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FORECASTS Today Warmer. Sunday Fair. South Dakota's Second-Oldest Daily Serving The Black Hills Suite 1876 VOL. 79, NO. 23 SERVING LEAD AND DEADWOOD, SOUTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY.

JULY 3. 1951 UNITED PRESS LEASED WIRE SERVICE Weather SOUTH DAKOTA Partly clou-cooler south- dy this afternoon; i French Evacuate Revised Defense Mine Tours During June Near Record Forest Director Asks Cooperation I se extreme cure in the forests this Fourth of July weaken. I. Discharging firework illegal and materially Uirreaes the danger of forent fires. Jack Kem, supervisor of the ack Hills National Forest, e-ftid tit-day.

Kem quests full of the public. Ife saiil that under authority of the Secretary of Agriculture, all lands of the lnitd States within the nation il forests of South Dakota, Wyoming, Nelrnska. Colorado and in the Rocky Mountain region are rlesi-l to discharging any kinds of fir' works. Fair and Warmer Is Long Weekend Holiday Forecast for Black Hills Black Hill skies wt re clear to- coach will be in the parade Monday for the opening of the Fourth day. of July weekend.

a east, warmer west; fair tonight; lows 50 60; Sunday mostly fair and warmer; highs 80-00. DEADWOOD HiKh temperature for 24 hour period emling at ft a m. today. 71; low 4a; 8 a.m., 70. Trace of precipitation.

LEAD Hgih temperature for 24 hour period ending at a m. today, 69; luw, 50; 8 a.m., 6X. Henninger Given Time Donald Henriinger, S'pearfish, chaiged wi'h cashing an insufficient fund check, wiil he arraigned on Ji ly 7 The arraignment was continued Friday when Henmnger appealed before A. H. Putholf, county justice, and said he wished The Deadwood municipal band, directed by I'orter Melton, will march in the parade Monday.

Meanwhile traffic fatalities in the nation mounted slowly on the first full day of the July 4th weekend, but safety experts said an all-time record for a three-day Independence Day holiday was, in sight. A United Press survey since 6 p. m. Friday showed 44 persons had been killed in highway accidents, four drowned and seven died in miscellaneous accidents. And.

according to forecasters, warmer temperatures can be ex- Normal business activity ill stop in leudwood and I ad July 5th, as residents celebrate a long weekend I mirth July holiday. All government offics, city, county, state and federal ill lie closed. The Ieael-wood F'oneer-TiiK and Ijead Daily Call uill not be published Monday. Despite unseasonal weather including a snow storm June 2. there were only 54 fewer visitors in June to the Homestake Gold Mine ur-face workings than the record-breaking year of 1953.

That's the report from Lead Civic Association officers who an- HOT SI'KINOS, S. I. flft Fewer tourists visited Wind Cave National Park last month than a year ago, Supt. Karl M. Semings'cn said today.

A total of 8, 399 person toured the rave lift month, compared with 10,750 year ago. Travellers through the park totalled against in June of 195S. nounced today that 9,084 persons registered for tours during June through the world-famous mine making it the second best June on record. Only two states were not represented. New Hampshire and Rhode I dand.

In addition to the 46 states and the District of Columbia, persons f-om three U. S. territories. Hawaii, Alaska and the Canal Zone, and 10 foreign countries toured the surface works. Smokers were urged to use extreme care, hern uarned that fire may be built only in grates at camp ground sites.

No open fires lkre Wheat Allotment Lower Than 1954 WASHINGTON it'I'i The Agriculture Iiepartmen' Fiiday set South Dakota's U'aa wheat allotment at 2.775.563 a (Imp flora the acie.ige tills year of ltil.fiKtS. The allotment was the highest among the major wheat- CIVES BRITAIN NEW PUNCH The Royal Air Force's new Meteor T. 14 is shown in a power dive over southern England. Britain's air ministry describes the Meteor as the finest night fghter that exists. It differs from earlier Meteors by the clear-vision cockpit canopy (or pilot and observer, the altered shape of the tail fin and other aerodynamic refinements which have as yet not been disclosed.

