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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-11-05
Nostalgia.

I'm goin' home wnere the mountains
are,
Where a mans own eyes kin see as
And farther, too-in that atmos-
phere--
Than a man with telescope kin
here.
I'm goin' home to the minin' town,
Where the boys is sinkin' the deep
shafts down;
Where the hills is steep an the seem
ery's bare,
An there amt no foliage any
where
I'm goin' home.
I'm goin' home to the raw old camp,
Where the whistles hoot an the en-
gines stamp;
Where nobody asks you, who are
you?"
But only, Hey there; what kin you
do?"
Where the Stag dumps glow an the
ore cars bang,
An the six-horse teamsters shout
"G'lang!"
Where the chimneys flare with a
hundred hues;
Where you play the game with a
stack of blues,
Whoop If you're winner an grin II
you lose;
Where the pace is fast an the blood
runs hot,
An you blow in all of the cash
you've got
I'm goin' home.
I'm goin' home to my own again,
To the breezy girls an the six-foot
men,
To the rocky hills an the sagebrush
plains,
Where it always pours an it never
rains;
Six thousand feet above the sea,
Where the heart beats swift an the
soul is free;
Where you live like live one-an
when you die
They lay you under the alkali
An drink to your soul in a whiskey
straight,
An shake fer the drinks at the
graveyard gate.
You kin have my job an my office
space:
l want to get out to the good ole
place
Where the peaks are white as the
acean foam
I'm goin' home.
-Berton Braley
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-11-05
Halloween.

1t is the night when goblins stalk
And banshees on the terrace walk;
When sad sepulchred spirits dare
To seek a breath of midnight air.
Through darkened halls when day
light fades
They glide to greet their friendly
shades
While pumpkins grin. Oh, fear
some sight.
Beware-the ghosties dance tonight.
Within the mirror-holding high
A candle-gaze with steady eye;
Observe above your shoulder peer
The one you'll wed within the year.
And later, in fateful game,
An apple peel will spell the name
OF one you love. But read Alright,
Take care. The spooks are out to-
night.
But love and youth go hand in hand
A-lilting into Laughter land
Where spells are thrown from tender
eyes
Visions that in their glances rise.
Are happy sweethearts, fireside
dream
With hope and gladness all a-glean.
Goblin and ghost have taken fight.
The FAIRIES are abroad tonight.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-11-05
SPIRITED BUYING MARKS
GOVERNMENT LOT SALE


The government realized $29, ,165
in cash yesterday from its lot sale
at Newell. 1t was all cash business,
checks not being accepted. ONT Of
a total of 1872 lots 81 were sold. All
were for business purposes.
1t was a small crowd that stood
in the cold through the day with a
chilly wind biting their faces, but
they were all buyers. About one
hundred in all were on the train as
1t left Belle Fourche.
The first lot sold brought $1,000,
the buyer being e. s. Johnson, who
acted for the Northwestern State
bank of Newell. He also bought the
adjoining lot for 5000. The high
est price paid was $1,7O0, this be-
ing the sum paid by James Craig
for a corner lot to be used for bank
ing purposes by the John Clay in
terests, owners of the Butte County
bank Of Belle Fourche. The same
parties took the lot next to 1t for
$500.
The sale will resume today at 9
a. m. The Northwestern train out
of here at $50 makes direct con-
nection with the train for Newell.
General Agent Benjamin was on
hand yesterday to do all he could
for the patrons of his road and will
return today.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-11-05

are subject class so long as they
are denied the right of sovereignty
vested in the ballot. II the spirit of
freedom and patriotism is laudable
in men it is also in women. A ser
vile spirit whether in man or woman
is to be deplored. To be self gov
erned and self respecting are two of
the greatest needs of women kind.
South Dakota women are not down
trodden but they are a subject class
SO long as they must obey laws
which they do not make.
BY a unanimous vote the Baptist
state convention endorsed suffrage.
Victory is in the air.
Every democrat who supports his
party slogan in the state will have to
vote for suffrage. Every progress.
sive VINO really believes in human
rights will vote for suffrage. Every
sta..d pat republican who glories in
the parr thai freed human slaves
will vote for suffrage.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-11-05
MANY SHOW SORROW
FOR VAN DYKE MOORE
ROY l.. SHARPE.

