The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-07-08
MANY WILL RACE TO
TOWN OF ST. ELMO
Site Has Been Decided Nearly
in Center Of Rosebud
Lands.
POsTOFFIcE ESTABLISHED
A More Graphic Incident Has Not DC.
CURED and Rush in Oklahoma
Than VIII Take Place Next
Week at ST. Elmo.

Eoncsteel, S ID. July THE most
graphic incident of the opening OF the
Rosebud Indian reservation to settlement
next week VIII be III. rush for the new
town of St Elmo which has been located
near the center of the reserve. This is
the only town located. so far, and is on
the site of the farm formerly owned by
Mollie Eagle Pipe, widow of old Chief
Eagle Pipe The town is probably des-
tined to be a second Lawton or Guthrie,
aud to play the part IN this opening which
the TWO formerly named towns did in
the famous oklahoma opening.
AT present there is nothing on the town
Site except the tepce of Eagle Pipe, and
this will be moved away Sunday. But
the city of ST. Elmo is partially in the
railroad yards ut Bonesteel, loaded on
freight cars. Already thirtyfive cars of
lumber have been received. and on the
morning of tho opening. and in fact just
as soon AS the opening proclamation is
read by Commissioner Richards this um-
her VIII be started across the plains from
Bonesteal TO St Elmo ten miles away
Portabl" houses afe In readiness to be
run in and number of buildings from
Bonesteel viii be placed on wheels and
carried bodily 10 the new location. With
IN two weeks it is expected that st Elmo
will be a town of from 1900 to 1900 people.
Postoffice Already Established.
a telegram was today received from the
postoffiee department. at Washington say
ing tha' pcstofiice had been established
at ST Emo and that \. Eastman of Bone
steel had been appointed postmaster. The
office Will not be installed until after the
reservation is opened next week, Poles
for the construction of long distance
telephone line from St Elmo to Bonesteel
10 connect with the Interstate telephone
lines are now in the yards at Bonesteel
and will be distributed so that construc-
tion work can begin soon as govern
ment permission is given. A 25o-phone
switchboard has been ordered for the To-
cal telephone system, which will be in
stalled as soon as the town is built.
The new town is situated on the sur
veyed extension of the Northwestern road
and will be the terminus of that extern
sion when built. In the meantime line
of automobiles will be installed between
Boncsteei and ST, Elmo
Railroads Are Prepared.
c. III. Reynolds, superintendent of the
day and said his road was making prepa-
ratonS to handle $4,000 men into Bone
steel during the eighteen days rcgistra-
ton period. Mr.. Reynolds told of the
details of the preparations. which includes
the placing OF dozens of extra coaches
and many locomotives at Omaha Nor
folk, Lincoln and Sioux City, to be III
readiness for the immense crowds which
the company expects next week. HI says
special trains without number will be run
should the crowds demand
ID. w. Forbes, president of the CONNER
cial club, today asked the different news
paper men here to give out the following
instructions to those coming TO Bonesteel
TO register
Advice to Newcomers.
"The first thing seeker should do
after reaching Bonesteel is to check his
hand baggage at some responsible check
stand Then secure suitable sleeping
apartments. This can be done through
any of the locating agencies, as there are
enough sleeping apartments for all. None
of the responsible agencies will make any
charge for this information, nor, as for
that matter, for any information of this
kind
Afterwards the applicant can go to
some responsible agency and have his
papers made out properly. The govern
menf will fix small fee for this service.
and aside from the ability of the notary
there will be no choice as to whom to go.
When the papers have been properly
certified and sworn to they should be
taken at once to the land office and placed
on file. 1t may be necessary for the appli-
can to stand in line here for some hours
or more before his turn to file comes
About Filing Papers.
After the papers are filed would adj
wise every one to take a short trip over
one of the automobiles. Any liveryman
will take an applicant for half a days
trip on the reservation for $15O
AS soon as this Is over, go home. Take
the first train you can after finishing Your
business which should keep you in Bone
steel for jus, about two days.
The business men of BoneSteel wish
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