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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-01-24
DR.. RODGERS REMOVAL.
interesting Bit of Scandal Back of His
Sudden Departure.

Pierre, S. D., Jan. l9.-baCk of the re-
moval OIL Or. ftOuSGIS OI cannon lIOi.
the state board or health ana IT'S supe.l"-
tendency lies a story which hats Eot been
printed. The law creating the state Dudru
dates from 1891 Il PROVIDES among u,Is.
things that cacn applicant Tor Il uCCasU
to practice medicine shall pay Il tee Of qIy,
which shall be applied upOa Cne supelnI-
tendent's salary, ana no unit IS nMcu UP
on the amount Of COMPENSATION Wnicn &C
may receive. Inc board consists oil uNc
persons, each serving i've years, one o..
whom Is appointed eaci year, anu l~I-
Their that eacn shall DE in turn supc.ID-
tendent for the last year OF his serN .Cc.
DR.. Rodgers was appointed ~ GotCrl.oi
Lee, and TINS was ms year in the super
i~ntendenCy. y small sum, SovJ a year, II
provided tor the contingent expense o.
the board. he law provides that tne 81
perintendent shall convene the DU..Ta a.
lC-st twice a year, the first meeting 10 Uv
held in May, but this Or. Rodgers ala not
do. During the hrst three months, now
ever, OF his incuunDcucy he su~cceeuCu IN
mourning expenses OK about SaO pen moan
and the little appropriation was rapiuIy
fading. DR.. Ii. h. emu OF ADeIu@eIi,
a L!ember OF the board, wrote Dr. ltuS.ls
inquiring into the standing OF Il stre-t
hawker who was vending medicine a.tu
practicing medicine. Ihe conducI OIL tG.a
man had been 50 outrageous thut IN MS
letter 10 Or. Rogers Dr. MCNutt CndIIc-
terIzed him as he deserved. Almost Im-
mediately the street doctor began an dc-
ton for libel against Dr. McNuIt, BASED
upon the letter which Dr. McNutt hau o.
acially addressed 10 Or. Rodgers as su-
perintendent, and the fellow appeared
with a license from Dr. Rodgers, wnIch
he dehantly haunted in the lace OF the
Aberdeen authorities. Then "a letter leil
into the hands of n member Of the board
from a doctor in Nebraska proposing, II
consideration OF being granted a license,
to practice in South Dakota, that he
would bring two other candidates wno
would pay the fee.
All these matters came TO the attention
Of Governor Herreid, VINO promptly wired
10 DR.. Rodgers: If your resignation is
received by 1 o'clock today 1t will be ac-
cepted." At 4 o'clock that day the office
was declared vacant and Or. Rodgers and
mis- family went east for an extended visit.
The books OF the office show that from
The number of licenses issued during Or.
Rodgers term his fees amounted TO about
goo a month in addition TO the $50 expense
money he drew from the state. after DR..
Rodgers removal an circular
came to light which advertised that NOW
IS the accepted time to obtain Il license TO
practice medicine In South Dakota, as
the next legislature is certain to change
The law and require an examination be-
fore license issues as I'm other states 1t
IS, among other things, TO prevent a repe-
.ition of such scandals that the physicians
are pressing for a new law.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-01-24
ALL DECLINED TO MARRY.
Sunday School Class of Girls Who
Barred ~Baldheads.

Philadelphia Telegraph: There is q
Sunday school class of seven girls In
an uptown church, and last Sunday
they met together for the first time
since July. Their ages range from Is
to q years. The first one to arrive
greeted two as they came in with the
word ~"F,ngaged?" And in a few min
utes the place sounded / X a bird store.
The fourth one hurried in out of breath
and gasped: Had a great time, but an
old duffer of 40 spoiled all my vacation
by asking me to marry him. ana ne
had a BALD head!"
There was a burst of laughter and
the fifth one entered. Did you have a
good time, Myrtle? 2" was asked.
Fine But L had the funniest expert
ence. Papa'S partner wanted me to
marry him. He had the cutest little
bald spot you ever did seel!" No. 8
heard this as she entered, and ex-
claimed: Il met an awful nice man, ex-
cept his hair vas all gone. Yes, he
! wanted me to marry him, too"
While waiting for the last member of
the class to arrive, the first girl &C
knowledged: "A man with loads Of
money wanted to marry me, blu the top
Of his head looks moth eaten. No dam
aged goods for mel"
A tall, pensive girl strolled in as the
laughter ceased, and was assailed with
questions. ooh, rly vacations spoiled"
she said, I'm not working"
| How is that?" her friends murmured
sympathetically. TITS too bad"
Just because / wouldn't let my en-
ployer marry me and call me wife the
~baldheaded old coot fired me-"
All this is true, for a real mean re-
porter heard It. He has invited a foot
ball team who, although poor in pocket
are rich in hirsute adornment, to come
and get salvation in that Sunday school
avery Sunday afternoon.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-01-24
RELICS FROM PoMPEH.
Wonderful Find Made in a Village at
the Foot of Mount Vesuvius.

