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The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-09-22
SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS.

Vital statistics for Brown county for
the month of August show twenty
three births, ten deaths and five mar
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-09-22
NORTHWESTERN BUYS,
Secures Control of the Rapid City
Risht--of-Way and Will Pro-
coed to Build at Once.

Rapid City, S. D., Sept. 15.-At n
recent meeting of the directors of
the Rapid City. Missouri River & ST.
Paul railroad WAS held to complete the
details of the sale of the grade and
right of way to the Northwestern sys-
TEN. The entire workings of above
road sold for $50, 900 cash.
The Northwestern already has a big
outfit campcd a few miles from town
ready to commence work on the grade.
Two surveying outfits are working,
making a re-survey and re-cross-sec-
ton of the line to Cheyenne river.
The road will be constructed as per
contract in the sale Immediately and
rushed through with all possible speed.
New directors OF the new
are Geo. +. Bidwell. c.. G. Hughes,
Frank Harmon, r. +. Stewart. O. IL.
Mccarthy. G. f. Redington. b. II. Dun
ham, z. Whitney, II. +. White and G..
G.. Wright. They want to preserve the
organization for Il time to close md
wind up the affairs.
Rapid City will be a junction and
division point OF the Northwestern.
There is great excitement in the city.
Everyone is pleased with the outcome.
Mcn who brought the deal about are
being praised as builders of the future
metropolis of the hills. They are
james HALEY. Virgil r. Price, Thomas
Sweeney, Myron Wil!sie, g. l.. Wood,
Geo. Mansfield, Jas. Fowler. T.. Fl. Rug.
and r. b. Hughes.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-09-22
IRRIGATION FOR DAkoTANs.
Engineers of Reclamation Service Ex-
Eect Construction to Beain in Spring.

Washington. d, c., Sept. lit is be-
lieved by Tie engineers of the reclama-
tioE service in charge of the work that
50 far as the engineering features are
concerned, the WilliSton, Nesson and
Ruforl-Trenton pumping projects in
North Dakota will be ready for con-
struction next spring.
, During the latter part Of August q
party of engineers visited North Da-
kota to locate feasible pumping prof.
ects. An examination was made and
Chief Engineer +. H. Newell directed
that preliminary surveys be pushed to
completion as soon as practicable, that
land owners who's properties would
come under the works might hay clear
understanding of the plans of the re-
clamation service and full knowledge of
cost Of water right.
The banks of the Missouri river, be-
tween Fort Buford N Bismarck, 200
miles, have been carefully investigated
and it is believed to be feasible to lift
the water OF the river to the low fats
by pumping.
Extremely favorable features are
found in the abundance of water and
in the cheap and plentiful supply of
fuel. h Buford-Trenton project as
planned will approximately 49,
700 acres, the Williston project $4,000,
the Nesson project 2S, 600 acres. \
board of consulting engineers will con-
vene at Willis,on, N. D., September is,
to consider designs for these systems.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-09-22
ADOPT new METHOD
TO CAPTURE Thieves
The Prevalence Of Rustlers in
South Dakota Arouses
the Settlers.
THE BAIT is TEMPTING
lave Association for Protection Which
Offers Reward for Thieves-Many
Bad Men Give Evidence
Against Their Pals.


lopoar, ,. ID. sept. 1i.-hnGered by
the continued the. of CATTLE and horses
the raucht,.n ,.sidino i, ,bis mari, Of
c,,nlav aa,,n .
-, N" S nave ''"'i''ei F." ne"
siethou OF tracing the 'ruStlers' so
they may be brought to justice.
In the past it has been customary
for cattle and borsa ,,isa,s u.b., thai,,
ha,.,. 49, -. = N'si
'e'"@ "'N" "een ral0ed, % ofler MN
i'hun rewards Tor the detection of the
thieves and recovery of the stolen ami
mails. These rewards hovo nat hoo,
larno e,o,oh -, u. -
GIMP "e'h-hiieeo
.as!.'.sIS u ihe gang OF thieves to be-
~ m : pars' ai1u 'Fe result mas been
va ne 'lel's nave continued.
III is c~OnSerNatiVely estimated that
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-09-22
BEING
ERECTED ON MINE
Probably Most Valuable Sitt
for Playhouse in the
Word
DIRT BEING Planned OUT
Discovered in Digging for Foundation
of D~eadwood's Theater That
the Dirt Was Full Of
Placer Cold.
BEING PANNEC OUT

