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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-12-23
PROGRAMME

To be rendered at the Presbyterian
church in Beaver, or Christmas Eve;
Song-'Peace on Earth. Good VIII To-
ward men," BY the Sunday School.
Prayer-Rev. Bagsley,
Address of Welcomc-Supt. Daves.
Song-lrfant Class.
Song Dot Heron.
Recitation Maud Thoma5.
Song-Male Quartette,
Orchestra.
Song-Class No. 3.
Recitation-Nora Quinn.
Song-Belle Drummond.
Song-Mixed Quartette,
Orchestra.
Recitation-Jennie Weir.
Solo-Dyke Ballinger.
Song-By the Endeavorers,
Tableau.
Address by Santa Claus, and distribution
of presents.
This Christmas Eve entertainment is
given by the Beaver Sunday School ex>
clusively, aAd the members hope to see
all their friends and well-wishers present
to enjoy the occasion. The exercises
will not be long or tiresome, as it is well
understood that the chief object of inter
est OF such occasions is the gift-laden
tree, and the great desire is for good old
Santa Claus 10 make his appearance and
distribute the presents. Everybody is
cordially invited to come.
All who have presents which they
wish placed on the tree should deliver
them, properly and plainly labelled, not
later than 2 o'clock on Friday afternoon.
How do you like our Christmas sup
plement?
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-12-23

The o. X, Mercantile company has a
ton, and it is all new and up TO date,
Prices low as the lowest.
LIBERAL, KANSAS.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-12-23

Cross 8 on left side and hip. Ear marks,
crop and underslope LETT ear, and underbit
night ear. Range on Beaver aud Cimarron,
Ef- / will pay $500 reward for information
thst viii convict any party or parties OF kill
Ing or stealing any cattle In the above brands.
r. X. PERRY.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-12-23

Lots Of people in town this week.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-12-23
Of Local Interest.

Take in the dance Christmas night.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-12-23
". j. RHODES, Nye, OKLA.

Ripans Tabules.
Ripans Tabules assist digestion.
Ripans Tabules: pleasant laxative.
Ripans Tabules: one gives RELIEF.
Ripans Tabules III torpid liver.
Ripans Tabules: at druggists.
Ripans Tabules cure indigestion.
Rlpans Tabulss cure bad breath.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-12-23

How do you like our Christmas sup
plement?
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-12-23

Wallace Quinn came down from Lbs
eral yesterday.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-12-23

Entered nj postofice at ljcayer 0. T. as
second class matter April ~, 1895.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-12-18

timber on the government lands wb;le
~ reality it was expended so that a
large percentage Of the money would
reach the pockets Of certain officials
VINO were prominent in the distribution
o' The funds. While on the other hand
NOT one dollar was expended by the
government to put out fires which were
destroying thousands of acres OF mature
umoer and hundreds of thousands OF
acres OF young timber. What the peo.
PIE OF the Black Hills want is protection
OF The timber from fires, and the whole
SAFE destruction of the young timber
rom the axmen. Ninety per cent of
Inc hres in the Hills are set by sparks
rom locomotives and by lightning. Yet
no provisions are made to compel the
railroad companies to put in spark ar
resters or to put ont fires when started
by their Locomotives.
IF congress will pass laws for the ap-
peintment Of timber wardens, givine
them power to call out the male .popula.
fion to put out fires and cut wire fences
wherever found on government land,
compel the wardens to do their duty.
and give the same rights as now exist
10 miners, railroads. wagon roads. water
fitches, fumes. pipe lines, etc, the
Block Hills people will be found ready
o assist the government at any and all
lines in the preservation of the timber
IN government lands"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-12-18
Fire Wardens Needed.

