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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 28, 1907)
( 1 I D Black Hills Stockmen See Bright Future Despite Vanishing Range 1-1 1 - a 1 TIP flf(DBn(h 1 1 , . v- . iiiiccuui annual iiiumiiiik "1 I I Western South Dakota - Stock n 1 nnniaiuiiun n no uuiu a'. Rapid City April 8 to 10, Incltialve. The weather was Ideal t&r the uoceiwful carrying out of the wild west features of the program which the cltliens bad arranged for the occasion. It Is custo- mary at these meetings to reproduce many of the early-day practices and amusements ngagod in by the cowboy and the Indian In the pioneer days of the settling of the plains by the cattleman. In equestrlanhlp theso features are almost without Umlt with the cowboy and the Indian, so skilled and expert have many of them become from their life on the back of the cow pony, Cow pony races and what they term res- tee of the senate. It was discovered that cue races, where the. rider makes a terrible the herd law had been In existence west dash of 200 yards or mote, and as he turns 0f the Missouri river ever since 1903, when Ms horse takes' another rider on behind the code was revised by a commission and him and dashes back at the highest posM- the only law bearing on that subject was ble speed to the point of starting. The a trespass act which permitted the collec contest Is for the shortest time, by tlie Hon of damages for the trespassing of stock watch. In performing this task. From on private land, whether game was fenced twenty-five to fifty contestants are often or unfeneed. It was deemed unwise to re entered for these races, and the excitement neal the law. bn tt was evntlv what wn manifest by the thousands of sightseers when the second rider Bprtngs to the back of the swiftly moving horse as he turns In doubling the distance run can only be appreciated by those who have witnessed the axcltlng performance. New and novel Fritore, Handkerchief races, where handkerclMefs, hats and other articles are dexterously token from the ground by the rider while swiftly running his horse; exhibitions of " rldlng the outlaw horse or the bucking kSironcho In Its wildest attempts to dls Vinount the rider, foot races, potato races, f hurdle races, squaw races, etc., constitute v the features of amusement usually Intro duced In making up the entertainment program for these meetings. The riding of an untamed buffalo by an expert broncho buster was Introduced at Rapid City as a feV.ure both novel and new. 'street parades by the Indians In costume, feathers and paint and on horseback wan always in order. Several hundred of the Pine Ridge Indiana were In attendance. These people had a large encampment near the city and spent the greater portion of tthelr time, day and night, In entertaining the visitors with Imitations of the old time war dunces and other features of so ciety etiquette peculiar to the yd man. The Indian cadets, numbering several hundred, from the Indian school west of Rapid City, uniformed ln the usual mill- j lary oress, were present aim gave exniDi- tlons of military drill wlUch would do credit to the boys of any high school In. the country. The young Sioux Is rapidly being cultivated Into civilised habits nnd customs and out of the ways and superstl- tlons of his forefathers. It Is bard to teacn an oiu Indian new tricKf. conso- fluently they must bo permitted to carry to the grave their old-time superstitions and ambition for the war dance and Its mem- "'l'' . I The entertainment feature of these cattle conventions Is au .Important factor with both visitor and the. business Interests of- the town where the me'iin h int'eit . . .. meeting is neing neiit. It is made the gieatert occasion of tho year: It surpasses n celebration effort and exhibition Interent the Fourth of July. Ranchmen and their families attend hi large numbers and from long distances. many coming from more thnn 100 mllea distant, overland. The Fort Meade Mill. tary band furnished music for this occa ion. N Work none hy Ilrerfnrs. The association meetings are principally conducted by executive session the board of directors. Three days of active, interesting business is usually employed. In which the books pf the secretary und the records or the cattle Inspectors ure tor. ure gone U. In view of nd str.'y ,t- over by the various Interests adjusting the claims of lost a tie, where the brands thev carried were Such Unit these authorities fnile.1 t.i nlu.