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The log cabin Democrat., 1910-04-23

ELDoRADo, that progressive little city of southeastern Arkansas, is raising a fund of $100,000 to be used as bonus to secure factories and industries to locate in their town. The plan is a unique one, and one which will eventually make the bon us cost the subscribers nothing. A large tract of land has been laid off into lots as an addition to the city and subscribers to the bonus are giv- en lot for each $100 subscribed This, of course, is far above the ac- tual value of the lots at present, but if the movement succeeds, the lots will in time be worth all and perhaps more than the amount of subscrp- tions. There is nothing that Conway needs worse than few live indus tries, and the plan of Ell Dorado might be proftably adopted here.
The log cabin Democrat., 1910-04-23
METHODIST SERVICES.

The usual morning and evening ser vices will be held at the Methodist
The log cabin Democrat., 1910-04-23

During years of the past Little Rock has been represented in the Southern league so the state house employees had plenty of recreation in the afternoons in watching the Tray elers combat with their opponents. Now it is different and the evenings begin to seem very long. To cast a bit of sunshine in the shady spots, Bruce T. Bullion, private secretary to Governor Donaghey, is contemplating getting up a baseball team of state house employees and tackle the anna teur teams of the city on Saturday afternoons. Secretary Bullion in his youth was some pumpkins as base ball player and believes he yet holds much of his former cunning with the sphere. There are others about the building who are anxious to don the spangles and uphold the honor of the state house in the sporting line.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-08-13

Denver, Colo, Aug. 6.--Genkeyo
Mitsunga, imprisoned in Jail here on
a charge of having murdered Mrs
Catherine Wilson in this city May Z
last, today made an alleged confes-
sion to the police. He declared a
white man committed the crime and
forced him to assist in placing the
mutilated body of the woman in the
packing case in the cellar, where 1t
was found two days later.
The Jap says he was at work clean
ing the house, when a big man
dressed only in his under clothes and
covered with blood, suddenly ap.
peared and forced him to help dis.
pose Of the body. The man he says
was familiar with the house and
locked the door, produced key from
the door to let the Jap out, after
handing him roll of bills amount
ing to thirty dollars. He declared
he could identify the man. Mitsun
aga's statement, which is long one
went into details quite completely.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-08-13

in the forests, their preservation
from destruction becomes one of the
first duties Of every citizen. If the
forest officers allowed the forests to
burn, there would be little worth
selecting for the state school lands.
1t is the timber which covers the
land from which the state may derive
revenue on these sections now be-
ing selected.
The reason why forest rangers
and officers rush OFF, to fight forest
fires is that this work requires the
direction of persons acquainted with
the means employed to combat such
conf1agrations. 1t is not an easy
matter to secure, at all times, assist
ance in the cities to go out and fight
these fires, and even when such help
is secured, it is necessary to have
their efforts directed by officers
versed in the best methods employed
in such cases. 1t is much more i'm
portant that the vast forests of the
Black Hills be saved from the fierce
fires that have from time to time
ragged during this season OF unprece-
dented drought, than that a few days
delay in selecting state school lands
be avoided.
In point Of fact. it has been the
state employees, rather than the for
est officers who have delayed the
work of the board Of selection. For
seven days, on one occasion, one of
the state men was off the job and
for several days on another occasion.
Besides, when the state men do work
the work necessarily drags because
of their unfamiliarity with the Hills
country. The work has been delayed
for only four days on account of the
absence of the forest men and during
that time they were engaged two
days in directing operations against
one of the worst forest fires of the
year, which occurred at Mayo. Their
work there saved the timber on 1900
acres of land, which was in danger.
For two other days they were devot-
ing their best efforts to fighting fires,
one west of Deadwood, which en-
dangered the city and one in Spear
fish canyon, which had millions of
feet of timber in peril.
1t was to do this kind of work
that the forest officers rushed off
and delayed the selection of state
school lands. If the delay had been
twice as great, the state will eventu-
ally get the land to which it is en-
titled and the loss will not be a seri-
Gus one, through this alleged neglect
of the forest officers.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-08-13
CROPS NOT so BAD,

