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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-08-20
STATE MEDICAL MEN
CONVENE NEXT MONTH.

The annual meeting of the State
Medical Association will be held
September 27 and 2S. The place OF
the meeting is at Hot Springs, as
was stated in the Pioneer-Times yes
terday.
This state organization is COM
posed Of two governing bodies, the
house of delegates and board OF
councillors, which may be compared
to the house of congress in some re-
spects. DR.. ]. w. Freeman of Lead
is the delegate from this district and
DR.. VIM. McRoberts of Hot
Springs is the councillor.
There are nine districts in the
state and each is in many ways a
separate organization, but they are
federated by the organization result
ing from the union of these dele
gates and councillors DR.. F. E..
Walker of Hot Springs is the local
secretary, as it is their practice to
have secretary at the place where
the next yearly meeting will be held
DR.. Felix Ashcroft Of this city is the
Black Hills member on scientific
work. 1t is the duty of this officer
to censor the papers that have been
presented from his district and select
those which may be read before the
state gathering.
About thirty-five papers in all will
be read during the two days session,
and in addition there will be execu-
tive sessions. The first evening ses-
sion will be one to which the public
is especially invited, when subjects
of public interest will be presented.
The meeting was held last year in
Aberdeen. In 1902 the association
was entertained in Deadwood.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-08-20

evening and the Grana Island party
over the Burlington tomorrow for
their homes.
A number Of people from Hills
towns and elsewhere have been
operated upon the past week. These
include Chapman Root of Chadron,
Miss Marie Wright of Spearfish,
Elias Schroyer of Belle Fourche,
Mrs. Nick Schumacher Of sturgis, and
William stracky Of Eagle Grove, la.
These operations were performed by
Drs. Walker and Geyerman, clinics
at the Sisters hospital in Hot
Springs.
Mr.. ]. H. w. Schmidt, special ex-
aminer of the Buread of Pensions,
was here putting some of the old
boys through the third degree ex-
animation. Gee, but those men are
hot stuff when they get on your
trail. ! know from experience they
find out all about you from your
birth up to date of their interview
with you and then some. It is no
use to run any bluff, for they can
tell you things you think nobody
but yourself knows and ask you
questions Of happenings of your life
that statggers even ones self.
Kansas Bob.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-08-20
FOURTH CAVALRY
TO VISIT DEADWOOD.

In his capacity as member Of the
executive committee of the Dead
wood Business club, George V. Ayres
has received from Lieut.. w. c. Gar
denheir of the Fourth U. S. cavalry,
now in temporary quarters at Camp
E. S. Otis, near Cheyenne, Wyo.,
where they have been indulging in
field maneuvers, a formal notice that
the troops will visit Deadwood on
their way back to Fort Meade. The
lieutenant asks that suitable camp
ing grounds be provided for them
here and the matter has been put up
to Mayor Adams, who says the SOL
diers will be accommodated, either
at the south end of the city, close to
the ball park, or in the First ward.
The communication to Mr.. Ayres
states that the troops will be here on
Sunday, Aug. 2Sth and will come
with 500 men and 700 animals and
will probably remain for several
days. They will pass through Hot
Springs and Custer, on their way to
Deadwood.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-08-20
FORMERLY OF SOUTH DAKOTA.

In her home in Worcester, Mass,
lives bright, pleasant faced woman
in her seventy-fifth year known to
the book reading public as Lydia A.
Jocelyn. She is at work on a new
novel which deals with the sultan,
the Turkish Harem, and the land of
the Mohammedan in the East. She
procured the facts which are the
foundation of the story from cousin
who travelled in Turkey. The book
will be of interest to South Dakota
readers from the fact that the author
ess is the widow of Rev. Henry Wes-
ton Smith, the first preacher who
went out to the Black Hills as a miss
ionary among the miners some forty
years ago. His work carried him a.
long dangerous roads and one Sab
bath while on his way from Dead
wood to Crook he was shot and
scalped by hostile tribe of Indians.
His body was found the same day
with his bible lying on his breast. In
the cemetery at Deadwood is a monu-
ment erected to his memory, enclosed
by an iron fence to protect it from
enthusiastic tourists.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-08-20
u. s. ASKS HEAVY
DAMAGES FROM ROAD

