The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1907-04-27
ALL CONVENE HER
ON COMPLETION OF THE rwo
RAILROADS INTO THE
CITY. 5=is
10 BE A GENERAL CELEBRATION
ALL COMMERCIAL CLUBS
OF STATE INVITED.

:
OF sTATE INVITED.
secretary Jones Is now issuinp IN.
svitattons to all Commercial 1,lnb.
and organizations OF the stato ~ M,
vene In Rapid City upon the date a.
tne completion Of the Northwestern
ana Milwaukee to this city from
Pierre and Chamberlain resnact,va-
~ The date of this occasion rrom.
ises now to be sometime in Jiin,e.
probably about the middle of that
sosy month. The plan mapped out
by Secretary Jones is to have ali ~
The Commercial Clubs OF the state of
south Dakota here, especially il the
invitation issued in strong terms to
the eastern part Of the state with
Whom the western half desires to set
oetter acquainted. .sS -
The event promises to be an nc.
Hasion equal nearly to stockmeetinR
day II not more so, for It will mean
practically the christening Of Greater
Rapid City and it's new conditions
anent direct railroad connections to
all the east, from which it has alwayas
been barred. It Will be an occasion
akin to the baptism of new city.
so to speak, or the re-baptism Of the
city which now has the honor and
distinction Of being the gateway to y
the Hills. Watch Rapid CITY grow
What's the Matter with the Board
OF Health?
The reporter for the Union Il not
In the habit Of frequenting alleys
and dark by-ways, but he had occas-
ion to go through one the other tlay
IN making short cuofor time. m
deed, his curiosity was aroused. and
ne went through three alleys, that
being the way he was going. Thes
scene and the smells that confronted
him on every hand was simply sick
.ening. On both sides and IL the
middle 1t was simply to wade through
reeking, simmerfng Nth. There
were ashes, old cans and barrels 81
fecaying vegetables. boxes Of the offalS
of cheap chop houses. surface priyies,
piled high with the use apparently
LOT years. Here also was the dump
ing-ground Of saloon spitoons. There
We're dead cats, deceased dogs, and
the shed underwear Of tramps, all.
piled in conglomerate heaps that al
together smelled to heaven. SS
Men of the city council, you who
have to do with the cleaning up OF
the city, you who have to do with its
sanitary conditions, for the sake Of
the health of the community, and Of
your children and mine, get a quick
move on the cleaning u2 of the
streets and alleys Of Rapid City. ~
seems divine act OF the guiding
hand Of Him who holds all athings
in His hands" that an epidemic has
not broken out In this town, that
scourge has not overtaken It In the
way of some epidemic that could not
be stayed by human hands. While
there Is some excuse for the occasion
|of derbis that is derived from incl
dent building and rempdeling
there is absolutely no pardon for the
existing conditions in the alleys and
by-ways Of Rapid City. Here iss
naturally the healthiest town ON the
face Of the earth. 1t is 50 known to-
all the east country. Let that repu-
tation not be defiled or polluted with
conditions that can be removed by
order of the city council.
1t is also up to every properly own
er and tax payer5of this town to make
LOT himself committee Of one to see
to 1t that the streets and alleys of.
this city are cleaned up, and at once.
AS the Union has before remarked.
there is enough nth In the alleys
and courts of this city to produce
the required contagion and conse-s
quent germs to anhiliate an empire
'of the Orient. Clean up, TOR Heav-s
EMS sake, clean upl
The following report In the Dead
wood Pioneer-Times shows that the
library is well patronized: IN the
past fourteen months the aggregate
attendance IN the reading room hass.
been 17,400, of which 1858 were
women. 4, 1856 were girls, S,es7
were men and s,s15 were boys. The
,rr,.n ~ 1,x,,, 4Y,s man d2 In