Quite a number of the town people
are lodging the heated term by camp
ing out in the park near the fish
hatchery. Among those noted are
Mr.. and Mrs. F. w. Newton, Mr..
and Mrs. A. o. Plumb, their daughter
Selma and two neices Misses Mae
and Kittie Clark, Rev. and Mrs.
Cain, and the latter's brother and
sister-in-law, who are visiting them.
The shadein the park is fine, the
close proximity to the creek makes
the atmosphere cool and pleasant,
and taken all around it is an ideal
spot for camping. And then It is so
handy to town.
AS is usually the case in an unfav-
orable year, the crop shortage in
this section is not going to be any
thing like as great as has been fear
ed. When the farmers get into their
grain fields with the harvesting
machines they are, in most cases, a
greeably surprised at what they find
there. OF course the growth of
straw is not up to the average, but
as a rule the heads are of good
length and are we'll filled with plump
grain. About the shortest product
of the ranch will be hay, but by care
full utilization of everything available
in the line of rough fodder, this can
be largely overcome.-Spearfish En-
terprise.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-08-13
FIFTY BUSHELS TO ACRE

Butte County Press, Nisland-
Last Saturday Mis- Sorenson brought
to this office some samples of wheat
and oats that were raised by his son,
Pete, on his ranch three miles north
of Nisland. The oats are the Swed-
ish Select and the Wheat the Pedi-
gree Blue Stem variety. The stalks
of this grain are fully thre feet long
and the oats heads will average 10
incres and the wheat heads about
five inches and every hull is filed
with a large plump kernel. Mr.. sor
enson has about sixty acres of this
wheat and about fifteen acres of
oats all under irrigation, but owing
to the scarcity of water this year did
not get what he really needed to
bring his crops through in first
class shape. We don't how much he
counts on this grain averaging per
acre, but we judge it will not miss
so bushels very far.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-08-13
METHODICAL PLANS FOR
FIGHTING FOREST FIRES

With forest fires in all parts of
the Black Hills reserve stamped out,
Forest Supervisor Paul D. Kelleter,
is devoting his energies to prepar-
ing for other conflagrations of the
kind, which in this long continued
drought, may break out at any time.
His preparations are being conduct
ed in a systematic manner and should
make the methods pursued in the
fighting of these fires rch more eff
fective in the future.
He has had constructed a dozen
solidly built wooden boxes, eight
feet long, by two feet in height and
two feet wide, which are being load
ed with a variety of tools, most use
full in forest fire fighting. Each box
will contain IS hazel hoes, tool
which recent use has shown to be
the most efficient of the many en-
ployed. The kit will also include
an outfit of spades, axes and saws,
as we'll as supply of water bags, Of
the South African pattern. The lat
ter are composed of thick canvas,
and after being thoroughly soaked,
will hold water to be used for drink
ing purposes by the men employed
in fighting forest fires. The bags are
of two sizes, those holding five gal
Ions and those with a capacity of
two gallons. These boxes will be
distributed to different points in the
northern Black Hills, where they
will be under the eye of forest ran
gers and will be Immediately ac-
cessible when fires break out in the
vicinity. All the tools will be plain
ly marked with the government
brand and any attempt to appropri-
ate them or use them for other than
forest fire fighting purposes, will be
promptly punished.
There have also been construct
ed boxes to hold mess outfits of diff
ferent sizes. These boxes will con-
tain all necessary dishes and cook
ing utensils, compactly stored. They
will be made for parties Of SO, 20
and IL men. In addition, with each
mess outfit, there goes table of pc
culiar and substantial construction.
1t is so made that it can be mount
ed on a pair Of wooden horses and
securely held at a height Of about
fourteen inches above the horses, by
four pieces of gas pipe. The horses
extend out about sixteen inches on
each side of the table, thus affording
a support upon which a plank is
laid, which serves as seat. These
mess outfits will be stored at the
government building at Deadwood
and can be readily rushed to the
scene of a forest fire, whenever a
crew of men are engaged there.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-08-13
THE CROP OUTLOOK
FOR SOUTH DAKOTA.

