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The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-07-02
King Edward Opens Art Palace.

London, June 26.-The magni-
ficent new palace Of art in South
Kensington, forming a notable adj
dition to the Victoria Albert
museum was formally opened to-
day by King Edward. The new
structure, which is m of tho most
imposing public ediices in the
metropolis, will house the great ma
tional art collection.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-07-02

The report is circulated that eta
ma jim" Wilson will be succeeded
next December as secretary of agri-
culture by Congressman Charles f.
Scott of Kansas. Secretary Wilson,
however, says he hasn't been told
about it. The secretary has been in
the cabinet going on thirteen years
now, but is apparently good for a
number more. The country would
be loath, indeed, to lose his services.
Scott is a newspaper man, rather
than a farmer, but he could probab-
ly come as near making good as Will
sons successor as any other man.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-07-02

A railway crossing gate is opened
and closed by the passage of the gate
itself has been installed near Mon
treux, Switzerland. AS the car or
locomotive approaches it makes an
electric current, which sets in oper-
alton a mechanism that lights road.
lamps, rings a bell and lowers a bar
rier across the highway.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-07-02

According TO a billpassed BY.
the last general assembly alltel-
ephone companies of the state.
will file their schedule with the
board Of railway commissioners
and that body will have the.
to- equalize rates. This
law becomes effective on July
and the schedules must be
fled within sixty days.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-07-02

Commissioner of Indian affairs,
Francis e. Leupp, has resigned that
office, owing to continued i'll health,
and Robert G. Valentine, the assist
ant commissioner. has been appoint
ed his successor. Leupp has been
commissioner for several years and
has made a clean record, though the
policy of encouraging the Indians to
dispose of their lands as they have
done in South Dakota, is not endors-
ed by the Indian missionary boards
of some of the churches. Leupp was
strongly in favor of giving the In
dams an allotment of land, and
throwing the remainder open to .oc-
cupation by the whites.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-07-02
Il DELICATE QUESTION

a DELICATE QUESTION
The supreme court Of South
Dakota has been called upon to
pass upon a rather important
legal question which involves
the creduity Of the Legislative
body. The question is present
ed from Lawrence county, of
which Deadwood is the county
seat, and pertains to the effect
i've laws on good roads in the
state. A good roads association
has been formed in that county
and has made plans for i'm
proving the highways, which
plans cannot be carried out for
the reason the two mill levy has
been spent and slightly over
drawn.
The associations attorney
has now instituted a search to
determine if there is any legal
authority by which they may
proceed and secure an appro-
priation sufficient to defray ex-
penses. The search has reveal
ed that the code Of 1908 con-
tains two conflicting statutes.
One of these stated that the
board Of county commissioners
might spend two mills every
year from the general fund for
road purposes; while the other
provided a special road tax Of
two mills and repealed oil pre-
ceding legislation in conflict
whit.
The facts are that the first
ofsthese provisions was in force
Ia South Dakota until 1890;
meaning that a board of county
commissioners could spend two
mills from the general fund for
road purposes. Then in 1890
the Legislature passed the stat
ute establishing the road fund
levyof two mills and repealed
all laws ia conflict whit:
1903 there
was no question as to what the
South Dakota laws provided:
q special road fund tax of two
mills was permitted and no
more. In 1903 the codifying
commission, in making up the
laws of the state into one vol
ume, included both of these
provisions and the legislature
Of 1905 accepted the work Of
the ~codifying commission and
by special act declared all the
statutes contained in it to be
the laws Of South Dakota. So,
the legislature Of 1905, techni-
cally speaking, resurrected the
law Of 1890, permitting the
3 board Of commissioners t 0
spend two mills from the gem
eral fnndfo road purposes and,
imam entirely different part Of
the code, included alsothe 1890
lawcreating the road fund levy.
The question now submitted
Ito the supreme court is whether
both provisions are to be effect
i've. The same question has
beensubmitted to Judge Rice
and he has held that it is not
probablethat both wereintend-
ed to beSeffective, for the rea--
son the 1890 law had been re-
pealed and had been embodied
81 the codified laws 81 1905 BY
mistake. The Judge admits,
however, that existing condi-
tions give rise to q question
which IL alone d~eterminable by
: decision 81 -thesupremecourt
Wplaces the supreme court
ina delicate position in view Of
the fact that il must say, in of.
fectatleast, that the state law
makerszsrevery careless in rat
nyinglaws ofthe state, or that
hayaccepted the codified laws
u the state without knowing
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-07-02

