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The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-01-31
PRIMARY
First Step Will Have to be Made at
An Early Date.

The first step in the practical
workings of the state primary cleo
ton law of this state will have to
be made at IN early date. Under the
provisions CT sections 60 and 67 it
is made the duty of the state central
committee TO at least sixty days
prior to holding a .:ate convention
to fix the place and hour for holding
the same, and give it publication.
The basis Of representation in the
convention is taken out of the hands
of the committee, and is fixed at
one delegate for each one hundred
votes or majority fraction thereof
cast for governor at the preceding
election. The first state convention
under the law is the one to select
delegates to the national convention
which is fixed for the first Tuesday
in April, 1908, which this year will
| be the seventh of that month, and
the meeting of the state committee
to carry out the provisions OF the
law must be held within the next
three weeks. The county primaries
to select delegates to this conven'
ton must be held the second Tues
day in March, the tenth, this year
delegates to be selected on that date
FOR the county convention to selec
delegates to the conventions to be
held on the fourth Tuesday inMarch
AT the primaries for the selection o
county delegates the polls are to b
opened from 3 o'clock p. m. to S:3'
O'Clock p. M. of that date. No pc
titicns need be filed for candidate
for delegate, but any person desiring
to become a candidate for delegat
10 a county convention, must at leas
twenty days before the date of tn
primaries, and any group of dele
gates under a specific heading ma
lie filed and printed together on tn
ballot under the heading selected.
The only break in this procedur
is in section 81, which allows tn
county central committee of an
county, when two-thirds of the sam
think there is not enough of a cor
test for the state delegation in thei
individual county to incur the e,
pense of a primary election, to nam
the state delegation without in an
t way submitting such delegation t
the vote of the people. This open
the way for political manipulate
in the selection of the county dele
cations to the state convention, bu
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-01-31

A number OF leading republicans
met at the office OF l.. w. Valentine
Monday evening, and took steps look
ing towards organization, One OF the
results was to start a movement for
the organization of a Roosevelt-Taft
club. While ii would seem 10 he a
little early in the day, this years
campaign is going to he a warm one
m this state, and it is Well for the
party to be in working trim early
Susartish E~nterprise.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-01-31
MAKES BIG GIFT.
Redwood Canyon Dcndcd to the Uni
ted States by William Kent of

Washington, Jan. 29.-One of the
most public spirited gifts ever made
to the government mas come from
William Kent, of Chicago, who has
just decided to the United States 295
acres of primeval red wood forest on
the southern slope of Mount Tamal-
pals, about six miles from the city
of San Francisco. The land was
decided to the government with the
approval of Forester Clifford Pinchot,
Chief of the United States Forest
service. The papers have now gone
TO the Secretary of the Interior and
a proclamation declaring the can-
yon a National Monument will be
signed at an early date.
This means that more of C%alifor-
MAS Redwood Giants will be saved
for the scientific study and pleasure
c. the whole country, in fact, the
whole world, for the great sequoias
are only found in the golden state.
This grove given to the government
by Mr.. Kent, is n of the only
tracts CT Redwood forest to be found
in its natural state in California to-
day. The land is said to have cost
Mr.. Kent $4,000 some years ago
but its stand of redwood timber
alone is now valued at more thar
$15O,000 on the market.
THE canyons of Tamalpais which
drain into San Francisco bay, wore
cut clean years ago and the redwood
obtained from them went into tn
construction of the old San Francis
co. The giants on the tract to b.
known as Muir Woods escaped tn
ak, however, chiefly because the out
let is on the ocean side instead 0
on the bay side, and also becaus
the various II of the land hav
for sentimental reasons iealousl
guarded the timber from harm an
destruction. Modern methods OF los
: ging would make short work of tn
timber. and woulG, besides. put
handsome profit in the hands of til
3 owners.
II 1t is the Intention to name tn
e National Monument Muir Woods,
after John Muir, the noted natura
list. The giants of Redwood Canyo
will now be given permanent pr,
! lection. by virtue of the Act !,
June s, 1906, which provides Thu
objects Of scientific interest may |
y declared National Monuments
such action Is deemed necessary Il
stheir preservation and protection
This 2s5 acre tract will be a plea
,.lure ground as we'll as a place {
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-01-31

Bank Changes Name.

