The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-09-23


Ed jefferson has painted his black
smith shop. A blacksmith shop iii IL
small town covered with paint 1.-THE
shop, not the town is something out
of common.
Joe Koran drove to Plankinton
last week, from there to Mitchell,
and from there southland Tuesday
night he came back by rail with the
money for the ng in his pocket.
The following letters remain uncal-
led for at the Kimball postotlicc. AZ
ter fourteen days will be sent to dead
]teter Office viz: Mr.. i. Y. Rowland,
Mrs. Warren Smith, Rev. NJ. j. Ba-
ker.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Jones arrived
Tuesday night from SiouY City to
visit the other members of the family
on the ranch north of town. Been
some time since Arthur has been here
and we were all glad to see him.
The Ochsner Hardware company
got in pretty nea a car load of dry
goods last G ek-judging from the
number and size OF cases the dray UNI
loaded in front of their big store.
Should not wonder if there were not
lots Of pretty goods to be seen in the
store just now.
Our old friend, Dan Burkhulder of
the Chamberlain Democrat, has more
or less to say about "knocking" when
the phit seiZes him. Ii Dan will al
low us the privilege of his files we
will contine u arguments for Nit
chcll to the arguments he used in 1890
for taking the capital away from
Pierre and placing it at Huron.
From a stream the writer saw
squirting from Il fire plug at White
Lake Saturday the opinion is that
they have a good stiff pressure on
their water-works system when turn
ed on for business. The town has
just completed laying new mains in
the business section The work was
done by cantract and the %eNcavating
accomplished with Il machine.
There is Il Plymouth Rock hen talk
ing care of a brood of small. late
Matched chicks running in an cnclos-
ure by themselves at the GRAPHIC
mans 'henery" that is laying an egg
every day, and has been since her
brood was three weeks ola. She is do
ing this without neglecting her fami-
ly in the least. This particular hen,
by the way, bears out her general
style and makeup as she is a typi-
cal specimen of a good layer in APP
pearance.
Rev. c. T.. O'Elaherty went to
Armour last week to assist Bishop
O'Gorman in %dedicating the new
Catholic church, and preached the
sermon of dedication. Rcy. Geo. kel-
ley, the C priest at Chamberlain,
accompanied Father O'Flaherty.
Eleven priests IN all were present.
all young men, not one more than
three years Il priest. Four-tifths OF
the priests of this diocese are young
men, for that matter. 1t is the young
men that are building the west.s
Louis, the three-year-old son OF Mr..
and Mrs. Con Raish, died suddenly
Monday Of strangulatlop. The fun
cral took place on the day following
and was Tie largest in point Of at
tendance of any evc held for a child
in the county. 1t is a very hard blow
to the afflicted parents. None but
those who have laid away forever one
OF their treasures can know the an
guiSh that comes at such a time.
Years alone will partly heal the
wound. Words are useless in the first
hours of poignant grief.
Crab appies are a drug on the mar
ket all oyer the state, notwithstand-
ing they make delicious pickles and
preserves. a large number of trees
in and around Kimball have produced
heavily this year. The crol, of the
standard varieties of apples in the
state has also exceeded expectations.
There is NO longer any question but
what South Dakota can grow all the
apples needed for home consumption
though it will be many years yet be-
fore a sufficient number of trees will
be in bearing to supply the demand.
John Ellingsen and "yours truly"
talked chickens en- route to Mitchell
Monday. John is one of Torrey Lakes
prosperous farmers. He runs an in
cubator in the Matching season-or
rather the incubator runs itself while
John looks after his $50 acre farm
ard turns out $50 chicks out of each
loading with 264 fertile eggs. But he
had bad luck this year raising them.
Disease got in and took about half.
That is usually the case when too
many chicks are kept together. The
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