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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-07-10

Attention is called to the
new law providing for the in
spection of branded horses
published elsewhere in this
issue. The duties and powers
of both sheriff and auditor are
defined. It should be looked
up, especially by those inter
ested in the horse industry.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-07-10
FINE CABLE PIANO AND
$50 In GOLD Given
AWAY.
a Straight Prize Giving Contest with
no Unfair Features.

Here is the biggest, best and squar-
est prize-giving contest ever conducted
In Rapid City--a magnificent S4GO 90
Hobai M. Cable piano and $4,000 in
gold given away absolutely free. Fol-
lowing are the conditions of this inter
esting contest:
On November 5, 1908, the Merchants
Protective Association of Rapid CITY
will give one Of the famous Hobart Nj !.
Cable standard $400 pianos TO the
church, lodge or other organization re-
ceiYing the largest plumber of votes up
to that date, and 5000 ingold to the
one receiving the second largest num-
Der Of votes. Tickets, or Votes, are
now being given free with every TEN
lent cash purchase at the store OF the
merchants named below. You are en-
tltledgto one vote for every ten cents
you e1pend. The ballot box is 10 :ated
at the store OF the Tom Sweeney Hard
ware Co., where all votes must be de-
posted. This beautiful piano can be
seen at the department. store Of the.
Lathrop Reeves Mercantile Co.
The votes are counted every week
BY an Impartial committee of three re-
sponsible men from three prominent
organizations Of the town. and the
standing OF all contestants will be pub
lished mi The UNION every Friday.
Unlike other contests of this nature,
necessary precautions have been taken
to prevent all unfair issuing Of tickets
and und unfair voting Every organi-
cation entering this contest is assured
an honest vote and q fair count.
The following business men are now
issuing tickets in this contest:
Hardware Tom Sweeney Hardware
Company.
Drugs @. p. Matteson.
Grocery and Bakery q. W. Jones
s. Co.
Dry Goods and Clothing i. Morris
| Co.
Millinery and LADIES' furnishings
+ Mrs. ida Hall. s'-i5
Dry Goods md Groceries Hughes
| Bros. 81
groceries s. A C. Siedenberg.
! Cigars ana obaccu = Ed. SetWinder.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-07-10
The editor acknowledge re-

The editor aclsno wled dyes re-
ceipt Of an invitation to be
II Deadwood July 4th
and assist the citizens Of
that city ii the ce1e bration Of
the day. " On that date the
editor was very much occupied
III assist ting with Rapids Big,
Indian Cong ress. Rapid had
but two days to prepare for
her celeb bra ton, but with her
customary push and hustle she
pulled off one Of the most
unique and successful Fourths
ever held in the Hills.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-07-10

Of the four appointees from
South Dakota to the Annapo-
lis naval academy but one has
passed. Only about one-half
of the 400 appointees passed
this year. The examinations
are not severe, it is said, and
the deplorable fact that so
many fail is laid at the door of
our public schools.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-07-10

Confectionery and Stationery H. c,
Cambria
Meat Market Chas. Schuster.
Drugs-John Young.
Groceries-Henry Grocery Co.
Ladies neutrality-suspicious. s. Glenn
ems.
Dry Goods, Boots, Shoes, Clothing.
a n d NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Reeves
Mercantile 60.
Book, Job and Commercial Printing
Art. w. Grid.
Meat Market-A A. Mallow.
Fprniture-J. ~, Behrens.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-07-10

It is not all in holding a
great flag outfurled, but max
ing it the goodliest in the
world that constitutes patriot
ism. > May the Fourth help
us all to better realize it.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-07-10

The hero of the Raw1ins,
Wyoming, mine disaster was
a negro. At the risk of his
lite he dragged at least a dozen
white men to a point of safety.
Some persons are on record as
saying. negros have no souls.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-07-10
szzm SPECIAL REDUCED
s21s EXCURSION

fd5s.rstF5s5faN RATES.
will be in effect from all points on the
Chicago e. Northwestern railway for
the occasions named below:
Travellers Protective Association at
Indianapolis. June to A.
Modern Woodmen Of America at In
dian&polis, June II to II.
National Educa tional Association at
Boston, July 6 to 10.
Mobiles. of the Mystic Shrine, Sarato-
ga Springs, N. Y, July to 10.
United Christian Endeavor, Denver,
july 9 to 49,
Epworth League, Detroit, July 10 to
10Th.
b. P, 0. e, Baltimore, July 81 to 49,
G.. a. r. meeting at San Francisco,
August II to -.
For information as to rates, dates
sale, etc, of these or other occasions,
call upon the local ticket agent Of the
Northwestern Line.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-07-10