HANOI French forces today evacua'ed Phil Ly, southern anchor of France's revised Fled River delt.i defense line, in the face of renewed assaults by shock troops of th ee elite Communist divisions. The whole Day River Valley 30 miles south o' Hanoi shook with tremendous explosions a French army engineers dynamited hug stocks of munitions befoie pulling out of the vital ana. The Communist artai ks hefran in the morning but the em-my forces withdrew after the first asault, taking 200 of their dead and 200 of their wounded With them. "Die evacuation was ordered immediately after French tanks and smashed the reb-1 assault shortly af'ernoon. Phil I.r Is barely I rn 'es below Hanoi.

The High Command dec d-ed the fortress city eoiu 1 no longer be held in view of the apr-ioach of the thr ee cr.o rli isions and ea.se--less baifae-s from enemv emplacements on the limestone cliffs just across the Itivc-r Day. The bridge spanning nver at Phu Lv wa. blown up. Phu Ly had been pected to become a major po---t in effort to hold the a- i -h, came after the Red thi ust at the shrunken Fr det'ens- Fiance had i.i.- nvne than square noies of 'he Re, River delta to the (Vnimiini-t Vi't Mmh earlir this week almost without firing a shot. Thousands of T'nion troops who had just fallen back on Phu Ly after e'.

a uatirig the sou'h. ern provinees lagan r.orth. Four members of one family pected Sunday with highs of 80 were killed when their car collid-t' 00. Early morning readings of eJ with an empty bus near Mah- in Lead and 70 in Deadwood wah, N. early today.

time to consul' an attorney. Lords were set at $Toi. Butler Service Set WASHINGTON 'IP A biief funeral service takes plac here today for the late Sen Hugh Butler started what promised to be a typical summer day. Sioux Falls had the highest mid-morning reading in South Dakota with a 77. Rapid City had Planned activities in the Hills Cousin of To Attend Wild Days Bill oj '76 i R-Neb.

i his body is sent Pawing sta'es. Those with high by train to Omaha for bin ml Final services fur the 7ti-ym old Republican will be held at Omaha By AMIIJj; VI II I. (Deadwood Editor) your own. we can refer you to the company that makes "As for the rest of this co.tumr. Traffic accidents were expect" to start climbing today as millions of motorists set out for beaches, resorts and vacation spots.

The Safety Council has estimated that 40 million cars will jam the highways during the holiday. Fair, hot weather over much of the country swflled the motorists' ranks. A 100-degree heat wave baked the South from the River into Alabama. It was almost as hot in parts of the Southwest, and 90-degree readings were common from the Rockies to the Appalachians and as far north as Northern Illinois. Tuesday at the Fir Congrega'ion-al Church.

Burial will follow alongside Butlers wife and twu Back to Deadwood Oil, August the majr portion of it comes from will come James T. Butle-. from Kennedy', costumes Hickok er allotments were Kansas. No th include the Black Kills Round-Up Dikuta. Oklahoma.

Ttxa Mon- at B-lie Fourche, the Elack Hills tnria and Nebraska. Open Oilf Tournament at Dcad- The state allotments will be wood. Softball and baseball gamts. bioken down into county and then I See Spoiti Page for I individual faira allotment so each Many De uhvood and Lead per- fatmer wi.l know his own planting sons Will go to Belle Fourche to allowance before he July 2.1 attend the Round-Up. The Days on next year's control program, of '715 will be presented by the Faimers must vote for acreage old Deadwood stage coach com- controls to receive Pine support plete with driver, riders ar.d pas Minnesota had the largest repres- his job a superintending engineer wa, an" immaculate d-esse and entation followed by South Dakota, at the postoffice in Peona, III.

