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The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-09-03
APPOINTMENTS ARE MADE
The Black Hills Mission Confer
tnce Closes at Belle Fourche
on Monday.

The Black Hills Mission conference
held at Belle Fourche closed Monday.
The meeting was conducted bysBishop
Warren in q manner pleasing to all
concerned. There are now two dis
tricts west of the Missouri river and
Rev. G. D. Royse has been made SUI
perintendent Of the one including
Rapid City. This has been Rev.
Royse's work the past year and from
now on he will devote his entire time
to it. On this account another pas
tor will be selected later to look to the
church here. The following appoint.
ments were made just prior to the
close of the conference at Belle
Fourche for the Rapid City districts:
G. d. Royse, Rapid City, superin-
tendent.
Belvidere-J. G. Clough.
Box Elder and Bend-D. G. Evens
and H.. w. Gray.
Bison-A. r. Cuthbert.
Cottonwood and Grindstone-E. O.
Machamer.
,Creston and Caputa-L. F. Traut-
man.
Interior--D. N. Edlund.
Kodoka-D. e. Weesner.
Lemmon-J. III. Hard.
Midland-J. w. Curtis.
North Underworld, A, Melon
aid.
Ottumwa-F. A. Smith.
Pedro-L. +. Woolson.
PHILIPPE. H. Bryan.
Quinn-C. B. Thomas.
Rapid City-To be supplied.
Sansarc-F. A. Smith.
Scenic-E. B. Kingsbury.
Tama and Brushie-J. ID. Caldwell.
White OWL. G. Baker.
Wall and Cedar Butter. c. Nc
Reynlds.
Wasta and Owanka-F. L. File
brown,
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-09-03
THE KINGFIsHER.
A Bird Whose Ways Are Most Difficult
to Observe.

A Bird Whose Ways Are Most Difficult
to Observe.
Perhaps there is nothing in nature
more difficult to observe than the ways
of the kingiisher. Any one may see
him CHANGING down midstream or max
ing his sudden arrow flight from bank
to bank under the bright June sun
shine but to track him down to his Sc
cret tshiug place and watch him at
work is Il vastly more difficult thing.
You come from the gold clad mead
ows into the shady river path as into
a cathedral aisle The willows crowd
down to the waters edge. In the green
reeds sedce bird is tretting. There
is Il low twittering song of nestlings
all round you. And now. in the sha-
diest deep of the willow wood. shrill,
piping note cuts the silence. flash Of
emerald passes, kingfsher has gone
by on his way to his favorite pool.
A common notion is that he sits per-
fectly still on some branch overhang-
ing the water, a picture of crafty vigil
ance. But this is rarely If ever the
case. The truth is. says writer In
the London Chronicle. that the king
fisher. like the master be is, sets about
his work with an easy surety. almost
a nonchalancc. Pcering down upon
him warily through the screen Of
branches you would judge that the last
thing in the world he was thinking
about was the gliding brown water be-
low him lie twirls round on his
perch. making his vivid green and
turquoise and amber plumage scintil-
late like Il dewdrop in the one beam of
sunlight that has found him out.
He preens his feathers. stretches a
lazy wing now and again, looks about
him with casual eye. and then, as
II it were the lnerest trif1ing detail in
life. he suddenly points his two inch
long fishing spear of bill at the wa
ter beneath him, plunges and is gone.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-09-03
SEARCHING lOA MISSING ONE
Mrs. Oakley Of Manchester Fear:
Son Has Been Victim of Foul
Play in the Hills.