Deadwood, S D., Sept. 1G.-The most
valuable ~tleater site in the world is
that upon which the new tlleatcr Of
Dcadwood is to b" erected. 1t would be
hard to find another town where u lot
30 by $50 feet would yield unexpectedly
enough placer gold to pay for the
foundation and possibly FOR the build
ing. Deadwood may have been "a bad
town, but ii is slill a rich iowa not
only to the grass roots but down to
the bed rock.
When work began "A few days ago on
the excavation of the foundation for
the new thcater, II channel of valuable
placer DIRT WAS This To-
cation Al the confluence of Whitcwood
and DeadWood creeks was formerly
part of one of the richest placer claims
of early days.
1t was supposed, however, that the
claim had been well worked out. 1t is
IL long way here to bed rock, but as bed
rock had to be reached before a suit
able foundation could be made, work
was pushed rapidly and the trenches
grew deeper day by day.
What was the establishment of the
workmen one morning to see among
the dirt and gravel the CLEAN of the
yellow metal. Great excitement at
once enSued and pan after pan of dirt
was washed out in the adjacent creek,
elch pan showing a good string of col
ors, but the find proved not to be
merely a pocket, as Was first thought,
but n well developed channel of placer
thht was laying idle and undiscovered
these many years.
IT is the intention of the builders to
sluice all the dirt that is taken out and
they say with assurance that the profits
VIII be sufficient to pay at least for the
cost OF the foundation. AS it is sixteen
TO eighteen feet to bed rock the foun-
datlon cannot he a cheap one The men
are now hunting for nuggets. Only
small ones have been founu as vet. bilt
every morning brings new expectations
OF the big nugget that materiaiiZes with
every new discovery Of gold.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-09-22
WILL. BE TRIED AGAIN.
Claude Conoyer, Cattle Rustler Car
tured on Rosebud observation

Sioux Falls, S. d., Sept. 1G.-Deputy
United States Marshal Jerry Carleton
arrived here from Chamberlain where
he arrested Floyd Foster and Phillip
Blackhird on the charge of selling liquor
to pupils of the Indian school. Foster
Is a white man and Blackbird an In
dian.
Word also reached the marshal's Of
flee that Claude Conoyer. the successor
of Jack Sully us the leader of a daring
gang of cattle and horse rustlers who
have been giving the people on the
Rosebud reservation so much trouble,
had been captured. This news was re.
ceiNed with much pleasure among the
federal officials. The immediate cause
of Conoyer's arrest was an attempt on
the part of a portion of his gang to
steal a umbe Of ponies belonging to
Indians. Officers have been on his
track for several weeks and he ran
right into them on the last trip.
John C%onoyer, a brother of Claude,
was arrested a short time ago for cat.
tie rustling in Gregory county and is
now in Jail awaiting the next term OF
court,
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-09-22
SEES HARD TIMES.
Rockefeller Declares Next Crisis Will
Arrive in 19O7.19O8.

Cleveland, O., Sept. 14.-"Rockefeller
predicts that the next hard times
crisis will strike this country in 1sO7-OS,
and that where there We're 1000, 600 men
out of work i'll 1898 there will be from
7.COo. eco to 10000, 900 in idleness when
the neXt siege of hard times is upon
us"
Colonel w. II. Moore. president of the
National Good Roads association, who
is stopping at the Majestic hotel, is
authority for the statement of Mr..
Rockefeller. The statement was made
to me in conversation with the oil king
some time ago. said Colonel Moore,
and he declared that the government
should not wait till the hour of peril
arises, but should l%egislate to provide
work for the idle and be prepared to
care for them when the crisis arrives.
MIR. Rockefeller bases his statement
on the fact that overproduction in all
lines will bring about the crisis, and
as he has his hand on the financial
pulse OF the oun1r all the time he is
in a position to Know. We were ak
ing good roads at the time ana it was
his idea that proper legislation should
be enacted 50 that the idle men could
be put to work building roads when the
time comes. He declared that it seemed
to be the only solution of the problem.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-09-22
FROST IN HAND COUNTY,,
But in Other Parts Of State Corn Wa.
Untouched.

