davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1913-04-26
1900 ACRES BURNED OVER
Fire Destroys $4,000, 900 Feet of Timber,
Much Valuable Forage, Grain,
Farm Equipments, Etc.

| NJ n =, ~ ~.
~ Du.ing cne week Mr. .. Il. Trans fire
MaTsnaii ior tne oIate OF south Dakota'
aho Ell. uSo. =. iroworlage, Law on
CsL Vi tne rores! SSrv!ce' rom DehVer'
SoIoIaoo, were III Ouste5, ana tney ac'
Iompanleo WIN rores: supervisor lmes
,h Law ooen naaiug an iuves'igatlon as u
.no Ifis,n ., .ne various Fprest Rrss
t;onSi Wm,Si' lave To occurred I on 'ne harneyNa.
@ f1toss Sin'o tne nlooie VI .he
ne Jn.I hn.h ss ,s .ne oGhselsus VI opihi9n
.iS LII ,hat % ,ha a'o o,,, ns ga.,;o .e,mont ,, o
u,a snat ,L WIG S Sniy enee.i'e way VI p.o.
oem.s e1i;sa .nese oss.luc.ive ss ares ID s.rlc.
ILL ILL .hn ou WIG psIs q, .he PeUple
,ai m.n sno pI,ous aia,,n ~ sns s; o.a;e aa9 .eS
bia salds brnah IL. ~ ."o @ onning n, - s.uo,
oan , fras IT. p e,,;.; :sa" % d hn.S aao ~ :
Stata ga Eodaroip ,ous vi. oA W eaS ns
ara 49, varu au nia;u "a r hn,h tSo g. ~ n.s LIE
Gora.,,,n. p - nu ~. "o.u sie y. no anu
,ha, anu v;oist;on of thase ~ !. NC sey I'll, I' ~
earnsstjv nrnsacntad 'N''' '""' VIII w
The f;ye wb;eh occrrrod eos, of pr;r.
o,a lost waeL ond wh;cb was brrn;na a.
fercaIv ot The t;n,a 81 nrr Last ;ssna a0
hean 6nai,v ebsolnteI, axt;n",;shs3 az
Tor mnrh bard Iobor bu Fnsast na;,sr.
and the tamnorarv mnIouees wbo wsrs
bired IN assist than I've Iearn that ~.
nroximateIv 10 600 acres of Nat;onaI
Forest land and 8 600 acres of land ont.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1913-04-26

ARGYLE A9ATES.
NV nooarrp
ARGYLE. 8. D.. Apr


ARGYLE, s. d., April "a, 1918.
B. E. French and VIM. Lewis are at
work on the section at Pringle.
G. B. Lounsbery moved his family
back to their ranch, south of town, Sun.
day.
John Pond has gone to Crawford,
Nebraska, to join the Burlington bridge
gang.
Quite number of the boys from here
were among the FIRE fighters east OF
Pringle last week.
8. M. Jackson, who has been spending
the winter in Washington, is again with
his son, II. W. jackson.
Chris Sorrenson is again On his claim
west of town. He is working for his
uncle, Martin Rasmussen.
Mrs. A. d. Hale and children are
staying for couple Of weeks with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. +. L. Lewis.
A fine shower visited this section Sat-
urday evening, and was heartily well
coined by all, being the first shower of
the season.
Argyle has had another change OF
section foreman. A Mr.. O'Lalley now
directs the hand car in place of ]. R.
Hicks, who resigned to take q job with
the Galloway company.
There was social dance at the section
house Saturday evening. Owing to the
rain early in the evening but few were
out. All report good time. Curtis or
chestra furnished the music.
Seeding seems to be the order of the
day. A much larger acreage of small
grain will be sown this spring than ever
before in this vicinity. We are certain
ly glad to see this for it denotes a more
optimistic spirit upon the part Of the
settlers and the greater care and labor
expended upon the seed bed shows that
the farmers are awakening to the possi-
bilities of this as small grain country,
and place for permanent home, Sec
ond to none found in the great North
west.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1913-04-26

s. N. Fitch left Custer Wednesday
morning for Pierre, where he appeared
on April oath before the board of par
dons in behalf of Walter Johnson, now
confined in the psnitentiary at Sioux
Falls upder fifteen year sentence, i'm
posed in the circuit court of Custer coun.
ty on January 2Sth, 1908, on convic-
tion upon a charge of robbery IN the
first degree;
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1913-04-26
NOTICE TO sToCKMBN.

