The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1899-09-30
SOUTH DAKOTkAS
HOME NEXT week
Regiment to Be Mustered Out DC,
tober 5 and Will Leave
Frisco Same Day,
ROUTE IS NOT YET SELECTED
All But Three of the Companie.
May Pass Through Sioux Falls
.-Soldicrs in Exception
ally Good Health.

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South Dakota regiment will be mus
tered out October 5. 1t the special
train to be provided by the liberalits
of the people of South Dakota is ready
on that date Colonel Frost says he will
start for home with his regiment the
same day.
1t is not certain yet what route the
regiment will take for its homeward
trip. There is some talk of securing a
steamer to transport it from here tc
Portland, whence it may : go
bv the Great Northern. In that CASE
three companies will be switched of
to the Black Hills and the others will
go ON to Sioux Falls, whence they will
be distributed to their destinations.
1t is not understood here that there
are to be any formalities or a genera!
reception to the regiment when it gets
home.
The health of the regiment is excep'
tionally good. There is very little
sickness on the Preside reservation.
the only serious thing being al out.
break of smallpox in the Thirty-first
regiment, as a result of which the gen.
eral hospital has been quarantined
and the entire regiment removed to
the government quarantine station az
Angel island. Fifteen men who have
been exposed to a suspected case have
been isolated in q camp in Il remote
part of the Preside reservation.
There Is a great air of business
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much work is being done getting up
the records preparatory to being mus
tered out. Troops are constantly ar.
irving and departing, making this a
busy military depot.
The South Dakota volunteers went
to considerable expense in entertain
ing the Montana soldiers when they
came from the transport.
Lead Invites h Soldiers.
Laed, S. D., Sept. 26.-At u mass
meeting held in this city, it was decid
ed to invite the three returning com
panies of Black Hills boys to this city
to spend one day in jollifcation. The
boys will probably come up the day
following the reception to them at
Deadwood and Lead will endeaycr to
Guido everything in its attention Il
them. The schools will be closed fol
the day as well as all business houses
and the day will be made a historic
one. Deadwood will be invited, as well
as all of the other Black Hills cities
and in turn Lead people will assist
Deadwood as far as possible in its at
tempt to receive the boys. Lead sent
a number of boys to the front, and
they have all done themselves proud.
Small Artesian Wells n Success.
Kimball, S. D., Sept. ga feature
of the artesian well problem which up
doubtedly will have a great influence
on the future prosperity of this coun
try, and more particularly Brule couD
ty, is the artesian wells of small diam
eter which are being put down in this
county at the present time. Only with.
in the past two weeks have two wells
been completed in the immediate vi.
cinity Of Kimball, which are Of con,
siderable note, and there are others IN
the county like them, with still Others
in process of construction.
One of the wells referred to has q
diameter of two inches at the bottom
and three inches at, the top, and is Csc
feet deep. By actual measurement il
flows seventy-five gallons of water pei
minute and has a good, strong pres.
sure. While it was put down princi.
pally for a stock well, yet it furnishes
abundance of water for moderate irri.
cation. The total cost was only about
$500 and the well more than doubles
the value of the farm on which it is
located.
AS before mentioned, there are sew
eral Of these small wells being made at
the present time in different parts OF
the country, and no reason is apparent
why they should not be just as success.
full as previous ones.
Deadwood Soldiers Reception.
Deadwood, S. D., Sept. 26.-Prepara-
tons are being made rapidly for the
reception to the Black Hills boys, who
will arrive here about the 18th of De-
tober from San Francisco on a special
train. Many Of the towns are planning
to have special trains and the people
will turn out by the hundreds. Near
~ every town will send a band and at
least one troop of cavalry, with mount
ed band, one cannon and ammunition
will come up from Fort Meade. a spe-
cial invitation will be sent to the differ
ent Grand Army posts of the Hills.
The county commissioners have vot-
ed to appropriate $1,000 for the SOL
dier's transportation fund, and the full
amount has been forwarded to head.
quarters.
Robbed OF His Summers Earnings.
Aberdeen, s. D., Sept. 26.-Andrew
Nevens, a negro boy from Little Rock,
Ark, was robbed of $75 by his room.
mate. Peter Govern, another negro bay,
The money was The entire earnings OF
Nevens for the summer. The officers
have not been able to locate the thief,
but hope to overhaul him before he
gets out OF the country.
The many friends of Captain John
c. Macarthur, of the Third regiment
will be pleased to learn that he is
about to be appointed a major of sol.
unteers. Captain Macarthur distin,
guished himself bravely at Santiago
and was breveted captain. He was
seriously wounded in u battle neas
Manila and is now convalescing at Fort
Smelling.
Cannon Bros. have sold a fine bunch
OF 10Y 2-year-old steers for S4.25 per
100 pounds. They will average about
1,1O0 pounds each and will net their
owners a nice sum-. 1t is understood
that Pickler & O'Neill, of Faulkton.
are now shipping several hundred head
of cattle which were disposed of at a
good profit to parties in Iowa.
Arrangements have been perfected
for a splendid exhibit to be made by
the Brookings Agricultural college at
the grain palace exposition. At least
a carload of exhibits will be brought
here, and the Northwestern road has
kindly offered to transport them all
tree both ways.
Big London Robber Arrested.
London, Sept. 23.-The r~ingleader OF
the robbers who stole a12,O00 Sep