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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-01-19

We can now believe what Mrs. Rus
sell Sage said shortly after her famous
husband died, that she was going to as
sist charitable organizations rather light
IN at FIRST; ahe has just made gift
of sos.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-01-19

There II one thing about til II Will
liam ]. Bryan comes To Vermont pretty
soon We can do az well BY him as North
Dakota didput him behind a 4skittish1,
horse and dump him in snow bank.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-01-19
Rushers Defeated the ROughers.

In the candle-pin contest last evening
the Rushers defeated the Roughers iii
two Of the three strings. The score:
Rushers $780,. Al9 436 4a7-i2S2
Roughers - Aa2 500 29f--f236
The Nippers and Garvers are scheduled
to play Tuesday evening.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-01-19

terday passed relief measure, empow
ering the president to send and distri-
butte food and medical supplies. All this
Of course devolved upon the United
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-01-19
A 81.
topies. the largest paid circulation 81
any daily paper in this section.

Geologists say that the recent earth
quake was due q fault 81 the earth
a great many dire results are also ac-
counted for by human faults.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-01-19

Tuesday evening, January ~, Prof
Corliss singing school Will give ali enter
taiumcnt box supper and promenade
The ladies are requested to bring boxes.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-01-19

e. VI. Hooker s Co. are sure that the
public appreciate genuine clearance
salc hv the number of sales made Ia
TIE hrst half day.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-09-14
LITTLE IMPROVEMENT
IN COAL SITUATION

Chicago Sept g--The Black Dia-
lnond official organ or the Goa. trade.
la ts latest sgue sayg
almost all asst er71 eoaia are extreme
iy scarce on the Chicago market FOR
The minute The few exceptions are
made 90 OF low grade GOALS sent IN on
consignment or higher grade cna}s de-
Hrcred here through "a mistake The
most acute shortage ls IN standard
spints and the sigh grade smokeiess
Goals the latter bringing q premium.
While the deruand for these domestic
Goals has been Increasing IN Chicago
the country demand FOR steam Goals
and lumD from western mines nag also
been increasing. TGis latter situation
has produced weakness in the trade
FOR screeninVg and IL might oe said
that he screenings market IS All shut
90 pieces Tdis condition Is natural
~ his tiuu ~ the year and IL can
hardly be said thaf he situation NOW R
any more serious thau nag been IN
former gears Bv he same token Il
can hardly be- said that tle screening
may'gel shows rhe Improvement this fan
Whicr was expected In all quarters,
the output $ being Increased, being n-
dueueel fo x certain extent ov Che
shortage lf Iab0r Tnis condition 5p-
pears 20 be general, out Il las net for
he time caused any serious embaT
r5ssreut The aar supply remn1ru ly
.is satisfaction
Tire anthracite trade ts Just fair
The dealers gho bought eariy laye
a good deal OF the caai ~ laud as Doe
consumers have not started 20 cover
their leads The buying IS therefore
only moderate.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-09-14
RATN SAVES FARMERS
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS

Ciarretsou, s. D.. Sept 5.--Tle rain
that fell here Sunday morning saved
the farmers thousands ~ dollars IE
many places the PASTURES were dry
ing 50 that they furnished no food Tor
stock while the corn ana similar vege-
tatiou was showing tde effects Of The
continued dry weather The rnin was
limited. however. ri quantity and area,
as none whatever fell ut points about
four miles west ~ here.
Rev p J. Dykeu arrived Tuesday
from Barton. Wis. 20 take lie pastor
ate of the lutheran church here. He .
native of Germany but has been IN
America about twelve years
c. n. Butts, IF his city has DIr-
chased The furniture OF he Grand no.
eel formeriy owned hy r. a. Barr, and
VIII either run the hotel OF hire 4 man
10 manage 10.
Henry Radrmacher, one Of the Old
est residents OT his vicinity was bur-
iad last Thursday at LuvcTue, MINI
The friends OF r. ]. Fritz. jeweler.
gave him an interesting token OF their
regard for htm last week. He viii soon
be married 20 Miss Katherine Weber,
Of St Cloud, MINI. ana apropOs ot
this corning event. his friends gave him
a sock" bombardmeut at the conclu-
sion OF a practice meeting OF the Car
retsou orchestra, OF which ne IS a meEn-
Der.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-09-14
RAILWAY TEACHES LE BEAU;
CELEBRETECN Is PLANNED

