The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-10-28
MUCH HORSE STEALING.
Two Teams Of Farmers Taken From,
lE Streets Of Mitchell.

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Mitchell, s. D., Oct. Occurring the
lpast three months horse stealing has
Il been quite an epidemic in South Da-
kota and especially Is this true in the
southern part where people from other
states We're visiting the Rosebud reser-
walton opening the Yankton state fair.
s the Sioux Falls carnival and the Mitch
ell corn palace.
Last Saturday night the teams Of
two farmers living west of Mitchell
We're hitched upon the streets about
the hour OF o'clock and when the
4 owners went out to get them to drive
4 home their teams were gone.
Sheriff Jacob Koch was at once noti-
filed and he used the wires, telephones
land: issued postal cards giving descrip-
4 ton Of the teams and buggies that
tWere taken. On Monday he received
NOTICE that the sheriff of Lincoln coun-
ity had captured two men who had In
their possession the team of Edward
DAY, one of the DAVIDSON county farmers
who lost his team last Saturday night.
lSheriff Koch left for Canton on the
milwaukee, Tuesday and started that
tevsning with his two prisoners and Mr..
Jays team for Mitchell.
Sheriff Koch and his deputies are on
the track Of the other thieves who stole
! the team of Charley Roodell. and IL
they do not lose the trail will probably
iget them in northern Nebraska.
X Sheriff Koch has been very success
4 ful the past six months in securing
the property that has been stolen from
Dawson county.
High Price for South Dakota Land.
Bridgewater s. b, Oct. POE. u.
4 Abel of this city sold an unimproved
sIauarter ction of land two and one-
half miles south of town yesterday for
e E. consideration Of $50 per acre. being.
a inc highest price ever paid for land Of
this character in this locality.
Black Hills Fruit. !.
Sturgis, s. D., Oct. 90. Tie apples
4 and other fruits grown on the horticul-
stturai farms In. the valleys and foothills
n to the Black Hills are attracting con-
x siderable attention nowadays, and the
4 Yield this year has been an immense.
4 Llp 70 this year the merchants have
]. been compelled to ship their apples
i from eastern states, but this fall the
nome product has been very nearly
sufficient to supply the demand up to
THE present. The flavor Of Black Hills
Il grown fruit exceeds by far that OF the
fruits shipped, and besides 1t comes
without bruises Ind fresh from the
trees sS
New Widmann Opened.
4 Mitchell s.. ID, Oct. 20. -The new Wild
mann hotel erected at a cost OF 10000.
j served Its first meal today. The build
1 Ing was completed some time ago and
Il the rooms were furnished In time to
i help accommodate the corn palace Wis
\ itors, Land ords Johnson & Shipiey
1 have furnished the house In elegant
y SHAPE and itcheli has one Of the finest
i hotels IN the state.
4 ,ss Shot Il Big EAGLE.
dgewater. S. D., Oct 20 bald
eagle riiea sllring six feel, Ugh inches
/ 4 from tip 10 III was beiag exh Tilted on
4 the str Gets ito dry The bird was shot
4 isslle Hars I'M. a vear1old boy
living III the count
Fort Pierre Jail Rurned,
i r oyt Pierre, ST. ID. Oct. 20. THE city
lf5jaiI ~ Corr iaFle was destroyed by
!, 81 as Wooden structure, In
yI1icf1 d doze run ks Ind disord erlies
had been confined during the night,
arid TIE fire was Started BY them They
got ont wi hout being seriously burned,
ssssit rue iire vas corapIe eiy de-
stroye u.