Ranchers and Stockm will please
take notice that the grazing season for
the Custer State Forest opens May 1st.
The grazing fee for horses ID 35 cents per
Head and for cattle 80 cents per head,
which fees must be paid in advance to
the County Treasurer at Custer.
Application for grazing permits should
be made at once to the undersigned at
Forest Headquarters, nine miles east OF
Custer, either by telephone or letter or
in person.
Stock must be correctly reported and
will require to be checked. in by For
est Officer; any unauthorized stock graz.
ing on the Forest will be reported for
trespass action.
Ten head of milch or work animals
will be allowed free range if properly
reported by the owner.
GEO. w. ROSKIE,
State Forester.
Custer, S. D., April l8, 1918.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1913-04-26

The Basin (Wyo) RustIer puts it this
way: "The latest action Of the post
office department places the newspaper
man between the devil and the deep
sea-if he stops the paper he not only
loses the business but the subscriber
may get sore. If he continues to send
the paper Uncle Sam will make him
wish he hadn't" How'd you like to be
the editorf
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1913-04-26
Important Notice.

The Cemetery Association urgently
request all Who are interested, to 60 to
the Cemetery on Friday afternoon, May
End, at one o'clock to clean up and pre-.
pare for burning over the grounds,
which will be in charge of Supervisor
lines of the Forest Service. Let US have
number of volunteers.
Mrs. c. E. PERRIN, President.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1913-04-26

Mr. Ballard, Pennington county sur
veyor, arrived in Custer on April oath
for the purpose Of comforting with the
ton and construction of wagon road
from Hill City, via Sylvan Lake, to Gus
ter, South Dakota. After making preli-
minary investigation of the road from
Hill City to Sylvan Lake, Mr.. Ballard
states that it is his opinion that it will
be entirely possible to construct, at q
reasonable cost, better wagon road
from Hill City to Sylvan Lake than the
one which now exists between Custer
and the Lake.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1913-04-26

State Superintendent of instruction G.
G. Lawrence will visit the counties oi
the Black Hills in the near future for
the purpose of meeting with the district
school officers aud discussing with them
matters of importance to their various
schools. He will be at Hot Springs on
April 80, at Custer on May l, at Dead
wood at l:30 p. m. on May 2; at Rapid
City on May g., at Sturgis on May 5 and
Belle Fourche on May g.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1913-04-26

The Ohio Development Co., which
owns 1000 acres of property near Key
stone, which is developed to produc-
ing point will install 5000 worth of
machinery during the summer. 1t will
consist of an analgamating and concen-
trating mill to be built in three units,
the first of which will have capacity of
100 tons per day. This company has
two tunnels, 800 and 500 feet respective.
ly, one of which produces ore worth $50
per ton and the other $l2 per ton.-Ra-
pid CITY Journal.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1913-04-26

Mr.. S. E. Grams. Fire Marshall for the
state of South Dakota, MIR. Geo. E.
Trowbridge, Law officer Of the forest
service, and Mr.. r. P. lines, forest su-
pervisor, made trip to Deadwood on
official business on April %.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1913-04-26

The forest officers were called to Berne
about noon Tuesday to combat fire that
had started in the forest from another
fire which rancher was burning to clear
some stubbe from his land, the fire in
the stubble escaping from the ranch
mans control and getting into the forest
reserve. A tract about mile and hall
wide was burned over before the forest
rangers succeeded in extinguishing it.
Garlock & Ainslie lost about fifty cords
of wood.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1913-04-26

The Rapid City Journal says: Hugh
J. Mcmahon received word Of the death
of his brother, Peter F. McMahon,
which sad event occurred at Carter,
Montana. Mr.. Mcmahon came up from
Philip yesterday morning and last even.
ing left for Carter via Hot Springs
"Pete" Mcmahon was brother of Mrs.
NJ. J. Scanloni of Hermosa, and cousin
of Frank Mcmahon, of this city. He
formerly lived for number Of years al
Hermosa, and also for some time in Ra.
pid City. He was genial; happy,
wholesouled man who made friends
wherever he was.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1913-04-26
FOR SALE.