A local correspondent Of the Rapid
City Journal submits the following sem
sible suggestions in relation to the
preservation Of the timber Of the Black
Hills. which will be of special interest
to the local readers of this paper:
The several parties of the United
States Geological survey which have
been working in the Black Hills since
July last have on account of the unfav.
orable weather and short days discon.
tinued work in the field until May, 1898.
These surveyors have been doing work
to determine the area to be set aside as
a forest reserve and to determine which
is mineral and which is agricultural
land. 1t was hoped to finish the field
work this year SO that it could be
definitely defined which land was en-
brsced in the forest reserve. The work
ings Of the new law governing the forest
reserves will be watched with much
interest by interested people in all parts
of the country. 1t will here be tried
under conditions not found elsew here
in the United States. The Black Hills
mineral section 10 composed Of about
nine tenths states and schists, the bal
ance. GRANTEES and porphyritic and
eruptiye rocks The states and sehists
are easily eroded. consequently there
are thousands of valley parks, very fat
with much rich agricultural land.
Nearly all Of the valleys and parks have
been appropriated by settlers who com
bine farming. mining and stock raising.
In other countries the mineral ground Is
found in belts. generally of small extent.
In the Black Hills the mineral belt
covers the entire slate and schist area, q
tract seventy miles in length and about
twenty fve miles in width. 1t is not
claimed that the entire tract is net
work Of gold mines. In addition to
gold there is silver. COPPER, antimony,
bismuth, tin, lead. nickel. molly bdenite,
mica wolfram, zinc. uranium, barite,
iron, asbestos, pyrite. manganese. mag
nestle, tale, quartz, roofing slate. graph
ite. feldsrar. spodumens. fuller's earth
and other minerals. II 10 safe to say
that there Is not one quarter section
within the entire archaen area of the
Black Hills which does not contain a
mineral vein OF some value.
"Ths Impression prevails In the east
that the people of the west and the
Black Hills In particular are unani-
mously opposed to the protection ofthe
timber on government lands by forest
reserve. such is not tine cass. i'hhs The
people Of the Black Hills are, with the
exception Of the saw mill men, unit
for the protection of the timber and
grasses. not only on government land
but on all OF the lands of the Black
Hills. Tho reasons for the determined
opposition to tho reserve declared by
Cleveland. was that the proclama,ion
was unlaw wfuTly made and that instead
OF being protection 10 the timber It
would ifit had been pot into execution
Insured the certain dsattucsion OF large
tracts oftimbsr. During The last twenty
years ~ least 5000 trees have been
destroyed BY flre for each one destroyed
By the AZ. Probably e2Oo,0oo have
been expended In alleged prosecution
of some Of the peopls who hare cut
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-12-18
An exchange trnthfully saws: TT

An exchange trnthfully says: 1T Is
q common idea, frequently expressed,
that anyone can run a newspaper.
When put 10 the test, however, the folly
OF this assertion is established. The
Prison Mirror, paper published at the
Minnesota prison, at Saltwater. las
come to grief owing 10 the fact that the
institution does not contain either a
printer or newspaper man. Preachers,
lawyers, doctors, farmers, bankers, mer-
eiAapls ea apd EsRFsSsptalIyss iEp% NIL pFp;
returns of taxes by counties to the state
are from 10 to Is per cent greater in
amount. As another indication, the
delinquent tax lists are much smaller
than usual--some of them less than hall
the size-and In some townships there
is not single sale to advertise. 1t is
safe to say that there is 25 per cent
difference in favor Of this year as COM
pared with past years.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-12-18

Latest adyices are to the effect that
the Spanish forces under General Pan.
do have been pushing Gen. Gomez, the
insurgent leader, so closely Of late that
he has been compelled to take to the
bush. There is nothing remarkable
about this, however, as taking to the
bush has been very common proceed
ing on the part of that crafty leader in
The past, but, thus far. he has never
failed to reaper upon the open later
on, in fighting trim, as good. IL not better
than before. Taking TO the bush is
evidently feature Of Gomez tactics.
but what is most troubling the Spanish
leaders is the fact that. after taking to
the bush, the willy old rebel won't stay
there.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-12-18
burlington Route-Callfornfs Excur-
sions.

