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Rock Island Argus., 1909-06-10
NEWS OF THE NEIGHBORS

Kicker Grinnell; j. NJ Denning, Cedar
Rapids. Fifty of the delegates were
entertained at an informal dinner at
the Watch Tower last evening.
Declare for Open Shop.-A circular
letter from the McClelland Sash &
Door works has been given to en-
ployes announcing that that firm, in
common with others in this vicinity,
has decided to maintain the "open
shop" policy. discriminating neither
for nor against members of unions
Wrapped Around PoIe.-Testimony at
the inquest held over the remains of
James A. Klouda, the 13-year-old boy
killed by stepping on an electric wire
Tuesday evening, brought out the fact
that the wire had been wrapped around
"a telephone pole and the end showed
into pile of brush nearby. The yer
dict did not attach any blame for the
accident.
r1dfl AuNcTI Wilt SdiiOpS.-l lie LOU
isville Courier-Journal devotes consid
cradle space to an account of the ar
rival of Kaaba temple of Davenport al
: that city to attend the meeting of the
imperial council. When the specia
arrived S. T. White gave the south
erners what was termed "some con
, densed water music" with a steam cal
, liope attached to the engine, an(
crowds of people were attracted to the
depot thinking it was a circus.
Colored Women Here.-Another state
convention, in addition to the manu-
facturers, is in session i'm Davenport
1t is the Ladies Heroine Court of Jeri
cho, cOlored Masonic organization
The closing session and public installa
tion of officers will take place at Arm
Tory hall tonight.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-06-10

Claypool of Buffalo, song by the
quartet, address by G.. Wenger OF
Rock Island, music by the band, ad-
dress by Rev. ]. r. Spiller and
song by the quartet.
Miss Florence Cole visited with
relatives in Rock Island from We'd
nesday till Friday.
There was a dance at the home or
Henry Hass last Saturday night.
Mrs. c. Steckman, who has been
visiting for several weeks in Musca-
tine returned home. Sunday morning.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-06-10
Wedding at Coal Valley,

john F. Lindquist of Rural and Miss
Gertrude A. Lees. daughter of ex-
Supervisor T. A. Lees of Coal Valley
were united in marriage last Friday
evening at the home of the. bride, Rev
Mr.. Clark of Beulah church officiating
The couple will make their home on a
farm in Rural.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-06-10

formed. Take a sharp knife and cut
below joint
Foliage plants are very easily propa-
gated, and every lady can do her own
work of this nature and with great sat
isfaction.-H. B. Dorner, University of
Illinois, addressing the department of
Household Science, Illinois Farmers
Institute.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-06-10
Tonight.

Tonight.
If you would enjoy tomorrow. take
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tab
let's tonight They produce an agree
able laxative effect, clear the head
and cleanse the stomach. Price, %
cents. Samples free at all druggists.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-11-20
Married.

On Thursday evening, October 21st,
1909, at the residence of the groom, on
Gunnison Avenue, in this city, occurred
the marriage of Buel r. Wood and Mrs.
Jennie Caffee, Judge John s. Hough Of
ficiating. The groom is a popular and
talented lawyer of this city aud is we'll
known to the members of the bar of the
entire western slope. He is also engag-
ed quite successfully in mining. The
bride is a resident of Cedar Rapids, Ia,
and she and Mr.. Wood have known each
since childhood. The Times extends
congra tulations and best wishes. Lake
City (Colo.) Times.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-11-20
A Religious Authors Statement.

Rev. Joseph Fl. Fesperman, Salisbury,
N. c., who is the author of several
books, writes: "For several years was
afflicted with kidney trouble and last
winter l was Suddenly stricken with a
severe pain in my kidneys and was con-
fined to bed eight days unable to get up
without assistance. My urine contained
a thick white sediment and I passed
same frequently day and night. I COM
menced taking Foley's Kidney Remedy,
and the pain gradually abated and fin
ally ceased and my urine became nor.
NAL. I cheerfully recommend Foley's
Kidney Remedy" A. J. Jones.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-11-20
Big Engines on Burlington Route.