Pursuant to a law passed by the
New York legislature, Gov. Hughes
has now appointed six representative
citizens who, together with the lieu
tenant governor, speaker of the as
sembly and six legislators, to con-
stitute a labor commission, to en-
quire into the question of the liabil-
ity Of employers for industrial acct
dents and into the general prob
lem of the unemployed. On the COM
mission the governor has called Prof.
Seager of Columbia, head Of the as
ISOLATION of Labor Legislation; John
Mitchell, three large employers, a
railroad conductor and Miss Crystal
Eastman, the social Investigator.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-07-02

|EaNL- EZsEEa 49,
1t would be a fine thing il all
Fourth Of July celebrations could be
made safe and sane, There is real
ly no reason why the American peo-
pie should celebrate the anniversary
of their independence from the DOM
ination Of Great Britain, by a use
less, fearful, heart-rending sacrifice
of young lives that is an annual oc-
%currence at this holiday. Many of
the large cities have taken steps,
during the past few years, to abate
the evil: as much as possible, but
nothing really worth while can be
accomplished until the entire ceun-
try acts. With united effort, and the
prohibition of the sale of the more
dangerous classes Of fireworks, the
annual loss of young patriots should
be brought down to the minimum.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-24
The Laws Of the PeOnIe.

It Is a curious and. at the same tine.
n difficult situation that has arisen over
the question Of curtaiIns the side shows
and Ctler amusements that have been
wide open al Coney Island on. sundays
ever since that seaside resort became the
holiday pleasure ground OF New York
ers. It IS. Of course, a question local 10
New York. but. in a way. it becomes.
too. a national question, not only because
Coney Island has been the mecca OF
pleasure-seekers from all over the coun-
try. but because the questions involved
are those that at various times come up
in every community.
There can be little qJestioA as 10 the
desirability Of allowing coney Island
and It's resorts. under proper restraint.
to be opened on Sunday. That is the
one day in the week when thousands Of
workers condemned 10 life in the crowd
ed city can get out where the sea breezes
Oinctured with the odor OF frying frank
furters) blow. and # Is a fact that in
spite Of the crowds and the hilarity and
the open saloons. the record Of crime and
misdemeanor down there has been very
light Nor can It be ignored that II
Coney Island were closed hundreds Of
people who go there on Sunday would
remain in the city and the enforcement
Of law and order in New York would be
that much more difficult
But we cannot see any Justification for
the heat and temper IN which the pro-
posed action against Coney Island IS dis
cussed BY New Workers and by a section
Of the New York press Those who CRY
out about injustice and the poor mans
sunday and TAX glibly OF blue laws
seem 10 take the attitude that the law is
some mysterious force imposed upon TIRE
community by the mayor and those in
trusted with its enforcement
Would It not be well 10 remember. IN
such a case. that the law IS cur law
II is not the dictum Of a despot. but
the expressed VIII Of the people them
selves. with whom alone les the power
10 make a change. The law IS there.
the officers have been elected by the
people to enforce It. and in the fact that
officials are ready 70 do their duty. IN spite
Of uHpOpularity and public clamor. lies
the safeguard OF the people themselves.
II il IS true. as Il probably is. that
public sentiment regarding Sunday would
have II changed from q day Of rest and
worship 70 a Gay OF pleasure and reerea-
ton, then let public sentiment crystanizs
itself in law First. last. and all the
time. IN a free republic, Il Is the peoples
viii that rules
The Washington herald., 1909-05-24
POSTAL CHECKS IN GERMANY.
System Of Carrying AccOpnts in the
POst-office a Success.
Frm odHsilar RsDUt

