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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-10-02

1t is not always the largest foe wht
can make the greatest disturbance and
cause the most confusion. In his
Hunting Grounds of the Great West
Richard Irving Dodge tells Of a littl.
incident OF the Mexican war whicl
proves that ii is quality. no. quantity
which is mos, effective.
While General Taylor's little army
was marching from Corpus Christi 4
Matamoras n soldier Of the flank vi
the column fired at bull. The anima
charged. and the soldier. taking TO hi:
heels, ran into the column. The bull
undaunted by the number of the enc
my. followed him head!ong. scattering
several regiments like chat. and finally
escaped unhurt. having demoralizei
and put to flight an army which few
days after covered itself with glory
by VIGOROUSLY encountering five time.
its number of human enemies.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-10-02
DESIGNS A B|PLANE'
Life Prisoner Has Made Three
Models, Two of Which Are
to be Patented.
HAS AUTOMATIC BALANCE

New York. Oct. Although there
is one active aviator who is said to
have been mixed up in a burglary
some years ago, it has remained for
Harry Britton, a sixty-year-old life
prisoner now in the Queens county
Jail. Long Island City. pending an APP
peal. to be the first convict to go in
for aeroplane inventions while Gagged
behind prison bars. Britton's profess
sion is civil engineering. but by choice
he is confirmed criminal Hence
the life sentence when he was con
victed recently of grand larceny.
v Britton's taste in dress and the pre-
cision with which his gray hair and
beard are parted in the middle caused
some of the spectators during his trial
to mistake him for one OF the attor-
neys. The little he has had to say
about the three aeroplane models he
has constructed since his life sentence
began indicates an active scientific
mind and command of good English.
Britton, so the Jail officials said yes
terday, not only has built three models
of biplanes while prisoner. but also
has interested business men on the
outside of the Jail walls to the extent
of supplying some money for materials
and other expenses incidental to the
building of the models. 1t was said
yesterday also that Britton has sent
two of his models to Washington to
be patented.
A model of biplane about six feet
long was lying on chair yesterday In
the cell where the prisoner was work
ing. At first glance the model sug
gested a miniature reproduction OF .
span of the Greensboro Bridge turned
upside down. Britton is not given tc
talking much about his aviation ideas
further than to say in the precise mon
otone which is one Of his characters
tics that he has sought especially tt
perfect an aeroplane in which the con
troll of the lateral balance will be auto
matte.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-10-02
Leigh Hunts Grave.

In the serene silence Of Kensal
Green cemetery. London. Leigh Hunts
body lies at rest. visitor. reaching
over the iron fence TO part the fra
grant shrubs that shadow the tomb
stone, reads these words:
low men,"
1t was his own cheerful philosophy
Of life that Leigh Hunt expressed
through the lips of his Abou Ben Ad-
hem. and the sentiment is very touch.
ing come upon in this way.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-10-02

"A very prominent poultyman says
- never has any disease among biz
poultry because hs makes IL practice
70 keep . good sharp AZ always ready.
and By Killing and burning any bird
allowing symptoms Of any other than
. simple trouble and By maintaining
strict eleanliness In and around the
poultry euastsrs be has stamped out
disease.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-10-02
sHAAItatic.

Mamma-For goodness sake. Elsie.
why are you shouting in that disgrace
full fashion? Why can't you be quiet
like Willie:
Elsie-H has to be quiet the way
we're playing. He's papa coming home
late. aud I'm you.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-10-02
No sMsllina Il All.

