The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-08-15

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town have had their salaries increased.
M. d. Beals Of Athol owes his life to
an intelligent team Of horses. While
loading his wagon in a sand pit. q
vast amount of sand fell upon him.
He was only able to grasp the side Of
his wagon, and speaking to his horses,
they started away slowly and steadily,
finally rescuing him from his perilous
position.
J. r. withrow Of Sioux City. repre-
senting the Sioux City stock yards, has
been visiting the cattle shipping points
Of the Hills n arranging for the
shipment of cattle from this region by
way Of Sioux City to Chicago. This Is
| for the purpose Of allowing cattle men
! to market their cattle in Sioux City II
satisfactory. otherwise they can be re-
loaded and go on to Chicago.
The success of macaroni wheat grow
! ing has led to the discussion of a prop
osition for the turning Of the old desi-
| rota factory, in Aberdeen, into a maca-
roni factory. It is understood that ING
Eastern owners of the property Will ais
pose Of 1t at a low figure. and there 10
believed to be a fine opening Tor 'ho
proposed Industry.
The July filings at the land office are
not I'D to the standard of earlier
months Of the year. and those for Au-
gust will probably also be light, as
harvest will cut down the number OK
lane seekers, but September will again
start the movement, and the Iah
months are expected to be heavier tnan
those Of last spring. The filings TOT
July number about lilo.
The assessment rolls for Custer coun-
tv for 1902 have been completed, an
abstract forwarded to the state audltor.
The taxable lands and Improvements
of the county are valued at $264,3l1, pc
ing 1890 acres; mineral lands, 3,ooa
acres. valued at $29, 1852; town lots, Z,oi''
valued at 1892, 09O. The live stock Oh 'he
county is valued at $443,993.
The Aberdeen Gas company, which
recently completed numerous extern
sionst to its service, has ordered two ana
a half miles more Of pipe. and expec's
TO have It all laid this fall, to connecs
with new residences and institutions re-
cuiring gas. M. r. Heninger of west
mort has become interested In the COM
rany, and will take part in the manage
ment having removed his family 10
Aberdeen.
There Will pTOUdUly NC "
cation In attendance at the lnterna-
tional mining congress IN Butte .ro
the Black Hills, and particularly from
owrence county. Gov. Rerreid has
named thirty delegates to represent the
state. The councils of Deadwood ana
Lad will each send FIVE. It Is tho pur-
pose to ask that the next annual meet
ING he held in the Black Hills. either IN
Deadwooi or Lead.
w. s. Bratt, travelling freight
passenger agent Of the Milwaukee
has returned from a trip OF 100 miles
west Of Chamberlain. on the Sioux res
ervation. looking up cattle shipments.
He say the heavy business Will COM
mence about Sept. s. He says that
stock Is taking on flesh in fine shape.
that grass is in the best possible condi-
ton. and that there Is an abundance
of food for the winter.
BY payment of $500 to his divorced
wife william Y. Quigley Of Parker.
once the nominee of South Dakota
Democrats for congress, prevented
Judge Jones adjudging him in con-
tempt. Quigley and his wife, Anneta
Ouigley, were divorced on Oct. II, 1898.
on the ground Of desertion. She was
granted $500 a year permanent alimony.
payment to be made in January. Quig-
ley had defaulted in payment.
A soon as the harvest is over in Iowa
and Illinois there will be q great rush
Of farmers from those sections to South
Dakota. Real 2state men all over the
state are besieged with letters for IN
formation. A real estate man OF Mitch
ell made a trip through Iowa to the
Illinois line, and on the way met nrty
Of his agents in the state, and every
man said he had from five to ten men
ready to come to South Dakota just as
soon as the harvest was f1nlshed. j
A. H. shoultz of watertown. the ar
kchitect whose plans have been accepted
for the HAITI block In Aberdeen. states
that the structure will be the largest
business building in South Dakota. Il
will be Of steel, brick, terra Gotta and
Mate glass, 1O0x142 feet In size and hve
stories high, thoroughly modern AND
equipped with passenger and freight
elevators. The basement and first AND
second stories will be occupied by a de-
cartment store; the third and fourth
bv offices. and the nth by a catalogue
house. The basement only will be COM
pleted his fall.
| A IL III pIoCCSS VI
at Aberdeen for the drilling of a weil,or
hole, to a depth OF 1000 feet. In search
Of natural gas, and, possibly. petrole.
UNI. The discovery Of gas In wells l,Vos
feet in depth at Pierre, Selby and points
north of Aberdeen, leads to the behel
that gas may be struck at h latter
point. The deepest artesian wells II
Aberdeen are a little over 1000 feet N
depth, and the idea is to 30 low enough
to ascertain to a certainty what under
lies the artesian basin. II nothing II
i found below the artesian flow. 1t IL be
Neved tn water would pay as an In
. vestment for power or other uses.
, Sheriff Kerr Of Huron returned from
: Mitchell, having In custody Harry Cox
and John Rhodes. arrested by direction
Of Beadle county authorities on a
charge Of larceny. They were employed
by ]. B. Summers on a farm near VOL
sey, and disappeared, taking with them
: articles OF wearing apparel and bicy'
cles. Cox is directly charged with the
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