run by gaso-
line power. and 1t worked so satisfac-
torlly that in time gasoline may be sub
stituted for coal In the running of many
of The smaller artesian we'll drilling ma
chimes now at work throughout the ar
tesIan belt of South Dakota.