. StlooSIlCo.
Huron. S. D., Sept. 1.-THE report of
the bureau of crops and weather for
tie past week says:
h weather during the week was
generally dry. the showers tina oc-
CURED being light. Aside from some
fogginesS on several mornings, which
slightly retarded threshing FROM shock.
the conditions We're favorable for field
work, except that in the southern coun-
ties it was rather dry for blowing.
There was fairly general frost on
Monday, the 4th inst. but it was light
and injurious only locally to tender
vines. except III a part of land county.
where the foliage of corn wa injured.
Threshing is now general, prin-
cipally from shock in the northern
counties. Stacking is about completed
in the southern counties. Returns indi-
cate. so far. mostly favorable yields of
wheat but of variable quality. with
considerable smut. Wheat yields are
disappointing in some localities. Oats,
spelt and barley are generally yielding
Well, but considerable barley is discol-
ored.
Corn is maturing very favorably.
much of the early planting is now past
danger from frost and some is being
cut. and reports indicate :hat Il week
or ten days of favorable weather will
place the bulk of the late corr beyond
danger of injury from frost. The crop
promises very good yields.
Potatoes, flax and millet are very
good, except that locally in some north
eastern counties potatoes are rotting
on low land. Millett cutting is also We'll
advanced.
The securing of a very good crop of
hay is being pushed. In The southern
counties haying is nearly finished.
Range grass is curing favorably and
the outlook is good for ample winter
pasturage. 1t is rather dry for pas
lures in some southern counties.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-09-22
CHICKEN THIEF TO PEN.

to arrive, s1.N.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-09-22
H.. CAREER
A Pretty Romance Connected VITA.
His Comma MARRIAGE.

His Comma MARRIAGE.
Daoaunod { n g., .o,.,,
- ~
""'"' ''' coming mar
rlage of Harris Franklin, of this city,
with Mrs. Sadie Rohr. Of ST. Louis.
/ Nre sadie p,l,r n.ba ,,.,..c ho,
, =, g, l.t. TO-. 49,,
ga Al - i'ouN'' - " sia'ei VI 'He
"o''iaii VINO started the craze lof KISS
ing Richard Pearson IIobson. They are
well known young women of good fam
ilv.
u,.n; r
," VI ~ II H'en
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-09-22

vital statistics for Brown county for
the month of August show twenty
three births, ten deaths and five mar
riages.
or over thirty would-be teachers
who recently toe the examination in
Brown county for third grade c%ertifi-
Gates, but ten passed the examination.
The principal cause of failure was
deficiencies in arithmetic and orthog-
raphy.
The Milwaukee passenger from the
south ran into a team of horses near
Redfield, killing both animals. Two men
were in the rig, but they escaped I'M
injured beyond 4 few bruises. The
men were riding in a closed buggy and
did not notice the approach of the
train.
Old Drifting Goose. said to be the
Oldest Indian in South Dakota, was
camped near Aberdeen with his three
wives and a grandson, on his way to
the state fair at Huron. Drifting Goose
claims to have hunted C when a
boy on the present site of Aberdeen,
then known among the Sioux as the
Big Slough.
A mar named Neumann is under ar
rest at Aberdeen for entering and rob
bling the residence Of David Williams
at Hecla on Saturday afternoon. Neu-
mann secured an entrance to the house
by removing n screen. His presence
was observed by i neighbor who CAV
chase and finally ran the burglar down,
capturing him under another house
where he had crawled in the hope of
eluding his pursuer. Neumann u
a watch and other valuable articles.
h Citizens National bank is a new
institution which will start business in
Aberdeen in a short time. Its organ
izers are among the leading business
men of Aberdeen, With the addition of
two Wisconsin capitalists. The capital
~ Gfnrk Will ha cEn ,ln0 ,,it1 COO nnn 49,,
plus to start with. The officers and d.
rectors of the new bank have not yet
been announced, but it is stated that
full details will be given the public
within a day or two. The new bank
will give Aberdeen four banking insti-
tutions, Of which three will be national
banks.
F. W. Raymond, an Aberdeen grocer,
this morning filed a petition in volun-
tary bankruptcy, placing his liabilities
at $b,497 and his assets at $4,493. Mr..
Raymond was On Monday night APP
pointed city auditor by Mayor Aldrich
to succeed G. E. Baldwin. the appoint
ment being unanimously confirmed by
the council.
The Milwaukee railroad has offered
the city council $50 an acre for ,9.S
acres of ground in West Aberdeen, adj
Joining its yards, and if it secures pos
session of tie land it will enlarge it's
yards in order to accommodate it's.
largely increasing traffic at his point.
Neuman. arrested at Hecla for rob-
bling a house in daylight, pleaded guilty
in police court to petit larceny and was
fined $50 n sentenced to twenty days
in the county Jail. After his sentence
Neuman was recognized as a man go
ing by the name of Albert Newton, who
had served a Jail sentence a year e
for robbing q house at Claremont
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-09-22
STORM At CANTON.

