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The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-04-30
GREGoRY's GREAT ROLL GALL
1873 Out Of First 10000 Have Failed
to ReSDOnd.

~ 1tSSpOuu.
Gregory, S. D., April 17.-since
passing the 1000 mark, the per-
centage Of those failing to file for
Trip county lands is increasing
rapidly. Out of the first 1000, only
1873 failed to respond when their
numbers were called, but passing
that point, only 90 filed out of the
$50 called, and there will be even
a greater falling off in the next $50,
as 1t is considered that there are
not to exceed 1900 to 1,40O de-
sirable claims outside of the Indian
allotments, that is, claims that are
worth Sc an acre and the wear and
tear of long residence.
One Of the pathetic incidents Of
the filing was that of Purley N.
Richardson, of Elgin, Neb., who
drew No. $40 and Immediately en-
gagged his locator and made all ar
rangements to begin residence on a
homestead. Three days before the
time for filing, word was received
from his father that the young man
was very i'll Of pneumonia, and I'M
able to be present on the day speci-
fled, and pleading that his sons
right might be maintained for 60
days. A few minutes before the
calling Of his number telegram
was handed to Judge Witten saying,
in effect, that No. $40 would never
claim his right, that Purley Rich
ardson was dead.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-04-30
AGAINST ELECTRIC HEADLIGHTS
Northwestern Employees Circulate
ing Referendum Petitions.

Ing Referendum Petitions.
Deadwood, April 23.-E. E. Ben
jamin, general agent of the North
Western railroad, and D. MacNeil,
one of the conductors on the line
between Rapid City and Pierre were
circulating petition in this city
yesterday for the purpose Of having
the referendum invoked on the bill
passed at the last session of the
legislature requiring the installa-
ton of 1900 candle power head
lights on all locomotives on all pass
enger trains.
The two gentlemen were very sue
cessful yesterday and received a
very large number of signatures to
their petition. They will be around
again today when they hope to COM
plete thorough canvass of the
town. The state has been divided
into districts by the railroad COM
panies operating within its boun-
daries and certain roads have been
assigned to the work In certain dis
tricts. All the roads are working
together. and the petitions are being
generally circulated throughout the
state, with gratifying results.
This movement has been under
taken because the railroad officials
are convinced that such lights are
altogether impracticable and unsafe.
Any 1900 candle power light Is toe
strong and when. as Is required in
this instance. 1T is 1900 candle,
measured without q reflector. II
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-04-30
NOT QUESTION FOR COURT
District of Columbia Has no Law ~
to Size. Of Loaf of BREAD

District of Columbia Has no Law ~
to Size Of Loaf of Bread.
Washington, April 20.-No law il
the District of Columbia can COM
pei the bakers to make loaf of
bread weighing between 16 to IS
ounces, as prescribed by an old law,
which the municipal government
sought to enforce. Either a loaf
weighing three ounces or one weigh
ing 20 pounds may be made and sold
for five cents, if the bakers so de-
sire.
The district court of appeals so
held in deciding the case of the dis
-trict against George Hauf, who al
lowed himself to he made defendant
in test case last July.
When the test case was brought
into police court last summer, Judge
Kimball declared that such a reg
ulation, prescribing the weight of a
loaf, was in violation of mans
right to contract for the manufact-
ure Of individual loaves, and re-
fused to allow the prosecution.
The court of appeals, however,
reviewed it upon the ground that
before the Incorporation of the Dis
trict of Columbia in 1871 the city
was made up Of three corporations
Washington, Georgetown and Levy
ICourt-each having different reg
.ulations in regard to the making
of bread. This being true, the in
corporation of all three into the Dis
trict of Columbia did not make any
of the bread laws operative.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-04-30

viii take out the institute workers
in autos to the places of meeting.
The principal lines which will be
discussed will be along lines Of dry
farming. and A. E. Chamberlain,
who is in charge of that work for
the state, suggests that the farmers
make the dates of the different meet
ings picnic dates, and all come who
possibly can do so. While few of
the places where meetings are to
be held are not specially fixed as
yet, generally they are set, the first
at present being: Meers, May 10;
Hayes and Sansarc, May IL; Kirley
and some other place in that vicin-
ity, May -; Leslie and some other
place in that vicinity, May 10;
Milesville all day May IA; Elm
Springs, May II; Rapid City, May
18; Fort Pierre, May 10. The tour
will he in charge of Superintendent
Dixie, of the Rapid City and North
western branch of the road.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-04-30
-FOUR MEN LYNCHED
Oklahoma Mob Avenged the Death
of Wealthy Cattleman.