lie Beaa, s. ~. Sept a--Fhe Minne-
apoiis and 81. Louis rails have reached
I.e Beau. the Missouri river terminus
cf the new extensi sion of the ruad and
ls5 miles from Natertowa. the terminal
point 81 the old and the starting point
Of the new ine.
Thus the rhiFd attempt 10 surplv
this section 09 b. state with railway
communication Is successful, and. not
wfthsfanding The conspicuous value o.
the event there were NO bands OF
riifssts. driving of silver or golden
spikes ST orHtory. bevOna he hravs ~
q nule and the shouts Of the boss -
the steel ganR However she absenee
og the silver spike Ray be taken TO in
dicate thar the eua of the road s not
reached Lhaf " VIII 80 on To the Pa.
eifie while he ceiehration o7 The cifi-
zsns Will take place iB fesv weeks
and wtll be p he form ~ q wiid west
exhibition im Vnien cowboys and Sioux
fn6lans VIII ie With sa4h other as en
tertainerEt efnpiasl1lng the opening of
the -.sw Eiapife.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-09-14
9lE AS LOAN OF ARC.
BURN SELF AT STAKE

New York sept. 9-gnionei Lee
Howe. commanding at West Point,
has threatened to discharge the entire
first year class unless the silent treat
ment" OF Cadet Book. j Chicago bGy
is stopped.
Colonel Howze declares the silent
treatment is Il variation of the proc
hihited hazing.
There lave been muny eXacting de-
mands under the term OF esprit de-
corps at West Point bat none 50 un-
usual as this order. which oInises to-
eliminate the new class OF this yeas.
Young BocK was ha2ed by a class,
mate from Georgia Cadet Sherman.i
but the hazing was so mild that wneni
BnuS, reported IL. the entire yearling,
class turned against him and began,
the silent trea tment.
T1ev continued Il to such an extent
chat Colonel Howe deemed IL proper
10 come 20 Book $ rescue. Not man
~ the class would speak to him at
mess, ln the section room. at drill. pa-t
raGe call. or at any time
rhen the other classes TOOK up the.
matter ami administered The same.
treatment
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-09-14
FREIGHTS SLOWER Ti7AN
EVER UNDER NEW law

leadwood. s. d.. SeuT- Just now
they lre going @ meet he reuuirements
III me ffIrr.lf law vricn keeps railroad
men from gort1iug more than sixteen
uuurs IL "a stretua s problem bother
iuK he officials 1f lie Northwestern
aud Burlington roads
For Years. egen when fr1inmen 4
hours we're not limited, oeal shippers
complained 1-f 4usa ~ slow treignrs.
Under he new 8nditious Il -alSes etill
longer 10 get anything arom )raala,
SiUlE llty Denver ~ Jihes ppiEts -,,At
and south This according % railroad
0cncia!s. IS arge!v due 20 he length uf
tile divisions
IL has frequently happened or late
that when "A rreiznt rev Completed U.s.
sixteen hours It w0u!d iE up Tor eight
hours slt scIng small station along the
a'rste lu oruer To- he within ne 'GE
Then the railroads, by using double
headers eudeavorei TO gain time ma
ger .ha trains 10 their destination with
tn sixteen hours, 1ut aCk If engines
makes JhIs course HupraCticaDie-
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-09-14
FARMERS GROW FAT
ON PRAIRE CHICKEN

sioux Talls S. D Sept a Tl4e
fEruegs arc l sat from eating prairie
chickens rafd one VI che returned
hunters. ANA there were none .eEt for
the city hunters when .lle lTst ~ seu-
temDeg arrived. Tla sarvner bows fIIb-
bed thelr st0uacas Tith satisTactt0u
and agEred SO Es we traEped gy
sneiHr for Tho 1rclgie grouse. There
were very geW 81 ttu 70 De seen
Tie tory sla Same eron RE evv
hunting parties which @ alrcadv
returned from fha aslds aa had
better u-k than others out none ~
them Eol -E0lEn slieCenz go g8v for
heir roub.a ami Eev rad ta content
thauEslres with bunting auccs
The duclls are plentiful 4ud make
lD rE tte short crop os chickens.
Most at the hunting parties which
Fcnt after Iucaa returned with 4iI
the hirns that Tie aw aIlovve and RE-
port aua sport about the lakes 4Et
slauErs.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-09-14
SETTLERS WAITING
FOR LAND OPENING
Ih ERuLE RESERVATION

