The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-07-14

purposes?
The effect Of the recent rains il
the Hills has been felt in nearl y
every branch of business. A certain
railroad engineer running into
Chadron realizes this is true, nc
doubt Owing to the softened con-
dition OF the roadbed, his train was
late on recent run and he deter,
! mined to make up some time if
possible. He succeeded so well that
when he reached Chadron he was
able to report gain Of one hour on
his run. Instead of receiving such
an announcement with pleasure as
he expected they would, the officials
frowned upon any such performances
at time when the road bed was
soft and consequently somewhat
dangerous for high speed. The
officials not only frowned but they
laid the man off for ten days for
making up that hour. 1t is said
however, in defense OF the officials,
the engineers remarks when being
'roasted" for high speed had a
good deal to do with his layotf.
They say he denied running at a
dangerous rate of speed and is
quoted as wiring the general mana
ger to the effect that he "could have
rolled barrel of salt while afoot
as fast as he had run that train.
**
A prominent Deadwood man whom
| happened to know and who was on
our train from the Hills, told me
the inside history of the recent
crusade against the gambling evil
in Deadwood. Instead of being the
result of moral awakening as we
have been told, it had its conception
from a much more practical side, if
we are to believe my informant and
| want to state that he is a man
who does not indulge in warm all
stories. TO divnlge his name would
be to furnish proof for every word
1t would do something else, also. 1t
would violate a confidence and cause
no end Of gossip. Therefore l will
proceed without names.
A certain young man OF Dead wood
who is we'll, though not favorably
known and who holds an important
position with prominent club ol
that place, recently went out on q
bat" and while "out" lost
eight hundred dollars which be-
longed to this club. He is also {
member OF a certain secret society
which by the way, seems to be the
favorite method employed in the
Hills of escaping either public cen
sure or the penitentiary, which ever
the case may be. This young man
went at once to a couple of we'll tc
do "brotbers' and after telling his
tale of woe, secured the loan of five
hundred dollars with which tc
help make good the steal. This sum
followed the other as fast as the
gentleman behind the wheel coulc
rol! the little ball. This state O.
affairs was soon discovered and the
result was a formal demand on the
gamblers for return of the money
| This was refused and as counter
blow the laws we're enforced an(
gambling prohibited. The crusade
has The moral and practical supper
OF the community as it should hav,
and when its flag was once unfurIet
so many rushed to its aid that i
really seemed as though a grea
moral up-heavel had taken place
AS matter of fact when the gamb
Ter spun his little ball that won tn
money in question he little though
that he had started a pebble tha
was to bring in its wake veratibl
avalanche which would prove tn
destruction of his nefarious occu
patton, but such was the fact.
: Nearly everyone in the Hill
} knows G. P. Baldwin, the man VIII
, got out the BLACK Hills Illus
' trated.' Mr.. Baldwin is intoreste
in mining in the Hills and neve
{ overlooks an opportunity of boos,
! ing our country in which he has tn
t utmost faith. Not the least of NJ
4 Baldwin's many accomplishment
S is the ability to tell good stor
2 and he told US good one while Ell
y route the other night which has I
: do with our own Tom Sweeney.
Il Now it happens that Mr.. Baldwi
If came originally from the east-an