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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1905-03-04
Birth and Death Reports.

Doane Robinson, state superintendent
OF census and vital statistics, has given
notice that on and after July lst, 1905,
every birth and every death in South
Dakota must be promptly reported and
recorded. ia physician is employed,
he will attend to the matter. If no
physician is employed, any person who
knows the facts may make the report.
In every case where no physician is en-
ployed, some person who knows the
facts, must at once go TO some convent
ent Justice of the Peace, who will be
supplied with all necessary blanks for
the report and will attend to the matter
without expense to the reporter
Burial Permts-No corpse can be
buried, or shipped, after July l, 1905,
without first obtaining a burial or trans
portation permit from some convenient
Justice of the Peace. No expense is at
tsched TO the issue Of these permits
Heavy penalties are attached, by state
law, for failure to report births and
deaths, or for burial. or shipment of
corpses without permits.
This is one Of the new laws recently
enacted by the state legislature.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1905-03-04

Governor Elrod has signed House Bill
No. ll2, the new pure food law. This
measure, in the opinion of Professor
Shepard, Of the Agricultural College, is
the most sweeping and ehectual pure
food law enacted in the United States.
1t deals With the adulteration misbrand
ing and imitation Of food, beverages.
candies and condiments and regulates
the sale and manufacture of dairy pro-
duets. 1t provides that it's enforcement
shall be under the state food and dairy
department, and the dealers of the state
want to prepare themselves for handling
pure foods after July /. This measure
marks a step forward in our statehood :;
it gives to our commonwealth degree
of security for its citizenship, and says
to the unscrupulous mixer and seller of
impure food products that be must desist
in his questionable practice Governor
Elrod presented the pen with which he
signed the bill to Professor Sheppard.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1905-03-04
Charge Of Insanity.

Col. Richard Lee is to he tried by the
Lawrence county board of insanity as
to his eligibility for admission to the
state insane asylum at Yankton He
was taken before Justice Quimby at
Lead yesterday for hearing on the charge
OF threatening the life of the postmaster
at Lead and the justice sent him back to
the Lawrence county Jail to await the
action of the insanity board. At The
hearing yesterday the old man display
ed unmistakable evidences of his mental
lncompetency. He attempted to plead
his own case and instead of pleading it
began addressing the jury in treatise
upon some Of the ore specimens he had
concealed about his clothes This has
been his hobby for great many years
and it is probably a mercy to him 10
have him cared for by the state. e.-Pion.
eer-Timcs.
The Lead Call of March lst SAYS Col
oneI Richard Henry Lee was brought
up before the county board Of INSANITY
yesterday afternoon and after an exam.
lnation the board found him to be in his
right mind. After the verdict Of the
board of insanity he was sentenced to
ten day term in the county Jail, by Jus
tice Qnimby Of this city, for threatening
to blow up the Lead postoffice after he
is let out of the Lawrence county iail.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1905-03-04
March w ather.

Rev. Irl r. Hicks. the weather pro.
phet, gives the following forecasts for
March
First storm period-This period cen
ters on the 3rd, 4th and 5th. Look for
low barometer, change to warmer, south.
erly winds and general threatening, will
culminate in rain, sleet and snow storms
within forty.eight hours of noon on the
5th. Destructive sleet storms will be
characteristic of this and the storm per.
iod Immediately following
Second storm period-This period is
from the 9TH to tho 18th Unsettled and
threatening conditions will prevail at
the beginning OF this period, but marked
indications of severe and general storms
will increase by the 9TH. Look out for
sleet and billiards about the Sth to llth.
This will end with q general cold wave.
Third storm period-This period is
central on the 18th, 10th and 18th. At
this time more rain and snow will ap-
pear. Several days Of high barometer
and an approach to fair, cold weather
will succeed this period, but weather
that calls for care of life and well-being
for man and beast.
Fourth storm period-Ths period COW
ers the 10Th to oath inclusive. The in.
dications are that some Of the most gen.
eral disturbances of the month will ap-
pear during this period. General rains,
with moderate temperature, electrical
displays and tropical storms will prevail
up to about the 2lst. About the 2lst
rains will turn to snow and sleet over
all sections central to northern, gales
and billiards from the 2lst to the 24th.
all winding up progressively hv a great,
March cold wave. Look out for live
stock about this time. Maximum eartr-
quake conditions will exist at this peri
cd, also within forty eight to sixty hours
from Sunday, March the 9th.
Fifth storm period-This period is
central on the 2Sth aud 10Th. The pre-
vailing cold which followed the preced.
ing period viz relay AZ .hia tine.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1905-03-04
Grading Outfit is Expected.