From Consular ReU0rt-
Consul Thomas II. Norton, OF Chemnitz.
IN reporting that the system Of carrying
accounts IN & post-oflce and drawing
checks upon the same was introduced in
the German postal system on January !,
1so9. reviews the initial success which It
has already attained
This assumption BY the postal depart
ment Of one OF the functions OF banking
does not seem 10 have awakened the Op-
position Of bankers, and II certainly has
met the stamp OF popular approval. as
evidenced by the results OF the first
months business.
AT present bank accounts are kept IN
only q few large post-offices, each Of
which meets the wants OF an extensive
territory At the close OF January the
number OF such accounts IN the Berlin
post-office was 3,s79. at Leipzig, PSI; al
Cologne, 2S72. The total number Of sc-
counts opened during the first month vas
IS 2i0- Deposits during the month were
IN round numbers. 50 co. OF which
sum $4,000 was in the form OF postal
checks. transferred from one account to
another, out of Sl5.e00 coz, total value Of
checks drawn. OF the remaining s. %, ,099,
the sum of $40Q9.e1 20 was paid IN cash, the
remainder by postal orders 10 other
Offices At the close Of January over
s.. 4.s09000 was on deposit in postal banking
accounts.
There IS every Indication that this
new feature OF the German postal service
wil do much % faniliarize the people
st large with the use OF checks for or5i-
nary transactions To the American so
journing in the empire it is odd 10 OBJ
serve the rarity Of the use Of checks in
connection with payments outside Of I'm
p0rtant business transactions Munich
Paiities. official boards. mutual insurance
and other similar bodies
are among the first 10 establish postal
deposit accounts. and their example WI
do much 20 popuisrize the general prac-
tice and lessen the vast amount Of coin
and bankIotes now required for the
ordinary daily payments of the German
people.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-24
LUxURIEs DISTRIBUTED.
Men and Women Of Seventeenth Cen
tury spent Much on Dress.


Prom Gas Losic
We hear much. Tor example. about
modern extravaganza On the part Of the
rich, IN the matter OF wearing apparel
especially. one might suppose that the
utmost expenditure of a wealthy man
OF woman for a single suit IN the
eighteenth century was no more than $40
at the most. and that these suits served
year after year.
Nothing Of the kind
In 1720 Nile de Tournon was married
IN Paris. The wedding was an elegant
but not a phenomenal one, as those days
weat Her court gown was OF white
velvet. elaborately embroidered. and cost
Eso0-nearly 5000 Of our money: this
gown couId be worn but 6 few times, and
the chemicals now used for cleaning and
refreshing fine fabrics had not yet been
discovered. She had several other gowns
at prices varying from $50 70 sG9, and
her aunt gave her e709 for fans. bags
and gaTteTs'
Nine. &c VeTrue. who IS not By any
means q prominent person IN history
had 5o dozen cambric handerkerchiets
and other things 10 spOld-and this
cambr!c, hand woven. had no cotton IN
termixtUre-
And the men were as extravagant as
the women. Such q suit IS was required
by the guest at a fashionable wedding cost
E61o. and he needed three o. them. The
most inexpensive kind of black suit cost
go or 60 half a dozen hats. at E1
apiece were none too many. and a gen
tleman ordinarily must possess six stock
ings. wooien stockings AID leather stock
ings. and FIVE OF six different kinds o.
b0ots-these being made necessary by the
prevailing style Of knee breeches. A
man OF fashion could get along with six
sumner and SIX winter suits al 500
apieoe-whiCh does not include the gold
and silver buttons and the lace And be-
sides al this the barber and wig maker
cost his lordship several pounds a year
He might OF might not wear Jewels. but
diamond rings, pins. jeweled sword hits,
snuR boxes. knee buckles and shoe
buckles were not uncommon And as for
lace. men as well as women wore any
amount Of that
The fact is that wealth IS much more
evenly distributed to-day than It ever
was before One would have 70 go into
seuni-barbarous countries 20 ind anybody
living nowadays under the conditions
which the peasants Of England and
France lived under while ali this fine
dressing and dining went OF. AbEnd-
ance OF heat. light and hot and cold
water are the luxuries Of to-day; faeila
transportation. increased health and
vigor, increased comfort OF daily living
We spend our money on these things In
stead OF silk, velvet. and lace. and il pays
better
The Washington herald., 1909-05-24
Duration of Life.
From the NeE YORK world.

From the NeE YORK Void
Il is not that the extreme span OF life
has heightened. but "a larger and larger
percentage OF persons now 1--we Up 20 and
through the reproductive and productive
periods Of life" During the last half cen
tury the mean duration Of life in the
United States has increased perhaps ten
or twelve years, largely through the re-
duction Of infant mortality. From this
gain Of years II Is the average man" who
has mainly profted. The fathers OF the
republic were long lived But while the
modern captain OF industry breaks down
prematurely under the nervous strain u
large interests. mankind generally Which
is not engaged IN combining railroad sys-
TENS or establishing commercial monop-
olies al the expense of ruined digestion
and shattered nerves has been adding 10
It's years. A better and more varied diet
better home and municipal sanitation and
improved medical safeguards have com
bined TO extend the duration Of life Of
the general public. To this end the con
veniences and comforts Of invention have
undoubtedly contributed. as wei as q
greater temperance and moderation OF
life
The Washington herald., 1909-05-24
Modern Arts Prsservaiiye.

