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The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-05-22
Cost of Milk Production.

(farmerS and DrOverS' JOurnaD
Two elements are essential in
economical milk productions good
COW and an intelligent dairyman. The
dalryman must be capable of being
instructed and broad enought to
comprehend the needs of the COW
market. Dairying has been reduced
to a science, which means that all
the facts connected with milk pro-
duction have been methodically ar
ranged under cause and effect, so
that the farmer who his
dairy according to the demon
strated system of economy can ex-
pect certain results.
The reservoir that receives no
fresh supply OF water soon stag
mates. The cow need not have an
ancestral pedigree, but she should
have normal functional development
to start a genealogy of good pro-
ducers. 1t often occurs that a COW
Is Improbable on account of neglect
and being underfed. Like other an
imals on the farm, where much is
expected of them there should be
liberal rations and systematic treat
ment. Professional dairying is an
nually growing in Importance with
the increase of the consumption Of
milk, cream and butter in cities.
AS land increases in value live
Stock husbandry that demands in
creased labor supersedes grain hus-
bandry. In the older agricultural
states dairying predominates, as in
New York, Iowa, Wisconsin, Him
OILS, Pennsylvania and Minnesota,
which report from 100000 to L.
$4,000 COWS in the dairy industry.
The highest priced lands Of Europe
are operated to dairy husbandry. The
states where dairying is making
the most rapid progress are where
the greatest percentage of the land
Is adapted to pasture or the pro-
duction of crops for dairy COWS. Iowa
in particular is fast forging to the
front as a dairy state, being nearly
on a parity with New York, her
most formidable rival.
Corn lis rich in carbohydrates
that build up fat and create heat and
energy, while oats. clover, alfalfa,
gluten, cottonseed meal and bran are
rich in protein, which makes blood
and tissue in animals. When 1t is
considered hat rs per cent of the
solids in milk is protein and 4 per
cent carbon or fat it is easily seen
that cows need a ration rich in pro-
tein or economic milk production.
AT the dairy experiment stations
of Nebraska, New Jersey and On
tario, Canada, the cost of feed per
COW ranged at $22 to $46.19 per an
mum, The average milk production
$40 per COW. At the New Jersey
station the average return for two
years from the five best COWS of the
herd was SGT greater in value OF
milk produced than from the five
poorest cows that were fed like RAJ
tons and received the same treat
ment. The dairymen to achieve the
highest success in the milk industry
must take personal supervision of
the herd and eliminate inferior pro-
ULCERS.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-05-22

capital or labor. ThesAttraetiye fen
ture of mining Investment Is the
chance of exceedingly large profits.
AS stated, the element of chance
cannot be fully eliminated from min
ing investments, but al investor can
have no complaint to make II he is
given an honest run for his money.
Ex-senator w. A. Clark, one of the
most successful mining men In the
country and multimillionaire, stat
ed before a committee in Washing
ton on the Arizona statehood ques-
ton, zone man can see as far into
the ground as another" This was
said in reference to the prospective
value of Mr.. Clarke's United Verde
mines and it is true of all mining
properties.
II hidden treasures of the earth
were revealed there would be little
opportunity for mining speculation.
No fortune could be made by the in
vestment Of a few dollars, as has Of
ten been the. case, except by actual
discovery. Shares Of a young mining
company would be placed on the
market at their actual value and an
investor would not have the oppor-
tunity to buy at a few cents a share
and watch the stock advance until he
is made a rich man.
SO the element of chance in min
ing speculation is the real feature of
the business, it is the feature that
makes millionaires out Of poor men;
that gives the clerk, the laborer, the
business man. and the capitalist alike
a chance to make large profits from
small investments.
An investor should first secure in
formation concerning the various
mining properties, then select the
one that is believed to offer the best
returns, go to a broker and gel his
opinion; then, If satisfied, make the
purchase. A broker wants his clients
to make money on the investments
and in all cases should give the best
advice. Good advice and honest in
formation furnished by the broker
results in good returns upon the in
vestment and builds up his business,
and it is reasonable to believe that
he will deal honestly with his clients
and advise them to the best of his
ability as to what are the best prop
critics in which to invest.
1t does not take a great financier
to figure that the present time is the
best to invest in mining stocks. Very
few mining shares are today selling
at an inflated rate. A few dollars
now will buy double the number of
shares the same amount will when
times are good and money plentiful.
Even a relief from the financial
s singency will double an investment
made now and in addition one has
the advantage of any advancement
made by successful operation of the
mines in which he has stock. Good
stock purchased now and laid away is
almost certain to result benehcially
to its owner.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-05-22
How Long is Four Minutes.

