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The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-03-06
APPROXIMATION of Water,

Office of State Engineer, Pierre, S..
D., February 18th, 1908.
Notice is hereby given that j. l..
Duncan, trustee, whose %postoffice adj
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 8 township
/ north, range 6 east, said water to
be used for the purpose of general
ing electric power for manufactur-
ing, and returned to Rapid Creek up
on the northeast quarter of the south
east quarter section g., township !
north, range 7 east, B. H. M.
This application will be taken up
by the state engineer at his office al
Pierre, for consideration and appro'
pirate action upon the 18th day oil
April, 1908, at ga. M, at which time
all persons who believe that the
prior rights would be injuriously af.
fected, or hat the allowance of the
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 the
purpose of presenting any relative
testimony.
Samuel H. Lea,
State Engineer.
Ivan E. Goodner,
Applicants Engineer.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-03-06
The Vote of New York.

The democratic party under its
present name was formed under the
first administration Of Andrew Jack
son, seventh president of the United
States. There have been nineteen
presidential elections since, OF which
the democrats carried seven, the
whiggs two. and the republicans ten,
counting 1876 a republican victory.
Only one democrat under that
party name has been elected with
out the vote of the state of New
York, and he carried, Pennsylvania,
Indiana and Illinois James Bu-
chanan. Seymour, the democratic
candidate, carried New York in ID
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-03-06

Chicago & Northwestern Railroad!
companies be required to construct
a connecting track at Huron, the
commissioners decided to make a
demand upon the two railroad COM
panies for the construction of the
desired connecting track. They will
be given twenty days from date of
service to file an answer to the de-
mand, and if it is refused the rail
road commissioners will call a hear
ing and take testimony in the case.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-03-06
Michigan's New Constitution.


Political philosophers will find
much food for speculation and moral
drawing there is il the striking con-
trast between the constitutional ideas
Of the Oklahomans as embodied in
their organic charter and the COR
responding ideas OF the people OF
Michigan as representa- by the mem
bers of the constitutional convention
which has just finished its work.
To say that Oklahoma is radical
and that Michigan is conservative is
to throw but little light on the con-
trust. 1t is a fact, though, that the
Michigan convention was Influenced
but little if at all, by the
example of advanced" Oklahoma.
There are however, very moder-
ateate provisions in it for the initia-
tive and referendum. Constitutional
changes may be initiated by petit
lions of citizens and when SO initia-
ted the legislature must submit them
to the people. There is also careful
provision for the reference Of purely
local statutes to the communities af-
fected. provided a request for such
reference is made by a prescribed
percentage of the voting population
At the eleventh hour a clause WIS
adopted providing fer the reference
at the discretion Of the legislature
of general statutes to the people
such referred statutes not to become
law unless ratified at the polls.
There is an enabling article for mu
nicipal ownership er public utilities
but it contains strict and eXcepticna
limitations. Indeed it is pronounced
to be reactionary wen by the paper
opposed to municipal ownership, 10,
it provides for the reference of fran
.chise grants, public ownership
schemes and proposals for bond is
sues beyond a certain per cent Q
the assessed valuation to direct tax
taxpayers instead of the voters gener
ally. 1t is feared the new constitu
ton may be rejected by the poop!
on account of this property qualifi
cation for the exercise of the stuff
rage in certain directions.
Woman suffrage was recommend
ed by a committee, but defeated !
the convention itself. This and othe
proposals led TO earnest and livel
debates, and on the whole the cor
vention was by no means a tame an
listless body.-Chicago RECORD
Herald,
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-03-06
TO Consider Reduced Rates.