F. G. Tucker, chief engineer for the
Missouri River & Northwestern railroad
company, expects the contractors,
Messrs Willis & Detwisr to arrive in
the Black Hills this week ahead Of their
outfit Most OF their outfit has been in
Indiana recently and has just been as
sembIed preparatory to shipment to this
region.
These gentlemen have been given the
contract by the company for all the grad.
ing on the proposed road, of which there
will be twenty-six miles 1t is expected
that they will sub-let some of it. The
company has arranged for all ofits heavy
timbers which are TO be purchased in
Oregon and other timbers will be pur-
chased in the Black Hills, and in fact,
an order has already been placed at i'll
City for some of these. Mr. Tucker said
one carload has just been delivered at
Mystic
The grading work will begin az the
Mystic en1, and the grading contractors
are expected TO have their outfits on the
ground by the middle Of the month";
Pioneer Ninel,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1905-03-04

The Pierre correspondent to the Sioux
City Journal has the following to say
concerning the amended water right bill:
The harmony which has always exist
ed in the Black Hills corner of the house
was badly shattered in the bill TO amend
the law passed early in the session to
allow Deadwood to go out hunting for
water in the streams Of the Hills. 1t
was case Of the other counties of the
Hills section against Lawrence, with the
rest of the house in sympathy with the
outsiders. After bot fight in which
bad faith was charged in a statement as
to the intent of the bin originally the
amendment was passed"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1905-03-04
The Prospector.

The Colorado mountain press posses.
ses Journalist of much more than aver
age ability-the editor of the Custer
Guidon. The following amusing word
picture of the prospector is worth pre-
serving
Here he comes, with his overalls or
corduroys well marked with gouge or
grease, usually both. His whiskers are
ragged and he has a hungry phsiognomy
Listen to his tale Of riches to be acquired
if only the hole could be sunk deeper.
Who is the cuss? Sometimes he is an
individual who could ressurrect sheep.
skin issued by Mr., Eliot of Harvard.
Oftener he is plain American citizen
with little schooling. but versed in the
lore of individual contact and being up
against it.
Nutty2 Not much-only born with
the pioneer instinct-the wandering foot
the ear which hears only tho call OF
the wild. Many of them. 81, Senior
many. Every boy who hacks his name
on fence with his jack-knife is a rels-
tive of Daniel Boone, the same who in
his Kentucky cave cut ID. b." on tho
rock wall of his refuge from savages,
there to be read with wistful feelings by
those who now dwell in fair Kentucky.
The prospector is always a liar. He
can not help it. The bright sunshine
reflected from the snow masses which
cover his beloved rocks, the vast stretch-
es of mountain ranges, looking like
frozen ocean spread before him as he
gazes from a star-strikiDg peak, the vivid
sunsets which he admires almost daily,
the exaggerations of the atmosphere, his
natural exuberancy and abnormal hump
of hope-all these make him liar even
with himself.
Blessed be the prospector, and may
he, when his days are numbered, depart
10 realm where every rift in the clouds
discloses TO his fascinated eve a pay
streak Of gold, and may he at last depart
TO place where there are plenty Of can
ed Boston baked beans, and sutiiciency
of baking powder, SOW bosom and -four,
for the prospector is the man who finds
tbs mines that furnish the gold for the
world to do business on. Curse him
not We infdels." -
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1905-03-04
Cured Consumption.

Mrs. b. w. Evans, Clearwater, Kan,
writes: "My husband lay sick for three
months. The doctors said he had quick
consumption. We procured a bottle Of
Ballard's Horshound Syrup, and it cured
him. That was six years ago and since
then we have always kept a bottle in
the house We cannot do without it.
For coughs and colds it has no equal
25c, SOC and 81 90. Sold by all druggists
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1905-03-04
Twine Plant a Winner.

The Legislature has handled the twine
plant measure with some skill. The
members felt it would be a comparative.
Iy easy matter to get the plant installed
but then it came to the question of pro.
viding large sum Of money for operat-
ing expenses, difficulties were encount-
cred 1t was finally decided to pass the
bill appropriating $4,000 Tor the con.
struction of the plant, and then submit
to the voters at the next general election
the question Of voting a special tax levy
of a mill and half TO raise the fund
necessary for putting the plant in oper
alton. This bill has already passed the
house, and will pass the senate and will
be signed by Governor Elrod before the
final adjournment of midnight Friday.
The Argus-Leader is distinctly pleased
at this outcome. There never has been
any argument against the twina plant
except the manifest difficulties in pro-
viding the cash Enough money could
be appropriated directly from the treas
ury to build the plant, but the cash for
its operation could not be spared. The
legislature seems to have reached a sat-
isfactory solution which will generally
please the people of the state.
No bill before the legislature has in
terested the farmers so much as this
twine plant measure. When the plant
gets fully into operation it means saw
ing of from two to four cents pound on
the farmers twine bill In addition, it
VIII mean that the state prison will be
self supporting, such saving much in
taxes, and best of all, it will mean steady
and interesting employment for the
prisoners, betteriug the discipline of the
institution, and making it easier to turn
out men who have formed habits ofI
steady work, and who are thus less like
ly to drift back into life of crime. To
our way of thinking this was one of the
most important measures before the
legislature and we are pleased to learn
that 1t is disposed of SO satisfactorily.
We have no doubt that the people will |
vote the extra tax. 1t will increase the
taxes for year but slightly, but the
money will come back later, and will
reduce taxes in future years. 1t is
money invested and not money spent. |
We expect to see the tax carried by an
overwhelming vote. Minnesota has
made million and half Of dollars on
its twine plant and there is no reason
why We should not do as well in South |
Dakota.-Argus Leader.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1905-03-04