In the United States circuit court
here next month, case of much i'm.
portance to this section will be tried
involving the alleged origin of many
forest fires in the Black Hills.
The government has brought suit
against the Burlington railroad fol
$4,000 damages for the destruction
by fire on Labor day, 1908, at Gale
ma, near here, of over 1000 acres of
valuable timber on the Black Hills
national forest.
That the case will be bitterly con-
tested was made evident by the stub
born defense put up by the road in
the two similar cases brought by
Charles Krouse and George Benner
in circuit court here in June.
The government suit will also be
the first one tried here in the United
States courts in which the double
damage act is relied upon. If the
plaintiff is successful the amount Of
its damages can be put at $4,000,
but it is understood that in such an
event the validity of the state staute
on the subject, passed in 1907, will
be tested in the higher courts.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-08-20
SPAN OF REAL BUFFALO
GO THROUGH RAPID CITY

The Rapid City Journal is author
ity for the statement that buffalos
were seen there yesterday. A few
decades ago buffalos were more CON-
mon there than cattle are now, but
decided sensation was caused when
these animals went through town.
They were pair of trained ami
mails belonging to R. L. Yocum. He
has herd OF forty on a ranch aear
FIT. pierre. These were enroute to
the Frontier Day celebration at
Cheyenne and were routed to Craw-
ford on the Northwestern via Rapid
and Chadron, thence to Sydney on
which they will reach their destina-
ton.
This same team was exhibited In
Rapid City at the Stock Growers
meeting one year ago. The animals
are trained as well as team Of
horses and attract a great deal Of
attention wherever they are exhibit
ed. Mr.. Yocum expects them to be
the center of attraction at the From
tier Day celebration.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-08-20
HOT SPRINGS NOTES.

Aug. II, 1910.
Alvia Moor was visitor at the
Springs over Sunday.
hubert and son of Minneapolis,
We're here taking in the baths and
sights. Mr.. Nieubert is very much
taken up with the Black Hills coun-
try and says its wonders are not half
told.
Mrs. H. H. Keymer is here for her
health and a rest for a few days.
AL Burnham was here looking
after some business the last day or
two.
E. H. Schuleman of Deadwood is
visiting the Springs for an indefinite
period.
There were over a hundred Wis
itors Saturday and Sunday at the
Home. There is not a day but there
is big number come up to see the
Home and it's inmates and go away
praising it.
John Pierce, the real estate man,
says that business in his line is more
active than it has been for a long
time. He has made more bona fide
sales in the last two months than
any time Of twice the length for five
years.
Our city marshal, James Dorman,
says he thinks Miller, the man want
ed by the Canadian police, passed
through here the other evening and
that the authorities here are close
on his trail and think he is cutting
across the country towards New
Castle, in Wyoming, or Crawford,
Neb., as he can take either trail
from Minnekahta.
There We're two special carloads
of tourists here yesterday, one from
O'Neil, Neb., the other from Grand
Island, Neb. Those from O'Neil
leave over the Northwestern this
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-08-20
FOR NEW
NEWELL TIME CARD.

General Manager Walter and Gen
eral Superintendent Braden of the
Northwestern arrived in DeadwOod
yesterday morning and at IL o'clock
proceeded to Newell to inspect the
new line to that place from Belle
Fourche. They were accompanied
from here by General Agent E. e.
Benjamin and were joined at Belle
Fourche by Division Superintendent
Costley, who came up from Chadron
with No. 3.
Aside from a general inspection of
the new line, which is thirty-five
miles long and passes through Mis-
land on it's way to Newell. They
talked of the establishment of better
train service between Deadwood and
Newell. The details of the improved
service, which will go into effect on
Aug. 21st, will be published later. 1t
is expected that it will give a daily
passenger train between Deadwood
and Newell and also freight train.
There is also probability that a
round trip Sunday passenger service
between Deaedwood and Belle
Fourche will be established.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-08-20
MORE BAD LUCK,

