Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-05-01
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cided to make this farm headquarters
for experiments in this M adjoining
states, north, west and south. A car
load or more of young trees Of all vari-
sites will be shipped i'm soon. BY this
means the people Of the state will be
furnished with invaluable information
relative to the best ind Of trees to
raise and how to raise them. The agri-
cultural college will continue expert
ments Upon an extended scale, devoting
attention chiefly to food and fodder
plants. Probably in time this farm
will become the center OF experimental
ton in that part Of the west in ordinary
lines as well as in irrigation, in which
it was the pioneer in South Dakota.
The experiments in irrigation alone
nave been a boon to the entire James
river valley that cannot be measured
by money.
The siding Of Medina, on the North
,rn Pacific, thirty miles west OF James
own, N. D., is to become a trading and
arming center. A mercantile company
$ to put in a general store and a coal
,nd wood yard at once. The railway
will build a depot, and a grain elevator
IS to be erected. Medina is in the cen
.er of a fine farming and ranching por-
lion of the county, which has largely
been settled up in the two years just
passed, and most of the trading has
been done at distant and inconvenient
points.
Carelessnsss was the cause of an ac-
.ident in Holy Terror mire at Dead
wood, S. II. A number of holes had
been drilled and charged with giant
powder and the usual method employed
70 shoot" them. After waiting for a
while and the shots not going off, the
miners, James Hopkins, John Hedland,
Sherman Denning and Joseph Everley.
entered the tunnel to investigate They
lad hardly reached the face of the drift
when the II ST went off. All were SER
,usly injured.
Articles of Incorporation have been
He'd for the Bowdle Electric Light com-
)any, with a capital Of SIS, 900; ~incorpora-
.ors, II. ID. Ballet, w. w. Brant, A. f.
LeClaire, A. l.. Yeaton For the Black
Hills Exploration, Development and
Sold Mining company, with a capital or
i ,000, 600; incorporators, Warren V.
Philbrick, president; George A. Dickson,
Rolondes +. Reem OF Edgemont, s. D.,
where the headquarters Of the company
are located.
The South Dakota Cattle association
held a session at Rapid City, S. d., and
elected the following officers: c. X.
Howard, president; John Phelan, vice
president; +. NJ. Stewart, secretary and
treasurer. The association last year
,aved it's members 6,l7S head OF cattle,
talued at $169, 1877. 1t cost the associa-
ion $40, S04 to do this work n protect
It's members from rustlers.
In the United States court at Sioux
ouX Falls, S. D., Handsome Elk, the
indian who was convicted of intent to
murder two Indian policemen, was SEN
fenced to n year and n day in the
~penitentiary. Nick Neason, a local sa-
loonkeeper, pleaded guilty to selling
liquor to an Indian and was fined $50
With one day In jail.
1t Is stated on good authority that the
railroad commission Of North Dakota
at it's next meeting will put into effect
the new railroad law. Heretofore the
powers Of the commissioners have been
limited and there has been no law un-
der which they could attempt to sue
eessfully regulate the common carriers
Of the state.
The directors of the Grain Palace as
ISOLATION at Aberdeen, S. D., are al
ready discussing plans for the exhibit
lion Of 1897. 1t is proposed to give the
people OF hat section of the northwest
5ne Of the best programs Of entertain
nent ever placed before them, n also
make the exhibits of a general nature
and particularly attractive.
The tide of emigration his spring
seems to be setting again toward North
Dakota. Many new settlers are taking
up government land, while some are
purchasing improved farms. The ad-
vance in the price of lar is quite no.
ticeable around Jamestown.
Otto Loopnow, an unmarried man 40
years Of age, was found dead at his farm
twelve miles north Of Glendale, N. d.
A nelghbor going there on an errand
discovered the house locked and saw
that his stock had had no food for at
least two days. He broke the door open
and found the body in a decomposirg
state.
The Great Northern at Langdon, N.
D., is to build a line from the n Of the
Hope branch from Anetd to a point on
the state border, probably Woodbridge.
The company will endeavor to settle the
country along this line with large colo
MES from Illinois, Indiana, Pennsylva-
MIA. Virginia and other states.
John Koriska, a Great Northern sec
ton foreman stationed at Harwood. N.
D., fell under the whsels of a freight
train In the Fargo yards. His right leg
was cut in two twice and his left foot
split and toss crushed off. He was try
Ing to catch the train for home when
injured.
c. H. Huntington. n of the best
known insurance men In South Dakota
and a pioneer resident Of Huron, is
dead, aged IS years. He formerly be-
longed to Company I, One Hundred and
Sixth New York infantry, and was well
known In Grand Army circles.
A young nan named Robert Ross, liv-
ing fifteen miles southwest of Wessing-
ton, s. d., came 20 his death in a pecu-
liar way. He had been subject to cpl
leptic Ats, and during an attack he fell
face downward In a shallow pool Of wa
ter, where he was found.
Six Ragged Top claims were sold the
other day for $500.
Articles of Incorporation have been
filed for the Gibson Gold Mining COM
pany, with headquarters at Deadwood,
and a capital stock OF 81, $50. 900; incorpo-
rators, Annie b. Gibson, Birdie L. Glib
son and William L. Mclaughlin Of
Deadwood.
w. d. Allison, grain dealer at Brook
ings. s. D., has made an assignment;
liabilities, 10000, with assets Of S. 900.
r. Matson Of Brookings is assignee.
j. II. Darnall Of Black River Falls,
Wis. was instantly killed in a mill in
the Black Hills, 9. d. He was a vet
eran Of the late war.
Bids have been let at Pierre, s. D., for
500 yards Of stone and 300 cords of will
low on the government river work, 60
ing at $1.10 per yard on stone and $1.9s
per cord on willow.
At a meeting Of the city council Bis
marck. N. D., has passed an ordinance,
providing for a fine Of $50 for any blind
pig" that keeps open on Sunday or sells
liquor to minors.
A fine iron bridge across the Mecca
Gin creek near Aberdeen, 8. D., was car.
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