THE Central Savings Bank is about
tic ~nationalize, under the name Of
The Stcckamns National Bank of Hot
Springs, with a capital of S25 1000,
the officers remaining the same as
at present. The institution has had
a o successful business career
and the officers have built up a fine
business. Success to them under the
new name and national supervision.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-01-31

for each department or group f
les than four or
needfully more than seven.
A sharp definition of the depart
ments.
An equally sharp definition of the
powers and responsibilities OF each
and every head of department.
a president-also elected at large
net having charge Of any depart
ment and who has a vote but no
veto.
No executive" sessions.
No standing committees o any
committees" in the usual alderman
ic sense.
That is all. As Kiplins says.
Think OF the gorgeous simplicity OF
;,,r
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-01-31

c ~ for ,ba ,non1a nroc-
- ~ ,.ha,a ,t ra1;sor,i,
-. ;,ht, .asins ~ % Mics of
,ba aanrnn +w~o.r+hfrds Of rho nonu-
lat;oa -, mo stota aro conferred
~ ah;af raaso, fo, no ,,r,toction
d. 10 Io,a Inv tba ooyarn,nent s.
~ ,hara 80 ,,b,, rod wood grove
- ~ ,-,o1a worla moro accessible
80. ,.aor1a Tho CANYON K
:, .hsol,,olv n~rinaval condition nor
,,a .b.5 ~ mo hands
al, MON !, lie. within AN hours
rfa, az ga, rra,cfsao AT Tho very
aoor cf ~nn,,dreds al thousands OF
,~.,ria
So l,nr - ,bn Land remains IN.
rri-s,n r~vnar.bf, tl,ern il always
dancer tha, the trees viii he attacked
,,s ~. Ear, f,ora4 mis- brt os u
National Monument they will NE safe
fou an times There are Of course,
many finer stands of Redwood in
california hu- there are no typical
rrg les owned law me limited States
1 nrT are there any which might be
,~.,ufra5 ,y rho government except
~ greot expeDsc.
ORIGINALLY mis- land was rart OF
line cid Spanish grant, Rancho Sau-
ls3N-c.- Mr.. Kent purchased the land
| .-rle wears ago for . sum said to
he about $4,000. 10 insure preser-
walton of the yedvaods for the in
struction and endowment Of all the
pecule for the years to come. he has
tncv decided the tract to the United
States as a Gilt. The larges red
uorls are ~aiob,aan foo, IN diamatnr
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-01-31
THE PAN.

Not long ago the voters of Sioux
Falls turned down a proposition to
adopt a form of government for that
municipality-the plan which has
been in effect in the city of Galveston
for more than six years with the most
beneficial results.
The total vote cast was extremely
light, it seems, which makes it APP
parent the people of Sioux Falls were
little interested in the scheme. Per-
haps they are so well satisfied with
the present methods in that town
that reform methods are unnecessary
but for places not so fortunate. the
Galveston plan is to be recommended.
AS laid down in the February
number Of Success, the idea has all
the appearance of beink eminently
practical for adoption in any munich
pality and thai it is absolutely salts
factory, the present condition of
Galveston is offered in evidence.
Since the board of commissioners
replaced the city council, progress
has attended the Texas town which
six years & visited by death and
desolation had apparently been dealt
a blow it could not recover from in
decades. Now the place is one of the
most prosperous towns in all the ma
ton. Merely as the result of sub
graft and misrule for the old method.
The men who inaugurated the Gal
weston plan got down to business
principles with the end in view of
eliminating all the pernicious in
fuences that. prior to the big storm.
held Galveston in their grasp until
she had been b~ankrupted.
Four commissioners and a presi-
dent are elected by the city at large,
something OF an innovation in it
ses, for ward politics thus become a
rot too fragrant memory. The COM
uiIssioners thus elected by the whole
city are not hampered in the execu-
zion OF their duties by having strings
tied to them, something that would
ID doubt cause the plan to find but
little favor with the average politi-
clan.
Each of the four commissioners
has under his care a group Of the
various city departments and he is
directly responsible for everything
in connection with that part Of the
city government assigned to him and
if'he falls down on a particular mat.
ter it is comparatively easy to place
the blame where it belongs. Thi:
way of running affairs means tina
things are done right, for there are
no official dumping grounds know
as standing committees in which dis
agreeable questions may be laid tt
rest.
The Galveston plan is amazingl.
simple and it works like a charm
To quote Mr.. Cooper, who is tn
author of the article in Success,
After six years trial Of it Their
is very. little that we would van
changed in the charter, and we hav
reelected the whole board Of CON
misioners three times. There is n
politics in it-and the remnants q
the old board of aldermen and tn
bad element following them-an
yearning for the old days of misrul
and graft-haye tried very hard I
inject politics into It. 1t is a pla4
business government. on a plail
everyday, comon-sense, business, hi
"a plan; 1t has nothing s~ectiona
ss radical, Of geographical in 1T th'
~ limit 4; II is practical for evel
Aametlcan city, even to the very lar
sssss II 0n&essfor sixeshas nothing to I
principles.
100 EtixTKAp RI . commiaeio
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-06-05
An Opera House in Prospect.

