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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-10-07
FAIRPLAS.
Huron, S. D., Sept. 20.

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To The Publisher:-
II would seem that the spirit OF
fair play would prompt such papers
as are printing the Local option
league advertising and who were
misled into charactizing an earlier
advertisement as "He" and a
fraud" to make public acknow-
Judgement of the error. The evidence
presented in this weeks advertise
ment is convincing proof that the
Local Option league neither misrep-
presented nor falsifed its Denver
figures.
We ask no favors OF the papers OF
South Dakota. Accepting the pre-
mise that newspaper is a public
organ, we have submitted our pub
licity, paid for the same, and have
not been concerned that many pa
pers have nisrepresented and ma
ligned our organization 1t appears
so slightly inconsistent that the mis-
representations Of the Anti-Saloon
league are entitled to free publicity
while the truths of the Local option
league advertisements are compro-
missed by free publication of alleged
short comings from a prejudiced
source. Above all, a newspaper
should be fair, although a strong
partisan Of a theory differing from
that of some advertisers. 1t Is un-
fortunate that under extreme pres
sure, some gentlemen have denied a
support which we were led TO believe
they agreed to, and in fact, we have
correspondence on file to give the lie
in several instances. However, we
are fighting for measure and not
men, and little satisfaction would
result from compromising any
gentleman with his friends and as
sociates. To the men of the intelli'
gence Of the class that constitutes
newspaper publishers, II must seem
absurd that any citizen could bring
suit merely because he had been
represented as endorsing law OF
South Dakota.
SOUTH DAKOTA LOCAL OPTION
LEAGUE.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-10-07
PIEDMONT IS LIVELY.
SO Declares Captain C. V. Gardner
Some Crying Needs

Journal: Captain c. V. Gardner of
Piedmont was in the city yesterday
on Business. He says that things at
Piedmont are very lively at the pre-
sent time.
The work on the big gypsum plant
is in full swing and there are now
twenty-five men and teams engaged
and more are wanted.
Ground will be broken today for
the new bank building and work on
the new Catholic church will be un-
der way this week. This building
will be "a by so feet.
The grading on the spur track
from the main line of the North
western to the gypsum plant will be
commenced this week.
The crying need in Piedmont, the
captain says, at this time is lum-
Der yard, a good hotel, a butcher
shop, a hardware store and a drug
store. A good physician could find a
place, although the people are dis
tressingIy healthy. Two or three
good women willing to dry laundry
work would be wefcome. There Will
be 100 men at work in Piedmont
within a week and there is not wo-
man there now to do their washing.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-10-07
FLOWING THE BULLOCK RANCH

Belle Fourche Post: Contractor s.
B. Standard on Tuesday began the
work of breaking 800 acres on the
Bullock ranch, purchased last week
by the Great Western Sugar COM
pany. The ground will be plowed
twice, the first being called Grown
ing" the soil, after which the ground
will be plowed deep. The work is
being performed under the person
al supervision of Phil Dale, the su-
gar company's agriculturist who had
charge OF the beet cultivation in this
section the past summer. 1t is the
company's intention to plant the 800
acres In sugar beets next year and
the work performed on this piece Of
ground will be a good model for
other farmers to pattern after. and
1t will certainly be properly done
Mr.. Standard will use his big tractor
engine when he tackles the deep
plowing.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-10-07
SWEDEN AND ENTENTE'S
RELATIONS STRAINED

London, Oct. 2-The relations be-
tween Sweden and the entente pow
ers are attracting unusual attention
and there is an indication that the
situation threatens to become some
what tense With the dispute on
mail seizures unsettled, there has
arisen the charge by the entente that
Sweden neutrality is not impartial.
This has elected a tart reply from
Stockholm. Confidence is felt that
the British minister to Sweden, Sir
Esme-H Howard, will smooth over the
points of friction.
The charge is the outgrowth Of
the practice of belligerent shipping
using the Swedish territorial waters
for their Baltic traffic. Within the
three mile limit, the entente allies
ships have sailed defiantly to and
from the Baltic, disregarding the
German battleships looking at them
from the outer sea. Similarly the
German merchantmen have sailed
the west coast of Sweden with regard
to Russian warships. This has kept
the Swedish navy busy to prevent
violation of her neutrality. Recent
ly Sweden determined to mine the
Kogrund channel and the allies pro-
tested. Sweden then closed the Bal
tic to allied merchantmen, leaving
the Kalmar strait open, a route ac-
cessible only to German ships.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-10-07
DANGER OF FOREST FIRES
Is STILL PRESEN