-a their Identity on to the aatisfactlon of the ponslble owners. There is at the clone of ch year the record of a great , many unidentified .truys that have raised through the hands of tho Inspectors to the credit of the association, hut ktlll awaiting final proof and Ideality by the ownera. ' Inspectors report South I'nko.a ranje tat. tie inspected during the Inst year tt Chi- cago at llz.u.0 head; South Om ilia. 106 $ hesd; Bipux CJty, 17.3J3 head; a total of JS,tiU head. Kstiays recjveied fruni tlK-ae at Chicago, 11A7 he;d. valued at $!'.J,7M Js; South Omaha, fc.O-fi head, value $.au,lM 9C; Mou City. I.Sjo hi ad. value rtj.72ai nmk- Ing a total of 3i.IJ )ad of cattle with a vuluatiou of K77.iiUi.Cl. . In th abovn sirxa 1(1i wire caught up at (.'hicngo from l. !p- nunu outside of Soutli LHiko'.a shipping points, thus most forcibly illustrating the ettKltncy tf InsiMrclion and the value of having a membership In the association. ProsHerna. S)ua..n. of Tre.aary. The Western South lakota Stock Growers' association snow, a membership of and a highly pionperous financial con- aitlon, there being in the treasury to the credit of the association, after all current 'expenses are paid, $ It. .'tits. The member- hip, while facing the realities of a rapidly fading range Industry, under old-time methods, are pleased with the prospect, of better price, for cattle during the coin- liig Tha BBoreury', resrt noted tha follow, leg fef tba Uut jff, from h CUcsgo 7 ; . A. BUNCH 07. RANOH HORHEB IN THUS BLACK WHSJS COUNTRY, ..' EIGHTEEN WAGKWLOAD3 ' OP TOOL BEJIN3 1 . i . r, . , , , ' . . , lnHpefllOO OI CM)Uin LWKUia . caiur: i no average price received for the cattle of jtw n i i r nifiiri iiin.il ni i ti eviuui jmi, except 1S90. Steers averaged . $45.44, cows, 128.47. being $9.81) on steers and $4.24 on cows over the prices of 1006. The ahip- ments of 1906 were 62,394 less than those of 1D05. but the. net returns to 'the range- men or me state rar exceeu tnose or tne previous year. The . Free Range Law. Ai the' last session of the legislature the most Important measure Introduced was to repeal the free range law, and put In force the herd law now In operation east of the Missouri river. When this measure was up for consideration by the Judiciary commit desired by residents east of the river, but It was amended so It was Inoperative west of the river, until such time as a majority vote of the residents of any county demand that It be put In force, and a petition to have the matter submitted to the voters jorlty the voteTof ,hS bZ thammla of that country must be signed by a ma' election. With this law, the ran semen of thiB district of South Dakota will have a right to graze on the unfiled portion of the New Developments in the Edison Talks on Future Wonders. N THE future Thomas Alva Edison plans to work untrammelled by commercial letters. e nopes o solve many a scientific problem vitally associated with human life, even though his discovery may not be a money making scheme. "For many years I have longed to take up purely si lontlflo Investigation," said Mr. Edison, "but there have been bo many things to engross my attention ' that I have had to defer, this kind of, work. For years. however, I have been making preparations for this taa. I have kept notes of curious exDerlmetiis hut Which at the time were only side issues. When a man Is In a laboratory working on a problem he comes across all kinds of phenomena; and he can't take the time to trace these manifestations to the'lr source, because that would Interfere with the task he Is wrestling with. He Is compelled to pot these things aside, ror.ir lie is striving for the commercial end of the business he must abandon the Ideal, unles that, too. will aid him In attaining the cpmmerclal tJ . . ' v ' " i m "These .Ide vista. Into the realm. , of science, however, have so charmed me that now I Intend to retrace my steps and strike out ln sea--h of the truths , that I know must lie St. jiewnrro ury uiiu , iiijt iui met horlxon." . ....... . Electricity will still profoundly . Interest "the wizard." because pf what. he baa al ready done for the utilisation of electrical energy. It la his belief that the world knows on'y he beginnings of what thla mysterious force can do for mankind. For one thing, Mr. Edison says that the trans formation of coal directly into electricity without the medium of the steam engine can be accomplished, and at a time not far In the future. At the present time, when coal Is burned and Its -energy la transmitted Into steam, and from steam Intn th Hvnimli force of the wheel, and from lha wh.i irito the electrical nower f dyn.mo. nine-tenth, of the coal's ,nPr(y ,s waeted. When a mean. I. found which will utilize the full power of coal. h ...... .v.