Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1903-09-18

AMONG TIE VETERANS

AMONG THE VETERANS
Items From the Soldiers Home, Gathered
by Chiel Among We Taking
w. V. Hoisington returned to Rapid
City after a short stay.
Charles Loefler left last Friday to
visit his son at Yankton.
Milton Yeager took three months
leave and went to Vermillion last week.
Jim Sullivan has spent the summer
on a COW ranch near Newcastle but has
reformed and come home.
Hugh Mcdonald came down from
Sturgis with his wife last week. He
will occupy one of the new cottages.
Chris Bickerheim Visited old scenes
in Deadwood and took in the Mining
congress last week. All the old timers
know Chris.
The quartermaster has received
stock of clothing big enough to start
store and is present to fit any size and
shape of man.
Senator Gamble visited the Home
last Sunday, attended service in the
chapel and made short but excellent
talk
Bob Love returned last Saturday
from what he describes as delightful
visit with relatives in Colorado. He
took in all the grand scenes Of the
state.
John Boardman returned Saturday
from a summers visit at Webster
Uncle John is frisky kid of eighty
odd and the boys welcomed him back
gladly
John P. Rodgers, who has spent the
summer at Kimball, returned last Fri
day. He brought with him Charles A.
Getty, of White Lake, new member,
who is very much out of health.
Dr. w. S. Bentley came out from
Gary and attended the Mining congress
4 last week and spent day here. He
2 will take charge of the Home Hospital
a about the middle of October.
S John Guyott traded his property
r rights on College Flat for team aud
r wagon and last week shook the dust
a of Hot Springs from his feet and quit
: the fla. headed for anywhere in search
: of a quiet life.
Barney Marron's application for pen
sion was allowed recently and he re-
= ceived a fat roll in the shape of arrear-
: age. Barney called for discharge
from the Home and will visit relatives
'' in Pennsylvania.
The commandant intends to enforce
= the order of the Board relative to wear.
:. ing the uniform. Notices have been
! posted warming the members that no
one will be allowed to enter the dining
:. room from and after October 1st who
= is not in uniform.
l. Jere Foster went two weeks ago to
II visit friends near Chadron. He was
y apparently in good health but within g
s week there came a telegram to the com.
n mandant announcing his death. He
/. from Sioux Falls.
Y We will have two boilers of our heat
9 ing plant in running order by the time
q this joyous intelligence reaches the
{ eager public if no other obstacle hobs
d up, and the next cold snap the Home
@ family will have no cause to wander
about looking as blue as their new uni
forms.
Now frost has come and killed the
:, :, watermelons and tomatoes before there
- was any necessity for it. The weather
/, man played it low down on u.s. There
d is many an old soldier who could give
II that same weather man pointers or
e how to run the machine. He is toe
II much of a rainmaker.
n n The Board of Managers of the Ma
= tional Soldiers Homes visited us in {
- - body last Monday and closely inspected
< the buildings throughout. AS they
J. made no suggestions the conclusion
e. was drawn that there was very little
IS fault to find. Nobody kicked but the
e adjutant who supposed it was to be 6
u regular inspection of the members and
= got busy preparing rolls, ETC., and then
had no use for them.
Amos Tillotson thought he could rur
a machine at Burke's quarry. He
doesn't know just how, but it is said be
: attempted to stop the machine by jab
= bing his thumb in it, anyway the ma
>, chine bit off the thumb and made 6
p grab for a finger, but didn't quite reach
n He didn't find the piece of thumb but
r has often wished since that he had ir
h order to show the boys just which enc
b of the thumb he lost. 1t was serious