Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-01-24
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few years, George r. Brown, Indian
trader at Rosebud sgen"y, in the effort
TO put a stop TO the wholesale raids has
offered a standing reward of $500 for
the arrest aud conviction of persons
gui ty of running off stock. He is tine
owner Of the spade brand of cattle
and horses, his horses being branded
with u spade brand on the left shoulder,
while his cattle are marked with a
straight horizontal line under I Q
emblem of the spade. Mr.. Brown has
been unusually unfortunate and appears
to have bee selected as the special VIC.
t III of the horse and cattle 'rustlers."
Two or three years ago he lost thirty
six head of horses at one time. Two
years ago Mr.. Brown was again the VIC
tim of the "rustlers" this time losing
fifty head OF cattle which were grazing
in the Red Stone Basin range on the
Pine Ridge reservation. The trust.
lers" are believed to be mixed blood
Indians living on both the Pine Ridge
aud Rosebud reservations. More
recently Mr.. Brown has suffered the
loss of both cattle and horses in
punches of from one to three or four
head. He offers additional rewards
for the recovery of these animals.
Some of these "rustlers" have been
unusually bold.
A meeting was held in Dead
wood Tuesday attended by a num-
Der of prominent Methodists. cler-
ical and secular, for the purpose
of determining upon the point
in the Hills at which to locate an acad.
envy. Among those present were DR..
Thomas Nicholson, president of Dakota
Wesleyan university at Mitchell s. d.;
S. r. Wilson and E. r. Jucket, Of Hot
Springs, Rev. d. w. Tracy, of Spear.
fish, Rev. A. L. Bskcr, of Belle Fourche,
DR.. Q. b. Clark, and Rev. Andrew of
Deadwood, and Rev. Atwater of White
wood, and others. 1t has been decided
to establish this academy some place in
the Hills and to erect a building to cost
about SIS coo. In addition to this the
church will expect a donation of at
least ten acres of ground. Deadwood
offered a site but no money; Whitewood
offers a guaranteed sum of $4,000 and
a site, aud Hot Springs guarantees a
site and a cash equal to that offered by
Whitewood. 1t is probable now that
either Whitewood or Hot Springs will
secure the academy but no decision was
reached at the meeting.
Several years ago a small sum was
appropriated for fire proof roofing the
building at Yankton, but the super
and board of charities deter
mined that it could not be done with
advantage because the the walls are too
weak and defective to support the
Consequen tly the new
hospitals and infirmaries were built
entirely fire proof and as rapidly as pos.
sible the inmates are transferred from
the main building { o these safe Ravens.
All of the infirm old men are now out
side Of the old fire trap and provision is
being made for the infirm old men as
rapidly as possible. AS soon as they are
provided for it will be necessary to tear
down the old building and rebuild it
upon modern and fire proof plans
Here is another illustration of the folly
of cheap construction. The money
originally spent upon the old building
of it within twenty years should
have provided a structure good for a
century at least.
Reports from the prairie section
about Pierre, both east and west of the
river, indicate that there will be severe
loss of live stock unless there is a
decided change in weather conditions.
The prairie is covered with more than a
foot of snow, with a crust near the sur
face from early falls, and all grass is
buried out of sight. 1t is the custom
to look to the prairie itself for the
greater part of winter forage, and a hay
supply is secured only for emergencies.
But now the emergency supplies are
being drawn upon and spring is a long
way off. Many ranehmen are making
arrangements for shipping in hay, and
want to ship their stock out.
Travel is almost impossible, N man
in Pierre Thursday putting in
four hours coming in or horseback from
Okobojo, twenty miles north, and he
said at many places he was compelled
to cut wire fences to avoid the drifts.
in weather conditions must come
to save heavy loss.
The members of the Congregational
denomination residing at Gregory, one
of the new towns in the coded portion
of the Rosebud reservation in Gregory !
county, have secured a site for a new
building which is to be erected
by them. The work of hauling rock
for the foundation of the structure has
commenced. The building will
be constructed in such a n that it
be enlarged as the occasion demands