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The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-02-28
Appropriation Of Water.

Office Of State Engineer, Pierre, S.
d. February 18th, 1908.
Notice is hereby given that j. l..
Duncan, trustee, whose p%ostofice ad-
dress is Rapid City, Pennington
County, South Dakota, has made an
application in accordance with the
provisions of the irrigation laws of
South Dakota for a permit to appro-
pirate for beneficial use 100 cubic
feet Of water per second of time
from Rapid Creek through the Gate
City Water Power right, the point Of
diversion Of which is to be located
upon the left bank of said stream in
the northeast quarter of the north
west quarter of section s township
north, range 6 east, said water to
be used for the purpose Of general
ing electric power for manufacture
ing, and returned to Rapid Creek up
on the northeast quarter of the south
cast quarter section s, township ]
north, range Z east, b. II. NJ.
This application vii be taken VI
by the state engineer at his office a
Pierre, for consideration and appro
pirate action upon the 18th day o.
April, 1908, at 8 a. m, at which tins
all persons who believe that the
prior rights would be injuriously af
fected, or that the allowance Of thu
permit would be detrimental to pub
lie welfare, and also parties making
the application, and to be benefited
are notified to be present either b.
sworn affidavit or in person for TIL
purpose of presenting any RELATIVE
testimony.
Samuel II. Lea,
State Engineer.
Ivan E. Goodner,
Applicants Engineer.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-02-28
i pierre. With which ii is 10 le con.
lida5ea on The above date

80 a ~ y ~ ~ .Nt44iSIl A. w ny Nh
alida5ea on The above date.
Tho Huron office was opened Oc-
gober ., 1882, the district being COM
asad Of eight counties-7Beadle,
LAND Hyde, Hughes, Sully, Potter,
SPHINX and lEaulk. When an office
Was established at Pierre the coun-
ties Of Hughes and Hand were il.
aided in the Pierre district. The
cash receipts OF the Huron Office ag-
groZated many millions Of dollars,
-he business far exceeding that OF
amy land office in the world. For
baa days and nights prior TO the
ate Of the opening a throng of at
lzC SOC settlers crowded the street
in front of the Office, many OF them
roaming Their places during an eight
car pouring rain. William 7. Love
was the first entryman, and he won
.Ge distinction by holding onto the
lCcr handle for a straight 36-hour
stretch. That was twenty-six years
ago, when that portion of the state
then territory from the east line
heaa!e county west 10 1he MIS-
Sourl fl.er was practically unsettled
Il barren, NOW 1t aDouhds with
andsomc cities, busy towns and vii
and almost the entire section
3e&u'lltl Win arm houses HOOKS
}4&a5 u tAlltty groves. one
n scarcely realize the great trans
&s-eh' hAt scores OIL carry set
@llI neSer @orget the scenes
1s! RING eNpeF3ences OF those plo-
Ihey are now enjoying
ffHits OF ts2lr labor a very large
apafIton nave a competency -fat
accounts ana their pathway
ta" snlootl ana peasant.
aa hf&t register az Huron ana
t4e vas george y. armstrong, OF
icaSo, ioftneflE OF SAe inter ocean
81 mat clt%. me ilfst receiver WIS
BERT Lowry o. Davenport, 10. ne
3nsiS WIN aAh as clerk . II,
INNER aiso i'aEenpoTt' ana SUI
resident OF lhlS Guy, n EoluiAe
BUSINESS done by these gehtleheh
~ mist year was Simply marVelouS'
casa receipts u .he once ailouii
5I 70 more man $~l'ooo,oVo' ahe
AsA an inspector, u~hahaouiceu
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-02-28
70 IlnrtiGY TIC fslan.is.

The project acr the Fertilization
Of Porto Rico, Hawaii and the
Philippines, which is favored by tins
president, Secretary TAFT and IE
many members OF each branch o
congress, ought TO have ,be suPAoI i
81 all patriotic Americans. Ports
Rico is so close to the mainland Of
the United States that may be cor
sidered part OF our coast line. il@-
va5i is 50 near our aifia ports THAT
lis possession by any other power
would be d menace 10 US in case aE
war. The Philippines are 10 ba e
tanned by us, and as recent eNen
have shown the POSSIBILITY Of q clash
between us and Japan some time a
the future, the need CT putting tbs
in a condition in which we can stand
off all enemies is SO Obvious THAT al
is not worth while to discuss it.
This session of congress is esp
ted to be short. ii will probaDiE
close some time in May. There is
demand for economy in expenditures
in the present session, so a. to head
off a possible deficit in the fiscal
year 1909. Yet neither OF the
considerations should deter tie
friends Of this Fertilization ptcjeaa
measure like this, eyer If II M
troduced as an iudependa&
ought not to take long 10 pass, 2
ah1v however If will We made a latt
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-02-28