Wonderful Find Made in a Village AT
the Foot of Mount Vesuvius.
philadelphia Ledger: For the first time
millionaire art collectors are to have an
opportunity Of buying treasures which
were buried by the same eruption of We
srvius that destroyed Pompeii. In the
little village of Boscoreale, at the foot or
Vesuvius, and between Naples and POM
peiL. n wonderful find on private property
has beer made. 1t consists of splendid
f~rescoes and unique art treasures.
The frescoes are said TO far exceed in
value anything yet found, and In their
design to show breadth of treatment hith-
erto nknow In the frescoes OF THIS
period. In one tomb was found a tortoise
she'll disk which some supposed to have
been a mirror, but as tortoise shell is an
inferior reflector, 1t Is more probable that
II IS the back Of q mirror Of silver plate
on bronze, of which ancient mirrors were
so often made. But the great interest OF
this disk is not what it was used for, but
that it is the first find of tortoise shell
In any form in these excavations, and the
question now arises, where did 1t come
| from? for the present day supply comes
from Zanzibar and the West Indies.
They have also made the interesting
! discovery that electrum gold alleged with
silyer) was known In pre-Hellenic times
A second specimen of the sphinx or Pan
dean pipe has been found. This Is the
original form of the modern riga The
Example Just founc is large enough to be
blown by bellows or windbag, like bag
pipes, which are still to be seen In their
original form in the streets OF Naples al
christmas time, when peasants from the
surrounding country come into the tow
with them. A small statue of Perseus
has also ben found. Up to this time II
is the unique specimen OF that subject IL
| ancient sculpture.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-01-24
A Struggle for Life.

Eagle River, Mo-, Jan. 19.-Maggie
r.. Decker, a Woodworking woman, ~
years Of age, whose home is here, has
lust gone through a thrilling battle
for her life. Many another would
have lain down and died, for for
twelve long years she has suffered the
most awful pains.
She had Kidney Trouble and Rheu-
matism combined with a very distress
ing stomach trouble. At last she got
SO bad that she could not sleep, for she
ached all over and was so lame that
she could scarcely walk. b spent
oyer a hundred dollars In different
medicines, but only to be disappointed,
for everything failed to help her.
At last, however, just when she was
h,ginning to despair of ever finding
a remedy, she heard Of Dodd's Kidney
pills and bought six boxes. She says:
Now l can eat well, sleep well, and
ara feeling splendid. God bless Dodd's
Kidney Pills, for they saved my life.
MY troubles were many, but Dodd's
Kidney Pills cured me completely. But
for them l surely would have died"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-01-24
CONTINUED Next Weekly
pAvY cRoc~ETT's RIFLE.
Now in the Office Of the Secretary OF
State of Tennessee.

Memphis Commercial Appeal: One
of the most interesting relics on exhibit
ton In the office of Secretary of State
Crockett is the rifle which was pre-
sented by admiring friends to his great
grandfather, the immortal DaVy
Crockett, hero of the Alamo and auth
or of the equally immortal prhase: BE
sure YOU are right and then go ahead"
This u was carried by he grandson
of the first owner, the late General
Bob" Crockett, who brought down
much game with 1t, but now 1t has
been retired with honor and full pay to
pass the remainder Of it's days, or CEN
turtles, as a relic of one of the greatest
characters this country has ever pro-
duced. It is q formidable looking
weapon originally of the fintlock type,
with a 4O-caliber bore. The barrel was
originally forty-six inches long, but
some of It has been cut off and 1t Is
now ONLY forty and one-half inches. 1t
was presented to David Crockett soon
after his second election to congress in
1929. by some OF his admiring young
Whir friends of Philadelphia. 1t cost
$3.50 and was made especially for him.
The donors raised the money by con-
trlbutlng half a dollar each to the fund.
The stock Is trimmed in sterling silver,
a~ppropriately designed, with figures of
the Goddess Of Liberty, a raccoon, a
deer's head, and other figures. Along
the upper part of the barrel are the
letters. set into the metal in gold, some
Of which has worn out: presented by
| tho young men of Philadelphia to the
Hon David Crockett Of Tennessee" In
similar letters near the muzzle are the
words. CT mead.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-01-24
BUILD NEW CATHEDRAL.
Black Hills Catholics to Erect a Fine
Structure at See City.

