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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-31

There is a deficiency of motive power
and rolling stock to cc"n"miCal!E
handle the business offered to the road,
and the management is at 4 disadVah-
tagc because not able to make repairs
of locomotives ut its own shop.
Augusta. winthrop and Gardiner
RailWay--No radical improvements
have been made upon the lines of this
company, nor have they been required.
The lines from Augusta to Togus and
Winthrop are fin" roads, thoroughly
built. OF modern construction and
largely ball,stcd with broken stone.
Safety in operation has been enhanced
by clearing the adjoining lands of trees
and brush upon the inside Of curves,
so that the vision Of the motorncn
has been greatly increased. Excellent
bitches have been made upon the priv
ate right f-way. and the road-bcd
widcncd and ballast added.
The general condition of road. roll
ing stock and buildings gives evidence
of careful and faithful work on the part
Of officers and employees.
Somerset Traction Company-This
company has expended more than $4,000
~ tHt III ToduNdN ana
electric line, and some over $1,000 for
cars and electric equipment Of the
same. 1t has also constructed 4 telc-
phone system costing $685. 3d. The gen.
eral condition of the road is very good
Waterville and Fairfield Railway
This short road is in excellent condi-
ton. over $4,000 were expended upon
its track and roadway the past year
and about the same upon equipment
and shops.
Waterville ana Oakland Street Rail-
way-This comparatively new road is
well and thoroughly built. ana well
| equipped, and but very little OUTLAY has
been necessary to keep its track in the
best of order. Consequently We have
found both the road and equipment in
very satisfactory condition.
The Hon. Byron Boyd, secretary Of
| State, WAS presented with gold watch
and fob by his associates in that de-
partmcnt Saturday morning. There
was no formal specchmaking. The
Hon. Arthur I. Brown. deputy sccre-
| tary Of State. made the presentation
in behalf of his companions. Attach
W " inc Nbttl WIS n poem written
for the occasion by Holman Day. Tho
| inscription on the timepicce was as
follows: ITO Byron Boyd from his Of
| flee associates, 1S97-1907. The poem:
Governor William T. Cobb was at
| the State House yesterday. During the
forenoon he inspected the building un-
der the guidance Of Superintendent Of
RuiI0inpS Cnl Francis X aafo
The Hon. Cyrus n. Blanchard Of
| Wilton. member of the Governors
Council from third district. was at the
executive department yesterday engag-
ed in work incidental to the meeting
| of the Governor and Council Monday.
The following corporations have
| filed their certificates Of organization
at the office Of the secretary Of State:
Mill Cove Ice Co. organized al Port
| land. for the purpose of a general ice
business, with $1,000 capital stock, Of
which nothing is paid in. Officers:
President. Daniel w. Sanborn Of SOM
erville, Mass: treasurer. Luther Mad
docks of Boothbay Harbor. Certificate
l filed. Dec. 90. 1906.
4 Greenwood Telephone & Telegraph
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-05-04
70 ESTABLISH A HOSP|l
Well Known Phyl
clan Negotiate
for the Purchal
Of the Old India
School.

DR.. Spencer, a well knol
physician of Montrose, ta
state, has been negotiating al
ing the past week for the p{
chase Of the old Indian schoI
which stands about two mil
north east of the city. II is !
Intention, if he can buy i
property, to estabish a sanit3
ium and hospital for the uses
his patients.
DR.. Spencer has a very lail
practice, SO large in fact that /
number of teams and an aut
mobile are necessary for his u
it's.
He has also a large number |
patients whom he finds IL ID
cessary to treat in a hospitl
and as this practice is growi4
he has decided to seek q SUI
able location for such a bull
ing. Rapid City with it's exed|
ent railroad facilities and hl|
climate is we'll adapted for tl|
purpose.
The old Indian schoo
built by the Episcopal chur||
under the direction Of RAJ
Ware. It has never been III
for the purpose for which it :
intended.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-05-04
Gambling Over in Rapid cit