Milton Baughman, who had one
foot crushed and the other leg brok.
en- in the recent passenger wreck, was
out of bed yesterday and about the
house on crutches for the first time
The following mention is clipped from
the Progress of Holdrege, Neb.
Baughman's former home;
Mention was made in the Progress
two or three months ago of the mar
riage of Milton Baughman, an en-
ploye of the Adams Express Co., in
the train service between Deadwood
and Alliance. He has now met with
bad luck. Baughman was caught
is the wreckage when the Deadwood
train was telescoped by two Mallet
engines, the heaviest type of freight
engines in use, as they were running
light down Crawford hill. Four men
were killed and Baughman had two
legs broken in addition to other in
juries. He is now at his home in
Deadwood. Misfortune has been
hard on the trail of this family, three
members of it having met violent
deaths within a year or two. He has
a sister, Mrs. White, formerly Miss.
Pearl Baughman at Edison, the wife
of the station agent there Until re-
Gently White was agent at Englewood
S. d. White came to Edison from
Englewood, S. D.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-08-20
s. s. s. s. s. s. s. s. s. s. s. s. s. =
DEADwoOD AND LEAD.
g ,s s. s. s. s. s. 8 s. 8 g s. s. 9
(From the Peoples Exchange.

(From the Peoples Exchange.)
These two cities, situated only a
few miles apart and occupying o
commanding position in the northern
part Of the Hills, are the center Of
the Industrial and mining features
which have made the fame of the
Hills region.
The two cities occupy sites of the
most picturesque character. They
are surrounded by mountainous cliffs
and deep gulches; the hillsides are
dotted with the extensive plants of
the various mines, through which
great wealth is given to the world
each year.
Much Of the western atmosphere
of the early days still remains to re-
mind the visitor that the well-paved
| city streets with their modern busi-
ness blocks and pretentious hotels,
public buildings and manufactures,
occupy the ground which, not many
years since, was the war seat of the
Sioux.
Deadwood.
Deadwood has many modern busi-
ness establishments, and the mer-
chants of the city do very extensive
jobbing trade with the tributary ter
ritory. The city has churches,
libraries, daily newspapers, public
schools and a private academy; there
is the benefit of such modern city
conveniences as electric lights, water
works, telephone service, etc.
Lead.
Lead, close by, is the headquar-
ters and center of operation of the
principal mining interests of the
Hills. The Homestake mine, located
within the city's limits, is one of the
most extensive and highly perfected
gold mining plants in the world.
Over one thousand tons of gold ore
is treated here each day, and the
output of the Homestake is over
$1O,000,000 per year. The ore is of
low grade and the highly organized
business system, and the perfected
mechanical and engineering appli-
ances used in the extraction of the
precious metal make the Homestake
one of the points Of first interest to
the visitor.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-08-20
DEADWOOD RECEIVES
HOMESTAKE BULLION

The first shipment of Homestake
bullion ever sent to the U. S. assay
office in this city was received here
yesterday, and in future these Ship
ments will be a regular bi-monthly
feature of the work of the assayers
here.
Four large bars were unloaded
from the light wagon that carried
the precious metal from Lead yes
terday afternoon, and so quietly and
expeditiously was the transfer ac-
complished that it was scarcely
noticed by those who stood along the
street. George Foglesong accom-
panied the driver of the team and
George Northern and another mount
ed guard rode at either side of the
wagon as it came down the gulch.
Through the efforts of several
prominent local men, chief of whom
is Congressman E. w. Martin, ar
rangementS have been made by which
the government will handle this bull
lion through the local assay office
and make payment to the Homestake
company without charging exchange.
1t is this feature that has caused the
Homestake to continue shipping its
bullion to New York at a consider
able expense for transportation and
maintainence of guard after the gov
ernment established this assay office.
This barrier being removed it as
sures the governments assay office
here a busy, prosperous exist
ence as the volume of it's business is
trebled by the Six millions per year
the Homestake will send it each year
in installments of a quarter of a
million every two weeks.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-08-20
PROTEST AGAINST
WITHDRAWING LANDS

