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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-06-05
Sun Will be Dark at Noon.

A total eclipse of the sun is sceduled
to occur on June II, visible in all por-
tions of the United States, except the
extreme south.
The eclipse will begin in this latitude
about 6:l0 o'clock in the morning and
will continue until after sunset. At the
time Of the disappearance of sun, the
eclipse will cover about one-half the
area of Old Sol.
The last total eclipse of the sun was
witnessed here in 1869. The eclipse will
be remembered by many citizens.
The eclipse predicted for June II, is
to be total and will be reproduction OF
the one in 1869. The occasion will
afford rare experience for residents OF
South Dakota and all who ever wit.
messed total eclipse of the sun state
that they can never forget it.
The writer remembers the eclipse oi
1869, and how all the people got smoked
glass to look through. 1t was 30 dark
the chickens went to roost.-Rapid City
Journal.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-06-05
The whits Spar Mine.

The Westinghouse Electric and Man.
ufacturing Company have ordered an 80
horsepower boiler and it is now on the
way-liable to arrive any day-for the
White Spar mine. Saturday they re-
ceived an engine and air compressor,
that was Immediately taken out to the
mine which is only about two miles
from Custer. Being 80 near, most of the
workmen board in town. The White
Spar shaft is down 100 feet and is said
to have the largest body and the best
quality of mica of any Of the holdings of
this company. For the past two weeks
a crew has been at work digging we'll
and getting things in readiness so that
when the new boiler is installed they
can work steadily,
Tuesday Daye Peterson and Guy Re-
der went out there 70 work. They will
move the sawmill from the New York
mine to the White Spar and saw out
lumber for boardiug-house, bunk-house,
and several cottages for families; also a
"cobbing" house, where the girls will
Gull, split and trim the mica as it is
brought out of the mine. After the
necessary buildings are completed there
is no doubt but what large force Of
workmen will be employed.
In an early day it was asserted that a
mica formation did not 60 more than 80
feet below the surface, but the White
Spar 100 feet deep and the New York
mine 200 feet deep, both prove the falla-
cy of that theory, for the deeper down
they 60 the better grade of mica they
encounter.
Later.-They have completed the we'll
and today will take out gasoline en-
gine to pump the water and force it to
the tank for the sawmill engine-a
distance of about 1900 feet.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-06-05
New Construction is Piaced on Commu.
tatlon Proof by Widows.


An important ruling relative to com.
mutation proof by widow or heirs OF
entrymen has been received at the local
U. S. land Office from the department OF
interior at Washington, D. c. Hereto.
fore it has been generally held that the
widow or heirs, after the death of the
entryman, were obliged to either reside
upon or cultivate the land. According
to the new ruling they must both reside
upon and cultivate the land.
The full text of the new ruling as re.
ceived at the Rapid City U. 8. land
Office is as follows;
'In the case of George 1. Wilson
against the heirs of David Smith, de.
ceased by the department March %,
1909, it was held that in order to enable
the heirs of homestead entryman to
submit Communication proof on his entry
they must show both residence on and
cultivation Of the land for fourteen
months by the entryman or by the
heirs, or in part by the entryman and
in part by the heirs. The same rule, of
course, applies in case where commu-
tation proof is submitted by the widow
of the entryman.
Five year proof may be submitted by
the widow or heirs whenever they can
show residence or cultivation for such
a period as, added to the period during
which the entryman complied with the
law, will make five years."
An instance where it was necessary to
apply the new construction Of the mat
ter came to the attention of the Rapid
City U. S. land Office during the last few
City Journal.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-06-05
Forest Service Clerk Examination.

The United States Civil Service Com
mission announces an examination
June l6. at Denver, Durango, Fort Col
Inns, Grand Junction, Pueblo, and Trini-
dad, Colorado; Cheyenne, Laramie, and
Sheridan, Wyoming; and Aberdeen,
Deadwood, Sioux Falls, and Watertown,
South Dakota. This examination is held
to secure eligibles from which to make
certification to fill existing vacancies at
5000 per annum, in the position of forest
clerk in the Forest service, and vacan-
cies requiring similar qualifications as
they may occur at salaries of 5000 to
81, 200 per annum.
Eligibles from this examination will
be subject to appointment on the Battle
ment, Pike, Routt, and Sopris Forests
in Colorado; on the Cheyenne, Hayden,
Bonneville, and Wyoming Forests in
Wyoming, and on the Sioux Forest in
South Dakota. Many of the places of
appointment are very desirable from a
residence point of view.
The duties to be performed consist OF
carrying on Office correspondence, keep
ing up files, and conducting routine
business during the absence of the For
est Supervisor in the field. The forest
service does not furnish either houses
or subsistence, and appointees will be
expected to report at places of employ
ment at their own expense.
The examination will consist of spell.
ing, arithmetic, penmanship, letter
writing, copying from rough draft, and
type-writing and stenography. Appli-
cants should at once apply either to the
United States Civil Service Commission,
Washington, D. G., or to the secretary
of the board of examiners at any place
mentioned above, for application form
304.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-06-05
SYLVAN LAKE.

