Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-01-04

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Aberdeen land Office, comprising l2,4Si
; acres. While the land in the Aberdeen
! district has beer settled to a large
extent, the few RENAL ing quarter sec
tions of government land are being
eagerly fled upon.
A delegation of Charles Mix county
citizens has conferred with Senator
Gamble on matters relating to the sale
of Indian inherited lands in that county
Under a ruling of the Indian depart
ment, of a recent date, a clause was
ordered inserted In all deeds, which
provides that all sudh inherited Indian
lands should revert to the original
owner at any time that the owner
allowed any liquor to come upon his
place. This law, the delegation
declared, was working an injustice.
Senator Gamble agreed to take the
matter up with the proper dep artment
on his return TO Washington.
An attempt has been made at Belle
Fourche by the gamblers to open
their places of resort. Christmas
morning the states attorney visited
the gamblers and gave them to under
stand that the places must be closed
Immediately. The gambling para
p~hernalia was not siezed, but unless
the states attorneys order is carried
out immediately all the stuff will be
taken and destroyed. Owing to the
number of laborers here who are work
ing on the government irrigation pro-
ject the gamblers have a chance to
make great money. The authorities
here are determined to close up the
joints.
A Finlander named K. A. Ramstr ong
has Just taken out his naturalization
papers at Deadwood. This man has a
remarkable history which has leaked
out. A short time ago he came to this
country, having fed the wrath of the
Russian government. For years he
had been making a fight for his free
dom of Finland and a reward was
finally offered for his life. He
belonged to an old family, but after
his escape to this country all the
wealthy estates were confiscated by the
government. He is thoroughly
educated in different languages and
expects soon to go back and try and
reclaim his estate.
The quarterly report of the United
States land office for the months of
October, November and December
shows that during that time 4 1925
acres of land, including isolated tracts
and communication proofs, have been
sold; So homestead entries, comprising
l2,4S5 acres of land, have been filed;
rs homestead proofs, comprising III, 800
acres, have been made; one state
selection made and one reservoir
declarator statement filed. During the
last month thirty. four homesteads
entries comprising 4,76S acres, were
filed; twenty-three homestead proofs,
comprising 3,645 acres were made; 800
acres of land we're sold and one reser-
voir declaratory statement filed.
A vein of coal eight feet thick was
discovered about twenty-five miles
northwest of Miller by William deuel.
while boring an artesian well on the
Martin Moore ranch. 1t is 1900 feet
below the surface of the ground in
Gladstone and below the first flow of
artesian water. In the early eighties
a vein of coal was discovered about
twenty miles farther northwest, which
furnished fuel for the pioneers for
some time. That vein was near the
surface and was a poorer quality of
coal han the vein discovered by Deuel.
so deep in the earth. Deuel. says that
sunk there has been no coal found in
any Of them except this one, though
more or less gas escapes from all of
them. The Hyde county well reported
to be quite heavily charged with gas, is
only a few miles west of the Moore
well.
A novel Christmas celebration on the
Rosebud. In the little valley where
for years the noted outlaw Jack Sully
) lived, and bid defiance to the law and
its officers, nov raises a twenty-five
room sanatorium that cost its builder
DR.. James Buchanan, the SIM of SIS,
600. Modern in every respect, tn,
structure would be an acquisition II
any city. On the rosebud it seeml
strangely out of place. Especially i
this trus of its location, which for year
has been known as the 'Sully Flats
: Christmas the doctor entertai ned tn
Rosebud people at a Christmas feas
and all night dance BY stepping Il
| the windows the merrymakers coul'
look down on a small picket fenc