hay fever but is not the proper medi-
cine for grip. Hot Springs, New
Orleans and San Antonio know what
it is, but il they did not Chicago
would know how to call for it. We
are living, we are moving, in a land
the best skaters Of old could never
have dreamed of when skating on
their thickest ice. Whether the
headache lasts longer in getting over
the grip at San Antonio than in get
ting even hay fever at Detroit is not
the point. The point is to watch u
size as we stretch ourselves out after
germs, from Capricornus up to the
Great Bear. -Globe-DemOcrat
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-02-28
Out for Business.

At a meeting Of the business men
at the Office Of d. p. Thomas Tues
day night, the Wasta Commercial
Club vas organized. o. l.. Reed
was elected president, Ed Morris,
vice president, Roy Owen secretary
and Sam kits treasurer, until a
orc permanent organization could
be had.
The following committees were
named:
Executive Committee D.. p.
Thomas and Ed Morris.
Committee on Membership Fred
Hackett, Cleve Lane, Charles Eslic,
and Ed Morris.
At a further meeting of the club
Wednesday evening the membership
fee was fixed, and the committees in
structed to get a hustle on them,
selves so as to get their reports in
fer the big meeting Saturday night
at d. p. Thomas office. 1t is to the
interest Of every business man in
Wasta 10 get out to this meeting anG
help boost for the town.-Wasta Ga
zette.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-02-28
Mrs. Ncckcr,s Occupntion.

Mrs. Sarah S. Plat Decker, pres
ident Of the General Federation Of
Women's clubs, is a rare story teller,
and the situation is well portrayed in
the following incident which she tells
herself. Her name had been at
tached to a petition to the city conn
Gil Of Denver, but she had failed to
indicate her occupation. Upon this
point a man was sent to her home &c
inquire.
"What is your occupation, mad
atn?' he asked.
y am a h~cusekeeper, SIR" she re.
piled.
We'll that doesn't count SAID
the nan promptly.
"Well, | am both father ant
mother to my family she announced
That donen't count neither" be
replied firmly.
We'll ! transact all my business,
she said briskly. Il collect my owl
rents and manage my own affairs.
fMrs. Decker has a private fortune
that would keep the ordinary maj
busy to take care Of
Have you got an Office dowr
town." in CURED the man.
NO." she said, Il transact all O
my business from my desk here Il
my home"
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-02-28
uu,.on Land Onice closed.

The secretary of the interior
;ssned an order directing the disco
+inuanceo Of the United States land
fca for the Huron district. to f.
effect April / next. Charles 4. Bla
register, and Harvey J. Rice,
ceiyer. are busy closing up the BY
ness and. will turn all books, recor
etc. over to the officers at 'ne "
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-02-28

We are the agent for the DeLavcl
class machine, one that is easily kept
in repair, and the easiest machine
TO clean on the market, try one OF
the famous DeLavel Separators
chimes and get our prices. Sod
exclusively by Tom Sweeney Hard.
ware Co.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-02-28
"Ah, that doesn't count neither,

the man replied obdurately.
well, Sir" said Mrs. Decker at
last, Il am president of the General
Federation of Women's clubs, an or
%ganization Of 100000 women, and !
attend to all my correspondence
confident this time she had provided
something worthy the name of G.
cupation, but that MAJ just took
out his memorandum book, and said
We'll, III just put you down as not
dcin' anything.'-IIvansto Index.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-02-28
Oii.. Wide I4atitudcs.

Office, and he has served as regis
ten NearS.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-02-28
Choice Cows and Calves.

