The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-12-12

public park, to be know as Wind
Gave National Park, being lands
surrounding that well known natural
formation. The bill provides that
the park thus created shall be under
the exclusive coutroI Of the secre-
tary Of the interior until the require
ments Of the bill are carried out.
Captain Seth Bullock, of the Black
Hills forest reserve, will have direct
supervision over the new park
Omaha Bee.
Professor Fulton and Ehle of the
School of Mines came up on the Elk
horn Friday and will remain over
until Monday on business for the
school, says the Pioneer-Times.
Notwithstanding the new building
that was erected last year, there is
still need of more on account
of the large increase in the attend
ance. The attendance this term has
averaged 10. The school is now a
success; it has passed the expert
ment stage and is one Of the most
useful and needed of the state edu-
cational institutions. Young men
who graduate from the School of
Mines are equipped to fill positions
commanding good salaries.
Wednesdays Elkhorn train ear
ried one of those new vestibuled
chair car which that company is
now running between Omaha and
the Hills. The new car is a model
of excellence, comfort and conven-
ience-a big Improvement over the
old style chair car. The seats are
much more comfortable and EASY
and the smoking apartment is a pic
ture of elegence and ease. The new
carl is equipped with the new Baker
heater which furnishes both hot air
and steam. More cars of the same
type will be put on soon and the
travelling public will appreciate the
efforts of the Elkhorn company to
make its service the bestobtainable.
The Gold Standard Development
Company, which was organized re
Gently, with headquarters at Rapid
City, has purchased of John Donnely
several hundred acres of mining
claims southeast of Pactola, in one
of the most promising collaborating
districts in Pennington county.
The untiring and persistent efforts
OF John Donnelly, who waa the chief
promoter and director in getting
capital interested, is appreciated
not only by the people of Pactola,
but those Of the other mineral belts
of Pennington county. George
Philips is the superintendent and
will push the work OF exploitation.
There are many veins exposed on
the properly, the ore being of a
free milling nature and running
from Sc per ton upwards in gold.
H. S. Davis sold his bunch of
sheep to G. Z. Mills and Ed Stenger
and expected to start for England
Sunday night, but he didn't go.
Colonel Baker received a telegram
from Nebraska TO protect their
mortgage on The sheep. G. NJ. Mills
was told Of the mortgage and he
lined Davis up after some talk. This
mortgage was paid off; then Mills
looked for other mortgages and
found one for two hundred and ten
dollars. This was also paid tosMills,
making in all nearly S400 that Davis
had %mortgagcd his sheep for and
he sold themknowing this, and now
the question is, why did he. sell
mortgaged property without telling
the particulars Of it, and will he now
go TO- England? Hardly. He has
not got tile psice.-Hermosa Cores
pondent in Buffalo Gap Republican.
The Pride OF Heroes.
Many soldiers in the last war wrote
to say that#for scratches, bruises, cuts,