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zk V*rf^5 A 3 tiie. wm f" W «T CHANCE TO HAKE MONEY. (Rapid City la growing houses to rent are scarce, matay living in cramped quarters. \Men of means should build *••*••.••••"••••••• ACTIVE WORK TO HELP CITY Business Men's Club Names Committees for all Purposes. mil GO imi HUMS in firtiwijis Active Campaign Inaugurated that Means Greater Rapid City—Nay Get Woolen Mill*. The Business Men's club is entering upon an aggressive campaign for the benefit of the city and during the year will endeavor to secure the location of institutions which will afford employ ment to labor and utilize home prod ucts. The board of directors met on Monday afternoon and listened to fig ures furnished by L. A. Richards of the South Dakota Power company re garding their ability to furnish power for factories and other enterprises. As New England woolen manufactur ers are now looking westward for lo cations, efforts will be put forth to secure a mill for this vicinity, believ ing it one of the most favorable places in the west. Already a Massachusetts corporation has decided to locate a $16,000,000 mill in Colorado, Wyoming or Idaho. In order to be in a position to promptly take care of all questions as they arise committees were selected as follows: Membership—D. Ingram, F. N. Emrick, Levi McGee, C. M. Fallon, George Schneider, H. W. Jones, Ethan Allen. an or at on W Thompkins, H. E. Swander, T. Sween ey, L. T. Crittenden, F. H. Rugg. Finance—G. E. LoMar, A. Duhamel, C. Morse, G. H. Randall, E. S. John son, James Halley, C. J. Buell. Advertising Newspapers—H. W. Jones, J. p. Gossage, J. Z. Reed, J. Morris, F. L. ACkerman. Real Estate—Ethan Alien, I. H. Chase, C. W. Brown, George Flavin, Ed McN^mara. Newspapers and printing—Wayne Woodard, Harry Wentzy, I. M. Hum phrey. Manufacturers—Dr. H. F. Ratte, George P. Bennett, L. T. Crittenden, J. D. Patton, J. C. Haines. A it in E W in A Lange, Fred McCain. Building—G. II. Randall, C. Morse, M. J. Nicholson. Advertising Booklets—Ed S. Allen, G. B. Mansfield, F. G. Gilbert. Creamery—A. *H. Wheaton, H. E. Swander, J. D. Patton. Credits—M. B. Scrlbner, J. H. Ma Unas, C. B. Baldwin. City Council—J. B. Henry, A. K. Thomas, W. E. Moore. Cold Storage—Chas. Schuster, I. M. Humphrey, I. U. Pickett. Conventions—Harry Wentzy, W. F. Pascqe, F. N. Emrick. Commercial Reports—C. J. Buell, C. W. Brown, George Flavin. Cattle—Corbin Morse, I. M. Hum phrey, D. B. Ingram. Documents—K. A. Wliltmer, A. J. McCain, H. H. Marks. Dry Farming—A. J. McCain, W. H. Thompkins, J. J. McNamara. Advertising Display—J. Morris, L. Ackerman, E. Lynch. Entertainment—C. M. Dilger, Pickett, J. H. Radcliff. F. U. Excursion—Arthur Lange, W. Moore, Y. T. Price. Forest Reserve—I. H. Chase, W. Pascoe, J. C. Haines. Game Protection—F. G. Gilbert, E. Wilkin, W. F. Pascoe. Health Resorts—F. L. Ackerman, Dr. Ratte, F. G. Gilbert, Geo. Flavin, A. K. Thomas. F. Hospital—T. Sweeney, A. Duhamel, Eugene Bangs. Insurance and Fire Protection—M. J. Nicholson, C. M. Fallon, E. Lynch. Irrigation—Geo. P. Bennett, Corbin Morse, A. J. McCain. Lumber—L. T. Crittenden, J. D. Patton, H. H. Marks. Legislation—J. D. Patton, Dr. H. F. Ratte, C. W. Brown. __ Library—F. H. Rugg, C. J. Buell, J. L. Reed. Lodges—Geo. E. Flavin, F. II. Rugg, H: E. Swander. Land Office—J. H. Mathlas, I. H. Chiise, James Halley. Meteorology—J. H. Gray, G. Mansfield, J. K. Hull. Machine Shops—C. W. Brown, J. C. Haines, Ethan Allen. Market Day—E. L. Bangs, W. H. Thompkins, I. U. Pickett. Picnics—C. B,. Baldwin, E. McNam ara, G. P. Bennett. Power Plants—Levi McGee, Geo. P. Bennett, V. T. Pricev Parks and Parkways—H. E. Swan der, I. H. Chase, J. C. Haines. Passenger Transportation—W.' E. Moore, F. L. Ackerman, L. t1. Crit tenden. Poultry—J. K. Hull, J. D. Patton, W. F. Pascoe. Postoffice—Jas. Halley, V. T. Price, A. Duhamel, Geo. F. Schneider, F. Rugg. Reading Room—Ed McNamara, F. H. Rugg, A. J. McCain. Retail Stores—C. M. Fallon, J. C. Raines, J. B. Henry. fS Dept. of History •vr... ...-V ,.-*T. r¥ *('-v.