Some time during the present week
the Burlington will put into use five i'm
mense freight engines which have been
delivered and are now at Alliance ready
for work on this division between Dead
wood and Edgemont. The engines are
by all odds the biggest ever sent in this
section of the country and are not ex-
ceeded in strength by any in the world.
They weigh $50, 900 lbs each and have a
traction force of $1,000 lbs. They are
capable of negotiating 20 degree curve,
and will handle 800 tons each. The larg-
est engines now in use here have a capa-
city for hauling $50 tons or about ten
loaded freight cars, while the new mon
sters will haul l6 cars each over the
Black Hills grades.-Pioneer- Times.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-11-20
New Postal Regulations,

Our readers are requested to peruse
the following which went into effect the
first of this month:
The registry fee, heretofore cents,
will be increased to 10 cents for each
piece, foreign or domestic, in addition to
the regular postage also increasing the
| limit of indemnity for losses oftirst-cass
domestic registered mail to $50. All
registered mail must be fully prepaid in
both postage and registry fee, both to be
paid in stamps attached to letter or par
Gel.
Whenever it appears that any sender,
after due notice, continues to use the
postotfiCe drops for articles intended for
registration, and fails to present such
matter at the registry division, the let
ters and parcels so irreguIarally deposit
ed will be endorsed, "Not in the regis
tered mail" and dispatched with the
ordinary mail, in which it was deliber-
ately placed by the sender.
Postmasters have been instructed that
parcels not properly wrapped must not
be accepted for mailing. The limit OF
weight applicable to parcels admissible
to the parcels-post mails between this
country and Denmark has been fixed at
eleven pounds, and the value $50. Here.
tofore the weight limit has been four
| pounds.
The rate of postage between Hawaii
and Germany is now2 cents per ounce
oP fraction.
The only foreign countries to which
letters can be sent at the domestic rate
of cents an ounce are Great Britain and
Ireland, Germany, Newfoundland, Can
ada, Cuba, Mexico and Panama; and
that to all other foreign countries the
rate of postage for letters is 5 cents for
the first ounce and cents for each ad.
ditional ounce. The only foreign coun-
tries to which domestic rates for articles
other than letters extend are to Canada,
Cuba, Mexico and Panama, and they
must not be sealed.
All mail intended for delivery at the
navy yard at Puget Sound, Washington,
should be addressed by the senders to
Bremerton, Washington, the correct
postoffice for the Puget Sound navy
yard.
Although Christmas is yet almost two
months away, the foreign mail is al
ready becoming heavy, patrons using
the parcels-post as a means of sending
remembrances to friends and relatives
in European countries. The cost is so
small and the limit of weight SO gener-
Gus, that presents for an entire family are
frequently sent in one package. The
advantage in mailing them early is that
the crush and jam of the later season is
avoided, and a certainty that parcels
will reach their destination before the
big rush.
Parties mailing souvenir cards should
understand that cards bearing particles
of glass, metal, mica, sand, tinsel or
other similar substances are unmailable
except when enclosed in envelopes.
Many patrons of the mail place their
postage stamps on the back of their let
ters. The department rules that "Post-
age stamps should be placed on the
upper right hand corner of the address
side of all mail matter"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-11-20
THANKSGIVING Proclamation.