The bill making the commandant of
the Soldiers Home custodian ofthe pen.
sons of inmates of that institution, has
become law. This law was enacted in
order TO secure a large grant from the
national government. 1t is to be hoped
that old veterans generally will not mis-
understand the legislature and take this
act as an affront. If the requirement of
the national board is obnoxious to the
boys who wore the blue, let them rise
in protest and have it revoked. Old
soldiers are entitled to every considera-
tion at the hands Of grateful people.
The News believes that there is nothing
too good for those who risked life and
fortune in defense OF country and flag
Sicps Nal'eV NesB
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1905-03-04

The National Anti-ruberculosis League
VIII hold its first meeting in Atlanta,
Ga, April II, Is and 10Th. Governor
EIrod was asked to appoint twenty five
representative physicians as delegates
from South Dakota to this convention.
lie has appointed from the Hills as such
delegates, J w. Freeman of Lead l.. f.
babcock of Deadwood, and C. II. Har
gems of Hot Springs.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1905-03-04

The caucns bill has passed both houses
Of the legislature and has become a law.
Since the failure Of the primary meas.
ure, the caucus bill has been pushed TO
the front by all sides, receiving the sup
port Of those who, previously to the
disposition of the primary petition, did
not favor it The caucus measure is in
line with the recommendation of Gov
ernor Elrod in his message at the open
ing o { the session.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1905-03-04
For over Sixty Y ears.

An old and well.tried remedy Mrs.
Winsow's Soothing Syrup has been
used for over sixty years by millions of
mothers for their children while teeth
ing, with perfect success. 1t soothes the
child. soften the gums, allays all pain,
cures wind collie and is the best remedy
for diarrhoae. Is pleasant to the taste.
Sold by druggists in every part of the
world. twenty-five cents bottle. Its
value is incalculable. Be sure and ask
for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1905-03-04

The people Of Kansas have taken the
thing into their own hands and virtually
forced the legislature to inaugurate
war on the Standard Oil trust that will
probably be hard lick at the powerful
organization, the more so that the at
tention of the national government has
been forcibly called to the criminal prac-
tlcc of the oil combination, and Uncle
sam seems very much inclined to help
the people of Kansas in the fight.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1905-03-04

According to reports from Pierre, the
house, last Tuesday, managed to raise
several scraps, the principal ones being
on the house horse inspection bill and
the senate wolf bounty bill, in both OF
which the interests of the western and
eastern parts of the state cashed, the
westerners winning in both contests On
the wolf bounty bill the Black Hills
members split, Shaw of Lawrence oppos-
ing the rest Of the delegation.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1905-03-04

The bill providing that when a vote
on license is taken in any municipality
the result shall stand as the law until
another petition for an election is pre-
sented 10 the municipal authorities, has
been killed by the lower house by
vote of 43 to 81 This is victory for
the temperance forces and means that
the license question has to be submitted
to vote OF the people at every spring
sieCti.h
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1905-03-04
Incredible Brutality.

1t would have been incredible brutal
ity if Chas. f. Lemberger, Of Syracuse,
n. Y had not done the best be could
for his suffering son. "My boy" he
says, "cut fearful cash over his eye, so
applied Bucklsn's Arnica Salve, which
quickly healed it aud saved bis eye.'
Good for burns and ulcers too. 0nly
25c at Alb. j. Jones drug store.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1905-03-04

1t looks as if the trusts were going TO
see hard times right along now. The
Beef trust has all ready q blow in the
eye. The oil trust viii be taken up hy
the government next. The telephone
trust has been called up" The paper
trust will be torn to pieces and the steel
trust which is accused of stealing money
from the federal government will also be
Investigated. These are not the palmy
days that trusts once knew.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1905-03-04

All persons obtaining credit at my
place of business do SO with the under
standing that same is limited to 80 days
time, and all accounts must be settled
on that basis. Ifyour account has run
over that time come and settle or do not
ask for more credit. We want your
trade but there is limit in the credit
department.
T. V. GARLoCK.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1905-03-04