-':• $.Ur Rooms—H. H. Marks, F. N. Emrick, Corbin Morse. Railroad Construction—F. N. Em rick, J. C. Haines, I. M. Humphrey. Advertising—Fred McCain, I. U. Pickett, Ed S. Allen, W. Woodard, A. Lange. Streets—E. Lynch, W. F. Pascoe, J, D. Patton, H. W. Jones, J. B. Henry, H. E. Swander, E. L. Bangs. Street Cars—J. C. Haines, F. C. Fel gel, A. K. Thomas. Schools—A. K. Thomas, C. Schuster, A. Duhamel. Suburbs—J. H. Radcliff, H. Wentzy, J. K. Hull. Statistics—Geo. B. Mansfield, I. H. Chase, J. J. McNamara. Stock Meeting—I. M. Humphrey, Tom Sweeney, Corbin Morse, D. B. Ingram, A. Duhamel. Summer Resorts—W. F». Pascoe, C. M. Fallon, F. E. Wilkin. Taxation—I. U. Pickett, Geo. Fla vin, C. M. Dilger. Telegraph and Express—V. T. Price, F. L. Ackerman, K. A. Whltmer. Telephone—J. J. McNamara, C. M. Fallon, M. J. Nicholson. Theater—George F. Schneider, L. McGee, Ethan Allen. Wholesale Houses—A. Duhamel, F. N. Emrick. Wool—J. Z. Reed, A. J. McCain, G. E. LeMar. Weekly Weather Report. Temperature and precipitation data from the records of local office, U. S. Weather Bureau, Lakota building, Rapid City, S. D., for the week end ing Thursday, January 27,1910: Highest temperature during week, 61, on the 24th. Lowest temperature during week, 16. on January 21st. Average dally temperature during week, 38.3. Normal dally temperature for the week, 21.0. Average daily excess in tempera ture during week 17.3. Average daily excess in tempera ture since January 1st, 4.0. Total precipitation (in inches) dur ing week, 0.04. Normal precipitation for week, 0.09. Excess in precipitation for the week, 0.05. Excess in precipitation since Janu ary 1st, 0.40. Habby O. Gbben, Director. ViLtlMPORCEBUiLDINfilil ______ Goveraor Vessey Instructs laajpector •opklaa to Enforce Building Lav Requirements. A recent dispatch from Pierre says: "Governor Vessey has requested Hotel Inspector Hopkins to vigorously en force the building ordinance, which will require the overhauling of many of the theaters and opera houses in the state. It requires that all staircases be enclosed in brick walls or other fireproof material that all exits be five feet in the clear and doors open outward that curtains and scenery be painted with fireproof paint that all differences in floors be overcome with gradients of not more than one foot in twelve all doors must be fireproof. The owner must take a license from the state treasurer, and to operate the houses before the these changes are effected,' subjects him to criminal prosecution. The building inspector shall condemn the use of any house until it conforms to the requirements of the state and it may not be used until the reforms are made.'* C'ister Citizens Active. Dr. H. F. Ratte returned home on Monday from Custer where he went on business pertaining to the location of the tuberculosis hospital. The cit izens there are very much' elated over the matter and are doing everything they can to further the project. Dr. Ratte will go to Pierre soon to see Gov. Vessey with the hope of having the site matter definitely settled. It may be a visit to Washington will have to be made so as to confer with the South Dakota delegation In con sss. The last legislature appropri ated $10,000 for Its building and year for its so that suitable buildings erected and equipped. a 95,000 maintenance. In all probability the next legislature will be asked for a still further allotment may be WAIT C0MMISS10H -PLAM Yaakton Peeple Drew up Petition io be Submitted to the Voters this Spring. At mass meeting of citizens of Yankton this week It was decided to draw up a petition to be submitted to the voters asking that the commission plan of government be submitted at coming election. It was the general opinion of^neariy everyone present at the meeting that the commission plan should be adopted and that it would prove a satisfactory substitute for the steclal charter under which Yankton operates and which seems to have outgrown its practicability, It having been granted by the territorial gov ernment prior to South Dakota'sstate hood. The atate. law requires that the petition be signed by 15 ipr cent of the voters utf Yaqktonlans baUeve It will be an easy this matter to procure number of signers. •'S--vv&k8S•• ZfX-", 2 -r -i $ 7wg&*yr&& Shy. *, »w AND VOL. 24. NO. 34. RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, JAN. 28, 1910. tJ^5JV'' WILL EXTEND THEIR TIME "I Movement to Assist Home steaders Proves Very Successful. THE I0VEIENT WAS STARTED IH RAPID CITY Bills to Increase Period of Going on to Lands have Passed Both Houses of Congress. Advices from Washington are that the Mil extending the time for entry men to go upon their land and grant ing leave of absence to new home steaders in the dead of winter, has been passed by brfth houses of congress and will become a law as soon as signed by the president. The bill passed both houses last week, but the leave of absence clause was dropped. Congressmen Martin and Burke have succeeded