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The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-03-25

Kindness Not Appreciated.
In Kansas City there is q man who
wants go, 900 damage because neigh
borhood gossip caused his wife to
leave him. Some Of the neighbors
complain that there are men totally
devoid Of appreciation.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-03-25
I ADOPT NEW F'olaM.

The commission form Of govern
mSnt was adopted by As majority at .
special election held in Rapid City
last Friday. The total vote cast was
6Sp; divided, 342 Tor and 207 against.
Those posted Ia the matter claim that
past elections have shown close to 800
Yotee cast. King their statement
~ basis and estimating the increase
sifl population the past two years, it IS
sre 1onable ia assume the entire vote
50f tho city isnows Close to . Thousand.
This would indicate that the special
sQuestlon p0lled ! twosthirds vote to
~ exAct, $50 out of possible 955.
Hut ~ that ~ " may, the vote was
slaxR0 enougfl ia emphasize the desires
|a0t t people 81 Rspid City and the
sIisS plan of government is as surely
/ alioptsd - though the probable stay
q homo SO had expressed themselves
M gs NJ thing q do now = for differ.
4 ~ ~ opinion sto - relocated and
& SSlfy citizen unite IN making the
y ~ m i III al assumed that
y G lAvorable n greater develop
B 5tsog tsS 81 81 Alll being % viii do
q rover ~ puth the chariot
|ssE3 d r. 81 - 40 "a arrange for the
\ I3f7 u IliI s. m NEXT month, antl
n ~ - fnrxs,a ~ -
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-03-25

BARNEY OLDr1ELD travelled at the
rate Of q mile in 81 and loo seconds
at Dayton, Fla, one day last week.
Now there is something in going fast,
but for us we prefer to look at the
scenery.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-03-25

reported are among the city trading
classes. The young man OF a city, be-
fore he becomes burdened with the
maintenance OF a family, should seek
to establish himself permanently in
some profitable business that will in
sure revenue beyond mere mainten-
ance.
The great drawback to enterprising
young men Of cities is to find all lines
of business overcrowded and large
capital necessary to tide through the
loss period that is associated with
nearly every new enterprise estab-
lished in metropolitan cities. There
are firms in cities that have large
trade and are making reasonable
profits, but such institutions have
survived the loss period and are now
among the survival of the fttest. In
the lines in which individual houses
are reporting a successful trade there
are a multitude of tradesmen losing
money and gradually approaching
bankruptcy.
The profession OF agriculture offers
exceptional inducements to any enter
prising young man to achieve indie
pendence and wealth. The call to the
farm comes from every commonwealth
in the nation and opportunities are
open for the young man to make
wages and at the same time obtain
knowledge in the different branches
of husbandry that will enable him to
achieve success when he starts as an
independent owner or tenant of land
exploitation. The Investigation of
agriculture is SO great that it presents
opportunities for young men of differ
ent talents to select a line of farming
congenial to their natural inclina-
tions. Consumers of agricultural
products are calling for greater pro-
duction and open markets are ready
to receive the surplus of the farms at
remunerative prices. Agriculture now
offers young men the greatest induce
ments of any profession.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-03-25
An Evasivs Answer.

An Evasive Answer.
I'VE dined at Mrs. Crankleigh's last
night
= suppose you had q good dinner
well, We found out that Mrx.
Crankleigh Is an active member Of the
society for boycotting all the high
priced foodstuffs. !" Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-03-25

Il belongs 20 great men Is have ereat
defects Eysnch PEoyerh 81
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-03-25

PEARY met cold reception at At
lanta, Ga, where bespoke last Friday.
An arctic explorer ought not to be
touched by little frost. The COVER
nor Of Georgia and the mayor Of At
lanta did not add to their dignity by
refusing to introduce him to his aud
fence.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-03-25

The vermillion Republican observ-
es: Up in Bookings the republicans
are not going to inquire of legislative
and county candidates whether they
are stalwarts progressives,-the aim
being to select the best, and especially
for the legislature such men as will
likely do the most for Brookings and
its institutions and other interests.
We think this plan will be adopted in
Clay county-anyway it should be.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-03-25