Canton, S. D., Sept. 16.-A severl
thunderstorm ragged here for two hours
early yesterday morning. 1t Numbered
for nearly two hours and the lightning
was remarkable for brilliancy. The
Presbyterian church and the west side
primary school house were damaged
iby lightning during the storm. a. bolt
struck the steeple and followed down
ito the man roof of the church, doing
considerable damage to the corner Of
the structure. The school house flag
staff caught the bolt, which jumped to
7 corner of the building, smashing
shingles and siding as 1t went.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-09-22
WILSON AT HURON.
Secretary of Agriculture Addresses a
LARGE Crowd.

Huron, S. D., Sept. 14.-Hon. James
S. Wilson, secretary of agriculture. adj
dressed an immense crowd at the state
air grounds yesterday.
Governor Elrod also made a brief talk
in h ~dedicating of the grounds and
buildings for state fair pos
United States Senate Kittredge and
other distinguished visitors occupied
seats on the platform.
Crowds We're present from all parts
of the state. The exhibits in all de-
partments far exceeded expectations
and are the finest eve shown in this
part of the rthW
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-09-22
PRINTERS GO ON STRIKE
a Walk Out Over Eight Hour
Question.

Sioux Falls, :. D.. Sept. 1.-THE
printers employed in the big printing
establishments of Fr"wn e Saenger n.
G. Sessions & Sons, VIII =. Beach and
w. G. George Went on strike this morn
ing. From twenty 10 twenty-five men
are affected. There is a possibility that
the strike may extend to the printers
employed in the weekly newspaper Of
fees of this city.
The walkout followed the %presenta-
ton of n demand for an eight-hour day,
to go into effect january ! next. The
managers o! the printii 6 establish
,nents rejected the demand. y fight
TO Il finish viii now rcsl!t. This is the
first strike Of any Importance in the
history of SIOUX Falls.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-09-22
SWIMMER BROWNS
hundrcus CT Spectators at Atlantic City
Mi*nass a rieart Rcndinu QrcWninu.

hundrcus CT Spectators at Atlantic City
Witness a Heart Rcrding Drowning.
Atlantic City, n. j., Sept. 14-Joseph
Egan, il, a solden-halred tot of 6
years, Who has been one of the Sensa-
lions of the season because of his skill
full swimming. met a tragic death today
while exploiting baby tricks in deep
water off the be:,ch at Ohio avenue, in
the sight of thousands of strollers who
had stopped to watch the youngster
dive ana galnbol in the heavy swell
just outside the breakers. y chorus
OF creams went up when the little fell
low suddenly disappeared. II in am
swer a half dozen life guards manne
boats and buoys and made their way
to the spot where the tot had been last
seen, but the ocean currents had taken
their powerful grip on the little body
that was not recovered until Il half
hour later. when it came up whit a
wash several hundred yards below the
place of the tragedy.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-09-22
SUCCESSOR TO GRIFFITH.
Professor w. S. Parker Of Nebrask,
~" Comes to Yankton,

Yankton, S. D., Sept. l6.-The faculty
of Yankton college have made the an
nouncement h a the vacancy caused
by the resignation Of DR.. Grifith9ha
been most satisfactorily filled by the
election of w. S. Parker, of Lincoln,
Neb. Professor Parker is a graduate
of Harvard university and a post grad
luate of Harvard and Chicago %universi-
ties. He has had considerable experi-
ence in ~instructing in the University of
Nebraska and m to Yankton college
highly recommended. He will have the
chair of economics.
!. Professor G.. Fl, Scott has been elect-
ed to fill the position of principal OF. the
academy caused by the resignation OF
DR.. Griffith
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-09-22
BIG TIN DEAL.
Black Hills Forests Being Made Sub
iect of Sale,

cation for the sale of a very large
amount of bull pine in the Black Hills
forest reserve in South Dakota has
been made to the forest service by the
Homestake Mining company. This
company has a bid for for H. 00, 000
feet of green timber. 1900 cords of
green wood. 5000 900 feet of timber
killed or injured by insects, 5000 cords
of wood similarly affected, and 5000
cords of other woods. The application,
whihc is now under consideration by
the forest service, will, if granted, re-
suit in one of the largest o and tim
Der sales so far affected under pres
ent regulations.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-09-22
w. C. +. ELECT.