Oklahoma Mob Avenged the Death
of a Wealthy Cattleman.
Ada, Okla, April 19.-Early this
morning mob of two hundred men
stormed the county Jail at this
place and lynched J. B. Miller, of
Fort Worth, Texas. Miller had been
arrested, charged with the murder
of A. A. Bobbitt, wealthy cattle
man of this section. The mob also
took from the Jail E. E. Brown
Jesse West and Joe Allen, allege
accomplices of Miller in the murde:
These three men were also strun
up by the mob and hanged.
Allen and West were wealthy CO
tlemen and the authorities ella:
they hired Miller to kill Bobbitt, az :
that Brown acted as go-betwer
Oscar Peeler, II years old, imp.
Gated in the murder, was n
lynched as he turned states ev
dence. The county attorney sal.
he would investigate but he ad
mitted the lack of evidence agains
the mob and said there would prof
ably be no prosecutions.
Guthrie, Okla, April 19.-Gover
nor Haskell said tonight that tn
lynchers would be punished if ide.
titled. Adj. Gen. Canton said tina
]. B. Miller, one of the men lynche
had killed Is men in Texas and he
always escaped punishment.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-04-30
STORY OF BRIBERY RELATED
Former San Francisco Supervisor OF
the Witness Stand.

San. Francico, April 16.- Sub
uniting with sullen resignation,
Ferdinand P. Nicholas, one of the
supervisors under the Schmitz-Ruef
regime, today gave the jury an ac-
count of the transaction in which he
alleged he accepted $4,000 offered
by Patrick Calhoun as a bribe for
permitting the erection of an over
head trolly over certain cable lines
owned by the United Railroads.
Throughout the day, Nicholas oc-
oupied the stand, passing from in
terrogations of the prosecution to the
less tender questioning of the de-
fence. Under Heney's questioning,
he disclosed relations with Gallag-
hul, who he testified paid the bride.
Attorney Rogers, for the defense,
forced Nicholas to admit that he
knew he was taking a bride when he
accepted the money. He took the
matter of immunity, seeking to show
that this was handled by Rudolph
Spreckles.
Prosecutor Heney created some
thing Of stir by stating that he
had been advised by his physician
not to engage in the trial.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-04-30
SAM I4ANGFoRD SAILS
Ready for Fight With johnson in
London on MAY d

New York, April 21.--Sam Lang
ford, with his manager, Joe Wood
man, sailed today for England to
report to the National Sporting Club
of London ready to live up to his
agreement to fight Jack Johnson
there on May "a.
Langford met the clubs Ameri-
can representative and put his name
to the articles of agreement signed
by Sam Fitzpatrick in behalf of
Johnson last fall, which call for a
$4,000 purse, $4,000 to the win
ner and $4,000 to the
loser. This agreement has
since been repudiated by John
son, who, when interviewed by Lang
ford and Woodman, declared again
with emphasis he would not go to
England to fight and that he re-
fused to respect any and all con-
tracts made for him by Fitzpatrick
Manager Bettinson, of the Nation
al Club, in cable dipatch received
here, said that if Johnson did not
meet Langford May "a he was simp-
ly contract breaker, but this did
not appear to bother the big colored
champion at all. Johnson is after
the money, and says there is more
of it over here than in King Ed
wards country.
Having crawled out of the match
with Langford in London, and prob
ably convinced that Jeffries will not
cover his $4,000 fofeit-which, by
the way, is in the shape of a plain
ordinary check-Johnson probably
will make a match with AL Kane-
mann rather than take a chance
with Ketchel. Billy Delaney covered
Johnson's forfeit just after Wi!!us
Britt did the same thing for Ketchcl
James Coffroth, the California
fight promoter, is on his way here
to offer purse for the Johnson
Kaufman fight.
II J0hnst Ii, Whon said on Monday
lie wonl ! Il Z, t any nan i. the warl,
lt."as n .,;.,e for Kaa ";.e'l. pons
he Will sage to do :,ue'n.ss 9Th
Ketchel. 50 It can BIZ se.n :lst thu
aea o.gss: weight .chaa;ria,. ha:
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The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-04-30
A Presidential Traveller.

