Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-12-06
THE SOLDIERS HOME.
Items of Interest Pertaining to the State
Institution aud he Boys
II. nina

Items of Interest Pertaining to he State
Institution and the Boys
III Blue.
A contract has been let to Frank
Hesnard to furnish 125 tons of ice on
track from Oreville, at s1.5O per ton.
The Home teams will haul it and the
boys will stow it away in the ice house.
VIM. Mace left ON Friday evenings
train for Il few days visit with his
daughter at Chadron. He has been a
faithful and efficient nurse in the hos.
pital for several months. He now
takes a lay.of for rest.
The two and carriages do
mated by the Federal government have
been ordered shipped from Rock
Island arsenal. They are expected to
arrive soon and will be put in place on
the Home grounds as sentinels. The
combined weight is 11,6OO lbs.
Alonzo Arlington, of Keystone, came
in as a member last week. He has
rustled about the Hills for Il good
while and now comes to enjoy a little
comfort and rest while crossing his
legs under the Home table. Lou was
a member of Co. G Sth Iowa. one of
the Iowa regiments that made the
| Hornets Nest at Shilo.
Not Il member showed up at the
Home Thanksgiving evening with a
jag" on. The colonel was so we'll
pleased he called attention to the good
behavior of t'my boys" The fact is
there lever was S @ little dissipation
among the boys since the Home was
opened as there is now. 1t is a source
of congratulation to the Home and all
the boys vie with each other TO be
good.
u. w. Salts became Il member of the
Home since our last notes we're made.
He came from Roberts Co., in the
northeast coruer of the state. He is in
poor health, but hopes rest and the
comforts of the Home will,restore him.
He was a member of Co. K l35th Ind.
Init. All ready some of the wags have
dubbed him Epson Salts" The fell
low that don't wear a nick name here
is ii Scarce article.
Milton Green, of Brookings Co., ar
rived a few days ago to help consume
the Surplus" at the Home. Hs ex-
presses much satisfaction over the
comforts provided for the old veterans,
and says 'the people of eastern Dakota
have Il very imperfect idea of the
splendid Home located here" He wa
a member of Co. + 35th Wis. INIT, one
of Sherman's fighting regiments. Oh
no ! they eve foraged, but just 'fout.'
John Riley forgot all his promises
and pledges on which he was re-admit-
ted to the Home. He tarried with the
cup once, was forgiven; twice and was
forgiven: then came the third offence;
got into the city lookup and Sunday
morning was discharged as inc%orrigible.
He will have plenty of time to reflect
upon the fe]icities of %".jags" aud their
fruit. 1t scenes to be a fixed rule here
that incorrigibles shall not annoy the
we'll behaved members, and who will
say it is not right?
y new bridge is being put in across
''lover's glen south Of the Home. The
great necessity for a bridge was not
appreciated until the old one was CON
demned. There is no appropriation
for such an improvement. SO the col
onel is paying for it and will take his
chances in getting the money back
after a while. The old bridge cost 1928
the new one 5000. The difference is i'm
the cost of lumber then and now. Then
the SAN imills we're thick about here
and they cut the logs from govern.
ment land and sold the produce for
about SD per NJ. Now the same stuff
is hard to get at 800 to s24 per NJ. Otto
Strom and Joe Dennis have the con-
tract. and the statement of this fact is
assurances that IA first class bridge will
he the end of the job.
Col. John Pattee died in the hospital
Saturday at Las o'clock p. M. He had
been slowly failing all the fall, but was
able to be about until about two weeks
ago, when he went to his bed. He
glided away peacefully and quietly,
age 50 years. Col. Pattee was a historic
character both in this state and Iowa.
He was the fourth auditor of Iowa,
serving four years. He came to Fort
Randall in command of a battalion of
three companies of infantry in the fall
of 1861. He remained in Dakota dur
ing the whole war and afterwards was
engaged in the Indian service. During
the year 1864 he recruited enough men
added TO the three companies he
brought from Iowa to form the 18th
Iowa cavalry, of which he was made
colonel. He had a better knowledge