The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-09-19

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Our esteemed contemporary is slight
ly in error inasmuch, as there seems
to be no str3ng ti-Raymond senti-
ment in Brule sounty. 1t would have
nit nearer the truth had it said anti
Chamberlain sentiment. The dele
gates chosen in this county go to
Pierre uninstructed with their prefer
ence for a good South Dakota mar.
Raymond may possibly receive their
votes, whether he does or not he has
had his eyes opened to one thing,
and that is John H. King cannot
trade Brule county for postoffces.
The recent disastrous fires in
Mitchell and Pierre should awaken
our people to the importance of
guarding in every possible way against
a similar calamity in Kimball. Imag-
inc what the result would have been
had q fire started on Main St. during
one of the hot windy days of last
week. The old saw tan ounce of
prevention is worth a pound of cure'
applies to all towns built up as Kim
ball is in regard to fires. Every store
should have from one to two barrels
kept filled with water. A barrel of
water will do more good In the first
five minutes at a fire than a reservoir
full will do later on. OF course in
time we shall have a FIRE engine and
lose, but we cannot expect that for
some time to come. In the mean
time as soon as the funds can be On
v%enieutly raised the council should
build about four large cisterns on
Main st. which could either be kept
filled by the water carried off from
the adjoining buildings, or by water
from the town we'll In case a fire
starts there cannot be any too much
water handy, and when a hand engine
IS purchased the cistern will be al
ready built.
The Republican County Convention met at
Pukwana Thursday afternoon. pursuant to call.
The convention was opened by W.. A. Scott, Of
| I-r~ II r. -.
chairman and w. A. Scott secretary. A commit
tee Ut three, consisting Of ". 8. Willis, H.. F. L.
Burton and Maj. Kellam, was appointed to ex.
amino credentials. The committee reported
double delegations present from three townships,
but tor the sake OF harmony they wero all admit
ted and allowed a half of one vote each.-The re-
port was accepted and convention proceeded to
the election Of delegates to the Territorial cor
v~ention to be held at Pierre on Sept. 18th. The
delegates elected were:
Amos Hiatt. of Highland;
Mark Ward, of Waldro;
Z. L. Drury, of Chamberlain;
H. Hickman, of Willow Lake;
W. II. Curtis. of Waldro.
The delegates present Mt the Pierre convention
were authorized to cast the full vote of the
county.
The convention next proceeded to the election
of delegates to the Legislative convention, to be
held ut Mitchell, Oct. 9th. The delegates elected
vero:
L. A. Footc, Of Kimball;
f. T. Ochsner, of Kimball;
j.. NJ Long, of Chamberlain;
T. o. Larson. of Tory Lake;
6. l. Plummer, of Plummer;
N. Fl Months, of Pukwana;
Ole T1iorson, of Pukwana.
Those present ut Mitchell to cast the full vote
of the county.
We are indebted, to our neighbor
the Index for the above report which
paper says: "The whole passed off
without any undue excitement. There
were two factions it is true, but both
voted quietly and determiuedly for
the men of their CHOICE" 1t might
have added, and the men elected were
the choice of the Kimball delegates.
For from all we can learn it was q
kind of a monkey and parrot time in
which King, Kellam and Henry
played parrot and had their tail feath-
ers pulled.out
Bro. Than complains because we
do not say enough about the Kimball
well. When the well was finished
the Register chronicled the fact, and
when report after report came down
here that the water was not good the
Register eve lisped it. 1t said
nothing about II of Warmers wells
going dry or that when a pail full
set over night how the top tasted next
morning Two of Kimball's bust
sess men have told the Register edl-
tor within ten days that the water
question was indeed serious at Kun
bail, that they could not use the water
in the wells, that they have to haul it
for from two to five miles, that
water was IS cts per barrel in
town and they could not get plenty
at that. One man said they had not
had but one pail full OF drinking
water in the house in four days, and
! that unless some relief come he was
| going to leave the town. Now Tinan
these are some of the reasons why
the Register has moi talked about the
well.-Chamberlain Register.
The above, with the exception of
one or two unimportant particulars
is a tissue or talseboods from begin
ing to end; woven from whole cloth.
and no one knowe it better than the
editor of the Register himself. Does