The Daily Plainsman from Huron, South Dakota • Page 7

DECEMBER 2 1929 1HB EVENING HuHONTTE. HURON. S. ML PAGE SAW MILL REVIVES TOWN IN HILLS, DESERTED 30 YEARS HOT SPRINGS, Dec. 26.

(IP) 1 Odell, almost forgotten "ghost town," located seven- miles cast of. here, where for more than 30 years crickets chirped unheard and unmolested on hewn-stone 'hearths, and where tottering chimneys have reminded oc- cislonal visitors of a once prosperous quarry camp, Is again resounding to the hum of Industry and the echo of children's laughter, Fred Schuler, who from his ranch home on the Cheyenne river watched the little town flourish, then wane, assured-it a- new cycle of life. Last June he had a Bawvmlll erected In the historic old canyon which 'bounds Battle mountain on the north. cutters soon commenced work. folloved them.

A s-ohool was started. For a brief at least, civilization again reigns in the rugged pass. At the mouth-, of Odell canyon, where it begins to broaden Into the plains, once flourished the village oi Odell. Maps back in the nineties designated it as conspicuously as Buffalo Gap, Oelrichs or even. Hot Springs.

'A colony of Nebraskans, led by the ambitious Sam Odell, had settled there, and for several years laboriously quarried the white sandstone found In the vicinity and teamed it Jown four miles of rough trail to the railroad. In widely separated parts of Nebraska, Iowa, Wyoming and South Dakota, churches, stores and public buildings of pure white, sandstone now stand that'could tell eloquently of pioneer industrial hardships, could they but speak. In Hot Springs, only th3 March lower-town store Remains of the once numerous Odell-stoiie buildings. Then, the same came when white sandstone wasn't longer, wanted. And Odell died.

Only old-timers remember it nowadays. Yet, back in the nineties today are overgrown ruins. And at least five died there. Today they sleep In the lonely grass grown cemetery, on a gentle southern slope, near the pine trees. There, burled side by side are the ii-months old child of O'Banion, Elizabeth Odell, who had passed three score and ten.

Little Diana Johnson, a tot of four when the- bite of a rattlesnake cut ehort her life, and Jim Carmichael, killed hy a bucking horse fr ntler figures, all. There is the weathered old school- louse--probably once red. Preserved from marauding cattle by a fence, It still looks sturdy. Now, for the first time ia more than thirty years, children's feet tread upon its rough floor and tiny hands scrawl alphabets upon Its cracked blackboard. Few other reminders of the old village remalnd, save In the minds ot men.

Judge M. L. Kanable, Hot Springs jurist, is one of the few. He remembers It well, for he came to Odell when he was but a youth. And John Hucbner.

He homesteaded on a quarter section alongside the thriving, bustling- little quarry city. The jaow mournful schoolhouse stands on land which he donated to the cause of civic enlightenment. When economic life the village flickered, then burned low, John reclaimed some of its lumber. -That's how he started the buildings on College Hill Iff Hot Springs now known as Huebner hotel. Odell is alive again.

But probably not for long. Lumbering camps spring up, thrive and their end comes soon. Thirty years from 'now. antiquarians following the- immortal train blazed by General Custer on the gold discovering expedition of 1S-17, which skirts the Black Hills not far away, will point over toward Battle Mountain and say: "Used to be a rip-tearing little lumber camp over there once, back in the twenties. Yes.

sir, an almost iorgot- SAYS CONDITIONS ARE ENCOURAGING ST. PAUL Conditions la the ninth federal reserve district after a year of good business are encouraging-. The drop In sto prices promises a return to greater Investment "at home" with Increased building actlvi- ty.and farm land purchasing; as re-fact, combined with the farmers' wlth- EUltS. That la tbe view of George H. Prince of St.

Paul, president of the First Bank Stock corporation, controlling 73 banks Including locations In every state the district, and chairman of state In the district, and chairman of What Blowing up activity will follow the collapse In prices of securities will be confined to luxury, lines, he believes. "Farmers In thlj grain marketing territory had leas than the average yield this year," Mr. Prince said. "This holding of crops trom the market on advice of the federal farm board will affect their capacity to buy farm equipment, add Improvements and generally help keep up consumptive levels. Conditions In, the corn, raising areas, however, should be better than a year ago.

"In some of our northwestern cit- lea of from 2,500 to 7,500 population, certain men have ventured Into the stock market tov the first time during the last two years. Most of them either lost their profits or sustained even heavier loss. We are Inclined to be- lieve that a "oodly percentage of these men will return to of investment closer to: homo and about which they. are better informed. "Previously they were largely Investors In farm land.

Other things being equal, there Is reason to hope that there will be some trend back toward purchase of farm lands with a consequent increase in farm land values. "Clearly wo are headed for easier money. Construction iu small towns and cities has been delayed should go ahead a a result." Farmers Object To S. D. Paving Program GREGORY, Dec.

recent meeting of the Fanners Union, held 1 at Winner, there -was some discussion of paved roads, and the members oE the union went on record as being opposed to a program of paving South Dakota. In their resolution the members declared that they were not In favor ot this plan until tho farm to market roads have been completed. more than fifty nersons lived where tea 'ghost UMB FEEDING IN SHOWS GAIN BROOKINGS, Dec. 2-1--(IP)-- All information available'December 1 points to 3. larger number of lambs and sheep on feed market than at the same time last year, Joseph L.