= see not one ripple on the water.
All Is calmncss." said tho little Ger
man lady, looking out drcamily over
the quiet sen. Il hat crossed tho
ocean when It was calm like this IN
the way over"
DO you mean that there was N
swell even In miaoccan:" asked her
companion. who had never crossed ~
all.
ply.-New York Press.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-10-02

80
This story II told Of DR.. Pirrie. the
lions Of Fifty Years:'
''Once whso, q lady patient entered
his consulting room he received her
with sRusloa, crying:
my dsarAaadam, have done moth
Ing else bat think over your case.
could not eet wink OF sleep all last
night for thinking Of you!
"Ths lady accepted Il all - gospel
truth and after some professional
questions and answers she innocently
remarked:
"'Was it not q dreadful thunder
storm last night. DR.. Pirr1er
$50 I am told,' he naivsly an
owered, but I'm such . sound sleeper
that didna hear . clap orr"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-10-02

sublimate iii xlistaLc Tor SOME acid
cooling powder. He imme<liateU dis
covered his mistake and knew that
death must shortly ensus unless h In
st.ntly swaliowed the only antidote.
chalk Timid men would have torn at
the bell. reused al the family and senS
Tor = stomach pump. Ennet called no
one. made no noise but. stealing down
stairs and unlocking the frunf door,
went into the stable. scraped some
chalk which he knew to BE- there and
took sufacient doses Of It 10 neutrali1s
the poison.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-10-02
Queen Eli1absth,s Amui>t.

Queen Eli1absth's Amulok.
Queen Elizabeth during her last M
ness wore around her neck I charm
made OF gold which had heen ~
Queathed to her by IN old woman i
Wales. who declared that % long a.
the queen wore It she would never 10
III. The amulet. N was generally tho
case. proved Of no avail. and Eliza
beth. Notwithstanding her faith In thu
charm. not only sickened, but died.
During the plague In London people
wore amulets to keep Oh the dread do
stroyer. Amulets Of arsenic were worn
near the heart, Quilts Of quickailvcr
were hung around the mock aud Also
the powder Ut tuasis,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-10-02
Emmat's Presence Of Mind.

A story Is told Of Robert Emmett
which proves his secretive power aud
resolution. lie was fond OF studying
chemistry. and one night late. after
the family had gone to bed. he swal-
lowed lar~e caanfity of corrosive
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-10-02
essrnai titsssss.

what r tie name of your nsM
novel;
!. The Dungeon Coed, gloomy titsss
eh r.
..Yes. That name alone ought t. Ut
the book among the six bsst cellar1."
Milwaukee Journal. ,ss
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-10-02
Wherein They p;Ner.

Jack-Widows are wiser than maids
in one respect At least. Tom Wharf,
the answer. They never Let Z !:
good chance so by. thinking that %
better one will coma their wny.-C Chit
cago News.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-10-02
In Mitigation.

Judge-HoSs thief. you're found
guilty by tn jury. Have = anything
to say as to why l shouldn't soak ~
tn limit? Prisoner Well. Judge. Il
wasn't your boss stole. Cleveland
Leader.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-10-02
A Preliminary,

Mrs. Ferguson-George. what do you
have to do when you want to draw
some money out Of bank? Mr.. Fer
guson-You have to put some money
in the bank beforehand. That's always
been my experience.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-10-02
We'll Qualified.

why do ron apply Tor . position N.
boss Of this gang7 Have ron ever had
any experience:''
"Bossed my son after he grew MP. -,
Buffalo Express.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-10-02
News PAPER.

News paper is made by machinery at
the rate OF $50 to 400 feet q minute,
according to width and quality.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-10-02

Procrastination = one Of the usook
expensive forms % nappiness.-IA1o.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-10-02

1t ia better to write one word upon
the rock than thousand on the wa
ter and the sand.-Gladstone.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-08-27

terms of the Conservation Act Of
June 25, 1910, and are in no way
affected thereby; that there is no
authority or justification for the sus-
pension of action on communication
proofs upon such homesteads, but
they should pass promptly to APPROX
al and certificate of final entry unless
tainted by fraud or other irregu-
larity.
3. That it is manifestly unjust to
bona fide homestead settlers to sus-
pend action ON .heir homestead
proofs, If they are willing to accept
the limited patent with coal reserva-
ton, as provided in the Act Of June
22, 1910.
1t is also unjust to delay action
indefinitely on final proofs protested
for alleged coal character of the
lands. Hearing should be provided
promptly in such cases In order that
the nature of the patent to be issued
in each case may be ascertained with
the least possible delay.
A. That all final or Communication
homestead proofs where protests
have been made solely on the ground
that the land contains coal and the
homestead settlers have filed consent
to accept title with coal reservation
should be released Immediately from
suspension and passed for examina'
tion and approval for patent.
AS there are several hundred cases
of this character said to be under sus'
pension, we earnestly suggest thai
this recommendation be specially
considered for immediate action.
5. We recommend also that the
classification contemplated by the
Presidents withdrawal order Of July
Z, 1910, should be made with all pos
sible speed and that an adequate
force for this purpose should be pu
into the field Immediately.
Very respectfully,
R. s. Vessey,
Governor South Dakota
John Burke,
Governor North Dakota
Robert ]. Gamble,
| U. S.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-08-27
WORK PROGRESSING ON
FLUMES AND TUNNELS

