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The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-01-26
Tho Wrong amen"

From the London Chronicle.
A long dispute, originating in the orgal
accompaniment of "Amens'' In Shelton
church., Motifs, has terminated in Il Ping
ham county court. when Miss Charlotte
Aspinall, who recently barricaded herself
in the school house for some weeks and
resisted all attempts at eviction. sued the
rector Of Shelton, the Rev. w. Walker, for
two guineas, being three months salary
as organist of the parish church.
The lady told the Judge that she was to
receive fifty shillirgs every quarter. When
pressed for the reason why she was told to
70, she confessed, amid laughter, that the
rector said she insisted upon playing
.Amens' during the services in certain
places and refusing to play them In 9TH
ers.'' This was not true, she added en-
phatically.
In defense the rector read the letter
which he wrote to the lady organist A
our church service seems ridiculous to all
was the subject Of strong COM
ment by the clergy who offciated In my
absence, and as 1 have had a representa-
ton made to me by one OF the congrega-
ton, I must now distinctly, and In writing.
not merely ask you, but give my orders, as
to the times when the organ is not to be
played during the service"
The lady did not comply, whereupon the
rector gave her the choice OF two alter
natives-to obey his written orders or re-
sign.
To this she replied: "l) I cannot say
what I shall do until service commences.
(2) I positively refuse to send my resig-
nation to you" The rector, therefore, dis
missed her at once.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-01-26
THE LARGEST DAM
V
EAST OF ROCKIES
The Big Belle Fourche Project
includes q Great Stone
Reservoir.
70 COST OVER A MILLION
his Dam Will Be Twelve Miles Long
and the Greatest Depth 115 Feet-
Capacity Cannot Be Estimated
Yet, but Will Be Great.

Belle Fourche, s. D.. Jan. 26.-Al-
though there has been practically no
work done on the irrigation scheme this
winter, yet M firm of contractors will
commence work within Il week or ten
days. The bid, s1,01s, 900, is for the
building of, the giant dam. This dam
Will be twelve miles long and its great
lest depth 115 feet. It's capacity cannot
yet be estimated. 1t will receive all
the waters from h Belle Fourche river
and from adjoining streams and terri
tories n will feed the canal which Is
Two carloads of machinery, including
AN immense steam howell were received
at Whitewood yesterday and work will
begin as loon as this machinery can be
set up near this city. The weather Is
SO mild and the winter has h far
been such an open one that the o n
tractors ave been eager to lose no
time. They ave been allowed fou
years in which to complete the work
on this dam, but the work On the entire
irrigation project will take about seven
years. A small force of men has been
employed throughout the winter at the
smaller dam where some concrete work
has been DONE. The stone for this Ia
furnished by J.. c. Reed, Of Lead, con-
tractor, who has a stone quarry on the
Northwestern railroad, about a mile
north Of the tunnel. He employs ten
men here and ships about fou carloads
a day. The rock for this work was
originally taken from a quarry near
up to the government specifications,
hence the contract was relet to Mr..
Reed. Work OF the canal and at other
points Will begin early in the spring.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-01-26
FARM c~oNvENIENcEs,
From the Farmer and Breeder.

The busy western farmer does no.
give sufficient attention to having
things convenient for doing his every
day work. This is doubly true Of the
farm house. The farm house should
contain every possible appliance for the
creature comforts of the farmers fam
lily. The so-called modern house is
more readily arranged in the country
han in town and there is much more
for performing the necessary daily or
weekly home operations should be in
every farm house whose owner pretends'
to live in comfort. The members Of the
farmers family perform the work more
than the families of other house owners
and they should have the conveniences
for doing so with the least possible hard
work.
The barn and feed yards should be
conveniently arranged in connection
with feed bin and hay mows. Water
should be where it can be had without
trouble and the stock will be less liable
to go without at times. Doing chores
as many farmers do them is not an
easy task, but with proper conveniences
the work can be done with much less
labor and at the I'm time done so
much better. Stock will not go out
to drink cold water many times when
the weather is extra cold until so
thirsty that they drink too much n
then shiver away the growth they
should be making.
Proper feeds is 40 more important
than proper lines and methods of feed
ing. Stock will enjoy being out in quite
COLI weather IL the sun Is shining n
they know that there is plenty of feed
and a warm place in which to rest
when the sun goes down.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-01-26
Brands for Babies.
From the London Mail.