Mrs. c. D. Oakley of Manchester,
Iowa, was in the city a few days,
searching for Ler son, Clyde A. Gut
hen. whom she had heard nothing of
since last December. The last heard
of him he was at Oneida where he
was working on farm. he had a
claim which he intended to live on
and soon prove up. He had $500 in q
bank at Oneida which he transferred
to this city. He left the farm there
but did not take his clothes, and his
mother fears he has been done away
with in some manner.
Investigation disclosed the money
transferred here has been checked out
in small amounts until only Il small
sum remains. Besides the deposit he
is supposed to have had some $500
and to have had an offer OF a400 for
the REIMBURSEMENT of his claim.
The mother first visited Oneida and
there learned her son had gone and
that he had spoken of going to the
Hills. She came to Rapid City and
found her son had made the transfer
of his bank deposit and that the last
time money had been drawn was July
%, through Belle Fourche. She Wis
tied Belle Fourche but inquiry there
developed nothing. 1t isstated there
are several things which give rise to
apprehensions of foul play, and that
if she does not hear from him in a
short time she will place the matter
in the hands Of detectives to ferret
out.
Clyde Guiher is described as young
man nearly 26 years of age, standing
six feet tall, weighing about $50
pounds, has brown eyes and light
hair
Efforts are being made to secure q
description of the party who made
the transfer of bank funds from One
ida to Rapid City last December.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-09-03

AN EFFORT is being put forth
by Il. Fell Of Lead, president Of
the Associated School Boards
of South Dakota, to have a full
attendance of representatives at
the annual meeting to be held
in Lead III November. Many
matters of Importance entering
into the work devolvent on
boards will be discussed and a
program Of interest has been
framed up. 1t is the intention
of the meeting to devise some
plan by which the schools of
The state may be conducted with
the minimum Of expense to Sc
cure the greatest benefit. 1t is
not intended to cut down allow
ances for the schools but to cut
off as many wild isms and ex-
penditures as possible, devotlng
the money, time and energies
to making the schools more SER
viceable in fitting the scholar
for the realities Of life when
school days are ended, On this
account several important top
les will be discussed at this
meeting,and every board should
be represented.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-09-03
NOTED BY A TOURIST.
Some of the Queer Things That Were
Observed Abroad.

SCnS OF inc SuGST iudI VS'S
Observed Abroad.
About half ones time in travelling
abroad is spent in buying stamps. No
matter how many put on letter l
had no faith to believe that 1t would
reach America. | found that | could
send a letter with one stamp on it II l
paid enough for it, also that could
get a denomination of which it would
take twenty. In Cairo l put fifteen
sphinxes and pyramids on the front of
a letter and five on the back. AS for
postal cards. imagine asking for one
In thesBelgian Observation-Disclosures
vereeniging.
But it is in Moha mmedan country
that an American mind needs read
justment. We woke one morning In
Constantinopie and found our calendar
nine days ahead of theirs. our watches
seven hours behind and the name of
the month Ramadan. The Aohamme-
dams seem to live up to their religion in
a more definite way than we do. and
we soon learned what to expect The
porter would drop ones trunk when
the mueZZin called to prayer. The
sacredness of animal life compelled
us to walk around the hundreds of
lazy dogs asleep on the sidewalk. We
We're required to take off our shoes in
stead of our hats when entering
mosque. Women were not allowed to
pray. because they have no souls"
Friday was the day for Sunday. and Il
camera was an evil eye and could
not be carried into any sacred place.
Our artist was once charged 20 cents
extra for keeping an evil eye in his
room all night
Before the journey ends the tourist
has lost his identity completely. At
first he is from "kalamazoo. Mich"
then from Michigan" later 1.-The Unit
ed States" soon The States" and the
writer was once introduced to Il gen.
tleman from Tuscany rs 1.-The lady
from North America" Delineator
Magazine.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-09-03

more money each year, and be-
sides the grade of stock kept will
be increased. The small farm
will raise the standard Of farm
life, make it more sought by
the rising generation, and pro-
duce a country freer Of obnox-
ious conditions and vegetable
growth. In fact the small farm
requires intensive cultivation,
and intensive cultivation kills
weeds, encourages plant growth
and keeps the soil in proper
condition to absorb natures
fertilizers from the atmosphere
-dews and rains that fall on
the earth and are sent here for
the purpose Of enlivening the
impoverished soil.
Socially, the real difference
between the large and small
farm must be considered-the
difference between one man
owning $40 acres and sixteen
men owning the same amount.
The small farm means settle
ment Of the country, increasing
the consumption Of products,
raise of prices for everything
produced and a more suitable
social status, dissipating the
loneliness of isolation. Pen
nington county is changing,
and the past year has witnessed
many new homes where cattle
grazed for years. All of which
means much to the country and
will be realizes by all classes of
trade as we'll as by the tillers Of
the soil themselves.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-09-03
The whitening Wind.

