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The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-06-30
sAPTlsTs MEET AT CLEAR LAKE
Northwestern Evangelical Conference
Opens To-Day,

C2es- Lake, $ D. June G.-L@sdins
Ssp;is.s q South Dakota, SIS well SIS sew
srsl t-or, oshs- sVs,es q the northwest.
xii tc6Sy gather IL this city Tar Sss
purpose ot attending tie annual nseGnS
q the Evangelical conference and Moth
western RSpSst association, which vii
be called 20 order 81 hst p.ses IAis
evening to- sessions extending over 6
period ot three days
A. The opening session Dr., Q, A Will
:sras o. Ntnasspol3s VIII preach .hs
sermon AZ Interesting program has been
prepared sor the srscl sessions TIE
lection q Officers viii eSSs pace soaroz-
row Ssrs-cooa- A. the evening sesSsoa
the annual sermon will De preached by
Esx. L z vssss Q. wsce-aovn
TIE session On "Wednesday viii oe de-
vosst a2loss exclusively &c Tie discussion
cs vz-Se@s roc2cs relating 70 SS1Lky
scAco2s sid : number .. rSPs-s CT these
sresscsS VIII be ~sS by persons pruEi-
as-S i. state Sunday scAcet woVS- there
- every reason 60 ns1ssvs .hs sGsslSs1cs
viii eS s. cAss Is desired s1S Aas The
meeting XII - : Successful c1s Z every
-ssSee-
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-06-30
LAW PREVENTED WEDDING,
Seresford Man Wanted on CHARGE
Iaken from His LADY leAe.

Reresford. $. n. June Ss-Ar-es,ed
instead OF being married IS the UnususI
experience az James Cunningham. for
msrly az this city. Mr., Cunningham
was arrested last spring snd Pleaded
guilty In Justice 70 the chs-Se
OF maintaining q gambling house In
the city az Beresford. Upon the pre-
text OF wantins 10 change some g his
clothing. the officer permitted him 10
visit the home OF his lady love. Instead
ot making the rhaase sNSgsstea. hs
slipped out 81 the window, which had
been prepared fos him, and disappeared
in the darkness Nothing had been dis
covered as 10 his Whereabouts until
Sunday evening, He arrived in own
On the evening train ana getting OF
on she side opposite the depot ccas q
carv4iIeus route 10 the home ot the
stsi,
TWO osseers We're detailed 70 srress
him, ard, gosns 10 each aaan shsy
~saecsesed In getting CUNNINGHAM. 10
ran frea the back door into the AssSs
~ the otScec, HE is now ta&ssS in sssa.
awaiting the action ef the sheriff, Il Is
said Il w&s planned thst the swo were
10 have been married x his prsssaex
Was aos discovered,
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-06-30
BRleED.
CHARGES Made Against South Dakota
Law Making Body.

Chicago. June 2S.-Cnarges OF bribery
conspiracy ana fraud are made against
the international Harvester company
by Mrs. Margaret Swift. Of This city, IN
a hill in chancery filed III the clrcui:
courI
Mrs. Swift is the wife Of Rodney c.
Swift, who was formerly employed by
the harvester company as the head Of
the experimental department. and
against whom suit was brought by the
company accusing him Of appropriate
ins 10 his use, through the sale OF q
patent. money obtained the cor
poration on alleged false representa-
tons,
In her bill Ms. Sw;t, charges bribery
o. legislatures. particularly those OF
Illinois, Kansas ana South DAKOTA She
charssS illa, il has been the practice
o. the company 10 spend large sums OF
money in this state ana elsewhere for
TIE purpose OF influencing legislation.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-06-30
FLASHED A GUN;
GOT YOUNG BRIDE
sensational EIop.ment Of a Boy
Who Stole a Girl From
Her Home.
HER PARENTS OBJECTED
T~hereupon the Attentive Young Eel.
low Stung by Cupid's Arrow In
sisted and He Won-W arfare
Against Cottolene.

