The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-08-14

Postal clerks running west OF James
| 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 sand pit, a
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, mas
been visiting the cattle shipping points
| OF the Hills and arranging for the
shipment OF cattle from This region by
way of Sioux City to Chicago. This IL
| for the purpose OF allowing cattle men
| to market their cattle in Sioux city IL
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 prop
| osition for the turning OF the ola ues'
| pota factory, in Aberdeen, into haNa
roni factory. 1t is understood that ."e
Eastern owners of the property VIII ais
| pose of II at a low figure, and there %
| believed to be a fine opening TOT 'ne
! proposed industry.
The July filings at the land office are
not up to the standard OF Garner
months of the year, and those Tor Au-
| gust will probably also be light, as
| harvest will cut down the number Oh
land seekers, but September viii again
start the movement, and the ran
months are expected to be heavier tnan
those Of last spring. The hnnSs hor
| July number about ITO.
The assessment rolls for Custer couh-
! tv for 1902 have been completed, ana an
| abstract forwarded to the state audltor'
| The taxable lands and improvements
| of the condty are valued at $2o4,Sl' DC DC
| ing 1880 acres; mineral lands S,oe'
acres, valued at $29,152; town lots, Z'Sl9'
valued at 1892, 900. The live stock OF the
| county is valued at S44S9sS.
The Aberdeen Gas company. when
! recently completed numerous extern
| sions to its service, has ordered TWO anu
q half miles more of pipe, and expects
| TO have II all laid this fall, to connect
with new residences and institutions re-
ouiring gas. NJ. r. Heninger of West
| port has become interested In the corh-
| Lany, and Will take part in the manage
ment, having removed his family u
| Aberdeen.
There will probably be strong dele
cation in attendance at the Interna-
| tional mining congress In Butte from
| The Black Hills. and particularly from
Lawrence county. Gov. Rerreid mas
| named thirty delegates to represent the
state. The councils OF Deadwood and,
| Lead will each send five. 1t Is the pur-
rose m ask that the next annual meet-s
| ing be held in the Black Hills. either IN
Deadwoo1 or Lead.
w. s. Bratt, travelling freight and
passenger agent of the Milwaukee road,
| has returned from a trip OF $50 miles
west Of Chamberlain, on the Sioux res
ervation, looking up cattle shipments.
He says the heavy business will COM
mence about Sept. 8. He says that
J 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
| Quigley, were divorced on Oct. IL, 1898,
| on the ground OF desertion. She was
| granted $500 year permanent alimony.
| payment to be made in January. Quig-
| ley had defaulted in payment.
AS soon as the harvest is over In Iowa
| and Illinois there will be a great rush
| of farmers from those sections to south
| Dakota. Real estate men all over the
| state are besieged with letters Tor IN
| formation. real estate man OF Mitch
| ell made a trip through Iowa to the
| Illinois line, and on the way met nifty
| 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 finished.
! A Fl. shoultz of WATERFOWL, the ar
chitect whose plans have been accepted
| for the Hatz block in Aberdeen. states
| that the structure viii be the iarses,
| business building In South Dakota IL
| win be of steel, brick. terra Gotta ana
Mate glass. 100x142 feet in size and nve
| stories high, thoroughly modern anu
| equipped with passenger and freighs
| elevators. The basement and first ana
| second stories will be occupied by oe-
partment store: the third and fourtn
by offices. and the fifth by catalogue
| house. The basement only viii be COM
| pleted this fall
A company Is in process of formation
at Aberdeen for the drilling of well,or
! hole. 10 a depth of 1900 feet, in search
| of natural gas, and. possibly, petrole-
I'm. The discovery of gas In wells l,0Oa
feet in depth at Pierre, Selby and points
north of Aberdeen, leads to the belief
that gas may be struck at the latter
point The deepest artesian wells I'D
Aberdeen are a little over 1000 feet IN
depth, and the idea is to go low enough
TO ascertain to certainty what under
lies the artesian basin. II nothing IS
| found below the artesian flow. 1t Is be-
ueyei the water would pay a. an In,
I yestment 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 j. B. Summers on farm near VOL
sey, and disappeared. taking with them
articles of wearing apparel and bicy-
cles. Cox Is directly charged with the
theft of the Bicycle, while Rhodes must
answer for the theft OF buggy and
harness, and also for obtaining money
under false pretenses. Some months
since, 1t is alleged. Cox stole team
OF horses harness, two wagons, hay
rack wall tent and two valises filed
with clothing, from near Wolsey. ana