The Martin Valley Stock Company
will sell 100 head of high grade
Sh%orthorn Cows and Calves.
Enquire of VIM. NJ. O. Banion,
Manager, p. o. Buffalo Gap.
For chapped hands try Hanna T.
bags at ten cents each. Can be OBJ
tanned in Room 8, Florman Block.
The Lamar register., 1908-12-30

Moscow.-Baron Cote, chief of the
secret police. was killed, and Colonel
Murah was wounded in a fierce en-
counter Saturday with revolutionists
who were intrenched in a suburban
villa. During the fight several police
men were killed and others wounded
Troops were summoned to the aid of
the policemen and a regular battle
ensued. Artillery had finally to be
brought up to lombard the villa before
the revolutionists were subdued.
In the future timber land purchased
from the government under a timber
and stone entry must be paid for at an
honest price. The rule applies all
through the great Northwest where
the grabbing of government timber
lands by rich and powerful corpora
tons has been the crime of the decade
One syndicate alone in the Missis-
sippi valley country is said through
the use of timber and stone filings, to
have built up its enormous holdings
until it owns more land than the gov
eminent and its head is pronounced to
be richer than Rockefeller.
In Colorado, Oregon and other west
ern states the rule will require every
person who secures timber land from
the government to pay dollar for dol
lar its value, unless of course there is
dishonesty among the special agents
appointed by the government to ap-
praise and fix pItce upon the land.
To throw full safeguards around the
appraisement of the value of the land
by special agents of the government,
those who fix the value of the acreage
must personally visit the land and
make an estimate of the timber it
hRarG s''Iha anpraiS ha
ulation says, "in making report con-
slider the quantity. quality, accessible
ity and any other elements of the value
of the land and the timber thereon.
THE chief of field division will re-
turn to the appraiser with his objec-
tons, an appraisement which he deems
materially low or high, and the ap-
praiser uhall, within twenty days from
the receipt thereof, resubmit the pa
pers with such notifications or ex-
plantations as he may deem advisable
or proper, upon receipt of which the
chief of field division will either ap-
prove the schedule as then submitted
or forward the papers to the register
and receiver. with his memorandum of
objection. The register and receiver
will thereupon consider the case. If
they approve the appraisement they
will sign the certificate appended
thereto and advise the chief of field
division thereof. If the register and
receiver approve the objection of the
chief of field division they will SO indi
cate, and If the appraising officer is an
employe of the Interior Department
under the supervision of the chief of
field division they will return the pa
pers to the chief of field division. who
will thereupon order new appraise-
ment by a different officer. If. how
ever, the register and receiver approve
the objection of the chief of field di-
vision, when the appraiser is an officer
of another bureau of this department,
or of another department, they will
forward the record of the case to the
commissioner of the general land of
flee. who will then determine the con-
troversy"
The Lamar register., 1908-12-30
GENERAL NEWS.

The New York subway is doing 30
per cent. more business than last year
and the elevated per cent.
Tho meeting of the Pan-American
Scientific Congress was opened at
Santiago Chilli, December 25th.
1t is announced in New York that
dividend and interest disbursements
for January. 1909. will exceed $780,
100000.
The Alabama insurance department
has decided to ask for law giving 1t
control over all classes of fraternal in
surance.
The Pope has fully recovered from
his recent illness. He received Arch
bishop Ireland OF st. Paul in private
audience few days since.
The Supreme Court of Ohio has up
held the validity of the law authorizing
railroads to charge an extra 10 cents
for tickets purchased on trains.
The presidential electoral college of
Cuba met Decor Der Gath and formally
cast IN unanimous vote for Gen. Jose
Migue, Gomez for President and Alfred
Zayas for vice president.
James Douglass has been elected
president of the new Phelps-Dodge
Company, recently organized with n
capital of s5O.OOO.OOO. combining var
ious copper companies.
Miss Florence Jones. niece of the
Rev. ]. William Jones. chaplain to
Robert E. Lee during the Civil War
and now grand chaplain of the grand
camp. Confederate Veterans, was at
tackled and almost killed in her home
in Richmond on the night of December
cath ly an unknown burglar. A base
ball bat was the weapon used.
w. II. Newman has resigned as
president of the New York Central
Railroad Company. his resignation to
take effect February 1, 1909. 1t is ex-
pected that he will continue as mem
Der of the board of directors.
The Lamar register., 1908-12-30
Christmas in Convict Camp.

Trinidad. - Citizens provided a
Christmas treat for the members of
the convict gang working on the state
highway, fifteen miles south of here.
Sixty-six men were fed and fifteen tur-
keys with trimmings, including fruit.
candy and cigars, We're provided.
The interior and exterior of the mess
tent had been decorated with ever
green by the men. who had gathered
the trees from the nearby hills. Dur
ing the afternoon scores of people
from the city drove to the camp. Dur
ing the banquet six paroles were an
nounccd by Capt Clarence Cleghorn,
and the announcements were met with
a storm of cheers. The men paroled
were Charles Thompson, sent up from
Trinidad for perjury; the Stillwell
brothers and Park and Perry, sent
up from Denver for burglary, and
Combs. sent up from Boulder on a stat
utory charge.
The Lamar register., 1908-12-30
Monasamy Among Animals.


