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The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-01-29
Y. NJ. C. \. STATE MEETING
70 BE Held at Mitchell on Februar,
IL, IL and II.


Sioux Falls, S. D., Jan. 25.-Ar.
engagements are rapidly being com.
pleted for state Y. NJ. G. A. con-
vention, to be held at Mitchell Feb
ruary 1914, according to w. NJ. Par
sons, the acting state secretary, who
was a Sioux Falls visitor Saturday.
| Prominent speakers, among them
Bruno Hobbs, of New York, and w.
II. Day, OF Chicago, are to deliver
addresses before the convention.
Among the stronger state speakers
will be Rev. A. B. Thibodeau. OF
Madison. The program begins at 2
O'Clock Friday afternoon, February
| 18th.
Delegations are expected from the
| colleges Of the state, and every effort
is being made by the committee in
charge to secure a good representa-
ton Of business men from the larger
cities and towns, in order to interest
them in further Y. M. G. A. projects.
| Athletics and their relation to moral
development will be one of the in
teresting features of the convention
| discussions. Mr.. Parsons is quoted
as follows:
cone Of the most enthusiastic sup
porters of Y. M. G. A. work in the
country is VIM. II. Taft. In this re-
spect he shares the enthusiasm Of
President Roosevelt and his late OPP
ponent. VIM. j. Bryan, both Of whom
are identified closely with the Y. NJ.
G. A. movement.
"In recent address on the neces-
sity for Y. M. G. A. work, Mr.. Taft
said: "A Christian association club,
established in an adequate building,
will keep men from vices by offering
| bling and other vices by Offering
them an opportunity to spend leisure
hours in a wholesome atmosphere
surrounded by the best of influences.
The Y, NJ. G. A. has come to be rec
| ognized as powerful factor in bust
ness and in governmental matters.
ut is for this reason that the state
committee hopes to get delegations
Of leading business and professional
men from each city to attend the
state Y. M. G. A. convention to be
held in Mitchell February 1914,
1909. Questions of vital ir/poAt-
ance to the best interests of the
commonwealth are to be considered.
The railroads grant one and one
third fare"
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-01-29
Ocean Steamer Lost.

Vineyard Haven, Mass, Jan. %.
The steamer Republic was COM
pletely abandoned by the captain
and crew at nine O'Clock tonight.
The boat is sinking.
Nantucket, Mass, Jan. 23-Grop-
ing her way through a dense fog at
dawn today, off Nantucket lightship,
the Lloyd-Italiano line steamer Flor
ida dealt a death blow to the steam
err Republic, of the White Star line.
The Florida proving to be less in
jured took aboard the Republic IS
passengers, who shortly after mid
night were being transferred to the
steamer Baltic. The passengers of
the Florida were also being trans
ferred and the action is believed to
indicate that the Florida was SER
iously damaged in the collision.
Boston, Jan. 23.-White Star line
steamer, Republic, bound from New
York to the Mediterranean, having
on board 761 people, $50 American
cabin passengers, was rammed in a
fog at $50 this morning by an I'M
known vessel off Nantucket island.
The boat only escaped immediate
sinking by promptly closing the wa
ter tight compartmen All the
passengers, including 211 steerage,
were transferred to the Italina line
steamer Florida, bound from Naples
to New York, but the officers and
crew of the Republic refused to
leave as long as there was chance
of keeping her af1oat.
Wireless telegraphy played an i'm
portant part in the accident, for
summoned about the distressed
Of three large ocean liners, the
White Star line Baltic, the French
line LaLorraine, and the Cunard
line Lucania. The first call for help
was received at the Charleston navy
yard at seven o'clock this morning
Steamer Republic in distress and
sinking; latitude 40.17; longitude
1926: southwest of Nantucket"
The revenue cutter, Gresham, in
tercepted the message at Province
town and started Immediately fol-
Nantucket. Other wireless appara,
tus caught the appeal and in a short
time revenue cutters and ocean lin
ers were speeding to the relief.
The collision was amid ships and
almost Immediately the engire room
of the Republic was flooded and the
ship rendered helpless. The wire
less equipment was we'll supplied
with storage batteries and they were
used for more than six hours, after
which the signaling was done b,
means Of submarine bells. All
though the fog was very dense, tht
transfer of passengers to the Flor
ida was made without mishap.
During the forenoon the steam
ship offices were besieged will
friends of passengers. Their fear
were allayed by the receipt Of mes
age from Capt. Selby: STEAMSHIP
Republic, off Nantucket, when q
miles south of the Nantucket light
ship, this morning, was run into b,
an unknown vessel. Engine room
full of water. Can remain afloat
No danger. No lives lost" Signed
"Selby, Captain
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-01-29