- ....... .ill K rlcl1 tn Ik. . oil r1lrn train. IM be run bv electrlcltv. all factories will be operated 'electrically, all" lighting mill be done hy electricity. At the mouths of the coal mines great' electrical power houses will' be estsbllHhed' which wilt transmit power rtirrct to the great Center of In dustry. The cumbrous coal train will ba a thing of the past." Instead of the tons of fudl now hauled to New York from Pennsyl- vania, great copper conduits ' will pipe tno Power direct to the metropolis." a. Mr. Kdlon once nut it. Direct electricity would make It pn""l''ly, he uy, -to run an xnre train from New York to Buffalo ."" ,w" mml" OI "mi ana to anv. 10of-hore power steamship across the At- lantlc In three days. .'; IC'eetrtrlty and Stfis nm. In ten year, or thereabouts experis claim thM th motive power In usa on, all the Important railroads In this country will be electricity. They believ. the passing of the 'steam locomotive I. Inevitable. .Viva year. gu. says tha Wall Street Journal, electricity wa. only used for overhead trolley, and a few unimportant rxpertmen- tal attempts; today, our elevated and aub- way trains art propelled by it, and on tha New York Central mora than ft) electric train, pa., through it. tunnel, dally, Tha action af the Central In railroad Jectrifloa- tion. It I. believed, will be- followed by other roads, and. In comparatively few yaars, will make a .team locomotive a. unusual a Bight aa thf horse oar of a tormar aga, . . . : i : . . . , m THE OMAHA M -0 ra -.,, t, 1 , i' . , ' ' - ' r - ,-''.. 1 ' ' ' ' ? ,'." 3 ,'", X" DELIVERED AT EET.I.W FOUR CHE" WOOI range, untrammeled so far as .any state law Is concerned. ThlB association also secured a wolf bounty appropriation of $11,000. In relation to the numerous complaints that have been filed regarding the shipment of eetrays, not In marketable condition, anj jjgo tne charges made for shipment Df estrays, the secretary In his report said: "In my opinion co-ninilsflkni Anns should not be permitted to allow any claim foa charges for the shipment of an estray wlth- out the consent of the owner. If a claim la made for shipping charges allow thecoma mission firm to hold the ainbunt of tha claim pending a ettlement. but remit tha proceeds leas amount of the claim to tha owner and not hold the entire until tha matter Is adjusted." - amount Dlaposltloa of Stray Tattle. This reference is to atray cattle shipped, where the shipper luia a claim of charge for feed, keeping, etc., against the animal and wants this to be kept, out of the pro credit of the sale, to his credit by the com mission linn. Ills request Is usually corn- Plud wllh when the commission firm U "cvea tlie cUUm u lU8t and reasonable ollc' but where there is gcod reason to believe the claim excessive, It in held with he proceeds and turned over to the In- "Pector or forwarded to the secretary of ..i 0,,.i.i, i ,v,D, -JUpn Sm. f ron t VdJ Uere by the shipper, association and owner of the animal, if iha can bo found. t the animal, if .h can bo found. Th. reference tn the .hinment f ..t.rav. not In marketable condition, applies to ... Recent expert Investigations claim many advantages for electrified trains over those propelled by steam, towlt: They can run on C0.PT headway; they can bo operated at a considerably higher speed, and, If the equipment be properly designed and In stalled, are essentially safer than steam traction. The basis' of this argument Is that In case of a rear-erjd collision the pro . . v. .1.,,, 4:i, promptness, while there Is no danger from fire, such as is ever present and Invariably follows when a steam locomotive with 2.000 pounds of Ignited coal In Its firebox comes In violent contact with combustible material . 