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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-09-07
Atchison Globe Stunts.

One Snowman can make more trouble
!han ten ordinary business men.
A man who dislikes you nearly al
ways admires your bitterest enemy.
A pup, like boy is always trying
20 give satisfaction, and always fail
ing.
No country boy can claim to be
really smart until he has caught wolf
or fox.
II is getting to be no more distinction
10 own an automobile than 1t ie TO own
a palm.
The wolves are becoming so numer-
Gus that it won't be long before they
VIII demand their rights.
1t is every mans opinion that his
wife ought TO have enough visiting
with the neighbors during the day.
There are almost as many ways for
a turkey to meet death as there are
ways for a love affair TO so astray.
1t is easy to throw too much en-
thusiasm into a handshake, partiCu-
uarly If you are shaking hands with "a
woman.
When you ask a boy II he enjoyed a
party. he, Of course, thinks you are
referring to the refreshments, and an
swers accordingly.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-09-07
The Diet Drill.

In robes OF pale silk. delicate and
cool, a fat young Chinese diplomat
amused half dozen pretty girls al a
Bar Harbor tea.
And" he was saying, 1--WE find it
hard to abolish the ancient diet drills
of our soldiers. They still believe. you
know that II is food, rather than work
and study, which makes the successful
warrior.
"Our old laws bid the soldier. on the
thirteenth day before going into battle,
to eat tiger jelly, so rs to possess the
tigers ferocity. On the twelfth day
they tell him TO eat lion liver, in or
der to acquire the lions bravery. For
the eleventh day the ancient writings
advise serpent soup, which will give the
man the serpents cunning. On the
tenth day, chameleon custard, so that
he may dazzle and confound the enemy
by changing color like the chameleon.
On the ninth day, a broth OF crocodile,
that he may pursue the enemy in the
water no less cleverly than on land.
Next jaguar spleen. which will give
him the jaguar's fierce and rapid on
slaught Next, Kites heads, for the
eyesight. Then hippopotamus brains.
TO toughen the skin against the wounds.
Then roast monkey for nimbleness In
scaling the enemy's walls. Then
stewed scorpions a dish that makes
the eater capable of infiicting venom
Gus wounds. Then underdone panther
breast 20 that the soldier may be
cruel and pitiless. And finally. on the
day OF the battle, the man is ordered
to eat a red powder made of the desic-
Gated blood of the leopard. so that he
may tear the foe TO pieces as the
leopard tears his prey
The young diplomat laughed.
1--WE have still" he said, hundreds
of mandarins and thousands OF soldiers
who think that this diet system makes
better warriors than all the modern
drilling and gunnery and science In the
world"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-09-07
GREGORY, S. D. PASSES
THE THOUSAND MARK:
TOWN TO CELEBRATE

Gregory, S. D., Aug 31-Gregory is
TO hold big three days carnival next
week, September 4, 5 and 6. More than
$1,000 viii be offered in purses and pre-
miums for racing of all kinds. wild
west sports, free street attractions. etc.
The town board at its regular meet
ing Monday night removed Ed Blakey
town marshal, and appointed James
Rundall in his stead
Gregory is enjoying a big building
boom. More than twenty large new
buildings are under way. Ziebach q
Russell are erecting a large office
building which viii be steam heated
and contain ten offices on the lower
floor and about twenty rooms on the
second floor. This is the first and only
Office building in the county. The new
Hotel Luellyn has been completed and
is open for business.
a contract for the construction Of a
complete system Of waterworks win be
let I'm a short tune.
Gregory has tabout LOO inha bitants
now, and under the state laws is en-
titled 70 be chartered and Incorporated
as a city of the third class. The change
will be made soon. II will entail a spe-
Cial election at which a mayor and six
councilmen will be elected and a fl1ll
quota OF city officers chosen. Gregory
Is the only town in Gregory county or
the Rosebud country which has over
1000 population, and is growing rapidly.
Work on the new school building is
progressing. The structure will be two
stories In height and contain six reci-
tation rooms. 1t will cost Sc, 600.
The foundation for the Gregory Roller
mills has been completed and the work
of grading for the sidetrack to the mill
property is being done. When COM
pleted the mills here win be the largest
In this portion OF the state. They will
be of 100 barrels capacity per day and
will represent more than $1,000 Will
liam Nollkamper. of Turner, Neb is
putting in the mill. He will run an
electric light plant in connection.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-09-07
FARM LOANS PREFERRED
IN PLACING STATE cAGL