Never before in the history of the
Black Hills has there been so dry
September No moisture had fallen
and with vegetation killed by recent
frosts, it bef fooves each person to
keep a lookout for fires. The forestry
department is very efficient and care
full and were in not for the constant
vigilence now taken, repetition of
the big Elk creek fire would surely
occur. However during the present
dry time each person should be ex-
ceedingly careful to help the forestry
! department in every way. The big
elk creek fire occurred three years
ago last Wednesday, Sept. 20. 1t
started up near Custer Peak, sup
| posedly from a rancher burning
brush. At that time, what is now the
| Glover Leaf mill, was running on ore
| from the Big Missouri mine in Lead,
| and the fire came so near to that
mill that cars standing at the ore
bin were hauled out and down near
| the creek. After passing the mill
the fire struck Elk creek canyon
about a mile east of Roubaix and
| from there is swept practically ev-
erything before it. Ten miles of the
I track and twenty-three bridges of
! the B. II. &. FIT. p. r. r. were com
pletely destroyed, thousands of dol
| lars of material of the Homestake
company banked on the railroad was
| burned and good many families
/ had their homes and all their belong
| ings destroyed. The Homestake
company Immediately put two crews
working, one under charge Of Rich
ard Blackstone, then superintendent
Of the railroad and the other under
Burdette Moody, now of Los Angeles
! Calf. In ten days the trains were
running and carrying passengers and
mail II required 500 tons of new
rails and 10000 cross ties, besides
bridge timbers to repair the track.
! In many places where no material or
debris was near the track the ties
would be completely burned, and the
rails twisted as if they had been in
furnace.
Many people will remember that
September, as the Elk creek fire was
not the only one which threatened
the Black Hills, but that one did the
most damage of any. II was a most
beautiful sight; as the heavens were
obscrued by immense pillars OF
smoke behind which the sun cast
lurid light. Two companies of sold
iers from Fort Meade were brought
! in to help fight it and finally most
welcome snow put out the smould-
| ering logs and stumps. Where the
fire had passed the ground was as
hard as the road, as every particle OF
loose soil had been drawn up and
and vanished. No people lost their
lives, but several families had mar
row escapes, and numberless wild
animals and quite lot OF horses and
| cattle were burned.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-10-07
MINING INTERESTS OF
THE WEST ARE ACTIVE

What is going on In the Colorado
mining camps is practically repli-
cation OF what is occurring In other
metal producing eenters throughout
the entire west says the Mining Re-
cord. These camps are vibrating
with an activity unknown for years,
many old mines having been reopen
ed and new ones developed, while
the mills are so crowded with work
that they are running night and day.
Some idea Of the vigor OF the min
ing industry In Colorado may be
surmised from the fact that since
the first Of this year $50 new min
ing companies the majority OF which
are Hberally financed. have been In
corporated to operate in the Centen-
NAL state.
Reports from the different mining
camps denote in no uncertain fash
ion that not only the mines them
selves but all lines Of industry in
those localities are in flourishing
condition and everybody is CORES
pondingly happy. Most Of the resi-
dents there are taking enough money
TO enable them to live well and at the
same time to have a bank account,
the result being large general gain
in bank deposits. At Nederland,
Colo, for instance, and In nearby
towns, the banks report an increase
of funds on deposit OF more than
100000; and the gain in the
San Juan country is almost as great.
The mine pay roll and the mine pro
duction are indeed prosperity max
ers of supreme Importance.
Mining engineers, representing
eastern capitalists, have been inves-
tigating the possibilities of various
camps in Colorado during the past
year. and In sundry instances have
acquired for their sponsor promising
undeveloped claims, besides taking
over certain old properties that have
long lain idle, awaiting the advent
OF an era such as now prevails.
The mining industry, as a whole,
was never in as prosperous a con-
dition as It is right now, and Its fu-
ture never appeared more full OF
good cheer and splendid oppor-
tunities.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-10-07
FIRST SECRETARIES OF WAR

The first Secretary of War OF the
limited States was Henry Knox, who
was born in Boston 166 years ago,
July 26. 1850, of Scotch-Irish pa
rentage. Knox was the chief COM
mander of the artillery Throughout
the Revolution, and was Secretary
of War both before and after wash
ington assumed the Presidency, be-
ing one OF the few soldiers appoint
ed to that position.
His successor. Timothy Pickering
had also seen active service. and
James McHenry, the third to hoid
the post, had been a surgeon IN the
Revolution. Samuel Dexter. the
next in line. was lawyer, but Henry
Dearborn, Jefferson's Secretary OF
War. had had much military expert
ence. william Eustis, appointed oy
Madison. was a physician and gave
wav to a military man, John Arm
stronp James Monroe and William
II Crawford we're lawyers, and since
tha,r time Presidents have appar-
emily considered legal education
the best qualification for head OF
the War Department. U. s. Grant
who held the war portfolio for a
hr,ef neriod in 1867, and William T.
sherman, whose tenure of office was
equally short, were the only as
t,ngp,shed military men to hold the
most in the last half century.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-10-07
A POLITICAL "FRAME-uP"