The obsequies of Van Dyke Moore,
killed in Central City, Colo, Mon
day night by a premature blast,
blast, were held yesterday afternoon
at the family home, 800 Summit
street, Lead. 1t was a funeral of
more than usual sadness to the large
throng who gathered to show their
love and respect for the young man,
whose useful life was instantly snuff
fed out, and to his parents, Judge and
Mrs. Thomas H. Moore.
The casket which bore the frag-
mentary remains of this loveable
young man was literally buried in
the profusion of rich blossoms sent
by loving friends. Rev. Marshall F.
Montgomery preached a sermon from
the depths of his heart, which touch
ed everyone present. At times he
was overcome by his feelings, and
the pent-up love for their only son
proved almost more than the parents
could stand.
Music was furnished by a vested
choir, who sang, "My Faith Looks
Up to Thee" Lead, Kindly Light"
and THY Will Be Done"
Vans sister, Sadie, the wife of
DR.. Graham, of Lincoln, Neb., did
Lot attend, through fear Of infect
ing her family with diphtheria,
which is prevalent in Lead, and
Judge and Mrs. Moore are prepar-
ing to go to Lincoln for a visit with
the daughter and son-in-law.
A letter received yesterday from
]. George Leyner, head of the Ley
ner Drill company, for whom Van
worked, brings out pathetic Incl
dent. 1t seems the young man was
favorite with his employers who
appreciated his traits of character,
and as a pleasant surprise it was ar
ranged that when Van arrived in
Denver in another day or two he
would be given lay-off with instruc-
tions to pay visit home. Had he
lived he would have arrived here
Unexpectedly on the same train that
carried home his tattered body.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-11-05
Woman Suffrage.
(By Edith M. Fitch.)

An fair and thoughtful objection
to woman suffrage this department
will meet and discuss. But we have
no time to waste over insane essays
such as the column article that ap-
peared on the editorial page of re-
cent issue Of the Aberdeen News.
The writer demolishes certain wind
mills to his own satisfaction but
none Of them are the arguments be-
ing urged by the campaign leaders
of South Dakota. The News is pre-
JUDGED against suffrage and would
be regardless Of reason, and such
cases are incurable. And ordinarily
the News is among the fairest and
most thoughtful papers of the state.
In reply to the slogan Vote no on
everything" this department would
offer Vote an intelligent ballot"
To blindly vote against every propo-
sition submitted is the zero of intel
lectual achievement. Even women
could do no worse. II that is all
there is to voting who shall say that
women are not fitted for the ballot?
Brothers, vote an intelligent ballot.
II you must vote against us, do so
because it's your choice and not
because Of orders from others. And
II you favor our cause then hunt It
up and vote for 1t.
Every opponent of suffrage begins
his objection by stating that the
advocates of votes for women are
urging their cause because woman
will exercise purifying and refining
inuence on politics" Let be said
again and emphatically that the wo-
men Of South Dakota are not basing
their campaign on any such claim.
They are asking for suffrage because
1t is just and right that they should
have equal voice with men in the af-
fairs that concern both. Men do not
have to purify politics in order to
show their fitness for suffrage.
There is plenty Of reason to believe
that women's direct influence in pol.
iticts will be for good the same as It
is in other things still they do not
have to prove 1t In order to claim
the ballot.
The press chairman of the suffrage
campaign has never argued that
women Of South Dakota are down.
trodden In the sense of being abused.
Yet the fact remains that women
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-11-05
MEXICO BECOMING
A GOOD PRODUCER


