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The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-04-23

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The wearing out OF the tarin
scare is largely responsible for "a
more optimistic. atmosphere in fnan-
cial and commercial circles. There
is little in current transactions to
account for it. The easter trade
has afforded fair index of business
conditions throughout the country.
In the west Easter buying was re-
ported fair to good; in the east only
fair. and below expectations in the
south. The middle west ever since
the panic has kept closer to normal
than any section of the country. Ag-
riculture is the main reliance Of this
region, and the year succeeding the
panic was year Of good crops that
sold at high prices. This region has
ample funds for normal transactions
and is making Improvements such
as are deemed warranted in view of
general conditions, and is lending
money at low rates in the east. With
good crops this year, the west will
lead in the emphatic revival Of bus.
mess practically certain to come next
year, and which may be got under
way next fall.-Sioux City Journal.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-04-23
MISSOURI AGAIN CHANGING
Cutting Stall Farther Away from
Yankton and Throwing up
San1har.

Yankton, 8. D.. April 15.-Citi.
zens Of this city are much exercised
by the conduct Of the Missouri this
spring. Prior to 1881 the Missouri
rubbed up against the Yankton
shore where there was firm high
bank and one OF the most approach
able ports on the whole stream, but
that year the big food came and
washed out Green Island and the
channel found place for itself al
most mile from the town where
It has since remained. This year,
however, the stream has stuck It's
nose under the Nebraska bank and
IL roofing out a new channel still
further away from Yankton and
throwing q sand bar on this side
which looks a. though It would re-
main permanent barrier between
the Mother City and navigation.
Moreover It 10 knocking about at the
bridge site at the foot Of Ambrose
Island, near the Cement works and
the engineers now on the ground are
|.much perturbed. for It u impossible
to tell where to locate the draw
With any certainty that the channel
win run under It after The bridge
u completed. N g
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-04-23

In the preliminary income report 81
the interstate commerce commission
for the year ending June 80, 1908,
the panic Of 1908 resulted in loss
Of over $330.oo0.00o. This state
ment is based on table giving the
earnings Tor the twelve months end
ing November 80. 1908. when the
full effect Of the business depression
became evident, with the preceding
twelve. This avoids the error Of
including the latest months in rail-
way history in the same year with
the lean months that followed it.
I'm the same way the loss in net
earnings Is shown to have been
$125, 540460 instead of $111, 051,-
O06, as given in the commission
statement.
THE 2-cent passenger fare legis-
lation caused loss OF $4,000, 900
dn gross earnings. although more
passengers were carried. This is &C.
counted for by reduction in aver
age receipts per passenger mile on
"a per cent. of the mileage from
2.014 cents in 1907 to 1882 cents
in 1908.
"The heavy loss in net earnings is
partly accounted for by the expend-
iture Of approximately $4,000, 900
necessitated by arbitrary innovations
In accounting methods and require
ments in regard to the hours and
conditions OF labor of certain class
es OF employees"
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-04-23
Lowest Death Rate.

South Dakota shows the lowest
death rate of fifteen states from
which the census bureau gathered
mortality statistics for 1907. The
South Dakota death rate Is 9.8 per
1000 population compared with
1876 for California, the highest of
the fifteen states. The South Dako-
ia death rate the proceeding year
was 8.8. South Dakota Is also among
the states with the lowest death
rate from tuberculosis, but leads in
whooping cough fatalities, though
the latter disease showed decrease
in other states.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-04-23
The French Move their Soil.

The French farmer who moves
isn'e going to leave behind his most
valuable asset-his top soil. No,
indeed! He may not have much in
the way Of household goods. Per-
haps he is short on machinery or
tools, and he may even consent to
dispose Of his wife-but never,
never, never his top soil. For the
top soil of the Norman farmer
who is, in fact, the best farmer in
the worlds the richest and black
est variety, having been fertilized
and watered and nurtured until 1t
is to its owner what Paderewiski's
fingers are to him. So, when he
moves, his goods and chattels may
occupy one small cart, and behind
will come seven or eight enormous
drays bearing his cherished top s III.
There Is usually not more than a
quarter of an. acre. One of our
smallest farms would make the
French farmer a millonaire.-Ex.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-04-23
FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD
For Arrest and Conviction Of Vic
latOrs OF the Fish Laws.