Recleaned Kubanka Maccaroni wheat
or Manitoba millet $l.00 per bushel,
sacks free. Ground chicken wheat $3.50
per cwt. A disc, breaking plow, harrow,
Endgate seeder, drill, binder or wagon
at 4 fraction Of their value.-Adv.
W..R WOOrS.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1913-04-26

Elder H. E. Reder, ofSheridan, Wyo.,
has been holding few meetings and
visiting some friends in this vicinity
the past week. He will speak at Mayo
Sunday. April 81, at 3 o'clock p. m!
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1913-04-26

The Civic Fedora ton as new organi-
cation in the town feels very proud of
the success, from every point of view,
of the above mentioned entertainment.
Financially, not only were all expenses
met but neat little sum was added to
the Treasury. About $1,000 was taken
in, $54.S5 of this going to the entertain
ers and $500 for other minor expenses,
leaving about 500 TO add to the Feder-
alton fund. Especial credit is due the
committee in charge, Mrs. Charles
Perrin and Mrs. Henry Albien, together
with their corps of assstantsj for the
careful and able management by which
the entertainment was made 30 entirely
successful
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1913-04-26

Twill pay you S1.0O per 100 pounds
for good oats, CASH, and furnish sacks:
T. v. Garlock
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1913-04-26
Custer, S. D., April Is, 1918.
Advertisement.
FOR SALE

Various kinds of machinery and one
team of horses. Call on or write to
JOHN ROBERTS, Agent
Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co., p.
o. Box 265, Custer, So. Oak.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1913-04-26

Rarely have Custer people enjoyed
such treat as was accorded them Tues
day night at the entertainment given by
Mrs. Bess Gearheart Morrison, assisted
by Mrs. Geo. Z. Toby and Miss Marjorie
Little; under the auspices of the Civic
Federation. Mrs. Toby has rich con-
tralto voice, under perfect control and
her exquisite rendition of a number OF
beautiful songs-old and new-was
thoroughly enjoyed and most heartily
encored by the audience. She was ac.
companied by Miss Little, whose skill
as pianist added greatly to the charm
of the songs.
Mrs. Bess Gearheart Morrison "speaks
for herself and one must hear her to
know and appreciate. She is a Reader
par excellence. Her intense realism,
her charming grace and at-homeness,
and above and over all her delightful
personality makes one enjoy every min
ute of her work and long to hear her
again. We would like to hear Mrs.
Morrison say regarding further visits TO
Custer as the old man said in reference
to his calf, in one Of her many humorous
selections:
Itn agoin to hitch this here young calf
Right here on my front lawn,
He'll stay right here and chaw the grass
Till the whole blamed thing is chawn."
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1913-04-26
Seed Oats ana Seed Potatoes for Sale

Silver Mine oats, the heaviest in the
country, weigh from 5S to 60 lbs. per
bushel, netted 100 bushels to the acre
last year. Early six weeks potatoes,
best all around potatoes in the world.
Address
MICHAEL FOLEY,
Custer, s. D.;
or call on his rahch three miles west of
Custer on French creek. Adv!
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1913-04-26
Federation NOTES
Custer People Enjoy Rare Treat Under
Auspices of Civic Federation. En-
tertainment Success.