In the Sioux Falls Argus-Leader o. w.
Coursey, who edits the Department of
Education, pays a fitting tribute to
Mortimer Crane Brown, present editor
of the Speartish Enterprise. From the
article we copy the following paragraph
and poem, which SO beautifully describes
our summer pleasure resort.
Who among our readers ever sat on
one of the boulders lying along Sylvan
Lake, near Harney Peak, in the Black
Hills, or rowed out across its sleepy
bosom in the quietness of eventide, that
could fail to appreciate the perfect de-
scription of the following lay:
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-06-05
Government and Private Cooperation in
Compilation Of Forest Fire Data.


Compilation Of Forest Fire Data.
That the country may have the mos
complete compilation of data on forest
fires. the Forest Service has invited the
cooperation of the members of the state
conservation and forest commissions
with forest officers, and a letter to the
District Forester in Denver concerning
this years work in his district, Forester
Pinchot says:
Last fall the Forest Service attempted
to collect from the Washington Office
data upon forest fires throughout the
United States. We got excellent reports
from few states, but no information
whatever from many ofthem. This was
due, in some cases, to the failure of the
proper officers to make CAREFUL reports
and in other cases to the utter lack OF
any state organization to handle forest
fires and the complete absence of any
record of them.
| "The Ore problem is such funda-
mental one that the Service desires to
get as complete statement as possible
this coming season and We feel that
time and money are we'll spent for this
purpose. The best results will doubtless
be secured by localizing the work as far
rs possible and making large number
of officers and organizations each re-
sponsible for reports upon small terri
tory.
There are now conservation commits
sions in thirty-eight states and terrific.
ries. These commissions are anxious to
promote forest conservation in any way
they can, and in the etates which do not
contain National Forests we will take
up the matter of fire record with them.
In National Forest states better results
will, think, be secured if the District
Foresters gather data from every pos
sible source, and also cooperate with
the state conservation commissions.
II SHALL therefore, ask your district
to take the responsibility for the COM
pilation of as complete record as pos
sble of all forest fires both on and off
the National Forests in Colorado and in
Wyoming and South Dakota, so far as
they lie within your district, during the
coming season. This record should be
comparable with the one made solely
for the National Forests, and l suggest
that it follows the same lines. 1t should,
if possible, be compiled by counties.
Some assistance can undoubtedly be Sc
cured from county clerks, county sur
veyors, or other county officers. Wher-
ever there are local fire wardens, reports
should be secured from them. 1t will
be we'll for you to work out definite
plan of action with the conservation
commissions early in the season, and to
ask these commissions to do as much
work as they can. The importance of
getting the machinery started for secur-
ing the desired information before the
fire season starts will, l know, be real
lied by you.
The members of the South Dakota
Commission are: Hon. Robert J.
Gamble, Chairman, Yankton, S. Dak.;
Hon. Doane Robinson, (Secretary),
Pierre, S. OAK; Hon. Samuel E. Lea,
State Engineer, Pierre, S. Oak; Hon, f.
w. Martin, Deadwood, s. OAK; Hon. o.
G. Dokken, Commissioner of School
and Public Lands, Pierre, S. Oak.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-06-05

A new question of the rights of a
homesteader on the public land has
arisen in Gregory county. A Mr..
Walker took up quarter of section
of land two years ago end established
his residence thereon. Later he pur-
chased an adjoining farm and changed
his residence to the new purchase but
continued to farm his homestead claim
as before. Now comes a party named
Burgess and files a contest ON Mr..
Walker on the ground of abandonment
Of his homestead as shown by his re-
moyal to his purchased farm. Walker
is greatly surprised and indignant at the
turn of affairs but no doubt he has
awakened general inserest as it raises
some new questions regarding the rights
Of homesteaders.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-06-05

The printing press has made presi-
dents, killed poets, furnished bustles for
beauties and polished genius with criti-
cism. 1t has made the world get up at
roll call every morning, given pupils
lungs of iron and voices of steel. 1t has
set the price on bushel of wheat and
made the country post-office the glim-
mering goal of country scribes. 1t has
curtailed the power of kings. 1t has
converted bankers into paupers and
made lawyers out of college presidents.
1t has educated the homeless and robbed
the philosopher of his reason. 1t smiles
and kicks, cries and dies, but it cannot
be run to suit everybody, and the editor
is fool who tries.-Midland Star.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-06-05
Men Past Fifty IN Danger.