Cheap; quick; comfortable. Leaye
Omaha AS y. m, Lincoln 6:l0 p. m,
and Hastings $50 p. III. every Thursday
in clean, modern, not crowded tourist
s.eepers. No transfers; cars run right
through to- San Francisco aud Los An
geles over the Scenic Route-through
Denver and Salt Lake City. Cars are
carpeted, upholstered in rattan; have
spring seats and backs and are provided
with curtains, bedding, towels, soap, etc.
Uniformed porters and experienced
excursion conductors accompany each
excursion. relieving passengers Of all
bother ab.ut baggage, pointing ont
objects Of inteIest and in many other
ways helping to make the overland trip
delightful experience. Second class
tickets are honored. Berths S..
For folder giving full information,
call at nearest Burlington Route ticket
office. or write to j. Francis, General
Passenger Agent. Omaha, Neb.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-12-18

The editor sat in a hard bottomed
chair. trying 10 think of a thought and
he plunged his fingers about through
his hair but one topic they brought. He
had written of temperance. tariff and
trade. and the prospects of having a
crop, and joked about ice cream and red
lemonade until readers had told him to
stop. And weary of lamenting. sleep
came to his eyes and he pillowed his
head on the desk, when the thoughts
which had refused to arise came in
groups that were strong and grotesque.
And as the ideas airily float, he selects
the bright one of the tribe; and this IS
the gem that while dreaming he wrote
Now is the time to subscribe"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-12-18

A late San Francisco dispatch indi-
Gates further sensational developments
in the case of Theodore Durrant. the
San Francisco murderer. Tugen Deu-
prey, his attorney. who has been work
ing SO long and faithfully in his behalf,
now says that Durrant will not hang in
January as generally expected, and de-
clares that he will finally so free. He
further says that revelations will soon
be made in the case that will cause a
profound sensation, rs a result of the
arrest Of the zeal murderer, which will
soon he made.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-12-18

goods prior to it's enactment, has increas
ed its earnings more than 25 per cent.
and there is prospect that the earnings,
which are now over $25, ,OO0, 600 month,
will be increased from $5.0bo0OO to
100000 per month shortly after the
beginning OF the new year. It is thus
apparent that the people who are de-
manding that congress shall Immediate
ly legislate 10 increase the revenue are
dong an injustice TO the law and to
business interests which are. of course,
disturbed by any proposition for further
tariff agitation at present.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-12-18

The presidents message, fairly and
logically judged from the basis of En-
glish criticism, should be highly salts
factory to the American people. The
obyious fact that it is dspleasina to
England may be accepted as q safe
guarantee that the policies advocated
are wise, wholesome and advisable In
tho furtherance OF the best interests of
the nation ut large.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-12-18

man. who came in this morning from,
the southern Hills, states that the min.
ing transaction involving the transfer of
the Keystone mine was absolutely bona
hde, says the Deanwood independent
and the report given of it the first OF the
week was correct, except that il was not
exactly purchased by the Holy Terror
company. but by an outside company.
composed Of Chicago and Milwaukee
men, including number who are stock
holders in the Holy Terror. The price
paid was S225,00 1t is not known
what the name of the new company will
be, but it has been given out that here
after the Holy Terror and Keystone
mines will be worked together. through
the Holy Terror shaft.
| Bro PURCHASE.
Mr.. T. F. Johnsdn, Of the irm o
Bishop & Johnson, real estate dealers
OF Minnesota, arrived in tn,
city this foreman, and will renrain
day or two looking after property il
which he has become interested. Mr.
johnson and his partner, Mr.. Bishop
are among the principal shareholder
Of the Belle Fourche Smelling and
Refining company, recently incorpor-
ated under the iaws of this state, John
r. Wilson and Fled ". Brown, of this
city being two Of the incorporators.
This company has made the purchase
Of the Gunnison mining property near
Portland, Of Seth Bullock. and also of |
the Star & Bullock farm of 2,260 acres
on the Belle Fourche river, below the
town of that name. Mr.. Bishop was
out here few weeks ago, it will be re-
with Mr.. Holman, their
business here at that time being in
with the intended purchase
This company expects TO erect smelt-
er at Belle Fourche, and will operate
the Gunnison mine on the wholesale |
plan, shipping the ore 10 the smelter. !
The Star & Bullock farm will be |
divided into small tracts and colonized
houses being built on each 40 acre
tract or such q matter, and rented to
farmers and their families. This is
probably the finest farm in the Black
Hills. and is all under irrigation
Independent.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-12-18
Klond,xa aold r,sida.

