The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-09-25


| filed for the Magnetic Cotton Mill COM
pany, at Pierre, with capital of $780,
| 900. The Central Black Hills Copper
company, at Pierre. with q capital OF
81 100000. The West India Land and
Transportation company, at Pierre,
with capital of S1,000,000
Articles of incorporation have been
| filed for the ID. f. Hannah Land COM
pany at Aberdeen, with capital OF
| $200,000 the Nainstay Gold Mining
and Milling company, at Keystone,
with a capital of $1,000,000; the Tar
asca Gold Mining company, at Pierre,
with a capital of $1,000,000; the Old
Wyandotte Remedy company, at HUI
ron, with capital OF 100000; the
United States Guaranty Home Pur-
| chasing company, at Rapid City, with
capital Of 100000.
A decree of absolute divorce has
been granted George Z. McEarthron
| from his wife,, Grace S. McEathron,
at Huron. The case was settled by an
agreement whereby Mrs. McEathron
Telinquishes 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 II. j. Davenport handed in his
| resignation to the board of regents at
| Vermillion, and has accepted the chair
of economies at Chicago university.
| 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
X. Broadus, late of Stetson university
Florida. He has made a speciality of
English for over five years, and comes
with the very highest credentials from
The Twelfth annual reunion of the
Black Hills Soldiers and Sailors as
sociation was held at Whitewood,
with large attendance. Special trains
were run from Northern Black Hills
towns and the regular trains on the
main line we're loaded both ways. Ad-
dresses were made by J. w. Fowler
and G. G.. Bennett of Deadwocd w.
, V. Lucas, commandant of the Soldiers
Home at Hot Springs; ]. 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 ho-
DO threshers 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 II
cost him $40. 1t is whispered that he
went 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 10
be erected, ana with the old rooster
and cooler rooms viii be used as tank
rooms. The tanks are TO be of steel.
A water reservoir with a capacity of
$4,000 gallons of water is being built
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 did
not warrant the running of an addi-
tional train at present. He urged the
merchants to be patient, and informed
them that il the present service ulti-
mately proved unsatisfactory and the
increase in business would warrant it,
he would guarantee the additional ser
vice.
central committee met and reorgan-
lied. Geo. V. Ayres of Deadwood was
elected to succeed himself as chair
man, and j. G. McLemoreau, of Lead,
secretary. The chairman, vice chair
man and secretary will name the ex-
ecutive committee, and to the COM
mittee, will be left the appointment of
! treasurer. Candidates for county
Offices were assessed 10 per cent of
their first years salary to provide a
campaign fund, the sheriff's office be-
! ing rated at $4,000 year and county
commissioners $500. Legislative can
didates ere assessed s35 each. A reso-
/ luton was introduced asking President
Roosevelt to reappoint John Baker to
| the postoffice at Deadwood, and after
spirited fight carried. IL calls upon
! Congressman Eben w. Martin to ex-
ert his influence in Mr.. Paker's behalf.
| The Carbonate Silver Extraction
company is working the tailings at the
old Iron Hill stamp mill in Carbonate
camp at Deadwood. The company was
organized by Charles A. Allen and
| Frank Allen, who worked on the tall
ings last year with a small cyanide
outfit. Improved facilities have been
put in for handling the material, and
! the tanks are enough larger to treat
| fifty instead of twenty-five or thirty
tons day Last year the loading was
accomplished with team and scraper.
A sand pump does the work now, and
a complete steam plant has been in
stalled. The ore carries an average of
twelve ounces of silver to the ton, and
the rapidity of extraction is something