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Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-10
HENRY BAKER, BOXER,
is KILLED BY TRAIN

!. KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Oct. o. +
\ Henry Baker, AZ years old, once !
+ noted heavyweight pugilist, was !
!. run over and killed by train,here i
+ last night. Baker fought Jim JEFF j
I. fries to a standstill for eight j.
!. rounds, May 10, 1897. in San Fran +
!. cisco. In the ninth round, how i
!. ever, Jeffries knocked Baker out. i
i i. j. 4. i + i i j. \ !. i i 1. i 4 !. Il
doubled to the Chutes gate and Delmas
walked. Hogan singled to right, scor-
ing Smith.
Following is the score and summary:
A tIrI nc
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-12-18
Christmas for Tars.

Brooklyn, Dec. 12.-There have
been busy times at the Brooklyn ma
Wy yard during the last few weeks.
Hundreds of packages and parcels
marked Christmas Gifts" and ad-
dressed to tars of the Atlantic fleet,
have arrived at the yard and been
put aboard the supply ship Celtic, on
which Santa Claus will make his
voyage to greet the men of the fleet.
He will be a little late in his ar
rival but the number of good things
he will take along will more than
compensate for the delay.
Aside from the numerous pack
ages in the Santa Clause hold of
the Celtic, there will be sufficient
food for the homeward voyage of
the fleet, in addition to delicacies to
tickle Jacks palate at his belated
Christmas feast. there will be the
following quantities of staple food
stuffs:
100000 pounds of sugar.
100000 pickles.
10000 cans of tomatoes.
10000 eggs.
100000 pounds Of frozen, not
embalmed meat. I'D.
100000 pounds of chicken and
mutton.
10000 pounds of -four.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-12-18
Last SkyScraDpr.

New York, Dec. 11.-A new tend
ency in skyscraper construction will
be illustrated in the new forty-three
story office building soon to be erect
ed at No. so Broadway. The plans
of the architects contemplate put
ting six stories underground-the
most ambitious project Of its kind
in the history of the city. Incident
ally, this new building may be the
last of the real skyscrapers, in view
of the probable action of the city
authorities limiting the height of
buildings Next to the Singer and
Metropolitan Life building, the new
ed1f1ce will be the highest in the
city, as we'll as extending the deepest
underground. In view of the latter
project, factious persons affect to be-
lieve that the architects have given
up all hope of reaching heaven, and
are now trying for quite another
place.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-12-18
Convention of Hobocs.

st. Louis, Dec. 11.--A call for a
national convention of the unem-
ployed, to be held in this city on
January Is, has been issued by
James Eads How, founder of the
Brotherhood Welfare Association
1t is expected that during the con-
vention week st. Louis will be the
Mecca for hoboes and unemployed
men from all over the country, and
standing room will be at premium
in box cars and other conveyances
utilized by the men of the road.
How intends to secure a monster
petition, to be sent to the president,
asking that the petitioners be given
employment in public works and
on farms under the direction of the
government.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-12-18
Caucus for Senator.

Columbus, Ohio, December Ii
Three weeks from tomorrow, ON
January 2, the republican members
of the Ohio legislature will hold a
caucus to choose the man they will
support for United States senator.
The legislature will meet on the
following Monday, January 4. AL
though nearly "a dozen men are in
the field the choice has apparently
narrowed down to Senator Foraker
and Charles P. Taft, brother of the
P. esident-elect. Mr.. Taft has been
promised the thirteen votes of Ham
ilton county, and the legislators of
other counties are falling into the
Taft procession. Friends of Forak-
err continue hopeful and express con-
fidence that he will be returned.
The vote on Senator will take place
January 6.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-12-18
Mrs. G. v. Gardner Stricken,

The many friends of Capt. and
Mrs c V. Gardner Of Piedmont, will
be panied to learn that Mrs Gardner
had a serious paralytic stroke Sun
day morning from which she has
not yet recovered consciousness.
She is under the care of the physi-
clan who recently located at Pies
mont, and who is said to be very
skillful. He has every hope that
Mrs Gardner will recover in time
that the small clot of blood on the
brain will be taken up and carried
into the circulation. DeadWood
physicians who have been consulte.
also give encouragement.-D
wood Pioneer-Times.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-12-18
Requesting the Ranges

