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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-01-24
BLACK HILLS UNION
ART W. GIRD, Publisher.
RAPID CITY SOUTH DAEor,

20 - ~ - ,E. 49,. .s5sE3 GsyG=Hea9I
At lannon's heading. on the Colo
river, Just above the international
line, on the California side Of the river.
q headgate is about to be constructed
which will make possible the irrigation
Of 100000 acres In California and 300, 900
acres in Lower California. 1t is ex-
pecte6 that within two years this whole
area. which Is now a desert, will be
brought into cultivation. The settle
&ment OF the delta is progressing rapid,
", from five to ten persons a day be-
Ing added to the population Of the des-
ert. Already 1000 people have their
homes where one year ago was only
desert. Many OF the farmers within.
sixty days after their arrival have had
crops Of rnillet grown, harvested and
stacked, with growths of corn and sor-
ghum from four to six feet high. One
hundred and fifty thousand acres. in
addition to the above named mount,
Will be brought under cultivation in
Arizona, ,e.s
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-01-24
GRAIN MARKETS,
Grain and Provisions

as follows: -. eN .oahs were
Flour--Market easy. 4Fs
GS5c. 1gieu' sSH2
No. 3 white, 46047c. 4tc'
Rye-No. 3, 62AG 6311sc.
Barley-FNair to choice mating eoaeto
Fla Seed-No i, $l.651s; No.ii 1 nor,b
western, a.6S51a. Witt :
Timothy seed-Prime, s6.55.
Glover SeedContract grade. s9.75
osisiols-Me pork, M6.70aD16 n: lara
". = short RIB sides, s.. 35a8. 10. dry
sial. q ssh aoas Sl.lala9I .25; short clear
Mhisky-.ona basis of hig wines, sIs2
or Bna.er1M lsSsss, steady dairy. AaSoc;
Eggs-Market weak; fresh, a44a24bc.
cieeseE-&arket steady at 10 ali Z.
Minnoanolis.
~ M~ ] 2 ss,l Jan jar, 1s.Wheat-cash.
track: No. hard, II nc; May 7 Sc. M
2 SSrthern, 1S31ssqi4c. tss .so.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-01-24
NEW INTERPRETATIONS.
SEight Concerns File Articles at South
Datota Capital.

Pierre, S. D, Jan. 21.-Articles OF III
corporation have been filed as follows:
West Virginia Coal, Gas and Lam
Der company, Huron capital, 100000;
i~ncorporators. f. c. Drew, I. A. BrirI1-
mer and Philip Lawrence.
Flagg Staff Mining and Milling COM
pany, Huron capital, SEQ, coo; ineor-
porators, Andrew u. Hawk, E.sS. Me-
coils and Philip Lawrence.
H. T. Larson Co., White Rock;
capital, $4,000; in~corporators, Hans t.
Larson. II, q. Powell and Newell N.
Powell.
Chicago Spindle Top Oil company,
Sioux Falls: capital, S5a0,0OD; incorpor-
ators, Albert f. Noryal. Ernest w.
Hentschell and U. s. G. Cherry.
san francisco Hotel company, Pierre:
capital S2Ge. 900; incorporators, j. Fl.
Van Horn. James Armstrong and Z. Il.
Stephens.
Dickinson Drug company, Lead City.
capital. s250.00o; incorporates, William
I. Dickinson james 4. Fiske and Starr.
Complete. Creamery company, Eisn-
more; capital, S2e9. 900; incorporates.
He shoher, g. !. Halbertsahd Daniel
Healy.
9aWIt4eyEHA 7eAEsEerIEs EfrsE3
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-01-24
PLANS ARE
Commissioners Act in Regard to New
Turner County Court House.

