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The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1907-02-15
4 MAKING N|I||IKIIillN 6DOD
Black Hits Portland Cement Com
pany Making prepartions For
an Farly Spring Open
lng Of their
100000
Plant

Following the course of q
large safe that was being shunt-
ed with block-and-tackle into
the Office Of the Rapid City
Portland Cement Company
I Tuesday morning q reporter for
the UNIoN came up against the
president Of the Company Mr..
Victor T. Jepson to whom the
reporter fred the following
que stions tthe presiden of one
Of the most important corpor-
atoms IN Greater Rapid City.
How about the Portland Gem
Ant Planti There are some
people ID. Rapid City VINO want
go know what you are doing
and whore you are at. : : Well, s
said President Jepsen, can
assure you this much, and that
9,is that our company are making
preparations d against going al
fhc business which they have
] rs do in q business sort OF 9
ray. n the first place We hsye
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1907-02-15
RESOLUTION NO. u GRANTS
LEAVE OF ABSENCE
But DOES NOT SHORTEN TIME
Homestead Entry Men are Given
Moro Time on Account OF
Layof During Winter

Joint Resolution of Congress
approved January l8, 1907.
(Public-Resolution No.4.)
"That homestead settlers
upon the public domain, in
North Dakota, South Dakota,
Wyoming, Minnesota, aud
Montana, are hereby granted
a leave Of absence from their
land for a period Of three
months from the date Of the
approval of this resolution: !:
Prouided, That the period Of
actual absence under this reso-
luton shall not be deducted
from the full time Of residence
required by law"
Joint Resolution Of Congress
approved February 2, 1907.
(Public- Resolution No. .l2. J
"That all persons who made
homestead entry in the States
Of North Dakota, idaho, Mime: ]:
sofa, Montana, Washing ton,
and Wyoming where the period
in which they were, or are, Il. re.
quired by law to make entry
under such declaratory state
ment or establish residence. ex-
pired or expires, after December
first, nineteen hundred and six,
are hereby granted until May
fifteenth, nineteen hundred and
seven, within which to make
such entry or actual settlement
and establish residence upon
the lands 50 entered by them:
Provided, That this extension
of time shall not shorten
either the period Of commute
ton orof actual residence under
the homestead law: Provided
further, That the provisions of
Public-Resolution Numbered
Four, approved January eigh-
teenth, nineteen hundred and
seven, shall apply to the States
Of Idaho and Washington"
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1907-02-15
COT The DROP
Former Editor of the old Rapid
City Republican Shoots to
Xiii In Oregon

A special dispatch dated at
Pendleton, Oregon, Feb. 10
says:
John P. McManus, editor Of
the Pilot Rock Record, shot
and killed Robert Estes, gam
bier, in the Pullman saloon on
Main street yesterday afternoon.
No motive is known to exist for
the shooting as the men were
not acquainted. tits presumed
that McManus took Estes for
another man whom the editor
believed had robbed him last
week."
Mr.. McManus will be remem-
bered in this city as the editor
and publisher Of the old Repub.
lican in the somewhat fierce
border days Of 1883. Few then
are among the old-timers tina,
will not recall John McManus
the old editor Of the Rapid City
Republican. In looking u,
the files which are a part ane
parcel Of this Office we find tn
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1907-02-15
surveyed the railway from the

surveyed the railway from the
manufacturing plant to the
base of supplies on our ground
where the raw material is. We
have contracted for tho super
intendents of the different de-
partments and arranged these
contracts to take effect early in
the spring on an even date.
The company has also under
construction for a March de-
livery, the machinery an d
general equipment for our
plant that calls for a delivery
on or before April 1st. We ex-
pect to be turning out the fin
ished product Of Portland Ce-
ment by the first of May in
Rapid City, this state. AS to
the stocks in our company you
can say that there is but a few
blocks Of it left and that our
recent correspondence with
eastern parties indicate that
within a few days, a month at.
the formost will have arrived at
a time when there is no more
stock for sale in our company.
Since we have the raw material
with which to do business out
of which can be produced the
finest cement product in the
world, we have every reason to
have faith in that which we are
undertaking and we positively
know that according to our con-
tract with the stockholders Of
the company that we: will show
you a finished barrel of Port
land Cement by May LIST Of this
year. You can print tlese tips
if you desire for the benifit of
the doubling Thomases or as
you newspaper men ale pleased
to call the knockers" /"
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THAT'S THE NUMBER IN THE
BUSINESS MEMS CLUB
aous'na RALLY LAST MIGHT
This Means %, 1000 for Maintain
anoe Of the Organization
this Summer

