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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-09-27
Rotice of Application to Sell Land.

State OF South Dakota, County of Pennington,
IS. In County Court.
In the matter Of the estate of John A. Dunning,
Deceased
1t appearing to this court, from the petition
this day presented and filed by JULIA A.
SEESE, the guardian of the person and estate
OF Anna Dunning, minor. praying for an order
OF sale OF certain real estate belonging to said
ward, that it would be to the interest Of the
estate OF the said Anna Cunning, that such
real estata should be sold.
1t is hereby ordered that the next of kin of
the said ward, and all persons interested in the
SAID estate. appear before this court on satur,
day, the goth day OF October, A.. d., 1895, at
1000 o'clock a. M, at the court room Of said
court, at Rapid lily, S. D., Pennington county,
thed and there to show cause why an order
should not be granted for the sale Of such
estate.
Dated at Rapid City, S. D Sept. 26, 1895.
BY the Court:
JAMES BOYD,
Judge of the County county.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-09-27
THE END Of THE LAND LOAN.
Nee Replies to Anderson's Remarks
in Conclusion.
operation.

4, Nee Replies to Anderson's Remarks
in Conclusion.
IS Mr.. Anderson has not presented a
single new argument on the objections
raised by me to the land loan idea. as a.
system Of money, [ deem it best to make
nos further reply, as to answer his last
wd2ld cover the whole range Of political
economy from Adam Smith down to
Otto Anderson, which would neither be
profitable to the newspaper nor interest
ing to the reader. However I must cor
rect him in a few particulars.
In the first place all his talk about my
opposing the Omaha platform, is all
bosh. This land loan falacYs is NOT A
PART OF THE OMAHA PLATFORM, and the
500 delegates who assembled tht re
showed their good sense in keeping it
out. Senator PETER and other leading
populists who we're proposing to drop
the free silver plank and take up this
crazy scheme, / n 1896 were opposing the
platform. But 1T was not because
they opposed it, but because Of the dam
gerous scheme they proposed to substl-
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-09-27
Notice of Mortgage Sale.

Whereas, Default has been made in the con-
ditions OF that certain mortgage dated on the
Frederick f. Morley and Mary Morley, his wife,
to the Rapid City Building and loan Associa,
tion, OF Rapid City: south Oak ia, a corpora
gage was recorded in the Office OF the register of
deeds OF Pennington county, South Dakota, on
the l5th d"y. OF September, 1890. at $50
cages on page SIS. That no action or proceed
ing at law Or otherwise has been had to recover
the amount secured by the said mortgage or
in the failure to pay the sum of S23.75 monthly
payments for each Of the months of June, July,
August, September, octobep, November and
February, March, April, May, June, Iuiy
August and September in the year 1895, being
the monthly dues on fifteen shares of stock in
Series "a Of the Rapid City Building and Loan
Association Of Rapid City, South Dakota, and
the monthly interest installments as provided
IN said mortgage; which said monthly payment
day in each month amounting at this date to
been paid except the sum OF $3.50 pad as fol,
10, 1895 A.d also in the failure to pay the fines
imposed by the bylaws of said association, for
failure to pay the above mentioned dues and
Interest which fines amount to the sum of
S93.75 at this date, and further default has
been made IN the failure to pay the taxes
assessed against said premises and which are d
lien there on, for the years OF 1891, 1892, 1893
and 1894. amounting to the sum OF 1884. IA.
And whereas, the amounts now claimed to be
due upon the said mortgage is the sum OF
~Sl,376.32. to-wit: principal, $500. 50; monthly
dues and interest. $3.50, less the sum of SAT. so,
paid as follows: $33.75 december II. 1884
and PIE Jan. 10, s95 Fines, sa3.75
costs of this proceeding.
Now. Therefore; Notice is hereby given that
by. virtue OF the power OF sale contained in the
said mortgage, and in pursuance of the statute
in such cases made and provided. the said
mortgage will be foreclosed by sale OF the said;
mortgaged premises. to-wit: The west half
(deing the west 12R feet) Of lot twelve (12) and
a an | Of lots thirteen az and fourteen ldd} in
the original townsite Of Rapid City, South
Dakota, at public auction at the front door of
the Court house in Rapid City, Pennington
county. South Dakota, on the 18th day OF
November, 1898, at ten O'Clock a. m. OF said
day.
September, 1895. JOHN i. INGERsOL,
Sheriff of Pennington County, S. ID.
w. D.. TEMPLE, Attorney for Mortgagee.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-09-27
McGee's Mill Burned.