Sir
With your letter of December s
1908, you enclose what purports te
be printed copy of decision of this
office of September IS, 1908, in the
case of the United States VS.. Gilbert
Satrang, and asked to be advised il
the same is true copy Of the said
decision.
Replying thereto, you are advised
that such printed matter enclosed
by you is torn, and seems to be in
complete, so that it Is impossible
for this Office to state whether or
not, the matter as printed, was a
true and correct copy of the decis-
ion of this office in said case.
You also ask a number of cate
gorical questions:
First, you ask if the patents now
will be withheld pending investiga-
ton by special agents. Replying
thereto, you are advised that, I'M
less there is a protest, or contest or
other objections to an entryman's
proof, patent will not be withheld,
but will issue in due course Of the
business of this office.
Second, you ask If a real estate
mortgage upon the land, where the
patent has not issued and which has
only passed to final certificate, may
be considered safe security for the
debt represented by it. Replying
thereto, you are advised that until
patent issues, mortgage or trans
fierce, can acquire no greater inter-
est in the land than the entryman
himself has, and the mortgage will
be subject to all the equities that
the entryman's interest in the land
is subjeced to. The cancellation of
the entry would wipe out the secur-
ity for the mortgage.
Third, you ask if the present form
containing questions for final proof
is not defective and insufficient. Re-
plying thereto you are advised that
the law requires proof of certain
facts to be made, and this Office has
prepared a form containing such
questions as to it seemed to cover
the requirements of the law.
Very respectfully,
Fred bennett, Commissioner.
Board of Law Review,
B. B. Rugh.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-01-29
RECORD FOR DELAY.
Fifty-Six Years Between First and
Final Citizenship Papers.

Spokane, Wash, Jan. 26.-John
Ernest Mertz, homesteader in
Adams county, WASH, filed his final
papers in the United States district
court in Spokane the other day,
more than sc years after declaring
his intention of becoming an Ameri-
can citizen. He is native of
Frucht, Germany, born August 10,
1928, immigrating to the United
States in June 1850, and landing in
the port of New York. He received
his first papers at Quincy, ILL.,, Mo-
vember 8, 1852, after which he be-
came preacher-farmer in Illinois,
Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Texas.
He came to this state FIVE years ago
and took up homestead near Hat
ton, southwest of Spokane, and upon
this he desired a title, which could
not be given until he had secured
his final papers. Mr.. Mertz Is the
father Of ten children. Four daugh-
ters live at Wichita, Kan, Berwick,
Iowa; Nevada, Mo-, and Bovina, Tex.
Three sons live in Spokane, Hatton
and Post Falls, Idaho. Three are
dead.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-01-29
FAMOUS RACER DEAD.
Harry Berthune Died a Pauper at
Cleveland. Ohio.

Cleveland, Ohio.
The following special from Cleve-
land, Ohio, under date of January
8, will interest Black Hills people,
especially those who were in Spear
fish during the famous firemen's
tournament in July, 1888.
Harry Bethune, the famous pro-
fessional sprinter Of twenty years
ago, died in the city hospital here
today, after an illness of less than
week. Although Bethune made
large sums of money in his racing
here and abroad, he died a pauper.
For the last few years he has been
a race-track follower, and came back
to Cleveland only recently, intern
perance causing his death. Not
much is known of his family here,
but it is known that his father was
formerly a judge at Toronto, Ont.
Bethune was SO years old. His old
team mate, Charles V. Freund, died
Tuesday. These two men raced in
matches in all parts of the world.
In one race in Australia $4,000 was
wagered on the result"
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-01-29
Bahcock FYre Loss Paid.

