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Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-06
Deadwood,s Romantic story.

Deadwood Is situated on Whitewood
creek, at its junction with Deadwood creek.
Whitewood gulch, very narrow
and rugged, here widens out INTO a valley
with sweeping curves and pleasant inlets
for a distance OF one mile or more up and
10Y stream. On either side the hills rise
abruptly to a height Of several hundred
feet. rounding off in overhanging peaks,
like White Rocks, which tower 800 feet
above the city-or sloping away in un-
dulating ranges. Six miles to the west
stands Bald mountain, $500 feet high. II
IL around this old mountain that nature
has deposited her richest stores OF wealth,
and many millions OF dollars Of gold ora
have been taken from its base, n from
Ruby Basin. which lies near by.
Deadwood was Incorporated as a city
in 1881, the late Judge Daniel Mclaughlin
was appointed the city's first mayor. Dead
wood has been recognized by the railroads
as = central point, and the train service
on the Chicago & Northwestern and the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy lines have
been so arranged that from this city a per-
son can easily and quickly reach any point
OF interest in a few minutes or few hours
ride. Today fifty trains run in and out
OF Deadwood. all of which carry pas
sengerB.
Uncle Sam has seen fit to take care Of
his business arising in Deadwood by To-
eating there an elegant structure known as
the United states postoffiee and court
house. This building was completed for
occupancy last year. The total appropria-
tions, including the site for the building
amounted to $4,000. This building houses
the postoffice. United States court, Black
Hills division OF the National Forest serv-
ice and the United States assay office.
this latter being a branch OF the govern
meut mint. A sl25,Oo o court house has re-
Gently been completed.
Deadwood has built within the last five
yeers a number OF public and commercial
buildings, which are second to none in
the state. In addition to the two just men,
tened Is a $1,000 Carnegie library, a $50,
600 hotel, the finest in the state. an $4,000
theater, a S65,00O Masonic temple, the Black
Hills Trust and Savings bank. one OF the
Architectural buildings OF South Dakota,
and many fine business houses, churches
ana school buildings. The residence build.
ma has been IN a par with the oonstruc-
tiob work In the business section OF the
town. and many Of Deadwoods houses
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Banks and Business.

Deadwood has two banks. one national
and one state, the First National and the
Black Hills Trust and Savings bank Fully
H75,oOO,Ooo OF rich ores nave been extracted
from the ground in the territory subsidiary
to Deadwood since its foundation in 1876.
and with the present outlook for the
large mining operations in the Hills. 1t
Is but a premonition OF the future wealth
OF the city.
Deadwood is inhabited by a hospltabls
generous, well-informed people who live
we'll. dress well and while they are atten-
70 business, find time to cultivate
the higher intellect and are well versed
In literature and art. When one is shown
the Business Mems club. with It's $50 mem
beers, one cannot but feel that none OF the
business advantages offered In the larger
cities have been neglected I'm Deadwood.
II IL quite plain that Deadwood will
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hold all It has secured and in the near
future become one of the prominent sum
mer resorts of the middle west. 1t is not
lacking in scenery, climate or natural sur
%roundings. Many people are coming each
year from the Mississippi valley and fur
Their east to spend a week or a month in
the mountains. Many people have already
established their GUNNER quarters here,
and have a cosy log bungalow that serves
them good purpose during their hunting
and fishing season.
The scenery around Deadwood is so
varied as to be almost ndescribable. The
conglomerate rocks on both sides Of the
canon are extremely interesting in them
selves, but the drives in all directions fur
nish as many peculiar types Of scenic won
der. Cascades, waterfalls. canons and
mountain drives are p never ceasing chain
OF wonderful suggestion. There are long
drives and short drives, each with its
peculiar attraction.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-06