For Arrest and Conviction of Vio-
lators of the Fish Laws.
Attention is called to the follow
ing extracts from the statute laws
Of South Dakota:
Extracts from chapter 81, ses-
sion laws 1909. It shall be unlaw-
full for any person to kill or take
in any of the permanent waters
in this state, for any purpose, any
trout or food fish at any time by
the use Of any poisonous or deleteri-
Gus or Supplying drug or by the
use of. any explosive substance or
by the erection of any weir, dam or
other artificial obstruction or by the
use of any net, seine, trap, spear or
device whatever except by hook and
line. On conviction violators shall
be fined the sum Of not less than
fifty ($50.00) dollars nor more than
one hundred ($100.O0) dollars for
each offiense.
Chapter $40. Violators may be
punished by fine and cost of prose-
cution or imprisonment In the coun-
ty jail for not less than ten (1O)
days nor more than thirty 600
days for each offense. The county
game warden is authorized to offel
a reward of ten ($10.00) dollars
for the arrest and conviction Of any
violator."
1.-THE Rapid City Game Protec.
tive Club will pay reward o.
fifty ($50.00) dollars for the ar.
rest and conviction Of violators o.
the foregoing provisions.
James HALEY. President.
i J. L. Soule. Secretary.
q. c. Baken. Treasurer"
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-04-23
Portland Man Missing.

Deadwood, April 16.- Consta,bla
g. p. Descendants telephoned from
Lead today that James Chambers
was missing and indications were
that there had been foul play.
The missing man resided IN Ma.
vada gulch near the Snowstorm
mine, half way between Portland
and Terry. About two weeks aroS
he went to Lead and remained for!
q. week. It Is said that he vas;
drinking heavily while there. ~
week ago he started for his cabin
with 2 jug. presumably flied with.
nh iskey, and some provisions. Thai
is the last known OF him. a IN
who was staying at the cabin With
him finally came to Lead to look Tor
the missing man and found that ho,
had left for home as stated above.
This man when interviewed today
said that Chambers had not alsriivsed,
ct the cabin and that hes aanandosed
the former was yet In Il 81
Il 1T u said that Cham 81 r6rSS Ri.
had some trouble that le sfos 4 4 mo- n
OF = Killing.
Sheriff Plunkef II III IS
ltorney HeArpn NJ 81
O'Clock 81
i5oined there III & NE, .
fartS III d &. r.
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The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-04-23
Cattle Range Grows Smaller.

John Costello, who for number
Of years was a resident OF The
Northern Hills and interested In var
ious mining properties. was in town
yesterday from his ranch out be-
syond Rapid City. @ q 5st
OR. Costello 10 now IN the cattle
business. and while conditions ere
good this year, yet he says that the
range n closing up fast around him
Every year Il ssemA much smaller
and homestsade,S are coming n
so rapidly into his part ot the coln,
try, that amy range Whatarer. VIII
soon BE thing of The peet Stock
|sh0ueJsr. no - hns ~ thil
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-04-23

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families Who began the settlement Of
New York, It was the first city OF
Europe to practice that religious
liberation which the American Re-
public first made national princi-
pie.
This memorial to Jean Luzac, the
Journalist and educator of Leyden, is
another of the many proofs that the
old saying about the ingratitude of
republics does not apply to the Unit
ed States Of America. Whatever
may have been these sins of the re-
publics OF the past, they are not the
sins OF this. America remembers
her friends and goes through all the
world doing them honor.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-04-23

OF effectiveness Sid simplicity. The
stars and their number are far more
readily discernable when arranged
in regular rows than when twid-
died and gee-hawed around into this
fantastic puzzle-pattern. and any
body who can count as high as for
ty-six can make the flag without
having to call in the services of an
expert anatomist, Chinese puzzle
manufacturer and past grand mas
ter in comic sections. The flag as
we have had it for more than four
score years is good enough to keep.
New York Tribune,
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-04-23
New Telephone Company.