Let a mother study the. appearance
Df her child's body well.'' advises the
family Doctor and decide for herself
whether there be about it any %inefface-
able mark by which she could identify
him anywhere and at any time.
III there be nothing TINT time may
not efface. then let her have him
marked in such a way that she would
know him. 1t is only a question of a
few drops of India ink, an operation
no more painful than vaccination"
This suggestion of treating babies
likesso many collars or handkerchiefs.
and marking them in inconspicuous
self yesterday to the master OF more
than n workhouse. to whom lost in-
sfants are usually conveyed.
Attic Strand union a representative
of the Daily Mail a told the story
OF a little girl lost, by her mother in
London while on her way to Canada.
Afterea frantic search the mother went
ON to Canada. Some years later. the
little daughter was discovered to
be a Founding at the union. When the
mother saw the child b could not
recognize 1t at all, and 1t was not until
n friend pointed out that the girl was
the mother was convinced.
Parents who desert Infants ome
times r~epentantly ask for them back
aSfew months later. baby's eyes and
hair, however, change considerably In
Amonth or two, and these. parents are
sometimes only hnlfs convinced that
they have really received their u
chilli back. ASsinall tattoo mark would
IA thss9 cAsea dtspel doubt.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-01-26
NEW BANK At ABERDEEN.
Iowa Capitalists Interested in South
Dakota Venture.

Aberdeen, s. D., Jan. 25.-Aberdeen
will nave a fourth bank. n possibly
a fifth. c.. r. Easton and +. J.. Nc
Arthur, of Aberdeen, with c. A. Rus,
sell, r. G.. Townsend and r. A. Town
send, of Anita, Ia, have filed articles
of Incorporation for the Trust and Saw
ings bank, of Aberdeen, with a capital
stock Of $4,000. The new institution
will occupy the Macarthur building at.
the corner of Main street and Second.
avenue, and will commence business as
soon a s its charter is secured and the
building is equipped with the neces-'
sary furniture. C. A. Russell and r.
G. Townsend wifi have active manage
ment of the bank. serving as vice presi-
lent and cashier respectively. The 9th
er officers and the directors OF the In
stitution will be selected later.
Messrs. Ray and johnson. Of vinton,
Ia, are in the city looking over the
banking situation and may possibly de-
to put In the fifth bank. They are
said to have the necessary capital and
the establishment Of the ffth hanE
depends upon the inclination Of Aber-
deem business men to engage in tho az.
;terprise.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-01-26
ATTACKED BY HoLDup MAN.
oarkston Girl Fought Fiercely ana
Won Out.

Parkston, S. D., Jan. 24-Miss Dora
zehnpfennig. daughter Of prominent
residents Of this place, had a thrilling
adventure with a holdup man, who v
identity was attempting to pattern after
his Chicago brethren. The girl had
made a purchase at a local store and
was on her way home with, her. pur-
chase and the change from a $40 bill
Wnen she noticed Il stranger just ahead
of her on the sidewalk.
Without warning the stranger APP
preached her n grabbed for her
purse, which she was carrying in her
hand. She, with the spirit of the av-
erage Dakota girl, resisted the attempt
at robbery. and, Notwithstanding that
she vas in imminent danger of being
seriously injured if not killed. she
clung desperately to the purse and
struck wildly at her assailant.
When she appeared about to be over
powered her screams for help appar-
emily frightened the holdup artist, for
he released her and fed. The girl did
not recover from her fright for some
time, but was able to give the authori-
ties a good description of the man,
VINO, however, has thus far eludcd cap
lure.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-01-26
1--we STOCK MEN,.
Programme for the Convention Of the
Association at Mitchell.

Mitchell, - -. IAN. 26.-President
Erion, OF this city, and Secretary Will
son, OF Brookings. have been at I
on h program for the annual meeting
OF the South Dakota Improved Live
Stock association, which will be held IN
this city January 80, 81 n February l
and 2. What will make the meeting a
particularly Important this year
will be the dedication OF the new stock
pavilion, recently completed at a cost
of $4,000, which sum was appropriated
by the state.
Governor Samuel H.. Elrod has ac-
4cepted the invitation OF the officers to
attend the dedication OF the building
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-01-26
WILL GET SATISFACTION
Knee Will Be chosen-obise-
ton to CommAnt.

