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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-10
Wire Screens.
Miscellaneous.

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Spruce street.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-08-17
A Destructive Hail storm.

About one o'clock Wednesday after
noon this city and the country east and
southeast was visited with heavy down
pour of rain and hail. For about an
hour the streets were yeritable streams
or rivers. Little or no damage was
done in this city, but east and southeast
of this place the hail was more destruc-
tive and number of farmers suffered a
severe loss on their crops. Among those
who suffered the most were: w. s.
Piper, Cornelius Reder, Ben Atchison,
The McKirahan Bros, Chas. Harbach
Ole Rodt, Chas Crary, Israel Bower and
James Doran. Some of these were dam
aged severely, especially where the oats
were fully ripe.
The hail storm extended from the Nc.
Kirahan ranch on the east to the Carr
ranch on the west, but the ranches west
of town suffered but slightly, as the
hail was comparatively fine. while with
those on the east side the hail stones
came down like square chunks of ice
The damage was mostly confined to the
oat crop, as the wheat and barley wat
generally harvested and in stack. Our
sympathy is extended to the farmer.
who haye had their oats threshed ou
prematurely, but it is not 30 bad as il
might have been, as in most cases the
straw is left standing and may still b.
cut for feed.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-08-17

Binding twine, Mower and Binder
repairs at T. V. Gaflock's.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-08-17
Mining Items.

Frank Hebert brought in $500 clean
up on Tuesday, the result of 81 days
run of his two stamp mill on Clara Belle
ore. The mine is said to be improving
daily, and the outlook is exceedingly
fattering for still better returns in the
future.
A rumor credits E. G. Johnson of this
city with quieting the title to the Ger
tie tin mine. stocking the same and sell
ing shares in Chicago. The news has
stirred the prospectors up and old tin
claims are finding locators again.-Hill
City News.
The Saginaw Mining company, yes
terday. shipped twenty tons of ore
from the Reservation mine to the Wood
sampling wores at Denver. Colorado, for
special treatment for the purpose of as
certaining the proper method for treat
ing the ore. The ore is bismuth sui.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-08-17
The Scayenger Tax Law.

The "Scayenger" tax list law passed
by the last South Dakota legislature, and
the subject of much annoyance to the
Referendum league, appears to be dead
letter in many Of the counties of the
state. Its own provisions are 80 rsstric.
tive that Its enforcement is impossible.
1t says the delinquent tax lists in each
county must be published and then
limits the price to be paid for the work.
The amount is 80 low that few newspa-
papers of any circulation will undertake
the work Of publishing the lists. Attor.
ney General Pyle, of Huron, has passed
judgment on the matter in the following
letter:
as. H. Elrod, States Attorney, Clark,
s. D.,-Dear Sir: l have your telegram
stating that in your county under the 30
called scavenger tax law the treasurer is
unable to secure the publication of the
lists at the price mentioned in the
statute, and asking what the treasurer
shall do in the premises. Section 8 of
this law makes it the duty of the county
treasurer to cause the notice and list to
be published. The same section limits
the cost of publication, and provides that
the county commissioners shall pay such
cost by warrant drawn on the general
fund. My understanding of this is that
It is Limitation upon the power of the
treasurer to contract for publication at
higher rate than that described, in the
statute. Under the circumstances that
you name, am of the opinion that it
would be the duty of the treasurer to
negotiate with every paper in the coun
ty. if necessary and if he finds that 1t is
impossible then am of the opinion it
would not be his duty to pay larger
amount than that described, but to omit
the publication entirely unless he can
get it within the price prescribed. You
say you cannot agree with my opinion
as published in the State Register in
reference to the publication of notice
after judgment. but that in your opinion
a second publication of the entire list is
necessary. This is precisely statutory
proceeding, so far as the notice is con-
cerned, and inasmuch as it follows the
proper notice in which the list is given
in full, and the statute does not, in terms,
provide that the list shall be published
twice, IL seems to me that it was not
the intention of the legislature to require
a double price for such publication.
This view is also strengthened somewhat
by the penal clause OF the law Of North
Dakota, from which this law. seems to
have been constructed.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-08-17