Daily Mining Record: While Mexi-
co has won her mining fame by pro-
duction of silver and is even now
furnishing so per cent of all the sill
yer imported by the United States,
1t is fact that more and more, as
development progresses and depth is
gained, Mexican mines that were for
merly rated as re-eminently silver
yielding are transmitting to gold. H.
lustration and demonstrations of this
are abundant in many districts,
where old silver diggings are show
ing picture values in auriferous rock
at substantial distances from the
surface. Many an engineer has pro-
phesied with apparent reason, that
some of the old silver camps, con-
demned years ago as worked out,
will develop into gold producers as
generous as famed districts that
yielded in the yellow from the grass
roots.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-11-05
MEADE COUNTY POLITICS
AS VIEWED BY STURGIS PRESS

When you go to the polls Nov.
make an TX" before the name Of H.
K. Perkins for state senator. and
thus prove that you are booster for
progress in South Dakota.
A vote for DR.. J. w. Bracket on
Nov. s will show that youn under
stand the necessity Of having a COM
petent and reliable representative
in the next legislature, who will
look carefully after the best inter-
ests of Meade county.
The office Of county treasurer is
one Of the most important in the
county; we need for 1t a man who
Is both competent and trustworthy
such a man is our neighbor, Ed
ward T. Marshall. Give him your
vote on Nov. 8.
One of the most difficult Offices
to properly handle is that Of county
auditor. We need for 1t man who
is quick and intelligent-one who
possesses ample education to accur-
ately handle the business of the Of
flee. Burt Burton, Of Elm Springs.
is the proper man Of the hour who
will make good. You will make no
mistake when you place an tx" be-
fore his name Nov. 8.
Vote for John F. Smith for sher-
If OF Meade county and you will add
another strong link to the chain for
able administration of county af-
fairs.
1t will be a good move in the right
direction when you cast your vote
for John Kelly for register of deeds
Of Meade county. Honest, industri-
GUS and in every way fully compe-
tent, John will make one of the most
capable officers ever elected in this
county.
There seems to be little use in
introducing Matt Flavin to voters,
for the reason that everybody knows
mdtIp duu IuSy huO" IudI lie 10 ohO
OF our most efficient and obliging
officers. To cast a vote for him
for clerk of courts is the plain duty
of voters and we know every repub-
lican will do his duty.
His many years of successful law
practice and his previous excellent
record in the same office gives Judge
James McNenny unexcelled qualifica-
tions for the office of states attor-
ney, and voters will make no mis-
take when they elect him.
Miss DAILY Is highly recommend
ed by some o. the best educational
authority 10 the bills for the office
ot county superintendent, and we
Hclieve she will prove capable Of
fetal,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-11-05
DEATH TAKES GIRL
AFTER SHORT ILLNESS

After being at st. Joseph's hos
pital only one day, Miss Hazel West
gate, died there yesterday. She had
been sick only short time, and her
illness was not thought serious un-
ii! Tuesday, when she was removed
to the hospital. She was twenty-one
years of age, the daughter of Irv-
ing Westgate, farmer living FIVE
miles north OF st. Onge.
The body lies at the s. r. Smith
under taking rooms, awaiting definite
arrangements for the funeral.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-11-05

Advices from London indicate
that an era of oil stock investment
and speculation is imminent in that
city. Financial publications Of Lon
acn have been giving considerable
space to oil stocks and the possibili-
ties In the oil industry and have
freely predicted an activity in oil
stock quite as impressive as has
taken place in other forms of invest
ment, to which English spectators
have given their attention. The sue
cess of certain English interests in
the California fields and the impress
sion the English allied oil compa-
MES are making in the markets of
the world is largely responsible for
the approaching era. The money
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-11-05

ground, this is the first snow Of the
season.
Before night the sky had cleared
and q period Of nice weather is look
ed for. The change of yesterday was
all the more noticeable because Of
the high temperature Tuesday. The
contrast was well illustrated by re-
mark of the motorman on the troll
ley to Lead: Yesterday / lay in the
shade Of box car and took a nap"
he said, "and today I am wearing
cap and overcoat and have the vesti-
bule of the car closed to keep out
the cold"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-11-05
VALDEZ DECLARED RICH
BY DEADWOOD MAN

