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The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-10-13
MAY BE ~lfscEnDl.ARY.
Four Fires Closely Following Esc,.
Other in Gce;des.


Geddes, s. D., Oct. about $40
o'cIoc "Wednesday night The fire alarm
was turned in and ii was discovered
that the fire was in the Geo. frazier
barn, but the blaze had too grea. a
start for the trcmen to overcome ii.
j. G. Stoughton's barn, next to the
Frazier barn, also touk fire, and then
the Floetc lumber yard was iii grave
hanger. but the liberal use of water
kept the flames confined to the Two
buildings, which are q: total loss.
Scarcely was this fire under control
when the alarm WAS given that Frank
lCxline's barn was on fire, but it was
Immediately put out without damage.
II then it was Chat the j. X. Ogden
1t is one block from the Frazier barn
west To the EXline barn. and then two
blocks south to the Ogden barn. Be
fore the fire company could get to this
flre from the previous ones it was be-
You'd control, and with it burned two
horses belonging to Mr.. Couron.
After {, lapse of nearly an hour and a
hall, When watcimen had been placed
over the town, mother alarm was
sounded. Fire was in the rear of the
Erickson building on Main street in
an addition built to the rear of III main
building. This building was vacant,
except for some household goods that
We're stored there. belonging to Mi.
Erickson. This blaze WAS put out be-
fore any great damage was done en-
cept to the little addition in the rear.
Following is a list of the losses:
George Frazier, barn and contents, $500:
no insurance. j.. c. Stoughton, barn
and contents, $500: no Insurance.. j.. r.
Ogden, barn, $50. harness. new buggy.
seventy chickens, stoves and other
household goods stored in barn. $50.
Mr.. Couron, team of horses, $16O: no
Insurance. L. Erickson, estimated at
$40; insured.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-10-13
HEcLA BANK SOLD.

Aberdeen, S. D., Oct. 3.-The Bank of
Hecla, a private institution, has been
sold, with its real estate, by it's own
ers, A. T., I. G.. and B. S. Clark, to
F. &. Cannon. Charles Eygabroad and
Roswell Bottum, Aberdeen business
men. The capital of the bank will be
raised to $40, 900. and it vii! be incor-
porated as a state bank. with Roswell
BOttum as cashier.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-10-13

Mark T.. Twain a y that during his
experience as a pilot the worst boat on
the Mississippi was the stephen J. Hin.
Only strangers, only the tenderfoot,
used her.s One afternoon. while the
boat "a poking along down the river.
a thick fog drifted down and the Ste
phen j. Hill had to tie up for the night.
As she lay there. swathed in gray. a
passenger said TO the captain: 1T is too
bad we're going to be late. captain"
We amt goin' to be late the captain
answered. But ! thought" said the
passenger, that we had to tie up to
this bank here all night $50 we do"
said the captain. but that amt goin'
to make us late. We don't run so close
to time as all that"
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-10-13
WOULD HOLD Her hANp.

sanduskv. O., Oct. 5.-AIiss Hattie Dew
Hirst, one of the pretty girls of Huron,
whose room was entered by robbers a few
nights ago., received a letter today mailed
at Cleveland signed Burglar" in which
the writer declares he entered her room.
but all he wanted was to hold her hand.
The writer threatened to return to Huron
and 'do.up the town."
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-10-13
on STATE ISSUES oN,v

Columbus. Oct. 5.-Chairman CARRIER OF
the democratic state committee today de-
clared the appearance Of Secretaries
Taft, Shaw and other members Of the
presidents cabinet will not change the
policy laid out by democrats at the be-
ginning of the campaign to confne the
discussion from the stump during the cam
paign to state issues.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-10-13
Thrown FROM CAR.

Aberdeen, S. D.. Oct. 6.-John G..
Wheeler, a freight conductor on the
Milwaukee road. was thrown from the
top of a freight car at Evarts While
the train was switching and sustained
severe injuries. although physicians
think they will not prove serious.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-10-13
MAY BANK.