EADwOOD and the Black Hills
go hand in hand; they have a
history that is unique. Volumes
OF romance live In glorious
colors connected with the early
days OF the Black Hills; the
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mans equipment, he was not allowed %
remain always in the first place In the es-
timation of the settler. 1t has been the
constant aim of horsemen to improve the
breed, and each year sees this end nearer
accomplishment. Horsemen consider the
Black Hills country the region par excell-
ence for the raising OF fine stock, ana
many have entered upon the business on
q large scale.
In 1878 the first large flock Of sheep was
brought to the Black Hills by ]. ID. Hale,
who had located q ranch on Morse creek,
in Meade county. Others followed Mr..
Hale, and the business proved a profitable
one. A very good idea of the magnitude OF
the industry can be had when it is stated
that during one season $1,000 sheep were
shipped to eastern markets from the Black
Hills. Markets for the sale of wool are
held every year at Rapid City. Sturgis
and Belle Fourchc, which are attended by
buyers from all over the United States.
The wool industry is one of the most inn
portant in the Black Hills region, and the
number of flocks is increasing every year.
The timber industries or the Hills are
large! but Of late have been somewhat
curtailed by the forestry laws. Saw mills
are on every hand, however, cutting rail-
ROAD uesi tnnDeTb Tor tue mines anu met-
camille lumber for building. Pitch pine OF
the Black Hills take a very fine polish.
Although the log cabins of The past have
been eliminated pretty thoroughly from
the towns, they are in evidence throughout
the Hills, many Of them having been
erected in 1876, and are still in a splendid
state of preservation. Many are built
today, on an improved scale. and form as
picturesque and comfortable a home as one
could we'll imagine.
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by the government troops and their out
fits destroyed to prevent their return.
Some few people had settled at Spearfish
during the summer Of 1915; then there
were some also at Bear Gulch, some
thirty miles northwest of Deadwood. Custer
and Hill City were the first settlements
Of all and were the center OF excitement
until gold was discovered at Deadwood.
when both were virtually ~depopulated In
the mad rush to the placer fields, Al this
time Rapid City was also a small settle
ment. After the first few parties had been
taken out, the government recognized the
fact that the rush was so heavy that 1t
would be useless to try to remove the
people. Therefore, 1t again started negotia-
lions with the Indians fol- che cession OF
the reservation. These negotiations were
consummated on February %, 1877, and
that spring a very great rush began.
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BIacIs HilIs Forest Reserve.

The Black Hills forest reserve was es-
tablished on September 10, 1898, by Presi-
dent William Mckinley, who on that date
by proclamation withdrew from settlement
practically all of the timbered area OF the
Black Hills. the number Of acres OF land
set aside for this purpose being ~1,2i16S0.
all of this large area being in the state
of South Dakota. excepting As, $40 acres in
the Wyoming strip. The object OF the
forest reserve is for the purpose OF pre-
rerving the living and growing timber,
promoting the younger growth and the
regulation Of the water supply; the de-
pendence of the latter for a sure and sus-
tained flow is wholly upon vegetation,
which prevents rapid run-off and is best
attained by a dense and vigorous growth
of timber. The permanent industries of
the Black Hills are wholly dependent upon
timber and water; destroy one and these
industries win disappear. while IL both are
destroyed, the richest 100 miles square,
will become a desert. The revenue derived
from timber sales in the Black Hills forest
reserve has been double the expense con-
nected with the work.
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1oJ ~ NAS Sa@ 1890 49,
discovery OF gold, the rich placer diggings,
stories of Indian fighting with the fierce
Sioux, of stage robbing. OF bold outlaws,
who. like Robin Hood, led a wild, free life,
caring little for customs or laws. ready
to do and dare, and who died at last with
their boots on. Such were Deadwood and
the Black Hills in 1876, perhaps the last
border land of chivalry and romance that
the world win ever know.
Picturesque Deadwood, seated at the
junction of the two gulches, hemmed in
by rugged hills and the wild mountain
scenery Of the Black Hills, their gulches,
gorges, crystal caves and healing springs
are as wonderful as ever, but Deadwood
has outgrown the stage-eoach character
and has now become a commercial city,
with railroads entering it from every d.
rection.
No inland city in America has a more
picturesque location that Deadwood. 1t is
situated at the extreme north end Of the
Black Hills range, cowmanding the trade
not only Of the mountain ~country-which
is rich in all kinds Of mineral-but also
Of the fertile valleys below. The tributaries
of wildwood afford natural highways
from the mountain country down into the
city as well as IN outlet TO the foot hills
and valley below.
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Church nna sociaI lac.

