Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-12-25
Frank Evans visited Deadwood the
first of the week..

I, Frank Evans visited Deadwood the
first of the week..
Col. Thornby came down from Rapid
City Wednesday night to spend Christ
mas with his family.
A. NJ. Macumber, of the soldiers
home, has gone to Rushville to visit
for two or three months with friends.
Mrs. Dodge entertained a party of
friends at the Gillespie Saturday after
noon After spending a couple of
pleasant hours in the parlors the
guests were invited to the dining room
of the hotel, where was a table beauti-
fully decorated in pink and green. and
a delicious supper.
The Rapid City Journal says that the
keystone mine and mill have been
temporarily shut down and all of the
men laid off. This move on the part
OF the company is not due in any man
ner to the failure of the property as a
mining proposition, but is sim%ply--done
on account of good business reasons
which incorporate the working of the
property on Il much larger and more
profitable scale. Among the many i'm
provements contemplated by the man
agement during the shut down will be
the perfecting of Il new cyanide plant,
for which the machinery is now at the
mine. Twenty additional stamps will
be added to the capacity of the mill.
and the workings of the property
generally will be carried on hereafter
on a much larger scale. The mine is
steadily getting richer as the workings
get deeper, and the ore taken out dur
ing the past ninety days is the richest
so far taken out. The contemplated
improvements will necessitate the clos.
ing of the property for about sixty
days, after which work will be again
resumed.
have the finest line of goods ever
brought to- town for fall aud winter
clothing. Reasonable prices.
j. A. RyLEN.
A meeting having for it's object the
promotion of irrigation in South Da-
kota was held at Rapid City last Satur-
day afternoon. h emeeting was called
to order by F. M. Murphy, after which
George Morris was chosen chairman
and 70. A. Williams secretary. Itbeing
the purpose of the meeting to formu-
late an irrigation bill to present to the
legislature at its coming session IA com.
mittee of three was appointed to draft
a bill to regulate the water supply for
irrigation, the committee to report on
January 3, 1897. "The advantage of
irrigation is everywhere acknowledged"
says the Rapid Journal in commenting
on the above mentioned meeting, "but
even the best of things may have their
defects or may not be properly man.
aged. 1t is the desire of the promoters
of the proposed irrigation bill to get
all the benefits of irrigation, and to
guard against anything which might be
ether than beneficial. The question of
water supply is a serious one and ought
be regulated in Il way that would be
reasonable and just to all concerned,
Z. II. Tulian of Leadville, Colorado,
arrived in town yesterday and will re-
main i'll the Hills for several weeks.
He is a special agent of the United
States fish commission and comes here
for the purpose of locating and secur-
ing a site suitable for a fish hatchery
Mr.. Tnlian, last evening, informed the
Times that as yet no particular place
had been decided upon. He will visit
the different points in the Hills and
will make a report ito the department.
at Washington. The hatchery will re
quire considerable ground and a good
supply of fresh spring water.-Dead-
wood Times.
The STAR would suggest that Mr..
Tulian investigate the grounds and
springs above town on Hot and Cold
brooks with a view to locating the
hatchery there.