city changes dump

The city dump grounds west of De Smet is being closed, and a new one opened a half mile east of the old creamery building, at the edge of Silver Lake, according to F. M. Andrews, mayor. The old grounds will be cleaned up as rapidly as possible and the land reclaimed for farming purposes.

The action of the city will remove one of the eye-sores of the vicinity. The old dumping ground lies along the railroad track and near a road, and is offensive to the people living in the west end of the city.

The new location is ideal – if there can be an ideal dumping ground location. It is near the outlet of the sewer disposal pipe, over the rise of ground that slopes to Silver Lake, and not near to any dwelling. The grounds is out of sight of all roads and houses, and the old bed of the drained lake can gradually be filled up with refuse. -- February 24, 1924, De Smet News

So. Six months after "draining" Silver Lake, except for the sewage, I suppose, it was demoted from becoming "hay and pasture land" to becoming the town dump. Lovely.
- posted by pioneergirl at 9:52 PM