No more will the little ivory ball
tear madly around the polished sur
lace OF the roulette table in Rapid
City. No more will the shrill cry
of "Keno" be heard, or the quiet
thrilling game of Monte beguile the
unwary from his careless sheckles.
Gambling is no more in Rapid
City.
At midnight May 1st our Mayor
armed with a huge monkey wrench
went about and put the final turn
upon the huge bolts which hold on
the lid IN the Gate City.
This practically eliminates gam
bling in the Hills.
Lead City was the first to take
the Initiative and she was soon
solloWed by Deadwood and finally
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-05-04
CHARGED WITH ASSAULT
Justice Court case Grows Out of
Sigman trial

cuetlSo OouTt cdSo GrOWS Out OF
Sigman trial
An echo OF the Sigman case
was heard to sound. in Judge
Scriber's court room Saturday after
noon when DIR. Bracken, the Vcter-
mary surgeon had Jess Borland
hailed before the bar of justice
charged with assault and battery.
1t seems that Mr.. Borland during
the Sigman trial went over to DR..
Brackens to see about certain
brand which had been cut out of o
horse and put in a bottle OF alcohol.
He did this at C.-L. Woods request.
Accompanied by Hugh Brown who
owns the Doctors residence he tried
to find the bottle and while he was
looking for it the doctor volunteered
the Information that he had the bot
tie and proposed to keep it. So far
the witnesses seemed to agree pretty
we'll with their stories bus afterward
there are discrepancies. The doctor
said that Borland sneaked up be-.
hind and struck him as he was going
to the well for bucket OF water.
While Borland and Mr.. Brown at the
trial said that the doctor struck at
Borland with the pail whereupcn
Borland struck back and both
slipped and fell. Atall events there
was mix" in which the doctor
suffered some contusions and a small
cut or two.
The jury were out only a few mo.
ments and then brought in yer
dict Of not guilty.
Read the Union ads for bar
gain news.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-05-04

brought to the city where it will
be transformed to a low tension
current that may be handled
without danger.
The precise design of machin-
cry to be used for this work has
not been made public, but DR..
Kerns says that the estimates
and specifications have been
made and the figures furnished
by one Of the largest concerns
in the country. The entire
equipment can be furnished in
a comparatively short time.
In company with Mr.. Lock-
hart the doctor has gone over
the ground and suggested some
changes in the original plans.
On this account it will be ne
cessary to make a now survey,
which will be made and ad-
vertisements will be published
calling for bids on the tunnel
work. The work on lhe tunnel
and power plant will give en-
ployment to a large number of
laborers.
Monday night the company
made application to the council
sor a franchise to operate street
cars and automobiles in this
city and the franchise will be
granted at the next meeting.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-05-04

Belle Fourche. And now ii q
Rapid City has fallen il line
will eschew all games Of chane
The onlytowns in the Hills
are now .unsheltered by the IRENE
lid are Keystone, Hill City j
Hot Springs. 8I.s|s
And it is thought, and the ~
tation is based upon good autho
that the games in those cities
soon be a matter Of history
Most Of the prof onal gsS
sters who have made RAPID q
their home have gons csar
y Wyoming, which is asill
open tcwn. i Is SAID that "a
viii 60 % Omaha. whese tlsSs!
else ton has put ! mose
minlstration ID power
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-05-04

rvcuSur1eu power III uurupe. rpr
many years she conducted the foreign
policy of France, Interviewing ambas.
sadors and treating with kings. Re
buffed by Frederick the Great, this
amazing woman made overtures to
Maria Theresa Of Austria to divide his
Kingdom between them, and, sitting in
her summer house, she gayly arranged
with couple of diplomats the reparti-
ton of Europe.
Moreover, but for the freedom she
gave to her personal likes and dislikes.
1t Is not improbable that she would
have accomplished some Of the less
wild of her schemes. Her dramatic
end has often been told. In the midst
of discussion on affairs Of state, as
she sat rouged and powdered in her
chair, the cure who was with her rose
to go. She detained him. Zone mo-
ment, NJ. lie Cure" she said, 1--WE will
take our departure together" And a
few minutes later the beautiful diplo-
matist was dead.
The portrait Of the unlucky Marie
Antoinette. frank, queenly, superb, Of
whom Burke rapturously wrote, Gilt
tering like the morning star, full of life
and splendor and joy,," is here too Re-
call her life at the Petit Trianon, that
miniature palace with the Corinthlan
pillars, where she wandered about i'm.
attended and no one rose ut her an.
proach. 1t Is always grimly pathetic
that the one French queen who a little
fulfilled the part that we have been
taught to expect from queen should
have been sacrificed to the mad rage
Of the revolution.
Angelica Kaufman was the child of
Tyrolese peasant, who made her way
by the force Of her artistic gifts as
well us her beauty. She was one Of the
original members of the Royal acad-
e1ny. Like many beautiful woman
who never becomes famous, she was
married secretly to an adventurer who
passed himself or as Count Frederick
de Horn. Too late she discovered that
he had been footman to that person
and no more, and for some ten years
she was blackmailed by this adven.
Observation-Disclosures Post.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-05-04
Fans ~ Dustpa.sI,.9