The state board of assessment and
equalization completed its work last
Saturday. The levies for the next year
are Is mills on corporation property,
mills for state general fund, l mill for
bond interest and sinking fund and 10
of a mill special sinking fund The total
valuation of the state is practically the
same as last year. The railroad assess.
ment in the state will be practically
$4,000, 900, about all the change being
in the new mileage which was added to
the list.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-08-17

Dakota, prior to September 10, 1898,
may enter, under tne provisions of the
homestead laws, the lands embracing
his or her improvements, not to exceed
160 acres, etc."
1t would seem from this that the
ninety day period was simply an after
thought or subterfuge upon the part of
the department Of the interior. The act
itself distinctly states entries will be re-
csived under the provisions ofthe home.
stead law. Nothing is mentioned about
fling within the ninety day period.
Furthermore no authorities can be found
either in the courts or the decisions Of
the department, which forfeits the entry
mans right to file IL he has neglected to
make his filing within the ninety day
period.
We now come to the court of the last
resort. provided the department persists
in maintaining iis position, that Is con-
gress. Congress has the right to make
such disposition Of public lands as it
may deem just and proper. Is legisla-
ton necessary That will depend upon
the attitude of the interior department.
If it is, then all our people should work
to right this holding Of the honorable
secretary. Our statesmen will have a
chance to endear themselves in the
hearts of their constituents. 1t is not q
question of fraudulent entry in the least
There are sufficient and adequate laws
of the land department to preserve any
indignity of the land department by
persons filing fraudulent entries. But
no discrimination seems to be made
Rapid City Journal.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-08-17
Federal Court Jury.

Following are the names Of the grand
and petit jurors drawn for the Septem.
Der term of federal court which will
convene in Deadwood on Tuesday, Sep
tember 3:
GRAND JURORS.
Thos. Whitaker. Aaron Dunn, G. j.
Ottman, Fred Zipp. H. B. Young, Dead
wood; C. P. Jenkins. Pat Kelley, Lead
Chas. Eastman, VIM. Dudley, Hot
Springs; ]. II. Leigh, Frank Bender
Ching Arnold, Hermosa; Mark Thomas
Pringle; Rodney Murrey, Two Bit; W.
B. Lown, spearfsh; Robert Heron
David Butcher, Rapid City; Daniel
Brooks, Rockerville; Byron Martin
Martins Valley; Ed Blakey, w. w,
Forney, Oelrichs; J. r. Dalby, Buffalo
Gap; VIM. Neyin, Four Mile.
ALTERNATE GRAND JURORS.
John Shehen, Galena; ]. E. Pitcher
Custer; Chas Baldwin, Keystone M. j.
Town, Spearfish VIM. Trozova. Lead.
PETIT JURORS.
s. A. Flower. Julius Deetken, Chas
Sprinkle, John Musselman, w. A. Rank.
in. Deadwood; Chas. Anderson, VIM
Fawcett, j. A. Archibald, Lead Henry
Keeler, Terrayille; j. Henry, Sturgis
John P. McElroy, Jr., A. Jester, james
HALEY, Rapid City; Chas. Upham, G. j
Patton, keystone. WIN. CaVinaugh. D.
]. Grippen, John A. Stanley, d. E. Saw.
yer, F. I. Evans. Sr., j. G. Kicker, Hot
Springsj w. w. Bradley, Spearfish, P.
Hazeltine, A. w. Carey, Hermosa; John
Coyle. Galena; Ed. Riley, c. K. Weeden,
Central City c. Graham, r. w. Wind.
sor, FL. G. Butterfield. Custer; II. D.
Morrison, r. Morgaridge. Buffalo Gap
j. H. Hickok, Edgemont; Thos. ID. MUIR
rim, Piedmont; Chas. McCachron, Hill
City. John mclaughlin, Carbonate.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-08-17

Total OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. .3e
It is recommended that the precint caucuses
be held on Saturday, August 18th, 1901, Tor the
ventiOn.
j. BROWNLEE, Secretary.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-08-17

The new wolf bounty law enacted by
the last legislature went into effect July
lst There is one important provision
of the law which it will be well to bear
in mind. and that is that parties wishing
to take advantage of the law must sub
NIT evidence to the county auditor that
they are entitled to the bounty. "The
scalp with ears attached and tail con-
nected," which practically means that
the entire pell must be produced in evil
dence.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-08-17

Eastmans Kodaks and supplies at T.
V. Gatlock's.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-08-17
Republican Primaries.