Parker, Jan. 2O.-The county O
mlssioners have been in session this week
looking over plans for the new $50, GOO
court house to be built here in the spring.
The commissioners decided upon the plan
submitted by W. f. Parsons & Son of
Des Moines. -.r5NtgE
This plan provides for a building Sc by
50 and % feet In height from grade line to
top of dome, and is to be built of brick
and stone. with a slate roof. t
The basement will contain the Jail and
furnace room. The first floor will contain
the Offices of auditor, treasurer, register
or deeds, clerk of courts and county
Judge. On the second floor the rest of
the county offices will be located; also a
court room ~ by As.
n contract for its construction will
be let In March.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-01-24
TO HAVE 4 LLRRARY.
Public Reading Room and Book Cir
quiatlon at vernlilIon.

yermillion, SD, Jan. IT.-This city Ia
soon to enjoy the benefits and privileges
of a public libralss, and 1t Is probable
that Carnegie gift will be asked, as
the promoters are Very confident OF
meeting all requirements. Cash dona-
tons of more than $500 have already
been secured, andsNiM easily be doubled
in a short time. Over FIVE hundred books
have also been given teWarass the IL.
braTy, The plan meets with favor y
srysshere and the hooks already secured
are nearly new and up to date.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-01-24
\ FRAUD IS ALLEGED.
franchise Matters In sioux FAN.
May Get Into Co,,rt

gr 5.oun rails : s. D. Jan, 2o.-The recent
to the ci ~. franchises by the city @cuuncilI
The neSy e stLaa Telephone company and
to ret into 't tha railway company is liable
Gliding vote COURTS. It required the de-
t,an an adjournment without = ~, pre-
Mor.s On both Of these franchises Mngy ~ az
has 'ha sesterna Telephone company wbinh
numbe. cong business In CHS citv for :
nance u years, sets up that the ordi-
franeb,ssa aantng the Citizens comnany )
one Of tha = Illegal as Mayor Burnside is
Chase anM IN l,neorporators. Colonel W. H.
the francbi ms friends who were also after
are cryjnr e. LOT an electric street line
the mater ,n taua and threaten to take
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-01-24
VERY SAD CASE.
Young Woman Worries Hers0lf In.
sane Over Love Affair.

Sioux Falls, S. D., Jan. 17.-Miss
Helen Bye, a daughter of one of the
Oldest residents of this county, was
sent to the Yankton asylum yesterday.
The girl is % years old and ia a grad
uate of the. Lutheran Normal school.
She has been a school teacher in the
county for the past three years. For
a time h kept company with a u
man who resides neal Canton, and wal
engaged to be married to him this fall,
During the summe the engagement
was broken off, n the young woman
brooded over the affair until she had
brain fever, and she Is now a raving
maniac most Of the time.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-01-24

M. sully Prudhomme Of the French
Academy Is going to turn the $500, 600
Nobel prize, which he has just received,
into a fund for the anonymous publi-
cation Of poems By young poets who
cannot find a publisher. The Societe
des Gems de Lettres will have to pick
out the poems.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-01-24
9 70 DECIDE IT.
North and South Dakota VIII Do
bate Northern Securities Co.

Vernlillion, $. D., Jan. 1.-THE state
universities Of North and South Dako-
ia Will meet In Joint debate at Grand
Forks. n. D., some time in April and
b question to be discussed is, RE
solved, That the Consolidation OF Rail-
roads Know as the Northern Secur-
tiles Company is Fraught With Danger.
to the Economic Welfare of the North
west. South Dakota has choice of
sides. but has as yet made no decision,
Three members constitute each team.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-01-24
South Omsh,.

South Omaha, jan. E.-Hogs-Receint,
1l,Wo. Market &c lower. Light and mixed
Is. 5Oq6 20; heavy, SC .20@6.45.
Sattie-Receipts, ESQ. Market steady.
Official misunderstanding, 16'oNo
Market SC higher. Light and mixed. Ii 5GI
6.25; heavy, $6.25Q6.50. SoooV
Cattle-Receipts, 5000. Market steadv
Steers, SO. 4Oa6.so; cows, $1.25GI.6o:s 'TTa FEY.
ers. S2.25Q4.25. ieea'
sheep-Receipts. 500. Market strong
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-01-24
CHICAGO,

Chicago, Jan. 1S.-Hogs-Receipts. q no.
Market strong to &c higher. Light, IS, 5OG
6.1o; mixed and butcher; s5.9Na6.5O; good
heavy, S6.90n6.6 60; rough heavy, S5.90G6.2 70. !,
Cattle-Receipts, 300. Market steady
Sheep-Receipts. LOCO. Market teady.
Official Observation-Disclosures Tight
$5.4046. 10; mixed and butcher, s.. S5TS AZ.
good heavy, @.25a6.55; rough heavy, s5.S5
Cattle-Steady.
e S~heep-Steady,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-01-24
SAVES TRoueLE Of SUN.
States Attorney Donohue, Of Stanley
County, RESIGNS.

