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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-07-16
MUCH RAILWAY EQUIPMENT
REQUIRED FOR TROOPS

Today is busy day at Fort Meade
and most Of the troops of the
Fourth Cavalry will ship today to
Fort Islay near Cheyenne and partici
pate in extended maneuvers.
This moving will be on a large
scale as everything needed in actual
warfare will be carried for use of
the troops. In addition to officers
and men, the horses pack trains,
commissary supplies and hay and
grain for the stock will be transport
ed. To handle this huge equipment
the c. N. and w. railroad has been or
dered by the government to supply
the following cars; two standard
sleeping cars, thirteen tourist sleep
ers, two 6O-foot baggage cars, thirty
four stock cars, two Armour palace
stock cars, five box cars and eight
fiat cars.
All this in motion will be as great
and interesting a spectacle as the ar
rival of Ringling's circus trains is TO
the average boy.
1t is understood that these troops
will return in September. They will
be shipped to Crawford and unload
ed and march overland from there
to FIT. Meade.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-07-16
STATE WINS GREAT VICTORY

The state food and drug commits
sioner sends a news item to the Pho
neer-Times to the effect that Mrs
Emil Hanson of Centerville was
fined $40 and costs for selling eggs
to a merchant in that town that
would not stand the test laid down
by the commission, and that the in
formation was furnished by the
commission.
Imagination carries over the river
to the home of a poor but honest
and hardworking family who mar
ket the products Of the farm to get
money wherewith to buy the actual
necessities. The father and the sons
are busy in the fields, If there are
any males attached to the farm, the
industrious wife and mother does
the marketing to save loss of needed
time in the fields. During the ex-
treme hot weather fresh eggs be-
come stale before the good wife is
aware of it and she has no means
Of testing them. Perhaps the mer-
chants sales were slow and the hot
weather got in its work while in his
possession. Any way, the whole
powers Of the gerat state got after
Mrs. Hanson and explanations were
of no avail.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-07-16
WESTERN RANGE STOCK IS
in EXCELLENT CONDITION

The law of compensation has been
at work in the range country of wes-
tern South Dakota, Montana and
Wyoming this season. The range
feed is scant but that very condition
has brought about the compensation
for the grass stopped growing early
and cured, and this has served to
put live stock in better condition
than it has been in before at this
time of year for long time.
When there is an abundance of
rain during May and June, as this
part of the country has been having
for the last six or eight years until
this year, the grass grows long, and
does not begin to ripen until late.
Cattle do not take on their best flesh
from eating green and growing
grass and as consequence they did
not fatten appreciably until late in
the summer.
This year, however, there were
several conditions that helped the
cattle. For one thing the month of
May was unusually cool and there
was not the usual number of insects
to annoy the animals. Some years
the insects interfere seriously with
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-07-16

animals, prevent them from getting
the required nourishment from their
food, and thereby keep them in poor
flesh, but this year there has been a
dearth of them.
Generally speaking the condition
of stock at this time is about what II
is ordinarily late in August. Some
of the stock men have been worry
ing, as the grass has been short
and they were apprehensiSe that
stock might not prove able to get
at it In case of hard winter. More
over in many parts of the range
the water holes have been drying up
and a water famine was threatened.
These things have decided some of
the stock growers to ship quite
closely this year, and If this decision
is carried out it will result in some
heavy shipments.
A rain set in at Deadwood last
night which had all the appearance
of business and If it extended out
into the range country, as its appear
ance would indicate, it undoubtedly
went a great ways toward relieving
the situation, principally by filling
up the water holes.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-07-16
FRIDAY NIGHTS RAIN
WORTH THOUSANDS.

