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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-03-19
TO PUSH BELLE FoURcHE WORK
Uncle Sam Will BE Able to Open Big
Tract This Year.

Uncle Sam Will Be Able to Open Big
Tract This Year.
Since 1t has been practically decid-
ed that Orman & Crook, the bankrupt
contractors, will not attempt to CON-
plete the work on the Belle Fourche
irrigation project, the government has
been taking steps toward speedy re-
sumption of work, and now is perfect
ing plan whereby this will be start
ed in a few weeks and continued un-
til the work is completed.
Twenty-Five per cent OF the Orman
& Crook contract is finished. and one
half Of the entire project is completed.
1t Is estimated that 1t will require six
years to complete the project. AS the
work stands to-day there are 10000
acres Of land on the south side Of the
creek on which the water can be turn
ed this year, making 1t ready for i'm
mediate purchase by the public. For
this land the government will receive
$3.50 per acre for the use OF the water
from the ditch, giving q revenue Of
$4,000. This amount will be used to
finish the north side Of the creek. For
the six years the government will re-
ceive $4,000 from the users OF water
on the south side and $4,000 from
the north side, which, together with
the tools and horses OF the Orman &
Crook company seized by the govern
ment, will come close to making up
the 100000 which will have to be ex-
pended before the entire work is COM
pleted.
It is on these lines that the govern.
ment figures that it can complete the
project cheaper and better than by
granting a new contract.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-03-19

]. e. Fancher of Sioux Falls, who
for about three years has been state
organizer for the International Typo
graphical union, will go to Minneapo-
lis, where he will engage in business
and remain permanently He had in
tended leaving for Minneapolis March
I. but on the request of the officers Of
the international union he will remain
1t Sioux Falls to give the information
al ofhcers an opportunity to make a
selection Of his successor In South Da-
Kota.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-03-19
JURY DOUBTS woMAN's STORY
Mrs. Habour Of Rapid City Held for
Girls Death.

Mrs. Habour Of Rapid City Held for
Girls Death.
Despite the fact that she testified on
the stand that the shooting in which
she killed her adopted daughter, Rose
Adams, was purely accidental, the cor
oner's jury ct Rapid City found that
Mrs. Mary Harbour shot and killed
the girl while in fit of uncontrolla-
BILE anger" Mrs. Harbour was over
come with the verdict. She was I'M
mediately remanded to JAIL
Mrs. Harbour made lengthy statN-
ment of the shooting to the police.
She said In part:
1T was all an accident. Rose was
adopted by me when lived In Omaha
fourteen years ago, and loved her as
my own child. She was a strong
Catholic and was much impressed
with the story Of the anarchist killing
the priest at Denver recently, and also
was excited over the fact that burg
lars recently had made an attempt to
get into the home OF some neighbors.
Rose came directly into our rooms
from school. The door was not locked,
as has been stated. We kept revolt
yer In the dresser and Rose, taking 1t,
placed it in her hand and smiling, said,
I'll be an anarchist was frighten-
ed and told her she might shoot her.
self, and just as grabbed for the gun
there was a flash and somehow 1t
went OF and the girl lay dying at my
feet.
81 do not know whether she or
had hold Of the gun, was SO excited
over e possible accident. We did not
quarrel previously to the affair, and
was not intoxicated. sometimes
take a glass Of beer, but never get in
Itoxicated."
Or. and Mrs. Elliott, who lived
across the hall from the Harbours,
testified that the girl found her moth
er's room locked and borrowed a key
from them, and that soon afterward
they heard violent quarreling and then
several shots before Mrs. Harbour ap-
peared. They declared that she was
under the influence of liquor at the
time.
Mrs. Harbour is progressing look
ing woman about thirty-six years old.
Two years ago she married Charles
Harbour, bartender of Rapid City In
Omaha, where she had formerly re-
sided. Harbour is her second hus-
band, Rose Adams, the dead girl, TAX
ing the name of Mrs. Harbour's dead
husband, Adams.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-03-19
TO GET CARNEGIE MEDAL.
Young Man Who Makes Heroic Res
A.s> q Rka$Ap 10 4.ssn ~ A.aa~d