Pierre, $. D.. sept. The officials ~
he government land Office in his city
are receiving hundreds 1f letters ~ In
quiry every day N regard 10 the open
ing u he $4,000 acres Of land IL the
Lower Brule reservation This tract
has been transferred from the Cham
beriatn 70 the Pierre and district from
the fact that IL LES within few miles
u hero and 2 long distance from Cham
bertaln
There win BE- 10 long delay from the
tiFf5e u the beginning Of the regtsrra.-
ti0u until hose VINO secure hIiugs viii
be allowed 10 make the same "a the
drawing win be held Immediately after
The regtstration and the claimant all
lowed to Gle az once the whole transae-
ton 0etng aarrte6 ont at the land office
n Pierre
The questi0u q securing natural gas
Oh any u he tracts secured is already
settled 1y he Well az Mcclure, which
is lsed 70 light and heat the ranch on
which Y is iocat8d ard gives 3 5ollrti-
ful supply ~ water al ali times IN
many sections he question 81 such
wells Il ret one ~ theory NOT yef larrl-
Onstrated bat on bese ands 1T q 7s-
ssirec, as the Mcclure well h 81 the
edge ~ he tract 20 be opened
A sawmiU iUst over the border OF
the tract vuili suppiy the settlers win
cottonwood lumber AZ reaSouable.
price for he puIting up Of thelr buil9-
in1g
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-09-14

Eouace nv retirement frcu -he business
pt me Press lnd rOE the editorial man
tReulfrt hat have represented stnce
July, lgOl
rhe husirRsE change leFelu verified has
been commenced upon IG The ueWsN NagferE
ri he ar1te Tly nteuticE 10 retire having
been known Earring he past month. BY
rho press " the srsIwsTt faction ia has
been said hat tHts pauer wouid De rams
r0rmed irrl uu organ 30 be pro 4crCsstve
faction 1f me ruu1a5lcau party which now
controls he party lrraH.zatiGu and he
administration u government
process - lhat character WcLld .U-
voiEe 30 change .E sentitueut. for the
Press was one o- .te builders u proRrrs-
sive re-u1iicautsr1 aTc has been rs stead
tast defender ana Ea so-aailed organ
could give stronger feaIfr 10 The reforms
represented bv progressive rrpubl5cani2m
han Ee Press has lEaer lIY editorial de-
rectt3E
II g lar for me o say what course the
guCCeeulIg' rna4i3EhE-saTft Viii take 1us
AKA well assured hat u0 directing Ittu-
ence can exntb&t more avalty 20 he urtu-
aipies bat have ueen aGopted BY s 91at0g-
ity u the republican party IN Sou1h Da-
ilota han have shown.
MV 1tercst IN the paper has been uur-
chased BY w G. Cock of planklutOu 10
this state Wi.h hia issue 0f the Press
my editorial rrsuors'btiity ceases. along
with uY HartnerEhto In the concern
though { shall remain q the harness until
such time as some one can be procured 10
carry On he editorial work. probably not
more han a few 1ayH.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-09-14
SOUTH DAKOTA GIANT
GUARDS SANK CASH

Miller, q. d. srpr f.-A sack "a sill
yer was hurrfeaiy -aiSen overland IN
AM open buggy saturday to the new
bank a.. Fiee Heights. q branch 81 the
First National b1Ik Of this place. By
J. D. fumiusfbn e man nearly seven
feet oil and built IKE a giant. l4e venr
Gnarmeei, bar one EnEn 10 Miller be-
sfdeS he hank officials and himself
having snoysl4dEo 0f the precious cargo
THAI made 1p the load n mis- buggy.
'rne road over which be had 10 travel
Is Jueiv and he must have met uumer-
0llE -ranps IN re trip. Under ordi-
nary c4rcumstauces ualf a dozen com
man men gvOlid stand little snow
against 1iu Ia bodily strength he vaI
2 member ~ the la-st legislature from
tlliE county
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-09-14
DAN CUPID =AVORs
BLACK HILLS CITY