Is one of the most important
things being taken up by our gov
eminent today. 1t is all well enough
to talk about the passing of the
range, the coming of the small far
mer, and all that, but at least two
thirds of Colorado and Montana,
Wyoming and very large area Of
the Dakotas will never be farm land;
never anything but range. and the
mission of much of the possible
farming land scattered thinly
through these parts will be to grow
winter forage for stock that gets
most of its living from the drouth re-
sisting grasses that are natural to
these unfavorable lands.
1t will be found that these dry
pastures cannot be so carelessly pas
tured as in the past, and other than
buffalo grass may be introduced in
many parts to help out this old reli-
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-12-18
Tramps and Tramps ROYAL.

The tramp is much-abused per-
son. Not too much abused, for he
deserves it, but in talking of the
uselessness of the menace Of the
tramp the real significance of his
existence is forgotten. The COM
mon tramp is the camp-follower of
the tramp royal, and to the tramp
royal the world owes its discoveries.
Ahead of the church, the law and
the crowd skirmishers ever the
tramp royal He builds nothing, he
cuts no path through the jungle,
but he shows the way and then
moves elsewhere to show another
way.
Tramps royal are the scouts Of
1.-The army that never was listed"
Great-hearted, immoral, restless adj
venturers, to whom the whole word
is home and who have not habita-
ton otherwise, they seek ever some
new place or people, search in some
new spot for the pot of gold at the
rainbow's end.
That they never find it doesn't
matter; they show the way for the
spread of civilization. Driven ,4y
Unsuitable unrest, they penetrate be-
yond the frontier and into the will
derness. They do not care for heat
or famine or thirst, only the seek
ing. Should they realize their
hearts desire, it would turn to ashes
in their hands and the search would
begin anew. They break no paths,
but they go where later the paths
follow.
To them the world owes all its
newer lands. OF them were De-
Soto, Ponce de Leon, Columbus, the
Cabots, Drake and Captains Smith,
Andre and Stanley, Daniel Boone
and Davy Crockett. They stihe in
the sight of the civilization they
have made possible, and push ahead
to make more civilization possible.
There is no purpose in their roam
ings but the desire to roam, yet
purposeless as they seem, the results
are beyond calculation.
Let US by all means kick the
tramp all we think he needs, but
let us mitigate the severity of the
kick, because the tramp is a sort
of seventeenth cousin to the tramr
rOyal,-Ex.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-12-18
Taft Will Sneak.

New York, Dec. 11.-With a def
mite promise from William H. Taft
that he will be present at its TWEEN
ty'third annual dinner, the Ohio
Society Of New York is preparing
for the greatest affair in it's history
at the Waldorf-Astoria next We'd
nesday night. Henry w. TAFT,
brother Of the presdent-elect, is
the new president of the society,
and it is hoped to secure the attend
ance of Charles w. Taft, of Cincin-
natl, so that the dinner will be of
the nature of Taft family reunion.
Governor Hughes and Mayor Nc
Clellan have accepted invitations to
be present and make speeches
Many other famous men will gather
at the banquet board, and the din
ner promises to be the most notable
Of it kind in the metropolis this
winter.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-12-18
Martin Gets Back SALARY.

Washington, Dec. 14.-Hon Eben
w. Martin, who recently took the
oath Of Office as successor to the late
Representative Parker, is entitled
under the rules of the house to the
salary from the date Of Colonel Par
ker's death. June rs last, at the rate
of 1925 a month. He will receive
pay for five months and five days.
Or a total OF 1925.
Other members of the house who
were elected at the recent election to
succeed deceased members also came
in for substantial sums on their
qualifying as members of the house,
and one member elected two years
ago qualified yesterday and received
pay for year and half, during
which time he did not appear in
congress at ALL He is H. Burd Cas-
sci, of Pennsylvania, who was under
Indictment last winter in connection
with the capitol frauds at Harris
burg and who was acquitted on trial.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-12-18
New Record Made.