Aberdeen. S. D.. Oct. 6.-Parties from.
Garrison, Ia. were in Aberdeen inves-
tigating the possibilities for establish
ing fourth bank here If the promoters
of the Citizens National bank finally
decide to abandon the project. The lat
ter will hold a meeting soon and defln-
ttely decide upon the action to be taken.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-10-13
RY BBERs

Aberdeen, S. D., Oct. 3.-As Police
man George Harrington was going
home he was attacked by a holdup
man who failed to recognize the officer,
as he was in plain clothes. Harrington
overcame his assailant and he wa
lodged in Jail to await trial.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-10-13

President Loubet WIFI be the first
chief of the third republic to retire I'M
der normal conditions at the completion
of his term. Theirs resigned. So die
MacMahon, and, though NJ. Grevy COM
pleted one term. he had to quit office
before the expiration of his second.
Garnet was murdered. Cusimir-Perier
left the. Elysee in disgust and Felix
Faure's career was cut short by sud-
den death.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-10-13
DRAINING A LAKE.
Sanborn County Commissioners lie,
Contract for Bin Ditch

Contract for Big Ditch.
Woonsocket, S. D.. Oct. THE board
OF county commissioners let the con
tract for the construction Of a drain
age ditch to drain Long lake. The lake
is a large marsh covering several thou
sand acres which is tillable land in or
binary years, but the excessive rains
this year filed it, drowning out many
fields.
w. A. Ferris, of Letcher, took the
contract to dig the entire ditch, 1850
per rod.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-10-13

N. White. brother of White, the sew
ing machine man of worldwide fame.
died at Beloit. Wis, the Other day. Mr..
White was a man of many peculinri-
ties. One of them wasAthat he would
never trimshis whiskers. His whiskers
were probably longer thai those of any
othersman inSthe world, as they would
drag atsleast a foot on the ground when.
he allowed them to hang down.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-10-13

Three railroad sIgnalmens whose
prompt action in an emergency recently
prevented great loss ofilife on an Eng
lish road, n to receive the Albert
medal, a priced decoration which is CIV
en- for "acts of heroisn performed by
civilians on land or sea-"
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-10-13
FIRsT ERos1,

Aberdeen. S. D., Oct. 6.-The first
frost of the season of any consequence
visited Brown county on Sunday night.
thermometer fell to 80 degrees and
ice formed in low places out of doors.
But little if any damage vas done as
the corn is out of the way Of frost.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-10-13

Thexfamous snail of Burgundy is so
greatly reduced in numbers that the
demand it i'll. the restaurants can
not be adequately supplied. The gen
eral council of the department of the
Cote dor has therefore asked the pre-
feet to authorize a close time for snafls
between April Is and July Is.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-10-13
st Panl Minn-Rndolnh ueller aaoa 6,

st. Paul, Minn.-Rudolph Heller, aged 81,
is at the city hospital with a broken neck,
and the doctors say he will live. Two
weeks ago he fell down stairs. His in
juries were not believed to be serious, but
in a few lays he collapsed on the street.
X-rays revealed that his neck was
broken. Heller walks about, eats heartily,
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-10-13

In ssome of the English schools
French is now taught by e of a
photograph. The machine delivers Sc
1ect specimens Of French oratory and
songs and is extremely r~nnular with
the children, whose accent is said to
make rapid progress. Government in
spectors approve of it.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-10-13

Judge Dickerson attended a ro,ping
contest at Ardmore, I. T., recently, for
the purpose of satisfying himself as to
the cruelty of the SPORT He announces
no more exhibitions OF that kind in his
district. and classes the contests on the
sametplane as bull fights.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-10-13

1t isi announced that the Villa Palm
Teri. Florence, is to be sold. The Villa
is popularity supposed to have been the
scenes of Boccaccio's @"Decameron."
Queen Victoria made the place her resi-
dence during two Of her visits to Flor
ence. Its present owner is the Dowager
LadySEraWfOrd.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-10-13