Men past middle life have found com
fort and relief in Foley's Kidney Rem
edy, especially for enlarged prostate
gland, which is very common among
elderly men. L. 4. Morris, Dexter,
KY, writes: ''Up to a year ago my
father suffered from kidney and bladder
trouble and several physicians pro-
nounced it enlargement of the prostate
gland and advised an operation. On
account of his age we were afraid he
could not stand it and I recommended
Foley's Kidney Remedy, and the first
bottle relieved him, and after taking
the second bottle he was no longer
troubled with this complaint" A. ].
Jones.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-06-05
SYLVAN LAKE

Calm, placid mirror of the skies,
Safe guarded by thy rock walls,
In tranquil sleep thy bosom lies,
Or signing gently heaves and falls.
The stern grey rocks that grandly lift
Their furrowed faces high in the air
To where the sun-kissed vapors drift
Smile down upon thee, sleeping there.
The tall, dark pines thy henchmen good,
Close to thy ripples press,
Or bow their heads in pensive mood
To whisper of thy lovliness.
Fair Sylvan Lake! No tempests sweer
Across thy doubly guarded breast;
In calm content thy beauties sleep,
A haven of untrammeled rest.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-06-05
ARdYLM AaGTDS.

BY OBSERVER. June Q, 1909:
R. c. Flutter, who works east of Hot
Springs spent couple Of days with his
parents here. He was thrown from a
horse and sustained several severe
bruises about the face and body.
The heavy rains of the past week have
done considerable damage to crops and
recent seedlings!
L. R. Mills of Elkpoint, s. D., who has
been visiting here for the past week re-
turned to his home Friday.
The dance at Ed. Van Dewaters Sat-
urday evening was most enjoyable
affair, some 20 couple attending.
A large attendance is requested for the
meeting of the Social Club, Saturday
evening, for the election of officers for
the coming quarter.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-06-05

South Dakota gets new college this
year, to be opened at Eureka, by the
German Lutherans. This makes eigh-
teen institutions of higher learning in
the state, or one for every 27,777 people.
This fact may explain in some degrees
why the registration of our state institu-
tions do not boom at a higher point.
The support given to sectarian schools
in view of the liberal endowment of the
state institutions and the generally
liberal views of the people upon religi-
Gus questions is marvellous. 1t however
emphasizes the fact that however care
less parents may be in matters of religi-
Gus worship, when they send their
youngsters from them they want them
to spend their first years where they are
surrounded by the best moral influences
and even if they find the environment
bit straight laced they like it all the
better for their children, believing they
will liberalize fast enough when they
get out in the world.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-06-05
Annual School Election.

The annual election of the Custer In
dependent School District will be held
in Custer on Tuesday, June 18th, 1909,
between the hours of o'clock a. m. and
5 o'clock p. M, for the purpose of elect
ing two members of School Board for
term of three years.
c. E. Perrin, Clerk.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-06-05
Decision Against Forest Service.

Helena, Mont, May 29.-The register
and receiver of the United States land
Office here have rendered q decision
respecting mineral claims in forest re.
serves which, if affirmed by the depart
ment at Washington, will do much to
remove causes of complaint which have
in the past been lodged against the ad-
ministration of those reserves in western
states.
The case is entitled United States
against Carneau and Hickey, pros
pectors in the Helena reserve, and who
had located several quartz claims there
in. Charges were brought against each
location, alleging mo discovery of
minerals"
The opinion says:
"The only question to be considered
here is as to whether a discovery has
been made and the forest service min
ing expert contends that there has not
been, because the values obtained by
him did not meet his idea of values that
should be disclosed in discovery. Ac-
cording to this idea, the expert would
haye the discovery of mineral in paying
quantities at the very outset of the
location. Such contention could not
be sustained for a moment, because, il
such were the case, prospector would
be absolutely precluded from making a
location of a mining claim in the first
instance, as paying mines, generally,
are only made by exploration and devel-
opment."
Hence, the decision was in favor oi
the prospectors. The government will
appeal to the general land Office,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-06-05

Shall we celebrate on the Fourth of
July? Neighboring towns are prepar-
ing to do 80. If our citizens wish to
secure attractions or music for that date
they should get to work right away.
Fairburn has band of lS pieces, and
we understand they play right we'll for
young band. The CHRONICLE is in
formed they have signified a willingness
to come to Custer on that day. Our cit
izens should determine at once IL they
will celebrate and advertise the fact
early--so we can draw a crowd.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-06-05

President Taft has issued a prociama-
ton opening for settlement and entry
about 44O, 900 acres of land at Flathead,
Montana, 200, 900 acres at Cour d'Alene,
Idaho, between $4,000 and 100000 acres
in the Spokane, Washington reservation.
The registration will commence July
18th and closes August Sth,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-06-05