1. is evident that the repres-
entative business of Rapid City
are beginning to take notice of
the value of business organi-
zation for the building up of
their town, for they again filed
the city hall to overdowing last
night. The interesting part Of
the proceedings was the report
of the committee on mainten-
ance who reported that there
were $50 members on the roll
pledged at $24 each which
means So, 600 a year with which
to make a greater Rapid City.
The bylaws and articles of cor
poration or organization were
then read, and after an hour or
more debate wherein there was
some rather sharp but good
natured repartee the articles
were adopted asa whole. Sew
eral sites we're proposed as to
the locations for the rooms Of
the club, but mono was selected,
that. being turned over to the
consideration of the board of
directors which were then cleo
ted by ballot. The board Sc
lected, is made up of seven
Of the citys strongest business
men who have the interests of
the town at heart. They are
G. Z. Wood, Judge Levi Me- Gee,
Isaac M. Humphrey, A. K.
Gardner, Geo. r. Schneider,
Jonn L. Burke and w. w.
Soule.
On motion Of President Wood
the old board adjourned sine die
and became a matter of history.
This old board, by the way,
have much to their credit in
helping to make the city what
it is today, and in the words of
the old president, Mr.. Woods,
"the new board will have some
thing to do, also if it keeps up
the record made by the old
one.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1907-02-15
OFF TOR. CUBA.
Fred Holcomb Left Monday Night
for, Cuba. to Look After His
Land interests In the Is
lands.

Mr.. Fred Holcomb left Mon
day evening for Cuba, in the
islands of Haiti, whittier he goes
to look after the syndicated land
interests Of his company, in
Mr.. Peter Duhamel and
Mike Quinn Of this city is in
terested. Mr.. Holcomb associ-
ated with these gentlemen are
interested in and own a tract of
land around thirty thousand
acres in Cuba which was pnr-
chased soon after the close of
the Spanish-American war and
which they have since held as a
speculative prospect. It is un-
derstood that by reason Of
American invasion, and the
adoption Of American methods
Of farming in these islands, that
this purchase oflands in the is
lands first discovered by Mr..
Columbus, has fully. doubled in
value and that even at the fifty
per cent profit offered now on
these holdings, that these game
South Dakotans will refuse to
part with their holdings. These
gentleman are also aztrio of the
largest land owners in the west
ern part of the state and they
are also holding on to their Da-
kota part of the earth with the
same confidence that it's good
to keep They are investors in
any old kiad of land in any part
Of the earths surface on the
theory that it is always a good
time to buy land when it is
cheap. If upon discovery Of
the north pole there is also dis
covered q table land it would
not be unexpected or out Of or.
der for these gentlemen to take
little flyer up in the Arctic cir
Gle. There is nothing too swift
/ for q South Qakotan who il
/ Iwateh ching Rapid City grow.
I :
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1907-02-15
MANY RESIDENTS OF EAST
SIDE RANsACKED
LITTLE IF ANY "sWAa" TAKEN
Robbers DO Through Several Res
idences III the High Glass
Vicinity Yesterday.