Republicans of Custer precinct are re-
quested to be present at the court house
in Custer on Saturday evening, August
18th, for the purpose of selecting eleven
delegates to the county convention to be
held in Custer. August oath, as per call
of the county central committee.
/. M. DONALDSON,
Precinct Committeeman.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-08-17

The South Dakota maximum rate law
has been pronounced unconstitutional
by the federal court, on the ground that
the rates prescribed are unreasonable.
The court held that the schedule adopt
ed by the railroad commissioners would
not afford the railroad companies reason
able compsnsations for the services per-
formed. A synopsis of the decision and
a history of the case will be found on
the second page of this issue.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-08-17
VOLUME XXI.

With this issue tho CHRONICLE enters
upon its twsnty-second volume. Tween.
ty-one years ago the CHRONICLE was
started in this place. 1t has been the
leading paper of this county ever since
and to-day we have subscribers on our
list who commenced with the first num-
ber. There has been no mushroom
growth in our subscription list, but a
good steady growth and today we haye
on our list a majority Of the best citi.
zens in the county.
To advertisers we can truthfully say,
that our subscription list is not equalled
by any paper in this section. We have
not boasted of enormous circulations, or
of being "the only live paper in Custer
County" for we have not twice the mum.
Der of subscribers that there are house
holds and readers. But it is as one
gentlemen recently remarked, II find
the CHRONICLE wherever l 60 in the
countyw And further, we would say,
that ours is paid subscription.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-08-17
Republican county Convention.

Notice Is hereby given that q Republican
County Convention of Custer County viii be held
at 2oclock p. M, on Saturday, August oath, 1901,
purpose OF electing eleven delegates ard alter
mates to the judicial convention, TO be held Tor
the purpose OF nominating. a candidate Tor Cir
State OF South Dakota The several precincts
are entitled TO representation as follows:
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-08-17
What A Tale II Tells.

Ifthe mirror of yours shows wretch
ed, sallow complexion, a jaundiced look,
moth patches and blotches on the skin,
it's liver trouble; but DR.. Kings Life
Pills regulate the liver, purify the blood,
give clear skin, rosy cheeks, rich COM
plexion. Only 25c at Jones drug store.
Eastmans Kodaks and supplies at +.
v. Garlock's.
The Portland daily press., 1901-02-21
ORATORY AT THE CAPE.
Where Shall Next Town
Meeting Be Held 2
Cape Elizabeth's New Building Not
Yet Accepted.
A Municipal Tangle on
Hand.
Grange Hall Echoes With War
OF Words.

When the town of Cape Elizabeth was
set off from South Portland the good
citizens on the Cape thought that their
days OF red hot town meetings and fights
were over, bat 1t seems that all the scrap
pers on the Cape did not live in the South
Portland end of the territory. Yesterday
the taxpayers OF Cape Elizabeth to the
number OF about ono hundred gath cred
at the Grange hall, where town meetings
have bsen held since the separation from
South Portland In accordance with
warrant for a special meeting Issued by
two OF the three selectman on a petition
signed by twelve citizens. The chairman
OF the board OF selectmen Clement L.
Staples did not sign this warrant claim
ing that the whole procedure was irregu-
lar, and that a town meeting FOR the pur
poses named in the warrant WAS not
necessary SO near the time of holding the
annual town meeting.
In the warrant issued for this special
meeting the purposes for calling 1t were as
follows:
First-To choose moderator to preside
at said meeting.
Sscond-po see II the town will vote to
The Portland daily press., 1901-02-21
HARBOR NEWS.
Interesting Notes Gathered Along the
Water Front.