Beresford, S. D., Sept. 11.-At the w.
c. 7. U. meeting here yesterday the
following delegates were elected to the
state convention at Sioux Falls, to be
held September 1924: Mrs. c. II.
Jamison. Mrs. Z. M. Skinner. Mrs.
Amelia Hegstroin, Mrs. J.. w. Jones.
Mrs. T. w. Timing. Mrs. NJ. L. Hyde:
a~lternates, Mrs. ]. Frinkman, Mrs. w.
kundert, Mrs. A. Lambertson, Mrs. 3.
.iaddes and Mrs. L. Williams.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-09-22
REPAIR INDIAN SCHOOL.
Contracts Just Let for Extensive I'm.
..... provements.

Pierre, S. D., Sept. 15-Contracts have
been let the past week tor enc
walks, baths and other conveniences
lat the government Indian school in this
city. The walk contracts went to
Slower & IInglesby, at W~atertown. and
the others to Binder & Borst, of this
city. Other improvements being put in
are in the way of equipment for the
harness and blacksmith shops at the
school, putting these two departments
of the industrial work in iirst-class
shape.
~intendent LeVengood to the effect that
the plans for the new school building
AT that Institution are nearing compile
.tion, n it is expected that the con
tract for this building. to cost $40, 600,
will be let this fall. With the new
building the capacity of the school will
he greatly enlarged and Il umbe Of
new pupils can be cared for,
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-09-22
M HAS BAD LUCK
Did Not Xiii Many Prairie Chickens
While Runtinu in the State.

''Sis''i'S ~ t'S SN"N~' 1
Milbank, S. d, Sept. 11.-August Bel
mont and a party of riends who have
been hunting at PeeNcr for a week
passed through Milbdnk last night
bound for New York. The party had
poor luck as birds We're scarce.
! Mr.. Belmont is planning on leasing
"A township of land for next year and
having it carefully protected by ward
ems, he thinks South Dakota too We'll
settled for the best shooting without
thorough protection.
Asked as to the continuance of good
times and he referred to the splendid
crops OF the northwest as the best an
,sWer to that question. The question as
to the position of the eastern democ-
rlcy in case Mr.. Bryan was nominated
met with a smile, a deprecatory ges-
turc and q refusal 10 talk politics. Mr..
belmont was travelling in his beautiful
private car, Mineola. He was attended
by his valet, several servant and his
French chef.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-09-22
FIND GAS.
Company Being Organized at Mario.
junction fer Developing Enterprise.


junction fer Developing Enterprise.
Marion junction. S. D.. Sept. 10
Some twelve or fifteen Years ago a flow
of natural gas was discovered on a
farm eight miles west of Marion juno
ton. AT that time for some unknown
reason the report of the discovery was
silenced and was thought by many to
nave been one of those boom aGitatiOnS,
During the past few weeks there
nave been reports OF the finding of
natural Sas in large quantities in the
Silver Lake region of Turner and
Hutchinson counties, and While it has
been runlored nat numerous strangers
have recently visited and investigated
that region, still but few thought of
taking the matter seriously until last
week.
Secretary of State D.. D.. Wipf, a
resident Of Hutchinson county, and a
umb OF Pierre people calne TO Dol
ton last Friday and after giving the
matter careful investigation concluded
that there is natural gas in that vicin-
lty and that its development was pos
sible, in fact it is assured by specialists
That 1T can be secured without any
very great expenditure of money. A
NUMBER OF capitalists, headed by Mr..
WHIP, after making the preliminary
arrangements with a rumble Of the
land owners, organized a and
have Incorporated under the laws of
south Dakota, with the intention of i'm
medlately sinking wells and securing
apparatus.
1t is umored that the in
tend to have a supply of the gas ready
Tor commercial! use during the next
thirty days, and as soon as possible it
Will be piped to the adjacent towns,
where 1t may be secured very cheaply
FOR lighting and heating purposes.
I'M n e
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-09-22
MAY GET RoeBER.
Posses After Man Who Lifted Money
from Custer Bank.

Deadwood, S. D., Sept. 14.-Posses
from Custer, Edgemont and Newcas-
tie. Wyo.. are on the trail of the bank
robber who lifted $1,000 from the bank
here last Friday night. Traces have
been found of three men who it is
thought composed the outfit. bat only
one man has been seen. He is a heavy
set, dark man, slightly bumped should
ers and has been seen south of here. It
Is thought that he will be captured be-
fore night.