Young Man Who Makes Heroic Res
cue Of Skater 10 Sure Of Award.
The commission which has charge
OF the awarding Of the Carnegie hero
medals is investigating the rescue by
a South Dakota young man named
Earl Vanscotter, who saved the life of
John Flockman, companion. while
the two were skating on the Missouri
river. The companion skated into an
airhole and was saved by Vanscotter
at great risk Vanscotter resides near
Greenwood, Charles Mix county. It is
assured that he will receive Carne-
gle gold medal, but whether he also
will receive a cash award from the
fund provided for the purpose by Mr..
Carnegie is unknown at this time.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-03-19

During q quarrel over q trivial at.
fair. Mrs. Charles s. Barbour OF Rapid
City, shot her seventeeny- ear-old
adopted daughter. Rose Adams, in the
head, and the girl died two hours later
without sregaining consciousness. No
one witnessed the tragedy.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-03-19
Cut VIII Not Fall or.

Ishpeming, Mich, March 15.-It Is
predicted that the cut OF timber In
Upper Michigan this year will show
little II any decrease from 1907. At
Iron Mountain alone the railroad has
handled $50 carloads daily for the last
several months.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-03-19

An order has been issued for the
converting OF term Of state circuit
court In Potter county on March %.
A grand Jury has been summoned, this
being the flrst grand jury to be sum.
moned "a that county since 1894.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-03-19
Armour Bartender ! suicide.

Armour, S. D, March lis. Peter
HaImann, q bartender ID Henry
Kurtz's saloon. killed himself last
night by blowing his brains out with
revolver.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-03-15
A LITTLE STUDY IN TIPS.
Young Men GOInG Counting the BARRIERS
best Customer.

more from young men before they are
married than after said the communica-
tive barber, talking about tips, and most
from young men who are going counting,
This doesn't mean. you understand, that
single young men are more generous with
tips than married men are. but simply
that they come in oftener when single and
% leave more morey,
"A young unmarried man who is going
counting goes to see his girl two or three
times a week, or very likely %oftener, and
Of course he must always 90 spick and
span ana clean shaver. Now very prob
ably this young man shaves himself and
does this commonly after he gets home az
the end OF the day before he goes out In the
evening. .
but now suppose he should DO detained
at the store or the ONCE 30 that he wouldn't
have time TO shave at home before going
out, for il wouldn't do for him 10 be late
where he Ia going. He knows how his
work is running and whether he 10 going
TO be detained IT that or not, and II he finds
he is going 10 be, why then he snabs out
in the course OF the day when things let
up a little, time enough 10 run in 70 the
BARRIERS and get shaved before he goes
home. Or for that matter II may be that
he is going out with his girl that evening
and so wouldn't have tried TO shave after
he got home even II he got there a. his
regular time.
$50 the young man who commonly would
shave himself may, when he lie going court.
ing, run in to the BARRIERS 10 get shaved
two or three times a week, and OF course
he leaves q tip every time, but after he's
married he doesn't come in so often. Not
that he takes any less care Of himself then,
IA less careful about his appearance, but
then he is going TO HE own home. where
Il is permitted 10 him 10 shave az such hour
as may be most convenient 70 him,
'0f course whether single or married a
mar can't cut his own hair, and 30 the
man married still comes In regularly TO get
his hair cut, but not nearly so often as
before 10 get shaved. and 90 il Is from the
young unmarried man, and this when he
10 going counting, that we get the most
tips
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-03-15
MOST IRISH OF ISLANDS
INISHMAANu I'M But NOT or KING
EDWARD'S REALM.