Pierre, S. D.. Sept 2.-state Land
Commissioners Dokken is continuina
the policy of the state land depart.
mcnt Of several years In giving prefer
ence TO farm loans as far as possible
in placing the state school fund. Sew
eral years ago there was nearly $500, :
| 600 OF this fund lying idle i'm the state
treasury. bringing no income, 10 the
schools of the state. About this time a
constitutional amendment was secured
to reduce the annual interest rate from
6 to per cent.
About the same time systematic ef-
fort was begun to place this fund
where IL would be OF benefit to the
schools, and with the lower interest
rate to work upon, the fund on hand
was soon put out, and ever since that
time, with people educated to the state
loan Idea, there has been no surplus
all that comes in being applied for
long before il can be furnished, and
the farm loans take the most of IT,
For the first six months OF 1907 the
loans have amounted 20 1862 500, and
OF this all but about 500 900 has been
placed on farm lands, the rest going
into $4,000 school bond loans and Sc
600 into municipal loans, that class of
securities being placed in Charles Mix
and Gregory counties, The school
loans We're in small sums in a num-
ber OF different counties of the state,
while nearly every county of the state
has taken part OF the fund on farm
loans.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-09-07
MOB NEARLY LYNCH
MAN BELIEVED TO
Be CHICKEN THIEF
Told to Leave County but Hs
Seeks the Law for Redress;
Arrests May Follow.

Sioux Fails, S. D., Aug. o1.-Delaware
township, Lincoln county, about six
miles from this city, was the scene OF a
mob visitation this week. The people
OF the township have been troubled for
weeks by a chicken thief and II was
finally settled In a certain neighbor-
hood where the depredations had been
the most extensive that "A certain party
was the guilty one.
y mob Of from 100 TO l50 gathered
and proceeding to the home OF the sus-
pect, handled him rather roughly. He
was told Of what ne was accused and
some Of the evidence made known and
be was finally threatened with lynch
ing.
. II is claimed that a rope was actually
placed around his neck he was finally
allowed TO go, with the admouition to
leave the county inside Of twenty-four
hours. The victim did not see IL that
way, but instead visited Canton, the
county seat, and made complaint to
Sheriff Opsal II is expected that a num'
Der OF arrests win be made.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-09-07
STATE CAPITOL ON
SOLID FOUNDATION
South Dakota New Building
Is Attracting the interest
Of Experts.

Pierre, $. D., Aug. 3l.-The founda-
lions and footing courses of the new
state capitol at Pierre are being pre-
pared under the personal supervision OF
state Engineer Samuel II. Lee, who has
been appointed experimenting engi'
neer of the capitol construction.
Before construction was commenced
a series of tests was made 10 determine
the bearing capacity of the soil at diff.
ferent places over the site of the build
ing. In q ma iority of these places the
soil at the depth OF the foundations
showed a bearing capacity of over 5000
pounds per square foot and in no place
was this ca pacity found 10 be less than
1000 pounds per square foot of sur
face.
The footings were propOrtioned as to
size TO conform TO the bearing capacity
OF the soil and the superintendent
load. They are built OF concrete, re.
inforCed by a Grillage Of steel bars.
The steel reinforcement is for the pur.
pose OF affordnE tensile strength to
the footiaEs at the place where most
reeded, and also TO transmit the pres
sure over the entire area covered by the
footings. BY this means any tendency
to unequal settlement is avoided and
the weight to be borne Is distributed
throughout the foundation area.
A leading technical journal Of New
York has requested Mr.. Lee TO prepare
an eccount OF his foundation work on
the new South Dakota capitol for pub
lication in that journal.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-09-07
ACCUSE POLICE or
ACCEPTING BRIDES
FROM The SALOONS
Mayor Pillsbury Orders Sweep,
ing investigation Of Sioux
Falls Police Force.