Midland. S. D. June 23.-The serenity
of this community was by a
sensational marriage. 1t seemed lhat
the parents of Miss Lillian Babcock
objected to her receiving attentions
from Il young man named James Lee.
The other day the young mar accom-
panied by another one drove up in a
buggy and called for the girl to come
out with him. The parents would not
permit 1t, so the companion drew a gun
II compelled compliance, which was
promptly done. hen they, in company
with the girl, drove out to Fort Pierre,
where they We're quietly married by
Justice Jeffries without further trou-
bic.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-06-30
PRINCE WOULD SELL TITLE
Bankrupt Austrian Offers TO Give Rank
to Child for Cash.

san Fraucisco, June .2-rhe following
advertisements has hoon appearing IN the
leral paper$:
"ElderlN artStorrat u highest rank with.
ont descendants Win cnuvcy his utlcS &c
wealthy tatNerIesS child, Marriage dc con.
Noaienoc not eNtindod, Strictly SenAden,
t;al"
An investigations resulted In tNe dis
coNevy tNai the elderly ariStncrat" called
htmsclt 'l'rnce Edward Gustave t2rnts
lamhars," ol Austria With halS Il dozen
other titles OF Austrian AMI German
origin, te is said TO want SiAaA DOWN and
size a month tor Ike, The ;i;tcs II fr:nte
tamNorE are SSnHtne, hut r~cSrrSucs BOOKS
credit Thorn 10 C0Nut Hubert A8to0e
k,ntlc, wNo is ltNtaS, II Is said that So,0S
may weU,rn have answered the adNer
tiSe0eGt.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-06-30
ENCAMP MENT ENDS.
Harmony Of South Dakota Veterans Is
Such That Aberdeen Meeting
Beats Schedule,

Aberdeen, :, u. June sa,~The &. A..
Il, aHa w Il (, eucampnen,s ended
last night WITH y Ntg meeting IN the
opera GaG$e a crowded house Mas adj
dressed ny &0 Torrance N M;nOeapN-
SES raSs matspNaR rntuuNaoaer, and G.,
L, r>Stten * EAaitaNoosa, Junior vtc,
e~2snS@&p&er A prize VIA Mas awarded
Is Miss Nellie Welsh IN the speaking
contest sHn SEc(S sScr subject Mas
H~esstre>st$Fnl PRESENTATION Nt a tlRN
nv SeS NSsSes ErSpS ~ ANea4eeo schools
eA@st& sAt SeTS&&&a&%S fNe eatAWnntvNt
c&vse& the lay earttcr saaN planned en-
s$s Z ths s&2saeIN sAAt SNAr&oteci&ca
ING rlf&@SGItx:.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-06-30
ABERDEEN IS GREAT
CONVENTION CITY
Already Three Large State
Gatherings Have Been
Held This Year.
OLD SOLDIERS ARE NEXT
Twenty.Second Annual Encampment
Together with Auxiliaries U. V.
U. and w. r. C.. Will Meet
in ~Encampment.

Aberdeen, S. D., June 9Th twen-
ty-second annual encampment of the
G. A. r., U. V. U. and the w. X. Z. for
the department of South Dakota will
meet in Aberdeen next week and VIII
continue in session until Thursday
evening. 1t is estimated that 400 vet
Grams will be in attendance, besides a
large number of visitors. The Brown
county court house is official headquar-
tiers of the G.. A. r., the w. r. c. and
the U. V. u. The sessions of the g. A.
r.. will be held in the circuit court
room, commencing at 10 o'clock on
Tuesday morning. Tuesday will be the
business day of the session, the time of
the encampment being occupied with
the organization, annual reports of Of
ficers and the election of officers for
the ensuing year. The opening day of
the w. r. c., whose sessions will be
held in A. O. u. w. hall, will follow
practically the same program as that
IF the G.. A. r..
On Wednesday morning the business
sessions will be concluded and in the
afternoon the para =. which, 1t is eX-
pected, will BE participated in by at
least 500 persons, will occur. Colonel
William Wallace. of the staff of 10Y
ernor Elrod, will have charge of the
parade. which will consist of a platoon
of police. Colonel Wallace and five
of his staff, the South Da-
kota State band, Company L., S. D. n.
G., the mayor and city council, the
speakers at the e~ncampment. the Ger
man band, the G. A. r.. Spanish "a
veterans, the juvenile band, tie boys
brigade. school children and citizens.
on Wednesday evening General Eli
Torrance of Minneapolis n G.. w.
Patton of Chattanooga, Tenn, junior
vice commander of the national G. A.
R.. will deliver addresses at a rallying
meeting to De held at the Gottschalk
opera house.
Thursday will conclude the encamp-
ment. the principal event of thai day
being a prize declamatory contest in
the evening between a lumber of Aber-
deem young girls. a flag will also be
dedicated by the W. R. C. and pre-
sented by h a organization to the
Third ward school in Aberdeen.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-06-30