For ages the beasts have been CROP
ing for an ideal form of marriage"
says Ernest Thompson Seton in the
January Century in his story of DOM
inc Reynard of Colour Town." the his
tory of a noble silver fox with defin-
lite purpose. "All the schemes of hui
man reverts they have tried, and all
found wanting but one. The only plan
that has satisfied the highest require
ments is pure monagamy. This Is the
wed-law of all the highest kinds. The
love-time fever passes, but another
bond remains. The love-fire of the
foxes had paled little with the wan
ing of the hunger-moon, but more
abiding sense had supervened, even as
the sunset red on the hills may seem
more generous fire than the soft red
of the granite; but one is there in splen-
did moment, the other forever and
evermore. Love and friendship men
call them; and though the Pickering
red light blazed so bright at times, 1t
was the pale rock red that gave its
color to their lives. Domino and Snow
yruff were not only mates, but were
friends for life; for such is the way of
the noblest beasts, such is the way OF
foxes"
The Lamar register., 1908-12-30
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.

Gen. Edgar NJ. Marble, former com.
missioner of patents, well known
figure in army and business circles of
Washington and New York. died at
Washington December oath from pa
ralysis.
President Roosevelt stated that
there was no truth in printed story
that he had had a disagreement with
President-elect Taft about the candi-
dacy of the latter's brother, Charles P.
Taft, for the senatorship from Ohio.
President Roosevelt has vetoed the
joint resolution recognizing the recent
interior department survey and loca-
ton of the thirty-seventh parallel,
which by law forms the boundary be-
tween Colorado. New Mexico and Okla
homa. He cites the fact that the pro-
posed adjustment would take five post
offices from Colorado and add them to
New Mexico without the assent of the
Legislature of Colorado.
Pres.-elect William II. Taft has de-
cided to visit Texas at some convent
ent time after his Inauguration, prefer
ably at the end of the special session
of Congress which he is to call to
revise the tariff.
After eight months the United
States has resumed friendly relations
with Venezuela and William |. Blu
chanan has left on the cruiser North
Carolina to visit that country, look
into the situation and make a report
His report to the State Department
will decide whether the United States
will accord formal recognition to the
government.
President Roosevelt has signed a
proclamation creating the Wheeler ma
tional monument in Rio Grande ma
tional forest, Colorado. Wagon Wheel
Gap rs the nearest railroad point to
the region.
The program for President-elect
Taft and two or three engineers to go
to the Isthmus of Panama to look over
the work there is declared on the best
authority to be matter of inspection
and precaution and nothing else No
unexpected or unusual problems have
arisen, it is stated. and there Is no
alarm that the work on the canal may
be proceeding upon improper or futile
lines.
The Lamar register., 1908-12-30
GOOD BLOOD PAYS.
The Lesson That the Western Stock
Show Association is Trying to


There is an old saying in England
among stockmen that "the bull is half
the herd" This is as true as any old
saw ever uttered, but the stockmen
of this country are still learning this
fact by experience. The main object
of the National Western Stock Show
is to educate the stockmen of the West
to the fact that there is good profit in
good blood and in order that they may
profit by the lesson in a practical way
the association has enlisted the assist
ance of the Pure Blood Record Asso-
citation to provide a few really choice
animals in the various breeds that can
be sold to western breeders at a low
price. The public sales to be held at
the stock show in Denver during the
week of January 18th, are selected
from the best herds in America and
are sold not for the purpose of making
a big profit. but to introduce the breeds
into the West. The buyers make their
own prices. The animals are selected
by committee and are not only typi-
cal of the breed they represent, but are
choice individuals.
The American Shorthorn Breeders
ASSOCIATION VIII Offer IN tnlS SAFE ABOUT
fifty-five head of choice young bulls,
from such herds as those of F. w.
Harding of Wisconsin. n. p. Clarke, L.
J. Wornall G Sons, C. e. Leonard &
Son, ID. r. Hanna, Carpenter & Ross of
Ohio, A. C. Shellenberger. w. A. For
sythe, II. NJ. Hill, Henry Stunkel, Chas.
Wells & Son. b. N. Newly, Fremont
Watts.
These names are well known to
Shorthorn breeders through the whole
country and they represent the best
of the Shorthorn herds of America.
The Hereford Association is arrang-
ing sale of choice things fully equal
to the Shorthorn offerings. The very
best breeders and herds of the country
will be represented. The same may be
said of the Galloway breed and of the
Aberdeen Angus.
This feature of the big stock show is
the business end and the annual dis
persal of these well bred cattle through
the West means millions to the live
stock industry of this section in the
future.
The new building for the stock show
is ccmpletol. 1t represents an invest
ment of 100000 and will comfortably
seat over 5000 people. The big arena
will be constantly occupied with
stock during the week of January 18th
23rd and the indications are that the
show will be the greatest ever held
West of Chicago.
The Lamar register., 1908-12-30
RULE TO BLOCK
THEFT OF LAND
NEW REGULATIONS AS TO EN-.
TRIES UNDER TIMBER AND
STONE ACT.
PRICE MUST Be FIXED
OLD FLAT CHARGE PER ACRE
WILL NO LONGER
HOLD.