Sioux Fails, s. D., Sept. 2.-Mayor
Pilsbury VIII soon begin a searching
investigation OF the entire police force
as the result Of evidence brought out
this morning at a preliminary inyesti-
cation of charges made by the Argus
Leader Wednesday evening that mem1
bers OF the police force were accepting
protection money and for this reason
Il was impossible TO make the saloon.
keepers obey the law
G.. II, Craig. city editor of the Argus.
Leader, J H. Donohue, agent for the
Anheuser- Busch Beer company, and
John Gilman, sabonkeeper were
summoned Mr.. Craig said that Dono
hue had told him that money was be.
ing paid policemen for protection, nam.
ing Ofiicer Hills as one who had been
paid S5 at various times. When DOno
hue was called he admitted the states
ment, and John Gilman, one of tho
saloonkeepers charged with giving the
money. verified the statement
Gilman, however, said the money ne
gave Officer Hills was not for protec.
ton, simply cigar money
Mayor Pillsbury has not as yet taken
any action In officer Hills case, but IL
is understood that he will be dis.
charged from the force The mayor Is
emphatic in stating that there will be
a general shakeup in the police force
and that every member will be subject
20 the general investigation.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-09-07
CHAPTER XXI.
THE LuCkY MAN


No one ever accused Mr. Reginald
Losing of having brains; no one ever
denied that he had luck which was
monumental lie had a name for luck
which was looked up to and marveled
at, even In the society papers.
Mr.. Losing had no settled trade or
profession. He was just a lily in the
way of toll and dress, and he made a
very comfortable income at it, He
dabbled in outsiders on the turf, in
shares of uncharteTed gold mines, i'm
the fascinating game of unlimited, too,
and was able TO look complacently on
the results. He went into all these
and other operations with a genial
childish simplicity, and like the bank
er at roulette there always seemed a
steady pull in his favor. How IL was
done no one knew. He did not know
himself, and he and all his world mar
veled and prophesied that his luck
would some day turn with a rush and
a sweeping tide.
When he got mixed up with the
Shelf affair, it seemed as if this would
be the case.
There was something very near akin
TO a panic in Lloyds when the total
loss OF the Port Edes was reported, and
those unfortunates who had underwrit-
ten her were anxious to dispose of their
risks 2 any price TO any credulous man
who believed that this first report was
a canard. Consequently there was
some pretty steep gambling gone
through in the space of minutes, and
more than one small man got broke
with surprising rapidity.
Now, Master Losing happened to be
In the room as an idle spectator and
was bit with the excitement and asked
friend who was a member to act for
him. I'm going 10 play a hand in
this quoth Master Losing.
AT that price?' asked his friend.
When they get TO SO guineas pro-
mium"
Il suppose you know that makes you
liable for about e10,S0o. There s
6 100000 underwritten."
I'm good for that" said Losing, and
an hour afterward proved himself so,
as he had TO pay. To this day many
Lloyds men who We're interested in
that scene congratulate themselves on
having made G1O,8G0 salvage by a
fluke out Of a ship that was totally
lost.
II began to dawn on Losing after
the event that he had made a fool OF
himself and that his luck was through,
but he had the sense not to whine
aloud, and so his friends forgot the
matter in the excitement of other in
terests Lossing did not forget, because
the bank had written TO him that his
account was overdrawn, and ne had
several bills which much wanted pay
ing. Unostentatiously he began to
look about him for a means of making
more regular and steady livelihood
AS after several months Of search
this last did not seem any apsreciably
nearer, he was able to give full atten-
ton to a letter he received concerning
the Port Edes and her cargo. 1t was
unsigned and bore an American post
mark. IL ran as follows;
Sir: | hear that you are now legiti-
mate owner of the Port lides and her
cargo, She was picked 10 at sea and
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-09-07
FREE RAILROAD
FARE AND PASS
TO THE INTERSTATE FAIR, SIOUX
CITY, IA, SEPTEMBER
TO 1E

