davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1907-05-04
Tc Alfalfa Growers.

The Business Mems club is in
correspondence with a company who
are considering the proposition Of
establishing an alfalfa feed manu-
featuring plant at Rapid City. They
desire to know what amount Of al
falfa for market will be raised with
in hauling distance of town. All
alfalfa growers who expect to raise
more than enough for home con-
sumption are requested to send an
estimate of the amount they Will
have for sale and the distance at
which it will be grown from the
city. a compliance with this re-
quest will enable the secretary. to
give them an idea of what we can
do in this line, and will assist us
in inducing them to locate. Anyone
having such information will confer
y favor by writing to the under
signed. Granville Jones,
Secretary Business Mems Club.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1907-05-04
Sunday Lid or in Chicago.

Mayor Busse of Chicago came out
OF his inner Office the other day to
announce nj that he was strictly in
favor Of the Sunday saloon. He gave
as his reason that the Sunday saloon
was the rendezvous and the resort
ior the work ingman on Sunday, stat
Ing that the wcll conducted saloon
Z was the Sunday meeting place Of
sI many men 81 i socially Inclined, especial
81 citing the Germans He stated,
= however that all saloons should he
5eon l:s ndaetsd q j y, ordefly nanner. and
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1907-05-04
MILLER SUICIDES.
Found Hanging in the Grand Stand
at Custer.

round hanging III the Grand Stand
at Custer.
The dead body of Ernest Miller
was found hanging by a rope in the
grand stand of the Custer base ball
park at 1880 o'clock yesterday morn
ing. The discovery was made by
William Allison and J. w. Kollar.
They at once notified the sheriff and
coroner and the body was taken
down and conveyed to the city Jail,
where an inquest was held. The
jury rendered verdict that the
deceased had come to his death by
strangulation through hanging, self
inflicted, while temporarily insane.
Little is known of Miller. He
came to Custer on February I'd last
and stated at the time that he had
just left Omaha. He said that his
birthplace. was Boston. He secured
work as a laborer at one of the saw
mills, and has worked as such dur
ing the time that he has been in
the Hills. He was of a rather re-
ticent disposition and said little Of
his past life, keeping to himself when
away from work and spending much
of his time reading newspapers.
There is strong suspicion that he
left the east under a cloud and that
his troubles unbalanced him. .s37
He was about twenty-five years Of
age, was five feet and Ave inches III
height and weighed 100 pounds. He
had dark hair and eyes. s,:.
1t has been impossible to flnd any
relatives with whom to communf-
cate, and the burial will take place
at Custer today Call.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1907-05-04
Three Times as Much Timber Used
Now Used Encl, Year as the
Foract Crnxx,c

fs u
Every person in the United States
is using over six times as much wood
SIS he would use if he were in Europe.
The country as whole consumes ev-
cry year between three and four
times more wood than all of the
forests of the United States grow in
the meantime. The average acre of
forest lays up a store of only 10 GU
bic feet annually, whereas it ought
to be laying up 80 cubic feet in order
to furnish the products taken out of
it. Since 1880 more than 100000
100000 feet of timber have been cut
for lumber alone, including 100000
100000 feet Of coniferous timber in
excess of. the total coniferous stump
age estimate of the Census in 1880.
These are some of the remarkable
statements made in Circular 81 of
the Forest Service, which deals with
the timber supply of the United
States and reviews the stumpage es-
Inmates made by all the important
authorities. A study of. the circular
must lead directly to the conclusion
that the rate at which forest products
in the United States have been and
are being consumed is far too lavish,
and that only one result can follow
unless steps are promptly taken to
prevent waste in use and to increase
the growth rate of every acre of for
est in the United States. This result
is timber famine. This country is
today in the same position with re-
gard to forest resources as was Ger
many $50 years ago. During this
period of $50 years such German
states as SaXony and Prussia, partic-
ularly the latter have applied a policy
of government control and regula-
tion which has immensely increased
the productivity of their forests. The
same policy will achieve even better
results in the United States, be-
cause we have the advantage of all
lessons which Europe has learned
and paid for in the course of a
century of theory and practice.
Least it might be assumed that the
rapid and gaining depletion of Amer
Jean forest resources. is sufficiently
accounted for the increase of popu-
lation. it is pointed out in the cir
cular that the increase in population
since 1880 is barely more than half
the increase in lumber cut in same
period. Two areas supplying tim
Der have already reached and passed
their maximum production-the
Northeastern states in 1870 and the
Lake states in 1890. Today, the
Southern states, which cut yellow
pine amounting to one-third the to.
tai annual lumber cut of the country,
are undoubtedly near their maxi
mum. The Pacific states will soon
take the ascendency. The state Of
Washington within a few years has
come to the. front and now ranks
first Of all individual states in vol
ume OF cut.
At present but one-fifth of the to.
tai forest area of the United States
is en- braced in National forests. Tle
Iremaining four-ffths have already
passed or are most likely to pass In.
70 pirate hands The average age s,
cf the trees felled for lumber tInis
|yearfs not less than 1 30 years. ~
iother words, II he Is to secure auothei
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1907-05-04