1t is an old and beautiful custom es
tablished by our forefathers many years
ago to set apart each year day of spec.
ial prayer and thanksgiving for the many
blessings received.
Therefore, I. R. s. Vessey, Governor
of the State of South Dakota, do hereby
designate and appoint Thursday, Novem'
Der 25, 1909, as day of general Thanks
giving, and request that it be observed
as such throughout the Commonwealth
The year 1909, for South Dakota, has
been most wonderful year and as il
draws toward the close it is fitting that
the people of the State should rejoice
and be thankful for the eminence which
our Commonwealth has attained for the
wonderful development ofour resources,
and for the material prosperity which
has come to ms. --.--- p,
Earth has been gracious in giving from
her store, bountiful harvests have been
reaped, and our mines have yielded gen.
erously.
Throughout the state there is a gen.
eral awakening to the responsibility
of citizenship, TO a higher standard of
public morals, and to a most whole
some regard for the dignity of the law.
Let US be thankful also, that no pesti-
lence or dire calamity has befallen our
beloved state and, while we render
thanks for the many blessings vouchsafed
to us, let us not forget those less fortu-
nate than ourselves.
1t is becoming for us at this time to
take some thought of the manner in
which we are performing our part in
conserving, for the use of future genera
tons, the provisions which the AL
mighty has placed in our hands as His
custodians. The streams, the timber,
the soil, and the mineral and fuel depos-
its have been entrusted to us, not to be
despoiled, but to be conserved and
passed on to the future generations, as
little depleted and in as good condition
as is consistent with our intelligent use.
Let us, on this day, offer our thanks
to the Giver of all good for our spirit
ual, material and moral blessings. Let
us trust Him, even as our fathers trust
ed Him, and render due acknowledg.
ment to Him for all that we are or hope
to be.
Given under my hand and the Great
Seal of the State, at the Capitol in Pierre,
this Fifteenth day of November, A. D.
Nineteen Hundred and Nine.
r. S. VEssEY, Governor.
By the Governor:
SAMUEL Z. POLICY,
Secretary of State.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-11-20
By the Governors:
S,,.y,, ~ D.,
Secretary of State.
Inspecting Mining Property.

DR.. A. II. LeDoux of New York, who
for fourteen years has been the Receiver
Of the Harvey Peack Tin Mining, Mill.
ing d Manufacturing Company, and who
assisted materially in bringing about
the final excellent adjustment of the
company's affairs and its reorganization
under the name of the Pahasa Mining
Company, arrived Monday morning in
a special car attached to the regular
train. He was met at the depot by Mr.
c. II. kamman, the general manager Of
the company under whose direct sup,
ervision the prospecting and develop
ment work has progressed with all speed
possible that a careful analysis of the
existing conditions and the exercise o.
judicious judgment would warrant.
DR.. LeDoux spent three days in pur.
suing his investigations. In company
with Mr.. Kamman he examined all the
different claims and made a thorough
examination of all the workings in thu
limited time that be could spare here
leaving instructions with General Mana
ger Kamman.
In conversation with our reporte
DR.. LeDoux expressed himself as wei
pleased with what had been accom-
plshed and with much satisfaction re
ferred to the good results obtained from
prospecting work in the Cowboy til
claim.
The systematic work of prospecting
and developing the tin veins will be con
tinued and whenever results will war
rant it a plant for the reduction of til
ore will be erected at suitable place.
Hill City News.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-11-20
STAND NOT IN YOUR OWN LIGHT.

After reading the article in last week.
CHRONICLE regarding an ore testing
plant, a gentleman informed our re
porter that an effort was made Is years
ago to establish custom mill for the
treatment of ores here in Custer. The
projectors only lacked few hundred
dollars of raising the necessary amount
required. 1t looks now as though the
citizens stood in their own light at that
time. Had the mill been established
then, in all probability Custer would to-
day be the metropolis of the Black
Hills and the hum of industry heard in
every block. That was an opportunity
for the betterment of the community
the citizens let pass by. While it might
have been rather premature at that date
in our opinion it would be practicable
now. Since that time the cyanide pro-
cess has been thoroughly demonstrated,
as has also the value Of concentrating
tables.
However, thorough equipped custom
mill will cost several thousand dollars,
whereas the promoters of the present
project for an ore testing plant do not
intend to erect an expensive plant, but
an economical one on a small scale, yet
thoroughly equipped with the latest ap-
plances to produce best results. They
have some machinery, but may call upon
our citizens to donate a small sum each
for the purchase of site, building ma
terial and chemicals needed in testing
the ores.
Should you be called upon-stand not
in your own light-contribute some, if
it is only $l.00. Every wage Garner in
this territory can we'll afford to give that
amount or more, for an enterprise that
will benefit the whole community. Be
as liberal as you can. Don't leave this
matter for few to shoulder the respon.
sibility, when it will benefit each and
every citizen alike. You can afford to
risk few dollars in this venture when
the attainable results will accrue to the
whole populace.
True, after the enterprise is estab-
lished some may be disappointed in the
valne of their prospects, thinking they
have high grade proposition when it
may be low grade, or of no value
whatever. Others may be agreeably
surprised to find they have a higher
grade of ore than expected. Anyway it
will benefit the person having a large
body Of ore in demonstrating what
method will best treat the ores, before
expending large sum to equip the
mine, or ship samples to some distant
point at great expense.
Old miners, who have prospected in |
all the mining camps in the West, have
declared that Custer is in the richest |
mineral zone in the United States. |
Though gold, tin and mica predominte,
we are not confined to these alone, and |
many others may yet be discovered. In |
the Eta mine, near Keystone, AZ differ
ent minerals have been found. With |
an ore testing plant right here in our
midst it can be demonstrated with very |
little expense what are of commercial |
value. When that fact is demonstrated |
to the satisfaction of owners of claims
then they can ship the ore or establish |
reduction works upon their own ground.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-11-20
The Chicago Stock Show.

