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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-12-16
- In Qno About the State -
SOUTH DAKOTA VOTE.
Total Vote for EIrod Is 68,561-LaW.
renee Gives Heaviest Socialist Vote.

iotdI vote TOR Elrod Is 6S,561-LaW.
renee Gives Heaviest Socialist Vote.
The official count on the state ticket
has been completed, showing that the
total vote Of all candidates for COVER
nor is: Elrod, 6S,561; Grill, PATTI;
Knowles, 1928; Warne, LIZA; Edgar,
2,916. The Socialists did not make as
strong a showing as expected, barely
leading the Prohibitionists, with the
Peoples ticket last. Hand county
gave the highest vote for the Peoples
ticket. Lawrence gave the heaviest
Socialist vote, with Brown and Mime
haha showing a following for hat par
ty. The home vote for Grill, the Dem
ocratic nominee for governor, was
nearly 800 ahead Of the rest of the
ticket.
The vote or the other state officials,
as between the Republican and Demo
cratic tickets. was as follows:
Lieutenant governor, McDougall, g.
GAG; Rowe, 1884; secretary, Wipf,
6S,894, Wade 23,7S4; treasurer, Collins
69,387, Mcclure 23,716; auditor, Halla-
ooy ooNof, DSAl1Ctt %osOoC, dlIol ilSy
general, Hall $3.50, Fiske 23,39S; SUI
~perintendent of instruction, Nash co.
$50, Meade 23,775; commissioner of
school and public lands. Bach 68, 906,
Sewer 23,423; railroad commissioner,
Smith 6S,S91, Abt 1866; for supreme
judges the vote of Corson was 70,01O,
Wood 23,421; Haney 69,S25, Cherry
1928; Fuller 1866, no opponent.
On the circuit judges, for the First
circuit, E. G.. Smith 1921, no opposi-
ton; Second circuit, j. w. Jones 49,
995, no opposition; Third circuit,
George H. Marquis 6,51S, J.. S. Hanten
1882; Fourth circuit, Frank G.. Smith
6,167, H. ]. Moore 1929; Fifth circuit,
Jones H. Mccoy 9,613, no opposition:
Sixth circuit, Lyman T. Boucher 7,244,
no opposition; Seventh circuit. S. E.
Wilson 1861, Levi MCGEE 1,841 this
is the only circuit in which a Demo
crat was elected); Eighth circuit, Will
lam G. Rice 5,427, A. E. FRANKIE 1,163;
Ninth circuit, Charles S. Whiting $685.,
no opposition.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-12-16
TEACHERS CONVENTION.
Arrangements Completed for Mcctin~
ut DeadWOou,

q
There will be an important asseIn
bly, Of South Dakota educators 81
OeadwOod during the week between
Christmas and New Years. 1t viii be
the twenty-second annual convention
Of the South Dakota Educational asso-
citation, and will be held Dec. 81, g
and 80. Local educators who are
members of the association or inter
asted in the work are beginning to or
ganize a movement calculated to Sc
cure adequate accommodations for the
visitors. At each Of the sessions OF
this association held during the past
few years the attendance has been
very large. 1t is quite reasonable to
suppose 200 or more teachers will visit
Deadwood during the coming meetint
from Eastern South Dakota points ano
it will be necessary to secure accom-
modations for some of them outside
the hotels and lodging houses.
Programs are being printed for the
general and department meetings, anG
will soon be ready for distribution. All
parts of the state and all departments
Of education are to be represented.
Exceptional concessions have been
made by the railroad companies in
the matter of rates. and the fare from
Sioux City to Deadwod and return will
be $500. This will be good to return
Jan. 8, 1905, and will therefore furnish
many of the visitors opportunity to see
n1 nartc nf tho Ij1lC From stations
in the Black Hills to Deadwood a rate
Of one fare plus 30 cents has been
granted by both the Burlington and
Northwestern railroads, except where
such a fare would exceed n and one
third. This will enable all Black Hills
cational affairs to attend.
Special rates have also been given
by the hotels of Deadwood. The
franklin, being a regular So a day
house, will offer delegates and visitors
4 rate of 1925 a day for the occasion.
made a rate of $1.25.
The local committees are being
designated by the reception and en-
tertainment Of visitors. All delegates
will be met by a reception committee
and visitors will be marshaled first to
he high school building, where they
will be assigned to their lodgings.
A reception to the visitors will be
given at the Hotel Franklin on the
evening of Dec. 27, and a number of
side trims are being planned into the
various parts of the outlying region.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-12-16
WATERWORKS FOR MARION.
System to Be Installed for Fire and
Domestic Use.

