The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1900-06-16

Planter hats alta bargain.
New crash for skirts.
New straw hats from S cents up.
A very neat assortment OF Valencia
laces cheap.
Montrose and Bantry Cord dimities
and F0mpad0ur organizes. A nice line
just received.
The latest STYLES in ladies', misses and
Oxford shoes in tan, chocolate,
AMI black, tthe Hamilton. Brown line,)
just received. Come and see them.
A new kind Of potatoe bug has put in
its appearance this season, a brownish-
black fellow about three-eights OF an
inch long, which eats the vines. The
new arrival also devours tho leaves of
the pea vines, and Injuries other garden
truck.
The musicale at the Presbyterian
church Wednesday evening for the bene-
ht Of the Ladies' Aid society. program OF
which was published last week, was a
complete success in every way. There
was a nice attendance, everything went
off smoothly, and all speak highly OF. the
entertainment.
Percy Tinan is pulling the bow oer Of
the Cornell freshmen crew this year. A
Syracuse daily, referring TO the personnel
OF the crew after a winning race with a
crew Of that city, says of the boy: Gilman
is a natural oarsman and pulls one OF
the neatest strokes of any man in the
'vursity."
The country east from Kimball for
thirty miles had a good shower Tuesday
afternoon, though barely enough rain
fell hero to lay the dust. At White Lake
about half an inch fell, while at Plan
kinton TX inches is reported. We are
glaf that somebody got wet, badly as
Brule county needs rain.
1t rains as easy in this country as in
any spot on the %globe-when it once
gets started. The only trouble is, it
takes it SO long to start-like the Irish
man who ran like the old Nick himself
to catch the train-he ran fast enough
he said, but didn't start soon enough.
An exchange says that an Atchison
young lady, who has gone to the Paris
exposition, is sending her folks a copy
of her dairy each day. This is an ex-
tract from the notes OF the first day after
sailing: ION transatlantic steamer.
Evening; took three pills before retiring.
Morning: passed an iceberg at Z o'clock
q. IN.
The lectures delivered here last week
by General Bailey (Tank Kee) we're the
best by all odds ever gizen in Kimball.
China is an intensely interesting coun-
try, and one cannot imagine how It's
story and the customs Of its people could
be better told. His museum of Chinese
costumes and curiosities is both costly
and magnificent.
Bookings Press: G. f. Allen. went
down to Chat6eld, Mimi, Saturday with
his two Oldest daughters whom he left
with their grandparents for a few
weeks visit. lie found the weather very
dry in that section, much more SO than
here, and the people were blue over the
crop prospect. None Of them were talk
ing of .dronth-stricken" Minnesota, nor
Offering their farms at a bargain, how
ever.
The prolonged dyouth made the stock.
men uneasy Of late and during the past
week there has been a great scramble
for hay lands to rent. Many farmers
have come into this county from Jerauld,
Aurora and Buffalo hunting desirable
quarters on which to cnt hay. Plain
field township, always noted for its good
hay lands, has been gone over and over
by outside stockmen in search of feed.
Oacoma Gazette: W. P. Smith, Cash
Ter F. A. Smiths bookkeeper, started for
Kimball, at which place he Will assist
Banker a. O. Whitbeck for about two
weeks, and will then go Plankinton and
act as bookkeeper in q new bank started
there by Mr.. Case. Mr.. Smith is of a
joyial disposition and while here he
made many fast friends. The boys are
sorry to SEQ him go, and wish him we'll
wherever he goes.
A farmsr-here and there who has had
no experience with creameries, expresses
a doubt as to their honesty. He should
understand that tho whole system, from
weigh can to shipping bill Of butter, is
open to investigation. One can easily
find out whether fraud is %perpetrated or
not. 1t would be impossible 10 cover
anything up, and under such circum-
stances fraud is very rarely committed.
A good creamery lisa blessing too little
appreciated in some communities.
Oldham Register: We noticed some
bronze grass that had grown from seed
sown this spring. The grass was more
than three times as high as native grass
that was growing nearby, and while the
native grass wat showing the effects OF
dry weather, the bronze was as green as
glass conld we'll be. We believe the
new grass is the grass for South Dakota,
but it may be$sometime before it will be
used to any extent, owing to the scar
city of feed.
1n,Type before the Rain.
In no other country under tho sun
could any kind Of crops stand a drouth
like the present one and live to tell the
tale. Notwithstanding NJ rain to speak
of has fallen In this section In 38 days,
all crops except small grain look we'll
and II q good rain could fall within q
few. DAYS, there would still be a fair croI
of wheat, oats andrYe. The cool wealth.
or has helped the crops stand. the lone
dry spell, and 1t Is really wonderful how
we'll potatoes and corr look under The
circumstances. Pastures show the want
LOT rain "a much ASs ANYTHING. though