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The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1907-11-22
The Governors Proclamation.

Governor Crawford has issued his
Thanksgiving proclamation, which
Is rs follows:
IRON the time when the American
colonies had a population of three
million struggling people, paying
tribute to an English king, forbid
Gen under heavy penalty to manu-
f%acture goods and build commerce,
down to this present day when our
great nation has become the COM
mercial and industrial mistress of
the world and the peace arbiter of
international disputes, it has been
the established custom at this sea-
son of the year to set apart for the
people q day of Thanksgiving and
praise.
III accordance with this time
honOrcd and beautiful custom, and
in compliance with the proclamation
of the chief magistrate of the United
States, l, Coo l. Crawford, governor
of the state of South Dakota, do
hereby designate and set apart,
Thursday, the 2Sth day of Novem-
Der, next, as a day Of Thanksgiving
and prayer.
Conscious of blessing and privi-
lege v~ouchsafed to us, and conscious
of our responsibilities and short
eomings, we should lift up our hearts
in sincere gratitude to the great
Giyer of All Good for that guidance
which has made us a nation standing
not for despotism, not for special
privilege, not for aristocracy, but for
civil and religious liberty, for equal
ity before the law, for justice for
all people; thankful for the enjoy
ment Of equal opportunities to make
life strong in body and mind, beauti-
full in service, active in civic right
%cousness, uncompromising in defense
Of right principles, public and pri-
vate morality; thankful for abund-
ant labor and its rich reward; for
health and plenty; for comfortable
homes; for wide prosperity.
The past year has been the most
prosperous in the history of this
commonwealth. Contentment, hap
piness, health and plenty are uni
Versal blessings throughout the
state. In the midst of material pros
perity there has come an advance
ment toward higher ideals in indi-
vidual, social and political life.
l earnestly recommend that the
people Of this state on the day named
observe it in the spirit of gratitude
and thanksgiving, and that in their
homes and houses of worship crate
full acknowledgment be made to the
Almighty for his kindness and care
during the past year.
In testimony whereof, l have here
unto set my hand and caused the
Great Seal of the State of South
Dakota to be affixed.
Coe |. Crawford, Governor.
D. D. Wipf, Secretary of State.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1907-11-22
Th@ State at q Glance
TIE Best of all the NesDs IerseIy Told
The work of drilling the eight-inci

The work of drilling the eight-inch
artesian we'll for the city of Huron,
in progress for the past five months,
has been abandoned. At a depth of
1,122 feet the drill struck granite,
and it was deemed useless to con-
tinuc. A heavy flow of water was
reached, but the pressure does not
exceed twenty pounds. An attempt
will be made to strike Il flow near
the river, and a two-inch anger will
be put down to ascertain if a salts
factory flow can be reached, in which
event an eigilt-inch we'll viii he sunk.
The cost of the we'll just abandoned
is about $1,000.
Miss May Cleveland has resigned
her position as assistant cashier of
the Hot Springs National Bank.
Thomas, Hayti, Badger and Norder
will be the names of four new towns
on the new South Dakota Central
railroad, between Sioux Falls and
Watertown.
Congressman Parker is o at the
state capital looking into affairs of
Importance which will come up at
the next session of congress.
In anticipation of the opening of
Trip county to settlement early next
year, State Land Commissioner Dok-
ken is sending n force of field men
to that county TO get lines on the
state lands for Typographical charts,
and to find what indemnity will have
to be selected on account Of Indian
selections Of state tracts.
The secretary of the state of Mi
nois issued a license to incorporate in
that state tho Liberty Oil and Gas
Company of Huron, S. d. The CAPT
tai stock Of the company is $780, 600.
Governor Crawford has appointed
John S. Fargo and John p. Wastlund
both of Vermillion. and Nicholas
Nelson, of Viborg, to represent the
state at tho National Drainage Con
gress, which will meet at Baltimore,
Nd, on November %.
The state insurance department
has granted a license to do bushes
in the state to the Mutual Insurance
Company of South Dakota, with
headquarters at Pierre.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1907-11-22
Jersey, Maryland and Kentucky the
republicans do not seem to h&, sup
posed that the result this wear would