Paris, AIN 2e.-Ministerial circles
here are much annoyed over reports
relative to Frances alleged hesitation
and nervousness regarding the Venez-
uelan question.
Highly placed officials Of the foreign
office today protested energetically
against such statements made on the
subject, saying:
France has always beer and is still
determined to obtain the fullest salts
faction for affronts from Venezuela.
She will select her own time for the
action. and not stir up a wasps' nest
to which Castro has shown the way
until a general policy leaves her free
to do so. France will not act at any
ones bidding. She will choose her own
hour and momen and then act as be-
seems her. with absolute resolve to
have her rights respected"
To the question whether a blockade
had been ordered a direct negative was
given. ~
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-01-26
A BAR OF SOAP
FRIGHTENED GUARD
Story of How a Horrible Mas
sacre Was Narrowly
Averted.
THE INDIAN KEPT QUIET
Little Indian Boy PIundered F%reiahteri
Wagon and Was Beaten, Thereupon
Guard at Fort SulIy Feared
General Attack by Reds.

Yankton. S. D., Jar. Pa bar OF
soap is not much, but 1t might have
caused the wiping out Of old Fort Sui
ly, this state. by a large assembly of
Indians way back in the early '70s. as
E. S. Violin, a pioneer citizen of this
county, related yesterday.
Mr.. Violin, hen a boy, was at Fort
Sully, where only 800 soldiers were
quartered at the time. 1t had been a
hard year, n the Indians, as was
their custom when the larder was
empty, had been coming into the post
in struggling bands until 5000 lodges"
could be counted from h fort, which
nothing but a GROUP of log cabins in
those days.
The Indians We're hungry and ugly
and ready for any O that a pass
ing mood might suggest. They knew
well they far outnumbered the slender
garrison. and the latter also knew 1t,
and much %uneasiness was felt.
While this was the situation some
freight arrived by OK teams from down
river, and during the temporary alb
sence Of the freighters an Indian boy
iHbe up into a wagon, secreted
something under his coat and started
down. Young Violin saw the move. and
being Identified with the wagon Che
afterwards freighted himself for many
SNeAo = ~ AANCl poAIAlo) Lc WeIlt dlLel
the Indian boy, cutting him and knock
Ing him out of the wagon.
The fall hurt the boy and he went
off In a dangerous mood, with q bar
Of soap, the article he had stolen, lying
on the ground where it had dropped
as he fell.
Violin at once came in for a good
Teprimand from a man at the post for
what he felt would bring the whole,
band of Indians down on the fort, and
the White boy was scared to death, as
the approach of every Indian was ia
ken to mean an attack on h fort.
The news went round the little gar
risen and great uneasiness was felt
for several days.
The Indian lad, however, must have
thought it the proper time to keep
still, as nothing more vas heard of tho
matter.
Mr.. Violin in telling the story said
he had not forgotten the lesson, and
even yet he has the creeps as he thinks
what his hasty and thoughtless action
might have brought on that little band
of pioneers at Fort Sully, all on ac-
count of a little bar of soap.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-01-26
HkNDCUFFED NAN
MAKES HIS ESCAPE
Remarkable Leap Of Sheriff.
Prisoner From Moving
Passenger Train.
HE CANNOT BE FouNr
Tho Man Was Being Brought from
Virginia to Nebraska to Stand
Trial for offenss Of
Long Standing.

Lead, S. D., Jan. 27.-Passengers on
Ian incoming train were amazed when
Just his side of Rushville a man sud-
denly kicked out a window and
plunged feet foremost from the moving
train.
L He was a prisoner who had Just fin
ished serving q term In the peniten-
tiary in Virginia and was being
brought back to Dawes county. Neb,
by Sheriff Mote. Nebraska had walt
ed some time to get her hands on this
imam, only to lose him at the last mo-
lment.
The train was stopped and the sher-
iif with assistants Immediately started
"a hunt for the man, but although he
iWas handcuffed he succeeded in maxi
ing good his escape and up to the pres
tent time has not been found.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-01-26
NEW wArEawoaks SYSTEM.
Parkston Will Be Supplied with Elk.
celient Fire Protection.