Work on the power project now
being built by the Dakota Power
company on Rapid Creek, is pro-
crossing satisfactorily and it is ex-
pected that they will have their gen.
Grating plant in operation before
snow flies. The big dam at Pactola
which was constructed under the d.
rection Of Willard Richards. is COM
pleted and the force is now busy
finishing up the fumes and driving
tunnels, at points where the water
will be conducted by that route.
The flume and tunnel WORK Will ex
tend for a distance of about five
miles down Rapid creek and at the
point where the generating plant is
to be located, will have sufficient
fall to produce about 5000 horse
power. In the meantime, the auxil-
iary steam plant Of about 500 horse
power is being finished at Rapid City
and should be in operation before
the end of the present month.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-08-27
ST. ONCE NEWS ITEMS.

Rasmus Nelson, one of the OLD
time residents OF the St. Onge dis
trict, who has been on a trip to the
Pacific coast states looking for a
new location, writes that he saw moth
ing that looked as good as st. Onge.
Recently he has been in Arizona, but
passed up all the propositions there.
He is now at Danesbraugh, Neb.,
where his family are temporarily To-
Gated and may decide to take up his
residence there.
John Hodgson and Mrs. Kelly of
Huellett, Wyo., were at st. Onge
last week and while there bought
from Felix Cardinal a fine Holstein
bull and Poland China boar, which
will head their herds. The prices
paid were very satisfactory and con =
sidered high in view of the recent
period of draught, which is suppos-
ed to have a depressing effect on
the price or stock.
Mrs. Ed. Wolfe was in Deadwood
yesterday ON a shopping trip. She
was accompanied by her sister-in-law
Mrs. Beals of Manhattan, Kas, who
is visiting her.
Ed Dunn and Charles Thornwall
are in dispute over hogs. The for
mer's hogs are said to have broken
into Thornwall's place last week and
were engaged in committing depre-
dations when they were corralled by
Thornwall and locked up. He refus-
ed to turn them over to the owner,
but Dunn secured a writ of replevin
and recovered them. Thornwall
has now commenced suit in Judge
Ackerman's court in Deadwood to re-
cover damages for the alleged injury
to his crops.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-08-27
WORKING PLACER NINE
AT PLACERVILLE DIGGINGS

| Judging from the success that has
attended the work now in progress al
the hydraulic plaser proposition al
Placerville on Rapid Creek, a short
distance below Pactola, there is ev.
cry prospect that it will be turned
into a paying undertaking and there
is some reason to expect larger pro-
fits than have ever been extracted
from any placer enterprises OF re-
cent years in the Black Hills. The
work is now being conducted under
the direction of Charles Sherman
who is not only practical man In
the business but has q technical ed
ucation which has been Of great ser
vice in working out the details of the
system employed there.
The Placerville hydraulic propo-
sition was first undertaken about six
years ago, by a company which had
been promoted by l.. A. Richards.
Their early work encountered mum
Der of setbacks, including the de-
struction of fumes by high water,
and their process Of gold recovery
was not without its faults. Since
that time there has been a system of
experiments conducted which have
effected the removed Of the principal
obstacles to success and now with
the direction of Charles Sherman, 1t
appears that they will be able to ac-
complish a large saving.
The bars in the vicinity Of Placer
vile have since the early days OF
mining activity in the southern Hills,
been known to carry considerable
amount of gold and have from time
to time been worked on a small scale
with varying success. Ground sluic-
ing has usually been the most extern
sive scheme Of operation employed
until the Placerville company took
hold. Now that the fIume Is COM
pleted and there is a sufficient am
cunt of water available for all pos
sible purposes, the management has
little fear of being unable to effect q
highly profitable recovery Of plac-
er gold. The gold is for the most
part of a very fine variety, but with
modern methods Of working, this
is not a serious handicap to the sue
cess of the scheme.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-08-27
REINS STILL INVOLVED.