By the withdrawal acts of western
lands for conservation of coal and
timber resources, which went into
effect June. 25 last, President Taft
and Secretary of the Interior Ball
enger have raised storm of protest
in the northwestern section of this
state. The order of withdrawal en-
braced large number of acres in
Harding and Perkins counties and its
effect has been to take from pros
pective settlers an opportunity
to file on practically the whole
Of the remaining public domain in
Harding couny and the Lennon land
district.
The withdrawal is of such import
ance to those portions of the state
that they have appealed to the SEN
atorial and congressional delegation
in Washington and to Governor Yes
sey to assist them in having it re-
pealed or at least modified. Accord
ingly Congressman E. w. Martin will
leave here tonight for Huron where
he is to meet Senator Gamble and
Governor Vessey on Friday and
hold a conference with a delegation
from the Lennon Commercial club
and others interested in that section.
The Lennon men wish to advise
with the officials as to the best
methods to adopt in order to get re-
lief.
1t is contended by the Lennon
men that while President Taft and
Secretary Ballenger probably acted
in entire good faith and seeming
wisdom in making the order apply
to their section, there is little coal
in sufficient quantities ito make 1t
worth while conserving, in much of
the land withdrawn and that the Or
der consequently works a hardship
on that country. In the southern
half of Harding county, it is said
that there is almost no coal at all.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-08-20
Prison Serenade,

This is the outer darkness,
Souls are deadened and damned,
Hither shines never ray,
lips have forgotten to pray.
And up from the silent shadows
Comes the sound of lutte.
And sobbing, is it? or singing?
Close the mouth of one brute!
Eyes, blue eyes, and hair of gold,
Are they yet as they were of old?
And lips so red
Softly tread
Over the ashes; love is dead"
This is the realm of silence,
Speech is not, but cries
Strange and dark and terrible
Out of the stiffness rise.
Cries, and bark! that whisper,
Is it speech or a blur?
"Have not pity on me, o Lord!
Lord! Have pity on her!"
"Quit ye like men," they tell us,
Whine, nor quarrel, nor faint.
So, our brothers in heaven,
Ye shall be free OF taint."
And in the silent shadows
ouivers thes mHe's. soft chord,
And ever mumblss tue crime-scarred
"Pity not me. olI6rd!"
John Carter, Minnesota Stat
Prison, #IEs
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-08-20
PHEASANT SEASON is
CLOSED UNTIL 1915.

Owing to considerable discussion
pro and con relative to the right to
Kill pheasants during the open sea-
son, the matter has been brought to
the attention Of States Attorney
Heffron by County Game Warden
Peterson for an opinion. The states
attorney holds that under the laws
OF South Dakota that it Is unlawful
to kill, hunt, trap in any manner, or
pursue any Mongolian pheasant,
English pheasant, Golden pheasant,
Reeves pheasant, japanese pheasant,
Temmicks pheasant, Trapagan pleas
ant, ring-neck or China torquatus
pheasant prior to January /, 1915.
The opinion is based on Chapter 157
OF the Sessions Laws of 1907. There
has been considerable variance OF
opinion as to whether our law pro-
tected pheasants or not owing to the
ambiguity in the laws Of 1909. This
is made clear when the act Of the
former legislature is taken into con.
sideration, and it is the purpose OF
the county officers to rigidly enforce
the game laws.
AS the open season approaches
Game Warden Peterson is making
J preparations to get in the field early
and has been in consultation with the
states attorney with the view oi
! carrying on carefully laid plan oi
campaign against all persons violat
ing any OF the game laws. Durins
the past year five men have been ar
rested and convicted of dynamitins
fish and it is the hope of the author
tiles to be able to suppress all vola
tions Of the game laws and to uhat
end they are diligently working.
The time for taking out huntinf
licenses was July 1st and the county
treasurer's office will no doubt have
many calls between now and the frs
OF September. The new application
blank for local hunters will be con
siderably different from those in use
last year. 1t is not necessary for the
applicant to appear in person before
the county treasurer to get the per.
NIT. The application must be made
out before notary public or some
one who is competent to administer
an oath, then this application. with
the necessary registration fee. must
be sent to the county treasurer who
win issue the license. The licenses
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-08-20
RUSHING WORK ON
CHADRON ROUND HOUSE.