In Berlin the authorities hold the
theory that all foreigners reside there
by simple sufferanCe. and may be asked
to leave at amy moment. No reason is
ever given for an expulsion beyond the
curt police formula. "Further residence
is denied. But expulsion is. rarely or
never resortea to except in the case of
alien anarchists N International agi-
tators and mischief makers. including
newspaper correspondents who commit
the .offense of telling malicious ies-no
about the course of politics, hut about
the high personalities of the court. The
Prussian government has always al
lowed the fullest independence of judg-
ment to foreign correspondents about
matters of general policy.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-10-13

In their latest annual report, an ex-
haustive document. the British lunacy
commissioners say, as a result Of their
researches into .the relation OF drink
and insanity: ut can not be denied
that alcohol is a brain poison"
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-10-13

For revenge on the editor Of the
'Neuesten Nachrichten, Bamberg, Ger
many. who had published an unappre-
ciative account Of their exploits, some
burglars entered his house and smash
ed everything On the premises.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-10-13
PUTS II OUT OF BUSINESS

Chicago. Oct. 5.-The government licens.
for the so-called floating pool room," the
steamer City Of Traverse. was today re-
vokcd.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-10-13

II Richardson, Of Anthony, Kan.
has sd6acoyered that the water below a
dam Hi much softer than that above
n. claims that falling over the dam
hreaItg the water.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-10-13

CAPTAIN orville ]. Nave, an army
chaplain. and author OF .'Nave's Topical
bible Is engaged In h compilation of
a revised bible which will be a unique
edition n the only one of It's kind.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-10-13

Il IL estimated that II Ambassador
Reid keeps up the social pace he has
ret in England. his term as American
half million dollars.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-10-13

The Rev. T. G.. Harper. Of wibsey,
the newly elected president of the
ElytoM. where John Bunyan was born.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-10-13

French Gulch, Cal, has no jail or
city prison. and men arrested there are
handcuffed and tied to an anvil till re-
removed to the county jail.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-10-13

DR.. Isaac H. Hazleton. of Wellesley
Hills. Mass, the only surviving officer
OF the First Vermont. was one Of the
guests at the recent launching of the
new mammoth battleship Vermont.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-03-17
Churches and Societies
REVIVAL MEETINGS.

Ait. Geo. Bennard, of Detroit, will as
sist the Methodist church in two weeks
revival campaign, beginning next Sun
day. All Christians are cordially in
vited TO unite in these services.
The Woman's Club will meet with
Mrs. Millison X. Wilson, Monday March
goth, at 2:45 standard time. Leader,
Mrs. Dingwell, study; "Othello," Act ?,
Scene ). Act III, Scene /, ?, 3 to line
Is6.
The next meeting of the Bay View
Club will be held at the home of Mrs
Geo. Bildson, on Monday, March 20.
"The Duty to Provide for Your Own, -
SurLay morning subject at the Baptist
church. "Can Person be Just as good
a Christian out of the church as in it?'
evening subject.
Quarterly meeting services will begin
Friday evening, this week at the Free
Methodist church, continuing over the
Sabbath. Rev. ]. A. Hudnutt, Presid-
ing Elder will have charge of the services
Come one, come all to this feast of the
Lord.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-03-17
HENEN SCHOOL BUILDING
Special Meeting Will be Held
Monday Evening to Settle
the Question.
THE PUPILS NEED MORE ROOM
The Proposition Meets With General
Favor-Notice Appears Else
where In This Paper.