But Hildreth Is Elected MOBRIDGK. S. IP Richard A Hildreth, instructor at Blirk The association also announced to- this year Instead of a watcher, he day that. as Is the custom in past will be an active participant in years, there will be no tours on the parade which features the lirst Sunday, the Fourth of July. It is two days of the annual Days of '76 the only dav through the entire celebration.

Aug. 7-8. costume. The stage sengers runs learners college, tuts o-en next year. elected executive secretaiy of the The total of million acres ui tours are not con- summer that He has accepted an invitation to South Dakota High School Speech lot'-d to all slaeg is the minimum Butler has the Prim Albert coat, the fancy yellow vest and the butterfly tie that Hickok affected.

"L'p in South Dakota where the Badlands are, there are also a number of attraction for August. But the biggest event will be the killing of Wild Bill Hickok followed by the 'Kangaroo Couif trial of his assassin. And the man who will have the biggest and best time of all will be Wild B.U himself Jim Butler. ducted. Assn.

m-t by law Man Claims Shrine Circus Arrives Next Week For Four Deadwood Performances Nebraska Governor Names Omahan to Senate Seat LINCOLN. Neb. 'lf Sam P.eynolds Omaha Republican and coal company executive, was appointed to the U. S. Senate today to wrve until November in the seat vacated by the death of Sen.

Editors Arriving Next Week Self Defense Salem Accident Causes Fatality SALEM. D. i CP i Adolph H. Kemper of Sioux Kails wa injured fataliv and o'her r- -sons suffered n.inor- ir-juiie fv.ir for the safety of his family was the defence of play "Wild Bill" Hickok, hig sec-ond cousin, once removed, who was killed in Deadwood in 176. He wrote the Pa of '76 Committee that he would arrive on Aug.

5. and would be accompanied by six perjona. "I am also looking for a very representative crowd Iron Peoria. 111.." he said. Butler visited Deadwood last year, ami has been here several times before.

He enclosed a story from the Peoria Sta-. written by Theo Jean Ahrends which describes the summer festival in lJe.nl-wisxt nnd Butler's part in it. "It was Wild Bill's mother-Polly Butler whose brother wa the grandfather of Jim Butk-r." Butler. Robert Crosby announced A'ldiew Three Stars when he Hutn own behalf in his Pennington Jail Escapee Caught RAPID CITY. S.

I I'P i Kail Ba -ton. 4'. who escaped at knife point from the Pennington County jail here June 2.1. was Friday at Billings. Mont.

Barton, who escaped bv threaten- the appointment of Reynolds at a meeting here of the Republican tnil in I-Vdeial t'otiit He is accuse. of fa'ally Pphaids about 41 a (j'lai'! at Three S'ns on the Ridge Re-s-r vation. O' t. 1. lf't.

Three S'ai said Friday afternoon he became frightened when P.ji'nrd-i an! Herman Winters of State Cc nt-al Committee. Mayor Ewing Proclaims Deadwood Marine Week dav afteinisir. in a two-car coi.i.-; -n eight ar.d one. half mile est of Silem. Ii on S'a Hirta.r Kc-mper was dead on tl McKenrrin Hospitil in S.o:; Hlghwav paticiln.vn M.ivnaid tu lahl and Don tla-acci-le-nt occui ied as Ken per pulled his car fiorn a 'I: onto the His car colhd' with an tl'i-driven bv I'e'er -is'offei son Big Sandy.

lit an. his wife and thi ee -veai -oM and vear. old Mis Kiotna The Deadwood Chamber of Commerce will cancel its usual Tuesday luncheon. A dinner meeting will be held in the evening for the newsmen and women who are in the- Hills this week on the Black Hills and Badland tour. The new group will arrive in Deadwc-ed Tuesday afternoon about 3 p.m.

for a tour of the Adams MUM.em. the Broken Boot Mine, a reception, and dinner as guests of the Das of 76. The time and place will be announced later. Chamber members aia aked to make reservations at the Chamber office by noon Tuesday. The editors will spend three nights in Deadwood, arriving here Sunday.

