Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1911-09-29
PREPARING
FOR RUSH
Land Drawing to Take Place
In Near Future.
GREGORY SELECTED

Judge Witten Will Arrive This
Week and Prepare for Draw
ing-Commences Oct. End.
Gregory, s. D.. Sept. N.-Judge
Witten's assistant, G. G. Fish, arrived
Sunday night and is fixing up head
quarters for the superintendent and
his clerical force. Judge Witten and
his private secretary, Frank Woods,
and clerical force of ten men, will
arrive from Washington the latter part
Of the week.
The presence of Judge Witten and
his force 90 far ahead of the final day
Of registration. October 2nd, is made
necessary by the heavy receipt of mail
to be disposed of before that time.
Seventy. eight sacks Of these letters
are piled up in the Gregory postoffice
and q like accumulation is reported at
Dallas, Rapid City and Cham berlain.
Il Is safe to say that there are more
kinds Of activity in this city at present
than In any other locality on the globe.
People of every employment have some
function in connection with the coming
registration for Mellette and Bennett
county homesteads, which begins on
October 9, when Uncle Sam will ap-
portion nearly 100000 acres of land to
new settlers, and all are busily at work
preparing for that event. One of the
iveliest places in the city is at the
Commercial Club room where force of
Six mailing clerks are busy snswering
Inquiries from the prospective settlers.
Il 10 expected that this crew of earnest
workers will have to be largely increased
when Judge Witten. superintendent OF
the opening arrives from Washington
next week as there is now accumulated
In the United States land office here
over two tons Of letters, seventy EIGHT
mail sacks full, addressed to the Judge.
It is presumed that these are mostly
inquiries regarding the opening and
that the Judge will simply turn them
over to che Commercial Club to be
answered, as the club has prepared a
booklet which has been o. K u by the
judge, aud which answers all questions
which 1t is possible to ask on the sub
ject.
Active work is now in progress on
the establishment of the great Corn
Palace, which is expected to win the
respectful admiration of eastern
people who are prone to be somewhat
pessimistic regarding the agricultural
possibilities Of the west The building
hes frontage Of seventy-five feet near
the United States land office and is
ornate with bsttlement and domes in
the usual carnival building style. The
expert who has designed and decorated
the great annual Corn Palace ut Nit.
chell for the last twenty years will
have charge of the work While moth.
ing official has yet been given out re.
garding the decorations, member of
the committee in charge has stated
that 1t is probable that the great seal
Of the state Of South Dakota will ap.
pear about twenty. five feet in diameter
on the upper front of the building,
worked out in corn and other cereals.
The interior of the building will con.
tain . very comprehensive exhibit Of
the 1911 farm products of the Rosebud
country. Rosebud farmers are elated
at their own good fortune and success
In securing bountiful crop this year
whom % many sections of the country
have suffered from drought and are
enthusiastic ov.r the opportunity
offered them to exhibit the fruits of
their labors to fasteners and others
less fortunate than themselves. Invi
tations we're sent to large number of
farmers in Gregory and Tripp counties
TO bring in exhibits, and some OF them
have already sent in samples Of what
they expect to bring, and these samples
give tho committee assurance that the
exhibit will be more than good-it will
b immense and worth long trip to
-.
The response from Tripp county has
been specially strong and al Tripp
county joins the lands to be opened
this exhibit will be Of especial interest
20 the prospective settlers.
WI. Dursnd, of Minneapolis, special
ananf NJ tha Westarn TInion Toloora nh
Company, arrived last week, and after
sucCeesful negotiations with the No
tarial association, made immediate sr.
sansements for the installation Of Q
telegraph office in the registration
baildin9. He announosd that the