United States Marshall Bullock
who has seen considerable growing
crops of South Dakota and surround
ing states is not worried over the
possibility of short crops in South
Dakota The southern half of the
state eat of the river will have more
than an average crop of corn; tho
hay will be short and small grain
not quite up to the average, Small
grain and hay will also be a little
less than average in the northern
part of the state. The section of the
county between Chamberlain and
Mitchell will have fine crop. Be-
tween the river and the Hills the
crops will be good on the up
lands. South Dakota will have a
much better average crop than
North Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa or
Nebraska. On the whole there is no
occasion for alarm or complaint, If
the crops are short in a few sections
the average will be made good in
larger sections, and the total val
ue of the crops will be greater than
other years.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-08-13
SHIPMENTS BETTER
THAN WAS EXPECTED

Although the railroad people were
looking for a smaller total of wool
shipments this year than last, their
estimate for the year has already
been exceeded and the season is not
yet past. They figure that the total
shipments from Belle Fourche would
not be gerater than 100000
pounds and already it has reached
1,709,676. The total at this time
last year was 1,648,913 but at that
the total for the year will not be as
great as in 1910. Last year, fol-
lowing a late cold spring, the ship
ments were backward in starting,
whereas this year they are unusual
ly early and the shipping season is
fast drawing to close. Last years
total from Belle Fourche was 2,043,-
931 pounds, but this year it is be-
lieved it will be considerably short
of that figure.
The long hard winter which is
said to be the cause of a poor quail
ty of wool in some sections and the
death of large numbers of sheep is
given as the cause Of the short wool
crop.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-08-13
THE BENCHMRAK
SCHOOL HOUSE CASE.

d. A Taylor, treasurer and direct
or of Benchmark School District No.
21, was in the city yesterday, partly
on business connected with the mud
die over changing the location of
the school house. There is consider
able feeling over the matter, and the
directors are determined that the
location of the school house shall
not be changed, as it would work a
great injustice to number of fami-
lies. The directors claim there were
a number of disinterested and illegal
votes cast at the election at which
the question was submitted. The
question for the court to decide is
where is the center of the district.
Surveyors Peck and Gidley do, not
agree and the attorneys for the liti-
gants have agreed to leave 1t to
Surveyor Southmayd. It was to have
come up before Judge MCGEE yester-
day but he did not come UP to hold
court
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-08-13
HEAVY RAIN FELL
IN ALL SECTIONS

The rain storm Of yesterday was
probably the heaviest, in the way of
general fall over the entire Black
Hills section, of any this year. There
have been local storms within the
past three months that have shown
more violence than the one of yes
terday, but the latter doubtless
effected more benefit to the farming
community in general, than any pre-
vious rain.
1t was general In all parts of the
Hills, Deadwood probably having the
lightest fall of any section reported.
From Beulah, Wyo., and across the
country to Spearfish, it was particu-
larly heavy, in some spots being ac-
companied by hail. The latter was
not, however, general enough to do
any large amount of damage. At
Spearfish, the rain was accompanied
by high wind, which probably
caused more injury than the hail.
Down IN the Whitewood, st. Onge,
Sturgis and Rapid City districts, they
were also visited by the rain, which
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-08-13
DOCKKEN FAILS TO
GRASP THE SITUATION.

State Commissioner of School and
Public Lands is charged in the Pierre
Dakotan with making a remarkable
statement regarding the delay ex-
perienced in the selection of land
from the Black Hills national forest
to replace school sections that have
been included in the forest reserve.
He appears to be under the impress
sion that the work of selection is not
being made rapidly enough and that
the forest officers are to blame for
the delay. The startling part of his
statement is that the forest rangers
and other officers rush off to fight
forest fires and allow the work of
selection to drag" Coming from a
man who holds a state office and
consequently is supposed to be Of
ordinary intelligence, the statement
has caaused an amount of surprise
in this section of the country. II
there is anything for which a man
may be excused for leaving his regu-
lar line of business and leaving It
peremptorily, II is to fight fire and
in this part of the state. where a
great part Of the natural wealth lies
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-08-13
Charles Shriver.

