Garretson, South Dakota

C. W. Locke was appointed city physician, and the Garretson Prog-ress was made the official newspaper; ordinance No. 1, was introduced, fixing- the salary of the city officials at one dollar each for mayor and aldermen, one hundred dollars for the auditor, and for the treasurer two per cent, of all moneys collected. At a meetingheld December 14, Charles O'Leary was appointed street commissioner.

Passage source: History of Minnehaha County, South Dakota. Containing an Account of Its Settlements, Growth, Development and Resources ... Synopsis of Public Records, Biographical Sketches .., published 1899.

The Garretson Progress. - This newspaper was established at the city of Garretson, and its first issue g-iven to the public on the 12th day of November, 1889. It was a weekly newspaper, Republican in politics, and edited and published by Frank Eastwood, wdio remained in charg-e about three years. For a few months in 1892, while the political campaig-n was in prog-ress, a Mr. Hunt was in charg-e of this paper, and if there are any persons who were at that time candidates for office in Minnehaha county who did not g-et acquainted with him and loan him a few dollars, they must have been unusually hard pressed financially, or had little confidence in their election. The writer is on the list, but felt comfortable upon compairing notes with other candidates and finding- what amount they had contributed to this newspaper enterprise. After the campaig-n was over he soug-ht a new field. Dean P. Buell succeeded Mr. Hunt, and the first issue of the paper under his manag-ement was on the 23d day of December, 1892. He remained in charg-e until February 17, 1893, when J, B. Morrison of Sioux Falls became the owner of the plant, and continued its publication until July, 1894, when it again came into the hands of Frank Eastwood. He chang-ed the name of the paper to that of the Minnehaha County Herald, and shortly after sold out to Messrs. Edmison and Jameson of Sioux Falls, who issued their first paper on the 24th day of Aug-ust, 1894. They published it until March, 1896, when they sold out to Henry A. Beards- ley, who chang^ed the name back to that of The (rarretson Progress. December 1, 1897, the Ward Brothers of Dell Rapids bout^ht the paper and H. W. Ward took editorial charg-e of the same and has since been its editor and publisher. During- its entire career it has 1)een chiefly devoted to local matters, and at times has been a <»'ood newspaper. The present editor is eneru-etically endeavor injjf to make it a good county paper, and it is pleasing- to the writer to be able to sav, that he is succeeding- in doing- so, and that the livelv little cit\' of (iarretson has a newspaper worthy of the ])atronage of her citizens.

Passage source: History of Minnehaha County, South Dakota. Containing an Account of Its Settlements, Growth, Development and Resources ... Synopsis of Public Records, Biographical Sketches .., published 1899.

Biggs, Zane R., was born in Crawford ccjunty, Illinois, ^larch 29, 1851. He attended school and worked on a farm until seventeen years of ag-e, and then went to Burling-ton, Iowa, where he taug-ht school for seven years, after which time he attended Illinois State Normal school for one year. On the first day of June, 1877, he arrived in Vermillion, Dakota, and immediate!}' came to Sioux Falls. Verv soon thereafter he took up a homestead in Minnesota, a short distance from Valley Spring-s. He hired out the first year as a common laborer; the second year he broke up his land, and the third year he put in 156 acres of wheat, of which the orasshoppers harvested 80 acres, and the balance did not mature, so that he did not <)et one bushel of wheat. On the first day of January, 1882, he went into the office of Parliman & Frizzell at Sioux Falls, and commenced reading- law, where he remained a few months, and then went into the office of C. H. Wynn for two years. In April, 1883, he was admitted to the bar, and in 1884 removed to Valley Springs and practiced law for five years. He then went to Luverne, Minnesota, for one year, and in 1890 removed to Garretson, where he has since resided. At Garretson he has practiced law to some extent, but thinks he is almost too honest to make a livelihood in his profession, and has during- the last few 3^ears engag-ed in such business as offered a fair remuneration. He was elected justice of the peace in Valley Spring's, and has been city justice of Garretson and clerk of the school board. He is an honest, industrious citizen.

Passage source: History of Minnehaha County, South Dakota. Containing an Account of Its Settlements, Growth, Development and Resources ... Synopsis of Public Records, Biographical Sketches .., published 1899.

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