in having it included and both measures become, effective when signed. The extension of time and leave of absence legislation is due to a move ment started in this city. Several prominent people took the matter in hand and sent letters to both con gressmen and to other men in posi tions of influence, with the result that influence was brought to bear sufficient to bring it about. When effective it will be of great benefit to homesteaders, especially those who are short of funds and who make en try late in the summer, compelling them under the old regulation to go upon the land during the cold months, poorly provided to stand the rigors of the season. The condition was made more acute from the fact that land convenient to. town has been taken and new settlers had to go far into the country to find homes. New Wire Is Received. The Rapid City Electriq Light com pany received a carload of wire early thiff week and work of extending the service is now being taken up. It is desired to extend the service to all parts of the city this spring. The shipment Includes ten miles of conduit wire .with smaller wire to make tiecefe safy connections wherever desired. It Is expected a large amount of building will be done in the residence districts and the company is getting In position to supply the demand without delay, The new lights ordered by the city will be put in as soon as possible this spring. A correspondent of the Camp Crook Gazette tells this one and it is a good one: A very large wolf came down from the wilderness the other day and looked through our hospital bunch for a fat mutton, but did no damage. He was very big and fierce-looking his dimensions would compare favorably with an adult horse. Possibly He is the same monster that Mr. Frizzell ran into a snowdrift and killid three years ago, after chase of thirty-seven miles. Elm Springs. Miss Hester Schafer of Piainview, Neb., Is here visiting relatives. Miss Clara Deering spent several days last week visiting her parents in Wast a. £ev. Everett Graham has moved here from Viewfield. Miss Jewel Griffin visited relatives In Wrightsonville Friday and Satur day. 'Dr. Mathias was at his ranch on Belle river several days this week. "Tim Meader and family have moved back from their ranch on the river, where they have been spending the winter taking care of their stock. R. E. Huddleston was injured in a runaway Tuesday, quite seriously. Farmin^dale. Mr. and Mrs. F. Hannifin were out to their ranch Sunday and took dinner with the C. A. Bates family. Jack Phillips and Fred Bowers this week moved the Dahlgreen house to the Bollman ranch. G. C. Rollins of Westfield, Iowa, is spending some time in this place. He Is visiting at the Vandebraak home. Clem Covertson, who had been here fpr some time, left Sunday for a visit with friends in Rapid City, and from there will go to visit L. V. Melvin on Elk Creek. F. A. Bartlett was in Rapid City Saturday transacting business. R. J. Quass -was an arrival here Sat urday. Miss Sadie Jennings made commu tation proof on her homestead Friday at Rapid City. A. Careck and B. E. Jennings were witnesses before the department. The Farmingdale bank building is being painted by O. J. Raben. Yal Weyh was in from his ranch on Friday and purchased two lots in town. Earl Hammerqui8t is busy hauling sawdust for the new ice house. August Bollman, B. E. Jennings, Hope Jennings, A. B. Streeter, Clem Covertson, Sadie Jennings, Erma and Fred Hammerquist and Roy Young love were passengers to Rapid City Friday and Monday. ,t4^V & ««v,^4 ,'.' •"&» 1 i. s$MS WESSTiBKliT "STOCK BSVIE-^T THE CAMERA. 6om« of the Wonderful Thing* of Which It la Capable. The camera, which divides time into thousandths of a second and rccords the impressions of each, makes perma nent pictures of events which pass too quickly for the dull human retina to recognize. It is only through tVe cam era that the motions of the wing9 of Hying birds and of the legs of swift running aulmals have been analyzed. To the camera the fuzzy drivers of the swiftly speeding locomotives stand out clear cut and stationary, while each flying drop of rain in the driven storm is distinct and seems frozen in Its p!rrp. The tarpon fisherman, fa uiiilai' with the first wild leap of the frenzied fish as it casts hook and bait fifty feet in the air, sees first in the finished picture the outstretched gills, the convulsive opening and closing of which had escaped his eye, however closely he may have looked for it Often the eye of the