The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-04-16
Independent. aad democratic news

Independent. and democratic news
i papers were surprised" at the evi
dent purpose to revise downward.
later reading of the opposition ant
Independent press shows that the
first Judgment is undergoing rad
ical change, as they discover wha
they believe to be "jokers" In thu
bill, which will have the effect Of
an upward revision.
! The state board of agriculture
completed it's labors at Huron las
week. 1t was decided to change the
present woman's building into 9
| poultry house and to remodel the
poultry house for a permanent din.
ing hall. A larger and more con-
venient building for the woman's
department has been decided upon
Purses in the speed department ag.
gregate $4,000. j. E. Plette was
reelected president OF the board.
C. w. Dean, Of Beresford, is super
intendent of the swine department
while A. w. Kreuger of Groton will
| have charge of machinery. B. e.
Beach, of Huron Is in charge Of the
department OF concessions.
Former President Castro of Ven
ezuela and his party sailed from
France on the 26th for Port of Spain
Trinidad, the French authorities
/ bo, Win tn civ m nos a oo
to a Venezuela port. Rumors were
atloat that Castro had equipped an
other vessel with arms which would
pick him up at Trinidad and land
him on his native soil at the head Of
a revolutionary army. He was sure
that his people were ready to receive
him and again proclaim him presi-
dent. He said that that was why
the Gomez government was trying
to exclude him. All he asked was
the right to a fair trial, but he adj
died. II am a man of destiny"
For nine years Australia has been
trying to choose capital. Melbourne
and Sydney. beautiful cities, beau
tifully named, were both impossible
because the commonwealth act of
1900 provided that the capital should
be in New South Wales, not less
than 100 miles from Sydney. What
ever the merits Of the places pro-
posed, Dalgety, Tumut, and the
place finally selected, Yass-Canberra,
they all suffer from queer names.
So there is new problem before
the Australian commonwealth, to
choose for the capital name which
the world will take pleasure in say
ing and the poets will be able to
sing. 1t is a fortunate thing for
America that George Washington
was not named Poggs or Snipkin.
Judge James II. Mccoy has rem
dered his decision in the controver-
sizes between the wet" and dry
factions in the towns of Langford
and Andover, deciding in each in
stance In favor of "drys." The dis
pute was over the question of the
legality of number Of the sigma
lures to the petitions in the two
towns, asking the councils to place
the saloon question on the ballots
at the coming spring election. In
the case OF Langford, Judge Mccoy
decided that enough signers to the
petitions were not freeholders as re-
quired by law, and in the case of
Andover he found that some of the
signers, enough to invalidate the.
petition. were not even residents OF
the town.
Democracy in Washington is not
holding together to take advantage
Of its alleged openings to make a
fine impression on the country, as
was set forth by Champ Clark short
ly after the special session of con-
gress convened. There were some
boilers in democracy when it came
to selecting the speaker Of the house
and when one of the regulars sug-
gested to Francis Burton Harrison
that he might retire to some place
where 1t Is hot or cold, as the con.
ception of the individual might in
terpret it, Bolter Harrison told the
regular he might sit on cake OF
ice. The democracy has lost gold
en- opportunity to demonstrate to
the country that it is solidified and
ready to make strenuous campaign
for the election Of presidential
candidate in 1912.
The reports Of the condition Of
the state and national banks doing
business in South Dakota at the call
Of condition in February showed
that there were carried as individ.
ual deposits in such banks $64,904,.
$40. This was an increase over the
showing in November last Of $2,914,'
679. OF this increase three quar-.
ters Of a million was In the national
banks, and the balance In the STATE
banks. The reports show 633 banks
doing business in the state in Febru.
airy. Of which AL were state banks
and ninety-two nationals. The statt
banks carried by far the largest
amounts OF deposits with $41,125..
522, Of which more than twenty.
one million dollars was In cali de
POSTS. and little oyer twenty mia
lion IN time certificates. The report
OF the national banks does not show
what percentage Is call deposits, and
time certificates, but classes all un'
der Individual deposits. These flg
ures will give some indication VIII