should observe the law strictly. 1t
is to be presumed, therefore, that
the Sunday lid will be hereafter
strictly off in Chicago, per order Of
the mayor, This is not to say that
it has not been off right along.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1907-05-04
Entertainment at Everett School
HouSp

House.
The following program was given
last week at the close of Miss Emily
Drivers school near Hill City:
! Song, Spring Hymn-School.
Recitation, In an Empty School
iHouse" pupils.
! Solo, The Swallow Hop
! kins.
| Recitation, What Well Do"-Five
Pupils.
Tableau, Good Old Summer Time
March and Drill, with flags :
School.
Solo, "The Robin"-Dewey Hop
kins.
Recitation, "The Latest Snow
birds Earl Morehouse.
Dialogue, "tThe New Herbarium. !"
Song, ''The Busy Little Bee
School
Recitation, "Arbor Day Alva
Hopkins.
Recitation, ""rhe Flag in Nature
Josie Hopkins.
Tableau, "Tenting Boys.
Recitation, What the Trees Said"
Dewey Hopkins.
Song, "The Bundle Party
School.
Recitation, when the Birds go
North Carrie Morehouse
Recitation, April Pearl Hop
Dialogue, Excepting Store.
Recitation, ITO the April Violet"
Dora Morehousc.
Recitation, '"rhe Robin Josie
Hopkins.
soug, Vacation Song School.
Recitation, South Wind d"--Har-
vey Hopkins.
Dialogue, Matrimonial Advertise
nlents.'
Recitation, Robins ns'-Alva Hop
kins.
Tableaux, Maud Muller
Duet, Sleep Baby'-Harvey and
Pearl Hopkins.
Drill, spade-Song- School.
Recitation, Vacation" Josie
Hopkins.
Song, Spring g'-school.
Dialogue, Mothers Visiting"
Song, "Old Black Joe'--school
Curtain.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1907-05-04

Bowells and family are
registered at the Patton Nh,
BowelI came from Madison yestet
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1907-05-04
Beard of Eaacation Organizes

l
Members Of the Board Of Educa-
'sica met last week and effected q
ornament organization by the elec-
tica Of a. x. Gardner as president
:nd Ethan Allen, as secretary. The
PRESIDENT Of the board has named the
following standing committees:
Teachers - James B. Barber, L.
i. Crittenden, j. G. Blyman.
Finance. Lenhart, A.. j. Mosier,
James B. Barber.
Text Books and Course OF Study
J. II. Leary, L. T. Crittenden, o. l..
Snyder.
Rules-A..J. Mosier, Fred Sargent,
NJ. Appel.
Buildings and Grounds l.. It.
Crittenden, James b. Barber, Fred
sargent.
Tuition Fred Sargent, o. L. sny-
der, M. Appel.
Judiciary. II. Leary, G. Len
hart, M. Appel.
Purchase-M. Appel, A. j. Mosier,
G. Lenhart..
Paste this in your hat and if you
haye business with the School Board
hereafter, call on the proper COM
mittee.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1907-05-04
Turning Points