BY MRS. W. F. HANLRY.
One Civic Federation. When last
seen 1t was holding social meeting at
the Gymnasium. If found, please re-
turn to the same place for a good rous-
ing, business meeting to be held in the
very near future.
#x#
The writer heard a business man OF
Custer make the remark that If So, 900. 90
worth of paint were used in the town it
would enhance the value OF property
$6, 10000. Is there any truth in this
statement? In order to decide q ques-
ton of this kind one must look at 1t from
a practical, personal standpoint, and in
this case from the standpoint Of q pur.
chaser rather than of seller. Suppose
then you have a certain amount of
money that you want to invest in home
and business in some good town; well
located, and above all possessed of fine,
healthful climate. You find, after care
full investigation, two towns in which
you are greatly interested. The first
one is not just what you desire AZ to
locality or climate but you find that what
is lacking in natural attractions 10 more
than made up by the beauty of the town
itself, and for any deficiency in climate
you feel compensated by the happy,
prosperous, thrifty atmosphere created
by the people themselves.
The other town has in natural Qualifi-
cations jdst what you want. Beautiful
location and fine, hsalthful climate, but
- you are pulled up short when you
come to, consider the town itself as q
future place of residence for yourself and
family. Unpainted dwelling houses and
barns, innumerable old sheds and
shacks, foppy fences and skippy walks,
cows and horses gracefully leaning over
the fences eating the lawn grass, chic
kens everywhere, and many other such
sights meet your eye. Aud the climate,
though fine and clear and bright takes
on slightly blush cast within the town
limits due probably to the reflection Of
the buildings. But you will find in your
investigations that the worst feature of
any delapidated, n-down town, is that
it's people are all anxious to sell out and
get away from it. And so when you, as
an investor and homeseeker, come to
make your choice of these two towns
hich one will you decide upon2 Let
each reader answer the question for
themselves. AS the old saying is true
that we cannot get something from
nothing" so it is equally true that we
cannot get value out of our property un-
less we put value into it, and the most
important fact is, that the value repre-
sentsd in property comes not from it.
self alone, but from the properties that
stand next to it, from the street it is on
and the street across from it, from the
churches, schools and public buildings,
from general surroundings, from the
town itself, as town. 1t behooves us
then, if We wish to make our property
salable, to first make it property worth
selling and then make Caster a town
worth living in.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1913-04-26

Pm agoin to hitch this here young calf
Right here on my front lawn,
He'll stay right here and chaw the grass
Till the whole blamed thing Is chawn."
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-01-29
IN
JAIL WON'T EAT
MRS. DRUMMONp AND THIRTY
OTHERS WILL START
"HUNGER STRIKE"

London, Jan. 29.-"GeneraP Mrs.
Drummond and thirty other militant
suffragettes will spend the next four
teen days in Jail as the result of their
determination to force David Lloyd
George, chancellor of the eXchequer,
to receive them as a deputation in the
House of Commons last evening. All
of the prisoners declared after being
sentenced today that they will imme-
diately start hunger strike"
Mrs. Drummond complained during
the hearing that the police handled
her roughly when she was arrested.
She declared a patrolman had thrown
her in the mud.
1T is now war to the knife" she
told the magistrate.
You and Lloyd George have lot
of trouble ahead of YOU. You will have
to do the dirty work and YOU will have
plenty of it."
The women s1 refused the option
of fine instead of prison.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-01-29
RUSSIA HITS j. s.
FARM MACHINERY
1T WILL ENDEAVOR TO SUBSTI
TUTE OTHER IMPLEMENTS
MADE THERE.

st, Petersburg, Jan. 29.-An extern
sive series of experiments with agri-
cultural implements was carried out
by the Russian department Of
culture during 1912 with view of
putting an end TO the dependence Of
Russia ON American manufacturers.
over 100 roapers, mowers, hay rakcs
and other implements manufactured
in Canada and various European
countries We're put TO work under the
supervision of the officials of the de-
rartment. A considerable number Of
the implements, according TO official
report, successfully stood the tests. not
ably those from Canada. and it is
stated they can be manufactured
equally as well in Russia. The gov
ernment hopes 10 induce agriculturists
10 substitute other implements for
American machines generally in use
Seventy-two per cent of the business
in this kind of machinery is now in
the hands of American manufacturers
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-01-29
MORE BLUE SKY
BILLS PRESENTED
TWO NEW ONES INTRODUCED
TODAY-PROGRE RE-
PUBLlCANS ARE BUSY.

Lansing, Mich. Jan 29.-CSpecialD
At the hearing of the House and
Senate committees on private corpora
tions this morning it developed that
many cures for the evil Of iobbing
wildcat stocks and bonds i'm Michigan
are being presented. Several bills.
patterned after the Kansas law, have
been presented, while at the hearing
this morning two new ones came up.
one is drafted by the Detroit stool,
exchange and the other by the Bank
crs' association.
Banking Commissioner Doyle said
that his department had but one in
terest i'm the matter, and that was to
drive from the state the concerns SELL
ing securities that are valueless. Many
bankers and brokers are here for the
bearing
Progressive Republicans OF the
House and Senate held a conference
last night to devise a plan to secure
control of the Republican state con
vention. It was decided to ask the
Progressive Republicans of the vari-
Gus congressional districts to present
names for places on the committees.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-01-29
GOOD TAX COLLECTIONS.
About $4,000 Outstanding IN Delin
quent List To Date.