11Ke wooaen cars. Boiler explosions and absence of smoke In tunnels, thereby enabling enabling a clear vision of signals, are other matters of great advantage and Importance not found In steam locomotion. The running is smoother, and this eliminates the danger 0f broken rails through "hammer blows" 0f Bteam locomotives. Perhaps the prlnd- pa, aavantase or the electrically equipped tran ,g ,ho abtllty wlth Which Its power CKJ1 be cut off when danger Is Imminent. Jf a x ralor , , dnlwri locomotive to ts and then '-oniotlye t pass and then learn" of another train approaching In the opposite direction, he is Dowerless to . -.. - . .. uw. . . , .. BIHU avert a collision. By shutting off the power ln case the trains are electrically equipped, such a catastrophe can be Gossip and Stories About Btlckney and the Tailor. Mr. U CTlCirVPV ,n- .1 .. n the Chicago Great Western rail- n.jr, nun iiu!. miburr me popular description of a railway magnate . ... . , in ins iv auiiai appearance, says the Washington Post. He looks more like a'- well to do fanner off on hond.v.,h.n .1 m ,m . s " ..." mu""n"Ilc,"ar' A friend of ?'' Btlckney related this story and vouched for Its accuracy '" ou aney 18 notoriously careless In hl" dress, to the great annoyance of his wlfa and mily. "when he was .tailing east recently Mrs. Stlcltney got after him and made him piui.iiso io go to a nrst class tailor upon hi. arrival in New York and order a ... ol c,oln8 " ... - u uuuri, sia- tlckney to me in relating the Incident. 8 the morning after my arrival, I remem- bered the promise I had made to my wife about getting some clothes, so I dropped in tho ftr.t place I ca.me to. It wa. on Fifth aenue and seemed to be a pretty .well establishment. "1 walked about exsmlnlng different piece. of cloth, trying to make up my mind hat i m,,.i.i . . - . . -i-.i ...... ...... ... a uiBLiuauisnro looxing Individual arproached. In a very conde- scendtng tone he asked me what I wished. I was a little tsken abiick. but meekly .In- formed him that I had thought of getting some clothe.. "Mr friend." wa. the rply of tha haughty paiuge. "I think you ar in tha wrnns- shun. Wa a ra inn hian ..i.i for you. Doubtless you can find what you want over on Sixth avenue." "Mr. Stickney thanked the lordly tailor and left. .He .aid that It was tha Qrat and only time ha had ever attempted to order clothes of a fashionable New York tailor." Mr. Sttckiiey'a wealth I. estimated In tha neighborhood of tjj.0o0.oij0. TaUns" hrcrrtsiry Taft. 0 c ere tary TaXt, - too, is not avarse to SUNDAY BEE: APRIL 1 7 n. ...a : . :.i . . - BTORAOB1 VAIATBI' 168,0 'i ' (J0- 'J,;'?" -'. --'A .... .". .. , ' ,.-) si w v - i ' 'COWBOT -ON -A-'BUCKINO BRONCH6.J. ..n.,-n m iw. anBe "iiiho iniv be ZlZ with stray- "catU persistently sticking, tb thUr herd," .and the careless owner cohtem to let them stay. Deiievmg thre" l no' dancer of 'loslmr the-m until they become oT maxketable nge and rely- i . ; f . averted. The Interstate Commerce commission places, the . average cost a . mile for steam railroad operation ai o.. rjeciric- o, - atlon approximately averages $6.2S5. Were all the-railroads equipped electrically, on this basis. It would mean a saving In an nual operation of $260,000,000. Despite all these claims, and It will not be 'denied that there is something persuasive about them tt null ne the mi rt or wisdom ror n. roiirnni .v.t.m. tr, rteliw:ite n ell and earnestly on a transformation which would relegate .to the scrap heap the Iron horse. Rfiadbeds will have to be improved anil or ian art Vian Al Sa ato sal Jkf vrr nnorn t 1 1 n and strengthened before electric operation. with Its greater momentum and speed, can be safely ' attempted, and . particular attention must be devoted to the mntter'of curves.. (When these , things have . been' acted -.upon lectrlclty as a motive power rnay be' ushered In, but not before, The spirit of our times Is progress; it should go hand ln hand with prudence. Telephone In Japan. - In 1880 the Japanese government decided to undertake the Luildlng cf telephone lines, which were to be a government mo- nopoly, and telephone tervlce was first opened In Tokl and Tokohama In that n u ni.n.i... Hu, I.i,.r,nt. hart been ' made, the reach of communication Including all Important oltit-s. The system is under the. control of the smiling occasionally through, the cracks ln . u . it.i i t u,w . . - the statesman. ' . Bonis montns ago. relates Human uie, ne went to tho New Willard to attend a ban- . ... uuet, ana was met at tne door Dy a diminutive bell boy, who, priding himself nn thn rr,nmiilr.n nf i.hrliv onrt an rec0,rnitIt' occasion, approac "It's 'on tha ter hed the Talt crty with: tenth floor. Secretary Taft. but l'y tote you up!' Tha Jl.rAnnlln. tha rant that the Docket edition of a southern gentleman WaS -,a.ving- him toward the. elevator door, turned to a companion and remarked "I am not surirlsed that the midget of- Poel na wouia stna m ms own nana ferB to tote my iflS pound" UP ten .lories writing a verso or two from "Babie Bell" after the way certain . 