In Japan the uses Of the fan
many and various. They are wiai}
BY men, women and children, ~
dier and civilian. A butterfly ihaj
fan in the hands Of the umptrs d
wrestling match Is made to conyeyI
sorts Of messages. which are pros,mlai1
understood and attended TO by the 81
batants. Grain Is winnoWed ~
farmer with stout fan, and tj1ss
mestic servant not only fans H. >
bers OF a charcoal fire, but
uses her coarse paper fan u i ii
pan for taking up the ashes.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-05-04
The rtrst s-h.ar1.. - -. =,

The First subnaE1Is .Dea11
In 1644 Van Drebbel, 1 DutcAI
built IN London q submarine g.
which could contain twelve lOsssII
well as some passengers. and q
occasion James I. descended bano9
the Thames In the vessel. The inysal
is said to have discovered q LIQUID n
sessing the important property ok d
dering the air in the confined spaces Y
der matches suitable for repeatsd
halation and thus to prolong til
which could be spent under watsf
first submarine boat used IN Maffs|
1777, was built by David Bnshnstl1
Connecticut. It was managed BIZ
man, who could remain thirty mimi
under water. Fulton, q New Ycei
made one to hold eight men, who coI
be supplied with air for eight ~
under water. ss:s
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-05-04
ne six cra.ee

I The three summer graces are
Anne Arundel strawberry. the Nas
Shore peach and the Maryland ~
melon, all from the land. The t
winter graces are the oyster, - r.
pin and the canvasback. III ftonl
water. Baltimore American.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-05-04
ELECTRIC POWER FOR RAPID
Lockhart Water Pow
er Plan Backed by
Strong Company
Will Run Street
Cars.

CdTS.
Electric power for Rapid City
Three thousand horse power
developed from the beautiful.
stream that flows by our doors
enough to run street cars, all
the small machinery, such as
printing presses, sewing ma
chimes and sausage grinders, to
charge automobiles and to furn-
ish current for cooking to those
who can afford the luxury, and
still have an ample surplus left
to sell to manufacturing indus
tries.
OF all the improvements that
will tend to make our city great
nothing is quite so effective as
cheap electric power. 1t is this
that has built cities in the midst
of wildernesses, that has
brought into being new and
valuable industries, such as the
reduction Of aluminium, and has
revolutionized old methods and
processes. 1t has been the wiz
ards wand of the most progress
sive century in history, and now
it's touch is to be felt here.
The opening wedge is the for
nation Of the Rapid City Light
Power and Transit Co. This
company is largely composed Of
capitalists from Wheeling, w.
Va, and has been promoted by
DR.. Frank Kerns, Of that city.
The doctor has been here dur
ing the past week looking over
the ground and now has gone
home to make the final arrange
ments.
This is the scheme that Frank
Lockhart has studied and
worked upon for five years. He
has given his time and strength
to it and at last has it in shape
to be turned over to the new
company who will develop it
and carry out his plans,
The property which Mr..
Lockhart will transfer to the
company consists Of 480 acres
lying six miles north Of the city.
This land is all patented or will
be shortly. At it's upper end
a dam will be built and at the
lower end will be situated the
power house that will contain
the big water wheels and dyna-
mos.
In the short distance the
water will have to be brought
the river makes such a fall that
a head of 296 feet is secured.
Part Of the way the water will
flow through a tunnel 800 feet
long, which will cut off approx
imately mile by the river. The
remainder Of the distance it will
be brought through a redwood
stave pipe laid upon the ground.
This form Of construction has
superseded the old fume in
many places and has been
found entirely satisfactory and
much cheaper to build. For
one thing, it will do away with
costly trestle work in this case.
The new water power plant at
Spearish is to use the stave
Epipe.
The flow Of Rapid River at
this point is 5000 miners inch
es. This is the minimum fig
|ture Of a series Of measurements
which have been made over
long periods. 1t will give with
the obtainable. head from $500
to 5000 horse power, and it is
believed that the larger figure
will be available almost the en-
tire year.
At the power house there will
be modern equipment of water
wheels and alternating dyno-
mos. The current will be taken
from these at a high tension and
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-05-04
VOL. Xxx.
SAM FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE
Interesting Explana-
ton of the Causes
by Prof. o Harra
of the School of
Mines.