y special school meeting has been
called for next Monday evening for the
purpose of settling the question of bond
ing this district in the sum of S20, 600 TO
aid III the construction of an eight room
school building on the block now owned
by the district
No one familiar with the present
crowded condition at the high school
will view this proposition with disfavor
The fact that we have outgrOwn our
school building has been apparent for
some time and it has now come to be
serious question of the health and future
welfare of the pupils of the overcrowded
rooms.
The average number of pupils in each
of the 2d Sd, 4th, 5th and 9Th grades is
%, where the maximum number should
be 30, an average of 20 more than there
should be for each teacher In the high
school there are 30 pupils with only two
teachers. True there are four high
school teachers, strictly speaking but
since the 7th and Sth grades were incor-
porated i'll the high school, it leaves only
two teachers under the present system.
The board is ready and willing TO hire
sufficient number of teachers, but there
Is no room. Two rooms are now being
used in the old fire hall for school pur-
poses, but they are inadequate. The
lavatories are very unsanitary, the venti-
lation is bad, and the absence of play
ground forces the children 10 the streets
TO play. If new eight room building
is erected there are enough pupils now
10 fill seven of them with 30 70 40 in eacl'
room, and also arranged so that the
kindergarten pupils from the west side
would not be obliged TO go across the
river.
The school board unanimously recon-
mends new building, and now have in
their possession blue prints of school
buildings in Flint and Saginvw costing
approximately $40, 900, which were Sc
cured by s. w. Tinker and +. X. Hath
| away.
This district has no debts at present,
and il would seem that the time is ripe
for this most needed improvement.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-03-17
some EARLY HISTORY
From the Michigan State Advo.
cate, One Of Gratiot's
Early Publications.
THE v|LlAGE OF ALMA IN 1853
Recalls Many "reminiscences Familiar
to Some of Alma Citizens
Today.

1t is interesting just at this time 10
read sketch of Alma" in 1869 pub
lished III the Michigan State Advo-
cate" little four page paper edited by
A. ID. and f. G.. Rust, in ST. Louis,
Michigan. 1t was sent to rs by Rev. j.
II. Fleming, of Saginaw, who prizes il
as keepsake.
The Alma of 80 is difficult to compare
with the important position occupied by
our city today in the business, educa-
tional and social world. The solid
standing of our financial institutions,
the soundness of our merchants who
have won a reputation for their integ-
rity and upright dealings, the enterprise
of our manufacturers, our splendid
transportation facilities and water power
have been the main factors of our prog
ress from a village of a few souls and
little wooden buildings to the present
newly incorporated city of Alma.
"Its first settlement was commenced
in 1906, by Gen. Ralph Ely, who with
his family was the first to remove to this
point, and to whose perseverance, public
spirit and large hearted ibooiit, its present
prosperity as well as that of the country
at large may in no small degree be at
tributable. During these seasons of
scarcity, familiarly known as 1.-THE hard
times" the disinterested efforts of Gen.
Ely, aided by few others, prevented a
general stampede of the inhabitntants of
Pine River Valley, 10 older and more ia
vored regions. The village was plated
in 1859 by Hon. James Gargett, who
early in that year removed from Cleve-
land, Ohio, and became, and has contin-
ued ever since, deeply interested in its
prosperity.
"Mr. Gargett has erected this season a
new Touring mill, which is now nearly
ready to run-three and one-half stories
high, and 80 by 90 on the ground, with
four run of stones, three Turbine wheels
and all the modern improvements in
machinery. This mill is conceded by
good judges to be the best mill of its ca
pacity, north of Jackson.
"Messrs. Pierce, Ward & Hall, firm
from the East, have recently purchased
Continued ON page 81
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-03-17
North Shade and Bloomer Farm.
ers Discuss Farm Topics. Penal
Institutions.
HAVE Parliamentary DRILL.
Program Interspursed With Readings
and Music-Meeting at the Home
of A. L. Bemls.