Cut this out and mail today to L. H
| Jones, the piano man, Sioux City Ia.
/ together with the name of anyone who
! is going to buy piano now or within
two or three months and you will re-
ceive an order on the Northwestern
! National bank, Of Sioux City. Ia, for
b draft sufficient to buy you ticket TO
the fair for any day you may desig
nate, together with enough TO pay your
railroad fare IL you live within $50
miles of Sioux City, providing, how
ever we sell your customer piano
during the fair.
If this should be read by anyone who
is in the market for a piano, we Will
make you this proposition in addition
70 the above: II you will give us q fair
chance to sell you a piano and we do
not and you buy during the fair we
will pay you In cash the amount or
your railroad fare and hotel bill during
one full day. and buy you ticket to
the fair Our object in making you
this offer is to get chance to sell YOU
md our confidence i'm our special prices
during the fair Is the incentive.
Special sale OF pianos and organs.
new and secondhand. Read our prices
| below
Chickering piano almost new, orig
inally cost $3.50, now $2I5; Weber piano,
very fine case, almost new, in fine con-
!
! Emerson piano, shows very little Wears
Sheir very finest case and finest piano,
originally sold for $3.50, now S235
Good Emerson piano, sold when new
for 1925, now $3.50.
Fisher plano, in good condition, or
iginally sold for $500, now SlS5.
Everett piano. interior extra good,
formerly sold for $500, now $lJj.
Very good plano, been used seven
years, now $l25.
Very good piano, Kimbau make, 800.
Chicago piano. sIJ.
New pianos.
Four Of the best piano factories we
represent have given us the privilege
10 sell their pianos at factory prices,
only adding the freight and expense OF
handling. This is purely an advertising
scheme and will bring four different
makes of the best pianos made in the
United States so low the inducement
TO buy will be great. Prices are on a
cash basis; however, we viii arranEs
for small monthly payments, or one
two and three years time at no ad-
vance in our cash prices
Fifty organs and five square pianos
in storage. and must be sold at once.
KimbaN story & Clark, Farrand g.
Votey, Chicago Cottage, Newman Bros.
and others. $40 and up. Every piano
and organ sold bears our personal
guarantee, as good as farm mortgage.
Our reference, the Northwestern Ma
uonal and First National banks, Sioux
city.
open every evening during the fait
untl 10 clock.
L. H. Jones, The Piano Man,
go Fourth street.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-09-07
LEAD RAILROAD
HEARING CLOSES
Special Commissioner Gives
Each Side Five Days TO File
Briefs and Answers.

Lead, g. D., Sept. lit required par ,
Of a second day to complete the lestl-
mony In the hearing by the Interstate
Commerce commission OF the complaint
OF the Lead Commercial club that the
Burlington and Northwestern railroads.
were discriminating In their rates.
a 75-cent rate for mining machinery
from Chicago was not excessive SAID
George II Crosby, traffic manager OF
the Burlington, who explained at some
length why the tariff sheets are made
bnd how the public can understand
them. on cross examination Mr. Cros-
by was Obliged to admit that the Bur
HngtOn's Black Hills line had Increased
It's business during the past two years.
Attorneys for the compiainants went
after Samuel f. Miller, OF Chicago, gem
cral freight and passenger agent OF the
Northwestern when he said that he
knew a reduction had been made soWe-
thing like i've years ago, particularly
on apples from Grand Junction IL was
shown that these shipments had not
commenced coming into this country
until less than three years ago, Mr..
Miller denied emphatically that the new
reduction Of rates just announced was
IN any way due TO the present hearing.
He said that lake rates at Duluth,
MINI, had been revised and this affect
ed the rates To Pierre and Chamberlain
and caused similar reduction TO the
Black Hills He said he did not see
why rates should be decreased when
the business from Lead, Deadwood and
Belle Fourche had all been decreasing
on his line since 1902, except ore ship
ments which had increased.
II. S. clark, of Lead testified that
while II cost but SlO,e6 20 bring a car
load OF freight from Chicago, both rail-
roads We're charging $40 and he asked
Mr. Crosby Of the Burlington to eT-
plain The latter replied that on the
showing OF the figures the statement
was correcI, nGt he doubted the figures.
Speci.l Examiner Marble gave each
side fifteen days I'm which 20 file briefs
and answers and in five days TO get the
evidence and arguments submitted to
the Interstate Commerce commission at
Washington.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-09-07
49, -~----------
EELS IN WATER PIPES.
One Place Where Their Presence Is
Not Cons sicered Remark ahln