A house breaker, and it
would appear that either there
were several of him or that he
was an exceedingly live member
of his profession for he went
through several residences in
the city during the early hours
of yesterday morning seemingly
at about the same hour. Geo.
Bennett, of the land Office says
that he was awakened by the
call Of his little daughter who
slept in an adjoining room csll-
ing, "Papa what makes your
hand so cold and bigi" Mr..
Bennett rushed into his daugh-
ters room in time to see a man
make his getaway out through
the back door Of the kitchen.
Drawers and cuppoards had
been hurriedly ransacked, but
nothing seemed to be missing.
The burglar seems to have had
designs, perhaps on a gold
bracelet encircling the wrist Of
Miss Bennett, but the touch of
his cold hand awakened her.
The housebreaker seems then
to have taken a general detour
Of the town, stopping at and
going through the residences of
D. r. Allender, Fred Cain,
Miss French, Lee Anderson,
Joe Jay, Dan Ferguson, John
Keliher, A. X. Thomas, and
Chas. little, neither Of whom
report the missing of any valu-
ables. Those getting hurried
sight Of the man say that he
was Of medium height and that
he wore a cap pulled down over
his eyes and that his footprints
show that he wore aNo. 8 min
ers boot. It would seem that
the city night police force has a
strong need for the services Of a
Sherlock Holmes.
Neither the Office Of the UNION
or the residence of the editor
was touched which would seem
toindicate a certainlack of con-
fidencein the commercial stand
ing of the profession of journal
ism in the Hills. Our unmet
bills we found intact and cheer
fullysstaring lis in the face, as
usual yesterday morning.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1907-02-15
Succeed. Himself !. Post
1s y s. ~ master. - OK; 80 :,

a phone msssage from Dead
wood from the present & post
master Of Deadwood announces
that Mr.. Bonharhh the present
postmaster Of that town sue
ceeds himself The appoint
ment eslI came ~ BY wire, Tuesday
from Warrington, e e Mr Bon.
ham sis the, editor Of the Pioneer
Times andsons OF thu .stsonges,
public men Of the Hills country.
His friends here axitsnd 1iisa Us him
the glad hand.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1907-02-15
THE SLUEUS GLIB
Successful In a Series OF Grand
Balls

The second of the series of
dances given by the Slufus club
was pulled off Friday evening in
the K. Of P. Hall on Main
street. 1t was the pleasure of
the editor Of the Union to be
there before the beginning of
the dance. To note the various
decorations Of the hall would be
to take up more space than is
left this week, but let us say
that the ceilings and the walls
were such a vertiable maize Of
stuff as seasonable decorations
go and are made up of, that
the reporter hardly knew for
the time where he was at. But
the orchestra! That was some
thing, in fact the whole thing!
It took us away back, the band
did, long before our dancing
days were over. This orches-
ira that played was the Gate
City Orchestra of Rapid City,
and they furnished the dreamy
cadences for this dance of Fri
day.
They also furnished the
music for the dance given Sat
urday night in the same hall.
The Gate City Orchestra, by
the way, is a local band that
are strictly top-notchers in
their line, as their future dates
will attest, and make good.
Watch this band together with
the growth Of Rapid City.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1907-02-15
oATTLEMHN AND sHEHpMEN
LISTEN TO ROOSEVELT.
FIRST CARE FOR aomEs1Eapra
= Special Dispatch from Washing.
ton Dated. Fob. u Dennes
Government Policy