President Taft believes in gaining
knowledge through actual personal
observation. That is the way he took
to understand tn Philippine situa-
ton. He investigated Panama canal
conditions in the same manner.
Washington dispatches state that he
is anxious to take an extended trip
through parts of the United States
during the coming autumn, the main
purpose being to keep his admins
tration close to the people.
He is to review the Atlantic fleet
assembled in New York waters. He
would like to inspect the Pacific
aeet at anchor in Puget sound. He
thinks of the exposition at Seattle,
the irrigation congress in the same
place, the Transmississippi congress
at Denver, the Grand Army reunion
at Salt Lake, and other gatherings
at which he might meet many citizens
and the impulse to undertake the
long journey is strong.
1t is said that he desires to see
far off Alaska, and this may be re-
allied if he is able to visit Seattle.
There are loud calls from the south
west and the south, and these have
their attraction. If congress will
make the necessary appropriation
for travelling expenses the president
will swing around the circle and
try to get as closely in touch with
the people as it is possible for him
to do.
1t was not easy for Washington,
Monroe, or Jackson to make their
long tours. Travel then had Its SER
ious drawbacks, its real hardships.
In our day there is comfort available
everywhere. If the individual likes
to travel there is minimum OF diff
Guilty SO far as the means of COM
munication are concerned. That
President Taft is fond of travel ev-
cry body knows. That extended
tours throughout the whole coun-
try would be helpful to him and his
administration in bringing the peo-
lple near, NO one doubts.-Chicago
Tribune.
For nne Job printing call at the
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-04-30
Irrigation Congress in Spokane the
second 1raa1z In A.,o..4,l

irrigation Congress in Spokane the
second week in August.
The feature of the opening of the
congress will berthe raising OF 1000
fiags to the tops of as many 4o-foot
poles in the residential districts and
the unfurling of thousands of flags
and banners in the business sections
the morning Of August 9, Wien
massed musicians. headed by the
Ihlrd Regiment United States In
fantry band, will play patriotic airs.
This will be followed with the rem
dition of the Irrigation Ode by a
chorus of 1000 trained singers and
the singing of state hymns by $500
school children. These open-air
demonstrations are being arranged
by the local board of control, headed
by R. Insinger:
August 10, afternoon-Parade of
progress, showing the TRANSFORMED
ton of the northwest from semi
savagery to civilization, by series
OF panoramic floats and mounted
men and marchers.
August II, evening Illustrated
parade of progress, representing
various periods from 1905 to 1909.
August ~, afternoon-Parade
and countermarch of the industrial
and irrigation army, with 10000
uniformed men in line.
Marching clubs from the irrigated
and dry farming districts in Idaho,
Oregon, Montana, Washington, Cali
fornia, Wyoming, Utah, North and
South Dakota, Colorado, Nevada,
Arizona, Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma
and other states in the middlewest,
east and south and from the prov
inces of British Columbia, Alberta,
Manitoba and Saskatchewan will
participate in the parades.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-04-30

| the annual banquet Of the chamber
CT commerce. Utica. New York, les
Tuesday evening. The gataerias
represented the business and profes,
sional men of Utica, and the recep
ton given Mr.. Sherman and other
speakers was extremely cordial. Sen.
ator Carter, of Montana, spoke upon
the desirability of postal savings
banks as a means of fostering thrift
among the masses of the people
Representative Francis w. Cushman
of Washington, also delivered an
appropriate address.
In responding to the toast "Our
Country" Mr.. Sherman recounted
the elements of strength possessed
by the United States both in it's ac-
tual material development, its pos
sibilities for greater development
and the moral force it is enable to
exert over the destines of the world.
Recounting the wars in which the
country had been involved, every
one of which he declared had behind
it some exalted moral purpose, he
said, the nation had been devoting
itself pretty assiduously to it's COM
mercial advancement.
Quoting some Of the leading sta
tistics showing the material growth
of the country, he said the nation
should have confidence in itself as
the world had confidence in it. The
growth of the United states had been
so enormous that it could no longer
be demonstrated by comparing it's
industries its wealth and its
national strength with any other
leading country in the world, nor
even with group of other countries.
1t was necessary to compare it with
the remainder of the world.
1--WE have but five percent of the
population of the EARTH" said Mr..
Sherman. Our nation possesses
but seven per cent of the area of the
earth, and yet industrially we about
equal one-half the balance of man
kind"
Mr.. Sherman recounted the pro-
portion Of the great staples that are
raised in the United States in COM
parison with all other portions of
the world. 1--WE have" he said,
twice as much life insurance as the
rest of the world and one-half as
much money on deposit in our saw
ings banks as all the rest of the
world. Our expenditure for educa-
ton is two-thirds as much as is
spent by all the rest of the world.
One third of all the revenue collect
ed by governments is ours, while
our debt is but one-thirtieth that Of
the world. We have enrolled in our
schools twenty-million students, sew
enteen million being in our public
schools alone, for which we pay an
nually 100000, which is more
than is spent for educational purpos-
es by the five greatest countries Of
Europe, including Great Britain"
The country he declared is not
retrograding. Ambition as well as
patriotism is indigeous to our soil.
Ambition" he added, sis inspired
by opportunity. Ambition and op-
portunity have inspired and develop
ed genius. Genius has produced in
vention. Invention has enlarged OPP
portunity and increased by bounds
American wealth, American
production and American power"
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-04-30
WET AND DRY TOWNS
Results of the Election Of Various
South Dakota Towns.