Mines.
The recent earthquake disturb
ance in California accompanied
by deplorable loss Of life and
property has brought out many
questions concerning the causes
and conditions Of earthquake
phenomena. Already the daily
press has given us brief state
ments from world famed stu
dents of seismology as we'll as
much from others whose names
are less known.
1t is perhaps unnecessary to
say that the facts are not yet
sufficiently developed to allow
for any positive statement as to
the primary cause Of the Cali
fornia disturbance. Nature is
always able to present difficult
problems for solution and no.
where is this more likely to oc-
cur than in connection with in
ternal earth disturbances the
character Of which must be de-
termined by exhaustive research
among the secondary or surface
effects produced.
We know of course that the
earths's urface is practically in a
state Of unceasing tremor. The
movements are in the main too
slight to be detected except by re-
fined methods of observation.
Abnormal tremors such as come
to our attention in a marked
manner we call earthquakes. An
earthquake shock as commonly
understood is the disturbance
produced by the emergence at
the earth's surface Of wave of
compression or distortion, the
compression or distortion being
brought about by some
sort of subterranean conclusion
or by a pronounced frictional
movement Of deep-seated rock
masses. Explosions or sudden
condensation of steam and gases
and the collapse Of subterrane-
can caves may occasionally pro-
produce pronounced local eff
fects. Volcanic activity is especi-
ally fruitful of earthquake phe-
nomena. The chief cause, how
ever, of the more important
earthquakes, at least so far as
concerns immediate results, is
perhaps the rending asunder Of
rock masses or the slipping Of
one rock mass upon another as
when by reason Of fracture and
gravitational stresses two earth
blocks move differentially with
reference to each other. The
permanent results show them
selves in the form of shear
zones, faulting or metamorph-
ism. The immediate effect is
undulatory vibration.
The area Of earthquake origin
is now believed never to be very
deep-perhaps nearly all earth
quakes originate within eight or
ten miles Of the surface and
most of them within half this
depth. The focus Or centrum
as the originating area is called
is either a line, a plane or an
irregular area. The linear CEN
trum is particularly common.
The amount Of rock vibration
seems to vary within narrow
limits. Careful observation in
many localities indicates that
the oscillations within the
rocks seldom reach an ampli-
tude greater than a quarter of
an inch. This is generally suf-
ficient to shatter a chimney.
The effect is much the same as
when the vibrating end Of a
tuning fork is placed in stand
ing water. The fork may dew
elop vibrations Of only a small
fraction of an inch yet will be
able to throw drops Of water fal
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-05-04

49, ~ 4 a w ~
are sometimes felt by ordinary
means many hundred miles and
by means of seismographs
tremors from a given locality
have been noted all around the
earth. Telegraphic news al
ready informs us that many
seismographs in Europe dis
tinctly recorded the California
earthquake notwithstanding ali
this it seems very doubtful if
the connection between these
far distant localities of distur-
bance is sufficiently close to de-
serve consideration. The struc-
tural geology of California is
such that sufficient cause may be
readily found close at hand for
this and other like d;sturban-
ces.
AS is well known, mountain
making is a slow, long contin-
ued process brought about pri-
marily by dynamic action
chiefly in the form Of compress
sion but accompanied by local
tension. Fissuring faulting
and their accompanying earth
quake phenomena must occa-
sionally occur throughout the
history of the movement. Now
the Coast Range of California
is geologically of very recent
origin. The mountains were
raised above the sea leval at the
close of the Tertiary Miocene
period and further elevated at
the close Of the Pliocene. There
is abundant proof that the
movement has not yet ceased.
The compression has been
chiefly in an east-west direction
while the fracturing and fault
ing has been chiefly in a north
south direction. The earth
quake foci would tend to take
the elongated north-south form
and the recent disturbance en-
phasizes this idea. That the
focus of disturbance Of the re
cent earthquake lies within the
coast line seems sufficiently
clear in view of the fact that no
sea wave was produced and that
the greatest destruction was
approximately along the line
connecting San Francisco, Palo
Alto and San Jose.
Will California; be again dis
turbed by earthquakes? Yes,
the conditions are certainly
favorable and will doubtless
long continue so. Is it safe to
rebuild. In all likelihood, yes.
1t is the history of humanity
that calamities Of this charac-
ter seldom deter human activity
for long and almost never drive
men permanently away. The
geographic and topographic
position Of San Francisco is
near the ideal, and commercial
considerations are bound to
govern. Similar disaster may
never recur and fear for the fu-
ture will quickly disappea. San
Francisco, though mindful Of
past misfortune, will quickly re-
cover her prestige as the city Of
the west and in the years to
come will continue to worthily
guard the golden gate to the
Pacific.
CLEopHAs G.. O'HARRA.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-05-04
CLEopHAs G.. O'HARRA
DO You Get Up Early,