Yesterday the ste amer Peruvian OF the
Allan line and the steamer Devona Of the
Thomson line, sailed from this port. The
former Is bound for Glasgow and took a
large cargo. The Devona, which is
bound for London, besides q large cargo,
had 44I cattle, 637 sheep and 81 horses.
An important arrival was the new i've
masted schooner Oakley q. Curtis, which
was recently launched at Bath. She came
from Norfolk and this was her maiden
trip. A cargo OF 300 tons of coal was
brought for the Maine Central.
News was received yesterday that Capt.
Morton of the schooner Lizzie May. who
disappeared under mysterious ciroum-
stances few weeks ago, had hsen seen
in Boston recently and that he is now at
New Bedford.
The Portland daily press., 1901-02-21

ssen tit to disregard many motions he
had made in the board Of ssientmen on
two or three occasions. ANY motion that
he didn't agree with the chairman hau
disregarded and refused to put to
q vote. ''If any one can do business with
such a man as that he can do better than
can" daughter and applause
After this there was long pause, no
one seeming to be anxious to take the
floor. MIR. Hill, the town clerk, urged
the meeting to select n moderator and
after long wait those present began to
prepare their ballots. Elisha n. Jordan
was selected moderator by q unanimous
vote and in taking the chair said that 1t
would not be necessary to read the call
again, but they would proceed to busi-
ness at once.
consider and rescind the vote whereby
the town meetings were to be held In
Grange hail.
MIR. Jordan, the mo derator-''Are you
ready for the question:
A voice LET Ter oome." daughter
Mr.. Staples then took the floor and
proceeded to set forth his side OF the case.
He stood with one foot on q neighboring
chair and talked In q well modulatsd
voica, frequently punctuating his re-
marks by joining In the laugh which
was sometimes raised against him. he
said In part that the action contemplated
by this motion was not at all necessary.
He had come to town meetings for some
years In the Grange hall, and as far as he
was concerned the place was good enough
to hold town meetings in the future.
The purpose now seems to be to accept
khs new town hall, built in accordance
with the vote OF the last town meeting,
without hearing any report from ths COM
mittes which had built 1t, without know
ing whether the money appropriated for
this building had all been spent or not or
how 1t was spent, or whether the town
was in debt because Of this building or
not. The action contemplated here today
was irregular and not good business. The
whole thing has been irregular from the
start II we regard the state laws or the
policy which won Id be pursued by good
business men. Mir. Staples then went on
TO say that he had been q member OF the
committee OF five appointed to erect this
building but from the first his position
had been most unpleasant. He stood it
as long ~ he could and then when he saw
that the committee was about to go
ahead and erect a building without CON-
shifting the wishes OF the tax payers he
had become disgusted and resigned. He
Aaid he had no steps to retraoe and az far
as his action was concerned he was ready
to accept any punishment that mis- good
friends were prepared to meta out to him.
The action contemplated here today
will lead TO great deal OF trou BILE In the
future. I'VE are not on legal bottom and
If we take this action we will be In worse
shape than we were In the old town.
Nothing equal to the action contemplated
here ever occurred in the Old town to my
knowledge. Funds had been drawn from
the town treasurer In an Illegal manner.
j don't say that any man has run away
with any of the towns money, but some
strange things had been done.h
The Portland daily press., 1901-02-21