Parkston, s. D., Jan. 25.-Work on
the construction Of the new municipal
waterworks system at this, place has
been stopped for the present, and will
not be resumed until spring. Had the
contractor been able to get sufficient
men h work OF laying the mains
would have been completed before cold
weather put a stop to the work. About
mile OF mains have been laid and
connected with the tank. which is filled
by the power from a 15~-horsepower
gasoline engine. The tank, which has
a capacity OF 1000 barrels. can be filled
In about twelve hours Of steady pump
ing. 1t carries a water pressure Of from
as to go pounds to the square inch. and
is sufficient for all purposes in Il place
the size of Parkston. Another mile Of
mains are yet to be laid, when the
WaterWorks system will be completed.
The system will be n of the most
complete in the state and will furnish
Parkston with first class fire protec-
ffDD
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-01-26
RETAIL
Meet at Mitchell This Week and pi.
cuss Catalogue Houses.

Mitchell. S. D Jan. 25.-The visitors
to the South Dakota Retail Merchants
association began to arrive last night,
and this mornings train brought in
has received notice that during the day
about seventy-fve more members Of
the association will arrive for the three
days session. President Grimm, of
Parkston, arrived last night. The Com
mercial club will give the 300 visiting
merchants a social entertainment at
the club room.
Tyler will make his annual report, and
Treasurer w. j. Andrews will also re-
port.
]. E. CoItra will ak on Special
Sales" and other men who will dis
cuss this subject are: A. T.. Berdahl,
Garretson, S. D.; A. Mittelstadt, Mil
bank; Elmer Walters, Iroquois: B. F.
Oldham. Hon. e. F. Crosse, of Get
tysburg. will discuss the subject, How
Will We Get Needed Legislation? 2"
AT the afternoon session Wednesday
the following program will be dis
cussed:
Competition of Catalogue Houses
The South Dakota Plan" f. ]. Man.
nix. OF the Commercial News, Of Sioux
Falls; the discussion of The South Da-
kota Plan" will be made by j. D. Bar
tow. Plankinton; c. P. Hanson,
Bridgewater; e. 4. Henry, Flandreau:
D. H. Leoftus, DeSmet: Oscar KvaI-
shaug, Beresford. and E. L. Meisch
Alexandria.
Retail Advertising will be ably pre-
scented by c. r.. Broaders, of Minneap-
plis, who has made a great study of
this subject, and may be considered an
expert along; this line. Other mer-
chants who will discuss Retail Adver-
Using will be O.. B.. Anderson, Cotton,
g. d.: w. H. Bennett, Castlewood; P.
w. Ashley. Coleman; George Mcbride,
Huron.
"Co-Operation Of the Travelling Men
rnd the Retail Merchants Association
will be presented by w. T. Enright, of
St. Paul.
The following merchants will discuss
Rural Mail Carriers Carrying Mer-
chandise'': H. o. Refine. Dell Rapids;
". A. Duxbury, Canova; T. j. Coushon,
belmont; E. w. Schmidt. Valley
Springs; J. H. Mallatt, Groton. S. D.
"Science Of Government" will be pre-
scented by H. NJ. Jones, of Sioux Falls.
vice president Of the National Fruit
Dealers association. Mr.. Jones made
& national reputation at Des Moines,
Ia, recently by presenting a non-par-
tisan speech OH the business man TAX
ing an active part In governmental af-
fairs to prevent commercial tradesmen
from securing a monopoly on life's ne.
.aSsitieS.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-01-26

Washington, Jan. 2s.-Miss Evelyn,
Walsh, daughter of Thomas Il. Walsh.
has been operated upon again for the
fracture of h right thigh resulting
from the tragic automobile accident AT
Newport last August, in which Miss
Walsh's brother, Vinson, lost his life.
The fracture had failed to unite. The
the patient is resting comfortably. She
will be obliged to remain in bed seven
or eight weeks.
It is expected That the fractured
bones will unite SO that there Will be
no appreciable shortening of the limb
md perhaps no lameness whatever.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-01-26
REPUBLICAN CLUBS.
South Dakota State League Will Nee.
Soon, "

Ill H-s .H' oOOOs Y 49,. -L
Sioux Falls. S. D.. Jan. 27.-W. G.
Porter. of this city. president of the
South Dakota. State League of Republi-
can Clubs, will In the near future call
a meeting OF the executive committee
of the league for the purpose of select
ing the time and place for holding the
next convention of the state league. In
the past it has been customary to call
the conventions at the same time and
place as the republican state conven-
ition for the nomination of q congress
siOnal and state ticket, and this prac-
Itice doubtless will be followed this year
and the convention held in Sioux Falls
on June S, hat being the date the re-
publican state convention will be held.
The convention of the state league
will. among other things, be required
to select delegates to the next biennial
convention of the National Republican
league which will be held at Philadel-
'phia or dates corresponding to the.
afiftieth anniversary of the first national
republican convention, June II, IS and
10 next.
The gathering has been designed as
the golden jubilee celebration. and
South Dakota will send Il good delega-
ton of republicans to attend 1t.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-01-26
TEAM FELL FORTY FEET.
Remarkable Escape Of Horses Near
Yankton.

