Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-01-29
CUSTER TO THE FRONT.
Location Of tuberculosis Sanitarium
Selected. DR.. Rate to Ar
range Details.
ENTHUSIASTIC MASS MEETING
Our Citizens Liberal in their Dona.
tions to Defray Necessary
Expenses.

Saturday night last a meeting was hel
at the court house to hear the report G
the committee appointed to secure th
location for the tuberculosis Sanitarium
DIR. Rate being present he made a brie
address explanatory of what had beef
done and what would be necessary t,
| be done to fill the intent of the law.
1t being necessary to raise a fund {,
defray some necessary expenses a fin
ance committee composed of l. M. Don
aldson, VIM. Lovett and T. w. Delicat,
was appointed. In the short space O
thirty minutes S327.5O was donated
which was increased to S432.5 so by Wed
nesday noon. Next week we shall en-
deavor to publish list of those who SC
generously subscribed and the amount
donated by each person. Lest there be
some who yet desire to contribute we
will state they can do so at the Custer
County Bank. Subscriptions will be
received for any amount from one dol.
lar up.
Almost everyone present was anxious
to see the matter pushed as rapidly as
possible and by unanimous consent DR..
Ratte was chosen to arrange all details
in whatever manner he may deem the
best to hasten to definite settlement
OF the location and speedy erection ol
buildings.
The following is the report of the com.
mittee.
CUSTER, S. D., Jan. %, 1910.
To the Citizens of Custer and Vicinity:
We, your committee appointed to at
tend to matters pertaining to the secur.
ing of site for the tuberculosis sani.
tarium, provided to be established by
Chapter 6S of the session laws of the
State of South Dakota, beg leave to re-
port:
The proposition presented by the
State Board of Charities and Correc.
tions, which has been the subject mat.
ter under consideration, is as follows:
"That this board will accept as suit.
able site the l33 acres known as the
Chinaman's ranch together with such
forest reserve adjoining same as can be
had from Congress, the total amount to
be not less than 100 acres, provided that
the Burlington road gives satisfactory
assurance of putting in a switch track to
the Chinaman's ranch. This board will
recommend to the legislature an appro-
priation of a reasonable, amount to re-
imburse the citizens of Custer for the
purchase of said Chinaman's ranch.
Upon investigation, it appears that
the portion Of the Chinaman's ranch ex-
amined by the board included that por.
ton of section l6, township south,
range 4 east, b. II. NJ, enclosed by the
fence surrounding the Chinaman's ranch
1t was therefore deemed advisable by
the committee to make further inyes.
tigation. An effort was made to secure
price or option ON the Chinaman's 8
ranch, but no results could be obtained.
"An investigation as to the said sec
ton, being a school section of the state,
developed the fact that a measure was
pending before Congress permitting the
State Of South Dakota to select certain
lands in lieu of the school sections with
in the Black Hills Forest Reserve pur-
suant to legislative authority. The
school sections, as such, belong to the
school fund according to the enabling
act admitting the State of South Dakota
into the union, and according to the
state constitution the same could not be
used for any other purpose, hence not
available for our purpose at the permis-
sion of the state. The section was there
fore not available for a site as a sani-
tarium until the same should be ceded
to the general government. Consider
able Investigation was made of the situ-
alton regarding the bill authorizing the
selection of the lieu lands. We were a
short time ago advised that it was likely
that the measure would not pass, and
your committee prepared contract for
execution in the matter of the purchase
of the Chinaman's ranch, leaving the
amount blank. Immediately following
a telegram was sent to the secretary OF
the board advising of the situation, ask
ing the board to undertake by some
measure TO secure the school section re-
ferred to. To this telegram We have re-
ceived no response. Later We learn that
the measure providing for lieu selections
of school lands has passed and the Sec
ton mentioned has become part of the
public domain, and available for our
purpose. We had already taken up the
matter in person with the forest super.
visor and was assured of his kindly Of
fees in recommending the giving of the
said section to the state for such pur.
pose. He at the time checked off the
section, that there might be no conflict.
ing interests, and We followed it recent
ly with petition signed by your com
mittee asking the setting apart of the
section mentioned for the purpose of 9
sanitarium site as required by the state
This has recently been forwarded to the
forest supervisor, and no sufficient time
for action has elapsed, We forwarded