Representatives of the various
companies in which the Wall hotel,
owned by w. s. Babcock, was in.
sured. gathered at Wall yesterday
and paid Mr.. Babcock the full
amount Of his policies on the hotel,
$4,000. Two Thousand Of that
amount was in the Consolidated Fire
& Marine Insurance Company, of
Albert Lea, Minnesota, and that
company was represented by Milo
D. Bassett, Of Sioux Falls, special
agent, and Howard Worth, Of this
city, local agent.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-01-29
TROUBLE IN WISCONSIN.
Alleged That Stephenson Spent Too
Much Money in Primary.

Madison, Wis, Jan. 26.-When
the election of United States sena-
tor came up in the state legislature
today, State Senator Blaine, a La
Toilette republican, filed charge
that United States Senator Stephen
son, candidate for reelection, gave
republican State Chairman Edmunds
over 100000. and approximating
$250,000, to be used in the primary
election. Other charges allege that
money was paid to other parties for
the same purpose.
In the house vote which was TAX
en- Stephenson received 60 out of 80
votes, fourteen republicans and one
democrat refusing to vote. The SEN
ate adjourned until o'clock, with
out taking vote.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-01-29
New Telephone Manager Here.

G. w. Rutherford, Of Deadwood,.
Black Hills manager for the Nebras-=
ka Telephone Company, and K. A:
Whitner, Of Belle Fourche, arrived
in the city last evening. Mr.. Whit:
mer has been the company's mana.
ger at Belle Fourche for some time,
but on February first he will become:
the manager Of the RAPID City ex-.
change.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-01-29
Homestake Buys Picking Plant.

The Homestake Mining Company
has purchased from the government
the timber, tie and lumber picking
plant which has been In operation
under federal direction for some
months at EnglewOod. The govern
ment established the plant to dem
onstrate the method of preserving
wood by causing it to absorb creo-
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-01-29
Floods In California.

San Luis Obispo, CAL, Jan. 28.-
Three heavy houses at Elpizmo were
carried away and swept into the
Pacific ocean today when Price
creek OVERLOOKED and swept through
the town. The. Santa Maria river
changed its course, threatening the
town Of Santa Maria.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-01-29
.Jerome Ready to Proceed,

New York, Jan. 26.-District At
torney Jerome today in letter to
Federal Attorney Stimson, declares
he is ready to proceed against the,
publishers OF the World for all al
legged libel in connection with the
Panama purchase. * 4
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-01-29
NOT LEMONS BUT EGGS
That Is What Carrie Nation Got
from the LOndoners.

London, Jan. 25.-Carrie Nation
met hostile reception at Canterbury
Music hall tonight. She was pelted
with eggs, one striking her in the
face. Mrs. Nation was Obliged to
leave the building under police pro-
lection
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-01-29

sote and having accomplished their
purpose, have no further use for the
outfit.
The plant was put up at a cost Of
$4,000, and has capacity of 2,O00,-
600 feet, board measure, per year.
Judging from the cost of treating
ties, which has been found to be 9
cents each and figuring the average
tie at 8 cubic feet, the cost for treat
Ing 1000 fee of lumber will be about
1882. 1t is estimated that lumber
which under ordinary conditions,
will last five years. will, when treat
I'd by the creosoting method, have
m average life of twenty years.
Deadwood Pioneer-Times.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-01-29
Fire in Nevada Mine.

Virginia City, Nev., Jan. 28.-A
Fire which originated last night in
Sutro tunnel was brought under
control at. two O'Clock this after
noon. Nearly seven hundred
feet of timbering was ruined
but will be replaced in a few days.
The fire did not interfere with the
pumping. Several men were over.
come with smoke but have been re.
vived.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-01-29
Heavy SNOW I'M colorado.

Pueblo, Colo, Jan. 25.-It is re-
ported that there is more snow on
Marshall Pass than in ten years.
The snow plow has been disabled
and no trains are moving.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-01-29
Blizzard at Pixies Peak.