On Monday they will go to Belle Fourche to attend the Round-Up. Transportation will be provid iN'adwcHil Mayor R. L. Ewing says the story in pa-t. "And this mg tne jailer wnn a hmie.

was will not be Jim first tr ip to the tra ed to a Billings hotel after he dramatic Black Hills aiea nnd had been identified as the man who the festival. Last year he served cashed a payroll check who had on the Jury that 'tried' Jack Mc- been stolen late last week from Call and he had been there several the Evenst iarry ottice ear times before. Last year he was here. the commum'v. were fig.itmg hil a proclam ition de-oign- in his The Mi lick him with ann(J thp JuIy 5 July a hoe whi he took away fiom United States Marines Week in thein and threw it up on the -oof.

Deadwood. quoted in the Deadwood Pioneer- i Times daily i which earned Wild Bill Hickok sketch on the ma.t-headi as being opposed to moving Hickok body from Mt. Moriah H- did not ary resistance. Local authorities were notified that Barton would not waive extradition to South Dakota. The payroll check was stolen along with a truik from the Kverist yu.u-y while local authorities wete searching the countryside around h-ie for Ballon.

The ed by Deadwood. Tuesday pro- cemetery at Deadwood Says But-'They've concreted the gram includes a trip to Lead, the )er now In the proclamation. Ewing said of Wolf point. Mont all I Deadwood was privileged to join minor in tni-s. the nation in paying tribute to The death, which occur ie 1 i' the Marines He respectfully uiged before the beginning of the long that all Citizens "join in the ob- of July weekend, raises the in every appropriate way.

South Dakota -rattle fat, so that all Marines and Marine toll to That's three rmeie deaths vete-ans may know that ie- than recorded bv til's tim-- last member and are grateful for their year when the final total of set gallant servrces on our behalt." a new year 's recoi-1. Brief World News Review Ho-mestake Mine. Black Hills Chair it tomb into the ground now. can't be moved." truck later was found abandoned nrm win oe -Mrs. nuuer aim uieir He gt his shotgun and entered out.

thy fintillv and he them out loois. the loaJ-el shotgun in his hand. They away, stopped, and he thought the-y weie nnng back. He ordered la in to keep or he vo l) I shoot and when was ch.tiienged to shoot he did so. Rich-aids died 1'ter in the night at a M.iitin hospital.

Three Stat- said he had spent a 1 elite po of the afternoon in the i.ttice of ti FHA Martin, and dc that he had been drinking ail af.c in 1 Mai tin bar. c.imer-in Kennedy FHA agent, of Mir tin. sir Three Stars had tv-e-n tn h.s ofn. duung the after, riton and tiiat lie as not intoMcat-c 1. Three had not completed 1.

testimony when court -ecessed near Gillettt. Wyo. Barton was being held in jail on two oldest pran1 -hilrirvn. Jewnnct-t anil Sha-on Hutlrr Thev will leave Aug. 2 for th, 1000 mile drive anJ DurPIaT l'g to Deadwood, arriving in time for Lift, Spearfish Canyon.

The editors will leave Deadwood Wednesday morning. On Tuesday night after the dinner they will be guests at the Trial of Jack McCall in Deadwood. Speeder Is Fioed Paul H. Dinger of Rapid City appeared before Police Judge George H. Wolfe this morning and paid a tine of and cost.

He was arrested June 26 in Dead-wood on a charge of speeding and careless driving. He was given until July1 3 to appear. lion to the- "i nwnunists the j'ast adrnimsti ai cif a "policy s-. icn ici the i or.ference tat'Ie f'lRf'I'M FEAT! RE One of the features of the Pola. Bros.

Snnne Circus this year is th icNkc-'. car d.ircdev.l. Crsse ami other will how their stuft at matinee ai.d peiformsmes Wcdnc-sday and Thuisday at the I'eadwixsl Amusement Park. WASHINGTON IB The Weather Bureau says a large part of the coun'ry is in ft- hotter than normal weather duiinc the next 31 days. The bureau predicted in a long-range forecat fhat temperatuies will go abov normal from the Appalachian Mountains to the Great a rehearsal or sue important matters as trying on the Hickok wig.