The rain that fell last night was
worth hundreds of thousands of dol
lars to the people Of western South
Dakota and probably millions of dol
lars to the people of the state. Judg-
ing from the reports from all points
which could be reached last night,
the rain fall was general throughout
the western part Of the state and so
widespread was it here, that it doubt
less extended over the territory east
of the Missouri river. Wherever
the crops had not been utterly de-
stroyed by the long continued
drought, the precipitation of last
night gave them a new lease of life
and If from now on there is any
thing like normal amount of rain
there should be fair crops in such
localities as have not been burned
out.
Rapid City, Sturgis, Whitewood,
st. Onge and Belle Fourche all had
heavy downfalls of rain and it is re-
ported that Perkins and Harding
counties also got fair drenching.
In most of these sections to the
north, however, it is feared the rain
came too late and it is in these parts
OF the state that rain at an earlier
date would have been of such ines
Unable benefit that it would have
saved many of the new settlers from
ruin. la
As it is now, numbers of these
will find themselves in the most dis
tressed circumstances. Scores of
them had barely enough to establish
themselves on their new homes and
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-07-16
The Fight by Rounds.
KANSAS BOB.
ROUND 1

ROUND 1.
They heard the bell and then begar
to pound
Each other into pulp. Twas any.
body's round.
ROUND 2.
They spar, they clinch, they break
and then they start
To show fine points Of puglistic art
ROUND 3.
JACKIE tries a vicious right to land
on head,
But Jim is in another place instead
ROUND 4.
They maui away until they hear the
Sound
OF gong. Jim had the better of this
round.
ROUND s.
They spar and clinch again and Jack
kids Jim,
But fights with caution, as he lands
with vim.
ROUND 6.
Jim sends hook to Johnson's head,
but my!
The black man almost closes JEFF
ries' eye.
ROUND 7.
Again Jack Johnson has it all his
way,
And with his uppercuts puts JEFF at
bay.
ROUND 7.
Jack holds in clinches, but Tex
Richards there
And gets between and separates the
pair.
ROUND 9.
They slug away and opening Jack
has found;
Again it was by odds the black
mans round.
ROUND 10.
Some clever swings and jabs by JEFF
were made,
But still the round was Jacks by a
slight shade.
ROUND II.
No time is lost, both pounded away
pell NELL,
And fight like fiery demons at the
bell.
ROUND 12.
Jack hammers Jim with many a VIC
ious blow;
He seems to have the whiteman on
the go.
ROUND 13.
The negro prances round and gets
quite gay,
He has the ugly mixing all his way.
ROUND IA.
Poor Jim is weak, but still he shows
he's game,
And tries to land, but oh, his blows
are lame.
ROUND is.
A volley of both rights and .erts-
the bout
Ends here. Jim Jeffries is knocked
squarely out.
Lincoln News.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-07-16
STEVE FRAME IMPROVING
WITH WOUND DRESSED

Steven A. Frame who was shot
in the foot with the bullet from a
.22 calibre rife last Saturday, is
now resting more comfortably than
he has since the accident. He was
taken to st. Joseph's hospital. only
a short distance from his home on
Wabash avenue, yesterday morning
and put under an anesethetic and
the wound thoroughly cleansed. II
was found that bone had been frac-
tured and several fragments were
left in the flesh hindering the heal
ing process. Late last night he was
sleeping better than for several
nights.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frame were taking a
vacation Of two weeks and were at
the ranch home Of Mrs. Frames
brother, Roy Meyers, fifteen miles
north Of Belle Fourche when the &C
cident occurred. About five o'clock
Saturday morning Frame had taken
the small rifle and started out after
sage hens. He had shot once at
one, and had the arm ready for an
other when the bird flew out of
range; lowering the gun he pointed
it at his right foot when a slight
pressure on the trigger caused it
to discharge, the ball entering at
the instep and passing downward
through the foot. He was at once
driven to Belle Fourche to have the
wound dressed and the same night
came home. Mr.. Frame is employ
ed with the p. A. Gushurst grocery
store in Lead. He will be taken
home today from the hospital.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-07-16