On last Thursday, the saw mill owned
by MCGEE Bros. & Co., was burned in
Guiding the lumber IN the yard and
other valuable apparatus belonging to
the mill. They were all absent from the
mill but a hired man, who was at dinner
when the fire occurred. There was no
insurance and was a total loss and
amounts to about $1,000. Notwith-
standing their misfortune, we are in
formed they intend to rebuild and start
up Immediately.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-09-27
Stock Sale.

j. NJ. Woods is advertising a large
number OF stock for sale commencing
October 81, and ~continuelng for three
days. The stock that that will be Of
ferred consists Of registered trotting
horses, range cattle and registered
thoroughbreds Of various kinds. This
will be II OF the largest stock sales
ever held in the Hills.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-09-27
Change Of Pastors.

Rev. A. j. Cheeseman, pastor OF the
M. p. church in this city during the past
year has been transferred to the Grand
Island, Nebr. circuit and will be sta
toned at Fullerton, and a Mr.. j. w.
Robinson OF Central City, Nebraska has
been assigned to this charge. Mr.. Robin
on comes well recommended as an able
nd sincere worker.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-09-27
DIED.

Harry Glockner, better known as "Bismark''
died at his ranch, eight miles east of Hill City,
Mr.. Glockner was well known through
out the Hills, having lived here since
the early DAYS. His death was caused
by drinking too much cold water while
his body was over heated.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-09-27
ANOTHER PURCHASE MADE.
The B. H. Cooperative Co. Adds
Another...Industry.
WILSON'S HARNESS sHOP::BoUGHT

me ompany Engage Mr.. Wilson to
Superintend the Repair Shop
Everything Moved and In
the Company's Block.
When the Black Hills Cooperative
Co. launched out on the troubled sea of
commerce. eight months ago with the
intention Of selling goods at ten per cent
profit and then dividing that profit.
among the very persons who had peen
benefited by the low prices for which the
goods were sold, q great many persons
2claimed that snch a thing could not be
done, scoffed at the idea and in every
other way tried to discourage the ven
ture. But the men who formed the
company went quietly to work, raised
enough monev to purchase a stock OF
groceries and began business. From the
start the volume of business exceeded
the expectation OF the most sanguine
and after the first month the ventur
was proven q. success. 1t was the inten-
ton OF the company at the beginning to
take all branches of trade into the con-
Germ so the farmer-the producer could
not only purchase his groceries at a
reasonable figure, but his dry goods,
- 4 = ~. 1-I
clothing, hardware and everything slse
as we'll. And 1T was very decided that
as the farmer al to be the person ben
Gifted. let him b~enefithimself, or in other
word make the business itself add the
other branches as it increased. Before
long 1t was proved that the most ben
eticial thing for the farmer aside from
groceries was flour. so, accordingly. as
soon as possible, satisfactory arrange
ments were made with the owners of the
Gate City Mills, the mills were added
to the concern and are now turning out
three new brands OF flour atprices which
cannot be equaled in the Black Hills.
One OF the most important branches
was the harness business and when they
began the company purchased the entire
stock of harness, saddles etc.. owned by
E. Howe, the veteran harness man of
Rapid City. The stock vas one 81 the
best in the country, and only needed II
harness and saddle repair shop in con.
nection to make it the most complete in
the Black Hills. In order to complete
this branch, last week the
purchased the j. E. Wilson establish
ment OF Rapid City and now has a
harness department where you can
purchase anything from the finest set of
harness to a leather string, at a price
never before thought OF IN the Black
Hills. Mr.. j. E. Wilson, one OF the
finest harness and saddle makers that
ever came to the Black Hills, has been
engaged by the company to superintend
the repair shop. Mr.. Wilson has been
in business ten years IN Rapid City and
his work is to we'll known to need any
overture to the harness and saddle users
OF the country. As fast as the business
justifies. other departments will be added
to the Black Hills Cooperative Com
pany and it lies entirely with the far
mers themselves whether the concern
will continue to be the success it has so
far and il it does they will receive the
! benefits, for such are the objects Of CO.
operation.
!. THE END OF THE LAND LOAN.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1895-09-13
f silvah. Well, jis' as all de SCHOLARS

