Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-06-21


Fred Whitfield and family, of Rapid
City, are enjoying a few days. visit in
the city.
T. w. Leonard, of Sturgis, travelling
salesman for the Mccormick company,
and p. M. Conlin, the Pringle agent
for the company, we're doing business
In this vicinity this week. They say
business with them is fine.
Go to Pringle for moving machines,
rakes, binders and repairs.
Hon. E. w. Martin and family came
down from Deadwood Tuesday even
ing. Mrs. Martin is attending the
Federation of Women's Clubs here, and
Mr.. Martin is enroute to Cheyenne to
attend a meeting Of western congress-
men called for the purpose of con-
sidering the arid land question and
other matters of vital interest to the
west. The meeting of the National
Engineering Congress will also be, held
in connection with this meeting.
Mrs. g. A. Comstock, wife of Capt.
Comstock, of the Salvation Army, re-
ceived word this week that her sister,
who resides in Nebraska, is seriously
i'll with blood poisoning resulting from
a needle in her thumb, and her life is
despaired of. Mrs. Comstock's anxiety
is aggravated by the fact that in her
case the old adsge, "dream of a marri-
age and you'll hear of a death" has
recently proven true in two instances
and she fears that it will again. A
short time ago she dreamed of a marri-
age and by the following mail received
word that a favorite aunt had died.
Shortly after she again dreamed of a
marriage and word was received that
the daughter of Thomas Tate, a local
member of the Salvation Army, was
dead. This week, for the third time in
a few weeks, she dreamed off marriage
and the following day received the dis
tressing news that her sister was
critically ill.
The latest plan for putting an end to
the practice of ove1c1owding the pub
lie range, and one that has many adj
herents, is known as the "license" plan
says the Denver Record Stockman.
The scheme is to have the government
take charge of the range, determine the
grazing capacity of each range and
charge a small license fee per head for
the privilege of grazing thereon; to
limit the number that can be placed on
any range to the capacity of that range;
actual settlers to have the first rights
and if they take the full capacity, then
outsiders to be barred out. 1t is
claimed that a fee of one cent per head
on cattle and horses would pay the
expenses of the government supervis-
ion and that the stockman would not
object to this amount. The fee for
sheep is proposed at a quarter of a
cent. 1t is believed that by this plan
| the government would be able to pro.
| tect the ranges from destruction.
, County Treasurer Morgan, and Col.
d. g. Grippen, chairman of the board
of county commissioners, went to
Edgemont Sunday and on Monday sold
the personal property of the Edgemont
and Union Hill Smelling Co., consist
ing of engines, boilers, fire brick, lum-
Der, etc., for the purpose of collecting
the delinquent personal taxes of this
company. The property was bid in by
the county there being no other bid
ders. Col. Grippen says that a great
deal of valuable property belonging to
the Shelter Company has been stolen
and much that could not be con-
veniently carried off has been wantonly
destroyed. Valuable iron fly wheels,
band wheels aud pulleys have been
rolled down a long hill and many of
them smashed to pieces, retorts have
broken, brass engine and boiler fix
lures mutilated or stolen, tons of
Portland cement dumped on the ground
indeed, the reckless destruction of
property here and at the wooden mill is
appalling, he says, and steps should be
taken to protect such property from
further destruction and to punish all
persons guilty of stealing or destroying
it, in which the good people of EDGE