Yankton, S.. D, Jan. ga switch en-
CINE crew was startled here yesterday
afternoon to see a fine young team of
horses and two wagons drop down from
the river bluff forty-fve feet overhead,
and crash onto the track the engine
had just left. Although the fall was
one Of almost fifty feet the horses were
uninjured. There are very few higher
bluffs anywhere around Yankton and
1t is considered remarkable the animals
We're not killed outright. The wagons
We're very slightly damaged.
The cutting of ice has just begun
here, delayed for -four weeks by the
remarkably mild winter. Even now the
lcemen nave to cut along shore as the
river is not yet frozen over, a condition
that seldom IL ever existed here before
In the knowledge Of pioneers.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-01-26
PURE SEED TRAIN.

Mitchell, S. D., Jan. 26.-The North.
western seed grain special train will
arrive in South Dakota on January 251
and stop an hour at Hartford, Hum,
boldt. Montrose, Salem. Spencer, Farm
err and Fulton. arriving at Mitchell atl
I p. m, n will remain over night
returning to Minnesota the nex day.l
The speakers with the train are Pro-
fessors Andrew Boss. C. P. Bull and Ell
G. Parkers, of the Minnesota A%griculI
tural college. nj Professor w. Al
Wheeler and assistants. OF the South
Dakota Agricultural college. AT Mitch
Il practical demonstration will bf
wheat.
On January 20 the Milwaukee rail-;
way company will start their specia.l
seed grain train through the north,
western states, visiting South Dakota.
points the first week In February.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-01-26

DR.. William Osler's mother entered
on her one-hundredth year recently at
her home in Canada. Three-quarters OF
n century ago the Rev. Mr.. Osler and
his wife settled at Bondhead, Ont. -Four
Of their sons have been men Of great
Canadian reputation, and one, DR..
Osler, regius professor of medicine at
Oxford university, is a recognized lead.
of the English n American medi-
cal profession. e. B. Osler, M. p, and
Justice Featherstone Osler. of he court
of appeals, are the two prominent re-
manning son The late b. b. Osler. one
of the foremost men of the Canadian
bar. WIS aiso q Son
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-01-26
FIND GOLD NUGGETS.
Remarkable Discovery Made in Heart
Of City of Deadwood.

Deadwood, S.. D., Jan. 27.-While ex-
cavating for the slime plant on Nc
Govern hill the Homestake company
has discovered several lodges of gold
bearing rock, one of them from six to
eight feet wide. Workmen employed
on this plant have picked up many
nuggets averaging from $1.5O t o $3.50
each. 1t seems to be proven more ev-
cry day that Dendwood is built on a
solid gold foundation. Only last fall
the workmen discovered a bed of placer
gold on the site of the new opera house.
That vas near the creek bed. This
find Of placer is on the hillside about
fifty feet above the creek, even above
the rim of the bed rock. TIL ore in
the Lodges has no as yet been ussayed,
but II is believed hat 1t will carry
good values, and us vet 1t has not been
exploited in any way.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-01-26
PLAN TELEPHONE SYSTEM.

Ethan, S. D., Jan. 24.-At a meetin:
recently held by the business men and
others of this place a resolution was
adopted to appoint committees to look
up the question OF installing a local
exchange to be operated in.
lines running out of this place. Com
mlttees We're appointed to solicit sub,
scrtbers and also to draw up articles
OF Incorporation. 1t is roughly esti-,
mated h a between thirty and forty,
phones will be secured in town and as
IT VIII connect with three long lines
iaL over this, Dawson county
ana the adjoining counties it is thought
that a central office will be easily SUP
ported, sup
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-01-26

A. +. Miller, OF Sellwood, has made a
shipment of $50 pounds OF the seeds of
Ar and spruce trees to replenish the
depleted forests OF Austria. The seeds
are put in double sacks and went d.
rect to their destination. This consign-
ment represents several months of seed
gathering by Mr.. Miller in the noun
lains near Mount Hood. and when the
seeds reach their destination they will
be planted to grow young fir and
spruce trees to again be transplanted,
covering about 1000 acres.