Washington, Dec. IA new rec
ord in the transaction Of public bust
ness was established by the house
of representatives today when the
legislative, executive and judicial
appropriation bill, which usually ex-
cites considerable debate lasting sew
eral days, was passed with little de-
bate and in practically the same
shape in which it came from the
committee. AN unusual feature
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-12-18

is supposed to be the hall mark O
the real article, which is after all
fallacy, like many other such notions
Muffs are large and will cover tn,
whole front of the skirt, but the flu,
is so light nowadays that they ar,
not so cumbersome and heavy a.
one would suppose them to be. 4
great many of the muffs are nov
lined with second fur, as a sealskir
with ermine or a brown fox with
chinchilla.
A pretty muff seen on the boule.
ward the other day was a handsome
whole skin of sable, but the real muf1
through which the hands were passed
was of shirred chiffon exactly
matching the sable fur, and over
this inner muff the skin had appar-
emily been thrown.
Fur is used even on the sheerest
materials. A net over-dress, for in
stance, will be edged with a narrow
banding of sable, ermine or mink.
Care must be taken to get the right
shade for there are many shades in
the same variety of fur. Thus sable
is found in many styles and shades,
according to the part of the world it
is brought from. Fox is another in
stance of this different shading and
marking.
IOpossum fur is one of the warmest
and richest, and withal a cheaper
fur and therefore one that the buyer
with limited amount should choose
Moleskin is much used for half
long coats. 1t is pretty fur for
trimming, or any small article.
The medium-sized muffs are as
lavishly trimmed as ever, with paws
and heads and tails. Ermine tails
are used in the most reckless man
ner just as one would use tassels or
pendants. They are especially pref
ty to make the now fashionable lit
tie rufus for the neck when laid
against black or dark shade Of
color
The fashion that has found favor
1Or so many years of using two or
more skins with the heads fastened
together in the back and then left to
fall straight in the front, is still
popular.
For long coats of cloth, where ad-
ditional warmth is required, cony
and squirrel, which are not too ex-
pensive, are frequently used. For
such coats and wraps when intended
for evening wear, ermine is the best
liked fur, if one can stand the ex-
'pense, for ermin is by no means
cheap fur.
Many cloths that resemble and are
called after certain furs will be used
for all sorts of coats and wraps this
season, and some of them are really
preferable to a fur A handsome
broadcloth skirt made in Directoire
style, with half long coat of cara
cul having the finishing character
istics of the Directoire coat, though
not so long, will be often seen this
winter. e.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-12-18

have another conference tomorrow
with Secretary Root.
Judge Taft and Senator Aldrich
conferred with regard to the work
of the monetary commission. Sena-
tor Aldrich is thorough believer
in the efficiency of the commission
and is an enthusiastic advocate of
legislation which will place into law
some recommendations of the CON-
mission. Mr.. Taft has heretofore
gone over those matters with Con-
gresham Burton, Of Ohio, men,
Der of the commission, and it is
a safe prediction that the next ad-
minlstration will be favorable to the
enactment Of at least some recon-
mendations looking to a permanent
reform in the currency system.
Washington, Dec. 11.-With great
enthusiasm the national rivers and
harbors congress concluded it's ses-
sion here today and placed itself on
record as being in favor of the is
suance of government bonds for the
Improvement of waterway projects.
The resolutions declared for an au-
thorized issue by congress at the
present session of $50,00O,O0O
worth Of bonds, the proceeds to be
used in payment exclusively for
such river and harbor work as may
be authorized by congress, the pro-
visions to be similar to the Panama
canal bonds.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-12-18