Pierre, 8. D., April 15.-Articles
of incorporation have been filed for
the Elm Springs and Wasta Tele-
phone Company, with headquarters
at Wasta, and capital of $4,000.
The incorporators are r. e. Hud-
dleston, John Ashei1n, Dan Shine,
ELM Springs. Frank Cottle. Smith
Vile; Charles B Hunt, Wasta. The
purpose of the company is to con-
struct line from Wasta to White
Owl. a distance OF about fifty miles,
taking in smithville, and Dalzell on
the line with a branch to Elm
Springs. The company Is a local
one and connection with the line
from here to Rapid City at Wasta
will allow telephone connections be-
tween this city and northern Meade
county.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-04-23
Let the Flag Alone.

f The proposal to recast the pat
tern OF the United States flag is a
good one to send to limbo. The
scheme as now laid before congress
is to rearrange the stars in the I'M
ion into pattern resembling per-
haps winged gyascutus more than
anything else on earth, the heavens
above or the waters beneath. Here
is the prescriptions:
The stars shall be arranged uni
form in distance from one another,
in five arcs in combination, the CEN
ters Of the arcs to be the apixes of
a regular pentagon. The radius Of
the arcs shall be equal to one side
of the pentagon. and the radius of
the stars shall be equal to one-fourth
the distance from center to CENTER
Isn't that lovely? Likewise, isn't
1t clearer than mud? Everybody
from that lucid word-painting can
see exactly how 1t would look and
every schoolboy can instantly draw
it upon his slate. It lie really won
der that we have been able to wor-
Try along for SO many years without
such q combination. Why. there
isn't q problem In Euclid that can
touch it for sheer joyousness. Only
put the union in that form and We
shall all chant 20. q. D." IN unison
and at the end Of every stanza Of
The Star Spangle6 Banner"
Nevertheless, the present arrange
ment should stand unchanged. i
may not display % much inventive
Il genius as this concatsnation OF pen
i tagons and arcs and apicss and radii
| But = has thA two snprsnA yfrtss
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-04-23
Appreciate Your Mother.

line graveyards are full of moth
ers who died taking care of their
children. Better appreciate your
mother before your appreciation of
her will be no kindness to her, and
the post mortem regrets will be more
and more of an agony as the years
pass on. Big headstones of polished
Aberdeen and the best epitaphs which
which the family put together could
compose and garland of the whitest
roses from the conservatory are Of
ten the attempt to atone for the
thanks we ought to have uttered in
living ears and the kind words that
would have done more good than all
the Gala lilies ever piled up on the
silent mounds of the cemeteries. The
world makes explanatory ado over
the work OF mothers who have raised
boys to be great men and most of
our readers could turn to their books
and find the names of fifty distin-
gu1shed men who had great mothers
-Culver's mother, Walter Scott's
mother, st. Demands mother, Ben
1amin Vests mother. But who
praises mothers for what they do for
daughters who make the homes of
this land. We don not know of an
instance Of such recognition. You
never hear word in appreciation of
the self denial, of the fatigues and
good sense and prayers which those
mothers go through who navigate
family of girls from the edge of
the cradle to the school house door
and from the school house door up
to the marriage altar. That is the
achievement which the eternal Goo
celebrates high up in the Heavens,
though for 1t human hands so sell
dom clap the faintest applause. My!
My! What time that mother haf
with those youngsters, and If she
had relaxed care and work and adj
vice and solicitation of heavenl,
help, that next generation would
have landed in the poor house, i'd
lot asylum, or penitentiary. 1t is
while she is living, but never while
she is dead. that some girls call their
mothers maternal ancestors or
the old woman Redfeld Journal
Observer.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-04-23
America Remembers Her Friends