Rapid City $ D.. Sept. s-Dau Cue
PAD lusy these days -Four weddings
.u one lay one Of -h=m "a double affair.
ID lsceplug zu the progressive record
this city recently Established The
double wedding was that lr Fred Har-
IT'S and Miss Ida 'uchruus- and the
latter brother. oliver g0ehraue and
Miss Myrtle Parkinson. Rev, T. p JOY
performed the ceremony lt the horne
of TruUE Johnson. Both brides ana
gToons are well SHown young people of
8lac4lnawil IaaT mere.
Miss Nellie brandon the daughter or
$. C. Brandon, station 9EeNt for he
Northwestern road AT Faigauru. south
~ here, became the bride 1t Samuei !.
Gutsiugeg. u hat place. Rev. s. q.
Butcher utGciatiuE.
Ralph 3. &OcheuderfeT. 3 young bust
ness man ~ 8loOuheId Eeh claimed
GOr his wife Miss Harriet Lane a So
C!ai fmvorite here, daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. a. d. Lane. The Young people
wiA reside ia the Nebraska town
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-09-14
GLOVER TELLS THE
REASON WHY EDDY
SUIT Was DROPPED
Science leader 3 Son Salts
fled Since re Knows She's
Worth s a GGG, ,GGC.

Lead. s. d.. Sept. fin the arst IN
teY,ieyv ne. has given since the sudden
termination of his suit for an account
iuE II the estate of his mother Mrs
Mary Baker g. EDDY George w
Glover. II This city Who has Just re.
turned from he east. gives lie reason6
cor he dismissal.
Glover declares chat the hearing was
not uuuroduCgive II results, since u
disclosed the faCr that Iis mother WA
oTrh over tI.00a.p#0 instead pr $50,
9WG as claimed. while the suit forced
those surrounding her 60 alaoc al les
Drupzrty u the hands of heir JrylS,
tees This ne says. Is satisfactury &C.
Aim ls II -ffcrtuaily displaces CAivtE
A. Frve ard the others against whom
he says ne vas really striving.
Says Masters We're Unfair
The protection of ais mothers prop.
cTty was I'D ne sought SAWS Glover.
ae complains chat the masters IN ths
nearing were unfair They made him
prepare for rial IN tEyo weeks, refused
him he light TO take dispositions or to
see lie necessary papers IN the 'asea
and excluded Iirn ana his daughter
Mary from the bearing bat Wds tc
have taken place IN he Eddy home, as
well ss al his eouusel except one 1l
mis- slifniEts who ne Says were pre-
pared with some interesting questions
bur were loln taey woIud be greatly re-
stTeotcd
Glover admits that he would have
been E-rmittcl lo raIk personally With
his mother under certain conditions.
brat .hase would have involved MA
honor. ne declared, so he declined
Mother Still a Prisoner
For the present I am satisfied With
having forced the execution ni me
rust deed which has rukea .he epn-
uol Of her property Ont ~ the aAndg
OF The nou D. whom ! had no soun.
drrce. and who. I believe. would have
used [ for their own personal 5eue-
It, le said Ny only regret IS that
uv mother Is eft under heir oanefu
influence. 10 be- kept oy them "a -jrrua!
prisoner II her own nome slurtng tAs
remainder 8f her life
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-09-14
DROPS DEAD AFTER
QUARREL WITH WIFE
N. =. Flint, OF Watertown, s.
q, Prarninent F-orei Keeper,
F-as Fatal Argument.

watettowu. s. d. sept. 5.-M d..
gIlut. proprietor Of the Flint European
hotel. N this city, dropped dead II
o o'clock last might rEe hotel OF
dee while In me midst II = guarrei
With his vife Death was the result u
heart failure.
Mr. FlInt owned the south Dakota
Wine ana Liquor Wholesale house and
three retail saloons. de Eas also gen.
s-rI agent Cor louisville Iisttllerv for
sts- territory west II The Mississippi
river He s known over the middle
vest. having .raEeied through he ter
rftorv Tor many years he affiliated
with he EIks some time ago a wife
-yvo uarrled daughters ana son slLF-
rIra him
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-09-14
CAUGHT THROWING GOODS
FROM SPEEDING CAR