Lead, S. D., Jan. ia new cathe-
iral is to be built in Lead by the Cath
olics In the spring, and improvements
are to be made to various other prop
critics OF the church here. Bishop
Stariha has organized a board since as
suming the duties of the new see n
already steps are being taken towards
The proposed expenditures. The bishop
S president of the board, p. A. Gus
hurst is secretary and j. w. Curran
other members are Frank
Abt, ST.; John Gilroy, j. L. Corcoran,
). ]. Zerega, j. j.. MarcouX. Besides
building a cathedral, a more efficient
school building is to be erected n the
bishops residence is to be remodeled.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-01-24
JOSEPH kUsLER. Publisher.

A wireless piano has been recently
perfected by Ira +. Gilmore, OF Bloom
ington, ILL.,, who has been working on
the idea for the last thirteen years I'M
der great disadvantages. He was UNI
able TO have a steel comb reed made in
this country, he says, and he started In
to make one Of these himself, which
alone has been a task of many years.
He secured a piece of steel of the de-
sired size and With a drill and file made
the reed on the desired lines. This
was mounted on a bridge with a sound
ing board, when II was discovered that
he had secured a beautiful harp tone'
which has been long sought after.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-01-24
TO ELECT A Senator.
Both Houses Will Go Through Formal
ity of Electing kittredse Next
Tuesday.

Pierre, S. D., Jam. Ex-senator Kit
tredge will be formally elected United
States senator by the Legislature mex
Tuesday. The election win be a mere
formality, every proceeding is already
cut and dried, the only unknown factor
being the personality of the democratic
nominee. 1t has been stated that some
democrats would vote for Kittredge,
but this is not at all probable, as it
would be fatal to the democratic or
SANITATION.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-01-24
THURSDAYS PROCEEDINGS.

Pierre. S. D., Jan. 16.-Both senate
n house decided TO take a recess from
! January u to q. 1t was decided that
upon adjournment or the former date,
both houses would not reassemble UNI
til the 18th. Most of the legislators
will go home during the intermission,
and a large number will spend the re-
cess in Sioux Falls.
a bill was introduced in the senate
providing for the erection OF an admin
istratiOn building at the Gary school
Tor the blind. A measur for the estab-
lishment of a sheep inspection bureau
was introduced and likewise the crea-
ton of a uniform code of mine signals
\ bill for compromising taxes was also
Introduced.
A. memorial asking congress to abol-
iSh the duty on coal was introduced in
the house. Other measures were: n
resolution providing for equal suffrage;
L resolution allowing county Superln-
tendents to hold more than two terms;
4 bill to permit suretieS on a bond 10
limit liaDilit, to establish q state
board OF assessment. to secure more
rigid local inspection; to limit home
stead exemptions to 81 500; to make in
sane soldiers of the state home charges,
bill for free text books. y bill was pre-
scented relating to the investment OF the
permanent school fund.
The capital removal resolution was
Ned with the secretary of state last
hight, ard all the formalities are now
, omplete for it's resubmission to he
ieUp4e of the state.
The first bill of the session to become
/ law is now in effect, the two houses
cling notified that ii had been APP
royed by the governor. The law re-
lers to the holding of terms of court
way from county seats in certain cases
md applies to Charles Mix county.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-01-24

Medical men say that books and pa
per money carry the microbes of dis
ease, and yet the employees OF public
libraries, who handle hundreds OF books
daily. and bank officials, who handle
thousands of notes, do not catch the
disease. The reason is that library peo-
pie do not wet their fingers with their
lips to turn over the leaves of books and
bank officials do not wet their fingers
in the same way to count money.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-01-24

Uncertainty as to the number Of en-
ployes i'm the New York municipal SER
vice has been lessened by the detailed
returns Of the commissioners Of ac-
counts. fixing the total number of 45,-
299 of whom 10000 are teachers and TO-
900 members of the police and fire de-
DartmentS.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-01-24