Mrs. Rebecca Burns, who claimed
that when a child she saw George Wash
ington, died at Bellefontaine, Ohio,
May 80. at the age of lis years. She
attributed her longevity to eating onions
twice each day. For scores Of years
she made onions which had grown in
her own garden the principal part Of
her diet.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-06-05

The coinage executed at the mints Of
the United States during the month of
May aggregated $26,65O.O 900, as follows:
Gold, S25,577 500; silver, $l,O29,OO0 f.;
minor coins, $4,000. This is exclusive
of $500 peso pieces for the Phillip
Mines,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-06-05

Over 5000 Indians live on Reservs-
tions in the State of New York as against
a little over 5000 in Nebraska. And
still some of the New Workers believe
they are in danger of being scalped if
they come this far west.--Omaha Bee.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-06-05

Reports received from the provinces
of Kangusu, Anhwei, Kiangsi, Hohan
and Shantun, China, indicate a severe
drouth which seriously threatens the
crops. The same districts were afflicted
four years ago and were then relieved
by American contributions.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-06-05

The Illionis Legislature has passed a
bill declaring void leases which pro-
hibit children in apartment houses. The
Governor announced his intention of
signing the bill.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-06-05

At Vale, up in Meade county, an irate
citizen thrashed a doctor for placing
quarantine where a child had Scarlet
fever. The angry citizen was arrested
and fined $50 and costs.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-06-05

The inmates of the South Dakota
Soldieas' Home now number 2S3. There
are also 30 women at the home. The
working force numbers IA, making a
total vote of a26. The new hospital,
just completed, cost the State $4,000.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-06-05

The Carnegie Steel company booked
more orders during the last three
months than during the entire year 1908.
That looks as though there were some
thing doing in the industrial world.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-06-05

Last Saturday the Senate voted to in
crease the duty on barley from "a cents
to 80 cents per bushel. Senator Gamble
and both of the Nebraska Senators voted
for the increase.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-06-05

Belle Fourche will have two-days'
celebration this year. AS the Fourth
comes on Sunday, they will celebrate
Friday and Saturday, the I'd and Sd.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-06-05

The gold production of the world has
increased rs per cent during the past
ten years, although great many of us
haye not noticed it.-Montrose Herald.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-06-05

An Iowa doctor has issued an appeal
to men to shave off their boards on the
ground that they are unhealthy germ
breeders.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-06-05

The National Sanitarium at Hot
Springs will spend about $35,COO in I'M
provements this yerr.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-06-05

The Alaska Yuk on Pacific Exposition
opened at noon Tuesday. 1t will close
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-06-05

Friday evening of last week cyclone
passed over Fairbnrn and Rapid City
without doing any serious damage.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-06-05

Did you see the eclipse last night2 1t
was visible here at s o'clock p. m.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-06-05

Annual Teachers Institute.
The twenty.third annual Teachers
Institute of Custer county will be held
in Custer, June 2lst to 25th, 1909.
Mary S. Heumphreus,
Co. Superintenden mt.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-21
The Making Of Uncle Sans Money.

The plates used in printing contain
four notes, and to distinguish one note
from the other they each have en-
SraVed on the face separate check
letters, A, b. c. ID; and if you will cX-
anime the check letter you will find
printed near it number which is used
by the bureau for identification, and
by means of which can be aScertained
complete history of the plate used in
printing the same, by whom engraved,
printed etc. At present you will find
d number in excess of 4,S00 on the one
dollar silver certificate notes; this
signifies that 4,S00 plates have been
| used thus far in printing this denomi-
nation.
The printing of stamps. bills and
bonds is the highest expression of the
printers art 1t is the iewelry of the
trade, demanding skill care, watchful-
ness and oversight such as is necessary
in no other form of work There is
scarcely man, woman or child in the
Union who does not daily see some
form of the issues of the Bureau of
Engraving and Printing. Soothing
syrup for the baby until recently bore
revenue stamp on the bottle. The
smoker selects his "Stogy" Or per
fecto" from a box carrying evidence of
the engraver's skill. When the bon
vivant says I'll take the same" that
same has been drawn from a vessel on
which the government has placed a
sample of the work executed at the
Bureau of Engraving Citizens and
corporations exchange the savings or
gains of years for a sheet printed by
the bureau, and feel that the invest
ment is safer than if converted into
yellow gold and guarded by bolts and
bars. All forms of securities, stamps
and notes. from the internal revenue
stamp. whose value is one-eight of
cent, to government bond, whose par
value is $4,000, are made at the
Bureau OF Engraving and Printing. No
other workshop in the world finds such
universal demand for it's products, and
none of its customers complain of be-
ing overstocked.-Natio Magazine.