BY current advices from
Washington it is shown to be
probable that reciprocity nego-
tiations between this country
and Canada may be resumed
before the summer is over.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-07-10
as well as during, the brighter
ones. Yours very truly,
ART w, GIRD.
SALUTATORY,

wish to very briefly outline
the policy of the Union under
our management. First, last
and all the time, the Union
will be paper of news. IT he
news and all of it, shall be
our motto.
Politically we shall support
to the very best of our ability
the principles promulgated and
advocated by the republican
party. We were one of those
who cast their first prcsiden-
tial vote in 1896. The man
with the silver tongue sang to
us and we followed him, We
respect every mans opinion,
political or otherwise, but,
how in the name of all
that's sensible man can sup
port anything but the republic
can party after the events of
the last few years especially,
is more than we can grasp.
However the Unions columns
shall always be open to any
man who has something tosay,
providing of course, he assum-
es responsibility for his state
ments. It is Mr.. Gird's opin-
ion that the republican party
has turned it's back upon the
principles of Lincoln, Blaine
and Garfield AS we see it
the republican party, instead
of turning its back upon the
time honored principles fought
for by these great leaders, has
done everything in it's power
to regulate the great con1bina-
tions which threaten the rights
of the public. The republican
party has always recognized
the necessity and BENEFICIAL
effects Of large aggregations
of capital when properly con-
trolled. Under republican
rule the country has prospered
lately as never before. Even
the Union has done a good
business as Mr.. .Gird admits.
If this be lawlessness, let it
continue.
However we may disagree
politically, we have nothing
but the best of wishes for Mr..
Grid. He has put in years of
hard work in Rapid City and
much Of it he has done gratis.
He is an exceptionally bright
writer, a poet Of no mean
order, and we are sure the
future holds good things for
him.
Many Improvements will be
speedily made in the Union,
mechanically as we'll as other
wise and we hope to maintain
such a standard il its columns
and in the quality Of work
turned out that Rapid City
can tiously and profit
ably support it. Very truly,
u. G.. McMANus.
l4& sSe a!----E-..-.s1 5} l556 #9
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-07-10
Bulls! Bulls, Bulls,

Do you want bull? I have them.
most any age. All Herefords except
one 5-year-old Shorthorn. { Prices to
suit you. Call and see me, or write.
b. Bryce Reed, Box 144, Rapid City,
South Dakota. 600
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-07-10
RAPID CITY, S. D., JULY 10, 'oa
WE Lay DOWN THE PEN.

3 RAPID Oily, 3. D., q L1 IL, Us
WE LAY DOWN THE PEN.
It is with a feeling of re-
iluctance, and yet relief, that
the editor of the Union re-
linquishes the editorial pen
and hands it over to a worthy
successor, after nearly twelve
years of active newspaper
work in Rapid City.
In looking back over the
past twelve years | have no
regrets for anything that has
come from my pen and appear
4 ed in print. In some cases my
editorial comment has been
caustic, but not more so than
the occasion in my judgement
1 demanded.
Hence, in etiring from the
newspaper field, | have no
word of apology to offer for
anything that has appeared at
. anything that has appeared at
any time. / have made the
Union square-toed and clean
cut in its discussion of all pub
lie questions, at all times being
guided by my best judgement
and understanding, and at the
close of my work I am not
ashamed of the record I have
made or any part Of it.
In my earlier work in the
newspaper field here / edited
republican newspaper be-
cause | came from republican
stock and conscientiously be-
Ieved in republican principles.
But when that party turned
its back upon the principles Of
Lincoln, Blaine and Garfield,
became the champion of the
n1oneyed classes and fostered
and protected the classes which
rob the common people, ] clung
to the principles which I con-
sclentiously believed to be
right and as a consequence
found myself in the democrat
ic party, editing a democratic
newspaper. / am as firm in
my CONVICTIONS as / was III 1896
when the change came. and I
am frn1er than ever il, my be-
lief that ere long mocratic
principles will prevail, by the
fat Of the masses Of the people
and the country be rescued
from the present era Of money
ed awlessness, corruption and
legalized robbery by those who
happen to be in the saddle BY
the grace Of the political orga-
GNI.5 "A ~ so
i1ization which they have pur-
chased the repub lican party.
II retiring from, the news
paper field here I do not expect
IL remain out Of the EDITORIAL
harness. have been in the.
business too long Tor That Ere.
long I shall Sc il better posi-
ton than ever to advocate
what 4 believe to BE rig ht
II conc1 nsion wish to
thank one and All for their
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-07-10