PEOPLE may rejoice in the fact that
there has been no shortage of nice days
in March and that fresh air is still
plentiful and talk is cheap. We also
have an abundance of the poor with
us and it dosen't cost anything to walk
and there is no law which compells a
man to eat more than twice a day, and
we don't have to live forever. These
fundamental rights ought to be pro-
tected: they are among the few we
have left and can't get along without
The Hot Springs Star of the 18th
inst. says: '"The tax levies for the
year 1910 for the city of Hot Springs,
as compared with those of Rapid City,
are as follows: Rapid City, CONSOLE
dated levy, l6 mills, Hot Springs, %
mills; Rapid City school district levy,
II mills, Hot Springs, 10 mills; Rapid
City, city levy, 20 mills, Hot Springs,
IS mills; making a total OF So mills
for Rapid City and IS mills for Hot
Springs"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-19
Reclamation Work Delayed.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-THE recla-
nation service has felt the effect of
the switchmen's strike in Montana
and the west according to q report is
sued today by Director Newell Of the
bureau. He says that the
bureau had to suspend all concrete
work on irrigation dams in construc-
ton in Montana because of the delay
in the delivery of form lumber and
cement occasioned by the strike of the
switchmen on the railroads of the
However, as the weather
is pretty cold the inconvenience will
not materially affect the work, opera
tions being generally suspended for
the winter.
Mr.. Newell reports favorable pro-.
gress on the irrigation dams In the
state up to the approach Of cold
weather, when operations were gener.
ally ceased. He looks for q big rush
of settlers in the spring.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-19
A Big Rush Of Landseekers.

GREAT FALLS, Jan. 13.-Settlers
are coming into the Great Falls land
district so:fast that thelboard of COM
merce, through President Sam Steph.
enson, made an appeal today to Secre-
tary Ballinger for additional help in
the land Office in order to keep up
with the rush. Within the last few
months several additional clerks have
been allowed here, but the additions
have not been sufficient to keep up
with the great number of settlers, who
are now making entries in the Great
Falls office at q more rapid rate than
was aver known before In the history
of any land district in the United
States.
It is said that at present, even
though it is in the middle of winter,
entries r being made at the rate of
about 1900 per month, and a. a result
the local land alice is now 5000 en-.
tries behind In It's work. 1t is expect
ed that with the coming Of spring the
number OF entries will be increased
further, and 1t is hoped to get addi.
tional help, 30 that the local office
can catch up with lite present work
before the spring rush.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-19
Railroad Put Out Of Business.

SALT LAKE, Jan. 17.-Never in the
history of transportation in the United
States has q great railroad been
stricken so sorely as was the San
Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake by
the midwinter thaw. In a twinklinp
the desert.born torrents Tapped up q
hundred miles of rails and embank-
ments, severed the steel bond between
mountains and sea and made of an
avenue of commerce two disorganized
branches whose ends are lost in the
wilderness. Millions of dollars are
invested temporarily proatless and
hundreds OF capable railroad men
without employment are the results OF
the disaster.
More than $50 salaried employees
have been laid of in Utah alone since
the disaster. Better informed among
these men take q gloomy view of the
sttuatton. The restoration of the
through line, they believe is . matter
OF years rather than months.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-19
WEDNESDAY, JAN. IL, 1910.
cHoUTEAUecoUNTY FINANCES.

The annual financial statement OF
Chouteau county for the year 1909,
which recentlylappeared in the River
Press, deserves careful scrutiny by
taxpayers who wish to keep posted on
county aft fairs. The exhibit shows the
receipts and expenditures connected
with county government during the
past twelve months, and indicates the
nature of the value received by the
general community.
When the taxpayers are requested
to make their annual contribution to
che public treasury, many of them
respond with reluctance caused by the
belief that expenses Iof local govern.
ment are unnecessarily .ehigh. This
impression may be due to il lack OF
famili arity withilconditionsEthat call
for the disbursement of public funds.
aud in some cases would Ibejldispelled
by q better knowledge Of the purposes
to which these funds sreI applied.
The running e~xpenseslof the county
for the fiscal year 1909 arelset forth in
the warrant statement Of the exhibit,
which shows the issuelof warrants to
the following amounts during the
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-19
HIGH COST OF LIVING.
Cardinal Gibbons Believes Prices Are
Beyond Reason.

