The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-01-12
The installation of the 1. o. O. +. took

The installation of the 1. q. o. i. took
place last Monday evening. Louis
Walker was installed N. g.. William
Quirk V. g.; A. R. Thomas, secretary and
A. W. Hannaman, treasurer. After the
installation the Noble Grand treated the
boys of the ledge to a nice supper.
The commissioners named the Cham
barlain Register, Pukwana Press, and
Index the official papers for tie next six
months. The GRAPHIC will, however,
continue to print the p%roeeedingsin full;
the only difference-and a decided one
will be that the other fellow will get the
money.
An exchange is moved to express the
wish that some of the girls who are
seeking to become bread-winners would
learn to be bread-makers. This Is all
very well, but tie bread-making girl is
of very little good unless she is supple
mented by a four-furnishing and bread
eating man.
Champenv Brothers of Mitchell will
con iinue their Big Sale, one half price
on all the goods advertised in last weeks
GRAPHIC, to raiSe money quick-Satur-
day, Monday and Wednesday, Jan. II. Ii
aud Is. Store closed on Tuesday. Won't
fail to come. Sale was $1,000 one day
last week.
The income tax went into effect with
the New Year. Every man or corpora
ton with an income above $4,000 year
will be taxed. Neglect to make a return
is punishable with a fine OF 80 per cent
and a false return calls for 100 per cent
Just keep this in mind, and the sooner
yon walk up to the captains office The
better.
The wife of a farmer by the name OF
Schweison, up in the northwest part OF
the county, mysteriously disappeared a
VI elk ago. and as she and her husband
hal had trouble. and resulting III thu
wife being driven out OF the house, there
was suspicion of foul play. ABOUT the
time the sheriff got warmed up to his
work the woman turned up among
friends in iowa.
The retiring county officials. Treasure,
House. Sheriff Morgan. and Commission
ers Wilkes and Shrake nave made 6
record with which they NAV wall be sat,
isfied. If fault has been found with any
Of them it has not reached the public
gaze, and We are confident that they re
tire from their respective offices will
the esteem of the people OF Brule county
without reference to party.
Coal thieves, henrOost robbers, ciothe
line sne:ks and several other species o
midnight marauders are about towl
this winter. Johnny get your gun. Al
item IN Il recent issue told OF the steal
ing Of underwear off from A. C. Whit
beck's clothes line a couple of weeks age
several parties have their shooting iron
ready for the coal thieves, and now S
II. Thomas says ten hens is all he cal
spare from his coop.
The Salem artesian well-in nam,
%only-16I0 feet deep-does not flow
although the water is within forty fee
of the top. The city has been at wor.
on the well three years. at a cost 0
$4,000. The last 400 feet of the well i
through solid rock, most OF it very hare
1t is the deepest well in tho state an
Salon is undoubtedly outside of the arte
sian we'll district. In many parts of tn
South, in Florida, Georgia, Texas an,
other states, the cities are supple
with Just such wells as the one at Salem
but of course by pumping.