Coincident with the discovery Of gold
and the rush OF thousands seeking wealth
in the Black Hills came the family, the
school and the church. These fundamental
elements OF higher civilization. so essential
to the welfare OF any community. were at
once incorporated into and became as soon
as possible an integral part OF the new
life. The church shared with other in
stitutions In the rude facilities OF pio-
neer life. 1t did not await improved con-
ditions, but assisted in creating them. It's
first temples were the groves Of pine, the
miners shack or the log school house.
It's pulpits a convenient stump or an over
turned dry goods box. Its preachers were
brave-hearted men, and. as a rule, true 10
their calling. Many OF them labored as
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Farming in the HIS.

1t is recorded that the first actual at
tempt to cultivate the soil OF the valleys
leading from the foot hills was made in
the spring OF 1857. a man by the name Of
Brown having broken a few acres OF
ground in the wildwood valley, a few
miles below the present town OF Crook
City. This small tract was planted to
oats, and in July OF hat year was ready
to be harvested. but when men went TO the
ground for that purpose they were driven
off by the Indians, who took or especial
delight in destroying the ripened crop.
on the Centennial prairie. six miles north
from Deadwood, almost within the Hills
themselves, and in the spearfish valley.
hay was cut in the summer and fall OF
1876. and those who did the cutting took
their lives in their hands. Settlers soon
flocked 10 the Redwater. Belle F,ourche.
Lower ~Falsebottom. Bare Butte. Alkali,
Lower Box Elder. ELK, Morse and the val
leys OF the other streams OF the northern
Hills during the latter part OF the same
year. These valleys have since then be-
CONTINUED on Pags FOurA
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Cattle Industry A. Heavy,

The cattle industry of the hills. through
Belle Fourche, whitewood. Rapid City and
Hot Springs, runs TO enormous figures. as
high as 10000 head Of cattle having been
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Horses and sheen.

Black Hills the broncho was the most i'm
portant part Of the eattleman and ranch
The daily Alaskan., 1910-01-21

Fair Strong north wind
The daily Alaskan., 1910-01-21
THE sEvERlDoE BILL.

The Beveridge bill providing a leg, islatiye commission for Alaska. drawn by the Indiana senator in accordance with the ideas of President Taft. has already been introduced in the Senate and will be reported fayorably for passage today-so the press dispatch es state.
 According to the correspondents the Beyeridge bill seems certain to pass the Senate. Its fate in the House can only be surmsed, but it will undoubt- edly encounter harder sledding there than in the higher house.
 wtckersham is making a hard fight on the bill, but 1t has been urged by the President and the ways are greased for its expeditions launching.
 AlaskanS do not want the bill, if this has any bearing. It is very Ques tiouable whether 1t will improve the present state of affairs. It is not home rule. and home rule is what the people of Alaska have been fight ing for. To these many years.
 If we must have a commission in- stead of legislature. why not an el- ectve commission?
 The people of Alaska are able to elect men just as capable as those whom the President will appoint And the elective members will represent the people. Who will the appOintive members. who hold the balance of power. represent?
 But if the Beveridge bill is made a law we will have to accept it, al- though this concession to @ growing cry for home rule will not prove sat isfactory to Alaskans. nor will 1t end the fight for real home rule.
 There is an amusing feature in yes terday's Washington dispatches.
 They stated that the territorial com, mittee of the Senate opposed Wicker sham's proposed territorial legislature for the reason that the powerful cor, poratons of Alaska would corrupt the Legislators and sway legislation as they wuled.
 Here is an argument that cannot hold for an instant. The territorial legislature as provided for in the Wickersham bill would have in all twenty-four members. The Taft. .Bev- eridge council will have nine.
 Presumably the corporations of Al aska would be as anxious to mould the acts Of the legislative commission as they would the legislature. The laws would be laws no matter by whom enacted.
 We'll then. we ask as a simple mat ter Of mathematics and common sense Is 1t easier to corrupt nine men or twenty-Sour men? We assume. of course. there being on evidence to the contrary, that appoiniye members would show the same percentage of moral la,iity as elective members.
 We admit that this is merely the view point of a layman. Undoubted- Iy the members of the Senate ter ritorial committee are better author iues on the devious ways of legis- latlve corruption There may be some subtle psychological reason why nine men should prove less corrupt ible than twenty-tour
 But to our untutored and untempted mind only one thing looms with sur prisiug lucidity. That is the simple conclusion that unless the noble nine were singularly high priced, it would be considerably cheaper to buy nine men than twenty-fOur.
 Cheaper. Perhaps that is the crux of the whole situation.
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The daily Alaskan., 1910-01-21