Pierre. S. D.. Jan. 17.-The county
commissioner of Stanley county fled
a complaint with Judge Gaffy charging
States Attorney Donohue Of that
county. with neglect OF business, and
to save any action on. the part of the
court Donohue rendered his resigna-
ton, which was accepted, and M. G..
Simon has been appointed In his
place.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-01-24

Lice in the heads of the children Of a
prominent school official may cause a
reform in the cloak-rooms of the Cleve-
land public schools. The need OF more
rleanly and sanitary arrangements in
the cloak-rooms was brought home to
the official
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-01-24
DISASTROUS FUN.
Bride Gets Piece of Rice In Her
ar

Yankton, s. D., Jan. 17.-The old Gus
tom of showering rice upon a newly
married couple resulted in serious trou-
Bile to the bride of Gotlieb Haar of
Marion, q few days ago. When the
couple boarded the train for their
honeymoon trip they were given q lib
leral shower of rice. A grain of it
lodged in one of the ears of the bride.
Inflammation set in and 1t is now be-
lieyed that an operation is necessary.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-01-24
THE MARKETS.
Sioux City, Live Stock.

Sioux City, Jan. 1S.-Sioux CITY Stock
Yards-Hogs-Light and common mixed
SS5@6.05; good mixed and heavy, s6.lO6
Cattle-Fat cows and heifers, So. SOFA 30:
stock cows and %heifers, $2.O@3.0O; stock.
s4.00g6.50; y%earlings and calves, s2.DG4o CO.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-01-24

IRansas City, Jan. 1S.-Cattle-Receints.
qaS.16; Texans and Indian steers. sss75tS
30; SUCKERS and feeders, $3:25I4' *
Heavy, s., 50a6.Go packers, Sc. 25m6. 10. . ,is1hyf
$5.50@6.35. osao''o' iisht,
sheep.Reeeipts, 5000, Market s5c sbipb-
r 81 nss MM ,ud : $4;gSs5.oo: lambs, s5.0Oas.s5:
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-01-24

Lovers Of Japanese carvings are find
ing 1t increasingly difficult to obtain
the choicest specimens In New York.
Connoisseurs say that the japanese at
home, now grow more prosperous,
have set UP a demand for these cary
tngs themselves, both on patriotic and
artistic considerations.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-01-24
THREE OF GOOD SIZE.
Oh and Mining Companies Are In

corporated.
Pierre. s. D., Jan. 17.-Articles of in
corporation have been filed as follows.
Murray-Kidd Oil and Drilling COM
pany, Pierre: capital 81, ZOO, 900; incor-
porators, M. Fl. Murray, w. E. Van
Johansen n L. l.. Stephens.
Balsam Mining and Milling company,
Pierre; capital $500. 900; incorporates,
j. W. Maxwell, A. A. Nickerson and
L. L. Stephens.
American Development and Mining
company, Watertown: capital 81. 900, 900;
..tncorporators. Louis c. Jaquish, John
L.. Regain and Wilbur S. Glass.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-01-24