No Taxes Nor Rent Paid in the Home Of
the Descendants OF the FrboiEs
Fairies Rule There, Though Curious
Customs and Charming simplicity
INuHNAAN, or the coast Of Ireland,
March i.-Englishmen themselves are
scarcely aware Of the fact that within the
United Kingdom there Is a spot-this small
lshnd-where the people have paid neither
rates nor taxes nor rent for three years
They have no police, nc o~oastguard, no
lighthouse, nor anything that can remind
than that they are the subjects OF Edward
VII.
II you want to indulge in the simple life
this is the place to visit, For a fortnight
al a time you may hear nothing Of the world
outside, but II the weather lie good a steamer
comes out from Galway three times a week.
During a recent storm we were not visited
for. A fortnight, and we were all on short
Commons.
am working away at Irish. which is the
most difficult tongue, though my own.
that ] ever tackled. The aspirations and
e~cllpses play the deuce with ones brains,
vet the smallest children here never make
Z mistake. Here is an example;
SGsb I lett Is pronounced -Gullia.' The
b and I sre aspirsted and become silent, yet
even 80 il Is hard to get "Gullla' from what
remains. II means Come here"
Admar lucky IA pronounced aver.
Caoiteamail (opportunel is pronounced kee-
kool,
Meudugad increasing, Is pronounced maed-
hoo.
These are only a few Of the least puzEling
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-03-15
ASKED TO BE BURIED ALIVE.
Mode Of Death Selected by . ChlnGman
Condemned for FratrlC;de.

Rough justice as IL il administered in
most parts Of China 10 sometimes tempered
by individual tastes, as an incident printed
in one OF the China port journals attests.
A man in Suohien, condemned to die, pre-
ierred to be buried alive, and his wishes were
carried out to the letter.
During the famine two brothers who
lived in Suchien fought desperately 10
stave OF starvation from their families
and bad blood arose between them. At
last the elder brother sold his fathers
coffin for food. When he refused 70 divide
the proceeds with his younger brother the
latter cut Cd his head with a ~cleayer.
Because II was too expensive TO carry
tina murderer several scores OF miles 10
the nearest yamen OF justice. the local
eldeIs, including the father OF the muir.
derer whose comm had been sold, sat in
Justice upon the culprit and condemned
him to death. He asked that he be buried
alive instead OF receiving the horrible
torture OF the thirty slices The father
interceded with the other elders to get
them 10 grant his sons request.
A grave waa dug, and the victim, with
his arms and feet securely bound, was
trundled 10 a wheelbarrow TO the edge
Of the pit by his wife, There upon the
murderer's own request HE bonds were
loosed and he walked to the grave, o ered
himself into II and was ready.
The victims wife put q felt hat over his
mouth AZ his request, and th,n she helped
the elders to Ill In tbs grave with siI feet
Of earth,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-03-15
WOODEN COLLAR BUTTONS
Produced Here In Enormous Numbers Gor
Special Uses.

SpNNN@N
Collar buttons are made not only Of
various metals but also and In great
numbers Of wood.
Round sticks OF wood are fed into
machines which turn the buttons and out
them on automatically. Taken from the
turning machines the collar buttons thus
made are placed, thousands Of them at
once, in a barrel shaped receptacle contain
ing japan varnibh, In which they are rolled
and tumbled until each is completely
coated.
To be dried they are placed, thousands at a
time, in . similar drying apparatus in which
they are rolled and tumSled again, to keep
them from sticking together, until they are
thoroughly dry; and then there are the
finished buttons. which have never been
touched by hand.
Wooden collar buttons are sold 10 the
trade by the great gross, but they are not
counted out In such numbers, for even
machine counting would take some time
and coat money, 30 the weight Of q great
gross being known, discovered by actual
counting and Weighing, they weigh out
the buttons for packing, such and such a
weight Of them making a great gross.
In this way they practically count out
i,72S buttons at q time, that number being
in the trade the wooden collar button
unit.
These collar buttons OF wood are sold 10
dealers In laundry supplies aud 10 manu-
facturers Of shirt waists. Altogether the
number used for these purposesi 10 enormous,
amounting 10 many millions annually.
Wooden collar buttons are n Of the
minor products OF factories making q
speciality Of turned wood goods.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-03-15
THE LITTLE WOODEN BARREL.
Turned Out In This Country in Millions and
Sold All Over the World.