Orr, federal agriculture statistician for South Dakota, said today in his November report on the Iamb feeding situation. Increased feeding is indicated in the totals in both the corn belt states and in the feeding areas of the wes- tern states, the report said. It said total number on feed early in De- ctmber this year was probably at least as large as that date in any recent year. This is the- first year since 1925 in which there was an increase in both the corn belt and western states In the same year, Mr. Orr reported, explaining that in other-years-an increase in one area tended to Joe offset'by a lecrea.se in the oth- ious cruelty," he told the prisoner, and the ojily thing to do is to make ou suffer something like the pain ou Inflicted on her." A very tough young fellow, and iroud of it, who helped another ruffian beat and rob an old man, was given nine months imprisonment and 2 strokes with the cat.

His compan- on, even, tougher than he, got 15 months' hard labor and IS lashes. Flogging is not, ot course, a legal punishment for all offenses. And since 1791 it has been Illegal to flog a woman, no matter what her offense. FOREIGN TRADE IN 1929 IS HIGHEST WASHINGTON, review of foreign trade in shows it was the most active the. nation has ever known.

Exports rose steadily to new high levels and imports showed a marked "The shipments of feeding lambs and sheep, inspected, at markets, Into the corn belt states during November were the largest for the month since 1922," the report said, being about 40 per cent larger than the average November movement during the preceding five years. The total such shipments for the five months July to November, Inclusive was six per cent larger than for these months last year, and the second largest for the period since 1920. "While there -was some decreas' from last year in the direct ship ments of feeding lambs, not passing through stockyards, into the state east of the Missouri river, this de crease was probably offset by an in crease of sucii shipments into th states west the river. The return movement of fed lambs before December 1 does not appear to have been any larger, as large, as last year." The federal report showed some increase In lamb feeding in Colorado over last year, and a cosiderabtc increase in feeding in Wyoming and Montana. In the area west of the continental divide, there were probably about as many lambs on feed December 7.

as oa that date last year, it was reported. Increases were showiy in California and Nevada, with some increase probably iu Idaho. Considerable decreases were reported. In Oregon and Washington and some decrease in TJtali. Since hay prices over most of this area were, high and pi-ices of other feeds advancing, it is probable that not as xtnany lambs as last year will be put into feed lots after December 1.

the- reprrt said. REVIVE FLOGGING TO CHECK CRIME increase. The most significant development was the increased shipping to foreign markets of finished manufactures. For the first time in the history of the United States they comprised approximately half of the total exports. Full figures for the year, which necessarily are not available until well into the new year, are expected to show an excess of exports over 102S.

and when the value of money is considered, an excess over any past year. In the first 10 months of 1929, exports amounted to $4,374,261,000. That was an increase ot $266,661,000 over the same period ot a year ago. Imports for the 10 months amounted to to $3,752,000,000, as compared with $3.423,471,000 for all ot 192S. In.

the steady Increased flow of American manufactured products to foreign market, officials see the greatest contribution to American prosperity, and that trend is expected to continue in 1930. In past years other exports have been greater, but when these raw materials are- worked inf finished produces by American labor and American industry before being marketed abroad, many dollars are added to this country's industrial treasures. Exports of automobiles and machinery were outstanding in the In- reased export of manufactured pro- ucts. For the first time since the ivil war cotton was supplanted as he leader in exports during the -first ix months by While exports of finished manufac- ures totaled 50.6 per cent of the total for the first 10 months of ,929, cotton and wheat were expected retain the lead for other than fln- hed products for the year. A great part of the credit for the growth of exports of manufactured goods is attributed by commerce department officials to American factory methods and American salesmanship: Warte TFerncr ture Service Writer) crime, timidly lifting up its head in England, Is being scourged back into submission that old familiar implement justice--the cat-o'nlne-tails.

For while Englishmen love to read about crimes of violence, ana dote particularly on exaggerated accounts of criminal reigns of terror in America's bi- cities, they don't like crimes of violence in tlieir own country, fact they won't for them. So English magistrates, are not hes- itntinjr to revive the old custom. Magistrates at Leeds, Liverpool and J.Jaidstcne have answered, violence the whip In recent cases, ant Sere in London's famous criminal court, the Old Bailey, judges have been shaking the dust oft the cat-o'nine- tails and letting brutal offenders-learn tow it feels to be treated brutally. The magistrate who man to 13 months' imprisonment for attacking a girl and robbing her did 'not stop with that. He ordered fifteen strokes with the cat by way of empha sis.

Another Justice, sentencing a paint who had followed a gervant gir home and beaten 'and robhed her, or dered 18 lashes with the cat to plepnent hla" Incarceration. "You treated that MOST CENTRALS LOCATED PRICE Service Shoe Shop Hundreds of women to have a Happy New Year with high grade style Footwear bought at the I SHOP at HALF PRICE Beginning Thursday a. m. and Ending New Year's Eve, Dec. 31 $12 Shoes will be sold at $6.00 $10 Shoes will be solcl at $5.00 $8 Shoes will be sold at $4.00 and so on Such a reduction on High Grade Footwear and expert fitting service on quality shoes is still unheard of in any other city- Included is pretty, stylish footwear of the late past season--each and every pair is a snappy model of the Service Shoe Shop style, fit and quality, merchandise.

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Bora raised In Huron, S. D..