"Wild Bill woie his hair shoulder length and the secretary of the executive committee, Nell Ptmgoue, thoughtfully included this comment in her letter. 'In regard to the wig. ours will no doubt be suitable, but William Demerly Dies at Murdo Funeral services for William Demerly, 62, long time resident of Deadwood, will be held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the IPi The World Co mini a st o-c ti to "Till CHICAGO of Chinch er writing rc Fr. i.iv afernisin He will continue Dmde Ro.kl,s with Tuesday He is represent nietiio' a Fit 1 if you would feel better renting Wells Funeral Home in I adwood with the Rev. William R.

Noll- tereste person-." t-i the of f.irh Chicagei. A Er more than i sembly coir.mif mann officiating. Burial will be in Oak Ridge Cemetery under the direction of the Wells Funeral Home. CbamiuL JhsL (Blade MILl I bitrn night Chi. 1- A- "espec ially'' high readings efet.

ed in the Central Plains and Ohio Valley. LAS VEGAS. Nev. IP A handsome Air Fo-ce colonel from the Pentagon was held today on suspicion of burglarrzrng hotel loums "for a thrill." Police said the colonel. Robert H.

OiT. 36. adinitted "doing it for a thrill" when questioned on part of the accusal tors. other charges the said. Or Ui anes'ed Friday after guests at a hoel to.d rsdice they fuipnsel him in their rucm.

After engagements in Salt City and Jd.chii the Shi me Curtis conies to Deadwood next Week. The nationally know Polae BiT)i. Shrine Circus will give n.i- Sexea large hate beea installed by the Niij-I Temple I Miformed HcmIv at the IteadwcccMl Aniusemenl Ctrl. They will be used for the remi-ing INilack Krs. ircint on slaily by the hriw.

IJght also haee be-en installrj trr the seats In the grand-sluml aad MHr I fr I nuere liirhls hiI in u.Hlrr trawl slant. The iirUllalH pe-r-KaiMut and will be- iciiUMr leer ritir prpnse-, ftaiide I -vW-r. menihrr eel the Naja re-oi milte-e in charge 4 I be in us arranKenteais. ftaiel. el by poswe.l Bottum.

Sturgis. de fe nse witnesses were EI-h H.k--. Woodiow Ward. William Po-i h. Kennedy and Lyle Krar i Befoie rcsnr-.

tiie government examined additional witnesses: Phvllis and Franrme P.ichar-ds, daugliTeis of the ri. ad man I.e nij.te. Wayne Bunc Rob-ell Steve-n, and Heiman Wintcis on re; all. Repicse'rintr governmert are ci h.ei is r.istn. and Ken --an.

assist- El-a P. a. I'll, young Pine wall sjend th-ee in a ra for auti tt i as i cor, F. P.v We pie.gnm and will all Deadwood VTh the lew. e.n as pr eyentetl in the I 'igeM in the ccH.nry.

Matneea will be timed for 2 15 and night shows at 11 Rcsc -vd ser'ts for a'l show aie rc-w on s.cle at the ticket bth r.et to the riamts-r of Commune ollne in tieadwocHl. Headit it the linif list of acts is Ci e.ei-e. the locfcc'. driie de il who i masirg hr f.i.-t Aineiaan tour tins year with cc-m Ci-s-i drives a powe tul ii'en i'h ar dow a ane. dashes into an.l fit i a n- e-e setmir.et sais't lar-lirg in a i trie st-.