0eyOssO V0oSO"
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.-"Most OF
the prices for food products are clear
" out of all reason" said Cardinal
Gibbons in an interview last night,
"and the people cannot go on paying
such prices when they are not earning
any more than they YER some years
ago, when prices we're not so high"
The cardinal was unable to assign
the reason for the high prices that
prevail, but he said:
"Something is evidently wrong
when many of the commonest necessi.
ties in foods are priced at such nor
nous figures. Something must be
done soon to put prices on a reasona-
BILE basis and any method which will
bring THE about I endorse"
NEW YORK, Jan. 1.-THE rising
cost Of living has its problems for the
government 90 we'll as for the private
citizen. The immigration officials here
were snxiously awaiting today to see
If anybody was willing to bid for the
to feed the immigrants at
Ellie Island. The present caterer gets
% cents q meal and his successor will
have to contract for a term OF three
years in the face of q rising market.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-19
Will Give Land To Unemployed.

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 16.-George M.
J Jackson, of Piggott, Ark, today an.
nounced that he will give 1900 acres
OF rich bottom lands near Piggott,
valued by him at 800 IN acre. to un-
employed people of the United States.
The announcement vas made at the
meeting Of the brotherhood Welfare
association. A
Jackson, who is Is years old, Is
working for q redistribution Of all
public lands along socialistic lines
and said today he intends to seek
gifts of additional land for disposal
among unemployed. No conditions
are to be imposed upon persons &C.
cepting his 1900 acres and the distri.
button will be left in the hands Of the
brotherhood association. Jackson
says he has nine grandchildren, but he
will not leave them his property as
they have not earned it.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-19
INFORMATION FOR SETTLERS.

Recognizing the fact that many of
the new settlers who are locating in
northern Montana may not be in.
formed as to the proper method of
c~ultiv sting bench lands, the Great
Northern Railway company is circu.
lating q bulletin upon the subject,
prepared by Professor Thomas Shaw,
the we'll known agricultural expert.
The bulletin, which may interest old
time residents as we'll as the newcom-
ers, says In part:
The settler should be on the ground
and all ready to begin work IS soon
sprinR opens. II no breaking has
been done previously, the aim should
be 70 break four to six inches ss much
land % can we'll be prepared by disc.
ing and narrowing, and be planted in
sesson with the following crops: Oats.
fax and alfalfa. sown In the order
named. After these should follow
corn, potatoes, rutsbsgss and garden
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-19
Want Big Damages From Railroad.

Want Big Damages From Railroad.
HELENA, Jan. 15.-Four suits were
begun in the district court this after
noon against the Northern Pacific
Railway company.
Clyde H. Graham. q former engin-
eer, seeks to recover $685. 600 for inju.
ries alleged to have been sustained
July %, 1909, as the result of collid-
ing with q water stand at Young's
Point. E. r. Farnum, q q repairer,
seeks to recover $40, 600 as the result
Of the loss of his left eye, which, he
alleges, was caused May IL, 1909, by
q chip flying from a defective ham.
mer with which he vas compelled to
work.
Harry Russell, q switchmen, is suing
to ecover OBS, 900 damages, alleged to
have been sustained by being run over
BY a switch engine in the Livingston
yards, Aug. &, 1909.
Mrs. Eleanor Young, the plaintiff
in the fourth action, alleges that her
son was killed as the result of the neg
ligence of the company in allowing
him to ride on the side of an engine
passing through the doors of the
round-house at Livingston. She
seeks to o damages in the sum
Of S35, 600.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-19
A 7O.Mile Ice Gorge.

LOUISVILLE, Jan. 1.-THE ice gorge
at Wolf Creek IN the Ohio remains
as solid as granite and today the
jammed ice extends from the extreme
western edge of Louisville to Brand.
enberg, a distance of about 70 miles.
With this massive barrier holding
back the water and the heavy rainfall
in the Ohio valley, loss from food is
imminent.
So serious has the stu q tion in this
section become that the head of the
government engineering department a,
Cincinnati has been asked to take the
matter up with Washington by wire.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-19
Tho Architecture Of Madeira.