In connection with the glowing
accounts that have appeared in pa
pers lately regarding Valdez, Alas
ka. the following from Charles C.
Cerney, former Deadwood man,
who Is in the region, will be of in
tersst. Cerney worked here as
barber for E. A. Breeding, and since
leaving here has been lost sight of
until his letter was received yester-
day by a mining man. He says:
mo doubt you will be little sur
prised to hear from me, but 1 want
to crop you a few lines and put you
wise to a good thing. You want to
Keep your eagle eye on Valdez, AL
aska. They certainly have made
some very rich strikes in quartz
there, ranging from $500 to $40, 900
per ton. Every prospector who
has come in this fall has made
find of some value, and I
was thinking that you ought
to look this place up and get
In o nthe ground floor. Stocks are
already changing hands and are 60
Ing up all the time. If you see the
hardin boys, tell them there is a
good show for few good mining
men.
Il am writing this in hurry. l
am going up to the Mckinley lake
country and the boat is about ready
to leave. l am getting along all
right. Will write you again when
l return in week and will then give
you more details regarding Valdez"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-11-05

Discussing the advance Of silver
and the immediate effect 1t will
have on the silver mining industry
a mining engineer recently return
ed from Cobalt says that every cent
advance in the price OF silver means
a net gain to the mines in that sec
tion Of $280,OO0 a year, so a Accent
gain shows an average Of $1,000, 900
toward the net increased earnings
which these properties will be able
to show II the present scale of high
er silver prices continues.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-11-05

ride over in fog at o'clock we
are reasonably certain to see the bay
clear up before we start home.
The bay is glorious much Of the
time and inter, sting at all times
glorious in beauty like that which
makes Naples famous, and interest
ing alike for its dreamy loveliness
and for the uses II serves, the gath
ering place. as 1t is. for boats from
al co! ners OF the globe and engag-
ed in all the ca':iIgs Of the sea, from
battleships of all flags, modern lin
ers plying to the orient, tramp
steamers that work around the Horn
between here and Hamburg, and old
style windjammers, TO the rakish
sails affected by the south sea
islanders which probably have not
changed materially since Marco Pau
los time.
The beauty and interest of the
lay do not abate with the daylight,
for the water front presents one of
its most delightful spectacles after
the artificial lights of man have been
turned on. From the middle of the
bay after dark the shore line, low
down on the water, appears to be set
with rubies and emeralds-the red
and green lights marking the slips
end docks-while back of them. par
ticu larly on the San Francisco side,
myriad diamonds sparkle and gleam
from the hills. The crossing ferries
are fairly atlaze with electric lights,
resembling floating ball rooms from
distance. Occasionally the cap
taiI from the rilot house of a fer
ry turns his searcnlight upon the wa
ter, to mako out some small boat
that is crossing his course, and per-
haps he plays it back and forth a
few times, or throws it upward, like
the streamer of some great comet
adding to the lustre of the scene.
Usually there is a group of war
| vessels at anchor in "man-'o-war
row." which is just outside the path
Of the ferries-the great black fight
ing hulks of our own navy, occa-
sionally augmented by visitor
from some other nation which swings
in and anchors alongside Uncle
Sans boats. There may be only one
| tWn nf fhnca hiu
ing machines, or there may be ten
or dozen or more, cruisers and tor
pedo boat destroyers, and beyond
them the army transports, painted
white in contrast to the war vessels.
If the war vessels are all out when
the transports come in the latter
may drop anchor in "man-'o-war
row." but when the battleships re-
turn they signal the transports to
move on, for the navy has right-of-
way over the army on the sea and
all the arms of the sea. Some times
a white revenue cutter is made out
near the transports, all clear of the
path the ferries take. On the other
side of that path there may be a
half dozen windjammers or tramp
steamers, swinging with the tides,
their prows all one way when the
tide flows, and another way when it
ebbs, collectively subject to the seas
inscrutable mysteries.
ROY l.. SHARPE.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-11-05
MAN ORDERS
CHANGE OF COSTUME