TIMERS, HATTERS, FURNISHERS BOOT AND SHOE DEALERS
2oand2 NIonumen tSquare

WAS going 10 talk. He then complained
OF the personalities which had been used
by Mr. Poland.
MIR. Edgar l.. Jordan then said that he
was asbamed.of the way the meeting was
behaving. he hadn't come here to vent
personal spite, but to do the towns busi-
ness. he appealed to the meeting to act
like men and not school boys. his re-
marks were warmly applauded.
MIR. George Hsnnaford then took the
floor and asked II the new town house
had any furniture. He was told that 1t
did not. Has the town voted money or
furniture for itg lie was told that 1t had
not. "Then under the circumstances the
place to hold the next meeting Is right
here. L have to pay taxes here and pro-
pose TO be heard. (Some attempt had been
made to intarrupt Mr.. Hannaford. be
Iieve in freedom and ! believe in stand
ing up for my rights. He was applauded
when he sat down.
Mr.. Edwin Jordan then said h Q didn't
believe the new town hall was in fit con-
dition to hold a meeting in.
The moderator then said that the whole
thing had been wrong from the start.
Ninet -twentieths of the talk had been
out Of order and he didn't know bnt
what the most OF the other twentieth was
ont Of order too. line thing the commit
tea should have done was to have APP
peaIed to the town to have their plans SC
ceptsd. The town house had been voted
by a rabbIs In which minors and foreign
ers voted without question. Everything
has been done in that way ever since. lie
then put the question as to whether the
town should rssclnd the vote to hold the
town meeting in the TRANCE hall in the
future. A division OF the house was
called for. 1t took long time to get
count. Some men went TO one END OF Enc
room to be counted on one side and
good natured scuffling ensued TO get
them to come hack TO the other side. The
poll resulted in AZ yeas and 81 nays and
the vote to hold future meetings on the
Grange hall was declared to be rssoinded.
Some one then doubted the vote and
lively time ensued. Men crowded about
the moderator's table all arguing and GEES
ticulating at once and there was good
deal of excitement. But the moderator
stuck to the vote he had declared and
then put the next question which was
''should the town meetings hereafter be
held in the new town hall"
There was no debate over this but the
house uas poIlsd again. Thirty seven
men voted yes and thirty seven voted no.
IL was declared II tie, and by big vote
the meeting then adjourned without at
tempting TO settle the tie vote or TO take
action on the other questions.
The meeting had votsd to hold no more
meetings In the Orange hall and then
had practically voted not to hold any fu-
ture meetings In the new town hall In
other words they have voted themselves
out of mesting place and accomplished
nothing else Two hours was spent In
arriving at this point. One Of the select
men told PRESS reporter after the
nesting that the selectmen would call
the meeting fer the new town hall, but
another citizsn said that any such call
would be illegal and that an atsempt 20
hola tha next meeting there would be
fought TO the bitter end. H.
The Portland daily press., 1901-02-21

but you can't do it, No man on that
committee ever 81 1andered a cent"
Mr.. Staplss-"I didn't say they did"
MIR. Hannsford-''Yes you did. If had
the language to express myself as well as
you can, 1 would show ali of these people
that you did. But 1 can't talk well
enough
Then Mr.. Hannaford sat down.
Mr.. Staples rose to reply and there We're
calls for the question all over the room
and some remarks not intended to en-
courage Mr.. staples to proosed. Mr..
Staples said he was not accusing the
committee OF dishonesty but OF bad bust
ness methods. MIR Hannaford had said
that MIR. Staples had proposed to leave
the building of the town hall to che three
selectmen. mr. Staples denied that he
had ever made any such proposition. "If
IL had been referred to the selectmen
should have refused to do my part OF
the work."
A voloe-"It wouldn't be the first
time"
mir. Staples-I claim to know how TO do
business on business principles, and
also claim to know something of the
common courtesies which prevail among
business men. 1 claim to know that.
A voice-''So do IL
MIR. Staples-"I won't dispute that you
do, "a and he Joined in the laugh which
followed this sally. -
Mr.. Hannaford said that MIR. Staples
claimed to know how to do business with
business men, but he couldn't do busi-
ness with the building committee. His
plans for the new building were crude
affairs anyway SO many people had said.
MIR. Staples then went on to say that
his plans were better than Architect
Tompson plans because he got them
from the best authority ON school con-
struction In the state. from DR.. Young's
book.
Mr.. Hanpatord-"That's your opinion
merely"
MIR. Staples-"No it isn't my opinion
merely. / know what 1 am talking
about.
Mr.. Poland-"You see MIR. Staples
mind runs on the school question STILL"
MIR. Staples-"ThAt's what we wanted"
MIR. Poland-"It wasn't what the town
voted for"
Mr.. StAplss-"I know that"
Mr.. Poiand-"Y on want to do the town
business as you do some OF your private
business
Mir. staples-"That' none of your busi-
ness.''
MIR. Poland-"Mr. Staples said that we
should be more cautious doing the towns
business than we should be doing our
own business. and"-
MIR. Staples-''No didn't"
MIR. Poland-"He has tried to make out
that the committee was q little dis
honest"
MIR. Stsples-"No haven't"
Mir. Poland-"He hopes to get down
and do business with business men and
he wAnts us to do business as he does
some of his own private business.
Mr.. STAPLES took the fioor to reply, but
some one in the crowd tried to drown his
yoics when he demanded the floor. He
demanded the right to talk, and said he