dred and twenty-five on furlough,
making in all three hundred and
four with the 415 at Sanitarium max
ing seven hundred and nineteen on
the roll in both places.
George McCrackin of Sturgis has
the contract for putting in new
bridges and making new roads to
the cemetery and another water
tank, twenty-four feet in diameter,
and twenty feet high in addition to
the two we have now will furnish
an abundance Of water for all pur-
poses. He will start Immediately at
work on them, as Col. Geddis wishes
to have them completed as soon as
possible. hear the Board contem-
plates putting in side walk to the
cemetery which will be more handy
and great convenience to pedes-
trians.
l saw two half breeds from Pine
Ridge agency who gave me some
data in regard to a party of gold
hunters who came to the Hills in
1874 which came through their
family. Young Jeanne Boisinet,
grandson of Old He Dog and Am
ide Garu, descendant of High Hawk
who lives on South Fork Of White
River which l will give you in the
near future, as l am something like
Kit Carson and the coon up a tree, I
want to be sure before I ask him
(Mr. Coon) to come down.
Saturday was cherry picking day
at the Home when all the ladies
turned out to pick, so we could have
cherry pie for dinner the Fourth,
and what a feast on that day, chick
en- with dumplings, cherry pie, ice
cream, among the other things good
to eat, coffee or lemonade to drink.
My how the old coffee coolers did
wade in.
KANSAS BOB.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-07-16
THE HOME AND SANITARIUM.

HO SPRINGS, s. D., July S.-Our
worthy ex-chaplain, Rev. Joseph Phil
lips leaves in few days on a fur
Tough to make an extended trip to
500 Falls, Washington d. c., then
Portland Oregon. He will be absent
for at least 80 days. We will miss
his genial countenance and happy
smile and all wish him God speed
and none more so than your CORES
pondent. He has made, during his
incumbency Of the pastorate at the
home, q friend of all the inmates
who will miss him and his kind coun
Gil and advice irrespective of creed OF
church or politics. Never bigoted or
selfish, ever ready to extend well
come and helping hand to anyone
no difference who he or she may be,
he is not only open hearted but Is
every ready to take out his pocket
book in a worthy cause, thus endear-
ing himself to all.
Rev. G. B. Clark's mother-in-law
died the morning of July Srd after a
brief illness. She was a lovable old
lady whose death is lamented by a
host of friends, who extend their
heart felt sympathy to the Rev.
Clark and his estimable wife. Fun
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-07-16
Hot Springs Notes.

There were great many northern
Hills people here for the Fourth,
making quite an auto parade. Not
iceably, Mr.. and Mrs. H. B. Schlicht
ing, Mr.. and Mrs. N. T. Mason, Mr..
and Mrs. Martinez, Mr.. and Mrs.
Hough. The autos and floats were
all tastefully decorated while the
town had bunting galore. Every
thing went of smoothly, notnIng hap
pening to mar the pleasures of the
day. The only omission was the
committee overlooked the reading
of the Declaration of independence,
something that to every patriotic cit
izen makes the Fourth of July not
a fourth; for all that everybody
seemed to enjoy themselves.
Col. E. s. Ewell, inspector-gen-
eral and Chief Surgeon of Soldiers 8
Home and Sanitarium was here and
inspected the Home on the 3rd Of
this month and commented favor
ably on the looks of the men and
the Home. There, are at present one
hundred and seventy nine inmates
Of the Home with probably one hum
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-07-16
GRINDSTONE TO HAVE A
METHODIST EPISCOPAL

DR.. Royce, District Superintendent
for M. E. Conference was here last
night and preached an interesting
sermon to an attentive audience.
After the sermon a conference was
held at which 1t was decided to build
a church. Subscriptions are now
signed to the amount of over $500
and the building is assured.
The people of Grindstone vicinity
have maintained a Sunday school
for over two years more or less reg
ular and have taken considerable in
terest in religious work and now it
seems that their efforts are to be
rewarded with more substantial
means.
The foundation will be laid at
once and it is expected the build
ing will be completed and dedicated
before winter.
w, f. THORP
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-07-16
NOW OWNERS OF DEADwOoD
......... THEATRE PROPERTY,