The matter of preparing a new
schedule of reduced freight rates
for that portion Of South Dakota
lying west of the Missouri river!
considered to some extent at
the regular monthly meeting of the
state board Of railroad commission
ers, held in Sioux Falls last Satur-
day.
The commissioners finally decided
that the board should hold a special
meeting at Fort Pierre on March -
for the express purpose Of consider
ing the matter. The executive com
mittee of the State Federation of
Business Mems clubc will meet with
tire beard at that time and submit
data in support Of the demand for
IN adjustment n reduction oil
II ail :ates west of the Missouri,
rsNcr. re commissioners will holf
~a1otrcr special meeting at Huron
arch 10 fer the consideration o.
a'e. On mix nd ream.
iiISu auu SEES.itJ- live DuSl
ness men of F%landreau, togethe:
b Pert j. Francis. president, ant
Jesse a. Smith. secretary, of tn
Commercial club of F%landreau, file'
with tAe board a petition asking tina
the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Pau
Railway company be required to i'm
prove it's train service on its south
ern Minnesota and Sioux City an,
Dakota divisions.
In accordance with a petition file
asking that the Great Northern an
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-03-06

We are the agent for the DeLavel
Separator and if you want a first
class machine, n that is easily kept
in repair, and the easiest machine
to clean on the market, try n Of
the famous DeLavel Separators.
Write or call and see one of the ma
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??, 1908-03-06
The Maintenance of Earth Roads.

We may recognize the value of
! ard and durable ROADS in all parts of
the country, but still the fact remains
that for a. long time to come the ma
jority of the roads will be composed
Of earth. Furthermore, in about
nine months ont of the year, the
earth road, if properly cared for, is
reasonably satisfactory. For many
agricultural districts, it is the only
road at present available. Hence,
these communities should set them
selves seriously 10 work to learn the
best methods of maintaining earth
roads and of getting the maximum
service from them. Prosperity comes
to the country to a great extent
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-03-06
Choice Cows and Calves

The Martin Valley Stock Company
will sell 100 head of high grade
Shorthorn Cows and Calves.
Enquire of VIM. M. O. Banion,
Manager, P. O. Buffalo Gap.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-03-06

Call or write and get our price on
the genuine Glidden painted barbed
Wire from Tom Sweeney Hardware
Co
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-20

the clothes for the children. They ex-
planned to her why they had not gotten
her any presents. Their reason was
that they did not know what she would
like. SO gave her the money. She can
get whatever she wants to with the
money.
Mrs. Brown drew the girls to her
bosom and covered them with kisses.
After awhile the girls took their leave
and went home, where they old their
mother about what they hal done.
They told their mother that that was
the happiest Christmas they had ever
spent. LINDSEY WILLIAMS.
Duarte School, eighth grade, Monro-
via. Cal.
The next morning bright and early
Mary and Jessie were awake, planning
what they should do. 81 tell YOU" said
Jessie, lets go over and ask Mrs.
Brown if we can mind the baby and
help do the work. You know she is
sick. "All right" said Mary.
Mary and Jessie got up and dressed
and ran over to Mrs. Browns.
Mr.. Brown opened the door and asked
what they wanted. Mary and Jessie
began to talk at once.
They told him that they were going
to earn some money to buy some
Christmas presents for Arthur and his
mamma and baby sister.
"Why, of course you can said Mrs
Brown. "Come right in, the baby is
crying now" Mary, you can take him
and put him in his cart and take him
out for awhile. while Jessie and L get
some breakfast for Mrs. Brown and
put the house in order.
The girls set in with a will. and be-
fore school the work was all done. MIR.
Brown will take care of the baby till
we return from school," said Jessie.
Mr.. Brown gave them each 20 cents
and told them to come every morning
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-20

presents. For the sick mother they
also brought some medicine and other
things.
1t made the girls feel so happy to
know that they had helped these poor
people in their troubles.
AGNES E. KRINGEL,
Twenty fourth Street school. grade
BIG, age 10h.
So they asked their mother to let them
earn some money to get them some
thing for Christmas. "All right" said
their mother, land for each dime you
earn l will put another with it, so
yours will be double" The girls were
delighted with that and so they made
candy and popped popcorn. They told
everyone what they wanted with the
money. So everyone bought. They
soon had $40. When Christmas came
they bought shoes, stockings and warm
clothes for Arthur, his mamma and lit
tie sister and some toys. They gave
them S. in money. Their mamma
soon got well. PEARLY ROSE,
SS6 East Thirty eighth street, Nc
Kinley Avenue school, grade AS, age g..
The girls made their money by SELL
ing chickens and picking blackberries
They would pick the berries before
school and after school. They sold
their chickens on Saturdays. After
they got done they had SIS.
Mary and Jessie went to town and
bought some clothes all ready made,
shoes and stockings, hat, some wood
and some food. They went to Mrs
Browns door and knocked. Mrs.
Brown, Arthur and his little sister all
came to the door. Mrs. Brown invited
them in. She was very much surprised
to see the things they had bought
them. Mrs. Brown thanked them very
much and told them that it was the
best Christmas presents the.- ever had.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-20