''It is especially important that EN-
phasis be placed on the necessity of live
stock production at this time when the
value of grain has been brought to that
point which makes it a strong tempta
ton for men to market their grain di.
rect rather than to feed it and market il
in the form of live stock. 1t is moi
enough to simply tell men that live
stock farming stands for higher type
of agriculture than grain farming. They
must have it thrust on them, and it is
doubtful if any institution is better able
to perform this important task than the
great International Show.
"Since its Inauguration the attendance
at the International Live Stock Exposi-
tion has been made up largely of those
who are specializing in some kind of
live stock production: All breeders of
pure-bred cattle have come to believe
that this annual outing is necessary if
they are to keep pace with the times.
AS all the pure-bred record associations
hold annual meetings during a period
covered by the International, the oc-
casion affords the best opportunity of the
whole year for men to meet their fellow
breeders who are engaged in the same
line of production.
"But it is intended that the Inter-
national should cover broader field
thu an this and include in its attendance
even those engaged in raising grade
cattle on the farms of the corn belt,
because, after all, the most desired i'm
provement in the character of the cattle
sent to the meat markets for slaughter.
This paper therefore desires to especi-
ally emphasize the importance of what
we might call the small farmer laying
aside his duties for few days to attend
this great exposition. Those who are in
doubt about the educational value of at
tendance should consult those who have
been there, either as exhibitors or visi-
tors, in the past. Ask them if lessons
will be learned that will help solve the
problems out on the eighty or quarter
section, and we will take our chances as
to whether the reply will be favorable or
Scarcely a month more
before date of this important event.
Let the farm labor be pushed along ra-
pidly so that business will not inter-
fere with this important outing from
Nov. 81 to Dec. TO-"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-11-20

Tempest and Sunshine" is a produc'
ton for the father and mother as we'll
as for the young people. 1t will make
you forget you are at the theater and
carry you down to the sunny south All
the scenery has southern atmosphere
and everything is carried complete by
the company. W. F. Mann, the pro.
ducer, declares it to be the most sue
cessful production of the day. At Gar
locks opera house next Friday night
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-11-20
New Stamps Will be Scarce.

Custer postoffice received only 1900
Of the Hudson-Fulton memorial stamps
now on sale, therefore collectors will
have to get in on the ground floor early.
The stamp is thus described:
Size, Bx1$ inches; color, same as the
ordinary two-cent stamp. Across the
top border are the words, Hudson Full
ton Celebration" with dates "l609" and
1909, under them. On either side and
below this inscription are the words
"U. S. Postage" At the bottom on
each side is the Arabic numeral, "2"
with the words, "Two Cents" in panel
below the figures. In the center is en-
graved picture of the palisades of the
Hudson river, run in the back ground
with the Half Moon sailing up the river
and the Clermont steaming in an oppo-
site direction. In the foreground is an
Indian in canoe containing four other
Indians, representative of the first nav
igation of the river. The stamps will
be only of the 2-cent issue, and will not
be sold in book form, nor as stamped
envelopes, postal cards or wrappers.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-11-20

