The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-09-14

I'D friend Of William Borst Of
Pierre, representative IT the COM
mission firm Of Clay, Robinson &
20. Mr.. Reynolds came to Sioux
Falls in 80 and came out to the
range country with c.. K. Howard
IN 1883, when he first .started. He
the first cattle Howard
ever handled across the river at this
point and turned them over to Will.
Borst who met him at Fort
Pierre. William Franklin, who was
then a small boy and who now runs
the Franklin outfit, came here with
Mr.. Reynolds on this trip.
Wesley A. Stuart, of Stugis, vice
president Of the National Irrigation
association for South Dakota, has
returned from Omaha, where he
met with ]. E. UT, secretary of the
Omaha Commercial club. 1t has
now been decided to invite all west
ern congressman to a banquet at
Omaha on their way to Washington.
The Omaha Commercial club will do
the entertaining. At this banquet
something definite will be done to-
ward uniting the congressman upon
a plan to put through the irrigation
bill, which is destined to reclaim the
advanced arid regions OF the vest
ern states. The movement is be-
coming widespread.
In u. S. court at Deadwood last
Saturday Clayton High Wolf, a full
blooded Sioux Indian, pleaded gull
ty to killing his Ifather-in-law at
Pine Ridge agency, and severely
wounding his mother-in-law. E1e
was sentenced to two years in the
state penitentiary and fined SO.
For lack of evidence, Stampede, an
Indian from Rosebud agency, was
discharged. He was alleged to have
attempted to kill Louis Bardo, head
farmer at the agency.
G.. H. Molyneux of Grindstone
spent the fore part Of the week in
town and called on THE UNION long
enough to drop q couple of dollars
into the editorial Golfer. He reports
good rains over in his section dur.
ing the past mouth and says there
lis now abundant water on the
range. There is considerable good
feed, but not q great deal OF hay,
Grindstone is about midway be.
tween this city and Pierre.
Geo. H. Sanders, one Of Thu
UNIONS most valued readers, is
sinking an ~artesian we'll on his ranch
on lower Box Elder. Mr.. Sanders
has been interested in irrigatine
companies and other concerns Of q
like nature for years, but thinks il
he can just strike q good flow of ar
tesian water he will have the prob.
lem solved. He is casing his well
with six inch pipe and The UNION
hopes to see him tap an unendlng
supply.
Francis M. Law died at the Sol
diers' home at Hot springs Monday,
aged 81 years. A wife and five
children are left to mourn his loss.
Deceased was q member ofthe G.. A.
R. post in this city. Owing to i'll
health he had spent most Of the
past FIVE or six years in the home at
Hot Springs. His death removes
. familiar figure from the ranks OF
the old veterans at the Springs, and
is deeply regretted.
=. .EHHhE.t aaNHMt1e.
H. T.. Loucks, who has espoused
the cause Of Mark Hanna, the Sui
tan of Sulu and other leaders Of the
republican party, was q Monday
morning arrival. Republicans spent
the day patting Loucksie on the
back and assuring him that he was
9 coed fellow. When ne was . fus-
ionist these republicans denounced
him as 9 calamity bowler, and q
blatant demogogue.' Queer how
times change, is't it?
The Bryan club headquarters will
be on st. Joe street this year, two
doors west of The UNION Office.
They are being fitted up, seated and
decorated, and will be open at eli
times for the distribution Of litera-
ture. a free reading room will be
maintained IN which fresh daily
papers will be put on file each morn.
ing. The Bryan club will dothe job
up right and have the finest quart
ers TO be found Ia the city.