When the founders Of this repub-
lie were struggling for liberty and
independence. and compelled to seek
help in that struggle wherever 1t
could be found, they were given time
ly assistance by Jean Luzac, some
time professor of the University of
Leyden. and during the whole war
Tor independence editor of the Leid-
sche Courier.
During the whole Of the contest,
from 1875 to its end, Luzac's paper
upheld the American cause, and by
furnishing authentic news from AM
erica, with interpretative comment
and advocacy, powerfully influenced
public opinion in Europe. But ena-
bling the statemmen Of those coun-
tries to understand he aided in the
Fecognition OF American Indepen-
dance In Holland, France and Spain.
and helped to move Prussia and Rus
Ella to armed neutrality against the
demands OF England.
The services Of Luzac were recog-
nized by Washington and other great
Americans Of the time and he re-
ceived their thanks In autograph let
ters. In remembrance Of these SER
vices the Netherland society Of Phil
adelphia and others interested in,
our history will erect to his memory
1t Leyden during the coming sum-
mer q commemorative tablet of an
tique brass, suitably inscribed and
adorned for which commission has
been placed with q we'll known Arm
OF artistic designers and founders.
The Rev. William Eliot Griffs, Of
ithaca, N. T.. author Of several we'll
known books on Dutch history and
on the contribution Of the Neither
lands to the making of the United
States has interested himself in the
4 raising Of the $3.50 still required for
this memorial. Contributions may
be sent to DR.. Grifis. who will per-
sonally visit Leyden to attend to the
I; details OF the installation, whose GER
Il emonies will be In charge Of the
Netherlandish Society OF Letters.
American travellers In Europe the
coming summer will md the occa-
! zion one OF interest. Leyden. an
client seat Of arms and arts, noted
alike for the learning Of Its scholars
+ and the valor Of its citizens, is one
ssofs the most interesting citizens Of
EUROPE to Americans, With due re.
sfds tor their country's history and
~ sneSinning. D s
On the rolls Of the university arr
o. names Of more than 5000 Eng
lish peaking graduates who sought
ma found hospitable instruction
tkSts when the British uniyersitie,
eaoaed to al rave adherents 8
ss state church. II wssa 4 be &
r the 'ilo.ss In M H
4 n ana Of the Ralool
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-04-23
ODD FRLLoWs' ANNIVERSARY
Members Throughout State Plan to
Observe Day.

Observe Day.
Sioux Falls, April 15.-The Odd
Fellows at a number Of points in
South Dakota are preparing to OBJ
serve in a suitable manner on Mon
day. April 26. the ninetieth ami
versary OF the founding Of the In
dependent Order of Odd Nellows.
One Of the most elaborate Of these
celebrations will be held at Salem.
The Odd Fellows Of McCook county
have a county organization and have
united in the celebration at Salem.
The principal address will be made
by Rev. DR.. Gallagher. Of Geddes,
who is one Of the leading orators of
South Dakota. One Of the features
of the occasion will be parade
Of Odd Fellows. The anniversary
celebration Is expected to be- the
greatest affair Of its kind In the tds-
tory OF Odd Fellowship in McCook
county. The exercises will be held
In the opera house.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-04-23
Vermillion WIN Buy Waterworks

Vermilhon, s. D., April 15.-At
the last meeting of the city council
1t was decided that Vermillion
should own Its own waterworks, and
the proposition Of buying the pres
ent plant was discussed. In case
an agreement cannot be made with
the present water company, a board
OF appraisers will be named to fix
the valuation.
II the municipal ownership Of the
city waterworks is not decided yet,
1t 10. however, certain that the city
will have new steel water reservoir
at once, whether the company sees
At or not. The present old wooden
affair is danger to the people OF
Vermillion and 1t will be torn down
as soon as possible.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-04-23
Talk Lower.

