The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1906-05-24
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Pierre last week, occurred the mar
riage of Miss Lillian M. Eergde, of
Lynn, Mass, and d. F. johnson, Of
Pedro. Miss Bergde arrived from
Lynn expecting to be met by Mr..
Johnson, but instead of being at the
itran to greet her he was over forty
miles away tied up on stage which
was crawling its way across the mud
dy prairie toward Pierre, and he did
not arrive there until late Thursday
night. The young couple were old
time acquaintances In Lynn, and two
years ago Mr.. Johnson came to South
Dakota to build home for himself
in the west to bring his bride after
he had secured a foothold in the new
country. He filed on a claim near
Rapid City, and had been working at
Pedro. Miss Bergde came to Pierre
alone to meet him, and was disap-
pointed to find no such greeting wait
ing for her as she had expected, but
in due time the bridegroom put in his
appearance, and the young couple
have gone to their new home in the
western part Of the state.
Frank M. Stewart, secretary of the
Western South Dakota Stock Grow
ers' Association, announces that the
program for the annual spring round
up of cattle on what is left of the
great ranges of western South Dakota
has been completed. The first round
up wagon will start out on May IS.
starting from the south side Of the
Belle Fourche River. On May 20 an
other roundup party will start from
the Upper Moreau River. May 25 two
roundup parties will commence work,
one at the mouth OF Bull Creek, on the
lower Belle Fourche River, the other
at Bull Creek and working all the
country between the bad lands and
the north fork of Bad River to Willow
Creek. The last roundup party will
start on June / from Sheep Mountain.
on the reservation line, and viii! work
to the Bismarck Line. 1t is the gener-
al expectation that cattle will be
found in good condition. and that the
losses during the past winter were as
light as during any winter for num-
Der Of years.
The Pierre city council has granted
a franchise to Noah Newbanks, OF
Pierre, to construct and operate a
be operated by electricity or gasoline
motors. The franchise is to run for
twenty years, and to be forfeited in
case cars are not in operation within
three years from the date of the grant
ing OF the franchise. The company
agrees to pay the city per cent of it's
earnings for the time the franchise 4
runs. A similar franchise has been
or nj 20
Pierre. The limit of charge is cents
a passenger between any two points
in either of the towns, with an addi-
tional charge of toll to be paid the
bridge company when going from one
town to the other, that charge not to
exceed cents a passenger.
The last work on the foundation of
the east wing of the capitol at Pierre
was completed Friday and Contractor
Lepper has cleared up about the struc-
ture and gone to look after other
work. The foundation called for
some heavy walls and while the work
was delayed both last fall and this
spring on account of the weather
which prevailed. the contract has fin
ally been completed in a manner en-.
,tirely satisfactory to all parties con-
cerned.
The state banks keep spreading out
their business by new organizations,
hardly day passing without a new
one. Three more have been added to
the list In the fling OF articles Of in
corporation for the Wolsey State
Bank. at Wolsey, with a capital Of
q -
Harold, at Harold, with q capital
Of $4,000. The State Bank of Flor
ence, Miner County, with capital Of
$1,000.
The secretary of war is inquiring of
the governor as to the strength of the
portionment of members to take a trip
for drill purposes at Fort A. d. Rus
sell, Wyoming, which is the point Of
rendezvous for this section Of the
northwest. The state Is entitled to
about $1,000 for this purpose If the
troops are taken to the fort for their
practice drill.
Two mortgages have been filed with
the secretary of state covering the op-
erations of the Northwestern Railway
in this part Of the state. Each runs
to the Central Trust Company, of New
York, bearing 3h per cent and run
ming thirty-five years. One is for $4,-
100000 on the Pierre, Rapid City and
Northwestern Railway aud the other
for s1,200.000 on the Pierre and Fort
Pierre Bridge Railway Company.
1t is not often that a holder of
notarial commission considers 1t in
cumbent upon himself to resign, but
one man has done so. giving as his
reasons removal from the state. The
party. w. p. Holly, a former resident
of McCook County, who has removed
to Sacramento, Cal, has sent his res