li ha.n I is tn i.cl.d lltl Kl.cils-r i tea: lth il'cs ks bl tl.e sloi t.p.k th -is Tic Le-s Cc-iald fnen Frar.ce luir.g aer cl elouble lap 7,. a i the Till' en are 'I wmf 'o Poodles Hanncfuid and hi lidirj f.inoU- apf WASHINGTON IP p)o rr.e nt in go i ed d.iii' May for r'i'nr Sen Ha 'i i ic iv 2 5 'te i in go-eirmcrt a lesj, than ir. I LITTLE LIT! bv Ie! Judge eje-orge NEWELL The annual 4 But. leases in the Elbow Hill vicinity jr. Demerly died early Friday te Lawrence botany tour will be north of Edgerm.nt.

encountered a morning at a Murdo hospital July Members will meet nice quantity vt good uranium ore lowing a brief illness. He was en-at th F-uitdale picnic grounds for In his mining operations. route to Deadwood by bus from 2 hour program and will start Canistota. Upon becoming ill on a field tour immediately after NEWELL Joe Stevens, July Thursday everung he was tscken lunch. Les Albee.

range manage- 1. mcceeded Felix Busse as man- to the hospital. The body was lenient specialist will head the tour, sger of the Newell Liquor Store turned to Deadwood by the Wells and longer hours will be in effec t. Funeral Home. HOT SPRINGS Construction according to action taken by the He was born June I.

1S72 in on V. 1 is complete sccording Newell City commissioners, now Benzie County. Michigan. Befoie to T. Ralph Mattson.

director of stockholders of the Newell Liquor coming to Desdwood some 25 the Chicago Black Hills Highway Co. years ago he lanched in the Sul- Associatkm. The su-facing of the phur area. During his residence section between trw Fall River HOT SPP.INOS The First here he operated the Fairmont County line and Oglala has been National Bsink of the Black Hills Hotel until about 1913. He bought completed.

purchased three lot recently which a cabin camp at Canistota the are expected to be used for the same year and began operating It CUSTER Dr. F. E. Manning, construction of a new banking about 1917. Custer, was reelected chairman of building.

He is survived by his ton. Bill, Oijrfer County Republican 0un- daughter-in-law and grandc h.ldnn ty Committee. H'i HoadUnd was NEWELL The alfalfa weevil (nnie. 4 and Sandra Ann. 7.

of reelected nre-char man and Mbr. is attain taking a heavy toll on Sturgis: two sistris. Macsrie Halle rayton, secretary treasurer alfalfa in this temtorr and where les k. Flint. Mi Nellie McMillan.

firrt weie delayed on in- Beulah. M.ch and n-e broth' r. KtHiEMONT A report came in festcd fields, hay quality has been Archie IVmerly. Beulah. Mich, week that M.

He-ron. Genrg. Kewrred Ea-dy spcmJC sprayed He was preceded in death by his sjcb who hold- several uranium field show very little damage. wife, a br'itrVr ar.d a sister. had phd g'liKv i Me the chaige i.te.i from the cleafh cf old daughter on following a drinking par- wht time and msht shows at the wood Amusemer.t Pal and ThurrIay For four years the Shrine DENVER.

Col AUlai E. sai fs nw. sh.Kild strive to make the Republican administration a success rather than gloat ovei its difficulties is a time i' peril. He told more than Colora.io tVmocrats at a a plate lun Fiday that the situation "is far tesi rtilnua Ui as De m.e etafs to gam any Kcti.sfa. tion from it WASHINGTON TP Vice Pie-lde-nt Rjc-hard M.

Nixon ripped n-to Demo ratic foiTicn ag.un Fndav night and said the Tr.man a at. on helped i il. Ma' tv. 1 white 'K a Tvj" tun has visited Rapid O'y and and pMVcd til Clirf-le Ttl Irit ne-e Commissioners to Meet 1 hv I lie I f1- the Naja Temp'e Unif.nied P- 'y i J- lien rc, he tiK isit l'if 'f T' i c-n circus go-s to fsd ti'y f-r eicte l.nicv annul three ea rv 1 Thu'y aet are the rew r', n-l i an County V. r.d Tie.sdav.

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