The Reins Copper Company Of
Butte, one of the concerns which
Col. ]. M. Guffy of Pittsburg financed
during the days of the copper boom.
is still heavily involved in debt.
John R. Reins, formerly president
of the company, has brought suit in
the district court at Butte against
the company for $4,000 and interest
due on a note executed in Pittsburg
by w. F. Johnson, treasurer of the
company, April %, 1908. The note
bears interest at per cent per an
mum, and there is due on 1t $3.50.
The plaintiff also sues on three as
signed accounts, one of $3.50 from
r. s. Wilson. another Of $736 from
G. l.. Thompson. and one of 1888
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-08-27

will mean that three or four hum
dred horses will be brought to the
Black Hills for meeting of from
two to three months once or twice
year. They will be the same class of
horses that run at the Colorado, Ut
ah, Arizona and New Mexico tracks,
where race cards of five or six events
each day are drawing immense
crowds. Edwards thinks that Dead
wood, being the commercial center
of the Black Hills country, will be
able to draw race patrons from all
sections west Of the Missouri river
and might in time, become one of
the principal race centers of the
west. If the Boulder Park site is
selected it will be necessary to in
duce the Burlington to extend their
trolley track to that point and if this
is accomplished, it is thought the
success of the track will be assured.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-08-27
MINES AND MINING

alton, have laid out Hans which
contemplate a thorough opening UP
of the ground. At the present time
they have a shaft down something
more than 100 feet and they will
probably go 100 or 200 feet further
before undertaking any extensive ex-
ploration along the vein. The shaft
is being well timbered and will serve
for a long time as the principal work
ing opening into the property.
From the surface they have follow
ed down a vein of considerable width
which is said to contain good values
and has every appearance of being
a permanent ore body. The fact that
It has held its width and value from
the surface, to a depth Of more than
100 feet Is taken as a sure indication
OF its substantial character. The
company is said to be we'll supplied
with funds for all the work mapped
out and are feeling greatly encour-
aged by the favorable showing thus
far made.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-08-27
ONLY DEEP BORING FOR
ROCHFORD-WYOMING G

The management OF the Rockford
Wyoming Oil company, whose 1900
acres of ground is located at Rocky
Ford, Wyo., has decided that the
property has been sufficiently pros
pected with wells of comparatively
shallow depth to conclusiyely demon
strate its value and consequently
from this time on, will devote their
entire energies to the sinking OF deep
wells, from which they have every
reason to expect steady flow OF oil.
The wells thus far sunk, none Of
which has a depth of more than 400
feet, have all shown oil in varying
quantities, which fact to the experts
in charge of the work, is conclusive
evidence that the work which they
propose following in the future, will
accomplish the desired results.
In furtherance of the deep well
project, the company has just issued
circular letter, over the signature
Of Secretary e. B. Deffenbaugh of
Rockford. addressed to the stock
holders Of the Wyoming
Oil company, announcing that the
company has decided to place on the
market, for a limited time, 100000
shares of stock, to be sold in blocks
Of 1000 shares or more, at the rate
of $25 per thousand shares. The
management is especially anxious
that those who are already stock
holders should be given a chance to
get in on this cheap stock PROPOSE
ton. The opportunity to obtain stock
at this low figure will not last long
and in order to take advantage Of 1t,
1t will be necessary to act promptly.
President Smith Wiley Of the COM
pany, stated yesterday that already
the stock is being rapidly taken up
and that practically quarter OF the
amount required has been subscribed.
1t is proposed to put down the well
to a depth of from 1900 to 1900
feet and to do this a working capital
Of at least $4,000 will be required,
for the first we'll. A contract has
been made with the owner Of deep
we'll machine to sink to the sand be-
low the one in which oil has already
been found and 1t Is expected that
he will commence work about Sept.
10th. This will give them ample
time to get the work done before the
cold weather sets In.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-08-27
DAIRY AND CREAMERY
PRODUCTS AS FOOD.