Sy9SOt ~ nc ~ ~'S
Domestic Use.
Indications are now that Marion will
soon have a system of waterworks, OF
which she is sorely in need. Two
year ago an attempt was made to put
in a. municipal system, but at an cleo
ton held upon the question at that
time a majority of the votes were
found against the proposition, and
therefore it had to be dropped.
About that time a local carpenter,
Mr.. John A. Hereen, sunk a deep well,
put up a windmill and water tank and
piped the water to his W and ever
al neighbors' buildings at a small cost
to each. Since that time his plant has
been growing and so have his ambi-
tons, until he has about decided to
extend his mains all over town, for
the purpose of giving Marion both fire
protection and water for domestic pur-
poses. He will probably ask the town
for a franchise for the purpose soon,
and thereafter work will probably be-
gin.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-12-16
BLASTED HOPES.



oils.
The pOstOffice at lie Beau, in Wal
worth county, has been removed by
the newly appointed postmaster to his
farm a half mile from the town site.
lie Beau was a fiourishing town in the
early SOS and dreamed of metropoli-
tan honorS to be achieved in the fu-
ture. Her citizens believed both the
Northwestern and Milwaukee roads
would build to lie Beau and thence
across the Missouri river and the state.
They hoped, also, to see the town be-
come the capital when Dakota Terri
tory became a state. lie Beau in those
days was a fierce rival of Aberdeen
for the commercial supremacy of the
northern half of the present State Of
South Dakota. But the railroads did
not ma~terialize, the county seat was
removed to another town, and the d.
vision of the territory into two states
left lie Beau at one side of a common
wealth instead of near the center. The
final blow came with the removal of
the postoffice outside the corporation
limits, and nothing remains of the old
lie Beau but a name.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-12-16
WATER PLANT FOR TERRY.

The citizens of Terry have raised
money for a complete and perfect wa
ter system for the town. Water is to
be pumped from the. bottom of the
], 2O0-foot diamond drill hole, which
was put down in the bottom of the
Tornado shaft in the Golden Reward
mine. The Terry Light and Water
company, which is backing the enter
prise, has elected the following off,
GERS: John Driskill, president; r. ].
Chapman, vice president; w. r..
Monckman, secretary: w. L. Mitchell,
treasurer.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-12-16

Latest Quotations From Grain and
Live Stock Centers.