of silvah.' Well, jis' as all de SCHOLARS
who had dar parts larnt war swal-
lowin' down, 'cordin' to de rule OBJ de
school, the good-for-nuffin niggah
what KEEP de doah bus out latin his
bes'. what yo' latin at, yo' brack
rascal?' says Coin. Den de niggah he
say: Didn't you say fodder day dis
Govahment mustn't bay silvah, 'kase
buyin' made it commodity, and sill
yah didn't want to be dat?' In cose I
said so, says Coin. AN didn't you
say that all de Govahment got to do
to fotch up silvah war to weigh it and
put on de Govahment stamp?' In
cose 1 did, says Coin. well, den,
says de niggah, 'how much you 'spose
de price OBJ mules would be riz eff, in
stead of buyin' and payin' down de
spot cash for 'em. de Govahment only
sent 'roun' man wild brandin' ir'n
to bran 'em u. S. on de dank?' Den
ole Hutch, who had been takin' lit
tie nap on one of de back seats, got to
latin and fell off, and dey got de news
down to de Bode of Trade dat dar was
big tumble in wheat. So de next
day Coin he 'pollygize to de school
foh de niggah not havin' his paint COM
mitted and comm in wrong and spilln'
de show, an he say he gwine to hlah a
new do keepah eli he have to pay TO-
bits mo- a week. "-Sigourney (Ia.)
Review.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1895-09-13
4 Serious Experiment.

The free coinage of silver and the
substitution of new unit and meas
ure Of value for the existing one in
the business transactions Of the COM
try is not an ordinary experiment
which can be safely tried to-day and
abandoned tomorrow if found injuri-
Gus, because the immediate conse-
quences of such step would be 50
far-reaching and SO enduring that
they would continue to be felt for
years after the policy hal been re-
versed. 1t is incumbent, therefore,
upon those who insist upon the adop-
ton of this revolutionary policy to
show plainly and conciusively in adj
vance not only that it would result in
no injury, but that it would be posi-
lively beneficial, for if not positively
beneficial the change would at least be
wholly useless. This cannot be done
by appeals to the excited passions and
prejudices of the people, by attempts
to array one class of our citizens or
one section OF our country against an
other, or by loose and ektravagant
statements unsupporte by facts and
reasons. The questions involved are
too serious, the interests to be affected
are too large and the common sense
of the people is too strong to justify
or even excuse this course OF treat
ment. John G. Carlisle,
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1895-09-13

''The fact is, we want nothing cheap
but money" is the frank declaration
of the National Waterman, a leading
cheap money organ. Of course not.
The editor of that paper wants things
scarce and dear. Cheapness means
easy production, so he wants things to
be hard to get. His wife may buy
goods when they are marked down,
but he waits to buy when prices are
way up. He always hires the printers
who do the least work for the most
wages, pays the highest prices for the
poorest paper, and never thinks Of
such wicked inventions as labor saw
ing presses. He travels by stage coach
instead of railroad, and he uses candles
because their light costs more than
that from oil. He always buys in the
dearest market, and would shudder at
the idea of getting anything at bar
gain. Like true American, he never
tries to think of some way of doing
work easier, for that would mean that
things would become cheaper. He is
. consistent, straight-out advocate of
everything dear but money, and that
he wants as cheap land as poor as it
can be made.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1895-09-13
A WRONG DIAGNOSIS.

