Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-10-20
SHOP, FORGE AND MILL.
LABOR ECh.A1 FROM ALI
POINTS Or THE COMPASS.
Special News About the IndUstrie,
One or the Busiest Couu.
tries in the World.

Edward J.. Campbell, an assistant mine
superintendent who had handled the dig.
gers for thirty years, has observed the
value OF different nauonalities. he saws
two Cornishmen are worth four Welsh
men n SIX OF any other race. They
are nearly without exception strong. act.
i've men, and are the best miners IN The
world. They are even more clannish thap
the Chinese, and as s0on as any con
siderable number get into a mine they
set systematically to work to drive M
others out and replace them with their
own countrymen. Oace let the Cornish
men have possession, and goodbye to
all good work. Such a Sc, of sLjrks
never existed. = = \ hplieya tb.t
today fully half the work ia Colorado i.
done BY N0rwegians. The ONLY timn
they shirk their work is after a dCl,auch.
| don believe there are such fearful
drunkards in The wurld. ! spree wiz
them IS not a matter OF days. Lut d.
weeks. The most dociie Of al work
men employed IN tie mines" MIR. Camp
bell went on 10 say, are The McxicanS.
They Lever think Of disobcying orders.
are always respectful, and >
strike ~ . thing unknown. = y =
American miners, who by the way are get
ting scarcer every day, while without the
SIKH OF the Cornishmcn, are by far The
most intelligent and trustworthy of az,
employed. Nearly all gangs possess on.
American ana all our prospecting is don.
by home talent. The trouble with thon,
lies in their wandering disposition. Tho,
seldom stay long ut one place, bciug anA-
ious 10 strike out for every new am,
heard Of
The blankets that the Navajo Indian
squaws Of Santc Re make are claimed to
be the best cover manufacturers in the
world. One IS known to haze been iu
use seventy years. They raise the,
sheep and spin aud I've The wool ther.
selves. What does the modern improve
ment Mend think of this output With "A
ir" sticks The San Francisco Carop'
Gle describes the loom thus.
The loom used in the manufacture OF
'heSe blankets IS about rs primitive -
piece OF machinery as can be found on
this SIDE OF The Atlantic. 1t consists Of .
bar Of wood fastened by raw hide Iups
10 lDe brahch of a tree about five ice.
from the ground. This bar is six feet
long and makes the width Of the blanket
10 1t is suspended another bar, to which
Is fastened a smaller bar with threads Of
warp tied round It.. The lower c0ds Of
the warp are secured TO similar y bar az
wood, and the whole arrangement IS
anchored by stones about Two inches from
the ground. 4 stick runs through The
warm hniIg tho ltnft,pt Il. ,,,I. ~
that he weaver is able 10 nm the threads
OF the wool through without trouble
the peculiar part Of the Ou,Gt. ana
what gives the blanket its remarkable
cioscness, is a hard wooden STICK shapeN
like an oyergrown bread knife, with
which the squaw drives home cyery
thread. she Away sits ot her work
and when ia" work has risen too HIGH for
her to reach 1t comfortably she runs :.
tuck in the bottom end and lets down the
upper by means of the rope. Tuis has IL
be done III the construction Of a futl sized
blanket several times. but q saddle
blanket can be made at one sitting. THAI
IL the Navajo version of the revolving
cloth beam. These blankets are inyari.
ably single ply. the pattern bpiug Tie
same on both sides. They cost from
$3.50 down to $50 each.
An employe Of the Panama Canal con-
pany tells tue uaTrisnuIg Telegraph that
the ANAL will not be finished in ten years
at least and at the cost Of hundreds Of
thousands Of dollars and thousands OF
lives. Some blacks from Liberia re
Gently arrived. They had nothing os
but breechclout aud necklace. They
soon struck and wanted to kill everybody
ill thn frnnpc obnt ~, xf ,b,u> I
The rest of them were sent home. The
Chimes soon give up the work and start
little stores. The men work from t
O'Clock till II a. m, and from I to &
o'clock in the afternoon. Their paw per
month is St5 and beard. For night work
% and 30 cents il paid for three hours.
When the people down there get tired or
their president they give him about $40
600 and retire him. Then they eject il
new man. The government sells the
right to The establishment OF gambling
houses, etc. One licensed store sells AZ
the opium; n man runs the butcher
shops. etc. They must pay dearly for
these privileges. The gambling monop-
oily costs Slsi, 600 per year.
Press and Printer saws: ''Journalism.
az a profession, is a creation OF the I.sl
al t~'ldi 20 stat TioiNS>Fpn, AZ ~
no Older than the telegraph, But today
il is the supreme power Of the world.
Fifty years ago the orators ruled Amer
lea; today it Is ruled by the editors This
sway will become far more absolute than
any Of rs can realize. See what has al
ready been done. We have put a news
paper into the hands of every man who
reads in the United States. For "A mere
tritle the new of the whole world is
spread ont before him day sfer day.
Can any other human agency DO as
muchs What is the ambition Of the
orator now? Not to make his speeches,
but to get them published. Mr.. C0nk-
ling and Mr.. EvartS cared very lit
tie for the audiences their voices
reached. for behind the few people there
they hcheld the millions OF readers OF the
daily press.
Our Norwegian, Swede and Scandi-
navian population ia an important part
of the great west. They are are in every
trade. OF the Seandinavians, llarper's
Weekly says:
They are the pioneers Of the later day,
and, going to the extreme western limits
of civilization. open up for permanent
settlement the barren portions Of our
country, Nearly all the land along the
rivers and lakes of Dakota has been