John ID. McGillivray, the KIondike
correspondent of the New York Herald.
mining men of large experience, In
whose statements the utmost degree Of
reliance may be safely placed, writes
very disparagingly Of the chances for
the success Of the army Of gold seekers
who are now contemplating a trip 10
that remote region in the early spring
In recent communication to the Her
aid he states, in very positive manned,
that the situation in the Klondke gold
fields has been at no time so promising
as to warrant the phenomenal excite
ment created by the rosy reports that
have been so freely circulated by the
press OF all nations. He declares after
having taken the utmost pains to de-
termine the fact, Notwithstanding the
reports that have gone out estimating
the value OF the gold output of that.
region at nine aud ten million dollars
that, as matter Of fact, but little, IL any
more than two million dollars worth Of
gold has thus far been produced. He
further states that the region il already
over populated. that there are not claims
enough in any portion of it known to |
contain pay gravel to give new corners
any chance for fortune, and that tie
only effect of an additional
influx Of men into the coun.
try in the spring will be to provide
an excessive amount of labor and re-
duce its price to the bare cost OF living
Many Of the men now there, he says
will come away as soon as il is possible
for them to leave, and for the new.
comers little or nothing remains except
disappointment aud suffering.
Notwithstanding these discoursging
reports. says the New York Engineering
and Mining Journal, the incorporation
and other interested parties
are doing their best to maintain the
"boom," and are evidently encouraging
in every possible way the adventures
who are ready to risk the dangers of the
region in the hope of making fortune.
Possibly some of these over sanguine
adventurers will be deferred from max.
ing the attempt by the present gloomy
accounts and by others of the same
kind which will follow bat it is never
theless possible that next spring will
see considerable number of men
many of them entirely without know
ledge or experience which would
qualify them for the work-on their
way to the Klondike. Most ofthe more
or less fantastic projects for transporting
men and material from the outer world |
into. that cemetery yhopea Kill fail ~
for those who were foolishly carried
away by the fairy tales of vendors and
other interested persons, to recover
their sober common sense and return to
their usual honorable business methods.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-12-18

There is a Growina feeling that ths
elements OF patriotism and of willing.
ness to give the party in powers an OPP
portunity to test its proposed principles
which caused the passage OF the tariff
bill may result in drawing together a
sufficient number Of votes in the senate
to pass a bill upon the propositions Of
President McKinley's message. in
which he recommends system by
which it will be impossible to embarrass
the government by continuance of the
use of greenbacks TO draw gold out Of
the treasury.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-12-18
The Greatest Discovery Yet.

w. NJ. Repine. editor Tiskilws, III.
"Chief" says: I'VE won't keen house
without DR.. Kings New Discovery for
consumption, coughs and colds. Ex
perimented with many others, but never
got the true remedy until We used DR..
Kings New Discovery. No other rem
edy can take its place in our home, as
! pesides rs guaranteed. ii never Iarfs 4
satisfy. Trial bottle free at A. J. Jone
& Cos drug store.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-12-18

A Victoria. Il. c., special announces
the sad fact, that over 1000 poorly pro-
visioned men have left Dawson City
through fear OF a famine, and are now
madly forcing their way over the noun.
tains, Of which number. 1t is believed,
fully 25 per cent will perish on the way.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-12-18

Mrs. Mary Bird, Harrisburg, Pa, says:
"My child is worth millions to me ye.
would have lost her by Group had l
not invested twenty-five cents in bot
tie of One Minute Cough Cure 1t
cures coughs, colds and all throat and
lung troubles A. j. Jones & Co.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-12-18
Will Have n Smelte-

The Belle Fonrche Times says: ut
now seems to be settled fact that Belle
Fourche will have smelter in the
spring and, perhaps, more. During the
past week we were informed, by parties
who were in position to know, that a
company had been formed, and had
already contracted for a large tract OF
land adjoining this city. and were about
to secure another piece Of property. As
the parties who own the property were
not in the city, We were unable TO get a
confirmation Of this statement. How
ever. this fact is apparent, that the water
supply in the Hills is inadequate and
that We have an abundance of water
Eastern capitalists are rapidly being
brought to see that the resources of the
Black Hills are sure and safe invest
mont for their money, and in our opin
ion, it is but a question Of time-and {
short time too-until Belle Fourche vii
be operating smelters, etc. They mus
lave smelters and mills TO work theil
ores and If it requires water to rur
these smelters and mills; they havn'
the water, We have"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-12-18
HOLIDAY Rates.