Jersey, Maryland and Kentucky the
posed that the result this year would
he much OF ~ straw in the polttt"21
,@iGd for the presidential canvass,
and they made no especial eXertions
TO get out q heavy vote. 1t is easy
- sae that the long period Of re
publican supremacy is likely 10 be
heightened out TO the extent Of at
least four years m0re. The demo-
Gratis have been unable to take ad-
vantage of the money scare, which
some of their leaders said would be
disastrous to the republicans. There
is not the slightest indication in the
late returns hal the democrats, as
q national organization, have rallied
to any material degree since 1904,
when Roosevelt overwhelmed Par
ker. Possibly the result of 1907
viii strengthen that movement in
the south which aims to knock out
AS the democrats see that
they have no chance in 1908 III any
case, many Of the northern element
of the party will be willing to let
the south have the candidate neXt
year. Most of the prominent south
ern papers have been making a
declaration of Independence recent
ly, and calling for q revolt against
northern dictation. As the north
seems to be as strongly opposed to
the democracy now as it ever was,
This will look like a good time for
the south TO assert itself in the ma
convention, and put up a can
didate OF its own The late election
will have q bracing effect on Amcri-
IAN stocks on every hourse in the
world where those stocks are dealt
in. The party which carried con-
gress in 1894 and in every election
since then, and which has held the
presidency ever since 1896, is to
for many years longer to
give the law to the country-Globe
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1907-11-22
Must Work or Go HUNGRY.

1t is no longer possible to excite
the American people with rumprs
of an Indian outbreak anywhere. The
trouble on the Cheyenne reservation
hardly received the compliment of a
passing notice, though it was serious
enought to call for the dispatch OF
troops from other points.
We believe the Indians who are
making this trouble are those who
left their reservation in Utah for a
forced march across the country lasr,
year. The causes of their present
discomfort seem to be the same as
on their own reservation. These Ute
Indians " have taken kindly to
the comparatively new policy Of
teaching the Indian self-reliance and
self-support.
Though this policy was adopted
a quarter. of a century ago., 1t has
been carried out with such deliber-
alton that It only now begins to bear
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1907-11-22
Palma on the Control of Cuba.

W >'h'tss
The former president OF CGba.
Estrada Palma, the only mar thus
far who has held the position, and
he thought best TO retire from it by
resignation, defends his course and
contends that it was better to lay
lown the Office, farming 1T over again
TO American control, than to meet
by force the armed re~volutionist,
who suddenly gathered in various
parts of the island and were within
striking distance of Havana itself.
Palma's action has been approved
from the first by fair minded oh
servers His resignation was patri-
otto and humane, and he is honorei
FOR lis timely wisdom. He is a mon
OF large experience. cool Judgment
and beneticent aims, and Cuba will
never be able to select a president
ct a higher type. Palma needs no
defense from himself or others. He
willingly sacrificed personal ambi-
tiGn to saw Cuba from the horrors
Of civil war. His standard of admins
!|stHation was high and consistently
maintained. He preferred to resign
rather than lower it. or plunge the
island in blCodshed.
In due time. Cuba, according to
the present program. is to selee, an
other president, and try s~elf-govern-
ment again, subject only to the re-
straints of the Plat amendment,
which are a necessary part of its
constitution. The people Ct the
United States would l2e glad - sec
the island prosper under it's own
peaceablc and well-regulatcd eEecN-
hive and legislative authorities. But
if the Cubans IA not reach this level
there ought to be amU..g them n
large and vigorous party favoring
permanent American control and an
neXation. Such a party has not yet
asserted itself in the affairs of the
sland. nor is there any compact or
g~aniZation with definite aims and
salidiied opinion. The revolution
lets should understand that they will
be dealt with firmly if they resort
TO violence. No relaxation OF the
terms of the Platt amendment will
he allowed. If Palma and Cubans Of
like upright character and judicial
mind will get together and speak
distinctly as to the future, their ac-
ton would have weight in the United
States also. At present Cuban opin-
ion lacks clearness and substantial
form.-Globe Democrat.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1907-11-22
Dcnaturcd Alcohol and Gasoline.