Educate Your lsowe1s With Cascarets.-
candy Ca1sartic, cure constipation foreye,
Toe If C. g c fail. dlaggsts refund money
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-07-10
DIR. r. J. JACKSON,
PITf SlCIAN
AND SURGE. ON.

Office Hours:-Io a. m. to IL; 2 to
S p. m. 0 flee in the Lallota
Block, Or can be found at John
4oung's Pharmacy, 9TH street.
RAPID CITY, S. ..
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-10-09
TwosCent Railroad Fare.

The Republican candidate for gover-
nor has finally stated his position on
the question of two-cent railroad fare.
He says he is opposed to 1t because the
railroads would be compelled to re-
duce the wages of their employees.
That's the same gag that the Republi-
cans tried to work in Cleveland when
three-cent street car fare was broached.
The street car companies will cut
down the wages of their employees -
they yelled until they were black in
the face. And the new three-cent fare
road that is being built is hiring men
at the same wages that Mark Hanna's
five-cent fare road is paying.
In the state of New York railroad
fare is two cents per mile, and the
wages of the trainmen are as high as
here in Ohio. In the state of Michi
gan, where the traffic is not near so
two cents per mile, yet the wages of
the employees are as high as they are
here.
And even in this state the average
fare is two cents per mile. When the
passes and mileage books are taken
into consideration it Is safe to say that
the railroads receive less than two
cents per mile. What the Democratic
party proposes to do is to let every
body ride for two cents, and not let the
poor pay for the passes of the rich and
the office-holders.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-10-09
THE DIFFERENCE IN SLANG.
One Of Those 81. Louis Jokes.

There appears to be a methodical and
recurring character in the manner in
which the undertaken joke" is prac-
ticed on unsuspecting st. Louis families
that displays a cunning monomania.
There must be Jack the telephoner,"
who telephones to mortuary concerns
calling embalmers or coffin measures
to certain houses where there is no
one dead. The frequency of this hoax
shows that it's perpetrator is extra
ordinarily active. and that the edge
of its humor in his contorted imagina-
ton never wears OFF. What can be
more ludicrous than the backing up of
an undertaker's wagon at a house
where every one is in good health, un-
less 1t would be the bringing of
dummy figure up the front steps on q
shutter? You can feel the amusement
of it clear down to your heels. 1t is an
irresistible spur to chuckling.-St.
Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-10-09
DAILY NEwS-DEMoCRAT.
Shall the Stark Infirmary
Graft Go On?

