The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-09-26
Land filings are picking up again at

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than for the first ten days in August.
Articles of incorporation have been
file for the Magnetic Cotton Mill COM
pany, at Pierre, with a capital Of $780,
600. The Central Black Hills Copper
company, at Pierre, with a capital OF
1000, 600. The West India Land and
transportation company, at Pierre,
with a capital of 81, 000 900.
Articles of incorporation have been
filed for the D. E. Hannah Land COM
pany at Aberdeen, with a capital of
100000; the Mainstay Gold Mining
and Milling company, at Keystone,
with a capital of $1,000, 900; the Tar
asca Gold Mining company, at Pierre,
with a capital of 81 600, 900; the Old
Wyandotte Remedy company, at HUI
ron, with a capital of $1,000, 900; the
United States Guaranty Home Pur-
chasing company, at Rapid City, with
a capital of 100000.
A decree of absolute divorce has
been granted George e. McEarthron
from his wife,, Grace S. McEathron,
at Huron. The case was settled by an
agreement whereby Mrs. McEathron
r~elinquishes the custody of the chill
dren to her husband and receives $500
in cash and a like sum in personal
property. The affair has caused no
end Of gossip since the exciting cpl
sode last June, when it was supposed
Mrs. McEathrOn had been drowned in
the James river.
Prof. H. j. Davenport handed in his
resignation to the board of regents at
Vermillion, and has accepted the chair
nf apnnnmicc at chico on lrniyprCifv
When the Chicago university re-
quested the services of Prof. Daven-
port, the authorities there suggested a
competent successor to him at the
Vermillion institution, Prof. Edmund
K. Broadus, late of Stetson university,
Florida. He has made a specially of
English for owe five years, and ONE
with the very highest credentials from
The Twelfth annual reunion of the
Black Hills Soldiers and Sailors as
ISOLATION was held at Whitewood,
with a large attendance. Special trains
were run from Northern Black Hills
towns. and the regular trains on the
main line were loaded both ways. Adj
dresses were made by J. w. Fowler
n G. G. Bennett of Deadwood; w.
Y. Lucas, commandant of the Soldiers
Home at Hot Springs; j. V. Baker Of
Hermosa, and c. B. Gardner of Pied
mont. An athletic tournament was
held.
Sunday night a small riot was start
ed at Salem between some drunken no.
DO t~hreshers from Montrose. One of
them attempted to use a knife; an
other armed himself with rocks. A
pitched battle was avoided by a by
stander knocking the man with the
knife down. 1t cost him $40 to do so.
Another young man thought he want
ed trouble, and picked a quarrel. 1t
cost him $40. 1t is whispered that he
vent to two ~SaloOnkeeperS and in
formed them they must pay the fine or
stand trial for selling liquor to minors.
The Kildonen cyanide plant of the
Horseshoe company at Puma is being
improved. The capacity will be in
creased from 100 to 300 tons a day.
This was originally a chlorination mill,
and was converted to the cyanide proc
!, ess last spring. A new building is to
be erected, and with the old rooster
and cooler rooms will be used as tank
!, rooms. The tanks are to be of steel.
i. A water reservoir with a capacity of
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at the Puma plant, and the Colorado
Iron works will install a set of Sx54
~high-speed finishing rooms.
Fred Rogers and l.. B.. Allen. of the
, Great Northern Railroad company,
have held a conference with the bust
ness men of Sioux Falls relative to a
better grain service south of that city
but nothing definite resulted. The
business men wanted additional ser
/ vice, but Mr.. Rogers informed them
that what they asked was impossible
He expressed the opinion that the
company would change back to the
old service, but that the business die
not warrant the running of an add
tional train at present. He urged the
merchants to be patient, and informed
) them that if the present service ulti
mately proved unsatisfactory and the
increase in business would warrant 1T
t he would guarantee the additional ser
vice. u
, central committee met and reorgan
lied. Geo. V. Ayres of Deadwood wa
elected to succeed himself as chair
: man, and j. c. McLemoreau, of Lead
T secretary. The chairman, vice chair
! man and secretary will name the ex
l ecutive committee, and to the com
mittee, will be left the appointment o.
: a treasurer. Candidates for county
: Offices were assessed 10 per cent o.
their first years salary to provide
, campaign fund, the sheriff's office be
ing rated at $4,000 a year and county
{ commissioners $500. Legislative can
!, didates are assessed $35 each. A reso
{ luton was introduced asking Presiden
Roosevelt to reappoint John Baker tt
the postoffice at DeadwOod, and afte
, a spirited fight carried. 1t calls upo1
, Congressman Eben w. Martin to ex
!, ert his influence in Mr.. Bakers behalf
The Carbonate Silver Extraction
t company is working the tailings at tn
old Iron Hill stamp mill in Carbonat
camp at Deadwood. The company wa
organized by Charles A.. Allen an
Frank Allen, who worked on the tail
ings last year with a small cyanid
outfit. Improved facilities have bee
put in for handling the material, an
the tanks are enough larger to trea