'great and good' to herP assuage the grief of the afflicted friends liave been trying to boost me lntj th. supreme court bench." . . ...' ... - Then He vaa Bore-. . An actor without fund, managed ln some ws ; iu - get a - second class 111 kbi uii a line of steamers running between Seattle and San Francisco.. The Voyaut between """."" lu",u,,," ""V of three da'' and ln vlew ot twr ,act th1 M s nnahce. sere at low ebb. he solved j ; tha hust on In this wav The first dav - - out he day to keep -from eating. remained up all night to keep from "'eeplng. .; The second day he took physical culture eiicrrts. On the third, day ha coula nw ("and the strain any longer and ent down In the dining room and ordered the beat meal on board the boat.: While ""n lri ml n couia aea in ma mum s eye a picture of a ceil in the bastile In Francisco. After finishing hi. meal ne 'd to the waiter: "How much do I owe your' "Nothing." replied the waiter, "your meal, are Included In your ticket." Ban' Franclaco Chronicle. , TTmnt" .Vff'j ' ' The late Thomas Batjey Aldrtoh liks many another, wall known writer, had.num-. wo; - ,-rv 4 - ' t i WOUX INDIAN K.. OVER 8,000 SHEEP .. . . . , . ilia wholly upon the orana ror ineir saieiy anoT protection. An easy way of .ettln. rid ,f e.ray. been to rn fjn o wn . nuvuinii.m u- . the commission firm to sell them as estrays and turn the proceeds over to the Inspector Field of minister of communications, which has fol- lowed every Important Improvement In the telephone. Last year some S'v,'iuo nice- sages were sent, there being 500 public offices and 20.000 subscribers. i eiepnone cnarges.nie jixeu tt ntir. uu tho basis of the possible calls per year. A subscriber pays an extra charge for long dlptouce calls. To avoid all danger the government has In i" "'i- switchboard construction numerous d vices have been tried aa fast as they have bean, installed in European telephone sta tions. .. But the three prlnrlpal kinds In use h Btandard telephone switchboard, the .multiple telephone switchboard of the Western Electric company and the Man's telephone switchboard. These, with the exception of the second, are. with certain modlfieations, manufactured In Japan, and are even better than those which were first Imported. The manufacture of telephones themselves has had a rapid development, until today It has reached a fair perfection. ' Power House Seventy Miles Away. The nnenlna of the new electric road cm the Rochester division of tho Erie railroad last month marks another achievement of American Ingenuity In electrical railway .-tene fw tha flr.t tim atoms rdlinv - - - - . - --- - - j la uvlng- a single-phase alternating motor I ; it v 'r; ', I J i-. V for moving trains. Tho power conn-i from e'"Pnone company. The remaining 20,000 products under favorably established re Klagara Falls, seventy miles away. The 6re employed by the big commercial houses, clprocal relations. A resolution endorsing hotels, apartment houses, railroad offices, the o,.tin,. r n.inrv wiium in th. in- Noted People erous atories to tell of hta experiences with .... i ......... V. ..MA-a -t iiA I .. . , . F. ...I., to grant a request for his sign manual miivii ub wuovwi iiini n came jroin an honest admirer who desired It as a personal ., . ,.Tt loaen or tor nis or ner preierauiy nor private collection. It was the professional antoaranh hunter who niuiht a six clinnn of hia hundwrlting for commercial purpouea. awttlng pitfalls for the. unwary author, """V1" ' """"" .her .re 1100 telenhonea. In one of th r'd expressed a desire to call attention to O, toUCSk,ri! S S; iheTtaU dis! th. fact, that any unfair policy or agita lJU Z JTa ri mora than l.OX) telephone., tlo- against the railway, wll, certainly In- uted not long ago, he received a pathetio letter, in a woman hand, telling of the aeatn or a utile aaugnter ana auking the nousenoia. m. synipatnies wera toucnexi. and ha wrote out the whole poem and aent It on ita comforting mission. A few week. -lCr nc sow .uioaiapn uener s suoy the identical t a roun(, pr(ce c- ' ; ' Cortelyoa's Secretary. Vtnf ii-' O Weaver ' rirl.