The possibilities Of the moving picture
are beginning to appeal 10 .he\educator
as strongly as they have 10 the purvey-
ors Of amusement This device Of pho
tographic art and mechanical ingenuity
has been Of rapid development, and yet
T il appears TO be only on the threshold Of
Its possible utilities. It's susceptibility to
abuse has led 10 some presdice against
its indiscriminate employment; but It's
contribution 70 innocent entertainment
by far outweighs objections that should
be easily obviated. while It's capacity TO
realize fgments Of imagination may en-
large the vision in every field Of life. The
larger cities in the United States num-
Der places Of amusement Of this class by
scores and even hundreds. More than
S50.000, ,000 IT IS estimated. are invested in
this method Of attracting the daily atten-
ton OF more than 100000 OF spectators.
History Is the tale OF the past. while
the moving finger Of light writes upon
the sensItized film the tale OF the present
It is for the children and the students Of
generations vet unborn TO delight in these
vivid records Of the civilization Of this
age that thus contributes a precious her
ttage TO the future II time will not
turn backward in its fight, the old man
with the scythe may thus be forced 10
look over his shoulder. What a retrospect
that may be one can hardly realize. II
this added art preservatfve were ancient
to-day. what vivid realism could en-
tighten the pages OF the past! The sage
and the youth Of the present could pom
der and reveI in the revelations now
dimly reflected IN ruins. cryptic inscrip-
tIons. and battered monuments. The
minarets OF fallen architecture would be
iIlumined with shafts OF light. The cere-
monies and the tragedies Of remote ages
would repass before our eyes The mys-
teTies Of the Oldest civilizations could be
revealed. and no longer as through q glass.
darkly, but face 70 face. could we OBJ
serve such comparatively modern spec
tacles SIS those OF a Roman holiday. while
even the darkest ages Of mediaeval EJf-
rope would be illuminated.
But the vision even OF the present Is
vastly widened. The delights and revela-
tons OF travel are brought almost 20 the
threshold OF home. The contemporaneous
march OF the mighty present Is made 20
pass before our very doors. The life Of
California moves before eyes on the At
lantic seabOard and observers may be-
hold the panorama Of the streets Of for
eign cities within the radius OF a few
steps. The magic carpet Of Aladdin thus
becomes reality. When the records OF
the phonograph are made resonantly
vocal. sound and sisht viii be made to
annihiIate both tine and space.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-24
HOW IT FEELS 10 FLY.
You Seem to Float, Yet the Wind
ROa-s in Your Ears.
From tie Ouiirg MAGAZINE.

From the OutiEs Magazine.
All who have had the good fortune 10
ride IN the aeroGrome unite in their de-
scription OF that first sensation. There
IS no jerk in stsrth7g. though the machine
leaps foryard with a powerful swoop.
Then comes-with some-a brief sense Of
nausea. a feeling as If the blurred ground
were dropping away from beneath.
A slight thrust Of the left hand lever
lifts the flyers head. the ground drops
away still faster, and then as the machine
climbs into the air ones eyes adjust
themselves 10 the proper focus and the
surface Of the earth below seems 10 5e
ripping past at railroad speed
BY this time you have forgotten the
clack OF the noisy motor. the flap and
whir Of the piopellers, the grinding OF
the chain and ~procket gear that drives
them. All vibration has practically
ceased and you float along with a sense
Of springy ease and bu0yancy such as
you can gain from 10 other means Of
lOcomotion- That you are flying fast you
know only from the roar Of the wind IN
your ears and the slight difficulty you
have in filing your lungs with air, the
same sensation one gets in racing
against the wind IN an auto.
Then comes the first turn. The machine
rises 10 IL. taking its own angle sideways,
just as a motor car leans on the banked
curve Of a racing track. You have no
sense Of leaning sideways, though-no
feeling that you must TIT yourself as
you do when the auto turns a ccrner,
for yOu sit upright. the aerOdrOme slant
ing OF its own voliti0n 70 the necessary
angle and slanting you with i. A glass
OF water set on the iiS9- OF the flyer
could be carried around curve after
curve and stiIl not lose q drop.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-24
Patriotism Va. Pensions.

