The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-03-19

be brought around to the point in
the future to have him yield the
privilege of making roads according
to ancient ideas.
1t is hoped congress will succeed
in passing the revised tariff Mlh
quickly. The sooner the tariff tink-
ering is finished the sooner trade can
get down to stable basis. With a
republican congress. trade interests
really have no business worrying
over the tariff, but some folks will
worry without cause.
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A venturesome young man down
in Alabama will oppose Congressman
Richmond Pearson Hobson for re-
election. Hobson will have to forth
with dig up another Japanese war
scare as campaign issue. AS lolg
as he can make the southerners be-
lieve that the Japs will get 'em If
Hobson isn't on guard his job is sure.
The man who predicted that the
world would come to an end few
weeks ago announces that the peo-
pie OF New York prevented the dis
aster for the time being by getting
down on their knees and praying.
1t was ungensrous on the part of
the people Of New York to thus in
terfere with the arrangements OF
the painstaking prophet.
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According to the Chicago news
papers, Pat Groves regeneration
was short lived. They relate that the
evangelist and ex-kidnaper. entered
saloon, bought drink, could not
pay for it and became involved in a
row with a cabman, all very much
to the encouragement of those who
had began to look upon Pat as
brand snatched from the burning.
A convict who was employed on
the books OF the western peniten-
tiary in Pennsylvania discovered a
shortage of $4,000. Not willing to
take the responsibility of the short
age he called in two other convicts
who varified his figures. 1t is mani
fest that there are some in the pen
itentiary OF Pennsylvania who should
be out, and some out who should
be in.
The new Cuban government ap-
pears to have started looking for
trouble early in the game. The first
step taken was to introduce legisla-
ton to prevent Americans from own
ing real estate in the island. The
second is the appointment of a rab-
i'd anti-American as minister at
Washington. 1t will soon be time to
send Charley Magoon back to Ha-
vana IL the Cubans don't watch out.
English-speaking residents of Sim
la, the fashionable resort of India,
have recently promoted postal
calling league, which seems adapta-
BILE to any city where society is loose
jointed, as it were, and spread over
many miles OF streets. The princi-
pie Of the league is that one may dis
charge her social obligations by
simply mailing her cards. Thereby
she escapes the ordeal of formal calls
and the wearisome Journeys involv-
ed In leaving cards, keeps sufficient
ly in relation with mere acquain-
tances, and saves much time that
can be devoted to those she really
wishes to ''cultivate"-her family
and friends.
No one who has lived inclose prox-
unity to a real farm for large part
Of the summer-especially If his I'M
Gle or grandfather or whoever had
the management Of it possessed
strong ideas Of the value Of physi-
cal culture for growing boys-follow-
ing for example, one Of those nu-
merous farm implements over the
area Of few city blocks from sun
rise to sunset, prefacting this with
couple Of hours of the inevitable
chores" and following 1t with q
little more Of the same, can fail to
appreciate the great value that such
an institution as vagrant colony
might have on moral influence. The
sign of hobodom, now applied to the
gate posts Of farm houses, indicat-
Ing whether the thrifty housewife
keeps a handout or a dog, or II the
festive woodpile turks behind the
hedge would be then extended sc
that on every road leading to the
state would be a warning portent
probably taking the shape Of saw
Even If such farm as that proposed
never harbored any one but the
caretaker, and II the expense Of &C.
quiring It were as great as that at.
tending the condemnation of met
ropolitan suburban park, the in,
vestment might prove to be the best
one ever made in the state.
Rear Admiral Evans and Con,
gresham Richard Pearson Hobsor
continue to differ widely. Congress.
man Hobson has an article In the
current number Of the Army an6
Navy Journal. when shows that h.
has abandoned nothing Of his view.
relative to the imminence of the
danger OF an attack upon us by ia
pan, but Rear Admiral Evans con
tinues to scout his views. Talking
to . newspaper correspondent a
Colorado Springs the naval chieftail
declared that one might as well tall
about an attach i,non a Chinese lam