Turning Points.
Courtesy, kindness and Thought
fulness always have their reward. His
tory is full of incidents which show
upon what little things careers have
turned. And where one such Incl
dent is known there are thousands
which are unknown. says w. p. War
ren.
A man is impressed by u lads pol
ished shoe, and makes inquiries
which lead to his employment, and
the boy becomes a captain of indus
try. A cheerful smile wins friend,
Who introduces to circle of help
full men and women, whose ideas
raise our standards and influence our
lives. Even the simplest little acts
of courtesy and kindness have been
known to open broad channels for
good.
The reverse is also true. A man
lost a valuable business partnership
because he made an unlsind remark
about another on the day the papers
Werc to have ben signed. We never
know what friendships and opportun-
ity is denied us because Of unfavor-
able Impressions made by the neglect
of the little niceties of life.
We travel road that branches in
many directions. One careless turn
ing may affect our entire journey.
Only by making sure that we are
taking the right direction at every
point can we hope to reach the best
that is possible to u.s. But If each
purpose and act expresses the highest
standards we know, any hour may
become the gateway to q larger feld
OF opportunities.
Trains by July 4.
Contractors on the Northwestern
state that trains will be running
through to Pierre by July L, if moth
ing happens to prevent more than
now apears. Large numbers Of men
are working all along the lines, and
the Milwaukee is pushing things as
diligently as the Northwestern.
Rapid City should be getting ready
for the greatest celebration she has
ever had. The one of 1856 will not
be In 1t with the one we can pull off
when the trains run through to
Pierre and Chamberlain. Speed the
day and then one cannot count the
people that will be coming into Rapid
City.
DR.. A. Matthias is in from his
ranch at Elm Springs.
Mrs. ]. A. Eggleston, mother Of
Mrs. H. 3. swander left for Puyallup,
Wash, this week, for visit with
her daughter, Mrs. G. A. Hale.
Mrs. o. H. Roberts and children
left a few evenings ago for Bartons-
vile, Okla, for visit with her par
ents, whom she has not seen for
twelve years.
John Swanson, stonemason,
who has been here for several years
past, died last Sunday, April 2s, of
congestion of the brain. He was
about sixty-fiye years old.
j. M. Woods came in on yester-
day mornings train from an eastern
trip. Mr.. Woods is looking for a
man and wife to work on his farm
below town. He says he hears Rapid
City talked of wherever he goes.
Peter Duhamel is back from
a short stay in Omaha. He says he
is going to push business in Rapid
City from now on; that there is
not another town in the country that
has the opportunities and possible
titles that this place has.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1907-05-04

SAKE Gantz left this wek for
henectady, n ", to continue his
elect rical studies SAKE is a born
electrician, besides being a born Josh
ser Rapid City will bellonely with
nut hin. s.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1907-05-04
I4ectlre Course Number.

l4
Alton Packard, who is, to give the
last entertainment of our lecture
course, will be here next Monday.
He is sketch lecturer of unusual
ability and will more than fill the.
place of Mr.. Outcault. He has lee
tured in all of5our largest cities with
s,iccess. The general secretary Of
the West Side Y. M. g.. A. of New
York says: Alton Packard gave
the best entertainment of our
course. The Record of Los Ange-
les writes: Alton Packard is the
best entertainer who ever lectured
here. Mr.. Packard will give "a
matinee for the children at 2 AS on
Monday afternoon. The public
schools will close at 2:3O, so that
every child may attend. The admis-
sion for the matinee will be 3 cents
for adults, and 2 5 cents for children.
His lecture in the evening will be
one Of the attractions of the season.
Elisha Il. Sawyer Mt Rest.
The funeral services Of Elisha u.
iSoayVSCfsSsS9G oSAtsy ttbAtCl1
noon the q Id family, saPsld denes.
The Masonic order took full charge,
but Rev. II r.. Case was the officiat-
ing Clergyman a Music was furnished
4 by III. and Mrs G.. A Wiegand, Mrs.
w j. Collins and F. D. Bangs. Pall-
bearers were Messrs. Chap IN. Tom
ner, Post, Morris, Jol and Herman.
The Masops had charge at the ceme-
tes' :also. ss3l.s
81 F7reeport, Maine, was the place OF
Ir sssawyer's birth, which occurred
Il July 8 26 He was therefore
lty gears ard ten mont his of age
Miiien hadiad last " ed nesday morn
iiis;s, Saws yer wassone Of
Il So il 81 nine children, none Of
i .IyfiF iliEa The last of the
him self vas KEN g
II SO:
&! III VII IN aTried thres
ss Dy T,sss second Il wife q sS haa !, n
B Ia REQ HON l died ~
sSs,. Il PSI me: son, Henry 9 y. ~ i!
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1907-05-04
Storm Period.