~ 6A0AAS 16uu
in the public domain and the.
interests Of large and small.
GO 'cEaaattlemen and the sheepmen
9 and the effect Of protection Of.
stockmen upon the homesteads
were considered at a public
hearing before the senate COM
mlttee mi on agriculture. The
hearing was held on an amend
m'ent by Senator Burkett of
Nebraska, to the agricultural,
appropriation bill authorizing
the secretary Of agricultural is
district lll. the unreserved land.
and charge and collect reas on
able fees for grazing.
The cattlemen and sheepmen
criticised each other and de-
= Tended their own motives. The
cattlemen made no defense Of
the charges that that they had
been violators of the law, and
the slheepmen asserted that it
was z nleccary for fencers Of pub
llc lands to make their peace
with the government, "they
would be convicted if ever.
brought to trial'.
7. w. Gray Of Gunnison,
Colorado, spoke on the leasing
system, in order to protect
small raisers Of cattle in Colo
radeo Dc against Utah sheep raisers.
running in large focks that
quickly reduce ranges to a con-
dition where cattle will starve.
s A trail of blood, of assina-
|tions, of stock manned and
destroyed, d has been left across
Ithe country from California to.
Nebraska as the result Of differ
ences and difficulties Of cattle-
men, /" said Robert Taylor Of.
Abbott, Neb., in pleading for
the Burkett amendment.
a letter from President
Roosevelt to Senator Warren
was read:
In accordance with our re-
cent conversation I am very
glad to send you this short
statement Of my position re-
garding government control Of
fthe range. I am fully in accord
with. your view that the local
control of the range should be.
ii the hAnds of the western men
familiar with stock raising, and
l believe in full local partiicipa-
ton in the management Of the
range. Of course you must not
divide the responsibility to q
point where you can hold no
one, responsible, but cooper 81,
ation between the stockmen
and the governments officers
Ills absolutely essential.
.sThe utmost I will consent
! Ito So far as my power ext tends
lin the matter Of legislation Is
!. Ito continue such fences assin
I my Judgment il is right and
proper for 81 me TO cont nne NY
frst care, Is for the h6mesteader
and the small stock man. 81
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1907-02-15
Evil Of Believing in Signs.

EVuoI Believing In Signs.
A man who saw the moon
over his right shoulder and was
feeling pretty safe for the
month began the next day by
falling over the railing Of the
back porch with a pan of ashes
in his hand. There was just
ice enough on the porch to
throw him against the railing,
which was just high enough to
give him the necessary tip and
the law Of gravitation and the
ashes did the rest. The neigh
Der who saw him alight said it
resembled the firing OF some
old Fourth of July cannon
loaded with the old-fashioned
smoky powder and charged with
ashpan, grief and profanity.
The man cussed everything
from the new moon to breakfast.
That's what you get for believ-
ing in signs. And yet you car
not tell from the context of the
story whether or not the man
was trying to empty his ashes
on a Friday. That might ex
plain something.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1907-02-15

TUESDAY, was New New Year. Yi.;si Da,
-l4In chlaa' Town.
Few there are who will know
that Tuesday Of this week wa
New Years day in all that th,
day implies to a score or NOR,
Of celestials in Rapid City;
There was nothing doing out ol
the ordinary at the chop houses
and down in the laundry dis
trict Of the town, in outward
ppearances, yet there was
about the faces of the orientalf
a something that told Of a Ger!
tain inward gladness that only
. newspaper ! man would notice,
perhaps. misunderstood, how.
ever, that China town got to-
gether IN clans later in the day
OF night and celebrated the day
IN their own peculiar way with
the eating Of choice chop-sueys
and an other I'll mysterious and occult
preparations only known to
these people Of Nfar5 Cathay. "
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snouee seemlngly out OF order y
as 'l ~. o,ua.e' L. atter al. correct
anu up,so.uase' - as per tnelr rec
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The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1907-02-15
''co.l OUT OF II"

II you've been q knocker
come out of it. Swear off
and Join the Boosters. 1t
vii! help some if you sub
scribe for the Union. It's
saying things for Rapid
City cnce a week. $3.50
the year-worth double
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1907-02-15
CAN'T HELP ITSELF

When you are told that
Rapid City has a boom
with a mushroom attach
ment, deny it and insist
that it's just a natural
normal growth that has
begun to sit up and take
a little notice-that's all
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1907-02-15

This is the kind Of weather
that makes glad the heart Of the
small boy, who is already play
ing sskeeps" on the street cor
ners.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-03-30
GOVERNOR WHITE
SUCCEEDS DILLON
AS State Tax Commissioner and Will
Fill the Office in an Able
Manner.