Live stock Centers.
st. Paul, Dec. IA. - Wheat - No. 1
Northern. Sill 1-S a LIP Is; No. 2
Northern. $1.O6 IL a 1.0S IA; No. 8,
9Sc0s1.O4. Corn-No. 8 yellow, &c.
Oats-No. 8 white, 29@29 lie.
Minneapolis, Dec. IA. -Wheat-No
l hard, $1.15 Is; No. l Northern,
s1,141-S; No. 2 Northern, s1.o5 1-S@
Ito Is. Oats-No. 9 white. % 3-Sc.
Duluth, Dec. Ia. - Wheat - No. /
Northern, s1.14 IA: No. 2 Northern,
s1.oS IA; fax, s1.16 IL; rye, 76c.
Milwaukee, Dec. IA. - Wheat No
/ Northern. s1.15; No. 2 Northern,
S1.10 q LA Rye - No. /, so 0S1c.
Barley-No. 2, 55c. Oats-Standard,
31@32c. sCorn-No. 3, 53@54c.
Chicago, Dec. IA. - Cattle-Good to
red, $1.16 1-2@1.17 IL; No. 3 red,
S1.12@1.15; No. 2 hard, $1.1201.15;
No. 3 hard, S1.O401.12; No. l North.
ern, $1.1901.22; No. 2 Northern, $1.10
Oils. Corn-No. 2, 54 1-2054 SAC.
Oats-No. 2. soc.
-Beeves, $3.50 q a; cows, bulls and
mixed, $2.20@3.25; stockers and feed
ers, s2.7503.70; calves and yearlings,
Sioux City, Iowa, Dec. IA. - Cattle
$2.50@3.25. Hogs Bulk, $40 @
4.45.
Chicago, Dec. IA. - Wheat - No. 2
prime steers, Sc a 7.30; stockers and
feeders, 50 "a 4; cows, S2.15 a 4.24;
h%eifers, $205; calves, s3@7.50. Hogs
Mixed and butchers, $3.50 "a 40:
bulk Of sales. s4.55 a 4.60. Sheep -
Good to choice wethers, $3.50M4.15;
native lambs, $3.50 q 6; Western
lambs, $4@5.75.
South ST. Paul, Dec. IA. Cattle -
Good to choice steers, $3.50 q g.;
good to choice COWS and h~eifers. $3.50
03.25; butcher bulls, $2.25@3; veals,
so a 5; good to choice stock steers,
$3.50 q $40; good to choice stock
COWS and h%eifers, $1.50@2.25; good to
choice mich cows, $3O@40. Hogs -
Range price, $40 a ABS; bulk, $4.15
@4.25. ~Sheep-Good to choice lambs,
$4.65 a 5; fair to good, $4.25@4.65;
good to choice yearling wethers, $3.40
% 1856; good to choice ewes, $3.50 q
3.75.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-12-16
FIRE RACES ON COAL DOCKS.
Thousand Tons Of Fuel Already Are
Burned Up.

Superior, Wis, Dec. 14.-Fire, due
to spontaneous combustion. is doing
great damage to coal on the dock of
the Lehigh Valley Coal company, at
the foot of Banks avenue. in this city.
The fire originally started in a pile of
10000 tons of Hooking coal. 1t has
been confined to 5000 tons of the orig
inal pile. 1t is estimated that fully
LOCO tons of coal have already been
destroyed by the fire. Chief Johnson
has an engine at work, and is thought
to be getting the flames under control.
Gases make the fremen's troubles
great in every way. With the Their
mometer down to eight degrees below
ze-o, it is the hardest kind Of a test
for the department.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-12-16
LARGE REWARD
Is Offered for the Conviction Of Incen
diaries.

IS OIICICO lOI Tic SOIivICtIOu OI tnCSI'
diaries.
The Aberdeen city council has of
fered a reward of $1,000 for the cap.
ture and conviction of any incendiary
who has set or who shall set in the
future any fire in this city. Several
small fires have been set this fall in
the southwest part of town, no serious
damage being done. One night recent
ly, however, the Golden Eagle Cloth
ing store was set ON fire and heavy
loss incurred.
Last spring the city was thrown into
a panic by a series of incendiary fires
which caused an aggregate loss OF
many thousands Of dollars. A repeti
ton of this terrible condition of incen
diarism is feared.
A lynching will surely follow if the
citizens are given an opportunity wher
the guilty party is apprehended.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-12-16
SMOKES WHILE AWAITING DEATH
Suicide Enjoys Cigar After Taking
Fatal Dose.

Minneapolis, Dec. 14-Having taken
a dose of morphine sufficient to kill
him. Ed Jones of Tomah, Wis, laid
down on his bed at the Rhine hotel,
1926 Washington avenue south, Sunday
evening, and calmly smoked a cigar as
he waited for death. The badly was
found yesterday morning at 1890,
fully dressed, even to the cap, and
lying upon the bed in a perfectly life
like position, with a partially-burned
cigar clasped between the cold, stiff
fingers.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-12-16
PLATTE WILL HAVE COURT.
Next Term Of Circuit Court to Be Held
There,

