Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-07-22

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F. W. Warning returned the first
of the week from a visit to the st.
Louis exposition. Mrs. Warning
was left at at Beloit, Wis, for a short
visit with her sister.
Mrs. E. g. Corbett aud children,
OF Terrence, New Mexico, and Mrs.
10. A. Corbett and son, of Round
Lake, Mimi, who have been visiting
with Mrs. I'll. G.. Hunt and family
the past week, have returned to the
home of Mrs. Corbett in Minnesota.
Roy Bancroft last week met with
a painful accident at Erwin. He
jumped over a small pile of lumber
without first discovering an upturn-
ed spike on the other side. But the
spike was there and Roy suffered the
puncture of a foot which necessi.
tated the use of crutches for a few
days.
An Arlington man who attended
the circus at Huron had his pockets
touched" before he left the train in
the morning, and then fearing that
he had made a raise during the day
the light fingered gentry touched"
him again as he was taking the train
for home. A young son of Senator
Royal, of Arlington, val relieved of
a watch. A man named Bateen, lily
ing over the line in Clark county,
north Of Osceola, so we are told, lost
between $40 and $50 on the train be-
tween Iroquois and Huron that
morning.
The INDEPENDENT acquired a con-
siderable fund of transformation
last week regarding the summer
school for teachers. Instead of Prof.
w. l.. Lawton, of Chicago, pushing
the matter, as we reported, Prof.
Swanson, Mrs. M. L. McCarty, and
Mrs. G.. I'll. Sheets are responsible
for organizing this institution. Prof.
Seymour, of Arlington, is one of the
principal instructors. About twenty
teachers started out with the course
the first of the week. This is a move
il the right direction. A teacher
who will put in time during the sum.
mer vacation at study calculated to
fit them better for his or her work is
a teacher that is progressive and in
t~erested in teaching As a profession.
1t is this class that make a success.
The republican county central
committee met in this city Saturday
of last week to determine the date
of the nominating convention and
also to consider the method by which
nominations should be made. The
date of the nominating convention
was set for Wednesday, September
9th. The manner in which the
nominations are to be made was
then taken up. There is a consider
able sentiment in this county in fav
or of the primary system. A motion
was made to the effect that that
system be adopted for use this fall,
and the vote stood 10 for and s
against. 1t had been arranged that
it should require a two-thirds vote
for adoption and the motion was
lost. 1t was then agreed tn submit
the matter to the republican voters
at the ucu and If the result
should be a majority in the affrma-
tive the system should be adopted
and used two years hence. This
disposes OF the primary system forthis
county for the present and the nom
nations this fall will be made under
the old delegate convention plan.
Friday last was Ringing circus
day at Huron. The $50 train that
morning consisted of six coaches. all
we'll filled when the train arrived at
De Smet. About l60 were taken on
at this place, 60 at Manchester, and
more at Iroquois and Cavour. Stand
ing room was first at a premium and
then not to be had at all. All trains
into Huron seemed to be as well
loaded. But the trains carried into
Huron only a small part of the great
crowd. Ringling's ticket Office re-
ported $4,000 people witnessing the
afternoon performance. As to the
entertainment from the parade to
the loading of the last car of their
five heavy trains, we can only say
that it surpassed anything ever be-
fore produced by that company,
which, of late years, is credited with
being the greatest in the world.
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