Ii is semi-ofhciany stated that G..
w. Dillon's resignation has been ac-
cepted as state tax commissioner and
that Ex-Governor A, p. White has
received and accepted the appoint
ment. No better selection for the
place could have been made, Gov
ernor White is one Of the originators
of the new tax system and is thor
oughg acquainted with its objects
and purposes, as well as its opera
ton. He is a conscientious believer
in it and mis- every effort has been
to bring about n perfect system, one
that will relieve the great majority
of the people from the heavy bur-
dens OF taxation that formerly were
inflicted on the people. Governor
Whites appointment 10 the place
will meet the appreciation Of the peo-
pie of the state, irrespective Of party
amliation,
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.HARMER SLURS
ARE RESENTED
Hundreds of Our Best Citizens Are
Angry Because of CaImny
Hcapcd Upon Them,
coLoRED rEorLE ENRAGED

Much indignation is expressed
smong the voters II Clarksburg over
the slanderous manner in which
many Of The good people of clarks-
burg were referred to at the Harmer
meeting Thursday night Honest bust
ness men, church members in good
landing in the church and many
other respectable people are enraged
that they should have been held up
as murdcrers. cut-throats. thieves,
gamblers and men Of immortality, in-
decency and dishonesty.
There is the keeuest resentment
among the colored people over the
vicious attack made by Mayor Ilar-
mer in his harangue on Policeman
John Nelson. That Indignation Is
not confined to the colored people
lone, for this honorable, upright
industrious Christian colored man
has numerous friends among the
white people and they are proud Of
him as a citizen Of CIarksburg.
II is easy enough 10 see why Mayor
Harmer made this attack on him,
Nelson refused and told him he in
tended to vote for the party that
gave his own people their freedom,
the same party Mayor Harmer has
deserted and has gone into the camp
Of those who fought against the flag
and union
The bitter personalities Mayor
AHarmcr and others al tie Harmer
meeting made on other families and
citizens have acted like bomb in
his own camp and many who We're
for him the day before are not for
him now, They say they do not pro-
pose TO stand for such viHifcatiou
and netx Tuesday at the polls they
propose 10 teach Mayor Harmer that
there are hnndreds Of people in
Clarksburg just as good as he.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-03-30
WILL Be TAKEN TO
THE INSANE ASYLUM
John NIiscIsa Adudgcd Crazy in Mag.
istratc RiIey's Court and VIII BE
Taken to State Institution.

John Miscko, who jumped out Of
a window at the Harrison County
hospital several nights ago, and was
caught after chase by policemen,
will be taken to me Weston insane
asylum. He was given an examina-
tion by Magistrate NJ. S, Riley Fri
day afternoon late and adiudged in
sane. AS he is an alien the magis-
trate could only commit him to the
county Jail and refer his case to
Judge Lynch of the circuit court ac-
cordins TO the provisions Of the'law.
Miscka became so violent in the
county jail that Judge Lynch decid
ed that the proper place for him is
lin the insane asylum and according
ly committed him 10 that institution.
Attendants will come here Saturday
afternoon 10 take him there.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-03-30
WALLACE BANK
STATEMENT
tpcms in This Issue OF Telegram
and Makes Splendid
Showing.

The financial statement Of the
Wallace bank is published in today's
Telegram. The Wallace bank is an
institution Of much value 10 the bust
ness men Of that town and section
and has met with signal success. It
has elegant quarters, is finely officer
ed and does business in the latest and
best methods. lis statement which
appears elsewhere in this issue shows
It TO be an institution that is a credit
to not only the town Of Wallace but
to the county as well. II is contnu-
ally growing in strength and useful
ness.
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preceding him, notwithstanding the
fact that he tells you there is no Sum
day selling. There is surely an in
consistency in what he says and what
really occurs.
In conclusion ! desire to state that
| do NOT wish any man TO vote for
me for my Standardization or self
glorlfcation. as to what impression
the people may have of me outside
Of the city lights and the county
lights" but if the people Of this
city believe that the election OF my
self and my ticket will be for The
best interests of the city then ask
yonr suffrage. because my inerests in
this campaign are for the city OF
Clarksburg, and not for myself.
Yours very truly,
L. c, Grille.
P S Since writing the above, l
have examined tahulated statement
of the financial conditions of the
city's receipts and expenditures I'M
der the administrations Of Mayors
Harmer and Shields and myself. rs
it appears in the Harrison County
Herald Of March %, 1905. THAI
statement is erroneous aud mislead-
ing in nearly every particular, and
the conclusions reached are false
L. { c.