Township Treasurer Anton Tomassi
is making special efforts TO collect the
remainder of the township taxes and
by personal visits and mailed notices
is getting I'm touch with those who
have neglected to pay their taxes SO
far. There is about $4,000 outstand
ing, almost entirely in personal taxes.
although some real estate taxes re
main unpaid. Collections will continue
UP to about March 1, according to Mr..
Tomassi unless the outstanding
amount is received before that time
This week Mr. Tomassi remitted TO
the county treasurer a sum approx
mating 100000 which represents the
county and state taxes paid by this
township. OF the total amount. slight
ly less than 100000. $4,000 will be
used i'm the School District No. 1 and
$4,000 in School District No. and
the remainder for other purposes in
this township
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-01-29
GLITTER OF GOLD LACE.
Anniversary Ball by New Yorks Fa-
nous Old Guard.

New York, jan. 29--'rhe imagiua
ton ralters when it attempts to fore
tell the grandeur and magnlicencc OF
gold lace. multi-culorcd uniform aud
bubbliug spirits which will be seen al
the eighty seventh anniversary ball of
New York's famous old Guard in
Madison Square Garden tomorrow
night The Interior of the Garden Is
being transformed for the occasion in
to a scene resembling an army camp
An the arena boxes are to he noorcd
over aud rows of tents erected upon
The platforms so formed Some Of
these tents are reserved for the gov
errors Of states and their military
STATS others for the commanding oil
GERS of the visiting military bodies.
Many famous military organizations
are sending delegations To attend the
function. Among those that will be
represented by delegations Of officers
I'm rich aud brilliant uniforms will be
the Putnam Fhalanx of Hartford the
Ancient aud Honorable Artillery Of
Boston the Governors Foot Guards Of
New Haven the Worcester Continen-
tals. the Minute Men of Washington,
the Richmond Blues of Richmond. Va.
tho Providence Light Infantry the
state Fencibles of Philadelphia, and
the Second Heavy Brigade Canadian
Garrison Artillery of Montreal.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-01-29
BUSINESS CONDITIONS GOOD.
A. j. Earling Declares Outlook ir
Northwest is Excellent.


New York. Jan. 29.-Albert j. Ear
ling. president Of the Chicago. Mil
waukee and ST Paul Railway. states
that the present business conditions in
the northwest are excellent and that
the outlook is favorable TO a con-
tinuance Of good business until at
least another crop period. He esti-
mates that the farmers in the St
Pauls territory were still holding 40
per cent of last years wheat crop,
partly because their financial condi-
tion was such that they did not have
to take advantage of prevailing prices,
and partly because the marketing Of
the crop was held up by favorable
fall plowing weather.
Mr. Earling said he was well pleau-
ed with the St Pauls recent earnings,
but he declined 10 offer any forecast
of the probable surplus for the cur
rent year. He expects a considerable
increase in coal traffic TO result from
the new connection with the St.
Louis and san Francisco now build
ing.
we are not worryins about the
moisture conditions even if there
has been a deficiency of snow in
Minnesota and the Dakotas." Mr.
Earlng said, There are seventeen
feet of snow further west, on the
Cascades. The farmers have learned
that the early winter SHOWS have lit
tie effect on the ground, and that it
is the snowfall in February and
March that counts in bringing a good
crnn Ninld "
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-01-29
MAY RAISE RACE STAKES.
Gold Cup Event Expected TO SEQ
$4,000 Prize.

L.ndon, Jan. 29.-Thcrc is an agi-
lation afoot 10 increase the value OF
the stakes that so with the famous
Ascot gold cup from $l',50o To $50,
200 This is one of the most famous
races of the English turf aud is run
before an assemblagc which almost
invariably includes royalty aud the
pick Of society
IT was over the fraudulent disposal
OF tickets of admission To the royal
enclosure at Ascot that such q scan
dal occurred last year. aud II was the
Eold cup that was stolen from under
the noses of six policemen ana IN
view Of hundreds of people
sporting writer has suggested
mat the stakes for the famous race
should be- augmented by raising the
charge for admission 10 the royal en-
closure to st25 or six times more than
II Is at present