W. saw no suggestion Of modern
architecture or European innovation.
no blot anywhere except a single mo-
torcar. Without knowing anything
on the subject l should say that the
architecture of Madeira is a mixture
of Spanish and Moorish, like that of
Mexico. only it is better than any
thing in Mexico. From the ship the
stucco. tile rooted city is flawless. and
as We steam away and night comes
down and lights break out and become
a jeweled necklace along the waters
edge our one regret Is that we are
leaving it all behind.-Albert Bigelow
Paine in Outing Magazine.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-19
The Easiest Way.

Dickson-Dobbins formerly opposed
my views, but now he agrees with me
in everything. Wickson-How do you
account for it? Dickson-Don't know.
I'm not sur whether I convince him
or only make him tired.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-19
year:


For the fiscal year 1908, the expendi.
lures from these funds aggregated
S137 ,615, or about asthousand dollars
less than the total for last year. In
the meantime thel value of taxable
property in ACKNOWLEDGEMENT from
OF. 632, 900 in 1908, to GA, 1885, 600 in
l909-an increase in resources which
enabled the county commissioners to
reduce the taxi levy lone mill below
that Of 1908.
In this connection 1t may be re.
marked that the tax levy in Chouteau
county last year for county purposes,
which was 10 mills, was one OF the
lowest rates inlMontana. 1t was made
possible by the large assessment OF
the county. Under careful and prud.
ent management of county affairs, an
increase in assessment is generally
followed by q reduced rate of taxa
ton, the smaller counties being COM
PEELED to levy high taxes upon an
assessment that would not yield sufi-
cient revenue under a lower levy.
An interesting feature of the Chou.
teau county statement is the item of
1886 receivedlfrom interest OF public
funds during the year 1909. In no
other county in Montanaiwill there be
found a re~venuesitem of such q nature
to that amount.
This exhibit shows that Chou.
teau county taxpayers contributed
about S52, 000lsto the state treasury
last year, and that the taxes for
school purposes amounted to about
81, 1000. The owners of the taxable
property in thei .threes incorporated
towns paid about $24, 900 to the mu.
nicipsl treasures.
The Indebtedness of Choutesu coun'
ty consists only ofpoutstanding bonds
to the amount of $500, 600, q portion
Of which will be redeemable next year
There Is at presentIinIthe county treas
ury about $50, 900 that a be applied
to the payment of these bonds, which
will reduce the oblig alton to that ex'
tent, and it is probable that the bal
snce can be refunded1a alta lower rate
OF interest.
The figures given in the annua
statement chow that tChouteau county
finances are in excellent shape, com
pared with the exhibits made by othel
counties. A conserv alive course il
making expenditures, and the exercise
of proper care that value shall be re
.ceived for all funds disbursed, will b.
further cause for qualification to tn
taxpayers.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-19

vegetables. Corn and potatoes will
grow by simply burying them beneath
the sod, but they will grow much bet.
ter by planting them on . we'll pre-
pared seed bed and GUILTY ating them.
Rutabaga seed may be simply scat.
tered on breaking and narrowed. AS
soon as these crops are planted, az
much land should be broken a. time
will admit for the next crop. The day
that it is plowed it ought to be rolled or
planked, and the disc and harrow
should be used at intervals during
the remainder of the season. Winter
wheat should be drilled in on part OF
this land in August, the other part be-
ing reserved for spring crops.
The grains sown the second year
may include any or all of the follow.
ing: Macaroni, spring wheat. spring
rye, speltz, oats, common barley. fax
and alfalfa, and these should be sown
on the fsllow land or cultivated land
of the previous year, but it will an
swer to sow fax on spring breaking
again. Az much as can we'll be cared
for should again be planted TO fodder
corn, potatoes, field beans and ruta.
bagas. All these may be grown on
land. Other land should be
broken and managed az the previous
year.
l. Avoid breaking or blowing land
and allowing it to lie over summer
without further working.
2. The following amounts of grain
will be found sufficient to SOW per acre:
Winter wheat, 3 to 4 pecks
Macaroni, spring wheat 4 to 5 pecks
Winter or spring rye, s to 6 pecks
and oats, 4 to s pecks
Barley. 3 to 4 pecks
Flax, II to 2 pecks
3. All kinds of grain may usually
be narrowed once or oftener with pro-
fit with q light harrow for some time
after it is up. .
4. The aim should be to grow win.
ter wheat or winter rye on summer
fallow drilled in standing corn or
into barley stubble land. to
grow cultivated crops on stubble land,
and to grow spring grains only after
summer fallow OF cultivated crops.
5. Alfalfa is best sown alone on
summer fsllow, or after cult sted
crops, At the rate of eight to ten
an acre.
6. Pastures may be made by SOW
ing, without q nurse crop. the follow.
ing mixtures: Bronze grass, four
pounds per acre, western rye grass,
five pounds per acre, and alfalfa,
three pounds per acre.
Z. The best money crops are winter
wheat. fax and patatoes, valuable in
the order'named, and the best fodder
crops are alfalfaland fodder corn.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-19