Manager Chalmers. of the Fay
Opera, who has been active and
energetic in his efforts to secure a
more comtnudions and better ap-
pointed play house for Virginans,
has received considerable encour
agenrent from Frank klink, present
proprietor of the Fay Opera, that
great amount Of additional ex-
pense will be pul on that house
another year, making Of same one
of the finest operas in the north
country.
Mr.. Chalmers gives it as Mr..
Kinks idea to extend the house to
the alley, giving II greater seating
capacity, enlarging the stage ruom
and making of same d modern and
up-to date house at an estimated
cost OF $4,000.
while a year may seem a long
time to wait for an Improvement
the lack of which is continually
keeping from us many of the better
class of plays, \irsinians should
he pleased to realize that there is
in prospect for them at some
specified time ii betternent Of ex-
listing accommodations in this line.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-06-05
MORGAN AND THE BORROWER
City Promoter Not ShreWd Enough
for Great Banker.

A promoter widely known in Wall
street as a clever but untruthful spec
ulator was in financial trouble He
was going to fail and the fact wa.
known in banking circles. Everybody
knew it but the promoter. II. he
reasoned, he could borrow enough
money, he would win out,
Finally he appealed to ]. Pierpont
Morgan, who knew the exact status OF
affairs, for big loan. The 1nancie1
thought for a moment and said, Bring
whatever securities you have to my
Office in the morning"
The next morning the promoter and
a negro carrying tin box appeared
in the Morgan Office.
Let me see what unencumbered
collaterals you have?"
The promoter selected them, and
was asked to place value on the lot
NO." said the financier. Il won't
make loan. but I'll buy the lot."
The promoter sorrowfully accepted
the terms, but he had hoped for .
loan, believing that If he could get the
loan, he could follow it up with q de-
mand for a second one to save the
first. But the big banker, knowing
his man, saw through the scheme and
protected himself. at the same time
helping the promoter by taking of hif
hands some sound but temporarily un
marketable securities.
The promoter failed.-Sunday Mag
Azina.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-06-05
CHILDREN FOND OF SNAKES.
Revere. Mass, Youngsters Have Fancy
for Queer Pets.

Probably as peculiar q set Of toys
as any now chronicled was presented
to children In Revere, Mass. When
the four children OF Mr.. and Mrs
Cyrus J. Brownell tumbled from their
cribs last Christmas morning to see
how Santa Claus had dealt with them
each found coiled in his stocking =
baby boa constructor.
Michael Gonzola, of Calcutta, India,
one of the largest reptile dealers In
the world, was the Santa Claus who
gave the children these strange gifts.
The infant constructors, which did not
exceed nine inches in length, were
sent from New York to Revere in sea.
son for the occasion. They were
packed in straw in a ventilated box OF
oak.
Mr.. Brownell is q dealer in all kinds
Of snakes. His four children-Donald.
aged two: Wendolyn. four; Maud, five
and Kathlyn. nine-seem to have in.
herited from their father q liking for
reptiles.
'The baby boas," Mr.. Brownell says.
will be perfectly harmless at this
early stage of their career. and for q
few weeks will make interesting play
things for the children. They like
snakes as we'll as do, and even Baby
Donald is no more afraid Of one than
he is of cat. When the snakes be-
gin to put on inches and manifest q
desire to tie knots around the table
legs l will put them into my snake
room aDt keep them there"
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-06-05
PLANS FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION
Commercial Club lakes Initiative and
Committee Already Has Pledges
for Nearly 81 10000.