Rritton. $. D. sept. s--1Hree rnen.
who we're caught throwing goods ouf
~ the boXcars of q freight rain he-
tween Spain and this city, have been
bol1a0 over 20 rhe next tenn ~ circuit
court under Si,C30 bonds each
The men were discovered nv The nead
breakenan % the train He climbed
70 the car from which the goods were
peing thrown and fOuGa three rnerl IN
side. The train was backed up snd
thirty~four bones of elothiaz that were,
Consigned 20 r. II Lee u thls citv ,vsre
found beside he rack
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-09-14
lENlfE LITTLE
IRISH FACE goes
ON OUR mem COINS
The late Augustus Saint GauS
dens Chcse a Waitress tCr
E-is MCGei

Windsor vt, sept The ace 81
Mary eunniugHan. demura little
nesh waitress deemed by lie late Au-
4ustus saint Gaudens sculptor the
most aiaasicaIg beautiful race in Amer
icl Is not ner own fortune but VIII rep
resent J.Ie fortunes of others.
For Mary laca viii be 1n every
oapper oent. every $40 gold piece, every
$50 gold piece minyed from the designs
which tie government commissioned
the graal sculptor @ make for ,he new
money
Marry guuujuga,un WAS 'dIscovered''
1v saint aauaeus .u the ittle country
town of Cornish. near here, where le
great sculptor spent many J1 nls SUM
mcrs. Mary was discovered by
SAINT GWudeu5 as size tripped into =
dining room with his bowl OF vegetable
9up.
4y model
The great sculptor sat back u his
chair Hc EaZed euthusiast.-3Il tt the
yonlrous nud serving the vegetable
soUp.
Summed up n her his artists eye
caught everything classic profile.
the absolutely pure features whiCh rle
Greeks once loved. IhP ourving lips tle
correct nose. the splendid forehead. the
vell-set eyes he Knew he had found
what he had sought SO long-the per
feet face wiIich ne needed for the new
sci OF American coins which are soon
TO be issued
pleaded With asauty.
And then the sculptor had 20 piead--
ne, Who could have had many society
woman 90 pose for him FOR the coins
merely for he asking. Ee pointed out
90 Mary Cunningham that sne owed 4
duty 20 the country. 'You must p0se"
was the artists tinal fiat. and Marry
Cunningham did.
With such material 5o work from
Saint Gsauuene worked fast. He mad
before him inst what he wanted The
face of Mary cunningham is-ss II was
when she posse 4 for he sculptor-ciear-
car and classical Its contour reminds
one Of the faces ~ he old time patrscan
bellies
She hag fresh mink complexion that
reminds one of roses and cream It
gpeaks of country lanes ana blossom
ing hedges ana sunlt meadows There
is nothing that could possibly remind
vOu ~ the citw ana its confined lie
and rs more rinEcd Jtlnosphere.
I4er figure ia plant ana graceful and
she moves with ft1e easy dignity OF one
who Was born So be beautiflu She
has dari< brown hair Wlich She vne~7
eombed mo from the high white fare-
head. Fer ewes are nr the cef1liean
blue Dver whiuh artists rlve bur Wnirh
riIev never paing-because tilev can't
Mary Cunningham WIS born IN Tra-
land l6 years ego. She came DO tnis
country hot long since. she worked
first Ia 8cSt0n ana finally came to Ver-
mont
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-09-14
WARNS FIRE CHIEFS
ABOUT GASOLINE DANGER

Pierre5 81 J. 1eUg #--Etre Marshal
Craft g seuaiag our letter OF warning
10 IRE chiefs il over the state caution-
ing then . tEe!r ihyesti cations ~ the
storing ana banding o. gasoline. In
bis letter be cportg siIty-Htue flres n
the state since July u % which light
have teea Lraced t0 the careless GauG-
ports fge fires. 1hree started from laso~
line xrtostoug
ln 1a@ case fire rgs started 1y A
r12u rnaFipz gasoline lrum one can %
anather wf1i= holding ghteC ul1e iu
Dts noBtA gnowiaa ttaI he gas rom
s1solSna can he gn3ted .rola IS coal as
we'll 3s rom q axe
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-09-14
HEN BUSY RAISING
A 8RCOO OF KITTENS