On Dec. "a, % and 81, 1897, ana Jan.
|, 1898, We will sell round trip tickets
any distance under 200 miles for one
fare, good TO return up to and including
Jan. 4th, 1898.
= + ELLIOTT Ayt
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-12-18
Nav be Consoling.

If you lose the risk you're after-there
are others; If you're duped by liars
rare. don't succumb TO foul despair, nor
your costly clothing tear-there are
others; if your friends desert and mock
you there are others; if your best girl
fiirts and shocks you--there are others
you're not tine only jay, who's been
treated in this way, so just look at hei
and say-there are others.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-12-18

Durrant. the San Francisco murderer,
has again been sentenced to be hanged,
and, if intervening circumstances do
not prevent it, will shuttle off on the 7th
day of January.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-12-18

A Minneapolis paper vouchsafes the
following valuable (?) Information as to
the method employed in prospecting
the Klondike gold placers:
When a miner Strikes" q bar he
prospects" II by washing few panfuls
OF the gravel or sand Of which il is COM
posed. According to the number OF
"colors" he finds to the pan, that is. the
number Of specks of gold he can see in
his pan after all the dirt has been
washed out. he judges Of its richness.
According to the writer's statement
the value of the ground is determined
by the number of colors or specks Of
gold found in the pan, hence the reader
is left to infer that their size and weight
cut no ice in the matter of arriving at q
correct conclusion as to the richness Of
the strike. The writer should ignore
further cfiort in this direction. and con
fine himself in the future to the frigid
features of the K.ondike country to
which he refers, his location in the Ice
Palace city making him better qualiAed
10 disctfss that less important. bat. to
him, more familiar subject.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-12-18

Senator Kyle introduced a bill on
Monday to appropriate sl0O. 900 for the
erection Of a branch United states mint
at Deadwood,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-12-18

Throw away that old leaky boiler and
pail, and buy the Anti-rustware, that
never leaks, at Garlock's.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-12-18

The revenue law which increases it's
earnings moro than twenty-five per
can't 10 four months and has prospect
Of continuing that increase for several
months at an equally rapid rate ought
not 10 b embarrassed BY Suspicion or
denounced By people Who profess to hs
friends Of the party framing IL. The
Dingley Law, which started in under
The extremely embarrassing cIscnmr
staLoes under = condition IL which the
country had been ilIled with foreign
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-12-18

H. HENDERSON
Wall
Alfred
han You should them. - ~1
For 8 cents per Roll. and Cts Gets Dandt
The paper per roll sanel4s
your homes II desired. be Kemishea
Paper Hanging Prices that svnf ear prise xo-
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-01
NO SETTLEMENT
Reached by Governor Atkinson
and the Republican CCngressnlen,
Concerning West Virginia Cldce5,

Special to the Register.
Washington, d. c.. April SO.-Thare
was no general conference of the West
Virginia delegation with Governor Al
kinson here to-day. and as far as can
be learned tonight, no progress has
been made towards final settlement
on a slate for Marshal, Collector and
District Attorney.
For Collector the fight seems to be
between Davis. of Grafton, and White,
Of Parkersburg. One story is that
Davis has been finally decided on for
Collector by Senator Elkins, but the
friends of Editor White say this is not
true. and declare the Senator vii not
dare turn White down. They also de-
clare that White Will get the Collector
shin even if Col. Thompson has to be
scratched for the Marshalship.
Governor Atkinson had a conference
with Senator Elkins to-day, and saw
him again tonight, but nothing could
be learned as to the outcome. The
members of the Governors staff went
home tonight, but the Governor re-
mained over.