The products of the dairy are per-
haps the most useful articles in
cluded in the human diet. A meal
made up of dishes into which no pro-
duct of the dairy COW enters would
not be such as to inspire "the turn
pike road to peoples hearts find
lies through their mouths, or l mis-
take mankind" Take away butter
for the bread, cream for the por-
ridge, the shortening in the crust
and the biscuits, the milk in the
gravy and in the puddings, the cream
for the desert and the various kinds
of cheese which please and satisfy
then take away the cup of milk for
the little one and the meal that
would be left would be neither tempt
ing nor nutritious.
The health of our people depends
so much upon an adequate supply
of pure dairy products that even
scarcity is always attended by suf-
fering and death.
Butter is sometimes referred to as
luxury. This is a mistake, but
ter is not a luxury but one of the
necessities of life, and its compost
ton is such that nothing can take
it's place and perform the same func-
tions. 1t is natures product COM
pounded in the maternal organism
and the process is in accordance with
natures law, law which man can
initiate but cannot understand. Man
can manufacture from various fats
and oils a substitute for butter but
it cannot take the place of natures
product because man cannot under
stand the needs Of the human body
as nature understands them.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-08-27

and have found themselves confront
ed with lack Of capital even during
financial panics, but under such dis
couraging circumstances have been
able to tide over the worst spots.
It has been stated, though not
officially, that the company has
raised upwards of $4,000, which is
to be Immediately devoted to liQui-
dating the labor and supply claims
against the company and proceeding
to the development which will be
necessary for converting the property
into a permanent producer Of gold.
The Minnesota property is one for
which the development can be readily
mapped out. The ore ledges, as
Mound and to some extent opened up
In the vertical, are we'll defined and
the experienced mining man will
have little difficulty in determining
upon the plans which must ultimate
ly lead TO success.
The company is we'll provided with
equipment, having on hand a first
class twelve drill air compressor and
hoist that can be successfully used
to a depth of 1000 feet or more. On
the 100-foot level, they first exposed
three vertical veins of between 35
and 40 feet In width and on the 200
level also encountered the same ore
bodies. There is much work In sight
in opening up these ledges on the
200-foot level, or lower, II 1t is de-
cided to sink at once. The mill
which has a capacity of about 200
tons daily, is in shape to start up at
almost any time, but it is understood
that according to the plans of the
present management, no attempt al
milling will be made, until the mine
is thoroughly developed on the lines
which have been laid down. Accord
ing to report, It is the intention to
resume work Immediately.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-08-27
TO PUT DEADWOOD
IN RACE TRACK CIRCUIT.

J. w. Edwards, who is connected
with a number of the most promin-
ent race tracks in the west and south
was in Deadwood during the pres
ent week for the purpose Of looking
over the country with a view to es-
tablishing here track for the gal
loppers, which will be a part Of one
of the big circuits of the country.
After carefully canvassing the situa-
ton, he expressed the belief that
there is a good opening here for
such an enterprise and it is among
the probabilities that within the
next few weeks steps will be taken
for building, at some point close to
Deadwood a mile track that will be
devoted to the bang-tails for several
periods during each year.
Mr.. Edwards was taken to the old
fair grounds near Boulder Park,
where he examined the situation and
decided that the place is suitable for
the establishment of a good mile
track. Whether this location is Sc
lected or not depends not only on the
possibility of securing it at a rea-
sonable price, but another considera-
tion will be the transportation fac
ilities that may be secured. There
are other possible race track sites no
farther from Deadwood, some of
which offer better advantages than
the Boulder Park location and If the
latter cannot be secured for what the
promoters of the scheme think is
right, they will at once enter into ne
gotiations for their second choice.
If such a track is built here, it