Denver.-Sweeping changes in the
administration of the timber and stone
act, under which millions of acres of
the nations richest forest lands have
been stolen by corporation and individ-
ual, were announced today by C. D..
Ford. register of the Denver land Of
flee, says the Times of Saturday.
Not In recent years has SO complete
revolution in the land regulations
been put In effect. In the future the
man who files on land known as timber
and stone, acreage, before he can prove
up must await the action of a board of
appraisers, who will put a legitimate
honest price on the land. In the past
vast tracts have been sold at the flat
price Of $3.50 per acre Timber land
worth hundreds of dollars per acre has
been sold for the statutory $3.50 per
acre. Hereafter the land must be ap-
praised.
In every western state rich in its
timber lands, the seizure of lands
worth millions for their timber has
been public scandal Syndicates
hired individuals to file upon timber
and stone land and within sixty days
they have proved up by paying the gov
eminent $3.50 per acre for what in
thousands of cases has been acreage
worth many thousands of dollars.
Not only must the land be appraised,
but when notice Of final proof is filed
the applicant must deposit with the
land office the amount of the appraise-
ment. The new regulation has been
adopted to prevent the further theft of
the nations land through the loophole
of a flat acreage price.
The Lamar register., 1908-12-30

AS result of the farmers institutes
held throughout the state of Colorado
during the past two months. there is to
be revival of the creamery and dairy
industry in the vicinity of Yampa, pre-
paration now being under way to re-
sumo business in the plant of the YAM
pa Creamery Company with dairy
herd of 800 cows. This plant cost $780,
900 and 1t has now been idle for over
year, owing TO the greater interest
taken in cattle raising by stockmen.
Two other creameries are planned.
The Lamar register., 1908-12-30

Secretary of Agriculture Wilson in
his report says statistics show that tu-
berculosis in animals is on the in
crease. A recent estimate. based on
the meat inspection and the records of
the tuberculin test, shows Beef cat
tie affected, per cent: hogs, per
cent; dairy cattle, 10 per cent. The
financial loss to stockmen and dairy
men because of this disease is esti-
mated to be fully s14.OOO,OOO per an
mum. 1t can only be eradicated by CO.
operation of the state and federal au-
thorities.
The Lamar register., 1908-12-30
Bankers Arrested for Bribery,

Pittsburg.-That at least s175.00O
was paid councilmen for the selection
of certain bank repositories for the
city's funds has been almost posi-
lively established through evidence
submitted and statements furnished
by the Voters league and thof.Scran-
ton, Pennsylvania, detectives en-
ployed by the league to give this city "A
municipal housekeeping. Whether all
of the banks selected as repositories
contributed to this fund had not been
established. Officers of but one banl,
have 30 far been arrested.
The Lamar register., 1908-12-30
Slot Machines for stamps.

Washington.-If one can drop a
penny in vending machine and obtain
a piece of chewing gum or handful
of peanuts, why not be able to drop a
coin ord secure postage stamp? That
is what the Postoffice Department
wants to make popular feature of its
service. and in an order just issued an
nouncement is made that the depart
ment is now prepared to issue limited
quantities of postage stamps in rolls
of 500 or 1000 for use by postmasters
in stamp vending and stamp affixine
machines,