Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1909-10-08

VOL. "A. NO. "A.
Fisher at the junction Of Plum Creek
and the Horsehesd We found Mr..
Fisher busy with his horses of which
he has twenty.eight head. He is also
interested In cattle but has only flfty
head at present. Located here in 1884,
has 800 acres In his farm, ITO acres
under cultivation. eighty i've scres In
alfalfa. Crops better than the average.
He has three children, Latal, Reasaer
and Bernice. Mote the two flrst names
spell tho same backward as forward.l
Mr.. Fishsr is quito . noted writer
poet and chronologist as we'll as farmer
and stock raiser. Next we visited Mr..
John Yeager's home. He has been
here twenty years, his wife is dead and
he has family Of four boys, Floyd,
Earl, Ray and Vsrgil There arc $40
acres in his farm, 6fty acres cultivated.
nine acres In alfalfa, young orchard
OF l40 trees, potatoes and vegetables
good. He is also interested In horses.
Farther west up little draw ~
reached the one section of lsnd::owned
by Mrs. Englebsrt, widow her two
sons and her daughter, Miss Emma.
They have lived here seven years and
are doing some farming, having $50
acres under cultivation, ::fifty acres OF
alfalfa. Small grain average crop.
Potatoes and vegetables are good and
they have bumper crop of fchickens
and turkeys. Mrs. Englebert and
family are we'll known at .the State
Home, Mr.. Englebert, an old soldier
and father of this family, died at the
Home. Here we had q good dinner
topped out with watermelon that made
us feel like going to sleep, but we hit
the trail for Oelrichs andlsoon caught
Mr.. p. ]. Barnes on the wing returning
from that town Mr.. Barnes is one of
the newcomer homesteaders. His 1GO
acres JONES the Engleberts on the
| west. He has fifty five acres broke
and in sod corn which will yield
eighteen bushels to the acre. He be-
lieves the prospects for the numerous
homesteaders lin this section are very
good. Our next stop was at the COM
Portable home of s. NJ Davidson, three
miles from Oelrichs. This old-timer
| registers sixteen years here and has q
farm of 16O acres, cultivated twenty
acres of alfalfa. Small grain average
crop. A young orchard of l50 trees,
melons, squash and pumpkins OF all
sorts and he is also Interested in stock,
having eighteen head of cattle and fifty
head of horses. His little boy, Walter,
8 years old was the only helper 1 saw.
With big cantaloupe under my arm
again hit the trail. Arriving at the top
of hill about q mile further on the
beautiful little town of Oelrichs loomed
up in full view. A light shower,of rain
having just passed over and the sun
just setting painted rainbow with
one end, (from my view point,) planted
In the middle Of the town. Bsing
pretty tired when We reached the town
We hurried to and Q place Tor our
horses, then TO the Marsh Hotel we
went whore plenty TO eat was on tap
and wss fortunate in securing good
bed, ltown being full Of homesssksrs,)
in which We we're soon In 1.-THE land Of
nod.
Refreshed after . nights sleep and Q,
good breakfast, 10 started out TO got
acquainted with Oelrichs. The town
is nicely located on the west side Of
the Horsehead creek on land gently
sloping to the northeast, ldown to the
North Western railroad depot. It is
eleven miles from the Pine Ridge
Indian Reservation on the east, twelve
miles from the Nebraska line south.
twenty -four miles from Rumford, tho
nearest station on the Burlington west.
twenty.three miles to Buffalo Gap
north and about thirty miles to Hot
Springs, northwest. The most con-
spicious buildings In the town are the
public school building and Methodist
church. There are about 200 inhabi-
tsnts. Three land companies are
looking after the homesteaders. That
Of j. F. Drake was the flrst one e.
tablished. L. D. Bailey aud: A. q.
Powers also manage land offices.
Twenty. .five dollars is charged for
locating homestesders. Decided land
sells for from ton to twenty-five
dollars per acre. Il is estimated that
twelve hundred locations have been
made through these offices this season.
Deposits in the two banks show that
there 10 money in town. The Oelrichs
State Bank deposits arc $4,000, while