Responsive to call by Secretary
Hug hes of the Commercial Club
goodIy number of the members of
the Commercial Club gathered at
the council chambers Friday even.
ing and participated in the prelim-
mary arrangements for the proper
celebration of the Fourth.
President Metcalfe presided as
chairman, and the organization was
completed by the election of Louis
NJ. Osborn as secretary, and upon
motion the chair appointed a gen
eral committee of arrangements,
with power to appoint such sub
c 'mm;ttees as might be deemed
necessary. This committee as man,
Ell ON .'ri ed J. A. Kennedy, James
Laviolette, A. +. Bickford, Louis NJ.
Osborn andsJ. p. Chalmers. This
committee at once organized by the
selection of J. A. Kennedy as chair
man and A. +. Bickford as clerk,
sary funds elected pleasing re-
Spouse from a number of those
present. The start thus made has
continued with marked success, the
list at last reports showing total
of approximately $1,000 pledged and
it is confidently expected that this
sum will be easily raised to $lNW.
Considerable informal discussion
was 'ndnlged in relative TO pros
pective entertainment tor guests of
the day, and an effort will be made
to secure favorable excursion rates
on the four railroads leading to the
city. These various incidentals,
however, are in the hands of most
competent committee and no details
will be omitted looking toward the
accommodation and amusement of
visitors, of whom Virginia will en-
tertain many hundreds on that day.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-06-05
Beat Out the HOrserRaCinq Bunch.

Virginia may have fair as we'll
as Hibbing if the idea hatched at
meeting Of tn Commercial Club is
able to withstand the shock of en-
trance into a cold world. And why
should not Virginia beat out the
horse racing bunch at Hihbiny -:
Judging from reports received Hib
bing doesn't know that agriculture
has any claim on county fair. BY
all means let Virginia 20 after it
and make it something more than a
race horse meet. Evele,h can afford
to encourage Virginia in her de-
sign as eventually the county fair
grounds will be just west of Eve.
leth-a couple of miles or so-in
easy access to all the range towns
and Duluth as well.-Eveleth News.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-06-05
''hamlet the Daoe."

On Tuesday evening next, June 9,
Rev. +. Il. Clark wall deliver his fam
Gus Shakespearean lecture, entitled
"Hnlnlet the Dane" in the NJ. r.
Church.
Rev. Clark has delivered this lee
ture at Ely and other points, and in
every instance It has received most
favorable comment as being both
interesting and entertaining. The
sole object of the lecture at this
point is for the purpose of obtain
ing funds to re.paper, re-paint and
repair the parsonage and beautify
the grounds, and none hearing the
lecture will regret either the time
or cost. Tickets for sale at the door
on evening OF lecture.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-06-05
Horses with Snowshoes.

Horses wear snowshoes in Dakota
n winter. Thus equipped. they trot
lightly over drifts wherein they would
otherwise sink out of sight.
In many parts of Dakota the snow
lies all winter long eight or ten feet
deep. But crust forms on it and
with snowshoes men skim over 1t
easily. Lately their snowshod horses
have also skinned over it.
The equine snowshoes are made ot
boards 20 inches long and IA inches
wide. An indentation to fit the foot ID
branded on each board with a hot
horseshoe and the contrivance is fas.
tened on to the hoof with an iron
clamp and bolt.
After q day or two of practice z
Dakota horse becomes an expert snow
sheer.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-06-05
THROUGH 10 CHINA.
Senior Class Play Presented to Large
and AppreCiative Audience at the
Roosevelt Auditorium last
fvQninn

The senior class of our high
school won much deserved praise
at the presentation of the class play,
"Throush to China" at the Audi
torium last evening, and for the
benefit of many who were unable to
attend the initial performance the
production will be. reproduced on
Monday evening next.
Through to China" is four act
comedy drama. protraying the ex-
periences of party of students in
Prof Mark NJ. Lows Lacteal In
stitute in a trip through we'll to
China, where they drop into Me-
Wang's garden in the province of
Elsewhere. The last three acts of
the play are enacted in Chinatown,
McWang's love affair with the
Princess Nakoda forming the basis
of much of the theme and leading
to many striking attitudes in which
McWang aud his substitute, Prof.
Lowe, play an important part. The
play portrays the trials of McWang,
who for many years has been
prince of the royal throne and who
has been chosen in love by NakOda
but who desires to break his vows
and his success in substituting
Prof Lowe in his place at the heads
mans block. the Professor being
saved only through the timely in
reference of the object of the mis-
placed affections of the erstwhile
ruler of the province.
The play demanded the services
of some sixty pupils. and where all
parts are so we'll taken it is hard to
distinguish or single out particular
ones for special mention, but suffice
it to say that the various partici-
pants cared for their parts in such
manner as to bring the production
we'll within the standard Of profess
sionais, and insures crowded
house at the reproduction thereof
on Monday evening next.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-06-05

School Children Remember Memorial
Day With Appropriate Exercises.