One Place Where Their Presence Is
Not Considered Remarkable.
Some people think It a remarkable thing
to find an eel in a water pipe: but cells I'M
pipes don't strike them that way down at
the aquarium, where nothing about fishes
would seem surprising, and where cells
are often so found
II is not supposed that cells finding them
selves IN the citys water mains. seek the
aquarium's supply pipe with the hope OF
finding an outlet there into this home for
fishes. The simple fact is that the aquar-
ium has as IL naturally would have in it's
business, special facilities for finding eels
IN It's water pipes and for removing them
There was time when the aquarium 4
fresh water pumps were clogged with cells
that came through the supply pipe. They
have had to stop a big pump here and
take IL apart 10 clear its valves of aels,
but that was some time ago When they
began to have trouble of this sort they
simply put q strainer In the main supply
pipe, outside of the building in Battery
Park, and since then all the cells coming
this way have been stopped there
In this trap they catch cells, sometimes
small fghos. and vegetable matter that
would otherwise have got through with
the water into the pumps. The strainer
is so placed that II can be conveniently got
at, and twice a week clean strainer is
may have lodged against it in the pipe, is
removed.
In this way they catch here first and last
many cells. Fall is the time when they
come down in the greatest numbers. but
they catch them here also IN the spring.
When the straner was removed on jun.
, last there were found in the pipe here
three ecls, one measuring two feet ten
inches in length, one OF two feet and one a
foot long
So whatever other people might think of
such things, they think nothing particu-
larly OF cells in the water pipes at the
aquarium but just utilize them If they
car; some cells thus captured have found
comfor, able homes and plenty to eat In
tanks here, as additions to the aquarium 8
eel exhibits.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-09-07
JosEPh kUBLER. PubIlshsr.

The observatory on Manjoy Mill, In
Portland passes into the centenarian
class this year. II was erected in $780,
when the now thickly populated section
surrounding Il was an Immense pas
ture, in which the families of the city
kept their cows. and from which the
boys OF the city drove them home
through the streets at evening. For
100 years 1t has been one OF the cltys
most prominent landmarks; II has Wit
messed many scenes of festivity which
took place beneath its walls; IT has
served In the privateer days of 1912 to
announce to the townspeople the sail
ings and winnings OF Pcrtland's ships,
and throughout the days OF our highest
commercial and maritime prosperity i
has flown the private flags of the city's
most successful merchants and ship
owners.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-09-07

From the Leavenworth Post
They tell Of an old German, who has
lived out IN the country for many years
hat he is very fond Of playing cards-so
,ond that he does little else
One evening while he was engaged IN q
game with several cOnEenial spirits. his
parn, at some distance from the house,
,urned down
His son came rushing into the room with
he news The old man didn't look up at
le asked:
Ibid you get the horses out?"
Yes" SAID the son.
did you get the wagon out?"
"Yes"
did you get the harness out?'
yes" said the son.
Well" said the old man, 81 gif two"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-09-07
SCHOOLS MAKE ANOTHER
APPEAL FOR TEACIE c

Huron, S. D.. Sept 2.-"Wanted, atty
teachers. rs the appeal going up from
this (Beadle) county, where to date but
a little over half OF the schools OF the
county have secured pedagogues-and
the opening of school less than a week
away. There are 12O schools In the
county and less than seventy of them
are supplied with teachers.
Comparatively low wages paid IS the
principal reason for the great scarcity
in teachers, educated persons being
able 10 secure much larger salaries in
other voCations.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-09-07
MAN WITH SHIRT OVER
HEAD. FALLS OVERHEARD
WHEN THE BOAT ROCKS

Mattison nearly lost his life in a lake
south of this town. in a peculiar man
ner Sunday. He was undressing, pre-
paratory to going in swimming, and
was standing in a small boat about 100
feet from the shore. As he was at
tempting to divest himself Of his shirt
the boat gave a rock and he was pre-
cipitated into the water, with his arms
above his head. caught in the shirt He
went 10 the bottom and was unable to
eXtricate himself from the weeds grow
ing in the water A companion seeing
his predicament swan to his assistance
nrl got him to the surface and sue
voeded IN reyiVing him
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-09-07

Al a dinner of the Beach club at Palm
beach, Oakieigh Thorne, New York's
noted raconteur, told a story about the
atrical manager.
THE day after the production Of a new
melodrama." said Mr.. Thorne, this man
ager wrote to his leading man as fol-
lows:
Dear Sir: Your performance last
night was so bad that fourteen deadheads
have written to US demanding that their
names be stricken from the free list.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-09-07
Real Stop Watch.

Hold on there" shouted the old
farmer looking at his watch. "Yeou
be violating the speed laws OF this
county"
What do you know about our
speed?" retorted the angry chauffeur.
you haven't a stop watch"
Haven't a stop watch? Why by
gum this watch stops every two or
three minutes. Only paid SO cents for
It neighbor."