InGVCs
Notwithstanding that Wheeler,a at the
recent election defeated an attempt to
move the county seat of Charles Mix
county from that place to Geddes, the
people of the rival towns do not in
tend that terms of court shall be held
at Wheeler in future. The people of
Wagner secured the signatures of $50
voters, as provided by law, asking
that the regular January term of the
state circuit court for Charles Mix
county be held at that place. The pc
tition was forwarded to Judge E. G..
Smith of the circuit court, who, to the
surprise of the Wagnerites, informed
them that they were too late. The
people of Platte had stolen a march on
the residents of Wagner and had filed
their petition first. Accordingly the
approaching term of state circuit
court will be held at Platte.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-12-16

After several delays the actual work
of constructing a new Congregational
church building at Bonesteel is at last
in progress. The building committee
promises that the work will now be
continued until the building is COM
pleted. 1t is hoped to have the struc-
ture ready for occupancy early in Feb
ruary, when elaborate dedication ex-
ercises will be held.
The state insurance department has
granted to the Great Eastern Casualty
e Indemnity company OF New York
authority to transact business in South
Dakota.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-12-16
WOMEN CAUSE ARREST.

War Of determination Started at
AthoI Against Bo%otlegGers.
The village of Athol is in the midst
Of a temperance reform. For several
years bootleggers and gamblers have
gathered there to fleece harvest and
threshing hands who come to the viii
!age to take the train to their homes
in the East. Several persons have
been convicted and given heavy fines,
but C. M. Sullivan has continued to
defy the law. it is alleged. Ladies OF
the town have taken the case in hand.
Sullivan has been bound over to the
circuit court on a warrant sworn out
by three of the leading women Of the
village.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-12-16
TO DOUBLE PRESIDENTS PAY.
Bill introduced to Fix Also Congress
sional Salaries.

Washington, Dec. IA. Senator
Stewart yesterday introduced a bill to
AK presidential and congressional sal.
aries. 1t provides to raise the salary
of the president to 100000 a year.
the vice president and speaker of the
house to $40, 900 each. and each SEN
ator, representative and delegate to
$4,000. 1t is provided that the bill
shall take effect March 4. 1905.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-12-16
DITCH WILL BE DUG.
Irrigation Project Near Belle Fourche
Practically Certain Of Success.

Irrigation Project Near Belle Fourche
Practically Certain Of Success.
1t now looks as though the irrieating
scheme near Belle Fourche would go
through. When the government in
sp%ectors left a month ago there still
lacked several thousand acres of farm.
ing lands to be gotten into the Belle
Fourche Valley Water Users associ.
alton before the money could be sc.
cured for the work.
On the north side of the river there
are now lacking 1880 acres, and on
the south side a little over 5000. 1t is
now practically certain that this c
sary ground will be secured before the
expiration OF the time limit. which is
Feb. /.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-12-16
Found Dead in Cellar.

Minot, N. D., Dec. 14.-Anton Bach.
man. single. aged thirty-three. living
alone on a farm eight miles south OF
Lansford. was found dead in his cellar.
Indications are that he died Z natural
death.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-12-16
Mayors Shoes in Contempt.

Richmond, Dec. lin the corpora.
ton court of Danville Harry Wooding.
mayor of Danville, was fined for con.
tempt Of court in that he wore a pair
of creaking shoes during the trial OF
q case.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-12-16
FOOD AND DAIRY.
Facts and Figures From the Commits
sioner's Report.

