The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-07-01

Much interest Is being manifested
and people are giving their lives t.
God. a cordial invitation is EXTENDED
to everybody. Come one, come all.
DIR. Willy was rudely awakened
"Wednesday night by Neighbcr Girls
void with the information that "some
thing was raising cain with his chick
ems" The doctor went out with
pitchfork and raised an awful stink
Polccat.
l. III. WEIGH arrived last week ii
Platte from Florida and was met al
the station with n brass band and :
large gathering of his former fellow
townsmen. If adventurer Davis should
return some day he would be met
with a barrel of tar and a feather bed
We've had our Fourth of July
spring chicken dinner alretty yet
Mrs. Edward Sailor left them at the
door of our ranch Saturday night
not for publication but as a matter OF
good faith. Mr.. Pole Cat got our OWL
spring chickens-thirteen of them at
one meal-and VIC then got him.
Whew! don't mention it.
Dick Halliday says that there is toe
much hugging to be had for the ask.
ing to Justify a So, 900 verdict to the
young woman who sued a railroad
company because a young man Rugged
her while she was riding on one of
their trains. We have been saying
for ten years that Dick Halliday
needed watching.
Col. j. NJ. Greene returned from
Chicago Saturday night. He succeed
ed in looking after the South Dakota
delegation-and South Dakota visi-
tors-so well-getting them all seats
III the convention when seats were
selling for S50--tnat the South Da-
kotanS drew up Il set of resolutions,
thanking Inn for his efforts in their
behalf.
P%iankinton and Mitchell both had
hard rains a week ago this morning,
while Mt. Vernon, half way between,
got scarcely any at all-and neither
did this section. But a week ago to-
night a nice rain fell all the way from
Chamberlain to Mitchell. A light
rain fell for about three hours. Nit
lchell and Plankinton both got 1.6O of
water all told. West OF Plankinton it
amounted to is.
y mad editor is responsible for this:
y little skunk not al large as a house
cat Il stink up Il whole thousand
sheep and trot off with tail over its
back. One long tongued lying Cos
siper can stir up a whole town and
beSmirch the faIrest character in it
and trot Off unframed. or the two
we would rather be the skunk, for the
gossiper is sure to go to hell and all
the skunk has to do is to die.
Armour Herald: The modest editor
OF the K1MBALL GRAPHIC would like
to have the maidens Of his burg dress
on the Fourth after the fashion of
Mrs. Astor at the kings ball, reveal
ing 1.-THE shoulders and back to the
waist" while Sin front the cut was as
low and broad as the most extreme
Partisan propriety could possible per-
nit There are many ways in which
to draw a crowd on the Fourth-and
yours would be one, dear Clate.
Ringling Bros. circus shows in Nit
chell Saturday, July 10Th. When
Forepaugh showed there last year it
was impossible to hold the west train
until after the performance, and many
got left. This time the matter will
be taken up by the editor Of the GRA-
PHO with the Milwaukee company in
ample time so make the proper ar
rangements-it is to be hoped-as
hundreds Of people west of Mitchell
will want to see this famous circus
aggregation.
The latest from Pierre is that if the
capital is left in that out-af-the-way
place another decade it will enhance
the value Of the twenty acres donated
for Il capital site by the. Chicago &
Northwestern railway. Meanwhile
land within a stones throw of the
temporary capital is offered at $40 an
acre. OF course it would be a big pay
ing proposition forthe state of South
Dakota to leave its capital 100 miles
west OF the line of travel to enhance
the value of something it never could
dispose of at any price.
If we were going to start IL market
garden in this country we'd get a plat
OF ground as nea the center OF Plank
linton as we could find. If it rains
anywhere between the Jim and the
Missouri river it rains at Plankinton
and when it doesn't rain anywhere
else 1T rains at Plankinton. The town
is located in a lucky streak. We used
to think that they guessed at the
rainfall, when the local papers would
note the amount of inches, but since
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