Professor Wilder OF Cornell univer-
sity, is one Of the few professors of the
original faculty in the college. His col
lections of cats for use in experiments
in physiology classes have Helped 10
make Ithaca famous. He used to have
n cat house on the campus, which he
kept filled by the aid of small boys, who
were paid 10 cents a cat. A favorite
amusement OF the students was to let
the felines out for a lark.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-01-24

Literary people in Boston are agitat-
ing for the setting up In Boston OF a
tablet in honor Of Edgar Allan Poe. Poe
was born there In 1909, his mother being
a leading woman at the Haymarket
theater. His first book was signed "A
Bostonian." The present movement Is
one of the results of the labors of Pro
ressor Richardson, OF Dartmouth, in re
viving interest in the writings and his
tory of Poe.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-01-24

A good many members Of congress
md others in Washington regret that
Senator Hanna is not keeping house
this winter. Last season the senator
used TO give corned beef hash break
fasts, which were the delight OF those
favored with invitations. This winter
Mr.. Hanna will live in Gre of the Wash
Ington hotels.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-01-24
cn,roo.I EDh,. Daily Thouaht.

Baltimore News: Wen er man git 20
O dat he cyarn't go Z church 'dout
sittin' up in de amen conan disturbin,
de peace" said Charcoal Eph, pleas
antiy retrospective. hit am advisable
fo' Z see dat he ain holdin' no chewin
gum in his han when he drap er dime
IN de basket"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-01-24
Soldier Stole Horse.

StuTgis, S.. d., Jan l9.-Royal Morse,
soldier of the Thirteenth cavalry,
Fort Meade, has been arrested on
he charge of horse stealing. A team
md buggy was tied last night on the
main street here. Morse is said to have
.ut the halter rope, stepped into the
buggy and drove off. He was overtaken
lbout one mile from Fort Meade by "A.
simpson, owner of the team, and f. A.
Willard. Morse was compelled to re-
urn with the team.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-01-24
G. A. r. installation.

Deadwood, S. D., Jan. 14.-Keogh
post, Grand Army Of the Republic. Of
DeadWood, has elected and installed the
following officers: +. G.. Tucker, COM
mander; Samuel i. Ayers. senior vice
commander; Ferd Zipp, junior vice COM
mander; DR.. L. f. Babcock, surgeon; G.
T.. Delouth, quartermaster: Dr. c. b.
Clark. chaplain.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-01-24

Herman Martin, of Kenosha, Wis,
who is not yet II years old, is the prin-
cipal Of an Erglish-Italian school. He
Is said TO be n thorough master of the
Italian tongue, although all his knowl-
edge was obtained through association
with members of that nationality and
not from text books.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-01-24

Arthur Ninisch, formerly conductor
of the Boston symphony orchestra and
now conductor Of the Gewandhaus con-
certs at Leipsic, has gone to Russia,
where he will direct Beethoven's two
masses to be played before the car and
ruorina
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-01-24
MORE REVENUE
IS SADLY NEEDED
Legislature May Make Radica,
Changes in Tax Assess
ment Laws.
FOR UNIFORM
btate Is Greatly in Need of Finds
To Fix a Regular Schedule
for Personal Prop
erty.

Pierre, s. D., Jan. 19.-The bill intro
duced yesterday in the legislature pro-
| viding for the assessment at full money
valuation OF all real and personal prop
erty is the measure designed 10 give
relief to the depleted condition OF the
states finances.
The laws governing this are, under
the constitution, as follows, section l.
article 2, Of the constitution:
THE legislature shall provide for an
annual tax sufficient TO defray the es-
timated ordinary expense Of the state
for each year, not to exceed in any one
year 2 mills on each dollar of the as
Sessed valuation Of all taxable property
in the state, to be ascertained hy the
last assessment made TOR state and
county purposes"
Section 2 OF the same article provides
that the assessment of all real and per-
sonal property shall be uniform "ac-
cording to its value IN money, 70 be as
certained by such rules OF appralse-
ment and assessment as may &c pre-
scribed by the Legislature by Sanefa!
law"
Section rs, chapter IS, laws of 1897,
provides that: "All property shall be
assessed at its true and full value in
money. In determining the true and
full value Of real and personal property
lilC dSoNooO lAG llpN "NOPN " W
or different standard Of value because
the same Is to serve as a basis of taxa
ton, nor shall he adopt as a criterion
of value the price for which said prop
erty would sell at auction or at Il forced
sale, or In aggregate with all the prop
erty in the town or district; but he
shall value each article or description
OF property Itself, and at such a sum
or price as he believes the same TO be
fairly worth in money"
Fix a Regular Schedule.
1t has been suggested that the boara
each year and that that board list or
schedule the property of each county
and the person property Of the state.
For example, horses three years CID and
over, $50; steers, two years cid, so, and
so on down through the list Of personal
property. This board making this
schedule ach year would bring the
property up to its actual cash value and
thus raise the revenue Of the state to
where 1t ought to be to support the
state. In 1902 the assessed valuation Of
the state a about STA, 900, eco, but uud !
this system this would be increased to
about $500, eco, 900, which would be SUI
ficient to maintain the state. There is
need for just so much money for rev
enue in the state and there has got to
be a way arranged by which that
amount can be obtained.
A higher taxation would not at this
time be advisable, and this system does
not mean that we shall have q higher
taxation but that the property shall l."
taxed according to its value according
to the constitutional laws Of our state
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-01-24

