The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-29


the interest of their people at heart
should start training for long winters
fight against the Especial interests.
THOSE who read of RooSeTelt'S adj
ventures in Africa will know what to
say to lion should they meet one in
the road.
DIVERSIFIED agriculture is occupy
ing much space in the farm journals
Just now. If the farmers follow the
advice given they will be kept on the
move.
A STOCK paper rises to remark:
"There is an immense demand for
feeders and stock steers just at pres
ent.n 1t looks as though the stock
men were going to feed the corn be-
fore letting go Of their stock.
SANTA CLAUS will this year be ex-
pected to start on his journey from
the extreme north, Cook and Peary
having pointed the way. If the south
pole is taken possession of the old fell
low will have to travel fast to make
the rounds.
The Spanish cabinet is out of SER
vice for the people. There are thous-
ands on the streets who think they
could close both eyes reverse their
mental machinery and pick a better
one. Anything would be as good
viewed purely in the peoples interest.
The sale of 1850, 600 acres of school
lands in Oklahoma will begin Decem-
Der l. The first sale will be in Lin
coin county and will follow in Potta-
watomie, Garfield, Grady, Oklahoma,
Caddo, Kiowa, Comanche and Till
man counties. There is both good
and poor land to be sold.
The Chicago Drovers Journal OBJ
serves: "This is nothing new, this
excessive run of cattle off short pas
lures and from neighborhoods where
corn is believed too high to feed. 1t
occurs every year for a while, until
the producers are brought to view the
situation with a little more hope fol
the future"
IT is remarked that there are toe
many people in almost every town
who will not cast their bread upon
the waters unless assured before hand
that it will come back again in a few
days a full grown sandwich, all trim
med with ham, butter and mustard
rolled up in a warantee deed for one
half the earth and mortgage on thu
other half
The people are land hungry. Judged
purely in the light Of $1,000 regis.
tering for land in the Standing Rocl
and Cheyenne agencies, it looks a
L il l. . q ; . .
though they thought it the last NOR
( sci ofland to be given away by Uncl'
4 Sam. About one chance in 80 t
draw q farm, and about that averag
of successful ones will really wan
land as home place.
AN EXCHANGE truthfully says: i
our local merchants would advertis
as intelligently and persistently as d
the mail order merchants, the forme
would snap their fingers at all til
mail order houses on earth, No on
would send to Chicago for goods If h
could be supplied at home as wei
and If he could be supplied as we'll I
home, it is the business Of the loo
merchants to let the people know. =
PRESIDENT TAFT has given his q
proval Of teaching rifle sshootin
under proper regulation, to scho
boys Of advanced grades. The stat
ment was made to = representative
the National Rife association
America, the proposal being to no
q target tournament In Washingt,
for cadets on Nov. 8. Presumably
the purpose Of advertising some ma
LOT firearms.
DOES he represent the peopleg
dispatch from Des Moines says: &C
gresham W: 2. cKinley Of Illino
represent Ing Insurance interests
Canada has bought the Des MoiI
street car property and allied int,
nsbans for q, 500, ooo, and asked /
y city for ! twenty live year franch,
under ment % expend $1,000
"a im,pro ents within the next d
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