A
An interesting example of dramatic
ppeal to human experience during a
trial and conclusive test of the APP
cal, close a case in a western court
.ot long ago.
The plaintiff was suing a railway
fer damages to a building that had
ben set on ire, it was alleged, by
arks from a locomotive.
Counsel for the road based his
defense on the ground that, since
The fire was seen by the employees on
the train, and the train was In the
station only four minutes, the fire
must therefore have been set be-
fore the engine pulled into the sta
ton. -Four minutes, he commended,
constituted a period not long enough
for a fire to start and get under way.
On the other hand. counsel for the
plaintiff argued in this wise: If a
young man, sitting on a sofa with his
best girl, is holding her hand, the
time travels like an express train.
But If you dump a lot Of sparks on
the pine roof Of a dry building in
GUNNER, four minutes is ample to
settle the fate Of the structure, de-
spite all efforts to save 1t. There
were some incredulous smiles In
court at this. The attorney took out
his watch and, handing it to the
foreman Of the jury, requested him
10 announc the termination of a per-
cd of four minutes. +,
The jurymen leaned over and
ieoked at the watch. Then they got
red and settled back in their seats.
The foreman of the Jury lowered is
End as the signal of the beginning
IF the four minutes and then rested
It on his knee. The attorney shifted
his feet a few times and then sat
down. The Judge looked at the
clock awhile, and then gazed alb
stractedly u of the window. A
deputy marshal looked in at the door
to see what was the matter, and
patiently awaited the result Of the
curious scene. Nearly every man in
the court room had a watch in his
land, carefully studying the face OF
1t, The counsel for the plaintiff was
sacrificing four minutes of his time;
but he felt that they were well in.
vested.
AT last the foreman Of the jury
announced the termination of the
test. To every person in the room
the four minutes had seemed at leas1
twice as long. The Judge himself
afterwards said that it seemed like
fifteen. The ordeal had the eRec'
upon the jury that the attorney hat
calculated. 1t was an object lesson
a striking exemplifcation Of VIVA
might happen in four minutes. Ac
cordingly the jury found that the de
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-05-22
MUST INSPECT CATTLE.
Federal Authorities Issue Instruction
Which Affects Live Stock In
This County.

-
This County.
The following notice has been is
sued TO stockmen in this and adj
joining counties, and is herewith pub
lished at the request Of r. v. Payne,
Cattle Inspector for Pennington
County, and he wishes to empha ize
the necessity of complying with the
inspection regulations without de-
lay.
Whereas the state laws of South
Dakota require that all cattle In the
state that are affected with cattle
scab shall be treated according to the
regulations of the Bureau of Animal
industry, and whereas Pennington
County is in said infected area, stock
men are hereby notified that all cattle
must be treated according to above
regulations, before being put upon
the open range.
All cattle upon the open range
must be gathered and treated be-
fore the first day of June, 1908.
This is deemed necessary, in order
that the infection be wiped out and
the Federal quarantine be raised
from our cattle shipments.
You will please notify me, or some
Federal Inspector, as supervision of
dipping is necessary.
Very respectfully,
r. v. PAYNE,
Pennington County Cattle Inspector.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-05-22
SHE Is DEAD.
1t is An Established Fact that Mrs,
Guinness Is Dead,

