The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-08-26

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lished in the GRAPHIC until the coun-
ty convention for $500, STRICTLY
CASH IN ADVANCE. From this rule
there will be no deviation.
The opera-house building looks so
handsome in its new coat OF paint
that it is a. real.rleasure to look at it.
The Ochsner company say they are
going to get at the interior pretty
soon now and fix that up, also. 4.t.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. j. Mccarthy, who
have been here the past month and
conducted a couple Of home talent
plays for Company II, left yesterday
morning for Oakland, Ncb., where
they start on the road with Camp
BELLS Comedians.
A naturalist says that If the world
were to become birdless, man could
not inhabit it after nine years. time.
In spite of all the sprays and poisons
that could be manufactured for the
destruction of insects, such pests
would simply eat up orchards and
crops.
DR.. Clevenger of Chamberlain will
leaye the first of next week for
st. Louis to attend the lnter-Nation-
al Dental associations convention
and will be absent about two weeks.
When he returns he will be pleased to
attend to those teeth you have been
thinking about so long.
No cattle or sheep will be allowed
to be shipped from here O: any other
station in South Dakota without first
being examined by a state inspector.
The inspector from this locality will
be stationed at Mitchell. This rigid
law was necessary to prevent the
spreading of the scab disease.
Misses JocyeVmZante, Nellie Rebcr,
Emma Waterbury and Messrs Ernest
Reber and Clarence Klousia we're in
Lyman county the first of the week
the guests of Nh. and Mrs. Harry
Ham. The young people had a very
pleasant trip and were royalty enter
tanned by Mr.. and Mrs. Ham.
Jos. Lunn, president of the Farmers
bank at Alexandria, committed sui
eide last week by shooting himself
with a shotgun. A Judgment was
recently obtained against him of $1,000
by a real estate firm on a land deal
and it is supposed that worry v the
matter unsettled his mind. He was a
farmer OF considerable wealth, sup
posed to be worth $4,000.
Plankinton is having some trouble
with It's water system. AS before not
ed in these columns, a big engine and
pump were recently installed and a
reservoir constructed. The pump does
not get the required pressure with two
lines of hose, and after several tests
the water mains are beginning to
make trouble. Two of them burst last
week under eighty pounds pressure.
R.. S. Moir tailed to secure Il flowing
we'll on his farm just east Of the Ochs-
ner ranch, though the water comes
within ten feet of the surface. 1t
could hardly be expected that he
would. The ~artcsian basin is we'll de-
fined in that neighoerhood. The ele-
walton is too high, as was demonstrate
ed in the Ochsner we'll. But MI. Moir
has a we'll that can't be pumped dry
and wind is cheap in this country.
The story is told of a meeting of
creditors who were trying to settle
the affairs Of a merchant who had
failed for a large amount. He insist
ed that his assets were absolutely
notbing-that his wife owned the
house in which he lived: that the
family farm was the property of his
daughter: that the store belonged to
mis- son.. 81 have nothing" he said,
Except my body. which you can di-
vice among you" "Well, shentlemen."
spoke up a Jewish creditor "now for
his gall"
The World is watching operations
at Port Arthur these days with alb.
sorbing interest. 1t is stated that the
Japs have lost IS. 900 men in the siege
so far, The Russians had about 20
900 men in the fortress at the start
and they are defending it with won
derful courage. On the first page we
publish the most interesting article
on the situation that has so far APP
peared in print. A reading of it will
give m idea of the tremendous effect
the fall of Port Arthur will haye ON
the war in the east.
dewitt is the Name
When YOU 90 to buyWitch Hazel Salye