Sioux Falls, April 23.-With
Mitchell going wet as the greatest
reversing victory that way, and
Fort Pierre, Milbank, Ashton Do
land and Frankfort, going "dry"
from wet" the results of the cleo
tions on the liquor qestion about
the state are slowly coming in.
Milbank and Fort Pierre are the
greatest surprises in the list against
licensing saloons. Fort Pierre will
be dry for the first time in history.
At Armour the victory for the
present is claimed by the vets by
one vote.
Bridgewater went dry by ma
jority of a single vote.
Following are the towns which
voted to allow saloon licenses to be
granted:
Aberdeen, Groton, Britton, Eu-
reka. Selby, Mellette, Webster,
fletcher, WATERFOWL, Volga, High
more, Lead, ,Deadwood, Spearfsh,
Belle Fourche, Rapid City, Elk
Point. Kimball, Plankinton, Salem,
Dallas, Pierre, Bridgewater, Clear
Lake. Garretson, Madison, Hurley,
Tyndall. Flandreau, Sturgis, Geddes,
East Sioux Falls, Viborg, Lennox,
Centerville and Mitchell.
Following are the towns which
voted. not to license saloons:
Fort Pierre, Milbank, Parker,
Lake Preston, DeSmet, Beresford,
Miller, Ashton, Doland, Frankfort,
Sisseton, Ipswich, Faulkton, Dell
Rapids, Gettysburg, Rockham,
Mount Vernon, Clark and Alexan-
dria.
Armour, s. D., April "a The
outcome of the municipal election
here Tuesday on the question of
granting license to sell Intoxicating
liquor at retail will no doubt he
tried out in the courts and will pos
sibly come up at the session which
convenes in this city in May. In
the number of votes counted by the
election judges the vets have one
majority, but in the Second ward
two ballots were thrown out as the
intent of the voter could not be de-
termined, but the poll books show
95 votes were cast. The courts in
this state have held that the vets
must have majority of all the
votes cast, which gives the drys a
majority of one. The saloon people
will endeavor to have the two bal
lots thrown out counted, and in
order to do this must contest the
election and ask for recount. On
one Of the ballots the word "yesu
was scratched out with a pencil,
which would signify that the intent
of the voter was to vote mo-" while
on the other ballot the word "yes'
was crossed, instead or the cross be-
ing placed in the square before the
word Eyes" The vets contend one
of the ballots should be counted for
and the other against, which would
give the license people one majori-
ty.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-04-30
NORTHWESTERN CONTRIBUTES
Furnished Funds to Continue tn,
Farmers Institute Work.

