The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-04-04
COLLAPSE OF TUNNELS
MAY PRECIPITATE RUIN
IN BUSINESS SECTION
Workings Of Homestake Mine
Under Lead Threatens a
Disastrous Cavein.

Disastrous Cavein.
Deadwood. S. D., April I'm
.]asiness is felt by some property own.
ers OF Lead, S. d, Tor the safety ..
their property on Main street, in the
business district OF the Homestake cttS
because of possible cavlng m OIL ems
earth beneath certain sections. Wy
caving is rendered probable by the facl
mat the entire city of Lead rests aboVt
shafts and tunnels which nave peeh
made by the Homestake Mining com
pany, in the development OF lts hliN
eral workings. coal
Last ummer, the earth o. 80
street. a thoroughfare upon which there
is heavy traffic, at a point a short ols-
lance off Main street, gave way ailu an
abvss 25 feet across and 70 rect long
was revealed to the astonlsheu saZe
of early risers among the opula
The hole in the ground was more me-
100 feet deep and it ran directly uhdel
the front basement wall OF a laIge
frame building, which was suspended
above ii for a day or two. Ihat caNelN
was filled with rock and earth many
wagon loads of material being required
for the filling.
threatened with a similar visitation, as
soon as the frost leaves the ground
sufficiently to permit the earth IN the
roofs of the tunnels to slougn away
includes one of the heaviest BRICK pulld-
ings in Lead, now occupied oy tle NE
thccter, : jc-;c!ry store and d piano
store, with a large amusement han on
the second floor. 1t is stated hat so
fearful is the Homestake Mining COM
pany of suits for damage which may
result from the cavinS in OF property
above their unnels and shafts, that
the company is endeavoring to buy out
the business of several merchants or
Lead, whose stores are in the threat
ened district, and among them IS that
OF the G.. A. Gushurst, the most I'M
portant grocer in the city.
Men who haV visited the under
ground workings of the mine recently,
are said to have reported that the con-
dition is very unsatisfactory as to the
underground supports and thai there
is danger Of serious falling in of the
earth at various points.
The Burlington Railway company op-
crates a trolley line, carrying very
heavy cars the full length of Main
street III Lead, and the passing to n
fro of these cars is believed also to
have a disturbing effect upon the un-
d~erpinning of the city.
DYNAMITE IN CULTIVATION
UNDERTAKEN BY FARMERS
Miller, S. D, April 1.-The plant
ing of dynamite in the hard sub soil
OF Ile central part OF the state lS De
ing tried by a number of people who
will experiment with a few acres at
first. Some two feet down from the
surface over a great area OF the state
the ground is too hard for the water to
soak in and naturally trees, alfalfa or
vegetation with roots penetrating deep
Town have difficulty in making rapid
growth. 1t is believed and claimed by
those who know that sticks OF dynamite
placed here and there in the ground
and shot off will tear the earth up
and allow the water to soak Town SO
that the soil will be in perfect condi-
ton afterwards for trees or crops of
any kind. 1t is likely that this method
of treating the ground will become
popular as soon as 1t is demonstrated
beyond doubt to be practicable
RAILROAD COMMISSION
OUTLINES ITS WORK
Pierre, s. D., April 1.-The South
Dakota railway commission at it's reg
ular monthly meeting here yesterday
decided to hold hearings at Aberdeen,
April Q; Watertown. April 3: Sioux
Deadwood April 6, at which all ship
pers and wholesalers are invited to b.
present and lodge any complaints con-
corning the recent changes in the
western classification.
A hearing concerning these changes,
III NAA1NAA IA "SSICll al d Z
Joined as plaintiffs, will be held at
Washington on April 16, at which the
South Dakota board will be repre-
scented by COMMISSIONS Rice and At
torney Dougherty. Another series of
hearings will be arranged at Cuthbert
n Kaylor on the Milwaukee. where
requests for depots will be considered,
and at Wagner, where the complaint of
the Missouri Valley Telephone company
against the Farm n Home Telephone
company for a refusal of connections
will be listened to, the dates to be from
April IA to 16. Attorney Dougherty is
arranging for a hearing for some time
this month on the complaint of Con-
rad Kolhaus. against the Wallace Elev-
ator company for refusal to return
grain stored with them.
The Northwestern has so arranged
its train service north of Aberdeen thai
the people along it's line can come tc
town to trade without spending the
night away from home. The NJ. & ST
l.. reports that it has finally installed q
depot agent at Troy. This is a very
long standing grievance. The STRAIT
ford Cement Block company makes
complaint against the st. Louis con.
corning the rates charged on ice from
Lake Kampeska to Stratford, maintain.
ing that a discrimination is made il
favor of Aberdeen.
MARVIN MONITOR SAGE
DROPS INTO PROPHESN
Aberdeen, S. D., April 1.-Johr
Mariner, editor of the Marvin IS. D.,
Monitor, has some reputation as {
weather prophet, and in his paper this
week he states his belief in the old sigl
that the prevailing winds for the tive
weeks after the sun crosses thevequatol
will be the prevailing winds for thu
season and give a very good indication
of the weather for the crop season. H,
states he has observed the working on
of this sign for the past IL years ant
has never known it to fail. This yea,
the winds during that period have beer
from the northwest, northeast ant
southwest. being pretty evenly divided
in those directions, and on those prem
ises bases the following prediction
Small grain will be a, good averag,
crop, while corn will make a splendit
growth but Will not mature so well a.
last year. Vegetables will be a GOO
crop. and flax on new ground will b,
a winner II sown by June 10. Late fla,