GUINNESS IS Dead,
LaPorte, Indiana, May 19.-Tna
gold teeth of Mrs. Guinness that it
was known she had in her mouth
were found in the ruins of the Gun
ness home here today. I. NJ. Nor
ton. the dentist. who put in her
teeth, has positively identified them.
Prosecutor Smith declares that her
death is now an established fact and
that there is no question of her
death in the fire.
1t is announced that an indictment
is expected to be returned by the
grand jury this week inG;cting Lam
phere and that the prosecuting at
torney will move the case to trial on
next Monday.
The coroner here today issued a
certificate to the effect that one of
the bodies found on the Guinness
farm was that of Jennie Olson. A
letter from David Hicken, of Wau-
kesha, Wisconsin, states G. Riedger,
of Delefeld, Wisconsin, had disap-
peared a year ago, and that he had
announced that he VS. going to La
Porte and marry a beautiful rich
widow. Later advices were received
stating that the man had decided not
to marry the widow and that he was
going out west. Mrs. Jennie Goa
ham, of Waukesha, Wisconsin, mas
written to the sheriff inquiring for
her brother, John Graham, wno
disappeared from there a yeai ago
and was last seen in Racine county,
Wisconsin, and is supposed 10 be one
of the Guinness victims.
LaPorte, Indiana, May 19.-That
Mrs. Guinness died in the flames at
which her home was destroyed on
April %, 1t was shown here today
when the searchers in the ruins dis
covered a bridge containing false
teeth of lower jaw Of a woman The
set Of teeth tally exactly with a des-
cription and diagram furnished by
the dentist who built the bridge and
who identifies them positive as those
of Mrs. Guinness. In view of the
unmfstakable evidence including the
finding q week ago of rings belong
ing to Mrs. Guinness, Coroner Mack
states this evening he would render
official verdict that the burned body
was that of Mrs. Guinness.
Trondhjem, Norway, May 49,
Bryndheld Poulsdotter is the maiden
name of Mrs. Belle Guinness, of La,
Porte, Indiana, according to the
authorities of this village, Zibie. The
woman was born in Zil'e, November
Is, 1859. The village records
show that she left Norway for
America thirty years ago, and that
tie only surviving relatives in the
village was a sister, who died last
tr.day. 1t is said. that the sister had
not heard from Belle" for several
years. The police is convinced that
Belle has not returned to Norway.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-05-22
11nny woods In t,s.-

AS many kinds of wood are used
In the making of a piano as in this
making of a house or an ocean-
going ship . Certain woods possess
qualities demended by a piano man.
tufacturer, and no substitutes will
be taken.
The sounding board, for instance,
Is never made Of anything but spruce.
1T Is q thin piece-more frequently
several pieces glued together the
whole thing would hardly make
enough kindling for a fire, If a hat
Chef were used on it But it is the
one essential thing, and without It
there could be no piano
1T is selected with care, seasoned
in the mpst painstaking manner,
cut and shaped by experts, and it
becomes the soul and life of the in
strument. Had the spruce used in
a sounding board gone to the pulp
mill instead of the piano factory, it
would make about enough paper for
a couple of sheets of music.
The pianos frame, the part which
holds the strings and endures the
incessant strain Of several tons, is
usually of elm. Bicycle rims are of
the same wood, and the enormous
load which a thin strip weighing a
few ounces can carry is we'll known.
The visible part Of the piano is the
veneer, the thin shell of wood glued
over the outside Of the frame. The
music would be as fine and the frame
as strong without the veneer. But it
adds beauty, and for that reason a
beautiful wood is selected, and is
stained, vanished and polished. 1t
may be walnut, mahogany, oak, ASH
maple, cherry or rosewood. 1t is as
thin as an eggshell, but it hides the
heavy poplar planks to which it Is
glued. Yellow poplar is nearly al
ways used for backing of piano We
neer.
Maple and cedar are commonly
used for bridges, levers, hammer
shanks, backstops, and other small
%mechanisms, while white pine is ex-
cellent for keys. Perhaps not more
than one or two of the states grow
all the kinds Of wood used in making
a good piano. Suitable materials
must be brought together from dis
tant places; but all of those neces-
sary are found in sufficient quant;-
ties in the United States; though
considerable amounts of the finest
foreign woods are brought in for
veneer on high grade instruments.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-05-22
Charge Conspiracy.