Pierre, 8. D.. April 23.-While
the fund for farmers institute work
has been exhausted for the present
fiscal year, the work is being con-
tfnued at the expense of the North
Western road until the. new appro-
priation becomes available the 1st
of July. The management OF that
road takes the position that any
thing which tends to build up the
development of the country tribu-
tary to the road is Of as much in
terest to them as it is to the stae,
or the people who reside in the ter
ritory. Recently they furnished a
train to carry the professors in
charge Of the institute work from
Pierre to Rapid City, making stops
at towns along the line. Now they
have arranged for series Of farm
Sers' meetings at points in Stanley.
Pennington and Meade counties
which are on the line Of the road and
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-04-30
RUSSIAN TROOPS TO AID
Foreigners in Persia will be Protect
ed NV Soldiers

Foreigners i'll Persia will be Protect
ed by Soldiers.
Tifiis, April 21.-General Snarsky,
who commanded the Russian pun
tive expedition to Julia in 1908,
has been designated to lead the pro-
posed Russian expedition into Persia.
This expedition has been organized
at the suggestion of Great Britain
for the relief of the foreigners at
Tabriz. The vanguard OF the expe-
dition is now encamped on the front
Ter in instant readiness to move.
Teheran, April 21.-The shah to-
day declined to receive the British
and Russian diplomatic represen-
tatives pleading illness.
Tabriz, Persia, April 21.-The ma
tionalists lost sixty killed and one
hundred wounded in the sortie
from the city yesterday in which
Baskerville, the American, was
killed.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-04-30
New Court in Session.

Pierre. s. d., April 22.The new
supreme court, with five members,
held it's first sitting yesterday, Judg-
es b. G. Smith and j. H. Mccoy, the
new members, arriving Wednesday.
The first case presented to them
was one in which the Dakota Cen
fral Telephone Company seeks to
extend its lines in the city Of Huron
and is refused such permission by
the city. which is attempting to
GUST the company.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-04-30
STANLEY COUNTY FARMERS
Second Year of Settlement Finds
Wonderful Change.

The Kadoka Press in commenting
on the change from a grazing to a
farming country in southwestern
Stanley county shows that in Cedar
township, this, the second year since
settlement, there will be 1000 acres
of crops put in for that township.
or this one-half is corn and 500
acres oats; fax, 200 acres; wheat,
ITO acres; speltz, 20 acres, and bar
ley, 40 acres. These figures indi-
cate that the new settlers in that
part of the state are not rushing in
to wheat raising. but are devoting
oats and flax, letting wheat take the
place of side issue.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-04-30
MRS. SCOTT ELECTED
will Preside Over d. A. r.. for the
Coming Two Yenrs.

H. : .
Washington. April 23.-After "a
hours devoted to counting and re-
counting the ballots cast yesterday
in the Daughters of the American
Revolution convention. today found
the honors of the biennial election
nearly evenly divided. Mrs. Mathew
Scott, Of Illinois, the administra-
ton candidate, won over Mrs. Will
liam Story, Of New York, by vote
of 463 to 1913.
Mrs. story's motion to make the
election of Mrs. Scott unanimous
was lost.
The insurgent candidates for of
fee, below the presidency general.
made practically . clean sweep,
among the vice presidents being
Mrs. John Campbell, of Colorado.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-04-30
Flour Mill for Camp Crook.

Camp Crook, S. D., April 20
Nearly all the stock or the new
Touring mill at Camp Crook in
Harding county has been subscribed
and enough farmers have pledged
wheat acreage in that vicinity
which is supposed to be sufficient to
keep the mill in operation. 1t is ex-
pected that active building opera
lions will be commenced within a
few days, and the mill will be ready
to grind the grain of this years
harvest.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-04-30
Effect of Tariff ON Mica Industry.

Effect of Tariff on Mica Industry.
Although the New York mica
mine of the Westinghouse Electric
Company with Custer district has
resumed and it is expected that they
have entered upon a long run, still
the extent of their work will depend
to considerable degree upon the
action taken by congress in the mat
ter of duty on mica. The mica
producers are making concerted
effort to maintain a tariff that will
not only allow the mines now in ope-
ration to continue but will offer in
ducements for the further develop
ment of prospects or that mineral.
The maintaining Of the duty means
to the Black Hills and particularly
to the Custer district where the min
ing and preparing of mica for the
market. has already become fixed
industry.
To the Westinghouse Company,
who are consumers as we'll as pro-
ducers of mica it probably makes lit
tie difference whether the duty is
maintained or abolished, for they
will naturally buy in the cheapest
market and if they can secure their
material from foreign market for
less than they can produce it from
their own mines, they would doubt
less pursue the former plan. But
the maintaining the tariff means to
those engaged solely in the produc-
Ing of mica and it is the belief that
If the industry is adaquatedly pro-
tected from foreign competition, it
can be built up to considerable pro-
portions in the Black Hillside
wood Pioneer-Times.