-nta imtaIupv tn Setretaiy Corteiyou, Is a veritable fldua Achate, to his chief. He has been with Mr. ss . ... . .. . . urioiyou ever since tne miter naa Keen a " . . . . . memoer or tne caoinet, nrst a. secretary 01 lne Department of Commerce and Labor, than M postmajtter general and now a. aecroury of the treasury. He accompanJe. j,l chief everywhere. Usually they lunch together and frequently at lunch the pri- Vata secretary I. seen to take out his note- h- s . n.t .,.Hh,u i. a. ,1,1. . talk. In a low tone. It 1. believed that Mr. Curtelyou took from President McKlnley the hint of tha value of having hl private secretary always In easy reach. When Mr. Corteiyou was secretary to Mr. McKlnley the president had a habit of talking to liltu at leisure moment, on .ubject. upon which me cnier magistrate was preparing a speech m'"1 tA by th, rneth,Ki tha work of preparation was mud le.s burdtusome to bottL ! f. ' w - CUIBF3 AT BAPUCIIK STOCK OaOWKS' CONVENTION. .V . f - ON SMI LET RANCH IN BELLE FOURCIIE DISTRICT. ' . . 1 . , 1 . . 1 n 1 M4tla am- or ia m raMwy u soc.atton after deducing eharg This coj - -T l M M . - - - In fact Is a violation of state laws oa in South Dakota there is a law that forbid . Electricity new system has been Installed on the main line of the Erie between Rochester and Avon ana on a nrancn rrom Avon 10 jwouni Morris. It covers thirty-four miles of -ingle track and is Intended for passenger .,,,..- v,n. hid triuiifuc-iii is u ment. A recent test was very successful. If this exnerlment is uccr.sMf nl the tern will be used on other divisions of the Erie. The syBtem has been 'developed In the' last three years by the Westlnghouse Interests, the engineering work having been dono by Westlnghouse. Church, Kerr & Co. Its novelty is found Jn the use of the alternating current Insteud of the direct current that lias been generally employed by steam railroads. Telephony In Greater New York. - Resolutions were parsed embracing fea Wltliin a radius of thirty-three miles of turee of general Interest to the member , New york c)ty ,here , Qne te,e. phone for every fourteen persons. Within dorslng the work pf the American National this same circle 25,0tt women between the Uve Stock association in what It has no figes of 18 and 26 years are employed in compllshed in the wajf of national legisla te business. These women arango for tha tlon ln the Interest (X the live stock ln "talk" of most of the business done in tho dustry nnd pledging Its continued support' metropolis. Their vocabulary 1b almost a for the future; a resolution endorsing tha brief as the "yea, yea", and "nav. nav" American Recltrocity league In tho work injunction of the Sermon on the Mount. "Number, please," is the sum total, on au overage, of the communications between a telephone operator and the'perBon on the line. Of the number mentinna kiwi o Of the number mentioned 6,000 are ln th8 direct employ of the New York public buildings rfnd others business organl- xationa These figures pldce New York In the lead in telephone communications of the cities of the world. London, with its telephone service. The number of messages hflnrlleil riullt. In V...I. i . , estimated to be r.ono.ooO. This is an average. xiuiuuh m iUe meiropoii- tan district is 8S!.0oi). and 1R2 "centrals" are eii im .i . . wniuw m mo uuy. in rnany big establishments there are as many telephones working as are. often found In lluc" lo,lmn a population or from 10,0u0 to 30,000. In the Waldurf -Astoria alone and the .yst.m is so simplified that a c.us- tomer can sit at a counter and order any result ln financial stringency and be gen article In .tock in any department under tha erally disastrous. They also expressed a roof. . desire to go on record that none but tho $ best of feelings existed with thorn for all Flertrlcal Note.. railway lines doing business in that locality - An electrical amiaratUS for milklna- enwa anri ennsrstnlated the rallronria for thnln