The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-09-10
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JuIQeStOWI, NJ LIZ Is aklI1Ilng the
question and considering the advisa-
Lility Of sinking a second and larger
artesian well. The present well 2 3-4
inche iii diameter and 1,476 feet deep,
furnishes fire protection and water.
supply to the entire city as well ms
power for a number of small motors
for manufacturing and mercantile.
plants. But the we'll of late is throw
ing up considerable sand and giving
evidence of deterioration, with n pos
sibility of collapse. TO provide against
such q contingency Il second well, 6
inches in diameter at the bottom, is
suggested. The present we'll fur
nishes u power equal to ninety pounds
per square inch when entirely shut
Off, and a G-inch we'll, it is believed.
will furnish ample power for u munich
pal electric light plant. Valley City,
thirty miles east of there, owns its
electric light plant, and it is believed
the saving in the cost of lighting
jamestown by a public plant alone
would pay o fair return upon the, ep-
tire cost of both the well and the
plant, leaving ,he city the free use of
water. The recent Bismarck fire is q
warning to other cities, and James
town will provide u tireproof vault
for the preservation of city records,
etc, the present facilities being in
adequate i'll ease of an extended fire.
1t is thought that the cattle slip
ping from Belle Fourche, S. IT,, this
season will meet with some competi-
ton. Dickinson, N. D., will perhaps
be the closest point. Belle Fourche
draws cattle shipping business from
$50 miles north and west. In this
distance there nrc, a great many wa
tering holes which are a necessity to
the driving of cattle to the shipping
yards. During the past few months
many small eattlemen have been fenc-
ing up the. water holes for their WI
use, which has greatly injured some
of the trade. Some of the heaviest
cattle shippers have informed the
business men of that city that unless
the trails were opened and the fences
cleared away they would be compelled
to ship their stock from another
point The business men will en-
deavor to hold the shipping trade.
The Norwegian colony northwest of
Alpena. S. d., is figuring on revolu-
tioniZing matters by purchasing a
machine at Ottawa which cuts the
grain and ties it into bundles at the
same time and threshes the same
simultaneously. Those who have in
vcstigatcd its worth say the grain is
cut by Il bar similar to that on u now
ing machine. from which it is thrown
upon a sheet of canva arranged on.
rollers and taken up into the thresh-
er. There is is threshed and win
moved and then carried to the oppo-
site side of the machine. where it falls
into bags, which, as they fill up, are
in turn tied up and thrown off. 1t is
claimed to cut and thresh fifteen acres
per day. The machine is complicated
but simple to work, two men only be-
ing required to handle 1t, while four
horses will draw it.
The Aberdeen board of education
has recently paid $1,000 in bonds. The
paying of these bonds at a lower rate
Of interest reduces the annual inter-
est on the school Indebtedness $500.
The city has recently retired s12,o
Of sewer bonds, which makes n total
of S13,500. Arrangements arc now
being made for the funding of the re-
mainder of the sewer bonds at a low
VI ldlG VI lllClCSl. IlVSG lTdIlSaC-
tons are attracting the attention. of
eastern capitalists. who recognize the
splendid record that city is making
and are eager to ecure its bonds as
n safe investment.
Every town in this section of the
state is being c%anvassed by wagon
peddlers and the business men are
making complaints to the authorities.
It was only by threatening to tar and
feather the peddlers did a town in an
adjoining county get rid of the fell
lows. AT various places the slick talk
ers are under bonds to appear to an
swer charges preferred against them,
but they intend to jump their bail
after catching a lot of suckers.
The II thing that Lakota, N. D.,
has needed more than another is a
good hotel. and it is a satisfaction to
know that it is soon to have one. The
fine new building Being erected on
the site Of the old Standish house is
rapidly nearing completion. and when
finished it will be an up to date house
in every respect. Hereafter the trav-
cling public will find no better stop
ping place west of Grand Forks.
Anna, the 1~2-ycar-old daughter of n
farmer six miles north of Miibank,
left home the 18th and cannot be
found. Fifty men from Milbank
searched the timber and dragged the
streams i'll the vicinity with no result.
Neighbors have not seen her. She
was seen at the barn at noon just be-
fore n heavy thunder storm. Many
theories are afloat-four play, light
ming and abduction.
Mons Grinager died at Madison, S.
d. He was only sick q short time,
but after being taken with lung trou-
bic failed very rapidly. Mr.. Grinnger
vas a very popular young man, and,
together with his brother, has for
years conducted Il large clothing and
gents furnishing business.
During a severe thunder storm
which occurred at Aberdeen. S. d..
three residences and a brewery were
struck by lightning. A stack of grain
in the edge of town was also struck
and set on fire Several people we're
seriously shocked, but no serious in
jury resulted.
The Sioux Falls city council has
awarded a contract for the erection
Of an auditorium building with a seat
ing capacity of 5000 people. The
building will be completed to accom-
MEDIATE the National Butter Makers
convention, which will meet here in
January.
Henry sarff, about so years old, liv-
ing a few miles from Milbank, S. D.,
committed suicide by hanging. Mr..
Sarff had been in the asylum ut Yank-
ton u number of years ago for insan-
ity.
One hundred and thirty-ive acres
of wheat on the farm of Sheriff Ritz
ter at Aberdeen, S. D.. threshed out
1000 bushels. or nearly % bushels per
acre. The quality is fine, testing 81
mounds, grading No. ! hnrd. The