Fire at Hot Springs, Ark, on the night
of February oath, burned five people,
destroyed 100000 of property and
rendered 1000 people homeless, includ-
ing many visitors A high wind and
failure of the water supply left the city
at the mercy of the flames.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1905-03-04
The Best Cough Syrup.

s. L. Apple. ex Probate Judge, Ottawa
Co., Kansas, writes; This is to say that
I have used Ballard's Horehound Syrup
for years, and that do not hesitate to
recommend it as the best cough syrup ]
have ever used" 25c, SOC, $l.00. Sold
by all druggists.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1905-03-04

Congressman Martins 64O acre home,
stead bill passed the house last Wednes-
day 1t amends the homestead law in
Its application to government lands in
South Dakota and Colorado. 1t has yet
to pass the senate before becoming a
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1905-03-04
NO 90
The Coionel's Waterloo.

Colonel John NJ. Fuller, of Honey
Grove, Texas, nearly met his Waterloo,
from liver and kidney trouble. In
recent letter, he says: 81 was nearly
dead, of these complaints, and, although
l tried my family doctor, he did me no
good so got SOC bottle of your great
Electric Btters, which cured me. l
consider them the best medicine on
earth. aud thank God who gave you the
knowledge to make them" Sold and
guaranteed to cure dyspepsia. biliousness
and kidney disease, by Alb. J. Jones,
druggist. at soc bottle.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1905-03-04
The legislature adjourned last night.
or rather early this morning

The wolf bounty bill has passed the
house and becomes law. The bill in
creases the annual bounty from $1,000
20 $4,000.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1905-03-04

am not going away, nor closing out
at cost, but / am selling cheaper for
cash than ever before. | can save you
money. Come in and be convinced. I
need your small change anyway.
E. E. Rogers
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-25
Out-Of- Doors.
With the Procession
Of the FLOVerS.----... :

Important plants, such as the hanbar,c,
the stramonium and the tobacco. The
stramonlum, or thorn apple. OF James.
town weed, bears white and il.scented
blossoms; while the tobacco. bears
MISREPRESENTATION and fragrant flower.
There are roadside weeds which are
for the most part adventurous, such as
the bouncing bet, and the butter-and.
.honely. and That perhaps It is which
gives them favor. Take the buter.and-
eggs for Instance. The botanical name
Is Linnra vulgaris. 1t Is nm nssertive
which have n clean and cheerful aspect.
They bear spur: and the palate Is
marked with orange; the leaves being
linear or ernss-llke. Another name is
we'll provided for IN the matter Of lin
on for i1c batrnchian s supplied by a
variety OF Llnarias. .
There is the blue tond.fax ~. which s erTTs
blossom. slender. With erass-llkc leaves,
and t,,c flowers tho spur being curved,
fairy-lkc efTioresccncc..
f Then. too OF the same family. are the
Antirrhintms, the snap-dragons mostly
escaped from gardens. with pnrpl,sh
finwnra very m,icf, 5hcserhllne an animals
mouth: and the beard-tongncs. smaller
and not 70 conspicuous N color ns tne
former. INcFe Is tHe IONIii,
tongue, which grows from New York
to Arkansas. which bears many lowers.
and makes quite = show. nnd Tho M,n,n-
ln,,a or r,onhev floWnr. With rs square
stem. and purple flowers. growing along
Tho hanks az streams. from Maine ~
,rnxns. The rnn,a Is arnliep hccausc OF
tho rro.1an,,e Shane NJ thr fo"nr.
The hedge hvseops nrc alao IN bloom.
with blue fowera somewhat rnatmpl,,nnH
the minis save that the leaves are ~.
fcrent. some bc'ne rt,,nd and ent're-that
in- n partially for mois ttsoil The YER
nt,ic.s are OF Tho game IRRESPONSIBLE ~
IN for they crowd the wnafc p'nces m
Inc Northern States and inhnht fht
swnmps and marshes OF the South. BIT
thcv are not whit rcrhnps YOU would
call flowers. for they are inconsn,cnons.
md being weeds. arr held IN contempt
form n pnrt in thu great and r.ordnrfnl
system of m tl,rc A Iva W. r. mr. Der thrt,
no ma tier how lowly the plant may "
which you see. for to be n true lover OF
nature. you must have appreciate for
t1lIGthnt nnturn nrnv'h1s 'INere .in"
.nettlc. for instance. Why does u siingl
with It's orderly mc.fods OF renroduciich5
ana perhaps ia protect the caterpillar,
OF the beautiful buttcray which finds
shelter and food ,,pon Its leaves.
There Is the digital!s. which furnshe!
a remedy for the dsarrangeu systemi tht <
foxglove. the dead mans bells 1t Is. MOI
a very beautiful plant, with lis tall spike
OF purple flowers and It's largo basal
leaves. IT loves the shade OF the woods!
where 1t frequently attains TO q. height
OF twelve feet and where its blossoms
CLEAN edtitchly In the gloom and children