Eighteen peasants Of the district of
Tscherdinsk bearing the family name
Of Dyavol (devil) have sent a petition
70 the Gar asking for permission to
shange the name to Bugolubow God
This request was granted
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-01-24
TWO MEN KILLED.
r]Fsfnature Blast in Black Hllla

and NIs Hrrr 5. p, Jan, 2o.-rhomas .,,,s
WabaaSlr y Grenfeldt, empIoyea i, 1A ths8
Dlasfina ! nine. loaded thirteen 5o1ss 9 Sar
lightinss a. ne bottom. Of d shaft. sfter
to hoist the fuses they gave the 500,
of the sbals nost at the same time one
brought asns exploded. 5Grenfeldt vas
back down 1th 70 the top, when Iesfeii
killed. Mills 1iv saaft and was instantly
s 1s,u. ieft 9. family in Corr ~ oaEs Siren,
MIS- family arrived IL NJ ~, hnsiS, ard
CD coust-y recently. ark from
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-01-24

The Poles now number about 49, 00,-
900 people, Of whom perhaps 5000, 900
are in eastern Prussia, chiefly in the
province of Posen; 1900, 900 In north
vince Of Galicia. and about 5000. 0GO in
the extreme western part Of Russia,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-01-24

The western Africans have a musical
instrument called the zanze. 1t is d
board in which are fastened from
twenty to thirty bits of iron wire Of
different lengths and sizes; the wires
are plucked with the fingers. and the
tone produced is not unDleasing,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-01-24

Yonkers Statesman The Chicago
Maxwell. what did you think Of New
York ~ The Colorado Man-Thoughti #
was a. mining town when I first struck
4. Somebody was digging in nearly ey-
cry street.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-01-24

The present empress Of Germany has
\ passion for building churches. She
spends all ~hertsurplus funds that way
and she is always soliciting contribu-
lions from members Of the court and
rich people generally to carry out her.
hohhv EtsS.&3 s
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-01-24

There is a very strict law in Italy
against the export of works of art, and
a member OF the royal family even
could not sell or give away aapicture
from a palace without the consent Of
the authorities. A
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-01-24

Judge: Mrs. NewlyWed5 (wWeepinr,-A
Misunderstanding tramp tried to kiss
me this afternoon. Jack. Mi. NSwlywed
Heavens! Those wreaches Will do
anything to set into jail for the winter,
won't thew?
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-01-24
Georgia Bank Closes.

Albany, Ga, Jan. 17.-An application for
a temporary receiver was filed by the d.
rectors of the Commercial bank of ALBANY
and the bank did not open for business to-
day. h liabilities are estimated at s12s.-
00; assets, S191, 900. Ira .s 49,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-01-24

Hungary hopes to be able to raise
cotton, although the warm season is
only five months long and the plant
requires seven months to ripen. The
difficulty is to be overcome by special
preparation Of the seed and by adding
certain ingredients to the soil.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-01-24

The annual appropriation for the ex-
penses of the presidents office, includ-
Ing the presidents salary, compensa-
ton for his clerks and secretaries, the
furnishings of the White house and
the maintenance Of the grounds, is
less than $500, 900 O year.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-01-24

An ingenious headmaster in North
Wales has calculated that he British
boy loses on an average 27S whole school
by the clumsiness OF the present
system of weights and measures. The.
cure, he saws. Is the metric sp.+--
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-01-24
Found inSthe River.

Huntington, w. va, Jan. 15..-9Tba
body of sturgis e. Jones, d prominent
attorney and former mayor OF Roa-8
noke, Va. was found In the Ohio river
mere this morning. Indications point
to suicide.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-01-24

There are 10000 square rallies Of ag-
ricultural land In Natal alone, which
carries q population of but one to the
square mile. The same paucity Of
farming population prevails over the
whole OF South Africa.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-01-24

Some idea Of the vast8wealth OF Ion.
ION may be gathered from the fact
That the fire insurance carried by the
metropolis Is now $4,000, 900, 900. Cana
Heavens! Those wretches WIN do.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-01-24

Colorado, Nevada and California
have Q representation on the com
Emittee on mines and mining In the
present house of Representatives..
Territorial Delegate Smith, OF Arizona,
is q member OF the COMMITTEES.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-01-24

France, with upward of 10000 .ooo nf
population, has but one really large
sits4-Paris, with 2.Tl5,O o0 inhabitants.
The two * largest are MarseiIlaa
with 4a4,T69, and Lyons with ass, a45 IN
habitants!
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-01-24

s~#8Theodore Roosevelt is the fifth pres
dent who q held membership In the
Phi Beta Kappa fraternity. the athars
being John Quincy. Adams, Pierce
Ear1sld ndArthur.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-01-24

The custom Of @ritti q: teeiisii begging
letters to the emperor has become 50
prevalent German schools that 4
warniiigsh been sentsout thatit must
stop or3fines will be inflicted.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-01-24
Kansas City.

