The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-06-08
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One Of the attractions Of the South
Dakota exhibit at the st. Louis worlds
fair will be the ore reduction plant in
operation. Six thousand dollars out of
the appropriation of $4,000 made by the
state have been used by the Black Hills
in the arranging and completing of the
mineral exhibit A building 105 feet by
45 feet has been erected outside of the
state building for the ore reducing plant
1t wll be in charge of B. G.. Cook, of
Deadwood, and r. p. Akin, of Denver.
1t will require 800 tons Of ore TO keep
1t in operation. The ore will be sent by
the different companies in the Black
Hills, and each lot of ore will he
run separately and an official certificate
given. The money for the erection of this
mill was furnished by the mining men
and the business clubs Of Lead and Dead
wood. 1t is possible that ore from other
mining countries win be run through the
mill. The mill will have five stamps, each
weighing 1000 pounds, and will be ar
ranged for both free milling and refrac.
tory ores.
The figures from the land offices at
Pierre, Chamberlain and Rapid City,
with those from the western counties of
the Aberdeen and Huron land districts
show that since the first Of January,
1902, and up to May 1, 1904, 13,00S fiji.
ings had been made for lands in the CEN
trail and western parts of the state. The
Chamberlain Office shows the greatest
number with 4,616 filings, Pierre is next
with 3,6S5, and Huron third with 2,O77,
all filed in Hyde, Faux and Potter coun-
ties. Rapid City shows 1855, outside of
mineral entries, and Aberdeen shows 775,
all in the western counties Of the district.
These figures indicate the mpidity with
which the free government lands are be-
ing taken in the western part Of South
Dakota in the past two years. These
filings mean total of 2,0S0,0OO acres Of
this land has been taken out of the free
list and placed in the hands or under con-
troi Of individual owners.
Uncle Sam is no longer rich enough to
give everyone farm, for there isn't land
enough to go round; but when, in this lat
er generation, he does start into the real
estate presentation business he does the
handsome thing. Within a few days be-
fore July l next, he will open the finest
prize package of lands he has ever pre-
scented to his nephews and nieces. 1t
will consist of 100000 acres, constituting
the big Rosebud reservation in South Da-
kota. Officers of the general land Office
declare that this is, in proportion to area,
the most valuable parcel of land that
was ever thrown open for settlemen). I'm
Gle Sam doesn't believe in lotteries, eth
er; but he is going to give away in one
drawing over 100000 when he opens
these lands And there will be nobody to
object 30 the plan.
The new aFtesian we'll Just completed
for the Chamberlain Electric Light Com.
pany by Norbeck & Nicholson, Of Red.
ted, stands at the head of all the arte.
sian wells ever put down in the artesian
basin of South Dakota. The well is an
eight-inch bore, $50 feet deep, and flows
S,407 gallons Of water per minute. With
the pipe wide open it throws solid col.
umn Of water twenty-five feet
into the air from the top of the pipe.
Reduced 20 six inches a column of water
is thrown UP sixty feet, and reduced to
straig fht into the air 15S feet. When
closed the wen has pressure of more
than 100 pounds to the square inch. The
temperature OF the water is about so de
grees.
There has been a misunderstanding all
over the staIe in some way concerning
stock brands, the statement having beer
published that the same brand could not
be used on cattle and horses in the same
place III. G.. Anderson, of Sturgis, one
OF the stc.,a brand commissioners, says
that the same brand may be used on both
cattle and horses in the same place, but
that the brand commission at its last ses.
sion ruled that separate applications
must be made for each brand--that is.
the brand for each class of stock. This
is done so that horse and cattle brand
applications may be filed separately.
The secretary of states Office reports q
rush of applicants for notarial commits.
sions coming from the southern part OF
the state, especially from the section neal
the Rosebud country. Besides these, ap
piicadons are coming in from residents Of
other states, who say in their applications
that they expect to go 10 the Rosebud
country. The making out Of papers for
settlers IN that section will make work
for number Of notaries and from indi.
cations there viii be enough Of such on.
Gals 90 book after the work.
The government has already com