New York, May 19.-High govern
ment officials at Washington are al
legged to conspire to obtain possession
of letters said to nave been writ
ten by Senator Platt to Miss Wood.
An unsigned statement was intro
duced in evidence during the hearing
of Miss Wood in her suit for divorce
against the senator. The statement
bears what purports to be the sig
nature OF j.. Martin Miller and in
wolves the names of William II. Leob,
secretary for President Roosevelt and
Robert Wynn, consul general at Lon
don, formerly assistant postmaster
general. The statement charges they
wanted to secure the letters in order
to hold them over the head of the
senator. In a statement made at
Washington and London tonight 18th
Leob and Wynn denied that tl.ey
knew anything about il.
For wedding rings, wedding an
nivarSarv and hjrthdov oifto coo
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-05-22

the shark has picked out u weaker
pair, which he does with as much de-
lay as possible in order to cause ali
the strain on the poor customers
eyes that he will stand for, so as to
relax his accommodation and make
him feel relieved when a weaker
pair is tried. He does not know
that the relief is only temporary, and
thus in a great many cases, he be-
comes a purchase with the journal
thrown in as a premium, instead of
vice versa.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-05-22
The Poultry Yard.
(May Farm journal.

Good sour milk is fine for little
chicks and the big ones. too. Give
them some every day.
find beets far superior to any
kind Of roots. | hang them up so
that the fowls will have to stretch to
get them.
Sitting hens are lice breeders. This
is one reason why the incubator is
to be preferred for Matching chickens
1t Is not too Late to order q setting
Of eggs to introduce some new blood
into your floclts. Better do 1t right
away
Hens that are set out doors in
barrel nests will not only do better
but will be less likely to have YER
mine to contend with.
feed my chickens On boards that
are kept clean by scrubbing and since
doing SO have not lost a chicken
with the gaps.
The secret in growing May Matched
chickens is to feed well, provide
some shade in the runs, and see that
the chicks get some green food.
The first thing that should be done
after removing the pretty downy
chicks and their mother from the
nest is to destroy with fire the old
filling in that nest.
If the chicks are not growing
something is sure to be wrong with
the management. Keep them housed
from cold winds and dampness. Chill
ing lowers the vitality.
The first of May is a good time to
set the turkey eggs, as the weather is
warmer and there is less danger Of
the cold, rainy spells that so tell on
the April-hatched turkey.
A red rag hung to the top of a
four foot stick in ground near the
coop will give the hawks and the
crows a pointer that they had better
keep away; they are likely to mind
It too. -.
Never fuss with a sitting hen;
let her alone. See that she is con-
stantly provided with food and water
SO that she can help herself at will,
and then allow her to do the rest.
She knows her business.
Spectacle CRATER.
Barnum said: 'The American peo-
pie like to be humbugged." And the
Dakotans r good Americans in
this respect. The latest graft here
IS being worked by a number OF
sharks under the guise of being rep
resentatives of prominent papers and
magazines, but who are nothing more
nor less than spectacle vendors in
disguise.
1t Is the custom of many papers to
oner premiums to new subscribers,
said premiums consisting of works Of
literature, maps Of states, ETC., foz
which they make no extra charge,
These men have no regular price
but charge whatever their victim
will stand for, the prices running
rom 81 to $40 per pair for glasses
that cost them from $3.50 to 500
per dozen.
Their modus operandi is some.
thing like the following: Hello
stranger. do you wear glasses? w,
are giving them away today
WherenponS the vendor reaches dow,
into his pocket. draws out a dozen o.
more, selects a strong pair, place
them on the nose of his victim an,
hands a copylof his journal to him t,
read. In great many instances, tn
glasses are purposely SO storing tina
ne us unable to see through them
! but he IL told to xeep them unit
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-05-22
To Entertain Governors.