The biennial report of the food and
dairy commissioners is out. 1t shows
much interesting matter that is of in
terest to all consumers of foods. In
his letter Of transmittal to the gov
ernor the commissioner says the law
relating to the inspection Of impure
liquors has not been looked after be-
| cause the code commission had omit
ted the section making it a penalty to
sell impure liquors, and he recon-
The commissioner published a com
plete list of foods examined and the
test made, and also includes much mat.
ter relating to the dairy. He gives
the number of creamerieS in the state
by counties as follows:
Aurora. 3; Beadle, 4; Bon Homme,
2: Brookings, /; Brown, Z; Brule, s;
Buffalo, /; Charles Mix, 2; Clark, 6;
Clay. 2; Codington, 3; Day, Z; Davi-
son, 4: Deuel., !; Douglas, 3; Edmunds,
3; Grant, Z; Hamlin, 1; Hanson, 3;
Hutchinson, G.; Jerauld, 4; Kingsbury,
8; Lake, 2, Lincoln =; Lyman, /; Nc
Cook, 8, Marshall,4 Miner, 3; Mime
haha, 8; Moody, 3; Roberts, 4; San
born, 5; Sphinx, 5; Turner, 4; Union, 2;
Yankton, 5.
Complete reports for each creamery
for 1902 and 1903 are given in tabular
form. A summing of all shows that
for the wear ending June 80, 1904, the
creameries of the state had 1882 pa
irons who delivered 142, 491, $50 pounds
of milk, making ~5,56o,S39 pounds of
butter fat, for which patrons received
s974,930.72.
Compiled from the state auditors re-
ports he shows the COWS in the state
to have been as follows during the
years named:
1895.......19S,1s5 Sal, 734
1900. ..... 420,7 66 1903...... .542,995
1901. .... .476,686 1904....... BAL, 225
1t will be zen that the number of
COWS has been practically at a stand
still for three years.
Altogether the report reflects credit
on the department, and no doubt the
office has been a good thing for the
people of the state.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-06-09
FRISCO TO USE ONE
MILLION DOLLARS IN BONDS.

new York, June Sine directors
OF the 81, LOUIS q san Francisco rall-
road met here and voted 10 take from
the treasury I million dollars OF 4 per
cent Tefunding bonds, the proceeds OF
when will be used 10 reimburse the
company Tor advances made owing 10
improvements to the property. Ihe
directors ratined the traric agreemen
Tor the joint use OF the st. Louis, iron
Mountain Il Southern hne. whici
gives the st. Louis a san f%ranctsco
system into the mississippi
valley and into New Orleans. James
A. Blair OF the banking nolse OF BlaiI
a. Co. resigned IRON the directory ana
vas succeeded by A., J.. Davidson,
president OF the Frisco company, VINO
is also president OF the chicago *
Eastern Illinois railroad company.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-06-09
OIL AT MuskocEE.
Second Producer is Brought ln-oer.
rieks Going Up.

Muskogee, T.. T., June 9-The Mus
kogee Oil e. Gas company, composed
of negroes. struck oil in the northwest
part of the city yesterday afternoon
at a depth of 1.1SO feet. This makes
the second well that is producing in
this part OF the city, both being owned
by the same company. The colored
people also have a producer in the
southwest part Of the city.
Many new derricks are going up in
different parts of town, some OF them
in sections that have not been pros
pected before,
Many prominent OF. men from a dis.
lance are IL the city almost daily loos.
inr owe the field and securing leases.
A few Of the residence streets are
being sprinkled with the crude Oil,
and where such is the case it gives
entire satisfaction.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-06-09
N. j. c. Johnson,
County Clerk.

First published in the Daily Leader
June 2, 1sO4)
Application for Liquor License.
Territory Of Oklahoma, Logan Coun.
~, SIS.
Notice is hereby given that
Andrew J.. Hoover
has this day filed in the Office of the
County Clerk, in and for said County
his petition, asking that a license be
granted him TO sell at retail, malt
spirituous and vinous liquors on
Lots 6 and Z. block Sc, Fifth ward,
city Of Guthrie, in said County and
Territory.
If no protest be fled on or before
June 16, 1904,
his petition will be granted and
license issued.
Witness my hand and the seal OF
said County hereto affixed tais
I'd day Of June. 1904.
(SEAL)
N. J.. c. Johnson
County clerE
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-06-09
COTTON SHOWS UP WELL.
comanohe County Expects a Banner
Crop.