Mary and Jessie went home very happy
and told their mother and father what
they had done. The next day Mary
and Jessie saw Arthur at school. He
had on his hat, shoes and stockings
and his clothes. They told the schol-
ars what they had done and ~ fought
they were very thoughtful.
CARL AYERS,
Duarte grammar school, sixth. grade,
age IL, Duarte.
The girls got their mother to show
them how to make cookies. The next
day they made two or three dozen.
They took them to the baker and got
81. When their mother gave them 10
cents to every 10 cents they earned 1t
made them 81
They next made a garden in which
they grew vegetables. They sold them
to the grocer. In that they made 81.
They then put their mothers money
with it, which made them SO. They
now had $40.
They thought they had enough
money now and decided they would
make some Christmas presents. They
bought a beautiful doll and dressed it
for Arthur's little sister. They bought
her a nice set of dishes. The girls
bought Arthur drum, a bat and ball,
some marbles and box of candy.
On Christmas day Mary and Jessie
gave Mrs. Brown the SO to buy pro-
visions for herseslf and gave the toys
to the children. They were very
thankful to Mary and Jessie and
never forgot them. HILDA CARTER.
Duarte school, grade Z, age II.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-20
GREEDY PUSHES

They were a naughty lot at Mrs. Mouser's
boarding school,
They knew that she had made Christmas
feast,
But oh, to wait till Christmas day to get their
proper share,
1t did not suit these pussies in the least.
They tiptoed to the kitchen in their nlghties,
after dark.
And soon had all the goodies on the floor;
They wanted plates, but just Clumsy
Charlie let them drop,
There came dreadful footstep at the door.
OF course twas Mrs Mouser; she had heard
those naughty thieves;
She said that she had come to join the funl
And they were a sorry lot at Mrs. Mousers
boarding school,
For she caught them and she smacked them.
every one!
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-20

until he did not need them any longer.
Mary and Jessie were very happy. They
ran home to tell their mother.
Il am very glad you earned 1t, said
mamma, you have made a good start"
Next morning they were over to Mrs.
Browns very early, ready for their
work. But Mrs. Brown was so much
better she said: Il will not need you
after this morning. The girls went to
work pretty sad. Mary took the baby
out for a ride. AS she walked along
she saw something lying in the mud.
She picked it up and found it was a
purse full of money.
ooh, l wonder who it belongs to-"
thought Mary. She found it belonged
to a wealthy man, who told her she
could have it and keep it for her own.
Mary was no longer sad. When she
told her mamma about it she was sur
prised. Mary said: Mamma, you need
not give us the other dimes we Will
have plenty without it,"
Mary and Jessie bought the things
for which they had planned. They had
some money left and did not know
what to do with it. ooh, Jessie said
Mary, lets buy something for Jack.
mamma, papa, grandma and grandpa.
They We're very happy when they
went to bed Christmas eve and so were
Arthur and his mamma.
NINA ANDERSON,
Seventh grade, Plaza school, Ventura,
Cal.
Mary picked walnuts all the walnut
picking months. She made 81 at this
and with the money her mother gave
her made IS. Jessie set up a dolls
dressmaking establishment and dressed
girls dolls for Christmas. She charged
cents for making a dress, 2 cents for
a hat and cents for a coat. All the
little girls wanted their dolls dressed
all fresh for Christmas, so she made
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-20
GOLD IDOLS OF COSTA RIGA
Austrian Describes the Indians and
Their Customs