Our Christmas Poultry Oysters, etc, will arrive on the Cot tage City, and as usual, our stock of Turkeys, Geese, Ducks, Chickens and Oysters will be the very choicest to be found in any market in tho North.
 FRYE-BRUHN co.
The daily Alaskan., 1910-01-21
m.
LIGHT SNOW ELgRRLEs


The result Q, the observation taken at Moore wharf at midnight Jan. 20, HlO, is as follows
 Temperature tune obsoryatn 8 above Max.temp, preceding 24 hours l5 above Mn sabove Mean lIl above
 Barometer 29 G2
 Fair Strong north wind
The daily Alaskan., 1910-01-21

The above article appeared in the last issue of the Juneau Capital Needless to state the article never appeared in the Haines Pioneer Press It is an amusing mistake on the part Of the Capital. Judging by the de scription. the scene should be laid in Valdez.
The daily Alaskan., 1910-01-21
LIVELY TIMES AT HAYNES

A caravan of sleds set sail this morning on the trail on freighting business. says the Haines Pioneer Press. The sleds were mostly loaded with tents and stock feed. Wilson &
 McIntoshes outfit started for Wort man. where they will pick up E. F.
 Grays freight to take 1t over the hill to Teikhell. Some of McCrarys freight went at the same time and the long train gave Mckinley street something to look at.-Juneau Capital
The daily Alaskan., 1910-01-21

Headaches and Neuralgia from Colds LAXATIVE PROMO Quinine, tn
 world wide Cold and Grip remedy re- moves cause. Call for full name. Look for signature E. W. Groye.25c.
The daily Alaskan., 1910-01-21

B. B. B. pipes need no description and can only be had at TONY DOR TERO'S.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-10-26
berry CANPAICNERS
GIVEN WARM WELCOME

William Fl. Berry, candidate OF the
Keystone party for governor of Pennsyl-
vania, was well received by the local
people last Friday night and spoke to
an audience that filed the Centennial
hall in every part. A large number Of
prominent citizens were on the platform
rs vice. presidents. Since his former
visits to IteynoldsviIe Berry has i'm
proved as a campaign speaker and
succeeded in holding the close atten tion
OF his audience. Most OF his charges
we're directed against the men identi-
fed with the old capital graft charges
rather than against the heads of the
present opposition tickets.
The Berry supporters in town and
they are not few, are now planning
to make an active campaign for their
candidate and have organized a club for
that purpose.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-10-26
HOME WEDDING
IN BEECHWOODS

A wedding OF exceptional interest
took place last week at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. j. B. Smith, in the
Beechwoods, when their daughter,
Miss Ada j. Smith, became the bride of
W. Vernon Brltton. The couple were
ushered into the par!or of the home,
which had been appropriately decorat-
ed, to the strains of wedding march
played by Mrs. g. H. Bill, and the
ceremony was performed by Rev. G. H.
Hill, pastor of the Beech woods Pres
byterian church, assisted by Rev.
Hosac, of Blairsville. The bridesmaid
was Miss Edna Brittop, sister Of the
groom, and the groomsman w. W.
Smith, q brother OF the bride. The
ring ceremony was used. After the
ceremony the wedding dinner was
served to the assembled guests, and
following that the happy couple were
taken to Falls Greek in time TO catch
the / 06 b., r. g. p. flyer for Buffalo,
Niagara Falls and Toronto. They will
be absent ten days and after their
return will make their home In the
Beechwoods.
Mr.. Britton and his bride come from
two OF the best families In Beechwoods.
The bride is the youngest daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. j. B. Smith and was one
OF Washington townships best school
teachers. She is loved and highly
esteemed by all her friends. The
groom is the youngest son Of Mrs.
Lydia Britton. He is an honest and
industrious young man. The many
friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Britton wish
them a long and prosperous journey
through life.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-10-26
GIL C. REITz MARRIED LAST Week.