If there is any Office in Stark county
where a change is needed this fall, IT,
is in the Office of infirmary director.
The notoriously bad management of
that institution makes a change in ad-
ministration almost imperative. Put
ting politics out of the reckoning, as
it should be in matters involving public
institutions, and looking at the ques-
tion as a business proposition, the
voter cannot conscientiously subscribe
to perpetuation of the present reg
ime. The News-Democrat has from
time to time exposed the most glar-
ing shortcomings in the conduct of in
firmary affairs and this without denial
from either the superintendent or the
board of directors. 1t has been shown
that the county is being rankly imposed
upon in the matter of remuneration for
the services of these directors, who
manage to get credit for about 365
days in the year in the service of the
county when, as matter of fact, the
major portion of their time is employ
ed in affairs of private business. Then
too, the charge has been made that
great discrimination is practiced in
the purchase of infrmary supplies;
that one or two merchants are patron
lied to the exclusion of all others, the
opportunities for rake-off, thereby be-
ing great enhanced. The mere fact
that none of these charges has evoked
reply from any source is evidence that
they are well founded. II the people
care to continue this sort of thing it is
only necessary to elect the Republican
nominee, who, in all probability,
Stands in" with the administration, =,
else he would not have secured a place
on the ticket The Democratic candi-
date, William F. Ream, on the other
hand, does not belong to the clique
that has the infirmary funds at its dis
posal. He is an outsider and is not in
sympathy with present methods of in
firmary management. His election to
the board of directors would be fol-
lowed by small resolution, which
would probably result in the upsetting
of number of choice gratis which
have been enjoyed since the Republic
cans got their clutches upon the insti-
tuition.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-10-09
Indigestion n In Wall Street.

Market news is generally favorable
Crops are better than seemed likely
month ago. Railroad earnings re-
main large. Industry is active, retail
trade is heavy. But it would be idle
to deny that a continuance of Wal
street indigestion must unfavorably af-
feet general business enterprises and
by the contraction of credit. Legiti-
mate business interests have the right
to resent the greed of the "underwrit-
ers" of new securities which has
brought on these troubles.-New York
World.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-10-09
The Importance Of State AT.
fairs.

The party managers who are back
of the candidacy of Col. Myron T. Her
rick, it is plain enough, are going to
try to avoid all questions and issues
involving state and local government
in the pending campaign.
Nor does it require anything resem-
bling special wisdom to understand
why they propose to do so. They dare
not attempt to defend the unjust sys-
TEN OF levying and collecting taxes
under which the farmer and the small
property owner is compelled to pay
three or four times his due, that the
wealthy individual or corporation may
escape with one-third or less of the
sum actually and justly due.
They dare not defend the recent Re.
publican legislatures which, in on'
form and another, have turned or par
TALLY turned, franchises and public util
tiles over to an organized head of po
litical and commercial freebooters.
They dare not defend the recent Cox
ized and Hannaized legislature, which
at the command of these two bosses
passed a municipal code, which in ad.
dition to destroying the American ant
Democratic principle OF home rule
have delivered the taxpayers of the
municipalities bound hand and foot
to the Cox-Hanna poltico-commercia
combines with unlimited powers Of
plundering.
1t is plain enough why the Republi.
can leaders wish to avoid the discus
sion of the subjects. Mr.. Johnson
however, proposes to hold them to it
and every honest voter in the state
should back him in his determination
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-10-09
News and Comment
Boom On In the South.

Boom On In the South.
The fullest and fattest harvests In
the history of the south have just been
reaped. Everywhere the land Is pros
porous and the people have money.
Cotton, the industrial king of the
south, has been booming, booming,
booming. The price has run UP above
12 cents, and has now sunk back to a
level of 10 and IL cents. At high prices
this year the southern planters have
reaped their hundreds of millions OF
profits on the staple and the outlook
is for profitable cotton for some years
to come. The nation has grown rich
and the people demand much clothing.
The worlds markets have grown per-
manently larger. The western wheat
crop has not aourished, but the south
can feed the nation with its great corn
crop just ripening, with its fatted pigs
and cattle, If the southern railroads
can furnish cars to transport the
freight to the north over their already
overburdened lines-Norfolk (Va.) Dis
patch.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-10-09

much Of myself at the close of any
campaign, but think too much OF my
self at the beginning of campaign
to be caught in the came company with
such man as John H. Clarke" That
is more insulting that was to be ex-
pected from even Mr.. Hanna. II he
had said: "Mr. Clarke Is an educated
gentleman and an orator second to
none in Ohio: | am plain, blunt man
and unable to do justice to my Side"
1t would have been accepted as a valid
excuse.
But the junior senator has too much
egotism to make such an admission,
and, being doubtless told by his man
ayers that neither he nor his Issues
would stand comparison, he makes the
insulting remark above quoted
And Independent of Mr. Clarke's high
standing as a gentleman and a scholar,
is it not humorous for the chosen COM
panion of Rathbone, Dick, Banker
Ford of Burton and the notorious lob
byist, DR.. Hissey, to assume to be par
ticular about whom he meets?
The lowest boodler and most con-
temptible sorehead Democrat in Cuya-
hoga county Is welcome guest at
Senator Hanna's palatial home these
days, and he has certainly put It out
of his power to pretend to any high
toned ideas about the company he
keeps.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-10-09
To Rule as Well as Reign.

