The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-06-11

Iperiences, and where not only the
. churches are sufferers but the busi-
3 ness interests and growth are re-
, tarded and social harmony interrupt
( ed.
The Roman Catholic policy, as de-
Fveloped in cities, seems to be to
erect large churches, whereas Pro-
testants build smaller edifices and
more Of them. The Protestant idea
has been carried step farther by a
proposition recently made in New
York, to set up in new territory
neighborhood churches, one in every
block, the lower floor to be, used for
religious purposes, the upper part to
be fitted for housekeeping and rent
i ed. One clergyman might serve a
i dozen or twenty such enterprises,
the rented rooms would help to pay
the bills, and although in some in
stances neighborhood church might
narrow into sort of a family af-
fair, one has no trouble to find pre-
cedents of growth from smaller be-
ginnings. Aquila and Priscilla still
Paul, with the church that is in
their house." and we cannot afford
to forget that Christ's Cathedral"
on one occasion was fishing boat.
The deadlock over the Illinois
senatorship appears to be as firm as
ever with out an indication of a
break. A movement is on foot to
sidetrack Mr.. Hopkins who has held
the major part of the republican
vote up to this time, and substitute
the speaker of the house, Mr.. Shurt-
left. This has been tried early in
| the contest, but couldn't be made to
work. Now, however, the day of
| adjournment is at hand, and the
members feel that failure to elect
a senator when the state is in such
need of full representation in the
senate may have serious consequent
ces not alone to the state but to the
members of the state legislature
| Other compromise candidates named
are Speaker Cannon and ex-Congress-
man Lorimer Governor Deneen
could have been elected months ago
and even now, but he will have
nothing to do with it.
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Danger to injury is not the strong
est objection to sending the Liberty
bell across the continent. That is to
be considered, but there are reasons
enough why the bell should stay at
home without imagining impossible
perils. 1t should stay at home be-
cause it belongs here, says the Phil
adelphia Ledger. 1t derives its sig
niticance from its association with
the old state house, where it should
remain enshrined. People come
from all parts Of the world to visit
independence Hall. They have heard
OF the old bell and look for it there.
The shrine of liberty seems to have
lost one of its jewels when the bell
is not there. To take it away is to
desecrate the national sanctuary.
There is scarcely more reason for
lending out the bell for exhibitions
elsewhere than there would be for
a similar misuse of the table on
which the declaration was signed or
any similar object of patriotic inter-
est Their interest comes from and
belongs to the place.
A monument to the memory of
George Rogers Clark, the north
western explorer was dedicated
at Quincy, ILL.,, last Saturday, and
William E. Curtis, in the Chicago
Record-Herald, takes occasion, in
connection with his comments upon
the approaching dedication, to re-
view the services Clark and his part
ner Lewis performed for the United
States in their exploration trip dur
ing the administration Of JEFFERSON,
and to point out, in the neglect to
perpetuate the memory of the he
roes by statues, the renewed, evil
dence that republics are ungrateful.
Perhaps, however, the mere fact
that statues have not been erected
to the memory of Lewis and Clark
does not necessarily mean that they
have been forgotten. 1t is an excep-
tional schoolboy indeed to whom
Clark and his comrade and the in
trepid band which they led, do not
figure largely among the heroes
whom he worships.
There has been a heavy Scandan-
avian immigration to the northwest
ern portion of the United States
since the first Of March, the immi-
grants coming direct from the old
country. Nearly all have settled in
the northern part of South Dakota
and west of the Missouri in North
Dakota. 1t is estimated that about
1850 has been added to the popu-
Ilation Of both sections from scandan-
avian countries alone and while
the number from other foreign lands
has been unusually large. The
cause of the present large immigra-
ton from Scandinavia Is said to be
that about the first Of April the army
sconscription Is made and this move
ment to the United States Is tosavoid
Hong and wearisome service In the
army. The conscript ion having been
completed the desire to get away
has cooled OF In great measure