Only about one person in every
ten knows how to properly use the
Nelephone,' said district manager
Of one company. Eyes, sir, I'll stand
by my guns on that assertion; and
4 think l can prove my point; nine
out OF every ten persons talk entire
ly too loud over the telephone.
They actually shout and make SO
much noise that they drown out all
semblance Of clearness. They can't
hear and the first thing you know
there is a complaint about poor
connections and faulty service. The
correct way to do is to talk as you
do in ordinary conversation. or even
trifie lower. People can't seem to
realize that the telephone will car
ry a whisper even. No, they must
talk loud enough to be heard "a
mile, if that be the distance between
the connected points. Just try your
self. Try the low well-modulated
voice, and see if you do not get in
finitely better service out of your
telephone in the future
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-04-23
Inspected South Dakota Capitol.

Inspected South Dakota Capitol.
Pierre, 8. D., April 15.-The CAPT
toll commission Of the state Of Mon
tana consulted with the capitol COM
mission Of this state yesterday. It
appears that the legislature of Mon
tana made appropriations for further
extension of the capitol building in
that state, and the commission is
looking over the South Dakota capt.
toll building with the view Of making
the building meet the limited ap-
Precipitation made.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-04-23
Raising Money for a Mi III

1t Is reported that John Wise, sup
erintendent Of the Mariposa Mining
Company whose property is located
on Slate creek southeast Of Mystic.
is having success in his efforts to
raise capital for the erection Of a mill
on the ground. He has been In the
east Tor two months past on this
mission. and the news now comes
that he has practically accomplished
his purpose.
The Maripoea has been running q
tunnel. prosecuting the formations.
for year and half, and shortly
before Mr.. Wise left on his present
trip. had tapped the ledge to which
the work had been directed. They
opened up good sized vertical vein
OF exceptionally good grade milling
ore and were then satisfied that they
were warranted in building re-
duction plant. The mill will be Of q,
capacity II not less than 100 tons
and will be so constructed that 1t
may be added to when the outputi
Of the mine makes such a move ADJ
visable. -Deadwood Pioneer-Tlmes.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-04-23
MT. Aetna Throwine Canders.

Mt. Aetna Throwing Cinders.
Paris, April 15.-A dispatch from
Naples says that Mount Aetna is
in eruption. Showers of cinders
have fallen at Catania and many in
Ihabitants have fed. Stombo!o ds
also active.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-04-23
Washington Cleaned mp.

Washington, April 15.-Carrying
ont their pledges TOR cleaner
Washington. the society women of
the city were out In force today
supervising the cleaning the streets
.f paper and debris.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-04-23
NEW PLAN FOR REFoREsT1NG
Seedlings Of Michigan Pine to be
Planted in Boulder Park.

'
Planted in Boulder Park.
Deadwood, April 15.-The for
estry department is about to try a
new plan Of reforesting the burnt
and bare districts, and in line with
this has ordered $500 white pine
seedlings from Michigan which they
will plant in Boulder Park. This
method Of reforesting is. OF course,
much more expensive than is the
seeding, but has the advantage OF
larger returns. When an area Is
seeded. only a small per cent. Of the
seeds terminate, but when the young
trees themselves are set out a very
large proportion of them live and
thrive. II these trees in Boulder
Park do well the experiment will be
repeated in other sections.
Not only Is this method new here
hut the species Of tree to be plant
ed varies from those seeded before.
The department wishes to try vart-
pue kinds Of pine with view to
ascertaining which is the best suit
ed to the conditions prevailing here.
The work OF seeding has not been
abandoned as some 1000 pounds OF
yellow pine have already been sown
this epring. Sections near Redfern,
Dumont and out IN Spearfish can
yon have been seeded down to vel
low pine, and with the amount OF
work OF this kind which the forestry
department has accomplished Of late
there should soon be some good
results. The fret work of this kind
undertaken in the Hills, four years
ago at Roubaix, has proved SUN
ciently satisfactory to urge the con
tinuance OF efforts along these lines