Sheep-Receipts. 500. Market strong
New-York tribune., 1902-08-17
WHY HE KNEW ABOUT THE TOWN.

Certainly" said the man. arising from his
seat in Morningside Park, that huge arch Is
the Cathedral of st. John the Divine; the large
white building the right is St Lukes Hos
pital: little further over you Will find Coium-
bia University. and still further on to the north
is Grants tomb. From there you will obtain a
fine view Of the beginning of the Palisandes
Thank goodness interrupted the woman
making the inquiry. and who evidently came out
of the West. judging from the sombrero worn
jauntily on the side of her shapely head
Thank goodness. we've found man VINO
knows something about the town he lives IN
Why, I've asked questions Of every person we've
met and not one of them has given me an in
teIligent answer Only half an hour ago l asked
an Irish policeman down in Central Park, In
front Of Cleopatra's Needle, how high it was
and he said he didn't know. Then i asked him
what he was there for and he told me to kape
people from runnn away wild ii. y
Madam" said the listening man, probably
the reason | able to afford you the lnforIla-
tion YOU sought is because / come from Scho-
harie County, two hundred miles up the state
New-York tribune., 1902-08-17
saw NO SENSE IN SNAKE WORSHIP

"Of all the religions, Supersttions and idola-
tries in the world the most inexplicabe to me il
snake worshipping" said the much travelled
woman. as she slipped her cup of tea. IF there
is anything on earth of which l, in common with
most of my sex. more afraid of than snake
l don't know what it is, and the almost uni
versal impulse among men is to kill snake
wherever and whenever they one. Yet his
tory tells us that snake worship has existed in
way another from time immemorial, and
it exists to-day in some parts of India. where
snake god can infct upon the offender. In
the province of Acharakund the natives al
most unanimous in their belief in the deity of the
serpent, not in all serpents, but in those which
have become sacred by reason of some legendary
circumstance If they unwttingly commit some
deed which they think will offend the snake god
they Immediately offer up a goat a sacrifice
with the image of serpent rudey carved on
them q prOpitatOry Offering. If their cows
to give milk if the milk is thin, if a
member of the family is i'll. they go through the
same performance, and whole communities of
farmers frequently join in propitatory offer
ing when they desire a change of weather
Snake temples and snake priests abound in this
the benighted natives goes toward their main
tenance How amy could possibly worship a
snake l can't understand for the life of me"
And, for once, the other women unanimously
agreed with her.
New-York tribune., 1902-08-17

Westminster. the most intimate friend of the
Premier. Arthur BalfOur. whom he served
private secretary for many years, and is proud
OF having in his veins the blood OF Lord Edward
Fitzgerald. whose name is dear to every patr-
otc Irishman. and who played great a role
in Irish history at the close of the eighteenth
century
The one entirely new man who has been
brought into the administration in connection
with its reconstruction is Andrew Bonar Law
who has been appointed Parliamentary SeCrc-
tary to the Government Board of Trade. Like
Joseph Chamberlain and Charles Ritche. he il
a successful business man. and has acquired
great fortune iron merchant at Glasgow
He Will be the principal lieutenant OF the Pre-,
mier'S brother Gerald. who is the President OF
the Board Of Trade.
These are the most important changes in the
administration. and while. with the exception q
Andrew Law, they do not bring any new men
INTO the councils of the government, yet theI
have the effect of rendering the latter infnite
more workable. and of endOwing it with dis.
tinctly business flavor 1t promises to prove
administration which will accomplish results
and in word which will prove up tt
date and in keeping with the spirit of the tim,f
than any of its predecessors whether Uniouist
or Liberal. EX-ATTACHE.