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10 the hundreds or visitors brought TO
Pierre by the capital campaign, are the
gas wells. Nearly all Of them go to the
wells and the separating tanks to see how
gas is secured for practical use. From
this they 60 to look over some OF the
larger engines which use the natural gas
for power, the one at the grist mill, and
the pair at the water pumping station
being those Offences visited. The gas
wells have been the best venture ever
undertaken by the city in the way Of mu-
nlcipal control Of utilities. In the begin
ming the work was experimental, and the
experiments were costly, but the fnal re-
suits have justified all the expense. The
first wells sunk were cased with black
iron pipe, to be put down as cheaply as
possible, and while the first cost was
much lighter than that of wells now fur.
nishing the gas supply, the results show
that they were the most costly, as that
quality OF casing would only last about
two years. When the well was sunk AT
the Locke Hotel ten years ago it was
cased with galvanized pipe, and has been
IN operation ever since that time with no
trouble from pipes eaten out by the wa
ter. With that experience as q guide the
city wells now being used were cased
with heavily galvanized pipe, and are ex.
pected to last at least ten years If not
longer. Since taking up the work of sup.
plying natural gas, as a municipality, the
city has paid for the gas and water
plants, which were taken up at that time,
have paid for the sinking Of all the wells
used in the work, and are helping pay
city running expenses. The income from
the gas is over $1,000 per month, part
OF this being in the way Of saving of fuel
In operation of the pumps which supply
the city reservoir, and for the operation
OF the electric light plant, the power for
both plants being furnished by the same
engines. The two wells in operation
supply power for three large engines, and
about a dozen smaller engines in daily use
for power, and heat and light the resi-
dences OF . large part Of the city.
The indications are at present that
Geddes will be voted on as the future
county seat Of Charles Mix County, at
the election this fall. There has been a
bitter fight IN all summer between the
towns Of Geddes and Platte for that
honor, with the contest being fought
NHASNbA al nv Jun hnf lhS bSIh III lhS
supreme court twice. Geddes appears to
have secured the best of the situation in
the legal tangle, and Tuesday, G.. Z. Har-
ben, the attorney for Platte appeared be-
fore the supreme court asking for q writ
or prohibition, to prevent the county aud
ftor placing the name of Geddes on the
ballot to he voted for at the coming cleo
ton. In this move he was unsuccessful.
nm rNTrf rof1cinu IN ~ nt him thu writ
asked for. Had he succeeded, the whole
matter of county seat removal in that
coanty would have gone over to the next
done for two years.
Sow. Herreid, in reading an article a
few days ago In regard to the state uni
versity football team, took occasion to
express his annoyance at the fact that
the team was characterized as Coyotes"
His designation for the state is the Sun
shine State" and he does net like the
name "Singed Cat" which has been Civ
en- to it in some cases, nor Coyote"
which appears to be more commonly
used. The governor said: Even the
educators Of the state when they attend
ed the national association meeting at
Boston, went wearing badges bearing a
picture of a coyote, when they of all
people should help to bring into use the
more appropriate, and much better name,
Sunshine" / believe that the state in
stitutions should assist in bringing the
better name into common use, and be-
lieye that they will do so if they consid-
err how much better it would sound"
II is reported that several Minneapo-
lis crooks are headed for South Dakota
TO try a little Of their work outside of the
cities. The first evidence Of the presence
OF any Of them in Pierre was an attempt
70 burglarize the residence of Mayor
Ewart. The entrance to the building
was secured by cutting ont n glass, and
raising a window from the outside. The
burglar was heard moving about the low
er part OF the house, and Mrs. Ewart
started down stairs to investigate, carry
ing a revolver. A man wearing a black
mask was found in the lower hall, neal
the front door, which he had opened, and
on her approach he jumped through the
door and fed, followed by a couple Of
shots. No trace of the intruder was
found, and the cut glass and a rummaged
dresser was the extent Of his work.
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The success in sinking a good artesian
we'll at Lyman means a great deal to the
country west Of the Missouri. The wells
at Mcclure and Lyman are indications
of what can be done in that direction,
and have called out contracts for more
Of the same kind of wells In that section.
Contracts have been signed for five other
wells in Lyman County. One drilling
6rm has several partial contracts made
for points in Stanley County, which will
be closed up within a few days.
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