Washington, May 1.-two elabo-
rate social functions will mark the
conference on national resources now
being held at the White House, at
which numerous governors and other
distinguished men are in attendance.
Clifford Pinchot, chief forester OF the
government, will be the host tonight.
and will entertain the visiting no.
tables at an elaborate reception. To-
morrow afternoon Mrs. Roosevelt
will give a lawn party on the south
grounds of the White House, to
which all delegates to the conference,
with their wives, sisters and daugh-
ters, have been invited.
The residence Of Clifford Pinchot,
the governments chief forester, who
is to give a reception tonight to all
the members of the conference, is
situated on Rhode Island avenue.
just removed from Scott Circle. 1t
is one of the largest houses in the
city Of Washington, and it is ad-
mirably adapted for entertainment
purposes. Mr.. Pinchot, as most peo-
pie probably know, is an exceedingly
wealthy man, who has absolutely no
need for the small salary which the
government pays MIN for his hard
work, but who follows the work be-
cause of sheer love for it. There will
be no ladies invited to the reception
at Mr.. Pinchot's residence. Large
as the house is, 1t could not con-
tain the throng that would be pres
ent II the invitations were to be
made general.
The really picturesque entertain
ment for the visitors will be Mrs.
Roosevelt's garden party tomorrow.
There are several acres Of ground
enclosed by the iron fence on the
Potomac side Of the White House.
There are great forest trees within
the enclosure, and the grass is a
green carpet. The south porch of
the White House, guarded by its
white pillars, overlooks the lawn and
the old-fashioned garden. Mrs.
Roosevelt's own creation. It is many
years since the White House grounds
have been used for entertainment
purposes except only in the case of
the children of the city, who. on Eas-
ter Monday, are allowed to gather
there for their egg rolling" fes-
tivities.
The Timber Supply.
Our American consul at Lyons,
France, writes of the wood working
establishment there. using chiefly
poplar wood which is grown by the
8rmers. He adds: Every farmer
rows poplars along the bitches and
the roadsides. Some farmers have q
hundred thousand poplar trees, and
realize quite an income from their
sale" The timber supply Of Ameri.
ca ultimately must come from a sim.
liar source, and the sooner we gel
at 1t the better.
England is greatly alarmed about
her wood supply. She has been 8
steady.importer for generations. Con.
sui Mahin, writing from nottingham
says: "a large part OF England's i'm;
ports were formerly drawn from
Germany, which ow not only can.
not export timber, but Is herself al
importer. The United States Is alst
practically closed as q source of sup
ply. Mahogany Is imported from
Mexico, Cuba and the West midas
andlOak from Russia and Japan bu
o III other, varieties loch dealer
ray Canada and Baltic regions Of,
~ -@nake..fV So Aa1r Z.--1.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-05-22
Economy After Waste.

Ihe Imagination Is strongly affect
ed by the governors conference at
the White House, which suggests the
power and greatness of the country
and has a spectacular and dramatic
interest. But it is hard logic that
has brought the conference about.
The condition of the natural re-
sources of the United States is such
that some. general movement for
their protection may be regarded as
absolutely necessary, and under no
circumstances could it be postponed
many years. The logic appears in
the facts that are recited by Clifford
Pinchot, chief of the Forest service,
IN a bulletin sent out recently by
the Agricultural Department to
which we shall now refer.
This country had at one time a
million square miles Of timber land,
the. most magnificent forests OF the
globe. Its people thought the for
ests inexhaustible and treated them
as though they were, but we now
have reached a point where the
growth Of our forests is but one
third of the annual cut while we
have in store timber enough for only
twenty or thirty years at our pres
ent rate of use."
This is a bad story, but 1t is only
the beginning. The older oil fields
are exhausted already, natural gas
has been wasted until the supply
has failed in many places. It is
said that our anthracite coal fields
are in danger OF being exhausted
in fifty years, the bituminous in a
hundred years. Our ranges in the
west from which we first drove the
buffalo to cover them again with
cattle and sheep are capable Of sup
porting but one-half Of what they
could under intelligent management,
and the price of beef is raised &C
cordingly."
We are really suffering now from
the c~arelessness Of the past, and SO
are beginning to realize that pro-
lection. Is necessary. We see, too,
that 1t is desirable to consider nat
ural resources at the same time and
to prepare for united efforts to save
them. This is what the forester
CALLS the new point of view.
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The Western linton Accident II.
surance company Of Pierre. s j..
is arranging to open q branch Office
in this city, making it the central,
point for the Black Hills country.
R. Bruce French has been appointed
superintendent for the division.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-05-22

PENDANTS engine had satficient time
in which to fire the building, and that
the fire had ample time in which to
get under way and create a blaze
which the men on the train could
see. A verdict of damages was
brought in to the amount of some
fifteen thousand dollars.