Storm predictions by 1rl R. Hicks,
published in Word and Works:
A regular storm period, having its
center on April 80, comes over into
the 1st, I'd and Sd of May. Low
barometer and general storm condi-
tions will be advancing from west to
cast by the end Of April, and these
conditions will culminate in rain,
wind and thunder storms from the
st to the Sd. In extreme northern
scations nnscasonablc cold, with pos
ai.e!e sieet and snow, will attend
these storms, sending a cold wave
progressively down over nest parts
Of the country from about the Sd to
the 9Th.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1907-05-04

crop of trees of the same size the lum
herman or private forest owner must
wait, say, at least one hundred years
for the crop to grow. AS a rule,
such longtime investments as the
waiting would involve do not com
mend themselves to business men
who are accustomed to quick returns.
But the states and nation can look
much farther ahead The larger.
then, the area of National and State
control over woodlands the-sreater
is the likelihood tliht the forests Of
TIL country will be kept permanently
productive.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1907-05-04

with his father at the time of his
death, and had been here the greater
part of the past four years. Mr..
Sawyer married his third wife in New
London, Wis, and moved from there
to Neenah, Wis, and in 1877 came to
the Black Hills. He settled first in
Hayward and went into partnership
with Peder johnson. Later he came
to Rapid City and lived here for the
past quarter of a century, where he
has been engaged in the livery busi-
ness with various parties and for him
self.
Since the death of his wife here
five years ago he has been in failing
health and for several months the
end has been expected. Besides his
son. and family he leaves a stepson,
c. M. Cation, of Hill City, who was
here with Mrs. Cation at the funeral.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-01-11
BRYAN AND FAIRBANKS.
Congressman POu Says n Will be
the Ticket and That Bryan Will Win.

Washington, D. c., January s.
Bryan and Fairbanks will be the
presidential nominees of the two
parties in 1908 in the opinion Of Rep
representative Pou. "Of Bryan's nOmi-
nation by the democracy there seems
to be no doubt" observed Mr.. Pou,
''and it looks now as though all the
great influences in the republican
party which stood by Hanna are striv-
ing for the nomination of the vice
president. Mr.. fairbanks is the real
choice of the conservative element. Of
the G. o. P. the conservatives COM
pose the majority of the party and
that is the reason Fairbanks will be
the nominee for the presidency. l pre-
dict that with Fairbanks and Bryan
as the candidates, the Nebraskan will
be elected president by a bigger ma
jirity than was RoOsevelt."-Special
to News and Observer.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-01-11
ROOSEVELT FIRES UP,
Says he nOWs Wha He is About as to
the Brownsville Affair.

President Roosevelt did not mince
words today when talking with several
of his senatorial friends about the
Brownsville affair. With the greatest
emphasis he indicated that it would
be almost waste of paper to pass any
legislation for the restoration to the
army of the discharged soldiers of the
Twenty-fifth infantry. He declared
that he was cOmmander-in-chief Of the
army and navy of the United tSates,
and that he knew his duties and pow
ers. He had not exceeded these pow
ers and had violated no provision Of
the constitution and 10 law in dis
missing these men. He had given
about as much consideration to his
legal powers in this case as anybody
else and he was satisfied with what he
had done.
The presidents declaration that it
would be a waste of paper for congress
to pass n legislation on restoration
is in line with past statements by him
on the same subject.
1t is understood that the president
has received assurances that the inves-
tigatiOn that has been conducted by
Assistant Attorney General Purdy in
Texas furnished the strongest sort of
substantiation of the evidence he had
when he acted against the negro sol
~diers.-Washington Special to News
and Observer.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-01-11
HODGES MUST HANG.
Federal Supreme Court justices Re
fuse to Grant a Writ of Error.