Barney Mullen and James Mum
are now the sole owners of the Dead
wood theatre property. The deal
whereby this transfer of the title was
accomplished was turned during
the last week and the final negotia-
tions were completed Friday.
Heretofore the First National
Bank of Deadwood has had the title
to the property, having foreclosed on
mortgage given by the Deadwood
Theatre company. The time for re-
demption expired some time ago and
consequently The title became vested
in the bank. Mullen and Mum, the
contractors and builders, who erec- |,
ted the building had due them for
thdir work approximately $4,000
which in the face of the banks fore
closure, they had small chance of ev-
er getting. With the affairs in
this condition, they entered into a
deal with the bank, which permitted
the latter to get out whole and turn
ed the property over to Mullen and
Mum, to handle it as they see 1T.
The contractors paid the bank the
amount of the latter's mortgage, to-
gether with moderate amount of
interest and the bank turned the
property over to Mullen and Mum.
The new owners have not made
any. announcement regarding the fu-
ture management of the property,
but it is probable no immediate
change will be made, as there is
still in existence lease of the the
atre to H. L. Walker of Aberdeen,
with a sub-lease to ]. w. Early,
lease to the Deadwood Business club
which occupies the two upper floors
and to Mrs. Simms and the National
Cash Register company, who occupy
the two stores on the ground floor.
The present income from rentals is
about $400 per month.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-07-16
LAND OTHERS PASSED BY
WILL MAKE HIM RICH

V. s. johnson was In from Spring
Creek today. There are few, per-
haps, who know that Vincent and his
wife have taken up section of land
northwest Of Belle Fourche, which
will some day be worth $50 an acre.
You see, the matter stands about
like this; the government permits any
man and wife who proved up on
their original homestead before 1890
to retake an additional half section
each.
Vicent is man who reads a
great deal and he keeps in touch with
all such matters and took advantage
of this opportunity at once, selected
his section and got busy. The section
has water shed of six miles and the
possibility of three reservoirs, from
which he can irrigate 480 acres of
the $40 in the section. The water
possibility held the key to the situa-
ton and certainly it took just such
an observing fellow as v. S. John
son to figure this possibility out, and
to reap a fortune from tract that
thousands of others had passed over
for forty years, unobserved. v. S.
has the land fenced, has a dwelling
house, barns, lots, etc., and has
forty head of cattle and twenty
head of horses in the pasture. He
has forty acres planted to corn also
and he ads, at will make a good
yield, too"
He has done considerable work
on his canals and figures to have all
three reservoirs and canals complet-
ed within two years. The soil is iden
tical to the soil in the north part of
town, where Mr.. Henton, Mr.. De
Groat and others reside and hence
there can be no question as to its
productiveness, as well as its adapta-
bility to reservoir purposes.-Spear-
fish Caravan.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-07-16
Death of Mrs. Dew.

Mrs. Mary j. Dew died at the resi-
dence of her daughter, Mrs. G. B.
Clarke of this city on the morning
of the Fourth of July, after months
of a lingering illness. A strange
coincidence was the fact that Mrs.
Drew was born on Christmas day the
great church holiday and died on
the anniversary of the birth of our
nation. She was born in Delaware
il the year 1898 but moved west
ward when quite young. For the
past twenty-five years her home has
been at Eugene, Oregon and the re-
mains will be shipped there for bur-
ial. She was a devout Christian, a
woman of spiritual nature and
wonderfully resigned and patient
during her last trying illness. Near
ly a year ago she was brought here
by her daughter, Mrs. Clark in the
hope that the change would benefit
her health. However, she was soon
stricken with paralytic stroke, and
lay helpless for months. She leaves
two daughters, Mrs. c.. B. Clark,
wife Of the Chaplain at the National
Sanitarium and Mrs. Clare Lacy
Greene, both of this city.
Funeral services were held on
Wednesday, afternoon at three o.
clock from the residence of DR..
Clark and were conducted by clergy
men from three different churches,
l residing Elder, r. II. Dolllver, and
Il. B. WILDER of the Methodist
church, Rev. Mr.. Tallman OF the Ep-
iscopal Church and Rev. Henry
Stuart Paynter of the Episcopal. The
clergymen also served as pail bear
ers. The remains were shipped on
the evening train to Eugene, Ore,
where they will be interred.- Hot
Springs Herald.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-07-16

service on the Northwestern to han
die the crowd.
A ball game will be one of the at
fractions, and it is probable that
the Lead and Deadwood teams will
play, for a purse of one hundred dol
lars. The citizens of Whitewood
have lately made some extensive i'm
provements at their ball grounds
and they are in first class condi-
ton. There will also be a series
Of athletic events at the Oak Park
above town, where there is a good
track.
The park and surroundings have
never been more beautiful than they
are this summer, and they will make
this outing a strong attraction.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-07-16
SPEARFISH CATHOLICS ENJOY
SPECIAL SUNDAY SERVICE