Colorado Springs, Colo, Jan. 20.
There was drop of nearly TWEEN
ty degrees in the temperature to-
day, accompanied by a blizzard
which is now raging in the Pixies
Peak region.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-01-29
NO PROOFS TO BE QUESTIONED
Unless Protests or Contests Are Fill
cd. Saws Commissioners.

ed, Says COMMISSIONER.
There is no doubt whatever but
that there were a large number Of
homesteaders in this part of the
state who were much wrought up
over the decision Of the board of
law review in connection with the
case of the United States VS.. Gilbert
Satrang, and which was given wide
publicity by the press. However.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-01-29
FATAL HOTEL FIRE.
-Four Men Lost Lives In Fire at 1T.
- YIHosAl,.

Fort Worth. Texas. Jan. 2s.:
Four men we're burned to death and
another may die as the result Of. a
fire which destroyed the, Southern,
hotel today. The dead are yet unr
Identified h,
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-01-29
DEATH CAME QUICKLY
And Before Pueblo Young Man Could
Shoot HE Former Eiance

Pueblo, Colo, Jan. 25.-Stagger-
ing into the home Of the girl he
loved, with appraised gun about to
shoot her, julius Earl Herring fell
dead at the feet of his former fiance,
Miss Mary Robertson today from the
effects of dose of poison. Herring
and Miss Robertson had been en-
gagged for about year but the
match was recently broken off.
Herring was apparently crazed at
the time, as he was desperately in
love, and twice he induced her to re-
consider her decision. Only last
week he pointed gun at her but it
was not thought that he would do
anything rash.
Today he went to her home and 1T
is thought that he took the fatal
dose on the threshold, intending to
then go on in and kill her before
he died. However, the poison work
ed quicker than he anticipated, for
when he entered her bedroom, i'm
mediately afterwards, he raised the
revolver but was too weak to pull
the trigger and fell dead.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-01-29
RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA, JANUARY

these parties may get some relief
out of the following letter received
by w. S. McLain, U. S. commission
er, from Commissioner Fred Den
nett, which we clip from the Presho
Post. The letter is as follows:
January 4, 1909.
Mr.. w. S. McLain,
U. S. Commissioner, Presho, S. D.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-01-29
Jennings Well Known in Sioux City

The Sioux City Tribune states
that David Jennings, who was kill
ed at Wasta early Tuesday morning,
vas formerly a billing clerk for a
wholesale house there and that he
was we'll known in Sioux City,
where he had resided for the past
25 years, before coming to Wasta.
Jennings owned 40 acres Of land at
McCook Lake, near Sioux City, and
was 38 years of age.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-12-17
National Banks Falling in Line.

The states of Oklahoma and Kan
sas have laws requiring the banks to
pay a certain per cent. on all their
deposits into a fund for the purpose
of guaranteeing the safety of all
moneys deposited in the banks. It
seems that these laws do not include
the national banks, and for the first
time in the recollection of the writer
the national banks are trying to get
in under cover of these state laws.
Of course the banks opposed the pass
age of the law. They made all kinds
of faces at it and called it all kinds of
names. But in spite of all their oppo-
sition it became law, and the people
began to take their funds out of the
national banks, to which the law did
not apply, and place them in the state
banks. When the national banks
found they could not come in under
lnO plONlSlOA VI luC oldlC law luSl
began to organize a guarantee asso-
citation among themselves. The states
Of Oklahoma and Kansas are pre-emi-
nently farming sections, and it was
the farmers who forced the enactment
of these laws. They urged that what
was sauce for the goose ought to be
sauce for the gander; that when they
went to borrow money they had to
give security, and the banks should
be compelled to do the same thing on
its deposits. The law worked so we'll
and became so popular, that the ma.
tional banks had to fall in line OF
quit business, as banking is not much
good without deposits. This is only a
start towards some more legislation
of the same nature.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-12-17
Patience.

