Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1914-10-03
COMING MAN OF THE DAY.

record under consideration. In doing
this we find the doctors record filled
with interest in the achievements be
has won for his city and state. He has
been closely identified in anything that
would in any manner be helpful, and
his contact with the people of his town
and the Black Hills has given him a
strength and insight that has enabled
him to do things of substantial and
lasting nature. His name is house,
hold word in thousands and thousands
of homes and synonymous With good,
sound, practical and progressive prin-
ciples wherever heis known, being a
profound student of political, education
al economic conditions he is eminently
fitted to assist in the enactment of laws
and measures for not only his home dis
trict but for the Black Hills and the
state at large. His wide acquaintance
throughout the state will enable him to
bring to bear influences upon such legis-
lation as his constituency may desire
and that few men in this district can
control. His past financial and COM
mercial record proves him to be care
full and conservative business man, quick
to take advantage of any measure for
the good of his people, knowing their
needs as he does, having the highest
moral and mental standing in the state
he will have little difficulty in gaining
the recognition of the members of the
senate or house. He is not man of
bluster and brag, but one ofaction, quiet
modest and dignifed. During his ten
years residence in Hot Springs he has
built up lucrative practive in his chos-
en- profession and besides, he has identi
fed himself with the commercial in
terests of his community. Soon after
coming here he took hold of the Evans
hotel, the Evans plunge, the Hot Springs
hotel, the Minnekatah bath house and
the Sisters hospital, all of them in an
impoverished condition, and brought
them to their present high standing of
power and efficiency. All ofthese inst-
tutions we're placed under his power
and control and splendid management
and they have been a success not only
to themselves, but to Hot Springs and
the entire community. The doctor is
man of the people and helpful to every
one he meets, aggressive in his policies,
wide-awake in all he does and under
takes.
AS physician and surgeon, we may
almost say of national reputation, he is
familiar with health conditions and the
Custer tuberculosis hospital he is vitality
interested in.
1t is his idea to enlarge it to better
care for those in need of its help as the
present institution is inadequate. Many
other matters in which he is interested
we might mention but all will be care.
fully catalogued and given share of at.
tention when the doctor arrives at Pierre
this winter as our state senator.
DR.. Walker will get the republican
vote of the two counties, not because he
is republican but because he is the
proper man for the place. And he will
get big share of the democratic votes
for the same reason.
MUST MAKE PROVISION
FOR MOTHERS PENSION.
Judge McNenny gave decision Satur-
day evening in the mothers pension
matter, which was submitted to him
Saturday on a stipulation of facts by
County Judge Russell, and States Attor-
ney STREET..
The court held that when the county
commissioners failed to make the levy
prescribed by the mothers pension law,
one tenth of mill, for a fund to be
used for that purpose, it became obli-
gatory upon them to appriate such an
amount from other funds.
In Lawrence county such levy would
yield $1,000. Inasmuch as the commits
sioners had allowed claims for pensions
only to the amount of $2,l00 when they
refused to make further allowance, it
now becomes incumbent upon them to
allow further claims to the amount of
81, 500 for the current year.-Deadwood
Telegram.