The regular March meeting of the
North Shade Farmers Club was held
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. A. l..
Bemis, Friday. Several Bloomer farm
ers and their wives as well as some re-
tired farmers living i'll the village were
present. The usual picnic dinner WAS
served at noon and the discussion of the
program was taken up On account of
illness the Stonebrook orchestra was
unable TO be present. Does Michigan
Need Penal Institution Exclusively for
Women, was assigned A. l.. Bemis, and
he said that with the care that the state
gives her criminals he thinks il would
be better TO provide a seperate institu-
ton for women. With the number of
institutions already provided "A new one
would not be necessary, but arrange
ments could be made for quartering
them in some already established prison.
So far the state has made arrangements
with the Detroit House of Correction
for the care of about sixty of these
criminals and they are used OH contract
labor there. The state pays certain
sum per day for their maintenance, and
the total expense TO the state is about
$500 per year. III seperate institutions
were provided for them other lines
of work can be introduced for them. A
general discussion followed and the gen
eral opinion seemed to be that the state
might afford TO use one of its institutions
for women exclusively.
General VS.. Special Farming. was taken
up by Jas. Stonebrook He said a. a rule
farmers try to farm too much ground.
With the present price of help, and the
difficulty everyone finds in getting il,
the farmer who tills a few acres well
has as much profit at the end of the year
as he has who hires more help and tills
more acres. Daniel Spiece agreed with
the speaker and favors smaller farms
with better tillage. He made humor-
ous hit ON the habit some farmers have
of announcing in the fall that they have
sowed a large acreage and when harvest
comes the number of acres shrinks
about half.
There was little talk as 10 whether
special farming means the exclusive
cultivation Of one OF two crops, after
which James Cusic gave an excellent
talk on the Features Of Special Farming
Best Adapted TO Michigan Agriculture.
He said that the average farmer cannot
Continued on page 3.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-03-17
GETTING READY FOR BUSINESS.
Plans are all W ell Under Way for First
Election In the City of Alma.

The necessary steps for the changes
from village to city government began
Saturday morning, when a meeting of
the Township Board was held in the
Office of j. ID. Spinney. The resignation
of G. l.. Delavan, as supervisor, and
Carts Brown as clerk, were accepted
and Rollin Wood and =. j. Adams
appointed in their place. Those two
officers with j. j. Sartor, now constitute
the Township Board. They met Tues
day afternoon in Ex-Justice .Spinney's :
office and issued registration notices and
election calls, which appear elsewhere
in the columns of the Record.
The city is now without "A resident
justice, as the new arrangement leaves
vacant the offices of Justices Chadwick
Spinney and Palmer, and cases which
come on for trial before April 3, will be
heard before township justice j. j.
Sartor. The disqualified justices have
turned over all books and papers relat-
ing to their offices TO township clerk
Adams.
The first meeting of the common
council for the City of Alma occurred
Monday morning for the purpose of
appointing a Board of Election Commits
sioners, who are j. G. Kress, G. +. Brown
and A. j. Hall The election inspectors
for the four wards are as follows:
1st Ward, ID. p. Struble, Otto Sander
hoff, Ezra Smith, Bert Hayes. Place
of holding election, Almas Public
Building.
2d Ward j. w. Glass, A. w. Brock.
Frank Barnes, l. Russell Place of
holding election, I'd floor Lee Mercan-
tile Cos. store.
Sd Ward, = Henry Brewbaker, A. J.
Bak9r. Wallace Amsbury, Sylvester
Rockwell. Place of holding election
McPhee's tailor shop
4th WARDS +. Case, Edward Hannah,
n. ID. Lee, Chas Taylor. Place of
holding election, building formerly
occupied by Davis Bros. barber shop
The great amount of labor involved and
the countless details to be looked after
are being rapidly completed. The calls
for registration election and ward
caucuses appear in this issue. Election
supplies, twelve ballot boxes an l eight
election booths have been ordered, and
everything will be in readiness at the
proper time.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-03-17
TO BOND FOR $40 900
For the Purpose Of Building "A Court
House to onate To the County.

The city of Greenville voted Monday
on the question of bonding itself for
sac. 900 TO be used in building court
house for Montcalm county, in case the
county Seat is removed from Stanton to
Greenville. The vote stood 634 yes, and
% no.
At the April election the county will
vote on the question of bonding for the
same sum for the same purpose. Green
vile will make strong fight TO persuade
the voters to reject the county bonding
proposition and thereby express their
preference for moving the county seat.
Should they succeed III this, definite
action in regard TO the court house will
have to wait another year, till the ques-
tion of the location of the county seat
can be submitted TO the people. And
in the meantime it would be "a question
whether the necessary two-thirts of the
board of supervisors could be induced 10
submit the question of location 10 the
people.