The farmer must learn patience in
the conduct of his business. He must
not expect the Farmers union to up
root the vicious business systems at
once that have been in operation for
years.
The battle will be stubbornly fought
all along the line. Every inch of
ground that can be contested with
advantage will be contested. The
farmer need not expect an easy vic
tory. 1t will be test of endurance.
The other fellow expects that the
farmer will become impatient and will
abandon the fight and return again
to the flesh pots of Egypt.
Many of the business systems in
vogue are crude, expensive systems
that should have been abandoned
years ago. The demand for reform is
great and if the farmers hold steadily
on there is no question but that they
will win The Farmers union system
of handling cotton is simple, a well
nigh inexpensive one, that will give
satisfaction to our people. Then, my
brethren, be patient workers. rocking
for a consummation Of our hobes.--Na.
tionl Co-Operator.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-12-17
SPECTATORS GET MONEY.
Gamblers In Futures Secure More
Benefits Out Of Wheat Than the
Farmer.

"Patten makes more money out OF
wheat than the men who raise 1t"
says the Springfield leader.
That is true Of every Spectator or
gambler in futures. And the unsuc-
cessful one is just as much of COM
mercial parasite, Just as avaricious as
the successful one. It is simply game
where the spectators get control of
the visible supply of whatever prod
uct they want to speculate on and
then proceed to skin the lambs as
well as the innocent public who need
wheat or corn or cotton or other prod
uct which is "cornered." A million
negroes might have been playing
craps while the wheat corner" was
on and the public would not have suf-
fered one-tenth the loss and inconven-
fence caused by Patten and his CO.
conspirators in putting up the price
of wheat and consequently -four and
bread. Yet, if the negroes had been
half as public in playing their game
as Patten and his crowd were in
theirs, the negroes would have been
put in Jail. Patterns victims number
millions. With thousands it means
hunger. 1t is the worst kind of gam.
bling. 1t robs innocent people as well
as those in the game. Yet, the gam.
blers go free. What can be said of a
government that permits such q thing
as this to be carried on under the
name of commerce? Can it be said
that We are a Christian nation to per.
nit and legalize moral crimes like
this? Yet it is said that some OF
the men who indulge in these games
are prominent members of the church.
So much the worse for the church
Such men as Patten and his cocoon
spirators ought to be in the penitenti
airy. This incident reminds me Of a
story heard when first went south
In the neighborhood where | stopped
there had been a number of illicit dis
tilleries. These had been discovered
and broken up year or so previous
to the time l arrived there. One day
preacher who was selling bibles anC
other good books stopped at the
house of old Uncle Billy Williford. Ii
the course of the conversation the
preacher asked Uncle Billy for a lis
of the best citizens in the community
Uncle Bill hesitated a moment anC
then said: well, sir, I'll tell you
about the best citizens We had in this
community are in the penitentiary.
And it wasn't so far from the truth
Some of the leading men had beer
sent to prison for having some connec
ton with the moonshine distilleries
So in the case Of the men who organ
ize corners" in the necessities of life
About all there is between them anC
the inside of prison bars is the wan
of law founded upon justice, pro
hibiting gambling in futures, making
a special crime, and that law faith
fully executed.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-12-17

Cooperation Is the key to success
for the Farmers union.
E. H. Hartman, as a king over 75,-
900 miles of railroads, has more power
than the president of the United
States and all his cabinet.
Dealing in futures is not only gam.
bling but it is species of cut-throat
gambling. It not only demoralizes
those who engage in it but it disturbs
the business of the country by render
ing prices uncertain, and producing a
feeling of uncertainty, and this feeling
causes lower level of prices generally.
This government is very strong. 1t
can put negro in Jail in the twinkl-
ing of an eye for shooting craps, or
a poor man in the penitentiary for
stealing provisions for his starving
family, but it cannot stop a gang of
commercial pirates from holding up"
all the people on one of the greatest
necessities of life.
There are few instances where the
Standard Oil company has paid fines,
but it has not paid one-tenth of the
fines imposed upon it. Why is this
Is the Standard stronger than the
government, both state and national?
The aristocracy of chattel slavery had
lis day and its fall. This should be a
lesson to the aristocracy of predatory
wealth.
Suppose that the farmers were we'll
enough organized and would agree to
hold everything they had for an ex.
tortionate price? Does anyone be,
lieve that the government would per
nit? The leaders would be arrested
and put in Jail with little cere
mony, for conspiracy against trade
What's the matter with Patten and
his co-conspirators?