The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-04-11
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bakery.
plans for the new science hall at
yermillion viii be sent to various
builders, and work thereon wfll be be-
gun as soon as possible.
A cooperative live stock association
will soon be organized by residents of
Plankinton. The object of the associa-
ton will be the raising of live stock.
Hosmer is experiencing a boom in
the land business. Land before re-
sarded as valueless is now being taken
up and rented out to good advantage.
T. b.. Davis of Flandreau has pur-
chased the stock of boots and shoes
formerly owned by Reitaas & Johnson
of Bookings, and has taken posses
sion.
The Missouri River Stockmen's asso-
citation has set May 25 as the date OF
the beginning of the spring roundup,
and May % as the date Of the election
Of officers.
William A. Snyder has instituted a
suit for $1,000 damages against Wesley
J.. Smell Of Sioux Falls, a furniture
dealer, on the charge OF alternating the
affections of his wife. ~
The new bank to be started by Mr..
Lund at WATERFOWL, will be opened for
business about May /. A number of
the prominent business men of the
place have taken stock in the bank.
Houses are in great demand at Wa
tertown. A well-posted citizen says
that IL houses could be had there
would be at least one hundred new
families in the town within the next
six weeks.
A third rail is to be laid between
Kirk and Lead by the b. & NJ. and the
b., II. g. FIT. II. railway companies,
which will be of great benefit to Lead.
1t will enable outside shippers to bring
in their goods without having to rams
fer to the narrow-gauge railroad.
At a meeting OF the directors of the
Aberdeen Grain Palace association 1t
was decided to begin work early in
behalf of The exposition of next fan.
As this will be one of the best years
in Aberdeen's history, every effort will
be made to make the exposition a
grand success.
James A.. Carew, who has been a
miner and ~prospector for years in the
Horneblende mining district, of late
years has been a sufferer from rheum-
atism. His case became so bad that
he was brought TO the poor house in
Rapid City. His mine was sold a few
days ago, and he is now a rich man.
The board of pardons denied applica-
tons for pardons on the part of Frank
Bates, Henry Schroeder, Robert Hicks,
Gilbert Sleit, John Morris, Peter Van
yolgel and Anton Hosleit. A pardon
was recommended on the application
Of Albert Hawley. and action was de-
ferred in the case of Charles Beutsch.
The new state inspector of mines,
Thomas Gregory, commenced his du-
ties at Lead recently. James Cusick,
who had been holding the position for
the past two years, will devote his
time hereafter to mining. There has
been a remarkable freedom from death
and accident in the mines of the Black
Hills.
Business at the United States land
office in Aberdeen during the month of
March was good. There were 45 home
stead entries received, covering 60,942
acres; nine timber culture proofs, or
l,43S acres: Is homestead proofs proofs,
on 1881 acres; sales Of isolated tract
and excess. GA acres; total for the
month, 64,955 acres.
mere mas Deen an unusual demand
for school lands in Custer county this
spring. Thus far, 6,120 acres have been
leased for terms of from three to sew
en- years, the price per acre running
from 5 to z cents. Most of the land
will be used for grazing purposes. All
other sections in the Hills have also
leased lands this spring.
J. Cross, one of the commissioners of
Pennington county, has returned to
Keystone. He has been to Milwaukee,
where he sold the Cross group of min
ing claims to the Elizabeth Mining
company for a large casa considera-
ton. This company owns the Bismarck
mine, near the Holy Terror mine. }.
Barth of Milwaukee is president of the
company.
The state board of regents met in
regular session at Vermillion. Owing
10 a disagreement between some OF the
faculty, IN investigation was institute
ed, with the result that two members.
Prof. w. ID. Anderson and Prof. o. E.
Hagen. of the commercial and Greek
departments. respectively, handed in
their designations, to take effect at
once. which were accepted.
There is a question whether the con-
tractor is going to be able to complete
the artesian well. which. has been un-
der way at Fort Meade for some time.
The drill. at a depth of 1,450 feet. was
caught. While fishing for 1t the cable
broke about $50 feet from the surface.
All kinds of fishing implements have
been used in an endeavor to get the
bore cleared out. Water has been en-
countered in an upper basin, but not
enough TO fulfill the contract.
The twelfth annual convention OF the
South Dakota Pythian grand lodg.
will occur at Lead, commencing June
and continuing three days. Elabor-
late nIenarafinns are being made by the