Gold idols by the handful from Costa
Rica and plenty more there, is the at
tractive story of young Austrian.
Emile Mosonyi, who visited the au-
thorities at the Smithsonian institution
recently. Mr. MOsonyi is a mining en-
gineer and has spent altogether about
seven years in Costa Rica and the
nearby islands. He journeyed to the
mountains to look for minerals, and
says he found them in plenty, but con-
siders the Indians of the region much
more interesting and potentially quite
as valuable as the mines. Speaking of
his experience to a Star reporter he
said:
1.-THE Indians bury their dead with
out anything to mark the spot, and
they never bury their gold objects with
the dead. They put into the graves OBJ
jects of pottery and household effects
so that when the dead return they will
be able to use them, or perhaps they
think that the spirit of the utensil
goes along with the dead, for they all
ways destroy the usefulness of the pot
terry vessel by knocking a hole in 1t.
With the fabrics and wooden objects
it is impossible to tell what they do,
as they are mostly destroyed by age
when discovered.
81 brought back a few of the gold
images with me and might have gotten
more. bul L l4lllh THAT the soulllilSOn-
ian institution will be interested in
making excavations. The Indians at
present are very highly developed ar
tistically and some of their work is as
good as anything that could be done
in this country"
In proof Mr. Mosonyi produced the
half of a gourd of very hard and
smooth fiber 1t is called jicago by the
natives and the work on it was exc
he ri Of Indians
The outside of the gourd had been
stained black and polished very high
ly. On this had been etched a medal
lion frame, and within the portraits
of two Indians, the picture part of the
etching being about four inches in
greatest length. The design is spiral,
vine line frame, inclosing a second
frame of conventional Roman key. The
picture inside of this is cross-hatched
with the point of a needle. 1t is con-
sidered marvelously fine work, being
almost as fine as siXty-eight line
half-tone screen.
The gold objects, of which the ex-
plorer displayed a handful. were all
small ornaments that might have been
used as fetishes or personal decora-
tions or both. Some of them are in
the form of human figures, some Of
conVentionalized birds and animals,
and all have in them one or two small
rings by which they might have been
suspended around a neck. Some are
as much as two inches long and weigh
several ounces, and others are scarcely
more than half an inch long
All of them had been cast hollow and
finished with a craving tool or polisher
on the diverse side. They were bright
and clean, as though they had just
been finished, but some of the experts
of the bureau of ethnology thought that
they might be genuine, as the form
and the Workmanship are character
istic of the authenticated native work
of the region.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-20

about So. Her mother added S. and
with Marys money their had $lS.
Mary and Jessie's mother took this
money and bought nice, warm dresses
and stockings and shoes for the
mother and baby. They bought the
boy some shoes and stockings ana
clothing They baked turkey ana
cakes and pies, and put in some medl-
cine for the dear sick mother. When
Christmas came they put the things IN
a big basket and took it to the BOY
home. where they knocked and then
ran away. The little boy went to the
door, got the basket and took it in.
The mother could hardly beueVe ner
own eyes. She said it was a mistake,
but no, there were their names on
top, so they opened the basket, put on
the new clothing and had a feast. They
we're very thankful for the blessings.
SCOTTIE PARTIN,
Ell Monte. Cal.
Mary had number of beautiful rose
bushes in full bloom. She arranged
the roses in pretty bouquets and went
around to her friends to try and sell
them. When she told them what she
was doing it for they We're very glad
to help her. and she soon sold one
dollars worth.
She gave the money to her mother,
who put the dollar to it she had prom
ised to and laid it aside for her.
Jessie ran errands for the neighbors
and she, too, soon earned one dollar.
When she took it to her mother her
mother gave her one dollar. so they
had 81 to spend for some good,-warm
clothes for the unfortunate family.
Mary and Jessie's mother went with
them to help them select the things
that they thought the family would
need most Then they took them over
to the family and the little ones were
so happy to get the nice clothes and
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-20