Ex-Register and Recorder Gilmore
@. Reitz. president Of the company
now publishing the Brookvile Re-
publican. and Miss Mary Rue, OF
Waynesbor0, Pa, who last year filled
the position OF instructor 10 music and
drawing in the Brookville public
schools, were united in marriage at
Philadelphia on Tuesday afternoon OF
this week, and after u short wedding
trip will return to Broukville, where
they will be at home to friends at their
home or Pickering street after
Move Der IA -Brookvi Republican.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-10-26
.INTER-CLASS MEET SATURDAY

The Reynodsville High School will
hold an Inter class meet on the baseball
ground la this place Saturday after
noon, October goth, commencing at
l o'clock. This meet is held for the
double purpose of stimulating interest
In athletics among the high school, and
to raise little money to purchase
needed apparatus for the high school
work. An admission fee OF ten cents
will b. asked Of all who attend and 1t
Is hoped that the ''grandstand" will be
filled to capacity. The boys made good
records at Brookville Saturday and the
local people will be given an oppur
tunisy' ITO see some of the fests of that
occasion repeated.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-10-26
ELK CLUB ROOMS
Open TO TEACHERS

One of the finest suites OF club rooms
in Jefferson county will be thrown
open TO the teachers OF the county
when they visit Reynoldsville during
the coming annual institute
BY practically unanimous vote the
members OF Reynoldsville Lodge No.
$40, B. p. o Elks, at a special meeting
he'd last Friday evening, decided to
extend this courtesy to the teachers.
II is the desire of the citizens of Reyn-
oldsville that the teachers shall this
year have the most enjoyable institute
in the history OF the county and
homes, clubs and public houses will be
wide open to them. The use of the
Elks rooms will permit social gather
ings OF all kinds, games, music and
dancing.
When the teachers come to Reynolds
vile they will go direct to the Fix
rooms, where secretary will be in
waiting and will direct them to the
homes and hotels in the town where
rooms or boarding may be secured A
score or so of messengs ar boys will be in
readiness to accompany them to any
point in the town desired The rooms
are very close to the Adelphi Theatre,
where the sessions viii be held, and at
the close of the sessions the teachers
will be at liberty to use these rooms for
any form Of harmless recreation they
choose.
A vote of thanks is certainly due the
local lodge of Elks for their courteous
action. 1t means considerable extra
exrense to them and sacrifice OF their
own holiday program, but it shows the
true brand of Reynoldsville hospitality.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-10-26

It's now Postmaster" Joseph B.
Means, that title being assumed by
the gentleman named, whose ap-
pointment to succeed W. w. Hender-
son, whose term Of office had expired,
had previously been announced in
these columns, at the close OF busi-
ness on Saturday night. Sylvester
Truman has also taken up the post
of assistant postmaster. succeeding
Miss Margaret Schulize.- Brookuille
Republican.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-10-26
ARRIVAL OF. KITTY" COMING


One OF the most promising Of this
seasons new dramatic offerings is
Doherty Collins & Co.'S produ.t,on Of
Norman Lee Swartout's delightful
farce-comedy, 'The Arrival of Kitty"
The piece is said to be one OF the
brightest and most potent laugh pro-
ducer created since the days of the
Hoyt farces, and, in fact, it is In scme
ways similar to those old masterpie ces
of wit and humor though it is entirely
new and original in theme and treat
ment, Mr.. Swartout alreacy holds an
an enviable place among contem porary
writers of farce comedy in this country
through his creation OF "Sandy" and
several kindred piece but it is said that
he has eclipsed all his previous forts
in "The Arrival Of Kitty. Doherty-
Collins & Co, who are successful pro-
ducers OF this line OF dramatics, promise
to give their new comedy thoroughly
adequate presentation and to provide
company OF unusual excellence. One OF
the particular attractive features OF the
performance will be number OF bright
and clover specialties which aill be
interspersed. 'Tne Arrival OF Kitty
will be given in Adelphi Theater. Reyn-
oldsville, Monday, October 81.