Recent experiments in the United
States fuel testing plant at the
jamestown exposition having shown
that it takes one and a half gallons
of d|enatured alcohol to produce as
much power as 4 gallon of gasoline
While alcohol costs about twice as
much as gasoline, the journals
Washington bureau was asked to in
terview the department of agricul-
ture and see what effect this finding
would have upon the work OF that
department in promoting the manu-
~facture of denatured alcohol. The
result is given On this page.
1t will be noted that the depart
ment is not discouraged by these
findings as TO the value of denatured
alcohol, but will continue its efforts
to establish conditions under which
su2h alcohol may be made available
in competition with other fuels
The department points out that it is
partly a question of raw material,
which in this country we have not
yet produced in satisfactory quantity
or quality. Experiments will con
time along that line. The value of
these experiments to Minnesota par
~ticularly is noted because Of the
peculiar adaptation of our soils in
portions OF the state to the pro-
duction of what is termed the alco-
mol potato.
tttaDtiEn t.. p111ni no .ha f,oi
also, that the tests made at James
town lose some Of their value from
the fact that corn was used for this
purpose, and the price OF corr at
present is higher than usual, which
OF course adds to the cost of the
alcohol produced from it. In years
OF cheap corn. aleohol would be
much cheaper, en- an important
economic advant& TO be gained
from the produc of denatured
alcohol from d "a, potatoes and
other alcohol plants is that the use
of the plants for surh purposes would
tend to even up the price. When
such products are cheap, denatured
alcohol might be manufactured in
considerable quantities, creating a
demand which would maintain a
fair price for corn and potatoes,
while the alcohol they produced
might be stored and preserved in
definitely against periods of high
prices for the natural products.
There is one other consideration
not referred to by the depar' nlcnt
of agriculture, presumably because
not taken into account by that de.
partment so much as other uses.
and that is tho employment of alco-
hol in the arts as an important
chemical ingredient. German indus
try owes its ~ascendancy at the pres
ent time in large part to the skill
full compromising of its chemists and
TO the large use Of cheap alcohol in
the manufacture of a variety of ar
ticles of trade. Undoubtedly Ameri-
can industry must resort TO the
same methods and materials if it is
to compete with German skill in
this particular field, and if it shall
do so successfully it will be largely
through the aid of denatured alco-
hol available for such uses or much
lower prices than must be paid for
pure alcohol.-Minneapolis Journal.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1907-11-22
Overproduction of ExposItions.

There are no signs in the general
business of the country of that over-
production which is considered to
mark the genuine Industrial depres-
sion.
But there is one peculiar Ameri-
can industry that is clearly over
done. That is the business of run
ming expositions to commemorate
historical events and to boom cities
and sections of the country. Only
two or three of our exposit,ons have
been national in character, and the
people who paid for these doubt If
they are worth the cost. Most of
the others have been public as we'll
as financial failures.
The country had enough Of big ex-
positions after St. Louis. But the
success of the modest little enter
nrise at Portland, which actually re-
turned part Of the money to sub
scribers, encouraged the planning of
more small ones. The first fruit of
that false encouragement is the dis
NAL failure at Jamestown. It may
be hoped that it will not be repeated
at Seattle, where some of the condi-
lions exist that made Portland ex-
ceptional.
The jamestown balance sheet has
inst been published, after an unbe-
coming scrap among the d%espairing
officers. There is no reflection upon
their integrity in the recognition
that it is a shocking statement. The
liabilities are more than $4,000, 900,
including the capital stock of a mil
lion and the government loan of
nearly $500, 900. These will be lost,
though the government loan was a
lien upon the gate receipts that did
not appear, and there will be a
scramble between the lien holders
and Judgment holders.
The assets, consisting of the dis
nantled plant and real estate and
unpaid subscriptions, are valued at
100000, less than the mortgage
Hebt. More than 500, 900 of judg-
ments have been recorded and the
unpaid bills are half a million.
A receiver will be appointed as
soon as the gates close and the wreck
i'll be salved with as much decency
md dccorum as the pitiable circum-
stances permit. But it will be long
before the faint of it leaves Norfolk
and virginia.-Minneapolis Tribune.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1907-11-22
The Republicans Hold Their Own.