East Liverpool, Ohio, Tribune
Mrs. ]. H. Simms received a tele-
gram last night from Deadwood, s.
D., announcing the death Of her
brother, Charles Shriver, formerly
of Marlboro, Stark County. The
young man was 20 years of age and
quite we'll known in this city. Last
winter he was employed at the Ken
ilworth Tile works, leaving early
in the spring for the west, where
he has spent the last two summers.
The remains will be brought to his
old home at Marlboro for interment.
The deceased was a brother OF
Mrs. L. H. Bashaw, of Newell. The
young mans death came as great
shock to his many friends and rel
atives in this vicinity.
(J. H. Simms, the husband of
Mrs. Simms, is on the staff of the
East Liverpool Tribune and one of
its star reporters. He was at the
state convention at the time of the
death of Shriver.)
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-08-13
DRY FARMING SUCCESS
IN THE ST. ONCE DISTRICT.

1t is the assertion of Cleophas
Cardinal that If the farming meth
ods employed twenty-five years age
were in vogue now, the st. Onge dis
trict would be absolutely without
the prospect of a crop this year. In
point of fact, even with the unprec'
edented drought, the farmers there
will harvest fair crop and will be
a long way from regarding the year
as an entire failure. The improve
ment in methods of soil cultivation
involving it is true a considerably
larger amount of work, has been re-
sponsible for the possibility of rails
ing respectable crop, when in 9TH
er sections of the country people are
protesting that they are meeting
with nothing but failure. In the ear
ly days, the rancher of st. Onge was
satisfied to plow his ground and SOW
his seed, leaving the rest to nature,
from which he often expected too
much. Cultivation for the purpose
of removing weeds, was at times in
dulged in, but to work the soil with
a view to preserving the moisture
was never thought of. But now
more scientific methods have been in
troduced, with the result that in
stead of year of general failure, st
Onge is destined to produce a crop
that will pay a fair profit. In the
first place, they have of late been
plowing much more deeply than in
the early days, when the turning ov
er of the sod to a depth of a few
inches, constituted the total prepara-
tion of the soil. Now after the deep
plowing has been accomplished the
ground is Immediately narrowed,
and later a system of cultivation is
pursued, not only for the removal
of innocuous Vegetation, but for the
freshening of the soil, producing a
covering of dust, which preserves
the underlying moisture, for the long
est possible time. So effectual has
this treatment been, that at st. Onge
today, after a season of almost unin-
terrupted drought, the soil in culti-
waited fields, will be found soft and
pliable to the fingers, few inches
below the surface.
In evidence of the favorable pre-
sent condition of farming in the st.
Onge district, is the statement of G.
M. Wilson of Centennial who has re-
Gently returned from a tour Of the
west, during which he was particu-
larly observant of agricultural con-
ditions in the various parts visited.
In no place. he says, east of the
Rocky Mountains and in few places
between the Rockies and the Cas-
cade range, are crop prospects so fav
orable as in the St. Onge district.
This coming from an experienced
farmer and one who has made a sue
cess of the business, is a most con-
vincing argument that the modern
methods of dry farming, when faith
fully followed, will be productive of
crops, even under the most adverse
weather conditions.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-08-13
SELECT TEAMS FOR
BIG TOURNAMENT.

Practically all the male members
Of the Deadwcod Tennis CLUB are en-
gagged in an elimination contest
which will decide the makeup of
the teams which will enter the big
tournament, to be participated in by
Deadwood, Lead Hot Springs, and
the Mogul. Each Deadwood play
er will play three sets with every
other member who is entered for the
contest and the four winners will
represent the club in the tournament
The first match in the tournament
will probably be played on Satur-
day Aug. 18th in Deadwood and will
be against Hot Springs. Each club
will have two teams of two men each
It is likely that this tournament will
wind up the season, as It is expected
that the middle of September will be
reached, before all the contests have
been played, among the four clubs.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-08-13