The remarkable run of fine sum-
mer weather which has made this
autumn one of more than usual
pleasure to the people Of the Baclk
Hills, was brought to an abrupt end
yesterday by streak of winter.
Snow shovels have been placed
again in service by the fall of several
inches precipitated during the day.
The storm was more pronounced in
Lead than here and for an hour or
more during the afternoon it assum-
ed the proportions of blizzard
there. Barring the slight snow Of
August "a, which barely covered the
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-11-05
MINES AND MINING

put in when the city reservoir was
upon Forest hill, and that was a
good many years ago. For a num-
ber of years 1t has not been fouLd
necessary to turn of the water in
that locality and in consequence the
valves have taken on an accumula-
tion of rust. When an attempt was
made several days ago to test them,
1t was found that they would not
turn and it became necessary to dis
connect and clean them up. They
are being put in good shape and
hereafter will be turned occasionally
to keep them in working order.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-11-05
PAYS DIVIDENDS OF
sos, 100 FOR MONTH

SPOKANE, WASH, Oct. &C.
Bunker Hill & Sullivan Mining COM
pany paid dividend No. 157, amount
ing to $9S,100, to its stockholders
on October 4. This makes $S43,000
paid since January 1, 1910, and the
total amount paid to date being $12,-
129,600. Hecla Mining company paid
dividends of $4,000 during the fls-
cal year ending July 81, and $70,-
900 was added to the surplus. Divi-
dends are now being paid at the rate
Of $40 900 month. The total paid
to date Is $2,020,000.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-11-05
HORN SILVER VEIN
IN HOME RUN SHAFT

The horn silver vein in the old
Home Run shaft at the Carbonate
mines was discovered yesterday in
the drifting of the new shaft at 80
feet deep by the Black Hills Devel-
opment and Financial corporation.
The body struck is of dark liver
rock. The first blast threw out over
a ton Of this, covered with horn sill
yer. 1t was lying beside the por-
phyry dyke and close to the galena
and silver ore that was being fol-
lowed down. This is by far the most
important find made in the camp
and without any doubt will make
the stock verv valuable to those who
have been lucky enough to Sc
cure 1t.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-11-05
ORE DEPOSITS IN
EASTERN STATES.

A report on the ore deposits Of
Maine and those at the Milan mine
in New Hampshire, by w. H. En-
mons. geologist, has just been pub
lished by the United States Geologi-
cal Survey as bulletin 432.
The quarries Of Maine are we'll
and widely known and supply i'm
mense quantities Of stone-especi-
ally granite-for use in all parts of
the country, but the ores Of the state
are not now extensively mined. For
many years the ores Of Mount Kath-
adm produced 1000 to 5000 tones
Of iron year and in the early SOS
the Lubec and other lead mines were
worked in a small way. In the SOS
several hundred tons of copper was
smelted at Bluehill from ores mined
at Douglas and other mines in the
neighborhood. In addition to this
metallic output, about 500 ounces Of
silver has been mined at Sullivan
and Byard Point. The total value
Of the metal product Of Maine except
iron is probably about 100000.
The report just issued sketches
the general geology Of Maine, de-
scribes the form, geoglogic relations,
mineralogy, and distribution Of the
ore deposits, and discusses their
mode of origin.
The deposits at the Milan mine,
New Hampshire, are briefly de-
scribed. The ore mined carries about
$3.50 in gold and one or two ounces
Of silver to the ton. The ore also
contains sulphur, iron and copper,
and has total value of $12 to SIS
ton.
Some of the deposits, including
those at Milan, were formed before
the rocks were rendered schistose by
widespread metamorphic movements.
The effect of the regional meta
morphism on the ore deposits is dis
cussed in detail
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-11-05
A Novel Swindle.

ATLANTA, Ca, Oct. William
Williams is in jail here today charg-
ed with swindling by peculiar
"cure" for blindness which he de-
vised. His remedy consisted in driy-
ing a tack in the back portion of a
blind negro's skull and charging
$3.50 for the operation. Robert
Ward, the victim. told the police
court judge that the tack process
was not very painful, but that Will
liams' manner of taking the $3.50
"hurt considerable"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-11-05

OF English investors is divided main
ly between Russia and California,
but they are supporting exploration
In various parts of the globe. Dur
ing the last half year a great many
oil syndicates and companies have
been organized in London.