camera will de cipher documents of which the writing had been substantially obliterated by age, and 1 have successfully copied with the rameHi the utterly faded pho tograph of a classmate of forty years previous and thereby been enabled to present to a grizzled veteran a like ness of hie curly haired youth. Changes in tl|e pigment of the skin undlscoverabte by the eye appear with distinctness on the sensitive plate, and it Is said that ample warning of ap proaching disease has been thereby given. By means of the invisible rays lying beyond theVlolet of the spectrum ob jects may be photographed in the dark ness and, with the aid of the so called rays, through substances otherwise opaque. .When from the darkness of night and storm the forked lightning flashes, the camera makes a vivid and permanent picture of each fiery trail. Creatures that travel by night can be "caught" in the brief blaze of a mag nesium charged pistol, the flash of which is of too short duration for the creature to move or the dull human eye to recognise the subject—A. W. Dimock in Van Norden's. JAPAN A LAND OF COLOR. Farms of Two Or Three Acres Divided Into Many Tiny Fields. Land is so scarce in Japan and the people so numerous that a farm rarely consists of more than an acre or I wo. These little fari^s are divided up Into tiny fields. During the season of the year in 'which w» made our journey one of these fleids^as filled with sprout ing barley, ligfcf green jn color anoth er field, perhaps tbe next, with vetch, a lavender'colored, cloverlike fodder a neighboring field with dark green grass from the seed of which a.lamp oil is manufactured another with tbe tpale yellow flowers of the mustard, and scattered here and there fields filled with what looked like a variety of lily some white, some red, some yellow, but all equally brilliant. Then to get the complete picture you must imagine patches: of flowering azaleas dotting the roadside towering round topped camellia trees breaking tbe sky line with frequent splashes of bright green usually in the shade of these trees houses with white plastered walls and red tiled roofs about the more pretentious of these houses white plastered walls, above whlcfi appeared a profusion of palms, roses and strange native flowers, and in the doorways of the garden walls kimono clad Japa nese girls, the kimonos as many and as gayly colored as the garden that framed them. I have traveled in but one other country that is so gayly colored, and that was some few years ago, when, in the company of a number of other youngsters and an evil smelling magic lantern, I used to make frequent visits to the Land of Primary -Colors.— George MacAdam In Outing Magazine. Good Kitchen Company. Ono housewife in this town doesn't know anything about the servant prob lem, at least so much of it as has to do wifh the keeping of a maid of all work, the quality of such service not being counted. Tills is because her servants always become devoted to her because of her brightness and mag nanimous treatment of them. Having only the one servant of doubtful skill and accomplishments, this housewife has to spend a good deal of time in her own kitchen. The other day Julia expressed her appreciation this Way: "Miss Fanny, yo' ce'tlnly Is good kitchen comp'ny."—Louisville Times. Two Hamlets. Sir Beerbohm Tree and Wilson Bar rett gave London their production of "Hamlet" almost contemporaneously. A well known wit who was asked his opinion of the dual Hamlets non chuisUiUy made answer: "Tree's Ham' let is funny without being vulgar, but Barrett's is vulgar without being funny." Her Doings. "His wife made a fool of him." "What reason hare you for saying that?" "I have his own word for It." "Get out!" "I have. He says that all he is he •wes to his wife."—Houston Tost The Old Mistake. "De man dat answers a gold brick circular," said Uncle Eben, "makes de old mistake. Instead o' tell In' Satan to git behind 'lm. he thinks he kin git ahead o* Satan."—Washington Star. On Oath. Tbe Court—You will swear that the prisoner stole your umbrella? The Plaintiff—Tour honor, I will swear ttat he stole the umbrella I was car* ry lag.