Coifax. la.. Sept. 8 Newer did a hen
cake better care of brood Of Ghick-
ems than an old plymouth Rock at the
Evans farm is giving a utrer Of SAX
rnotheriess kittens. The mutner was
killed by a dog.
The hen. attracted by the wailings
Of the orphans, took possession of
yhern. She has them under her wings
III night and defends them IL any one
tuterferes.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-09-14
cITlZERs or NEW TOWN
OF LANE ARE f-L8-LEPS

Arlington $. d.. Sept Lame, lhe
new own ID Jerauld county holds the
record for luicE work d voting and
eashiuE village bonds. Last Tuesday
she village rotea 10 sSue bonds for
the erection of graded school. There
uegr only votes against .hr ue1s-
ure "Wednesday the vote was declared
carried bv tie county suaitur. AS soon
as the lrOt-diugs were declared men
we're on hand q furnish the money,
and he board was provided with EEa
funds and ~ once advertised for bids
for The building.
The new school house VIII cost
about $4,000. It IS expected TO nave 10
ready n time for he winter term
II school.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-09-14
THREE-YEAR-0LD
DRUNKARD DIES

London. Sept 5.--All the evidences OF
chronic alcoholism were found at the in-
q3est On q child only years 9 months old
According 20 the parents. he little giri
Incidentally obtained bottle containing
~ ounces 1f gin znd drank !ts entire con-
tents. and HIS caused ner death They
said The chila never before had tasted
alcohol The autopsy. however, showed
that be v'@t'ra had IN adult brain. 4 liver
eStyanls q large and cirrhottc. and a heart
sueh - q generally met with AS the re-
suit os chrontc alc1hoiism.
n view Of the iifAcuitg of maSims aI.y-
chila ta.-e even q tefTpeoafui " sIroaE.
liquor. the condition disclosed by the
autOpay secfns mysterious. The parents
8re under sHrvct.lauCo pvadiHs au uvesti
sation
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-09-14
YOUNG ROOSEVELT JOINS
HUNTERS At ABERDEEN

Aberdeen, :. ID. Sep1- b--AGCordlug 10
those who have gone shooting. now hat
ghe duciI and chicken season - open,
All are getting a lot 81 game; but IS
matter Of fact il Is known that chick
ems are scarce in this vicinity Ducks
abound. Every slough James river
ana every creek and swamp hunter
runs across Is alive with ducks and :
lot of them are being oaEged. Probably
800 men from Aberdeen alone are out
~ The city after chickens and ducks.
Theodore Roosevelt 1r. arrived asst
nizrt 10 shoot small game for thls
week He was accom- panied Jv Mar
vim HuRhitt jr., son ~ the president 1f
the Northwestern road. Tney are guests
qF he Sand Lake club, an Organization
of Aberdeen men owning Il private pre-
serve ou the shores OF Sand lake few
miles north OF here
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-09-14
SOUTH 0AKoTANs SEEK
AID IN MIMNEAp1l Ig

Minneapolis, MINI, sept South
Dakota bSfsinsss interests which are
seeking closer railroad connections with
Minneapolis and st. Paul we're we'll rep.
resented yesterday at luncheon in
he Commercial club. where the repre-
sentatiyeH from Mitchell, Madison and
Brookings 8, D.. Marshall. MINI and
other points, talked over the situation
with leading Minneapolis busiHess men.
J. w Dawson, OF Mitchell. SAID that
the connection which The business men
are seeking viii make the route 100
miles shorter and viii enable the deal
ers of hts section 10 get their goods
from the twin cities IN twenty- four
hours
The projected iiIe g southwest from
Marshall 20 Madison and Mitchell.
bringing several good business cpTters.
which now have Chicago connections
only. ~ closer tCsIch with the Twin
cry market Il would naturally be an
rzten@sion Of he Great Northern