When SCHILLER wan u boy MT achool I've
wan tarmentea by u awias tutor nntued
kuplig. who ontte from the ttiaonn
canton, Nenra later when u" poet
wrote 'i'rhn %liohhara," he rcNcnsed him"
self on kurl,g nui the Grlaona by IN
Producing thiR little npreShb III ho n
scamp % must have g.n'ua, More
over II apecinl ctinRtc lea needed for
the growth of aoatnnn, ana 10 prove thiH
4 recommend q to Niait tho triaoNa
canton, II Ia the vetitahle Ath"nn nf
modern ranoalitN," In the later edit
tions 0f "Ihe ltobhera" THIS quaint bit
az spleen duca not appear II Ia aug
geatod that SCHILLER wnn not moved TO
espubsc II Nv any ren,ofRrfnl tce|inR.
but ny u Very farcthln protent FROM tho
TealdpntH OF the abused canton aeainat
thtn unlumny,
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-06-30
SAILOR ssAN~ AT PIERRE.
TeasSsses WaesSssc~sw All o>se tas
NnSsNS States

Ss>sAss 81 MSSs&es 1e@a 81 Assssses.
Me- wAs Is ss%ssgSeS 10 the S&gSssl
OF every state u s&a aasSss gssSASas .
@AeSscarsSwS Sasse III 81 has NssSs 10
Sess~ Mas sSyssst 4aSS SS&ssg &ass
as$rssss @aS s~Ss& MsNSSN, wSea ~
sSssAe sSsssS ssNss SeSsSS&arS, 3 dis
sansS ~ sssaS sky asssS TIE s~sssg
sssS sssN gssss SassS IN sse asssesas Is
aes&s is sSSeSS az atSAt> Vie sses Ms
wife here MAe AS& SSsSe "a tcasa NsSss-
sscSSsSN where SA@ MAS NsSsssasS rsS~
ssNe& ter SAe SasaaSa ~ IKE sssessfsx.
he sess here for ST. eSas, gNssS ~ MSS
~ SsaseA, aNS A8sewsaS the Great
NNgsseg.a rNA& ssNas sMssN IN
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-06-30
Ms. ANp ,NRs. egoReE S. MArAEws. OF ARMOUR. S. o.

ArnloNv, s, n, June sl,-AriNoWr IS
the heuie Of the olGeSs couple 81 South
Dakota. So f&r as heard fvrua. George
s Matthews Ms born III me ,owD OF
LssouIsr. WssIrnorel&nd county Pa.
November Is lSiT. and married Miss
Elizabeth Anderson Sterling OH july
is, 1889. Mrs. Matthews WAS born on
Ap@sl :. 1917. III Mercer County. P&.
They moved 10 lows 81 1875 and 70.
South DAKOTA in 1883. settling near
Ms>SliuS, Since Ih&t time they hsrs
been residents .. the state, They have
FIVE children, all living. ;wo SONS and
three daughters,
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-06-30

The report or the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Steainahtp company Tor ianA showa II
ilshl$ preatetoua years huaineas, The
net nfatlta amount I M.S2S, "A, after
haSihE paid the mtereat ~, tts bonded
debt, an Increase ra compared WITH
tpnS. Of 81. no. oNa Tho company NOW
ewna Ian ocean steamers and iS2 smaller
vessels, their total capacity Is sSt,hAi
s,Nias fesiRter tosiS, cNcecatns that VI
lans by Nj, 0nN toas, These vessels run
On furtNraiN routes, ami the country has
u eenttNlltns interest IN six forctgn
stripping lines, The company is oN,
tenains tia business In all airecktons
over the world,
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-06-30

In politics Mr.. Mathews is 2 stanch
democrat. casting his first vote for
Martin Nan Barren in 1890 and voting
for every democratic candidate for
president since that time. He is an
enthusiastic a6rairsr OF Wil.iaIn ].
Bryan and says he expects 70 vote fo-
tIm in 1905, an6 see him elected pres!-
dent.
Mr.. Mathews has s good memory and
has been an extensive traveller. He
can rssals his hearers for hours by
stories q the plains in lS4S and Of the
Panama canal country = South
American ports he has visited.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-06-30
RECOMMEND TWO PARDONS.
One Of Them for Lambert e. Jones'
Life Prisoner.

