The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1891-02-20
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earlier in the week or else l shall be com
PEELED to move about 500 miles further
east, in order to keep peace in the family.
Let me explain. Under the present sys-
tenn the GRAPHIC does not reach its Salt
Lake City subscribers until Monday, Their
fore they are deprived Of the pleasure and
spiritual benefits that would be gained If
the paper only reached here in time for
Sunday reading. This want is particu-
larly felt by those of us who are trying
to raise our families in the way they
should go, and who would prefer to see
our children put in their time between
meals on the Sabbath reading the GRAPHIC
or the Bible, than desecrating the sacred
day by admiring the works Of art in the
Police Gazette. When Brigham Young
was alive he often spoke of this, and even
went so far as to suggest that it would
be a good thing for the Mormons ii the
GRAPHIC was printed semi-weekly, in or
der that n of the editions might be re-
ceived in season for distribution in the
Sunday schools. He always swore by the
GRAPHIC, and once said to me that he
found it q great help to him in his efforts
toward making life pleasant around his
large and enthusiastic family circle.
Brigham was a great man. He may
have had one or two little faults, but at
the same time his good qualities were so
numerous that it seems a little unkind
to ever think Of his few frailties. He was
we'll fitted by nature for the important
and peculiar part he was destined to play
in the worlds history, being gifted with
a we'll balanced mind and the ability to
conceive and execute plans that would
have staggered an ordinary man. His
faculties in the Lire OF craftsmanship
should have made him a leader in ma
tional affairs, but he preferred to build
up a little kingdom Of his own fer away
from the busy haunts of the common
herd, and had it not been for the demon
alizing influence Of the railroads he
would have had n of the grandest little
private snaps here that could be imag-
ined. Quick transportation facilities
made it easy for the government to in
vestigate his methods and divest him Of
his kingly power over the people he had
gathered around him, and the subsequent
influx Of non-Mormons with their puri-
tanical ideas has resulted in making life
burdensome TO the old-timers, whose love
for ladies' society wa so great that a
mar didn't stand we'll in the community
unless he had a dozen or more wives. No
doubt it was lots Of fun and all that, but
| sometimes wonder il the wives didn't
feel like starting a woman's suffrage
movement.
What's the matter with those fellows
at Pierre? Why don't they get a move
on themselves and elect q Senator with
out all this monkeying around-are they
waiting for one of the candidates to tap
his barrel? 1t seems as though they
ought to be able to pick out d man very
easily with such a large list @. candidates
to select from. The.drst thing they know
it will be haying time and all the Farm
ers' Mutual Admiration fellows will have
to go home and there wont be enough
left for a quorum. If they can't find a
worse man let them unite on John Il.
King-Dakota would have a boom il he
was sent away for six years. 1 make
this nomination on my own responsibility
of course, and without knowing whether
he would accept a one-horse Seuatorship
or not. By the way, there is a vacancy
in the Cabinet which he might secure i!
he is not too modest to ask for it. His
modesty used to be 80 large that it made
him tired to carry it around, but maybe
it isn't so bad now.
The last time l was in California bus
ness took rue to the pretty little town OF
San Jose. One day while walking down
the street / was surprised to feel a sud
den slap upon my shoulder, accompanied
by the s%alutation, Jesus Christ" Is this
you% l started to explain that it must
be a case of mistaken identity as l had
papers to prove that 1 was not the party
referred to, when l recognized in NY
guestioner Ex-Judge II. S. Dunlap, Kim
balls pioneer lawyer and land shark,
who used to help make it lively there in
early days. lie is now practicing law
and stands high in California's legal
fraternity, as ] found upon inquiry. He
took me to his Office, where we found a
roomful of clients awaiting him, and he
said it was that way all the time. As a
natural result he has succeeded in accu.
mulating a good deal of valuable prop.
erty there, beside a healthy bank account
which he informed me was growing rap.
idly. Horatio's Dakota friends will nc
doubt be glad to learn that he Is on the
up grade again.
I wonder how Try Weeks likes the new
paper business now that he has been Gin,
side long enough to glimpse Of the pleas
ures that come to a fellow when a-straddlt
of the editorial tripod. I wrote to hin
several weeks ago making inquiries on
the subject, but having received no re
ply take for granted that he is tiet
hand and foot by "a rush in the job de
partment",a publishers stereotyped ex
cuse for every direction. The last tim,
l saw 1ry. was in San Francisco. II,
came there to spend the winter and in
tended to buy a tract of land and start
town some where. Learning that tn
southern part of the state was most fav
ored at that time by boom-seekers he bad,
me good-by oneday and started by steam
er for the lower country. l didn't Sc,
him again for nearly a week, and then
ye gods! how changed. Trembling ii
gait, cheeks pale and sunken, he looked
like a candidate for paradise instead O
the hale and hearty picture of health
had seen a few days before. "Good-by,
am going home to die" said he. "Wha
on earth is the natter" I asked, as sool
as l could recover from my surprise
And then he told me all. Three days ant