A doctor writing in the California
Medical Journal asks: "What is the
actual value of gold?" aud answers his
question by saying: ''Simply ictit
ious or fiat value; placed upon it by
legislation" If this doctor knows no
more about the science of medicine
than he does of finance, his patients
will have on excellent chance of test
ing the value OF fat drugs and pills,
with possibly the result that they will
recover quicker than if they swallowed
real mixtures compounded according
to his directions. And if he should
have occasion to bring suit for pro-
fessional services rendered. the patient
could plead as defence that the value
of such services was merely fictitious
or fiat value, fixed by legislation.
The error into which this California
doctor has fallen is one which is COM
mon to all cheap money advocates. and
especially to silverites. They believe,
or pretend to believe, that value is
something created by law, and placed
by Governments on gold, silver or
paper. That it is purely delusion
can be seen by supposing the
laws making gold the stand
ard of value to be repealed. At
once the natural laws OF
trade would force the selection by
business men of some common measure
of values What would be the material
need for such measure? 1sit not GER
tain that because of the very qualities
which make gold the superior money,
that metal would be used by tar the
largest number of persons? A few
might use silver, but when they found
that the rest were using gold, they
would see the advantage Of having the
same standard as those with whom
they traded. So that without any
legislation gold would continue to be
the standard money of the country.
The value of gold depends on the
cost of production, and the demand for
it both in the arts and for money, and
if the supply continued as at present,
its value would be the same. The
Government $ stamp puts no value into
the gold coin, for the gold is worth as
much as bullion as When coined. There
is no possible way by which Govern
ment fat can add fictitious value to
any substance. No silverite will pre-
tend that legislation could make six
teen ounces of iron worth one ounce
of copper. or that the value OF either
iron or copper is fictitious. And it Is
just as impossible for Government to
give value to the two rarer metals,
gold and silver. The Oakland doctor
will have to make new diagnosis OF
siiver's weakness and the strength OF
gold.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1895-09-13
TEXAS SILYERITES.
They Expose Their Ignorance by
Adopting a Silly Resolution.


The platform of the Texas silverite
convention held at Fort Worth on
August 9th, declared: "That that act
(the coinage law of 1879 by striking
down on e-halt of the standard money
of redemption, has caused the destruc-
ton OF thousands of millions of dol
lars of the value Of property" The
silverites therefore resoluted some
more and demanded the free and I'M
limited coinage of gold and silver at
the ratio Of 16 to l.
If the eminent free coinage states
men who wrote the Fort Worth plat
form had been more familiar with
facts, they might have modified their
statements, although the silverites, as
a rule, pay little attention to facts
which conflict with their pet schemes.
The charge that the law Of 1873 struck
down -halfof the standard money
of redemption" is preposterous in
vention OF free silver agitators. At
the time that the coinage of the silver
dollar was dropped there was practi-
cally no silver money OF redemption
in the country, whereas we now have
over S400,0O0,O0O. That certainly
does not look like striking down
silver.
But even if the claim of the silver
ties that silver has been demonetized
since 1878 were true, it would still be
false that the change in our coinage
laws caused "the destruction of thou
sands of millions of dollars of the
value OF property" Property has a
value according to its utility and cost
of production. If there was neither
gold nor silver in the world, property
would be just as valuable as it is now.
There IS no less real property in this
country because we do not measure
wealth by the silver standard. There
are Just as many farms, houses, rail-
roads, steamships, factories, stores,
ETC., and just as many goods of all
kinds, as there would have been if We
had used the silver instead of the gold
standard.
The material in which wealth is
measured has practically nothing to
do with the production and distribu-
ton of wealth. OF course an inferior
and fuctuating standard, by unset
Ting business enterprise, will hamper
industry. Bat the theory of the Tex
as silverites that what they call "money
of redemption" regulates the amount
of property, is ridiculous in the ex-
treme. What the Lone Star fnau-
ciers probably meant to say was that
the alleged contraction OF our metallic
currency caused great reduction IN
prices of property. But there has not
really been any contraction. for we
have now ten times as much gold and
silver money as we had in 1873. And
while there has been a decline in the
price of many articles it has been
caused by increased production, or by
new inventions, etc, winch have
greatly reduced the cost OF manufac-
turing goods.
Wild and unfounded assertions,
such as the Texas 16 to shouters re-
ly on for eupport, may delude the
people for short time, but the truth
will soon overtske the falsehood aud
sound money doctrines will prevail
| over those of debased currency.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1895-09-13
NO CORNER IN GOLD.