Among the all but endless variety Of
things OF wood produced In American
factories are little wooden barrels. They
are turned out OF white birch, and come in
many sizes, from tiny affairs an inch and
a half high up to barrels ten inches high,
The biggest Of them are turned with a
hand manipulated tool. but those ranging
from siI inches downward are turned
each with q cutting tool having an edge
90 formed that it turns the barrel all at
once, They set a block Of wood in the
lathe and adjust the cutting tool and il
turns the barrel into shape complete as
quickly as a man turning with o hand tool
could have turned one OF the hoops on it;
and on the smallest barrels one man can
run three or four machines.
These little barrels are sold in the, aggre-
gate in great numbers, millions OF them
yearly. A single tack manufacturing con-
Germ buys them In carload lots, 1000 gross,
or 1884, 900 barrels at a time. Great num-
bers are used by oonfectioners. who I'LL
them with candy, and they are used TO
contain q bottle Of p~erfumery.
Many are sold to be given away at fairs or
In other ways, being filed with a sample
~ a staple product Of the region, perhaps
Of -four. or IL might be 81 sugar. Many
Of them are made with a slot cut In one
end. OF head. through which coins can be
dropped, the little barrels in this form
being used for savings banks, or given
out by Sunday school teachers 10 their
pupils to make collections In for some
specific purpose, Individual purchasers
buy the little barrels to use for button
boxes, and great numbers Of them are sold
for toys.
SO in this country there are used millions
Of them annually, and for all the various
uses TO which the little barrels are put
they are exported in large numbers to
countries all over the world.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-03-15
DEAN SHIFTS OPPORTUNITY.
His Marriage Of a Country Couple Caught
In q Storm.
From ReynoIdS'S N'rspdpsr.

II is related Of the whimsical Dean Swift
that on one occasion. when caught In a shower
Of rain, he took shelter under a tree. where he
found a party Of young people waiting for the
storm 10 cease.
One. a girl. was weeping, and the Dean
learned that she was on her way TO church 10
marry a young fellow who was with her.
The party we're walking. as was then the
custom in country districts. but owing TO the
storm Il seemed very much as II the ceremony
would not take place that day.
Never mind said the Dean, III marry
You" .
lie took up his prayer book, and there and
then performed the ceremony. At the finish
he tore 4 leaf out Of his pocket book, and
with a pencil wrote and signed q certificate,
which he handed to the bride Besides the
nAmes and the date, there was the following
Under = tree, In stormy weather,
married this man and woman together
L. none but Him who rules the thunder
Sever this man and woman asuRdsr."
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-03-15

hAs never produced Z renegade IhAhman
to join the British forces. .
Yet what magnificent stuff these men
arel They can carry weights such as l
never saw carried before; they never eat
meat, are as often vet as dry, stand chat
ting In pouring rain as though they were
baking in sunshine, and are capable Of
any amount Of work without feeling fatigue.
The one thing that has most struck me
about them is their utter indifference to
personal comfort. They fear nothing that
Ia tangible; but the fairies knock them
hollow.
Nothing English Ia bought in the island.
When all Ireland initiates lnishmaan We
need not bother about home rule as va
have II without asking for II. Sim Fem
will carry the dayl
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-03-15
Chestnut Tree the Bslfry.

Epiphany Mission, a little Protestant
Episcopal church at Sherwood, Ohio, r.
Gently received the gift Of q large bell
A. Il Ia without q tower or behry the mem
bers pondered long over the disposition o.
the bell,
The Problem was solved by hanging the
bell 70 an old chestnut tree which stSpds
90 near the church that one large LIMB
easily from the vestry room as II It verein
the building
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-03-15
MOURNING CANES.
Black walking Sticks Provided Wnh 0thef
TFApplngs Of Voc IN Rome

when ! was in Rome recently p ssy'
New Yorker, Il saw an accessory Of dress
that | never saw anywhere else. II va'a
walking stick. an ebony stick, simply and
beautifully fashioned and with a plain gun
metal band near the handle.
1t was intended to 60 with mourning
wear. There was q dull finish TO the ebony
that made the stick a fitting accomNanl'
msnt TO other trappings Of woe, but me
cane itself could have been carried with
out any suggestion Of being In mourning
In fact ! never have seen anybody
carry his mourning to the extent Of a cane
and ] imagine that most men would rol
care for Il Tor that purpose
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-03-15
Backed Train Ten Miles to Obey Rules.

