The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-05-05
it was cold and disagreeable but the
meeting in itself was very successful.

it was cold and disagreeable but the
meeting in itself was very successful.
Several citizens from this place at
tended the meeting of the Modern
Woodmen lodge in Lead this week,
Among the party we're A. X. Thomas,
G. NJ. Garfield and w. j. Collins.
Mrs O. l.. Cooper who is to have
charge of The Williams Hotel at Hot
Springs this summer left Sunday eve
ming, accompanied by her daughter,
Hannah to open up for business. Best
wishes Of all 60 with her.
Congressman T.. w. Martin OF Dead
wood has been chosen by the senior
class OF the law department at the state
university in Vermillion to deliver the
address at the graduation of the class
in June. His subject will be, TRUSTS,
From a National Standpoint"
Amanda Violin, daughter OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Louis Violin of his city died Sun.
day last of pleurisy. She was thirty
six years of age when she died and had
been blind from birth. She was OF q
happy disposition and her loss il felt
deeply hy her people and many friends,
The funeral took place Wednesday
morning from the Catholic church.
Thos. w, Beverly an old resident Of
the Hills died here April 80 of blood
poisoning, the result OF a scratch on the
arm received here during the stock
meeting. Mr.. Beverly was a "hale fel-
low, we'll met" and lived up to this seu-
timent SO we'll that his family was left
destitute and his burial expenses were
paid by friends.
Chas. A Marshall member of the Sol
diers Home Board returned from Hot
Springs last week where an important
Of the board was held. Sew
eral contracts were lot for improve
ments on the Home, q clustering and
cornice contract. going to Sioux Falls
firms. Several cottages will be built
by Hot Springs parties who were sue.
cesSful bidders.
The Pioneer-Times reports the shoot.
ing of Dee Roberts at Belle Fourche
by the town marshal. Lee Brooks
Roberts was drunk and had a gun,
which Brooks was trying to get from
him and during the scutfle, Roberts
received his death wound. The un.
fortunate man was Il brother Of Dan
Roberts, prominent saloon man of
that place.
Had strawberry shortcake for din
ner the other day, The berries cost
shillin' box, pint box at that, and
there were, like Madison social affair,
only select few berries to the box.
By buying several boxes. eight of US
to get a pretty good feed of
short cake. 1t tasted mighty good too,
but say-it didn't taste any where near
Is good US the wild strawberries used
70 taste out on the farm in the days of
well, quite awhile ago. Those wild
trawberries had flavor all their own
md 1t was such flavor! Brought
rom the pretty white blossomes by
warm spring zephyrs and kissed into
'uby, rec ripeness by the hot June sun,
low those berries used to peep out
rom their hiding place among the rich,
green grass and the riotous tangle OF
wild flowers and tempt US to loiter on
our way to and from school. A longing
ook Or two was usually enough, discre-
ion was thrown to the winds and a
boy was down on his hands
md knees, reaching into the hiding
place with soilcd and eager hands and
the luscious fruit from the
lines and cutting it with the gusto OF a
prince of old at royal feast! The fill
II straw berries usually compensated
or the scolding received for being late,
nd the discovery Of an exceptionally
ieldlng "patch" was sufficient to pro-
ure a full and unqualified pardon.
And the JOY OF helping mother or the
iris gather the delicious berries,
'hile visions of swimming straw ber-
les. engulfed in sugar and cream,
anced through the boyish mind, and
he bobolinks piped their merry tunes
rom a perch on swaying milkweed,