They weer approved by the secre-
tary Of the interior under date of
June 27, 1910.
"In order to provide for the or
derly review by the secretary of er-
rors that may occur in the establish
ment of farm units or in passing up
ON water right applications the fol-
lowing procedure will be followed:
81. All cases of error should be
promptly called to the attention OF
the project engineers by the party
affected.
"2. If the project engineer de-
cides not to take the steps neces-
sary to grant relief, the matter may
be brought to the attention of the
secretary of the interior as herein
after stated.
"3. The party aggrieved should
promptly file with the project engin-
eer a written statement addressed
to the director, setting out clearly
and definitely the grounds of COM
plant.
"a. The project engineer will
note thereon the date of it's receipt
in this office and PROMPTLY forward
the same with report and recommen-
dation to the director, through the
supervising engineer, who will at
tach his recommendation.
"5. Upon receipt of the papers in
the directors office the matter will
be carefully reviewed and if the ac-
tion of the project engineer is con-
Cured in, the claimant will be al
lowed sixty days in which to file
with the director an appeal to the
secretary of the interior. In case Of
appeal the matter will be submit
ted to the secretary for considera-
ton and appropriate action"
F. H. NEWELL,
Approved June 27, 1910 Director.
R. A. BALLINGER, Secretary.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-08-13
DEVELOPMENTS IN
MRDERU MYSTERY.

CLEVELAND, OHIO, Aug. Ga
started development in the mys-
terious murder of William l.. Rice,
the millionaire lawyer whose body
was found in the road near his home
last night, come tonight when a
night watchman, patrolman and a
chauffer told of discovering a man,
apparently a foreigner, lurking in
the rear Of the Rice home just prior
to the murder. The man fed when
detected. The police tonight profess
to have established that the muir
dered mans movements were closely
watched all yesterday evening and
that when he left his club to go
home last night, the assassins were
lying in wait, in at least three places.
Rice had been shot twice, struck on
the head with a weapon and slashed
across the left hand with knife.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-08-13
In Luxurious Offices.

Belle Fourche Republican - Just
go up to the stock yards and take
peep into the office that is fur.
nished for the shipping clerk at that
point and see what you think of it.
The writer was up there this morn.
ing and went in to see the clerk and
if he accomplishes his work and does
it right with the facilities that he
has at hand he is dandy.
The office is an old worn out box
car, and is furnished with a small
kitchen table that has to answer the
purpose of desk. To sit on while
attending to his duties he has an old
trunk that has outlived its useful
ness. The floor is covered with dirt,
old papers and everything of that ma
ture. But it is safe to say that If
there should be an error made in any
of his work he would sure hear
about it Just the same as though
he had every thing that was neces-
sary to do the work with. ----.
Belle Fourche has always been
the main live stock shipping point
on this system, and the yards here
are good, but gee, that office and its
furnishings.
And it is not the fault of any of
the employees at this place. They
are not going down in their pockets
and buy furniture to fit up the
place, and since the company has
not done so they have nothing tn
work with. 1t sure looks to an out
slider that the company should fix
things up a little at the yards Sc
that the work could be handled with
some ease and rapidity. They cer-
tainly do not deserve the patronage
they are getting through their effic-
lent hustlers, Messrs Benjamin and
Pearson.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-08-13
VENDING STARTS
FOR LOUISVILLE.

DENVER, COLO, Aug. 6.-Jos.
Vending, the alleged murderer of
eight-year-old Alma Kellner at
Louisville, who was kept in Jail
here for the last forty-eight hours
while Detective Carney of Louis
vile, who captured him after 49,
600 mile chase, at San Francisco a
week ago, rested after his hard trip
from the Pacific coast, left at noon
today for Louisville, in charge of
Carney and Chief Lindsay and Col.
Whallen of the Louisville police who
met Carney here.
Outside of brief questioning this
morning, the result of which was
not given out, no attempt was made
here to secure confession. Wend-
ling preserved his cherfullness to the
end, waving a farewell to a group OF
newspaper reporters on the depot
platform and shouting, Remember
l am innocent"