Pierre. s. u, June 2l.-The state
board Of pardons in session commended
pardonS for Lambert f. Jones, who was
sentenced 70: life from Charles Mix
count on a murder charge and for
Herbert II. Caddy. who was sentenced
from Lawrence county for twenty years
on a charge of robbery.
In the cases Of s. r. Mayhew. e n
fenced from Miner county on Il charge
of shooting With intent TO kill: Michael
Andre. sentenced from C~oddinEton
county on a murde" charge; and John
Jungworth. jr.. sentenced from Hutch
inson county on an incest charge. were
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-06-30
MURDER AT ABERDEEN.
w, o. Marvin Is Killed IN q Saloon
HraWi and Jack Purcell Is Under
Arrost

Aberdeen, s, u, luUc A,@lack rur-
cell n gambler, tx under arrest charged
With the murder Of W, u, Marvin, II
painter, Al y o'clock his mornng rur~
cen became Involved IN a ttKlit IN 4
saloon With the Nartendor " Threw u
spittoon at Marvin, who MAS acting as
pe2teemaker, II struck his head, The
Wound Was dressed u he Mas taken
10 hits room, where he WAS found dead
this mofniag, An inquest is 10 I've held
AZ \ O'Clock this NtiornooM
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-06-30

That recent International Yacht race
cntia to mind that tho word yacht"
like many either nautical wordH IN the
NnEliah language, N OF Dutch origin,
Thta Ia natural, alNoc the GnBiiah
learned tho Art or acamhnahip tcnm
ihoee old maatpra " the aea, the Dutch.
Other Dutch words Rto %'alNtpror, :"
'amnok,' "alnnp." reef "honn>,"
Starrrat,," From the Netherlands come
atao the words "amusgling' and hoy
pa In "at,ip ahoy," When one reads
how Lord Nelson Mas taken down 10
the norlor'' de0ic 90 die at the battle
OF Trhfalsar " haa Vet another term
taken from the Dutch,
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-06-30
FILES INCORPORATION ARTICLES
Company to Build Sioux Falls Street
Car Line ORGANIZED

Pierre, S. D, une Particles of in
corporation have been filed with the
secretary of state for the South Dakota
Traction company at Sioux Falls. with
a capital of $500. 600. The purpose OF the
company as set out in the articles is
the construction Of a street railway Sys-
TEN for the city of Sioux Falls. the
extension of a line from that city 10
Parkston, Hutchinson county. a dis
tance of seventy miles. Such a line
would touch or cross the counties OF
Minnehaha. Lincoln. McCook. Turner
and Hutchinson. which would take it
through q we'll settled agricultural
portion of the state. The promoters are
principally Chicago men. the list OF in
corporators being: c. Nj. Hartman,
Redfeld; Fred r. Powers and W. L.
Baker. Sioux Fails: J.. F. Noel. a. E.
Melville. f. L. Cross. NJ. J. Corcoran,
c. r. Dixon and George Menger. Chs
CGEO.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-06-30
WANTS SLICE OF MILLIONS,
Frau Frsasfssa - Germany Writes -
GeS~--sr.

pss-@ & D. Hare ia Lester h&s
ess@ -scssvs5 81 ire s~ose-na-S once
ION Germany alSrsSssS 10 the Coy
-n-asrsc u South DaScss, yaasEa1- u
sr0a ENaa F-SEzzsSs. G-2Gea &C.
borne SascA- In /. sas ssasss AsE TIE
"a ayers II Germany a-s publishing SIZE
csnesaS leS Shs SgrSa-ar:Ss q the hears
II 5 Sna- NAMED SoSscsA waa died in
SIESA DaSczA leaving an sScArs IL
s.. sGf4 Afat s-e5 Sc WISHES "a pas N @s-
a~gESAAaArsa1 .s- s sAs-s q 1s estate as
sa as u 70 he present -hs saEs-~
-SrsS cs asS failed 10 ind The LOGS
saol Of any SaeA an ss-ags IN -as ssass-
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-06-30
WANTED A DOUBLE BOUNTY.
But Boys Lost Out on Gopher Tail
Graft.