Lawton, Okla, June S.-Cotton m
this section rs showing up exceptional
ly well and. While early IN the season
Tor forecasts, 1t is confidently assert.
ed mat n banner crop Tor Comancne
county will be raised THIS year, me
acreage mas been materially increased
over that OF last year. me largest
single neld belongs 20 ne Rev. W. w.
wenp, an ex-Confederate, a Repubn-
can M a Methodist minister. lie.
together with his sons n a grand
son, are guilty ating q e OF $50 acres,
and declare It snoui yield over a pale
TO M acre.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-06-09

OF this city, under date OF June q, as
follows: we are pleased to ADVISE
you mat the drilling outnt Is now be-
ing loaded Tor Shipment 70 Lawton,
where we VIII commence work on the
first leases taken. Our nan VINO W
have charge OF the work is now IN
Lawton, and ne VIII proceed 70 pm,
up the derrick n have the same
ready by the time the machinery gets
here. ms IS the encouraging
news received IN the Lawton oil dis.
trict for soine time. About six months
2 a large OIL derrick was DESTROY
ed by hre II since teen work mas not
progressed rapidly.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-06-09

First published in the Daily Leads
June ?, 1000
Application for Liquor License.
Territory Of Oklahoma, Logan Cou1
ty SIS.
Notice is hereby given that
Sanford Feland and w. NJ. Mcdonald
has this day filed in the office of the
County Clerk, in and for said County,
their petition, asking that a license be
granted them to sell at retail. malt,
sDirituOus and vinous liquors on
Lot 9, block sc. Fifth ward, city OF
Guthrie. in said County and Territory.
If no protest be filed on or before
June 16, 1904,
his petition will be granted and
license issued.
Witness my hand and the seal OF
said County hereto affixed this
% day Of June, 1904.
(sEAL)
N. J. c. johnson,
County Clerk.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-06-09
AN EXPENSIVE RING.
smelter Made Trial Run to Secure the
Metal For II.

Mountain View, Okla, June "a
trial run was recently made IN the
lsom smelter, built Tor the reduction
OF the supposed gold ore in n Wien
tia mountains, ana while the returns
were not large they were c%onsidece
encouraging by those interested.
Henry Martin, VINO furnished the ore
tor one running, secured the product,
which II IS said consists OF a comnin.
alton OF gold, silver and copper. ana
has mad a niger ring made from Il.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-06-09
FIERCE HOT AIR STORY.
Protector Bean Says Fear Of Hearst
stops Railroad Building.

p. w. Bean, protector OF the pro
posed Kansas City Oklahoma &
Houston road, says the nomination Of
w. r. Hearst for the presidency by
the Democrats might materially affect
and delay the building Of the road
from this city to the gulf, suys the
South McAlester Capital.
Mr.. Bean who is a strong Republi-
can. said
ION my recent trip north l found
considerable anxiety as to the pos
sibllity Of the Democrats nominating
w. r. Hearst for president. While
the rank and file of the people, and
especially the capitalists who build
railroads, feel that Hearst is an i'm
possibility, yet his remarkable fight
for the honor is looked upon with
no small degree of anxiety.
Il was told that the nomination of
Hearst would practically stop all rail-
road extensions until the general
election in November The capitalists
fear Hearst. In fact his nomination
would create a feeling of unrest and
over conservativeness would strange
big money operations until the Will
Of the people was asserted at the cleo
tion.
Il was told that no other Democratic
possibility mentioned could bring
about the lack Of confidence mention
ed.
with u road the result OF Mr..
Hearst's nomination might be Just the
extreme feared. While ! do not say
this to influence any man against Mr..
Hearst yet my observations lead
me TO believe that it would be a bad
thing for cur own enterprise should
he receive the nomination.
Il hope to start actual construction
on the X. G. O. & II. before September
1. The first work will be at South
McAlester. but It is probable that the
first rails TO be laid will be at Blanco,
where we cross the Ardmore division
of the Choctaw. This viii enable us
to secure ties conveniently for the
construction OF the lines north to this
place and south toward the Red river.
"The present corps OF surveyors Will
go as far south as Honey Grove, Texas,
where an effort is being made to Of
fer inducements to us to come, and
II is not improbable that the present
corps will he retained to run the line
through to Houston.
There is nothing in sight now TO
discourage the hope of beginning OPP
e%rations here late this summer