(From the Railway Age Gazette")
The nation naturally continues to
ask itself what could have caused
President Wilson to adopt so extra
ordinary and unprecedented course
in dealing with the railway wage
question. What is back of it? Why
did he propose and insist that, with
out any public investigation OF the
questions involved, the railways
should grant increases in wages
amounting to many millions of dol
lars to men who are already the
highest paid working men In Ameri-
ca? The burden will ultimately be
passed on to the consuming public,
why has the President so strongly
favored putting such a burden on
the consuming public without giving
that public any chance, directly or
to be heard7
This controversy between the rail-
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-10-07
Mines ano Mining

emily limitless oil resources is pro-
crossing so rapidly and IN 80 many
localities that II is virtually impos-
sible to keep track of the the states
growing number of producing wells
and their production, says the Grey
bull Standard. Three years ago
there were a few score oil wells In
the state, a majority of them but
shallow holes of little value. Today
the number of wells run well into
the thousands, the states oil pro-
duction the current year will exceed
7,000,000 barrels and the production
possible from the wells now down If
there were refinery facilities to han
die all the product is so enormous
that is is conjectural.
Among the fields In which drilling
now is in progress, and in some of
which hundreds of wells have been
put down are the Little Horse creek
Lusk, Brenning Basin, Big Muddy,
Salt Creek, Lost Soldier, Big Piney,
Pilot Butte, Sage creek, Grass creek
Basin, Torchlight, Thermopolis, Grey
bull, Cody, Elk Basin, Lowell. Fran
ME, Dutton Basin, Sundance, Lost
Cabin, Ervay, Sheridan, Little Buff
falo Basin, Wheatland and Alkali
Butte.
To the above can be added the
Rocky Ford and Hay creek districts,
where boring is progressing and the
developments IN which are more than
flatterlng, and the prospects as good.
II not better than in many of the
districts mentioned above.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-10-07

The Wilson doctrine Of TOO proud
TO fight" has bred weakness, coward
ice and disloyalty among our people.
Wilson preached unpreparedness un-
til forced by an aroused public opin-
ion to change. Then in haste he
forced the enactment of the Hay bill,
which military experts and the thou
sands of national guardsmen now on
the border know Is poor makesSift
for real preparedness.
People should not be fooled by the
catch phrase. Wilson has kept us
out of war" The alternative of our
present conditions is not war, but
honorable peace based upon the alb
solute protection of the lives of our
citizens on sea and land. In this way
only can we gain the respect of other
nations, and in this way only would
we deserve it.
Had Germany believed that VII
son meant what he said, there would
not have been the Lusitania horror.
Had Mexico believed that Wilson
really intended to protect Ameri-
cans, there would be totally differ
ent situation on our border. The
dreadful toll OF Wilson's Mexican pol
icy is more than three hundred
American citizens murdered, and
many hideous outrages upon Ameri-
can women. How can women at
home approve such a record? Had
Wilson shown strength and force in
the beginning, Mexico would have
feared to commit such outrages. His
weakness provoked attack and in
duced contempt.
Wilson preached arbitration
forced arbitration treaties through
! the senate when there was nothing
to arbitrate, but when the vital prin-
ciple of arbitration was assailed in
the railroad controversy, he abject-
" abandoned II. That measure at
tempts to fix wages for a special
class without investigation of facts,
and imposes upon farmers, manufact
urers and the travelling public an
additional cost for service without
determination of its wisdom and
justice.
Wilson wanted votes, not facts.
Hughes dares to stand for princip-
les, he wants facts upon which to
wisely base action and is not threat
ened by threats.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-10-07

that day man in Washington who is
usually well informed regarding
what is going on behind the scenes in
that city wrote a remarkable letter
to a prominent business man In New
York-remarkable because OF the ac-
curacy with which IT forecast sub
sequent developments. A copy of
this letter was handed to us on Aug.
s, and we kept 1t to see how good a
prophet the writer of II was. We
quote from this letter as follows (all
italics being ours):
81 believe there is an understand
ing between Gompers, head OF the
American Federation of Labor, and
the Administration, that this strike
which is threatened will not hurt the
Administration. ! am further given
10 understand that Gompers has as
sured the President that an oppor-
tunity will be given him to make
capital out OF the difficulty. This
Is to be done in this way: The men
are to reject all compromise offers by
the railroads; they are to look ask
ance on the mediation offered by the
Board OF Mediation and Control ICON
ciliation), thus giving the President
chance to intervene personally and
bring both sides 10 the White House.
The proposition which he will sub
NIT will In all probability be accept
ed by the (labor) leaders, thus put
ting the onus of rejection OF his ser
vices I'm the railroad men (officers.) }
If a commission is appointed under
these circumstances 1t is easy to see
how 1t will not be entirely friendly
TO the railroads"
Now, then, was the man who wrote
that latter a prophet? He certainly
was! (1) Gompers Is supporting
Wilson for reelection, and has been
in close touch with both the White
House and the labor brotherhoods.
CD The men did reject all offers
made by the railways. go They did
look askance" at mediation and re-
fused to join with the railways in
asking for it. (4) They did give the
President chance to intervene per-
sonally and bring both sides to the
White House. CD The President did
make a proposition which the labor
leaders Immediately accepted, thus
putting the onus OF rejection of his
services entirely on the railroads.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-10-07