Despite the inclement weather on
Saturday last the Memorial Day ex-
ercises as planned by the pupils of
the Virginia schools were carried
out. and due homage done to the
memory of those to whose deeds
the day is dedicated.
Some fourteen hundred pupils
participated in the line of march
and, each carrying flag or banner,
made an inspiring scene. The pa
rade was headed by H. J. Eaton
who, 80 far as known, is the only
surviving old soldier in the city,
and no more fitting tribute could
be paid than that he should have
the honor of carrying the starry
banner beneath whose folds he had
stood shoulder to shoulder with his
comrades in the days of the great
civil strife. Following the parade
the exercises at the Roosevelt Aud
ltoriun received rapt attention
from a crowded house, Mr.. Eaton
holding the flag as the salute was
given. followed by the singing of
one stanza of the national anthem
by the audience. Other numbers
included orations by Daniel Ma
honey and Edward NJ. Deering, both
members of the Glass of tN, the rec.
itation of a portion Of Lincoln's inn
mortal Gettysburg speech, and an
address, brief but impressive. by
Rev. John W. Powell. of Duluth. His
theme was the meaning of Memoir.
ial Day, the illustration of his ideas
being succinctly conveyed to his
host of youthful listeners by telling
them of the manifold blessings they
receive which they can never repay,
and of the cost in life and blood, in
treasure, tears and suffering, of the
establishing and maintaining in
tact this land of liberty.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-06-05
Drew q $25 Prize.

Jacob Pertula. the former police
man whose incarceration on d
charge of having assaulted a pris.
oner in the city Jail was noted in
the last issue Of the Enterprise, was
on Monday handed a prize package
of $25 and costs by Judge Carey, the
fine being paid.
In addition Pertula lost out on,
his job. But even at that he got a
very light dose for his conduct.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-06-05
Play Eveleth Saturday and Sunday.

Virginia and EveIeth are pitted
"ferninst" each other in two games
at the Eveleth park on Saturday
and Sunday. The kveleth team is
purported to be strong aggrega-
tion, and good contests are booked
Next week Friday, Saturday and
Sunday the Bessemer, Michigan,
team will play series of games at
the Virginia park. THIS team is
also credited with reputation that
in> nres spectators full value for
their time and money.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-06-05
The West-fleary Company Coming.

After playing at the Power Thea
tire, Hibbing, uninterruptediy for
the past eight weeks and making
one of the biggest hits ever made
before a Hibbing audience, the
management of the Fay Opera has
finally succeeded in making ar
rangenents for three nights ap-
pearance in Virginia of the West.
Henry Stock Company, through the
courtesy Of W. J. Power Of Hibbing.
This company ia absolutely guar
anteed in every detail, and the fact
that it is one of the largest as we'll
as most expensive stock companies
ever brought into this part of the
state will insure them a capacity
house on their opening night. The
entire company will be brought
over from Hibbing, including six
teen acting people, together with a
carload OF special scenery. The
beautiful actress Miss Catherine
Henry, and that fine actor Mr. Eu-
gene West, will positively appear
each night together with the entire
company. They will play here for
three nights commencing Thurs
day. June IL, also giving a special
ladies' matinee Saturday afternoon.
For their first appearance at Vir
ginia Mr.. West and Miss Henry will
use their greatest successes, the
program beng as follows:
Thursday night, Charles Mackev's
grand American play, "fhe Man in
the Case"
Friday night, Charles Ulr,ch's ex
quisite society comedy drama, "rhe
Congressman" a beautiful political
story of Washington society life.
Saturday afternoon, Alexander
Dumas masterpiece, "Camille."
Saturday night, the celebrated de
tective play, "Sherlock Holiness"
Seats will be placed on sale Mon
day at Tredway's Drug Store.
Prices -. IS and 80 cents.