The news from Washington that the
case of John H. Hodges had been pre-
scented to the members of the United
States supreme court in an applica-
ton for Il writ of error came as a sur
prise to our people when it was an
nounced yesterday that the individual
members of this court had refused to
grant the writ.
Last Tuesday afternoon Mr.. W. B.
Guthrle, ene Of the counsel for Hodges,
left on the w~estbound train and in an
sWer TO question asked him said that
ne was going to Greensboro. 1t has
since developed that Mr.. w. G.. Bran
ham, another Of the counsel for the
murderer, boarded the train ar West
Durham and the two went direct 10
Washington to present the matter to
the supreme court justices. The She
cess OF their trip is told in the above.
The two lawyers returned home yes
terday afternoon and from Mr.. Gutb-
RE, who was seen by the reporter q
story OF the trip to Washington and
the last final efforts to save the life
of their client-or rather to prolong
his stay On earth-was learned.-Dur-
ham Herald.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-01-11
SALARIES VS.. FEES.
Will Work a Saving OF 500 a Mouth
to GuilfOrd County.

Mr.. John n. Wilson, county attor-
ney, has prepared a report to be sub
Gifted to the January meeting of the
county commissioners on Monday
showing the effect of the operation o.
what is known as the Gordon act
which was passed by the last legisla
ture putting the officers of Guilford
county on salary instead of paying
them commissions, the act becoming
effective on the first of last month.
The report shows that the salaries
and clerk hire for December unit
ed to 1925. The amount to be received
from fees, etc, collected in all the Of
fees aggregated $857.41 leaving a
shortage of $67.59, but there is also to
be credited whatever difference there
may between what the expenses of
the Jail have been, including the Jail
er'S salary of $50 for the month, and
the amount received by the sheriff as
Jail fees. These expenses cannot be
as%certained until all the bills are audi
ted by the county commissioners. This
difference may more than wipe out the
shortage.
Estimating hat the sheriff has been
drawing $4,000 in ices each year and
the treasurer $4,000, the figures indi-
cate that the county will save as mucn
as $733,33 each month by TeasOn of
the Gordon act. The sheriff and treas
urer dc not make final settlement I'M
til the end of the fiscal year and for
this reason the amount Of profit that
the county will get can only be esti-
mated, though those who are familiar
with the conditions say that 1888
is a very conservation estimate. This
means a saving Of about IS 5000 a year
to the county.-Greensboro Record.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-01-11
STATE LEGISLATION IN 'O7.
To be Stringent Enactments Against
Railroads n Other Corporations.

Advices from the west state capi
tails f~oreshadow legislation affecting
public service corporations and other
interests much in advance or he
most radical statutes o in force
This expected legislation is directly re-
sponsive to the recent discussion with
regard to insurance and railroad rates.
There is a demand throughout the
west for a tWO-cent passenger fare and
for an anti-pass law as comprehensive
as the federal law on the subject. Every
governors message will have some
thing to say about life insurance, Wis
consin is apparently preparing to i'm
pose a graduated income tax. Among
the proposed novelties in law making
is the Kansas bank deposit insurance
proposition, requiring all state banks
to deposit sufficient security with the
state treasurer TO protect all deposits.
Many of the states will authorize
the creation of railroad commissions.
In Indiana a One-cent rate will prob
ably be established on all interurban
electric lines. As a result of the car
shortage the legislatures of many
states will doubtless undertake the So
luton Of the transportation problem.
State legislation in 1907 promises to
be highly interesting. Even Mr.. Root
will not have occasion to warn the
states against inactivity in regulating
th1ngs.-Philadelphia Ledger.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-01-11

DeWitt's Little Early Risers, reliable
little pills. Recommended BY Robt. r.
Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-01-11
Representative HAD CLOSE CALL
Eringhause, of Pasquotank, Makes
Leap for Life.

Three Centers of Activity-Goyernor
Glenn's Message Ready-Amusing
Incident at Dispensary-Revenue
Officers Assert That Some County
Officers Will not Aid The i'm Weed
in Out MOonshiners.