Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1903-08-07
CONTRACT is AWARDED
Reynartl Il Oak Get Contract for Building
National Sanitarium--WorlS Be
gins Immediately.

| gins Immediately.
The following telegram was received
by Col. A. j. Kellar Wednesday after
noon at three o'clock, signed by Capt.
III. Il. Palmer:
OMAHA, NEn., Aug. 5, 1905
Contract let to Reynard e. Oak, work
commencing Immediately.
That is the final move that has been
hoped for so long and clinches the
beginning of the movement upon the
great enterprise. Mr.. Oak is no
stranger to this locality having built
the Evans hotel and the Minnekahta
block and made a reputation for good
workmanship and reliability that is
not surpassed by any one. He knows
all about the stone of this locality and
is practically on the ground and ready
for business now. He has been work
ing a crew near Pringle getting out
stone for the Burlington road for the
past two years. He was at Omaha
when the contract was let.
The statement by Capt. Palmer that
work commences at once is gratifying
indeed, although it was of course en-
pected. 1t means that ,sthings will
move fast and earnestly upon every
feature of the work and it will not be
many days before we will see forces
of men doing something on the hill
and getting out stone by the train load.
The Omaha World-Hera of Aug.
9TH has the following with reference
to the letting of bids:
''John Reynard, an Omaha contract
or will build the Battle Mountain
5anitarium at Hot Springs, S. d.
"Captain Ill. E. Palmer and other
members of the National Board of
soldiers homes opened the bids lin
this city Monday. but had to tabulate
them, and did not ascertain until this
morning that john Reynard was the
lowest bidder. The board will this
afternoon settle some details as to
material and will then be able to cal
culate the exact amount of the low bid.
1.-The buildings to be erected under
this contract are twelve hospital build
iugs.
''s9peciteations foi the power house.
the superintemdent's home aad the
stables have been prepared.
"Ihere were seven other bidders
two from Omaha. two from Minnesota,
one from Denver and one from Dead
wood. The Omaha contractors who
bid on the work are Rocheford &
Could and W. III. Parrish.
"Mr. Reynard was the contractor
Mckenzie. and who remodeled the
Burlington headquarters at Tenth and
t'arnam streets. y
According to the telegram of Capt.
Palmer it is evident that MIR. Oak has
joined with Mr.. Reynard in the con.
tract, although his name may not have
| appeared in the bid.
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into the Valley house.
Shirt waist sale at the Fair.
j. Nj. Brady was i'm from Hat Creek
on Thursday. He says the hail last
week played havoc with crops in his
locality. He expects to ship his cattle
about Sunday.
G. r. Cramer and two .daughters.
Miss Daisy and Mrs. Myrtle johnson,
and the latter's two children, together
with George Kilworth, who is nephew
of Mr.. Cramer, and Newton Tracy, a
young friend of Kilworth's,. arrived
Thursday from Columbus, Ohio, where
Mr.. Cramer has been vlsiring.
Shirt waist sale at the Fair.
Rev. MIR. Roberts, of Keystone, ar
rived in our city Tuesday night and is
the guest of Rev. Jenkins Revs. Rob.
erts and Jenkins spent three years in
the seminary together. Rev. Roberts
will occupy the pulpit of the Congre-
gational church next Sunday morning.
He is an excellent preacher and every.
one is cordially invited to come and
hear him
DR.. r. r. Connor is congratulating
himself upon having evidence that his
time for service upon this mundane
sphere has not yet ended. He has been
in the habit of spending a short time
at noon sitting in the shade at the
rear of Minnekahta block. The other
day he took his accustomed seat, and
was quietly enjoying the shady retreat
when something prompted him Ito 90
over to the Evans veranda. He had
no more than seated himself at the
Evans hotel when big crash attracted
people in the neighborhcod to the
rear of Minnekahta block, when they
found that the big chimney from the
block had fallen over and had struck
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