Rev. Father Chase, priest in
charge of the Catholic parish at
Spearfish returned yesterday from
Chamberlain where he went Mon
day to visit Columbus College.
Father Chase says last Sunday
was one Of the greatest occasions in
the history Of his parish. The Lead
choir was present consisting of TWEEN
ty voices under the direction of
Miss Gertrude Godfrey and visiting
priests had charge of the services.
Father Manion sang mass and the
sermon was delivered by the Rev.
Father Comisky. In the afternoon
the entire party adjourned to the
park and enjoyed a picnic.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-07-16
CHADRON PREPARING
FOR THE EAGLES.

Chadron is making extensive pre-
parations for the entertainment of
the Nebraska state convention of
Eagles which meets there on Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday of this
week. The address Of welcome will
be delivered by Mayor James Finne-
gan Of Chadron and the response will
be deliN cred by Mayor James Dahl
man of Omaha. 1t is expected that
300 delegates will be present, who
with their families will bring up
wards Of 500 visitors to the town.
Following the convention, the Wis
itors will spend Sunday at Hot
Springs and on Monday will come
to Deadwood, whence they will scat
ter to different points of interest in
the Hills. Their tickets are good
for thirty days and they intend to get
the full benefit Of them.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-07-16
STATE PLATFORM TO
PETTIGREW'S LIKING.

HURON, s. D., July 9.-Promin-
ent democrats who attended the
state convention at Redfield say that
former United States Senator Petit
grew was one of the most conspic-
uous figures at the convention. While
he did not directly manipulate the
proceedings, he gave much advice
and was in conference with plat
form makers much of the time. The
platform it is said is one that is es-
pecially to his liking. Mr.. Petit
will go upon the stump during the
campaign in behalf of democracy. He
will deliver 80 or more speeches,
visiting all the prominent cities in
the state. He will be under the direc
tion of the democratic state central
committee. l3.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-07-16
Black Hills Medics Meet.

The Black Hills Medical Associa-
ton held a session yesterday after
noon at the Franklin hotel, physic-
ians being in attendance from Lead
Sturgis, Belle Fourche, Rapid, Hot
Springs and Deadwood.
Several papers were presented of a
technical nature, which while of in
terest to those who listened to them,
would not be much understood by
the average layman.
The members Of the association
are interested in the session Of the
state board Of Medical Examiners
which will meet in Lead next week.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-07-16


Frank Smith, who has been visit
ing his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. f. X.
Smith, for the past week, left on the
Burlington yesterday for his home
at Portland, Ore. Frank has been
engaged In the furniture business
there for some years past and is
prospering. VA
G. e. Spens, Of Omaha general
freight agent for the Burlington,
who with his family and ]. z. Buck
ingham. assistant general passenger
agent, has been spending several
days in spearfish canyon at Elmore,
pulled out yesterday in his private
car for home.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-07-16

eral services will be held In the chap
el of the Sanitarium tomorrow after
noon the 9Th at 2.3O D. m.
Col. Miller has under way the erec
tion Of suitable quarters for the
misses, which will cost Sic, 900 and
will be great convenience to them.
1t will be electric lighted, and have
steam heat in each room. An approp
Ration of $1,000 has also been made
for a chapel and will add to the
sanitarium cigar and confectionery
store which will be a great help for
the sick and disabled soldiers. He
contemplates putting in bowling
alley for their amusement, their be-
ing at present two hundred and six
ty five inmates and one hundred and
nifty on furlough, making in all AIS,
the death rate both at the sanitarium
and state home for the fiscal year
ending July 1st, 1910 is less than
any other year since their compile
ton.
George Minzie died at the Home
hospital June 21st, Charlie vollin
died OF cancer at his home In town.
Both old veteran soldiers.
Their was an order issued by the
Home Board barring children also
strangers from stopping over night
on the Home Grounds.
That whole souled fellow L. C.
Dunn travelling man is due in your
city about Saturday, so all your
country store keepers hunt your cy-
clone cellars as when he gets their
something will be doing.
KANSAS BOB.