TLY away. little bird, fly away
II The north wind, 1t blows,
u And the last garden rose,
Has been gathered this many day.
Wee wings will grow weary 1 say,
Beating the wind,
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-20

charge it up to them. Next they went
to the furniture store and bought q bed
and some chairs for Arthur's mother.
All she had to lie upon was some
boards put on some boxes with some
ragged bedclothes on. Their chairs
were only boxes.
When Arthur and his mother found
what Mary and Jessie had done they
were very happy and very thankful.
GRANT WHITE.
Duarte public school, grade T. Age
Il years.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-01
Forces Moving From South
west and Northwest Meet
in New York.
WIND BLOWS A GALE,
AND SHIPS I'm DISTRESS
Coney Island Bath-Houscs Blown
Down and Brighton Beach Track
Converted Into a Lake-Ex-
trcme Cold for the Sea-
son Throughout
Country.

= YEw YORK, April so.-Two
IN storms. one from the south
west, which has been advanc-
i ing rapidly from the Pacific
coast. and another which has
moved more slowly from the north
west, reached New York In dead heat
Tonight.
The storm from the south brought
rain, while the counter dlstrrbance
spread snow over the western part OF
New York State, but blew itself dry
before reaching this city. Here coun,
ter winds OF forty-odd miles velocity
played havoc In exposed places, among
other things tearing down dozen trees
In Central Park.
squar-rigged sailing vessel was
lriven ashore off Fire Island, and In the
East River a three-masted schooner all
but ran down Bellevue Hospital. A
tug got line on the schooner as the
latter's long projecting boom. seemed
about to pierce the breakwater and
ram hole through the isolating ward.
The physicians In the ward were
thrown into panic. The wind blew
In the glass front OF ~estibule Of a
trolley car in Brooklyn. The motorman
was badly cut. and for a time his car
ran Wild 1t was stopped by the con-
duckor, and no one was injured.
Two hundred bath houses at Coney
Island were blown down, seas covered
Seaside Park with foot OF water. and
the Brighton Beach race e-track was con-
verted into a lake. Toward midnight
the weather cleared, though the wind
still blew strong.
During the height OF the storm to-
night an elevated train was derailei
in Brooklyn. resulting In tie-up on
the Brooklyn Bridge and crush at
both terminals. Upstate reports were
broken for late snow-storms. Roches-
ter and jamestown reported falls OF
four inches 49sf
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-01
! sDANvILLE SALOONS CLOSE
re ported 'Ti,at "Dry" voters who Have
Inid IN suppIics VIII be rnbIIsic d.

tspeclal TO The Times Dispatch.j
DANV1LLE. VA. April 30.--1n ac.
cordance witt, the local option election
held here on the 18th. eighteen sn.
at o'clock tonight While the sa-
Icons were filled to overflowing with
patrons, there was little disorder to-
night, though a great number OF Cit
izens took advantage Of the reduced
prices to lay In supply The Daily
Bee to-day, published the following
sensational story:
There is a persistent rumor on
the streets to-day that the pro-
prIetors Of the various saloons In
the city have been keeping list
OF the citizens who voted dry in,
TIC recent election. and who. dur
ing the past several days have
purchased a considera BILE supply of
whiskey and other intoxicating
beverages. The rumor goes that
the list of this peculiar class of
patrons Of the saloons will be pub
lished In tho daily papers, and. II
such be the case. cold SILVER Will
run down the backs of some OF the
prohibition advocates. While, of
course. the report Is not absolute
ly authentic, 1t may develop to be
true 1t is stated that the list of
names Will be headed by the pro-
verb. Consistency, thou are
jewel" Such list would certainly
make very interesting reading. and
would cause condemnation In the
rank and file OF the prohibition
advocates. 1t is scarcely possible
that the full list osn be published
in one day. and the names will
have 10 be printed in serial form.
'It Is reported that photographers
have taken snapshots. OF some
of the 'drys' elbowing against the
bar counters and gazing at their
faces through the gilded mirrors.
People with cameras Were seen at
one OF the whiskey auction sales
to-day but for what purpose. 1t is
not Known