Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1915-07-31
GOOD ROADS.

The Governor of Nebraska, in pro-
clamation has designated July 80 and 80
as good roads days for Nebraska people.
He asks that all citizens interested in
the matter of better roads to devote one
or both Of the days to making the roads
better and says: 1T is just as essential
to have good roads as it is to have good
houses and barns.
The Nebraska governor has the right
idea for there is hardly any improvement
in a community that is superior to good
roads. In this part of Custer county the
roads are badly in need of repairs, and
while the county commissioners are
willing to spend some money in rene
dying this condition the county road
fund is somewhat limited, and such re-
pairs can be made only on the most i'm
portant roads. The Gazette believes
that special good roads days should be
set apart and designated for South Da-
kota, and knows that the people of this
county would respond to such on inyi-
tation and gladly donate one or two
more days work to the betterment Of
roads where it is impossible for the
county or township to do the work.
Buffalo Gap Gazette.
BEAVER VALLEY AND VICINITY.
BY p. KING
July 26 1915.
Forest Raver was a business visitor in
Hot Springs last Saturday.
Fay Somarindyck and Albert Aaberg
were riding in this vicinity last week
looking for horses.
Fred Warden and family were taking
an outing in the northern Hills last week
looking for raspberres.
Peter Caulson, formerly Of this place,
but now of Florida, was back shaking
hands with his old time friends last
week.
Walter Scott was transacting business
in the Springs Saturday. He reports
everything in good condition in his
locality.
Hugh Page was in the city last Satur-
day from the Argyle community. He
reports everything up to the standard in
that vicinity, and small grain little
above that.
Dave Flanagan of Argyle, is suffering
from fractured foot, caused by horse
falling on him 1t will be some time
before Mr.. Flanagan will be able to do
very much work.
II. w. Henshaw, chief Of the Bio
logical Survey, of Washington, d. c.,
was here few days last week looking
over the game preserve and park. He
is well pleased with this location as
game preserve and says it is going to
prove one of the best if not the best in
the United States. This is Mr.. Hen
shaw's second visit to the park.
viii McClaren and crew have moved
to the work in the south end ofthe coun-
ty, and are enCamped near Albert
Aaberg's place, They are doing good
job on the road. and have shortened up
the distance in some places. This will
give Custer County as good road to the
Wind Cave as Fall River County has,
and is great Improvement.
State Geologist Freeman Ward, of the
South Dakota University at Vermillion,
is making a reconnaissance of the Black
Hills preparatory to working up interest
for the legislature to appropriate funds
for the commencement of a state survey
and detailed survey work to locate and
determine the states natural resources.
Mr.. Ward, accompanied by his wife and
daughter, arrived in Custer Sunday
evening and has been making numerous
examinations in this part of the Hills.
He was formerly assistant professor of
geology at Yale and for several years
has conducted research work with stu
dents in the Hills in the summer.
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