Tue name of harmattan mas been
given periodical wind which blows
from the interior Of Africa toward the
Atlantic during the three months of
December. January and February. 1t
sets in with fog or dry haze. which
sometimes conceals the sun for whole
weeks together. Every plant, every
bit of grass and leaf in its course is
withered as though it had been scared
by heat from furnace. Often within
an hour after it begins to blow green
grass is dry enough to burn like paper.
Even the hardened natives lose all of
the skin on exposed parts during the
prevalence of this whitening wind.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-09-03
Hurt at Stone Quarry.

Thos. Fagen, an employe at the MAR
s. Weaver stone quarry, met with an
accident Monday while riding on one
of the company dump cars. The car
jumped the track, throwing him off
and striking him in front of the ear,
cutting deep cash. An artery was
severed and for few minutes it was
feared he would bleed to death. He
was brought to this city and taken to
the office of DIR. Waldron where the
injury was dressed, requiring several
stitches to close the wound.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-09-03

The mayorof Marengo, Iowa,
was removed from office last
week for being intoxicated.
The pronouncement was made
by Judge Preston of Oskaloosa
under the new law. The court
listened to evidence on both
sides and found the mayor had
so far forgotten himself and the
dignity of his office that he was
not a fit person to preside as
chief executive of the city. To-
wa and South Dakota legisla-
lures passed Identical laws for
removal of officials for cause at
the last sessions. The Maren-
go case is the first to be taken
under the new provision. While
the law has been scoffed at by
its enemies, it is of the proper
sort and should be enforced.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-09-03

The state legislature acted
wisely when it provided for the
establishment of state health
laboratory at the State Univer-
sity, as it is a much needed adj
iunct not only for medical stu
dents but to work in conjunc-
ton with physicians and boards
of health throughout. II will
further the health work most
materially. The selection Of
DR.. Mortimer Herzbery to the
position Of bacteriology and
pathology appears to be wise.
He comes to the state we'll rec
commended as an efficient, we'll
trained and reliable laboratory
worker. He received his train
ing in the University of Penn
sylvania where he received his
degree. For several years he
was a member of staff Of the
city health laboratory Of Phila-
delphia and pathologist to one
of the city hospitals. He should
be able to place the department
at the University on level with
older state institutions, and will
no doubt exercise his ability for
the benefit Of the state.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-09-03
FAyoRs SMALL FARMERS.

Small farms possess many
advantages over large holdings
and for the capital invested pay
much larger dividends, says the
Chicago Drovers' Journal.
Commenting upon the chang
ing conditions of realty hold
ers, that paper ventures the as
sertion that "the owner of a
small farm does not envy the
large holder who becomes a
slave to his broad acres. 1t
has been the consuming desire
of those who engage in hus-
bandry to own too much land
and in a way become land poor
by holding more than they can
make productive to advantage.
This condition, however, exists
moro particularly in strictly ag-
ricultural communities further
east. In substantiation of this
contention the Journal argues
that "although a man may have
the resources to buy a large
farm, unless he has the capital
to properly equip it he finds his
broad acres an improbable in
vestment." In other words, to
realize the greatest possibilities
out of a farm it must be equip
ped with with proper appoint
ments and stocked with i'm
proved breeds of animals. It
therefore takes more than those
acres to make a good farm, and
if the holders capital is invest
ed entirely in land he is land
poor because he has found him.
self unable to equip it in a man
ner to make each acre produce
what it should. In days gone
by stock raising was the chief
effort of the ranchman farm
cry Of this section, but chang
ing conditions are forcing the
industry to a smaller scale, the
large range is passing from ex-
istence. In it's place the small
farm is finding favor, especial
" by those who have come here
later, secured quarter sections
and are devoting time to expe-
rimental work of producing
crops, combining agriculture
and stock raising as sources of
revenue. The small farm con-
templates more work than Civ
on by the rancher Of early days,
for the reason the soil must be
TILED to produce the results, but
it is no idle prophecy to say
that each acre will produce
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-09-03
Painful Ailment.