1t has been generally predicted
that the lock canal vii require abou
eight years to build. And should
the Culebra excavation be finished
in 1912, as the commission indi
Gates, and as the rate of excavation
suggests, these predictions will have
been justified
During the fiscal year the total
expenditures amounted to $29,50O,-
900. OF this $1S,O62,OOO may be
roughly classed as construction work,
$3,500,000 went for anew dredging
machinery, and $s,OOO,0OO for other
OUTLAWS. Four more years at this
rate and the expenses of the last
| five years of the enterprise will be
| much greater than the earlier esti-
mates of the entire cost of the canal,
These estimates ranged from
that of the minority of the board of
consultinging engineers, which was
/ 100000 plus 20 per cent for
administration and contingencies
not including interest, sanitation, or
that of the commission confirmed
March, 3, 1904, which was $144,-
233,35S
Congress, by the act of June 2S,
1902, put on record the opinion that
$145, 100000 would suffice, and APP
propriated s1O,0o0,0OO of that
amount.
Five times the amount expended
this year will exceed the highest of
these totals. If to the product we
add the amount spent in the pre-
vious three years we have a sum
vastly in excess Of what any one
contemplated when the Panama rev.
olution of 1903 made the construc-
ton of the canal across the isthmus
a certainty. And if the reader will
trouble himself to remember the
$50,000,000 which was spent before
spade Of dirt was thrown, the grand
total of national expenditure for
which the enterprise will stand be-
comes almost stupendous.
1t might also be kept in mind
that the annual expenses for the
next four years, while they could
hardly be less than for 19O7-S, might
conceivably be great deal more;
and that would operate still further
to swell the total In the present re-
port we see such items as $3,5OO,-
600 for new machinery in one year.
What will the item of material
amount to during the year when the
immense masses of steel and iron ne
cessary for locks, gates, ETC., have to
he providedR Moreover will not
the difficulties of excavation in Guile
bra be greater the lower the shovel
goes?
The engineers favoring a sea-level
canal figured that the last excava-
tions would be more difficult, because
of smaller space and greater trou-
BILE to dispose of the dirt and rock,
and this factor may also enter into
the work on the local canal.
The delays due to landslides, high
waters, and other causes are doubt
less such as might nave been expect
ed From what the report says, it
is a fair inference that the commits
sion does not regard these natural
and antagonistic forces as in any
way impelling the eventful success of
the enterprise.-Argus Leader.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-12-18
Premium Oats in South Dakota.

Omaha, Neb., Dec. 1.-THE
awards for oats grown in South Da-
kota, at the national corn exposition,
today were as follows: Half bushel
of oats, first, Jens Johnson, of
Brentford; second, Nels Johnson, of
Mount Vernon; third, Ramus Han
son, of Hurley; fourth, w. l.. Wat
son, of Vermillion, and fourth, F.
R. Smith, of Salem
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-12-18
Advertise the State.

The coming session of the legisla-
ture is going to be asked to appro-
pirate $4,000 for the next two
years to stimulate immigration to
South Dakota. The Argus-Leader
hopes that the Legislature will be
big enough to do this. South Da-
kota needs boosting which comes
from systematic advertising work,
and if we are to get our fair share
of new people who are coming west
ward seeking homes, it is none too
early to begin.
South Dakota is one of the great
est states in the union, but no body
knows it outside of South Dakota.
North Dakota is spending $4,000
year to secure new settlers and our
northern sister is getting them.
Canada is spending large sums in
this line of work, and with resour-
ces and climate inferior to ours is
each year getting $4,000 citizens
from the United States. This is an
age of advertising, and the states
which pursue the tight-hsted policy
are not those who do the growing.
This state needs a real immigra-
ton department. 1t needs systemat-
c advertising but this costs money.
And there must be some way pro-
vided to meet the cost The whole
state benefits by it when new set
tiers come, and hence the whole
state should pay the cost. Twenty
five thousand dollars is a small sum
when distributed among half a mil
lion people, and if wisely used it
will be certain to bring big results
A state needs to advertise as much
if not more than a business man.
Let the whole world know about
our great crops. Let it be stated
that consecutively for the last six
years the state has produced the
largest per capita of new wealth of
any state in the union. Let outside
people know that there are millions
of acres of cheap land for sale from
which great crops can be raised.
Let them understand the possibil-
ties of manufacturing and VIII ole
sale trade. South Dakota is highly
favored but it will not grow fast un-
TIL some serious effort is made to
bring in new people and new cap
| ital .-Argus-Leader,
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-12-18
Kansas AIaTazinp

Wichita, Kan, Dec. 11.-With
William Allen White, Congressman
Victor Muddock, Ed. Howe of the
Atchison Globe, F. D. Coburn, Gov
ernor Hoch, and other literary
lights of the Sunf1ower state on it's
staff, a new magazine will shortly
make its appearance from this city.
1t will be known as the Kansas
Magazine and will be quite up to
the standard Of the best magazines
OF the effete east, if the promises of
the promoters are fulfilled.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-12-18
Four Eclinscs in 1000.

