Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1903-09-04
SOLDIERS HOME NOTES.

Major Coffin went to visit his famil,
at Huron for couple of moon Sun
day.
Marshall Bacon returned few days
ago from years visit to the Pacific
coast
Milton Yeager, who has been at work
at Belle Fourche this summer, returned
to the Home for rest.
| George Cox returned to his home al
Watertown Thursday. George was one
of the earliest members of the Home.
Colonel Tom Tate returned to his
command last Wednesday from two
months reconnaissance in the enemy's
country.
Col. Goddard attended the reunion
at Piedmont last week where he was
one of the speakers. He says they had
damp good time.
Ed Sonnet returned from Wyoming
the other day convinced that the move.
ments required of cowboy in these
latter days are too swift for him, and
that the quiet of Home life suits him
better.
Ferdinand Fleschut, Spanish war
soldier, returned to lead last week
much improved in health and with the
promise of good job suited to his
crippled condition, from the Home
stake company.
The Home now has two large new
garrison flags and the pinnacles of the
| main building are decked with broad
streamers. John Mueller climbed the
dizzy nights to reeve halliards in the
pulleys. Martin Townsend is color
sergeant.
The fifth Sunday in such months as
can afford one is given to the w. G. Il.
| U. for chapel service, who never fail to
provide careful program and their
service is always we'll attended. Last
Sunday the program was better than
usual.
The Home has been thronged with
visitors of late; they are furnished
guides who take them through the
whole "biling', and all congratulate MS
on our pleasant home and surround
ings. Uncle John Sutherland aud
| Byron Carey are the popular guides.
David Benjamin went to Chicago last
week where he will substitute new
artificial leg for his rather conspicuous
! wooden one. Lieut.. Benjamin served
! three years III the '6l fuss in the Dako-
ia cavalry and has been a good citizen
of the territory and state ever since.
Jim Knapp has been engaged during
the past month in giving the Hospital
thorough overhauling and Cleaning.
Jim is an excellent judge of cleanliness
and the result ct his work is that it is
as dangerous to a fly or bug to light
amy where on the premises as on g
sleepy mans bald head
The heavy rains have damaged ou1
driveway, washing off the top dirt and
eNposing the gravel and leaving c
rough surface. The Home management
have always kept the road to town in
good repair gratis. but the teams have
been busy inside the grounds this sum
mer, and few loads of city dirt would
not come amiss.
DR.. Somerville has handed in his
resignation to take effect October lst
The doctor has done good service here
and his many friends will be sorry to
see him leave. DR.. w. S. Bentley. OF
Gary, s. Oak, has been appointed tc
succeed DR.. Somerville. 1t is also
rumored there will be other changes ir
the same change of the moon,
The manufacturers of brick. lime and
other etcetera used in building are evi
IDENTIFY getting good ready for siren
uous life in furnishing everything frest
for the new Sanitarium for they Ger
tainly have not been exerting them
selves in way to exhaust anything
but their patrons patience during the
summer. The reason for this effer
vescence is that since our boilers col
lapsed last May there has been no,
one single brick to be had in the Blacl
Hills. The management tried love anc
cash as inducements, but little diplo
macy mixed with the two ingredient.
before mentioned secured the brick
and now, behold, there is a lime famine
1t has been suggested by some of tn,
old frontier settlers that the boiler
should be enclosed in sod wall.
OLE.
| HelninR Him