In spite of many adverse influences
the republicans made a fairly good
showing in the voting last Tuesday
In all the localities in which national
issues determined the result. The re-
publicanS elected their state ticket
in Massachusetts. Kentucky. Penn
~sylvania and Nebraska. The demo-
Gratis retained control of Rhode
Island and Maryland, though they
were compelled to make a hard fight
IN each state. In Mississippi there
Was only one ticket. and the demo-
Gratis, of course, carried everything.
Mayor Johnson was reelected in
Cleveland, beating Congressman Bur-
ton by a small majority. Tammany
retains control of New York city
the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES league
fusion being defeated there, as most
persons expected it would be. The
republicans have carried Cincinnati
and Louisville for mayor, which are
at present presided over by demo-
Gratis. In most of the other cities
which elected municipal officers the
present situation is unchanged.
There is nothing sensational, there
fore, in the election returns.
The result, on the whole, is favor
able to the republicans OF the ma
ton. Several influences worked
against them. The money scare I'M
d~ouhtedly diminished the republican
vote in all the states which had cleo
items. Any sort of a business set
back, however trivial it may be.
always Injuries the party in power in
tho national government. The pres
emit financial disturbance made nc
perceptible difference in strongly re-
publican states like Massachusetts,
and Pennsylvania, but it had some
effect in the close states like Mary
land and Kentucky. 1t counted for
something in New Jersey and Rhode
Island, also, where the democrats
are always strong. Many negroes
voted against the republicans ON ac-
count of the Brownsville incident.
The record made by many of the
trusts which carry charters granted
by the republican state of New Jer-
sey injured the republicans, to some
extent, in every state which voted
on November 5. In the Cleveland
contest the republicans were injured
by tho fact that their candidate,
Burton, had offended the Foraker
element of the party, and he was also
impeded by the belief that his nomd-
nation, in some degree, was dictated
by the administration at Washing
ton. Mayor johnson is a strong
campaignpHs, and Tuesday he was
making the fight of his life, and he
knew it. He was fighting for promi-
hence as a national figure, and he
gained it, though that is not likely
10 aid him in any ambition he may
have for higher office.
So far as the elections have any
national bearing they are favorable
to the republican party. 1t is evil
dent that the country is still ON the
republican side. Nowhere have the
democrats made any Roadway. 1t
was hard for the republicans to
arouse enough interest in Pennsyl-
vania or Massachusetts to get out a
large vote, because their supremacy
was not endangered. Even In New
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1907-11-22
Notice for Publication.

Department Of the Interior, Land
Office at Rapid City, S. D., October
7th, 1907.
Notice is hereby given that Sam
uel r. Borden, of Rapid City, S. D.,
has filed notice Of his intention to
make final con1mutation proof in
support of his claim, viz: Homestead
Entry No. 1912 made September Is.
1904, for-the east half Of northwest
quarter, west half of northeast quar-
ter Of section 10, township 1 north,
range 10 east, B. H. NJ, and that
said proof will be made before the
Register and Receiver at Rapid City,
S. D., on Novmber 18th, 1907.
He names the following witnesses
to prove his continuous residence
upon. and cultivation of, the land,
viz:
Matthias Peterson, Of Rapid City.
s. D.; Louis c. Barber, Of Rapid
City, S. D.; George Chase, Of Rapid
City, s. D.; William H. Jones. Of
Rapid City, s. D.
GEO. p. BENNETT, Register.
First publication October II.
~ 49, .EI-.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1907-11-22
Tho 1rs+ ., tho nov, oo,n. aoo,ao