Though govt is generally reckoned a
disease of rich men and free livers,
one of the worst of sufferers from it
was a. well known English minister
who died not long ago.
A friend once said to him, "Dr. So
and-so, what is govt like?"
The clergyman smiled sadly. "If
you put your hand in a vise." he said.
land let man press as hard as be
can, that is rheumatism, and ii he can
be got to press a little harder, that is
govt"
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-09-03


The decision of the school
board Of Rapid City to build a
school building in North Rapid
is most commendable. That
addition has come to the front
rapidly the past two years and
it's population is large enough
to support a graded school in
fine shape. The building should
be designed and erected not for
the present but for the prospec-
tive future. The addition is
destined to develop rapidly and
and a building should be pro-
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-09-03
FREE LANDSIN WYOMING
Chicago & Northwestern Ry.

{. Send for booklet telling how to Sc
cure 800 acres Of u. S. government
lands in Wyoming free Of cost, and
describing various irrigation projects
and the most approved methods of
scientific dry farming. Homeseekers'
rates. Direct train service from Chi
cago and the east. w. b. Kniskern,
?. 7. NJ, Chicago, III. l4-3t
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-09-03
Why He Came Back.

Wasn't you here a few weeks ago?"
asked the woman of the house at the
back door.
"Yes'm," replied the wanderer, "but
! understood from pal that you've
got new pastry cook since thenw-
Yonkers Statesman.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-09-03
LOW EXCURSION RATES
South Dakota State Fair
HURON, SOUTH DAKOTA.
Via The P. z. c. & N. w. Ry.

Tickets on sale September 10th to
18th: return limit September 2lst.
Grand demonstration OF the Agricul-
cultural, Live Stock, Industrial and
Educational interests OF the state.
surprising all previous expositions.
Don't fail to attend. For tickets
rates and full particulars apply to
any ticket agent of The P. R. c. g.
~ w. Ry.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-09-03
BIG BEND.

Nj. johnson who had the misfor-
tune to have his hand caught In saw
= few days ago, losing one hand and
all but two fingers on the other, is re-
ported to be resting we'll and getting
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-09-03

vlded that will meet demands
for ten years at least. Good
judgment would suggest it be
lerge, well ventilated and built
so it may be added to as the
exegencles demand.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-09-03

along as well as could be expected.
Big Bend is becoming famous as d
summer resort. Two picnics in
week is going some. We have fire
grove and q ball ground. We under
stand pavilion will be erected with
in a short time.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-09-03
The surer. WAY.

How can we interest herg'
''Tell her it's worthy cause" sug.
gested one.
"Tell her it's getting to be popular
fad." interposed a wiser head.-Louls.
Vile Courier-J Journal.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-09-03
siahtseeina.