Aberdeen, S. D., June 2l.-The fact
that Marshall county pays a bounty of
. cents on gopher tails while Brown
county pays but ! cent per tail. aroused
the grating instincts of the Brown
county boys. who instead of bringing
their gopher tails to Aberdeen to the
Brown county auditor. took them to
the Marshall county auditor at Britton
and received the bounty of . cents per
TAN. There were $50 tails altogether,
and the boys were ahead $3.50 for their
trouble. A %neighbor informed on them,
however. and the Marshall county au-
ditor made them refund the entire $50.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-06-30
RAPID CITY. souTH DAKOTA

Tho prince Of Monaco IN rendering 10
aerial navigation u service more vl'lu
uble than the invention or ilying ma.
chimes, He necins to haVr set on foot
"a really eyHtemntic htndy or the air
uurrentn In tho upper atmosphere. Dur
Ing one OF his lonH otulaen last year ,o
perfected u hyrtcin or ldton which en-
nhlea him To secure ,tneful tcrttltn at
MI altitude OF about 10000 feet. In os-
der Ia seo,ro tho advantages NJ Cos
ordination aud comparison, Hts high
neat hha induced the German govern
ment 10 order n aericn OF aitniiat ON
peritnenta on certain wprahlne, while
The furtusurae government hhH afro
decided 10 institute "a narNlou OF tho
Kind In connection viii l.inltou obserN~
atety, Eme In another International
work In which other governments
might renlcr aid,
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-06-30
HEAVY RAIN IN WEST.
Never Has Sc Much Water Seen
Known 70 Fail.

Se- Springs, & d I0ne S-tios
Springs wGS visited by smother &e-
S--ac-Sve -aGl S,o-zz Wednesday,, naked
with AaI half ths S2s ~ s hens sss,
Which I'D c0aSsSs-asS damage, Sew
s-al railroad bridges On The North
western &nS Burlington ooSSS were
mashed 0gs and 10 trains came IN for
hours So many AsSvN
rains have Gsvs- been KNOWN SsSs be-
fore Sa6 hs hills and surrounding
II, hars asvsC looked 80 Saa. eGt
so- css ruaS q the sSass SrS vssssaass
there hiss been s1clEA
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-06-30
APPoRTIoNMENT BEATS RECORD
Semi-Annual Per Capita Is $2.25-
LARGEST in History,

Pierre. S. D., June 2l-The June semi
annual apportionment of the income
from the permanent school fund has
just been made by the state land de-
partment. This fund. which is derived
from interest on the permanent school
funds and leases of school lands,
amounts to $206, 0?7.75. which. distrib-
uted IN a school population of lS5. 500,
makes $2.25 per capita IN that popula-
ton, this being the largest semi-aunual
apportionment eve made in the his
tory OF the state.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-06-30

SIR Donald Mackenzie Wallace once
found hsmselt al n club IN Edtuburkh.
where he fell tntn conversation about
Russia with a youth whc put torwRwt
aeine views In which he could act acNuts
esee, "Nh.N said thts r~etsnnaso, ut is
MI very Well FOR Enu ~ u that YOU
do npt agree With me-, euS | Know all
about It, | have tust heen reviewing
Wallace's Kussta,h" "Ana I have lust
been writing II" waa the natural re.
ply, The former speaker lived ~ he
fanasMss he Mas 4, t. S~teNenSon,
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-06-30
New Land Cultivated.

thousands OF acres OF land have this
season been cultivated for the first time
IN the newer portions OF the state. In
The work OF breaking virgin prairie the
farmers have quite generally utilized
traction engines for operating their
slows. The farm machinery dealers OF
Mitchell alone have thus far this sea-
Fon sold about thirty SUch engines for
use In breaking raw prairie land. MANY
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-06-30
I q At MARION.
Les Is Estimated a. 5000, ~i.h In
AecuS sxS,