Among the men called out by the
CONSUMPTION at Cuneo is one Battista
Ugo, seven feet eve inches high, and
Weighing thirty stone. He was rejected
because he showed up the shortness OF
the other soldiers. He is "a and still
growing.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-01-24

London Tit-Bits: Tess-He used to take
me to the theater every other night or so,
but one evening when we were sitting in
the parlor 1 foolishly allowed him to kiss
me.
Jess-What has that to do with the
theater?
Tess-Well, now he want to sit in tho
parlor all the time.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-01-24

Some colored republicans have estab-
lished party organizations in Alabama,
Texas, North Carolina, Louisiana, Vir-
ginia and Maryland. In the other
southern states there Is no organized
political movement among the colored
mon
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-01-24

DR.. J.. Colling Warren of Boston has
I'm his museum the most perfect eX-
ample in the world of h osseous for
nation of the extinct mastodon. 1t
only lacks n couple Of toes or so of be-
inc absolutely complete.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-01-24
Colonel HAYES Is Not Dyinq.

Fort Meade, S. D., Jan. 14.-Reports
from Washington to the effect that
Colonel Edward M. Hayes of the Thir-
teenth cavalry is lying at the point of
death are misleading. While the col
onel is not in the best of health, there
is nothing alarming in his condition.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-01-24
Candle in Baby's Cradle.

Terraville, 5. D., Jan. 16.-A lighted
candle was placed in a cradle beside the
6-months-old child Of Peter Rekleson
by other children and the little one was
burned so that death resulted in a few
hours
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-01-24

In one way Francis Joseph, the Aus
trian emperor, fulhlls the old fairy
book ideal Of q sovereign-he Is always
ready to see and help his subjects In
person. Nothing has done more to en-
lear the emperor to his subjects than
these informal audiences, through
which countless wrongs have been
oufckIv rpdreSSed.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-01-24

Paper cog wheels have been satisfac-
torily tested. One would imagine that
paper in n form could hardly be
strong enough for such a purpose, but
it has been found eminently suitable
even in respect to tenacity; the be-
havior of pinions hat have been work
ing necessarily for two years have suf-
feed to show that paper pinions are
not only strong, but, as might be ex-
pected, exceedingly durable. Perhaps
their most conspicuous merit Is their
noiselessness In working with iron or
other metallic wheels.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-01-24
Supernuous

Chicago Tribune: ITO what do You
attribute the remarkable majority by
which you were elected, senatorF'
asked his confidential friend.
81 have lust old you," replied Sem
rtor Lotsmun, with some irritation
what my election expenses We're"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-01-24
Will MuIct the Gamblers,

Spearfsh, S. D., Jan. ia resolution
has been passed by the city council Of
Spearfsh taxing gamblers $25 a month
each. 1t is proposed to make the
gamblers provide the revenue necessary
for the maintenance of the office of chief
of police,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-01-24

Reports have been submitted to Pres
ident Il. H.. Hartman of the Southern
Pacific railroad, for the construction Of
a tunnel nearly seven miles long
through the Sierra Nevada mountains,
at a cost OF about $14, 900, 900. Such a
tunnel would cut down the summit
grade about 1900 feet and would enable
the TO dispense with all but
three Of the forty-two miles Of noun
tain suOWshedS.