How did you manage to see every.
thing in Rome inside of two daysw
Well. you see. we got up early. my
wife went to the shops. my daughter
to the picture galleries. and took 10
the restaurants. In tho evening We
compared notes. - Tliegende Batter.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-09-03
Contradictory,

There Is safety In numbers." quoted
the wise guy.
Eyes. until you discover TINT too
many cooks spoil the BROTH" added
the simple mug. = Philadelphia Record.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-09-03

One of the luckiest things that can
happen to man Is not to count ON bis
luck.-New York Press.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-01-12
MINISTER ASSA|LS THE PROPOSED
REDUCTION Of SALOON LICENSES

the council of Ely is contemplating
the reduction of saloon keepers
licenses from 500 to $33.33. II is
an astonishing piece of information.
II seems incredible. Any argument
might be offered favoring the
reduction of a butchers license or
of that of any other tradesman The
butcher and the baker and the lunch
man are engaged in a legitimate bus
mess and give value for every dollar
they receive. The saloon keeper
doesn't. | wish to repeat that which
have declared on a previous occa-
sion. The liquor business Is not a
legitimate business and that is why
they are not legalizing il in other
states. The saloon is not a legiti-
mate institution, it has no place in
| the economic affairs of men They
speak OF the capital that is invested
in the business, the great breweries
that have been built. the employment
given to labor, the market created
] for the farmers grain. the thousands
of dollars expended for the cereal
from which the liquor is brewed. but
i for every dollar Invested In the liquor
/ traffic there comes back an abnormal,
unrighteous profit-a profit that is
not justified by honest business
standards or methods. to say nothing
of the moral principle involved.
repeat that which | have said before.
| if the same capital should be invest
ed in decent and respectable channels
of trade. il would mean decent and
respectable sources Of employment
better labor more food more cloth
ing. greater prosperity and truer
happiness. But We prefer II other
wise.
We grow awfully sympathetic for
the poor miner. all of sudden. And
the man who goes down into the deep,
and tolls SO hard all the day. with
out any sunlight. and never has any
real pleasure. Ia not TO be blamed II
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-01-12

The Southern Pacirc says TO the
Nevada merchants and business men,
You fellows have demanded our
books. now let us see yours. We
have been blamed with eXtortion in
your state: we claim that You are
more responsible for the high prices
than we are You have made the
railroad carry the odium of high liv-
ing costs when II is your greed that
has made the big prices. We want your
books thrown open alongside ours,
and then we will see what is what
II sounds good TO the people; has the
ring in their ears of something doing.
Let the order be carried out by all
means. and when the inspection is
through we will know who is who
and can proceed intelligently to rem
edg the situation. For the people,
this S. p. move is the best that has
yet come ON the board.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-01-12
WHEELER FOR IMPROVED ROAD
To HAMILTON WITHOUT DELAY

getting off the trains an exceedingly
good impression of Ely.
All members of the board favor
making a modern hospital out of the
old court house. This can be done at
no great expense and even If it did
require the expenditure of a large
sum of money, it could be expended
in no better way.
While | am in favor of employ
ing all the help necessary in all de-
partments. yet | will be opposed 10
employing any one just for the sake
of making a place on the county pay
roll for them.
4 will at all times favor having
the representatives of the different
papers present at our meetings. II
there Is anything to be done at any
of our meetings that the people
should not know. then | do not care
10 be party TO the transaction.
when 1t comes to letting con-
tracts, | will at no time allow my
personal feelings to cut any figure
in the matter. The county's interests
and not my own will at all times be
considered. When a contract is let,
there shall be some stated amount
involved or else | will not vote for
1t. In personal transaction.
would be sure to find out what
was to pay for any work done. and
! there is no difference that ! can see
between a personal and an official
/ transaction.
Il am sure that all the members OF
i this board intend to give the county
! a good, clean and conservative adj
ministration.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-01-12

The position of the News on the
mine inspection bill appears to have
met with general favor. Succinctly
expressed by Mr.. House, the people
want legislation for the protection
of the life and limb of the man I'M
derground, and nothing more. That
is as II should be and it is the hope
of the News that the press of the
state will take the matter up during
the days intervening between now
and the presentation of the mine in
spection bill in the legislature and
hammer upon it, for an honest deal,
With such persistence and force that
the legislature will find it possible to
do nothing but pass such a measure.
Let It be free from frills and ambigu-
Gus phrases-just plain mine in
spection bill And then let us have
a mine Inspector of style to CORE
spond with such a bill as indicated.