has been Invented. The steam turbine Is revolutionizing steam power ana cheapening the cost of The smallest elctrical motor In the world can be carried in tha vest pocket or worn watch charm. About seventy different kinla nr .1. heating and cooking devices are manufae- tured today for ordinary household use. Tha 1.1.., i i '"" unvices are tha k.k oi. n...., "a -i mr-i . wuiuiuauun snav- ,n mu ""d water heater, and the corn PPPer. Shoe, can now ba shlned by alactrlcal Per; the carpet can be cleaned by tha Bum torct. An electrical dnlca for wlnd- ,ng lar8e ,own c,ocV' h"" al been placed on 'he market. tiv new luminous ire arcKliy .improve. the quality and efficiency of the arc lamps. Lamp, are made giving a. much aa 4.000 candle power or nearly five time JS'much a. the ordinary are Unps. Ths new type of electrical automobile does not depend upon a storage battery for power. A small gasoline engine drive, a ..hint, in ,,... .....nii.. th. -i trtclty fo'f the motors. Tlie new device .lmpllflei th. control said Improve th rvict. A . t. r. .hlnnlnif nut fi t st.ltn rnii Wlth ' ont the written consent o, the owner, . . " -"... The open session of this convention ws hel(i ln Library hall on Tuesday, where tha afternoon was devoted to the rending of reports of the various officers and the dis cussion of subjects of Interest to the mem bers of the association. The opening ad dress was made by Vice President Dawson, the welcome address by flranvllla W. Jones, secretary of the Rapid City Busi ness Men's olub. Mr. Jor.es Is a Texan and quite familiar with the ways of cattle men and made a great hit In his ability a a rtory teller, lenvlng the large audience In the beet of humor for anything that might follow. W. I. Walker, now of Council Ttluffs and oin-ume cattleman or tne macK Hills "nd thp range country of the northwest KPiTnlly. addressed the meeting by request on "Tho Prf'""n, P" Future of tha KniR Cattle Industry." Mr. Walker pre- flirted better times for the cattle business. but rautlnncd cattlemen to use better Judg. rnent "nd their experience of the psst as a ul,le tor tho future. Other speakera addressed the convention briefly on toplce of interest to the live stock Industry. of th association, vlx.: A resolution en- It Is carrying on ln the interest of tariff protection for our beef products in foreign countries; ' asking a change In our tariff schedules with those countries so as to .rt r,ru-.nt nnnir.n. nH .n nr correct present conditions and allow of the disposal of our surplus meats and ment tereat of the bureau of animal and plant industry and to co-operate with him In all matters for the benefit of the live Block ,nduBtr- was adopted. vt-. ill?.' d?!!. Jltf. 'T'! v. 5" 1 IT'.Wf ' I'i ' " ' f, ' ' d w the United State, on recent railway left!.. latlon and thanking them for their effort. m jn direction of correcting abuses that , . . . . , have been shown to have been seriously seriously against the interests of the producer, but deploring the violent and unfair agitation against railway companies in many locali ties by tha yellow pres. oT tha country. lure the business intereat. at all point.. efforts to improve the service and con- struct lines Into new territory. A resolution recommending the Depart- ment of Agriculture to pa.s some law that will place the unoccupied public grazing lands west of the Missouri river ln South Dakota under aome system of leasa that will enable the resident, to legitimately occupy them with their herd.. They also recommended to the Department of Publio Lands the crenJion of rrmlnir rliatrlnta In """" ,n8 creation or grazing aistricts in the section where these lands are located, the usa of these lands to be participated 1n by the re.ldent. first and the fees result ing therefrom to revert bax:k to tha county after the cost of administering ba da ducted. Other minor resolution, were pre sented by the resolutions committee and adopted by the meeting. Officers elected for tha ensuing year were: J K' Howard, president; II. A. Dw0n. vic president; Frank M. Stewart, secretary-treasurer. Executive committee: O. B. Lemmon, Albert Taddlken, S. (J. Sheffield, Eugene Hoicomn. c. M. Lamson. Murdo McKensle, I n . nH.m.n j w u'nii.m. run,. t Craig. W. C. Irwin. J. D. I'atto'n, reward; Stenger. William Reed, J. B. Haider. E. W. ThoAss'T. S. IrwU and J. "W, BUUasjt