The first and worst Of all frauds -
10 cheat oneself.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-04-24
EFFECTS IN
HAIR DRESSING

The majority f fashionable women
In not wear hats to the thearer. and
this gives scope 10 coifures that are
beautiful I some instances. wonderful
in Others ana groresque in a many
more. In most eases the couture :
kept small, and little 7 any padding
: now worn. the ha.r wrapping the
mead and bringing out clean-cut con
tour. Ii any building out Is done, i
i, al the back Of the head. Man Young
women are wearing folds Of satin or
velvet the same hue as their gowns
wound closely round their heads. 4
delicate chain fashioned out OF lightly
twisted silver or gold game ribbon i
a favorIre ad0rnment. There 5 no end
Ct ornaments worn Narrow Greek
bands-ieweled or embossed-and gold
embroidery are very smart. Il Is De
c.dely mol.sh 70 carry cIatelaIne
with an eveL.n g fr0ck. and these are
made u match the headdre>s or the
! ieWelrv. The tendency toward arrange
meut is low on the neck. which still
permits the use Of the turban cap frame
/ and many switches. This VIII continue
/ for some time 70 come. To get the
! best effect n this style Is 70 have
. the switch no- less than thirty niche.
in length. The beehive frame j als1
uSed-wliah : a wire cap with 4 hole
7 in the center. through which the hai1
: drawn and then Lard softly around
-he frame some uur-~ and few
eurls are --aG-hG- uo- MANY.
There are few women who are
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-04-24
F emaIe Physical
Culturlsts

DR.. Woods Hutchinson has rs nam
ale- IN hand to- he Errors Of Exercise.
In one part Of his article IN outing ne
-tv g, liz re~r-eets 70 the male 'p1E6-ca-
.ul-rsr.>-. and then says:
III the apostle Il physical culture DC
- The female sex. her performances are
far more artistic and graceful, olI
equally amusing. Like her male counter
rarr she 5 born with a 5eaut11uL~tace
.- graceful figure. If she has the
..,-..~a re endowment Of brains she utI4lzes
--asa - raa,e q brilliant marriage, put
= O little more or less or little dlt-
-e-eat. she begins 70 pose Ike the
champion strong man. only Tar more
.-ra..a-uTEv ana arrISricallv. and . tell
--hars how to DO it. The silly little
canary bird things that she tells them
Il 10 IA the wav Of dieting and think
inc high thoughts, and going without
..l.-z4rs- or walking barefoot in the dew.
mr. living in harmony with the al good,
or crawlln. Ike the lizard. or hopping
q IA kangaroo. have no more 70 do with
her complexion and her figure than post,
are stamps have with the spots on the
sun.
..She j lust as blissfullv ignorant as
EeT male EoEn- g part o. ana p-4l.f. PAY =
ologv. diececics. and the laws Of health,
but She knows she can count with equal
certainly on the bonndless creduli-v If
aar sisters. who are less highly endowel
+ physically. but more 50 financially. They
take their coffee without cream, Or thelr
+ cream without coffee. their ten drops Of
v.ole- cologne upon lump sugar. or the.s
deep. downward breathing with an up
ward thought, then comfort themselves
over their bed rails. OF wri-he over their
houdo5r floors OF dislocate half their
selves into neuraSthenia trying 70 &C
I auire power through repose, and prat.s
. ny The gospel Of limpress. They END
with exactly the same urrose-leaf-lihs
compilations and unchorus -gir5lIse fig
uraS wl-h which they began. but hops
springs eternal and they are alwa>.
1 ready p swallow new hai-. undls
couragei bv past failures and pathetic
alEv sure thar this plan VIII prove rh'
zeal secret II beauty