Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-01-06

ton if he wants it.
Albert Mitchell aud mother, of
Illinois, are now residents Of this
city, living on west First street.
Miss Wilhelmia Brown has re-
signed her position as principal OF
the Hetland school and will spend
the balance of the winter at her home
in Madison.
Mr.. aud Mrs. VIM. Yeaman ex-
pect to depart for the state of Penn
sylvania where they will make their
their future home. This change
is to be made in hopes of benefiting
Mrs. Yeaman's health.
The Annual Meeting, South Da
kota Poultry and Pet Stock Associa.
ton; South Dakota Improved Live
Stock and Poultry Breeders Associa-
ton. and State Wool Growers Asso
citation, Mitchell, S. D., January 30
to February 4, 1905. A rate of one
and one-third fare for the round trip
has been made by all railroads 10 the
state.
AS a result OK the raid upon
stocks by Tom Lawson the Standard
Oil Co. raised the price of gasoline
three fourths of a cent a gallon. Law.
sen let up for a few days and gaso :
line dropped a half a cent a gallon.
The extra quarter cent still attach
ed to the price probably remains
as a warning to the public to be good
in the future. 1t don't make much
difference what happens, Johnnie
D. is in a position to make the peo-
pie pay the expense.
The Hetland New Era feels that
the report of the closing of the town
school because of the prevalence of
scarlet fever was, a rank injustice and
denies that there was a particle of
truth in the statement. The INDIE
PENDENT was one of the papers to cir
culate the report and we therefore
print the statement of the New Era:
"Some of the county papers report
our town as being alarmed over scar
let fever, and that the schools were
closed on that account. These re-
ports are entirely untrue and the
party making the statement in the
start made it we believe for the sole
reason of injurying the trade of Het.
and. The cases suspected were sick
but a few days. II is quite doubtful
If there has been a Ease here"
Mclaughlin Bros, the firm
dealing in imported stations are
working in this county. They have
sold one animal to a company
of farmers in Spirit Lake township
for $500 and are trying to organize
a company in Mathews township.
We understand the method employ
ed by the firm, or it's agent, at High
more was not attempted in making
the sale to the Spirit Lake company.
but each stakeholder gave his indi-
vidual note for his share of stock
subscribed. 1t will be rendered
that that firm sued a number of
farmers nea Highmore for the pur-
pose of compelling them to sign a
joint note in payment for an ami
NAL, after the agent had obtained
signatures to a contract by fraud, as
was proven in the trial before the
referee appointed by the United
States court at Sioux Falls. The
Highmore farmers won the case, but
it cost them $500 in attorney fees
besides their expenses. So long as
the business is conducted fairly we
have nothing to say; it rests with
each individual as to VIII ether. he
wants to take a share in SO high
priced an animal.
We hope that u legislators will
not neglect the duty they their
constituents in regard to passing a
law that will provide for the proper
taxation of local telephone exchanges
by the municipality in which the ex
change is operated. 1t is a rank
injustice to allow the state board to
levy a tax upon the number of miles
Of line reported and apportion the
proceeds pro rata among the differ
ent counties. The local exchange
is not properly a state wide system;
it derives its entire from
within the municipality in which it
operates and it should bear the
same proportion of taxation as other
personal property within that mu-
nicapility. We have an instance of
this kind right here in De Smet.
The local exchange has an income OF
$2088.00 per annnm from local rents
as indicated by the present call card,
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