Washington, Dec. 11.-Accord-
ing to the announcement of the Ma
val Observatory authorities, there
will be four eclipses next year, two
pf the sun and two Of the moon.
The first eclipse Of the sun, June
II, will be visible in large portion
of North America, but the second,
December ~, will be invisible in
United States. The lunar eclipses
will take place on June 3 and No
vember 26. The first will be Wis
ible in a part Of North America, and
the second throughout the continent.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-12-18
Senator Hansborough Worse

Minneapolis, Dec 11.-Senator
Hansborough, who became i'll in,
Minneapolis a few days ago while
on his way to Washington and has
been confined in his room at the
Nicolet hotel, was worse today At
noon it was decided to take him to
Asbury hospital for treatment and
his condition tonight does not show
and change for the better.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-12-18
Will Discuss Tariff.

Pocatello, Id, Dec. Hibiscus
sion of possible changes in the tar
if on wool and hides will be a fea-
ture of the fifty-fifth annual con-
vention of the National Wool Grow
ers' Association, which will be held
here the middle Of next month.
Forest preservation, the conserva-
ton Of natural resources and lower
freight rates are other subjects
which have been placed on the pro-
gram of the convention.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-12-18

able dry land pasture; but in oul
| judgment buffalo grass will continue
to be an important factor in making
the poorest parts of these semi-ariG
parts valuable.
In this connection the following
from A. Buchanan, an old Colorado
rancher, in Denver Field and Farm
is of interest:
l have been on the ranges of
| eastern Colorado since 1882 and
| have been a close observer. l am
willing to give the agriculturalists
the full measure of credit for the
great work they have done in slim
ulating farm study up to its present
strenuous gait. :.
But, think it is mistaken
claim that the small farmer is going
to eventually occupy all of these
great prairies and put the range bus
mess in the list of romances of the
past. Vast as is the agricultural
area of Colorado east of the Rockies,
l think that not more than one-third
of it can ever be successfully farmed
either by irrigation or by the dry
farming process. l think two-thirds
of this great area is out of the
ranch of irrigation and also untitled
for dry farming. 1t must forever
remain stock country and you can
call it range, ranch or invent some
scientific trade mark for it.
The other day l read an article,
the burden of which was the reseed-
ing of the range and one of the poet
ic laments was that the natural
grass, the buffalo sod that once
formed an unbroken carpet from the
Missouri river to the Rocky noun
tains and from boundary to bound
airy of the United States in north
erly and southerly direction, when
once disturbed could never be re-
placed. Pillow it up, tramp it out,
or pasture it too closely and it was
gone forever, according to the pro-
fessor.
Now it is not my experience that
it is impossible to resod the prairie
with buffalo grass. l can take you
to sections that were plowed up dur
ing the wheat craze of years ago,
abandoned after two or three sea-
sons of failure and they are now
grown over with buffalo sod.
THE same is true of range dis
tricts that were closely pastured
down and during the excessive dry
years along in the nineties became
practically denuded of grass. BY
keeping stock off these districts
year or so of normal moisture even
for this country has brought the
buffalo grass pasturage back to as
good condition as it ever knew.
There is whole lot of this western
country that will never make any,
thing but range land and all it needs
is to be treated civilly, not pastured
to death, and let alone for a few
years after it begins to become
threadbare and it will reseed itself.
| am not one of those old-time cow
men who want to see the west fail
as farming country and revert to
an altogether stock grazing terri
tory. l believe in this west proud
of her achievements along farming
lines but do not want to see claims
made upon a large part of the coun-
try that cannot be substantiated."
The above has the right ring to
it. 1t is the correct ring, and to
blindly shut our eyes, to these great
natural facts for a little present adj
vantage is not only dishonest, but
will prove exceedingly harmful to
all thus misled.-Dakota Farmer.