—Cleveland Leader. p-W^ in 4 *, fH. ^y.,^ -V BURNETT AND WILSON ARE r^-^T-, r** FORGER GETS FIVE YEARS Tom Johnson Gets Stiff Sen tence for Passing Worth less Paper. Richard Goetz Draws Nine Months in Pen for Obralning Money un der False Pretenses. In circuit court last week Tom W. Johnson was found guilty of utiering a forged instrument and on Wednes day sentenced to a term of five years in the state penitentiary, by Judge McGee. Johnson's case was due to his going into the Sweeney saloon several weeks ago and presenting a check for $33 drawn to the order of ITeniy Wil liams and signed by Charles Schuster. Joe Langley, the bartender, cashed the check which proved to be a forgery. Ora Lee Burnett and Wm. Wilson were sentenced to two and a half years each for grand larceny. About a month ago they saw James Ander son While at the Northwestern depot display a roll of bills.. When he went into another building near by Ora fol lowed and relieved him of the money. Then the couple took the train for Chadron, Neb., where they were ar rested and returned to this city by Sheriff Hewett, Wilson having most of the money in his possession. Richard Goetz was given 9 months for obtaining money under false pre tenses. The crime charged was pass ing checks fraudulently drawn on a Hot Springs bank. When arraigned he pleaded guilty and threw himself on the leniency of the court. Were Wedded Wednesday. Miss Mary Pivny of Wasta and Paul C. Murphy of Owanka were married Wednesday morning at St. Mary's Catholic church by Rev. Fr. Straeton. The marriage-was celebrated at 7:00 a. m., witnessed by Miss Kate Murphy and Joseph Pivny. The groom is a son of John F. Murphy and has Spent most of his life in this sectiofl. For several years lie lias been rbaklng lite home on his ranoh near Owanka atid lias prospered. He favorably khfcWn to a large circle of friends. .This bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. ^Mathias Pivny and is much loved for her.pleas ing ways by numerous friends lie re and in the vicinity of Wasta,. where she lias lived many year's. They left shortly after the ceremony for Chicago where they will spend some time vis iting. Later they will make their home on the ranch. 'PHONE RATES ARE REDUCED People Living West of the Missouri River are Favored by Great Western System. A dispatch under a Pierre date of the 25th inst. says: "The people liv ing west of the Missouri river, while making a fight on the freight and ex press rates charged them, are pleased at a voluntary reduction of telephone rates on the Great Western system, which supplies the telephone service to most of the country between the Mis souri and the Black Ilills. The com pany, with headquarters at Philip, has made an air-line distance rate and this lias cut many of the rates prac tically to half what they have been in the past, especially so where the ser vice is over branch lines. The com pany has also reduced local exchange rates where it operates exchanges. These reductions, as a voluntary move on the part of the company, have given the people of that part of the state a kindly feeling toward at least one public service corporation, regardless of what they may think and say about the others." The Band Reorganized. The Rapid City concert band is being reorganized witli ^intention of being able to furnish music for all occasions during the year. The membership now numbers eighteen with prospects of being increased as soon as other musicians learn of the reorganization. Mr. Cook is in charge as director and is meeting with good success. Re hearsals are being held each Monday and Thursday evening in Firemen's hail. Miss Carrie Long Comander and Wilson Knee of Manderson were unit ed in marriage Tuesday by Justice Worth. Both parties to the compact are Sioux Indians. The groom is a thrifty redskin who ownsagood ranch and farms it. I. II. Cliase returned Wednesday evenitjg from a several weeks trip to points in Mexico, during which he vis ited his son-in-law, Freemnn Steel, who had been ill but was improving when Mr. Chase left. I At a meeting of the Gate City Hose company Wednesday evening officers were elected as follows: Foreman, C. P. Agard first assistant, Claude Gar lick second assistant, Charles Jolly: secretary, Edward Dodge treasurer, Chas. P. Tittle trustees, F. C. Foster, John P. McElroy, Jr., V. C. Anderson. •m Sv 4 "V tes4it ^itsst njrS "f t- tv ALEXANDER'S SNAKE. A 8tory of Magic and Credulity In the Olden Days. No snake that ever lived won greater fame for the time than Alexander's. Luclan tells the story.