Silverites claim that the gold sup
ply of the world has been "cornered"
by the banks, who can compel the
Government to pay e1orbitant prices
for gold. Though this alleged gold
corner does duty as an argument in all
free coinage literature, it has not the
slightest basis in fact. There is no
corner in gold, and no way in which
the supply of that metal could be
monopolized if any persons were SO
foolish as to attempt it.
Gold is produced in various parts of
the world by thousands OF individuals
an3 mining corporations. 1t Is dealt
in like any other commodity by men
who make business OF handling the
precious metals. A large quantity of
it is bought by jewellers, gold leaf
manufacturers, dentists and other
tradesmen. In all large cities there
are merchants who deal in gold, and
there is no more difficulty in getting
gold than there is IN buying tin or sill
yer.
But the silverites will reply that at
least the gold money OF the world Is
locked up in bank vaults. This is
partly true, but it is merely because
the millions OF people who have saved
little gold consider the banks the
safest place in which to keep their
savings. Besides, by depositing their
money in the banks it can be more
readily loaned out than if each person
went round looking for borrowers.
Aud it is great mistake to suppose
that bankers wish to keep money
locked up. On the contrary, they are
always anxious to loan it out at inter
est, and keep in their vaults only
enough to meet unusual demands.
1t is true that there is not at one
time any large amount of gold coin in
circulation in this country, but the
reason is that paper currency (gold
certificates, etc., is so much more
convenient that the people will not
use gold in ordinary business trans
actions. But any person who wants
gold, and has any salable products to
exchange for it can always get it.
The theory of the cheap money ad-
vocates that the banks own all the gold
entrusted to them, is like the idea
that the safe-deposit companies have
monopolized all the stocks, bonds and
other securities, because the latter are
largely deposited with those COM
panies. A little thought will show
even those who have been deluded into
favoring free silver that the gold in
the banks belongs to millions Of
owners who can withdraw it if they
wish. And the fact that any person
who should try to monopolize gold
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1895-09-13
Why Silver Has Fallen.

The silver men say it is because the
United States demonetized silver in
1878. that it has gone down in value
until the silver in our silver dollar Is
only worth so cents.
They conveniently forget that the
United States was not the only Nation
to demonetize silver in 1873. Ger
many also demonetized silver in 1878.
France did the same in 1876, and In
dia the same in 1898; and since 1871,
Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Holland,
Russia, Austria, Switzerland and Bel
GUM have ceased the free coinage OF
silver.
The action of these principal Ma
tions of the earth has had at least as
much effect on the fnll in the price OF
silver as the action OF the United
States. But the great increase in the
annual production of silver has HAD
more effect on the decline in price
than any demonstration by any
country. The fall in the price of sill
yer has simply kept pace with the in
crease of production, the same as any
thing else.
The average production of silver In
the ten years prior to 1872 was, in
round figures, $50, 100000 each wear,
and the average price was S1.32 an
ounce. In 1886. the production had
increased to s120, 000,0 900, and natur-
ally the price had gone down to 80
cents an ounce. In 1892 and '93, the
annual production had reached the
enormous sum OF S196, 900, 900, and
the price most naturally went down to
IS cents; and the most remarkable
fact is that the fall in price has been
in nearly exact proportion right
straight through to the increase OF an
nual production.
Will any fair-mlnded man assert in
the face of these facts that increased
production has no effect on the fall in
price, but that decentralization of sill
yer by the United States has alone
produced this result Prom DR.. W.
P. Hills Argument Against Free Sill
yer Coinage at Is to l."
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1895-09-13
SMALL CHANGE.

The Democrats of Ohio, following
in the lead of those in Kentucky. have
pronounced by large majority in IA
vor of honest money. Six months
ago the free silver people of these
States supposed they were so strong
that no party would dare oppose them;
to-day they feel the ground slipping
from under them and a growing dir
illness in their 16 to l heads. The
absu1d ity of their position and the
falsity of many of their claims IS be-
coming apparent to all who think
with sound minds. The common
sense of the people, when appealed
to. is the best safe guard against fat
money legislation.