The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-07-15

Geo. Hcrreid has appointed Col. r.
q, Orr OF EYarts Il member Of the
Soldiers Home board to fill the vacan-
cy caused by the death of a. S. StuY-
cr.
When the little woman who pours
our coffee cleaned out the editorial
den at our ranch Il few days since she
totcd out to the barn several wheel
barrow's of the latest magazines and
periodicals. Any body piri.lg Tor such
reading matter car help themselves.
a democratic caucus was held in
the engine house last Wednesday
evening to elect delegates to attend
the Democratic county convention at
Pukwana today. The following were
chosen delegates: w. G.. Richards, p.
j. Qulrk, Charles Novotony, Ben Ry-
an, Peter Achen and j. j. Winn.
The White Lake Wave complains of
the small representation from Plank
linton on the Fourth, s'but the Kim
ball people more than made up what
was lacking, and when they have a
celebration up there we'll show them
that White Lake folks appreciate the
%courtery." All right, see that you
don't forget it.
The White Lake Standard last
week brought the news of the we'd
ding of Bert Sherman and Miss Mable
Coffee by Rev. Father FcinIer on the
evening of the 18th inst. The bride
is the only daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Bryan Coffee and has lived practical
ly all her life in Kimball. Mr.. Sher-
mans home is in Denver.
According to all accounts everybody
hereabouts and his girl is going to
Ringling's circus at Mitchell tonlor-
row. No wonder. 1t is the biggest
circus and amusement enterprise in
the world-bar none-and managed as
only Ringing brothers handle a show.
Its worth the long trip and the
money. a show like that lasts Il good
while on the memory.
The heaviest rain that has hit this
section this summer fell Saturday
evening between seven and eight
O'Clock. The shower came in from
the northwest and dropped 9O-lO0 of
an inch in forty minutes. Heavy
rains also fell an hour or two earlier
north and south. The rain has help
ed all crops wonderfully, especially
small grain and potatoes.
Notwithstanding June was a dry
month it was no worse than last year,
in fact better. The rainfall Of the
month in 1908 vas but Lib inches.
which was LA below the average June
precipitation for eighteen years. This
year we got ZIG inches. 1.2l inches be-
low the average. In July last year
the rainfall was 4.29. an excess above
the normal of nearly two inches-the
average for the month being 2.J5.
And now it's the packing house EN-.
ployees who are out on a strike. Be-
tween 10000 and $4,000 men will go
out. All of those at Sioux City, about
1000. walked out Tuesday and 1000 at
Omaha. The strike covers the entire
country, from New York City TO the
Missouri river. The packing house
men say they al hold a year it neces-
sary, while the packers claim that
they can fill the places Of all of them
at less wages.
George Reinke of Chamberlain met
with an interesting experience while
in 1ankton en- route to st. Louis with
the Sosth Dakota hand, of which he
is cornetist. The band stopped at
Yankton to give a concert and while
George and a companion were on the
way to the hotel after the concert
they were waylaid by highwaymen.
His companion, who is an old circus
man, struck one of the thugs over the
head with a music stand and laid him
out. The other one got a move on
him in short order.
The travel through to Chamberlain
on the part of those who are register
ing for the Rosebud drawing remains
about the same, if anything a little
increase over last week. Two extra
coaches are attached to the passenger
train both ways and the seats in the
coaches are all filled every night. The
local freight also carries an extra
coach every day to Chamberlain to
accommodate the people living along
the line from Mitchell west who want
to make the round trip in one day. A
good many who come from the north
part Of the state stop over at Mitchell
and go out to Chamberlain instead Of
going to Yankton. The distance
from Mitchell is the ame to both
towns. But Yankton catches the
crowd, as many as $500 registering
daily. Next week Sees the finish of it.
The drawing takes place the 2Sth.
It's mighty O economy to neglect