Msr9a 8 D. Z-2s &h-Eszs hs-s esusss
: loss - Ss&aG x1,A saS1-s2cS Seo-s ga
$40 - .a2ows5zs 1-Zs ss e1-1s9
e1
Ns-sca Sxss hank scssra d Eess-.
srsssaS Il Van RGcss2 -~a2 sseats,
E,.xn zrss 1sz-sncsS = L -eSssz, a2eee-s
y EzESI As-so1 Rscoc1s j Il NJ
AE4rs aazg. Jaccs ESsA ow1G -
a-aSls cscczzps5 by saI1s-G asL
Tns caGss q sas l-s Is @-S-ewl Hap
rS = wsse waz5 e2sw a. rs uEs, - sAe
ezea-s seaszzsss ger1sa1 - the tow wols3
have essa destroyed
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-06-30

SSfMAsse& MssasSsseA Is sstS 90 Ne
aee eaxsess Svswasx city IN the WossS
HI sMtysS years s&&s hAs q reputation
~ Sa,@aAss Ana hAs seventeen hsassS Sss
SwMsaeS&ss ss@a@ sa aSAS sssaaAssa 70
$sSAeSASA Ssx sassAass II a&@ sAAs ea.
NsssasAs SsezHa&AN, the aastsS essS sesex
ass xasa&x eAgsAes nessh tssAa WlNssas
xe
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-06-30

v Gas2a WsgessS> sssg@s CARS sasp@s
feass, Sssr@a NSsSSses, ARD saw sosgs,
aMsessasssss are @se3 ny missionaries
IN eseseAhsS tears 1--WE pastors IN
Fsfss have s@SSAtsN sTaNese& raasS
mites Ia an aWssNsessto, erMa Which
they have preached 10 the large masaees
81 soaaSsS eeSase assembled 81 market
efsSss AND at fairs saa aSstssNNsea
ssagsess aaS tracts sssesss ssesa>
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-06-30
aAssAM sge0slfcaNs ysas

eSessSasa SeHe I-RsSasascx-s
hsSs ssesse1 all sAsss sSSs ySesy- -
sagsvsaes-s saa sessssc tie s-rssssrss
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-06-30
seces<s 2emss.rss pesSaSsa

s. P~rssSxsG-E - S-a-ssrer
Nsceeaxs ~c~sSeS Tie Eslassrv sssSsx-
Sse2 AsS
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-06-30

all lai6 over for further conside-a-
ZION.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-12-05
The Boy Mayors Latest Awakening

Mayor McCaskrin came out of his
spasm. at last nights session of the
common council. long enough to make
some admirable suggestions TO the
aldcrmanic assembly. which. had he
heretofore depOrted himself in a man
ncr worthy oil the respect of the leg
islative branch of the city government,
would have been apt To receive the at
teution they really deserve.
While hardly compatible with the
mayors avowed policy of putting the
town to- the bad aud growing moss i'll
the streets, the recommendations are for
the most part in line with what The Ar
gus has been urging for years. These are
the things that the mayor recommend
Cd, in the form OF a message in lieu OF
the expected document treating of his
sunday closing crusade An adequate
fire alarm system. a safe. up-tO-datC
hook and ladder wagon. fire engine:
action relative to Rock Island arsenal:
a building commission: a stone pile;
the establishment of police and fire
commissions beyond the reach of pol
itics. and declaring the counsel for
the city had Numbered in the storm
exemption law in the premises.
In all the legitimate recommend
tions OF the mayor as 10 the fire alarm
hook and ladder wagon. fire engine,
the building. police and fire commits
Sions. the mayor covers ground that
should have been included in his in
augural message. and in each of the
named propositions he is correct TO the
letter. Had he at the very outset of his ca
Teer set forth public needs and stood by
them with an Intelligence and con
sistency that would have won the re-
spect and cooperation of the council.
instead of flying about from one thing
10 another he would have been nearer
the ideal that he promised the people
in the event of his election.
The mayor : recommendation which the
council adopted looking TO cooperative
action in view of the situation at Rock
Island arsenal. and sustaining the atti-
tude OF the Tri-City Press club. il of
course timely The stone pile sugges-
ton is hardly 50 important as any OF
the others, while the declaration per
tanning TO the storm drain involves a
question OF prudence entirely. The
city employed counsel 10 defend the
city's interests In the long pending lit
iSation. aud their acts are a matter of
law and eXpedienCy. The lawyer is
as rule engaged in much the same
spirit as the physician is. for his expert
with such exigencies as may arise