CAipp,Vd Pals correspondence Minneapolis
JourAdL.
When Engineer Dan Jones arrived with
his train at Cornell he remembered that be
had not blown the whistle when about 10
leaye. Holcombe,
He Immediately reversed hts enigma and
backed up. to Holooinbe, ten miles 0NGy
this city.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-03-15

W. p, O., New YORK Clly-CAu vow tell me any;
thing about . cent having on one side -'one, Cent
In the centre, and over The Word. .N0tI lnder
reverse SIDE me lords Millions for the Contractor
II IL . variety Of the numerous pnvate Issues
Of copper and bronIs pieces bearing Op.l'ons
and sentiments that circulated In place OF the
regular United States cents St the beginning OF
the civil war. Hardly any Of them are nov worth
more than few cents above their face value
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-03-15

l. p. s., stamford. Conn. kindly veil me the
value Of the ATTY cent piece OF 1855,
This piece 10 quoted al from IS cents 70 ti.9S.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-03-15

c, 8. D., 81. Louis ho-Hs q one dollar note
and James oiihfian, Treasurer, more than face
valuei
such a note in vsry nns condition should be
The Holly chieftain., 1908-06-19
GENERAL NEWS.

The revolution in Yunnan and South
China is becoming serious.
The report of great steel combination
In England with capital of 1915, 5,OOO,-
900 is now denied by many firms said
to have been connected with It,
The bill to place telephone and tele-
graph companies under the jurisdiction
of the Public Service Commission was
defeated in the New York Assembly,
55 to SO.
Raymond Hitchcock, the actor. tried
in New York city for an alleged as
sault upon two young girls. was ac-
quilted by the jury. There are other
Indictments against him.
Subscriptions for $25,O0O,000 Of the
$50 10000 bond issue of the Union Pa.
cific Railroad Company closed Satur-
day in New York City. The amount
was heavily over.subscribed.
The Irene H., having failed to ap.
pear within the time limit, the Ailsa
Craig Is winner of the cup in the ocean
motor race from Gravesend bay to
Hamilton harbor, Bermuda, for the
second time.
There were fewer deaths, proportions
ately, in New York last week. accord.
ing to the health department, than in
any previous week In the history of
the city, the death rate reaching the
new low record Of 14.41 per 1000.
The Holly chieftain., 1908-06-19
Waste on the Farm.

From authoritative reports by gov
ernment officials it appears that some
2.687.021 cattle die in the United
States annually from disease and ex-
posure-most of them from neglect,
says the Washington Post. From the
same source 1t is also ascertained that
the loss of sheep from the same causes
is as great. These figures only serve
to show what wasteful people we are.
One Of the excuses the beef trust
makes for high prices Of provisions is
the enormous death rate of live stock
on the range and on the farm, most of
1t due to pure triflingness of the herds
man and the grazfer. Indeed the losses
by neglect and exposure greatly ex-
ceeds the losses by disease.
1t would be impossible to estimate
the waste Of farm products after they
mature in the field; but 1t is enormous.
some Of 1t due to scarcity of labor, but
most Of it traceable to thriftless hus-
bandry, or in plain speech, downright
laziness. One source of waste Is i'm
perfect cultivation, for millions OF
farmers persist in half cultivation of
large areas when they would
make more by proper tillage
of fewer acres. Then there is
immense waste in the disre-
gard Of intelligent rotation Of crops
This is the worst sort of waste, for it
means devastation of soils that re-
quires years Of provident tillage to re-
place. All over the East are aban-
doned farms that would today be gar
dens II they had been given intelli-
gent cultivation. That farmer is not
fit for his vocation, who does not in
crease the fertility of his soil every
year he cultivates it.
The Holly chieftain., 1908-06-19

One of the important duties Of the
next president will be to appoint
members Of the United States su-
,preme court. The chief justice and
three other Justices have already
passed the age Of 10 years, and prob
ably their places will have to be filled
during the next administration. Many
voters will consider carefully what
type Of men the various candidates for
ltae presidency will be likely to ap.
point to the tribunal by which the
legislative developments Of the nation
ere ultimately measured