The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-06

tIliilerS III Inc southern nils Is OU
less all around than that paid
in the northern hills and it is ex-
pecte6 that the rate will be raised
as 500 as the order is fully perfect
ed. The scale in the northern hills
is 50. 80 for miners and So. 90 for
shoveIers and carmen The labor
unions practically have control Of
the labor question jn all OF the camps
in the northern hills. A man is re-
quired to be of good standing in
some one Of the unions before he can
work. 1t has been estimated that
the total amount OF wages paid the
miners Of the Black Halls for the
year was 1862, O0O. This is equal
to Sl2,95O Per day and 1888, 800 per
month. About 1900 men are en-
gagged in mining ut present.
Through an oversight. TIE UNION
in its article on the retiring officials
neglected 10 mention the retirement
Of VIM. E. Tracy as commissioners
Of the Bird district. This omission
will not detract one iota from the
creditable record made by that
gentleman as such official. He was
and shrewd and aided in
protecting the county's interests at
every turn. This bit of comment
may sound like ''tatfy,' but due rec
ogni,ion of fai,hfulO service is what
The UNION believes in.
We We pleased to note the on
and general Improvement
in the Union this week. Art. Grid
has bought the plant which he has
heretofore been leasing, and will
make it shine briyl ter than ever IN
the Black Hills field Of journalism
Nrighbor, we are, indeed, glad to
see such evidences Of p-osperity.-
Republican.
A false alarm of fire was sounded
ten minutes before II Saturday
night just as ''joke' to usher in the
new year and give the old one a
little more exciting exit. Aside
from waking a few of the people
from their SAUNDERS getting one
hose company on duty the alarm
caused no particular stir.
Col. J. H. Skinner of the Rcpub-
lican is now Il full Aedgcd citizen OF
Rapid City. He moved his house
hold effects down from Terry the
latter part of last week and is now
costly located over on Riverside.
The red flag flew all day Monday
from the mast on the dome OF the
government weather station, but
the nor'wester or blizzard. the com
ing of which it was supposed to tell,
never came.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. M. Cox we're rri.
walls from Lincoln, Ncbr., Saturday
morning and are now costly locat-
ed in the Cairns residence in the
southeast part Of the city.
Put me down for a year" re-
marked ]. Gardner, our genial
druggist, as he entered 4 esNctum
Of The UNION last Friday morning.
And we did.
Frank Lockhart, our geniat reg
lister of deeds, spent the latter part
of last week looking after mining
matters at keystone.
There is lots of work ahead Of the
present session and 1T bids fair 10 be
the most imnortant one in the his.
tory Of the state.
Ed S. Allen of Dakota City was
in town Saturday and dropped a
dollar into The UNION S Golfer for
1899.
The band boys are contemplating
the present lt;on Of the popular play,
"A Texas Steer. in the near future.
The UNION and the twice-a,w week
Omaha World Herald both one year
for $3.50
Geo. FIavin spent Sunday with
his parents and friends at Sturgis.
Put in a Harrison phone and get
the best service obtainabIe.
JUDGE M'GEE ON IMPERIALISM.
p..~ TkAa.oh W. LII H-u.