- Apollonlus, a muster of (lye nrts, had many disciples, v. Uuui was a practic ing physician who lived in Abonotl chus, a small town on the shpre of the Black sea. There Alexander was born of humble parentage and imbibed from the old doctor all that he bad learned from Apollouius of medicine and mag ic. He was a lad of striking appear ance, tall, handsome,, with a fine head of hair, lustrous brown eyes and a voice sweet and limpid. "God grant," wrote Luclan, who knew him, "that I may never meet with such another. His coming was wonderful, his dex terity matchless. Qls eagerness for knowledge, his capacity for learning and power of memory were equally extraordinary." Such was the well favored young peasant who sallied forth from his na tive town In senrch of fame and for tuue. Soou be fell' in with one Co connas, a shrewd .tipster for the races and somewhat of a Juggler. The two rogues Joined forces and meandered about telling fortunes. Arriving at Pelln. they found a great number of huge, harmless snakes which lived In the houses, played and slept with the children aud destroyed poisonous rats. Alexander promptly. purchased one of the largest, a veritable monster, so tame that it would coll about his body and remain In any desired position. Then be made a human face for it out of linen, painted it ingeniously and shaped it so that the mouth would open and shut by an arrangement of horsehair, letting the forked tongue shoot in and out at the will of the master. Having no further use for Coconnas, be either administered, poi son to him or let him die from some Infection and returned with his snake to his native town. There he declared himself a prophet and announced that the god Aesculapius was about to ap pear. The people were credulous, ex citable and eager for a new divinity. When the great day. arrived Alexan der pretended to discover in a puddle of water .a goose egg which he had placed there, after .removing the eon tents, substituting' a small embryo snake Just born and carefulfy sealing the'stiell'wlth Wak. When tW rnultltude 'lind gathered he broke the shell and {iroducvd :the tiny creature, Which in a^p^r ^nQjgeoi^r^w^ to believed to be. Aesculapius, led a Kusy jyifo. He gay ft seancep, tojhjl Jor^nn«sJ. writing and .even spoke ^f^eely,' wlt_ the aid of the prophet's VeUtriloqulal powers. Alexander grew rich and pow erful, kept a small army of retainers nnd spies, wielded no little' Influence over tbe goverhment even at-Rome:and died at a ripe old agfe in the' fullness jbt his renown. What became of the snake nobody knows.' Probably ot the last the prophet dispatched the faithful creature to prevent the discovery,of his deception after his death.—George pur vey in North American Review. Kill The Kind Cat. t-'i A neighbor of old Mrs. Harrington killed a fine pig one day. He cut it up and hung the pieces In his wood shed. Mrs. Harrington's cat climbed Into the shed that night, stole a large pork chop and carried It home, to her mistress." The minister happened to call on tbe old lady the next day. She was Just frying the chop. She told the mluister how miraculously it had been brought to her by the cat. "And, oh, sir," she said piously, 'it was almost beautiful to see the way the sweet animal brought me the pork chop. It quite recalled to my mind what we read In Holy Writ about Elijah and the ravens."—Exchange. 2f The Courtship Gate. & We nave been shown a design for an upholstered front gate which segms destined to become very popular. The footboard Is cushioned, and there is a warm soapstone on each side, tbe in side step being adjustable, so that a short girl can bring her lips to the line of any given mustache without trouble. If tbe gate Is occupied at 10:30 p. m., an iron hand extends from ono gate post, takes the young man by the left ear, turns him around, and he is at once started toward home by a steel foot. The girl can. if she likes, set this part at a later hour than 10:30. —Jones County (Ga.) News. Gibraltar's 8earchlight Battery. For ships to pass around Gibraltar, England's and the world's greatest fortress, without being observed even at night is a practical impossibility, owing to the great battery of search lights arranged along the bottom ol the rock. A ship running either in ol out ruii3 Into one of the flxed beamt of light and is revealed. A moving beam of light then follows her until the lookout officers are satisfied as to her intentions.—Popular Mechanics. Clothe*. "Clothes don't make the man," quot ed a sage. "They made'mer said a retired tailor. "And where should I be if it wasn't for suits?' chimed In a lawyer's clerk. what he has been eaylaig. Spg Something Prom Nothing. "It Is impossible to take something from nothing," quoted the wise guy. "Well, you come pretty close to 1* When you take the conceit out of some people," added tile simple mug.