1t Is not healthy in any country, ut
any season of the year or at any time
Of life, to get up early habitually. The
old are better rested by lying late,
even II not asleep, while the young re-
quire all the sleep they can get. In all
ATTITUDES, in warm weather, the morn
ing air, although feeling cool and
fresh, is laden with the pestiferous
miasma. In winter the atmosphere be-
fore breakfast is SO cold and chilly
and searching that 1t fairly shrivels up
man and beast, chilling to the very
marrowboIe sometimes; hence the av-
erage duration of human life would be
increased and the amount of sickness
largely diminished by late rather than
early rising. as all the older nations
full well know and practice.-Ex
change.
Fond Of Cabbage.
"Whered you get that half dollar"
Papa gave 1t to me-"
"What for7"
II left my rabbit In the house all
night and It ate that box of cigars
mamma gave him."-Houston Post.
Generosity often clasps hands with
extravaganza, while economy some
times walks shoulder to shoulder with
~ r1oA 'ia
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-05-04
WEALT H

awaits the Manufactures 1
Rapid City Within a yes|
FOUR railroads will he maxim
this place the one distributinI
point for the great north-xe.t
"a word to the wise-..
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-05-04
RAPID CITY

The Largest Stream of Mater
In the Black Hills
Unllm ted Supply of Build
inc Stone and Timber at
Her Door
Rich Coal Deposits Within an
Hours Ride
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1906-06-29
THE TRUE DEMOCRAT.
ICE TRUST TO b INVESTIGATED,
Continued from First Page
JOHN G. COLLINS, Publisher.

NOVhSlAANN AAOtA ASN okG'l
vile may possibly go into the ice bust
ness. The matter has, Elm fact, been
discussed for the past month.
City Attorney Bars says that he will
gladly prepare the ordinance, and that
the city could, at a great advantage
both to the people and the city, operate
a plant.
Speaking in regard to the city going
into the ice business, Mr.. Bryan said
today:
The city has the power and all the
water necessary, and can, with very
little expense, manufacture ice at cost
much lower than any company in the
country.
"Ice is sold," continued Mr.. Bryan,
Eat profit at from SO to S. per ton in
small cities, while in Jacksonville the
ice trust charges from $40 to $12 per
ton, and to small consumers a great
deal more.
Il have for some time been studying
the situation here, ard / owe it to the
people to protect them and to prosecute
what | cOnsider-a combination that is
absolutely contrary to law.
with the municipality operating its
own ice plant, ice can be provided to
consumers at one-third the cost the
people have to pay at present, and the
city could, in my judgment, make good
profit With the present equipment of
the city, large producing ice plant can
be built with but little expense The
city attorney, l understand, is convinced
that conditions are ripe for a city ice
plant, and that the plant would prove a
most successful one"
Should the city go into the ice bust
ness it will attract widespread attention
and other cities would doubtless fall in
line.
1t is also stated that the city council
will probably pass a resolution in order
to get City Attorney Bars legal opin-
ion on the subject, and if he states Of
ficially that the city can go into the ice
business, then there will be little or no
friction in the establishment of a plant
At any rate, the people will watch with
much interest the present case against
the ice dealers and manufacturers, and |
the testimony in the hands of the county
solicitor.
1t is claimed that there is a kind of
trust or combine among ice manufac- !
turers and dealers all over the State,
and the above proceedings will be
watched with interest.