Shrewd and practiced observers Of
English life and thought have predict
ed that King Edward would carry the
kingly power to a higher degree of
influence than it has enjoyed at any
time since George III passed into men,
tai eclipse. They have added that in
revising the royal prestige King Ed
ward would carefully refrain from do
ing any act in the slightest degree ex-
unconstitutional, and that he would
take equal care to go with the people
and never against them. The prom
inent, even emphatic, part the king is
taking in the selection of the ministry
goes far to confirm the accuracy of the
observations on which these predictions
are founded.-Boston Transcript.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-10-09

down Market street abreast and see
any one of the three make so much as
an endeavor to give somebody else a
chance to walk on the same side Of
the street without going into the gut
ter? If you ever did I'll give you
bill Why that is a fact l do not pre-
tend to know, but it is. And the plain
fact is that those women who hog the
sidewalk ought to be given the shoul-
der Just as you would hand ii to
trio of men who were 'hogging' the
street. But what howl would 20 up
If a man should do such thing? I'll
give up my seat in a car TO woman
every time; III roll in the mud to &C.
cover her lost packages any wet day;
I'll do many things like that for a
woman, but draw the line at falling
into the gutter just because three wo-
men are careless enough or ignorant
enough of the commonest courtesy Of
street life to crowd men off the street"
A Canton photographer tells of lit
tie experience he had not many years
ago while running gallery in tall
grass town. A phlegmatic German aD-
peared one day at the gallery with a
small boy OF whom she was very proud.
DO you take pictures here?" she
asked.
"Yes, madam" replied the suave pho
tographer. What can I do for you?"
IT want to ged my poy's picture
took" i, l!n'i "c
Very good. How do you want it
taken?"
Standing in corner of the gallery
was an old-fashioned spinning wheel,
and 1t attracted the attention Of tho
prospective customer. She looked at
the wheel for several minutes, and
finally pointing to 1t, said:
"Vell, you can take him on der
pycycle."
Little Elsie had bad case of whoop-
ing cough, and one morning before she
got up she was seized with violent
coughing spell. When she recovered
she exclaimed:
"Oh, heavens!"
Her mother was astonished at this
expression, and was about to remon-
strate with her daughter, when Elsie
remarked:
Mama, the devil won't get me for
sayin' that, for God knows ! meant it
right" t,al
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-10-09
Where Despotic Rule Paws.

Despotism has it's advantages An
epidemic of cholera having broken out
at Kabul, the ameer ordered his army
into healthful camps on the high
ground and forbade his people to eat
vegetables or fruit or drink unboiled
water. The penalty prescribed for dis
obedience or the infringement of any
sanitary regulations was death, and in
order to leave nobody with an excuse
for noncompliance those who pleaded
poverty received rations Of the right
sort of food to be eaten when cholera
is abroad. The pestilence was stamp
ed out.-Philadelphia Record.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-10-09
An Easy Way Out Of u.

Now, see here, Joe; be reasonable
before you condemn all the postmasters
in the country because your letters dc
not reach their destination. Listen to
scientific fact. 1t is this: Experl-
ments have proved that alcohol de-
stroys the adhesive properties of the
mucilage used on stamps. Get your
wife to lick the stamps and you will
have no further trouble about your let
ters being held for postage-Arapaho
Bee.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-10-09
Not a Practicable Plan.

The scheme to have Englishwomen
with titles come to America in search
of millionaire husbands, which is now
being perfected, is likely not to be
entirely successful for two reasons:
First, not many Americans would care
to become famous as the husband of
Lady This, Countess That or Duchess
OF this title would compel, and, sec
ond, after having become accustomed
to the personal appearance and style of
American girls it is feared that the
English girls would give an American
such an aesthetic jar that he would
never be able to overcome it.-Indian-
apolis News.