Frcn the Buffalo EIrvcss
The proposition 70 create a state pen
sion list should be vetoed The State will
involve itself in unlimited difficulties II
Il starts on that course. The S2.oo0, COO
proposed in the bin would be only an en-
tering wedge. Veterans who served in
New York regiments are scattered all
over the Union. The demand on the
States bounty would soon grow 10 ap-
palling proportions. The Federal gov
ernment is now pensioning all soldiers OF
the civil war II its liberality is so
great that all recognize the improperly
OF asking It TO do more at this time
there are still stronger reasons why the
State should not be expected TO take up
the stupendous task Of creating a pen
sion system. There should be some civic
patriotism as well as military patriotism
Veterans Of the civil war cannot AFFORD
70 have their great services put on a
merely sordid basis.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-24
KEEPING THE PUBLIC BOOKS.
Need Of Uniform System of MunieI-
pal Accounting.

Exact facts as % the cost q city gov
eminent in America are Just what ths
people have not had. declazes William
Allen Waite In ths American Magazine
Municipal bookkeeping has been miser-
ably done The blun6ers and the crimes
or politicians have been hidden IN ledgers
and day books.
But within five years last past q feeling
has manifested itself in The country that
uniformity Of municipal accounts was
needed. New York, Boston, Baltimore. and
Chicago have adopted in part the sched-
ules prepared by the National Municipal
League for the keeping OF municipal ac-
counts, and the states az Ohio. Nassa-
chuseus. Iowa. and Wyoming have pass
ed laws requiring cities IN these States 70
adopt a Uniform system of municipal ac-
counts.
The adoption Of Uniform accounting
may not seem heroic L IS not a cause
upon which 20 appeal 70 the passions ot
the popuiace; and yet IN New York City
Il July. 1905. the commissioners OF ac-
counts handed 70 the mayor q New York
their report of their findings. Before
frost one borough president had fed IN
der FIRE, one been removed by the COVER
nor. a third had resigned. a fourth had
been accused OF malfeasance IN Office
more serious than IS charged against the
other four, and one q the FIVE remains.
A research Of municipal accounts SINH
lar 10 that in Eew York is under way la
Boston. Already the accountant OF the
Good Government League has shown
where the city is losing $4,000 q year on
coal contracts. where a loan of Son.G55 for
the extension OF water mains was unnec-
essary. that g loan bin Of s.. .5s450 pass
ed by the city council contained items
amounting 20 s535.900 that were not only
unnecessary. bat were so obiectionab bic
that they should be repealed.
The report showed that $4,000 a year
may be saved IN one city department
without loss OF efficiency. and that con
tracts have been let and supplies pur-
chased without competitive bidding. at
prices ranging from = per cent 10 1o1 per
cent more than the prices OF the market
The Massachusetts, Bureau of Municipal
Accounts-the first Of its kind IN the
United States-seems 10 be the f0re-unaer
OF similar activities IN many States. for
the State leagues Of cities which are
organizing all over the country are de-
manding Il. and their demands viii not
long 60 unheeded- No other single move
ment IN America promises so much as
this movement for Uniform accounts
The Washington herald., 1909-05-24
Accomplished Kentuclzfan.

Fr0m the OEe1sbo7o Inquirer.
NOtice-KnOw all men By these pres
ents. that ], shadrach H. Armstrong,
have coal oil for sale at Is cents a gallon.
Some say It amt good oil. but I say It
is viii also tie your broomcorn. one
half for the other. I crush corn every
Thursday BY toll gate. Turkeys picked
very promptly any day Of week. Horse
shoeing a specially at bits around.
Watch and pistol repairing guaranteed.
Shoes half sOled while you wait I'm
brellas fixed and ak handles made for I5
cents. VIII teach Southern harmony and
the fiddle combine for s. mo. Pictures
enlarged by a new process. and my hot
tamale and hair oil receipt go SO days
for 25 cents. Hair cutting only on Sat
urday evening. % cents head. A good
stripper COW for sale. Also agent for
the Jones Wagon Hoist the Tom Nc
Eirath Tobacco Duster, and Foot's Med
ical Advertiser. Rufe Lsngston is ny
attorney and my terms is cash-frst
because I know you; second, because 7
don't know you.