The first Of the new coins designed
by the late Augustus Saint Gaudens
under the general direction Of Presi-
dent Roosevelt has reached the treas
ury department from the United
States mint, in Philadelphia. 1t is
the SO gold piece, or half eagle, and
Is peculiar from the fact that for the
first time since 1873 the words,
I'm God We Trust" are omitted
from the coin.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1907-11-22
THROUGH TRAIN SERVICE.
Eumcrrd That the Milwaukee EN-
p:cts to Start Through Trains
to RNniL i'itY.


The following article from thC
columns Of the Mitchell Daily Re.
publican will douhtlezs be Of inter,
est to the people of Rsnt1 City, who
are a%nXiously waiting 70: the in
stallatiom of passenger ~"ervice or
the new Rapid City-Chamberlair
line OF the Milwaukee:
There IS dom around the
Chicago. Milwaukee G ST. Paul de.
OF to the effect that the road vii
astablish q through passenger train
service to the Black Ellis country
within a couple of weeks. This has
been talked of before, but UP to the
present time nothing has ever come
o. The talk. Ever since the line was
finally completed to Rapid City il
has taken three days to make the
trip. The first stop owe night is
mnao at Chamberlain, and the next
morning the run is made to Murdo
whore another stop of a night oc.
curs. and the following morning q
train goes to Kadoka, where another
stop is made. The next morning q
train Is run from Kadoka to Rapio
City.
1.-THE ground for the rumor thai
a through service is to be established
Is the fact that General Manager
underwood and Superintendent Ed.
son. OF the White River Valley line
have just made a trip over to RAPID
City, Mr.. Underwood coming ou'
from Chicago for the special pur
pose of accompanying Mr.. Edsor
over that division. The condition Of
the roadbed will be looked into ant
moot of the arrangements made fol
the running of the trains.
cit is stated that the service vii
he RIM from Chicago to Rapid City
At the present time train No. /.
leaves Chicago at 1925 p. M, ant
arrives at Sanborn, Ia, at 500 p. m.
where 1t stops. 1t is the idea tc
run this train on through to Mitch.
ell, reaching here about 1890 OF
eleven O'Clock and running it through
TO Rapid City, arriving there the
next morning. From Mitchell the
train will carry a sleeper to RAPID
City. The train leaving Rapid .1,s
for the east will depart in the morn
ing about nine o'clock. reaching
Mitchell about ten p. m. and arriving
at Sanborm the following morning
to connect with the Chicago passen.
ger which now leaves there at 500
3. m. 1t is understood that the pas.
senger now running daily between
Sioux Falls and Mitchell will be
taken off when the new service
starts.
The Milwaukee road will have
the shortest line from Chicago to
The Hills country and when it gets
the service established it will get
the largest proportion of the bust
ness.
ut is believed that the through
train service to the Hills country
will be established by December I.
with a very fine train equipment,
and which will afford the people OF
the state a splendid opportunity to
make the trip over to the Hills in
a very comfortable way
Plants for
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Wanted.

A Local representative for
Rapid City and vicinitl to look af-
ter renewals and increase subscrip-
ton list for a prominent monthly
on a salary4and commission
basis. Experience desirable, hut not
necessary. Good opportunity for right
person. Address Publisher, Box, So,
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Keep your eye on Rapid City and
The Union grow.
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Plants FOR Beddinp,

Ten thousand Giant Pansy Plants.
A great variety of other kinds. Cut
Flowers and Floral Designs. Park
Greenhouses. Alex Rose. Prop, Lead,
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move and a dangerous u but | do
not think it will succeed."-St. Paul
Dispatch, October 2G.
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