—Phil adelphia Record. A wise man thinks before he speaks, but a fool speaks and then thinks ot 4 4 HAVE MANIT*. ADVANTAGES. Rapid City and Pennington COinnty present advantages ,r, $ 0" the homebullder unsurpassed. y-^iv* The country la prosperous, && TO INSTITUTE ELKS' LODGE 5 If SfO A New Lodge to be Born lif Rapid City on Friday, February 4. START WITH QUE HUNDRED Sunday schooU-lZto ms= Young People's Meetlng—0^0 p. Evening servic4—7:30. Prayer service—Thursday,7:30 p. m.s Subject Sunday morning, •'Christ's,, Mission and Our Mission.": Subject Sunday evening, "Christ-' Your Lord by Right of Service." 1 m. jo* T'l #1.50 A YEAR MEMBERS About a Year's Effort necessary to "J? Bring about Organization— Banquet to be Held. Rapid City lodge No. 1187, B. P: O. Elks, will be instituted in this city on February 4th with attendant cere monies at Derthick's opera house. Considerable effort liafe been put forth the past year to organize and many obstacles had to be overcome before the desires of those interested could be brought about. The dispensation, has now been received and everything' in readiness for the new lodge. Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler C. H. Dillon of Yankton will be here and. with the assistance of Lead, Deadr wood and Mitchell Elks will platit antlers on the first herd in Rapid Cltyi A banquet will follow the more for mal ceremonies and it Is probable large number of Elks will be here from throughout the Black Hljla.' The new lodge will have sixty-eight new metnbers in addition to those lo cated here who belong to other lodg^ ^v making the membership of tlie nevr^w lodge number close to 100j^t its Incep*"'! tion. As soon as the lodge lainstalled efforts will be put forth for' more members and predictions are freely made that 100 more will join before many months. Plank are being made for lodge quar^Is ters and a social club permissable to the lodge. Among those now mem* bers of the order are George B. Flavin^ Tom Sweeney, I. M. Humphrey, Chai. H. Phillips, Geo. P. Bennett, W. E: f\ Moore, E. F. Roberts,. .*41 H. W. Derthtelc^ Dr. P. J. Waldron, 0, W. Brown, Ja*»$ Boyd, Charles Matteeon, Dr. B, C, A' Brown, J. Beranek,. Pete Sweeney, Dr. 4- C. Redfleld. Morning- service-&6s46*k nttys-- 1 WM v| Baptik fchurch. Mnnth and- J. F. BLopemr, Pastor. Residence, 017 9th St. Phone, L135 Remember the union evangelistic meetings. Remember the place—Li brary hall. Remember the time— Sunday evening, Feb. 6, and afte* that until further notice. Five hun dred new hymn books have been or-, dered especially for these services. -SO Rev. Theo. Kissling will conduct Lutheran services in the city hall at 2:00 p. m. Sunday, Jan. 30. Speaking will be in German. Situation Is Improved- The people of the towns along the Milwaukee road between here and Chamberlain are breathing easier,, es pecially as there has been relief in the coal situation. Several towns were short on coal and fears were enter tained that the supply would be ex hausted before coal could be shipped^, During the past few days coal has been received and with ordinary climatic conditions is believed to be sufficient for all demands. W C, THEY LOOK FOK BIG MEETING Executive Committee of Stockmen's 'Association Held Session Tues '7-V day at Harney Hotel. The executive committee of the Stockmen's association held a meeting at the Harney hotel Tuesday after noon. Plans for the meeting here early in April were discussed to some length aud prospects for a big affair are considered flattering. There were present James Craig of Belle Fourche, vice president Frank Stewart of Buf falo Gap, secretary J. D. Hale of Sturgls, and I. M. Humphrey. Sev eral disputes over estray cattle, which had been referred to the committee, were taken under consideration and settled. Bills against the association were audited. Several letters from commission merchants in Omaha, Sioux City, Chicago, Kansas City .and other shipping points were read, in. which the writers expressed their in tention of being represented at the April meeting. Mrs. S. M. Booth of Custer and Tier daughter-in-law, Mrs. Mark Booth of Ilermosa, were in the city Tuesday. This was the second visit in twenty two years the aged lady has paid to Rapid City, although before the death of her husband her visits were fre quent. This visit was made at the instance of her children who were de termined she should come and have her picture taken. The ladies returned to Hermosa in the evening. IS*',