the Donehoe property is doing a great
deal of development work at the pre-
sent time. This work consists of thor
oughly prospecting the underground
workings and running crosscuts on
the great vein of ore known to exist.
A night shift is working now and
no time is being thrown away. The
mine has been equipped with one OF
the most modern, up-to-date assay
shops on the coast New veins of
ore are being encountred and pre-
parations are being made to work on
larger scale.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-10-07

the far country that is worth the toll
and sacrifice OF the long. hard
journey.
II believe in the character and
courage of the nominee of the Re-
publican Party. He is the most
conspicuous example in our history
of the possibilities that American
politics may hold for success in able
and unselfish public service. For
myself, gladly enlist with the great
majority of the Progressives Of the
nation under the leadership of
Charles Evans Hughes"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-10-07
WHY I AM FOR HUGHES
(By Raymond Robins)


THE Republican Party-though
often dominated by the masters OF
special privilege and made by them
the instrument of vast exploitation
has a rank and file of men and
women who have proves their capac-
ity to select false or dishonest lead
ership. Conceived in moral revolt
against human slavery, II was born,
baptized and nurtured in the su-
preme national struggle TO maintain
the national heritage and gulfll the
promise OF equal opportunity to
every citizen. Is not its rank and
file best calculated to support lead
ership that will create a national
mind and conscience, and having pre-
served the integrity of the nation
against the heresy of secession, will
II not develop and maintain a pro-
gressive national program of social
and economic organization?
"I hope so, think so, and this is
one of the reasons why l am for
, Charles f. Hughes.
1--WE need industrial preparedness
with program of Standardization In
our economic life. For the workers.
we need living wages, fair hours OF
labor, workshop sanitation and fine
protection with accident, sickness,
old age and unemployment insur-
ance. Trade agreements and arbi-
tration should take the place of in
dividual exploitation and Industrial
civil war. For capital, ke need the
intelligent cooperation of govern
ment both at home and abroad.
When this war is over we will face
the most intense industrial competi-
tion that the world OF commerce
has ever known. A comprehensive
protection of the home market and
support for American foreign trade
is indispensable II we are to preserve
industrial prosperity. For both cap
ital and labor we should develop a
progressive policy in taxation that
will lift the fiscal burdens Of govern
ment from labor and enterprise and
place them upon monopoly and priv
ilege.
"These things and these condi-
tions I believe will be sped on their
way by the election of Charles E.
Hughes.
"Can these imperative national
needs be worked out by a states
rights Democratic party that plans
state dominated militia with its men
ace of shiftless incompetence, spoils
politics and organized snobbery In
national defense force. at a time or
world peril? More and more 1t be-
comes plain that most of our press
ing problems of large import are ma
tional in scope and will yield only to
national action. Yet we find the
Democratic party the modern, and
let us hope the last, stronghold OF
the advocates of local sovereignty.
This doctrine of individuaiism. sec
tionalism and disunion menaced and
almost prevented the freeing of the
colonies from foreign domination.
This doctrine well nigh defeated the
adoption OF a unifying constitution
wherein theAmerican nation became
a fact. Wherever the fight for more
efficient and more humane govern
ment has been waged. this baneful
doctrine Of states rights has been
invoked to rally and shelter the anti
social forces, to arouse sectional bias.
local jealousy and all the mean.
narrow passions that hold mems
eyes upon the ground. when great
human needs call upon them to look
beyond the rugh and dusty road to
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-10-07
UNITED STATES SENATOR
CLARKE PASSES AWAY

Little Rock, Ark, Oct. 2.-United
States Senator James P. Clarke died
at his home here yesterday, follow
ing as troke of apoplexy. He was
president pro tempore of the senate.
His age was 62 years. The funeral
will be held from his home In this
city tomorrow.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-10-07
CHILDREN OF HORACE WHITE
TO BUILD DUAL MEMORIAL.

Beloir, WISH, Oct. 2.-Horace
White, Chicago editor and later head
of the New York Evening Post, pro-
yided in his will for statue of his
father, founder of Beloit The chill
dren will make dual memorial for
their grandfather and father.