A force of 100 men are employed
on the reconstruction of the North
western round house at Chadron,
which was destroyed by fire ten days
ago, entailing loss of about $780,
900. and destroying sixteen large
locomotives. The latter have all
been sent to the general shops at
Chicago, where they will be over
hauled and repaired, II the damage
is not found to be too great.
Among the engines which were in
the Chadron round house at the time
Of the fire. was one of the new oil
burners, sent out for use on the
Caspar line. Its oil tank had been
filled Just before the fire broke out,
and although it was in the hottest Of
the blaze it did not explode. This
was probably due to the fact that q
stream of water was kept playing ON
1t, until the flames had subsided.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-08-20
GOLD STAMPEDE ON THE
OREGON-IDAHO BORDER.

WEISER, Idaho, Aug. 11.-This
city is in the throes of an old-time
mining stampede. Automobiles con-
tanning prospectors are leaving here
for the new gold strike at the head
OF Moore's hollow, about 15 miles
from this city, on the Oregon side.
The discovery Of the existence of
gold in that locality was made June
20 by Levi Henshaw Of this city and
Charles Stewart Of Willow Creek,
Ore Stewart has had considerable
experience as mining man In vari-
GUS mining camps.
The two men sunk shaft about
five or six feet, and encountered
ledge of peculiar looking ore. a COM
bination Of black and decomposed
granite. They sent two samples to
Tacoma to be assayed One sample
returned SIS per ton and the other
$102 per ton, gold. They told their
friends and soon so or more claims
were located, but 1t was kept quiet,
and 1t was only last week that any
thing definite concerning It became
known in this city.
Numerous samples Of the ore have
been sent to various portions of the
country for assaying and none Of
them went below SIS and a number
as high as 500. Several of the
claim holders are arranging to begin
active work on their properties. It
is stated that more than so men left
Ontario for the new gold fields. The
district is at the head of Moore's
hollow, and on the divide between
it and Willow creek. It is a good
run from this city to the ground,
automobiles making the run In two
hours. Old timers say gold was dis
covered there about Is years ago.
but nothing was done about II after
the discovery was made. A numDer
of samples OF the ore have been
brought to this city. The ledge has
been traced several miles.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-08-20
ABSTRACT OF THE
GAME AND FISH LAWS

Open seasons
Ducks. geese and water fowls -
Sept. 10 to April 10.
Prairie chickens, grouse quail
and pheasants-No open season.
On all wild birds. other than
game birds, excepting English or
European house sparrows, black
birds. great horned owls. sharp
Skinned hawks. Cooper hawks.
crow, magpie. camp robber ahd blue
crow-No open season. ''''
snipe, partridge. upland and
geld plover-Sept. 10 to Oct. 10.
Deer, elk and mountain sheep
Month of Nov. only.
Mink, muskrat, beaver and otter
trapping-Nov. Is to April 1.
Trout-April 70 Sept 90.
Bass. shad. croppies. pike or pick
erel, not less than six inches in
length-May to Oct. 80.
1t is always unlawful:
To kill song or insectivorous
birds.
To destroy nests or eggs of all
birds.
To pursue game in any manner
during closed season.
To fish with seine, or any de-
vice other than hook and line.
To hunt at any time without q
license.
To hunt or fish upon lands or
waters Of another without permis-
sion.
To shoot upon the public high
way.
To ship game or fish within or
without the state only as personal
baggage.
To sell game or fish in any man
ner.
TO allow the running of hunting
dogs during the months of April,
May and June.
To hunt Aquatic fowl from dark
to daylight. or from any artificial
blind or from any boat. propelled
other than by oars or paddles.
To refuse to show hunting II
cense on demand by any person re-
questing to see same.
To hunt game birds with q rife.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-08-20
BROKEN LEG FOLLOWS
RIH nTCE CANT

A dice game at one of the Belle
Fourche saloons Wednesday night re-
suited in the exchange of between
$4,000 and $4,000 and many angry
words. AS the story comes to Dead
wood the bartender at the Raltz
saloon won more than two thousand
dollars from man from Aladdin
and, though the loser was not a
welcher, the city authorities learned
of the game and threatened to make
some arrests and prosecutions If the
loser was not reimbursed. In some
manner Ralz and the city marshal
became involved in quarrel and in
the scuffle that followed, the saloon
man had one of his legs broken be-
low the knee. He was later arrested
for carrying concealed weapons. The
gambling bartender left town and 1t
is understood the Aladdin man got
his money back. Ralz Is In bed with
a broken leg and cannot appear in
court for some time 20 come.