There has been organized in Inde-
pendence, Missouri, a Fremont club,
the purpose of which is collecting, pre-
serving and disseminating the literature
and history of Fremont in his explora-
tions and achievements. 1t is recog-
nized that many of the old landmarks
that indicated the course of Fremont's
wonderful exploration trips are disap-
pearing before the march of civilization,
and it is high time to start movement
for their preservation.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-11-20

The Lead City Boosters Club met Sat
nrday evening and instructed the secre.
tary to send letters to the Representa-
tives in Congress and Senators from
both South Dakota and Wyoming, urg-
ing them to try to get an appropriation
to build pike from Lead to Newcastle
and to maintain the same as this runs
through the Government timber reserve
of the Black Hills, in which there are
few settlers SO that their taxes will not
build and support public highways such
aa there shnnld be.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-11-20

Parties in position to know speak
quite seriously of the reported strained
relation between the union miners OF
Lead and their employers, the Home-
stake company. The men are now get
ting $3.50 for an s-hour shift, and it is
said they have demanded $500. 1t is
understood that the Union has given
the company till the Oath to comply
with their demands, and that unless
this is done there will undoubtedly be a
general strike. A strike of this nature
would be calamity. not only for Lead
but for the entire Black Hills country
-Spearfsh Enterprise.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-11-20

Two Hutchinson county farmers were
hauled before the court and assessed
liberal fines for not sending their chill
dren to school, as provided by law.
Probably every community has cases of
this kind where an example could and
should be made of parents who ignore
this section of the school law.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-11-20
The institution of Mining and Metal

The institution of Mining and Metal
lurgy (London) has decided that the
word gallon" as used by its members,
shall represent the imperial gallon mea-
sure of 10 pounds Of water; that tenn
peratures be expressed in degrees cent?
grade, and returns of gold and silver be
expressed in terms of fine gold and sill
YER. not as "bullion"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-11-20

The Commercial Club of York, Neb.
has made an appeal to the citizens OF
that town to do their trading at home
at York, instead of sending their money
away to the larger cities which only
increases the size, wealth and import
ance of those cities to the detriment
of their own home merchants and the
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-11-20

The storm last week was quite mild
here in the Hills, to what it was
elsewhere. In North Dakota it was the
worst blizzard in Is years. In Southern
Nebraska and Kansas cyclones and
floods destroyed lots of live stock and
property. Our high peaks and rugged
bluffs protect us from the gales that de-
vastate prairie country.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-11-20

Father Phelan priest of st. Louis,
has put forth a brand new suffrage re-
form proposal. He would deny the
ballot to married couples who have no
children, on the ground that such people
have no permanent interest in the well
fare of the State or Nation.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-11-20

Over 450 miners we're entombed by
explosion and FIRE in the st. faul coal
mine, at Cherry, I'll. II is estimated
there are over 200 widows and 1000
orphans as a result of this disaster. APP
peals are being made for financial aid
for than
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-11-20
Bon Homme claims to be the banner
corn county of the State.
Read and observe the Governors g
THANKSGIVING proclamation.

The area in square feet obtained from
multiplying the average of the depths OF
a stream by the average widths, multi
Piled by the mean observed velocity OF
foats in feet per second, gives the vol
ume of discharge.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-11-20

A pipe 8 feet long holds approximately
as many pounds of water as the square
of its diameter in inches. The actual
difference is 1.52 per cent less. Ten feet
of water gives pressure of AZ pounds
per square inch, approximately.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-11-20
Suit Against the Holy Terror.

In the circuit court yesterday, Judge
McGee listened to evidence in the case
of Chas. Morgan, of New York, against
the Holy Terror Mining company of
Keystone. The action is brought to fore
close mortgages aggregating $4,000 and
W. F. Collins, ofDenver, is made party
to the suit, he having an alleged interest
in the mortgages and this suit will de-
termine what this interest is. Martin &
Mason, of Deadwood, and Buell. & Gard
ner appear for Morgan, and Wood &
Edwards represent Collins.-Rapid City
Journal.
l carry everything in the Flour and
Feed line, including Hay.
r, ". 9arloek.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-11-20

w. F. Mann will present Miss Marie
De Beau in Tempest and Sunshine, at
Garlock opera house, next Friday night,
Nov. 26. 1t is thrilling Southern play.