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Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-06-09

lay about in their different places Of
employment, enjoying tine sunshine. at
1890 o'clock the whistle from the saw
mill screeched its warning and before
the C had died away across the
river the noise OF construction was in
the air.
On the west bank OF the river the
engine driving the pile driver puffed
out a volume OF smoke, the immense
hammer ran up and dropped with a
thud.
There was something wrong with the
pile driver in the middle of the river
and the form OF a mar could be seen
clambering UP the ladder to set mat
ters right. From the warehouse on he
shore the stentorian voice OF Mr.. Drum
rose and in a below he desired TO know
what was up.
Someone standing on the scow on
which the pile driver hoated gave back
answer in the language OF the Mis-
souri, river. A IA put off from the
shore and a man In the stern stood up
and, making a speaking trumpet of his
hands, shouted instructions. Evidently
his opinions concerning a man who
would try to work a driver when the
were -"jim-Jammed" We're not
complimentary. Before the boat could
reach the pile driver the man on the
ladder waved his hand and began to
descend. A second later his engine
also pufscd forth smoke and the steady
''thud. thud" OF the failing hammer
kept time to the buzzing OF the saw
mills.
These piles are driven ~ feet into
the river bottom. not to bed rock. but
to something just as substantial and
not as expensive. They are driven Till
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-06-09

place. Last Sunday when an excursion
was run from Sioux City to Cham
berlain there was h usual crowd or
trippers and all the business men, ex-
cept the saloonkeepers, were raking In
money as fast as they could.
This was especially true of the youth
from the east. He was selling alleged
ice cream sodaS at \ rapid rate and
was accosted by an ancient looking
steamboat captain for a drink OF water.
g Sell you a glass o. lem'nade fer
Is cents" said the youth as he rang
the bell In his cash register,
II can't drink your dern lem'nade."
protested the old man. Gimme a glass
OF water. SON
Don't sell water here" said the
youth.
'Of course you don't. I only want
you 10 give me a glass of water"
Don't do that kind OF business
here was the reply.
A cowboy who was struggling with
a substance called phosphate sundae."
at his point put down his spoon and
reaching over the bar grabbed the
overnight youth by the nape OF the
neck.
"Ladle II out he remarked quietly,
IAN hurry up or I'll smash up every
dern thino I'm this ladies' parlor."
The youth looked surprised, but he
poured out the water. When the old
mar had finished drinking he threw
down a dollar OF the counter.
How much?" he asked.
The youth looked as II ne would like
10 take some OF that money. but he
found the cowbuncher gazing at him
and with an effort he said there was
no charge.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-06-09
ourcAsT FROM HIS TRi3E
Old Indian Stunned Because, Carie@
for Dead, He Recovered.

v 1Ca0g FlG hCCONSES0.
Arkansas City Trave.er: During the
coolest night Of the winter John Stink,
a full blooded Usage. was induced TO
sleep i'm the office OF the Capital hotel.
1t ia perhaps the first time he has
spent a night under the roof OF a hotel
or dwelling house for many years. II
is certain that IL Is the first this win
ter, despite the exceeding cold. This
Indian is a peculiar character, and
therefore the reason for his living out
of doors. As an Usage he is possessed
OF considerable wealth. and yet he is
the poorest person in the world. He
is nearly fifty years old. and has no
relatives.
He is an outcast among his tribe, He
Is supposed by his tribesmen TO be
possessed OF an evil spirit, and for this
every Indian shuns him as a viper.
This antipathy has existed for years,
and. as the story goes. has arisen from
a burial OF John for dead and his COM
ing back to life again.
After an illness that lasted for a
long time his tribesmen thought him
dead and he was buried according to
the primitive customs OF the Osages,
This was 10 cover the body with
stones to sufficiently prevent the.
wolves from getting 10 IL. He was
placed on the NH uSeu lOF the DuFy-
ing ground and the stones piled over
him. But he was not dead. His
strength returned, and ne was able to-
wiggle out from among the stones. and
eventually recovered.
Since tnat time no Indian viii have.
anything TO do with him. He beatsl
about the country surrounding Paw,
huska, camping under hooks about
town when he is here, but refusing al
ways to sleep under a o The night
when he was induced TO sleep in the
hotel office was bitter cold. The old
Indian had wandered about until he
was almost frozen, when pm white
men almost forced him to go into the
hotel to stay.
The night before he had slept out
Of doors under a big tree. He had a
big fire and only a little clothing. He
seems able to endure a wonderful
amount OF exposure. The old Indian
seems to have no aim in life, no hope,
no pleasure. He is simply existing un-
til the end with the stoicism OF his
race
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-06-09

American Medicine: THE bracer''
is the name popularity given to a So
called patent-that is. not patent. but
very sSefst-s5HSoctiofi sold al soda
water" fountains by the nostrum drug
stores. In some towns or small cities
and in some parts of our country Ii is
said that practically every one has this
form OF the drug habit, for such il IL.
Narcomia Is being extended by his
means TO an extent that is frightful.
Clerks and office. men are hardly able
to go TO their work until they have had
four or five glasses OF these secret
drugs. and the labo.ing population IL
almost as bad The attention or the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
(Which thinks the medical profession
responsible for alcoholism and drug
habits is respectfully called to this
atrocious abuse. Saloons also help IN
the degrading horror OF drugging the
already wretched quality of the liquors
sold. All true temperance people will
unite with the medical profession to
check this abuse. Women's civic i'm
provement clubs and leagues might
well devote some o..S.heir energies To
getting good laws I.-ssed and in get
ting bad men TO execute them. II they
would set about IL. the women could
outroot this and many similar evils.
Possibly no new laws are needed, and
that only scientific analyses OF these
drugged drinks should be made In a
thoroughgoing way, followed by pros
ecutions OF the criminal manufacture
en and sellers. followed by failing the
wretches who thus defy every demand
OF law, medicine and health.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-06-09

know the startling events that occur
when some misguided aha:is!ae gsad-
dies around the business thoroughfares
with half a dozen cups of firewater
under his belt and a "a Colt with
which TO p~unctuate his remarks. They
know h a an Indian drunk Is an In
dian possessing a desire to send his
fellow mortaIs TO the happy hunting
grounds n about the only way to ex-
tinguish this desire is to iii him so
full OF lead that his sorrowing relatives
may locate him for mineral claim.
But as this method usually starts a
lot of trouble The citizens OF Cham
berlain have gone to the root of the
trouble and will not sell or give the
Indians whisky.
Suppose an Indian demands II now"
remarked a mar who had gone to
Chamberlain on an excursion, you
won't have any right to refuse him"
We'll" remarked a lanky cowpunch-
er. when a white man In this part of
the world says No to a redskin IL goes.
II that jedge Is SO dern particular for
the Indians to have the booze he had
better come here and explain mat
ters."
The greater part OF the citizens of
Chamberlain are overjoyed with the
proposed extension OF the railroad, but
who eye a railroad suspiciously and
grumble OF mo range these days"
These men are by degrees moving
further west across the river and their
places are being taken by the new
corners. The town. however. still re-
tatns many OF Its former characteris-
tics. A youth from New York state
with an eye to business opened a soda
fountain and Ice cream parior In the
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-06-09

has rapidly gone through the stages OF
ran Indian trading post and frontier
9 own and is now reckoned as a railroad
SAVSenter with a future.
4 AS the country in that vicinity be-
gan to be populated II soon became
apparent that the railroad would have
TO be extended TO meet the increasing
Demands of A short time
ago the need became pressing n the
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Rail-
way company began to hurry the ex-
tension.
J.. II. Pinson,, a young engineer in
Abe employ of the company, who has
I been at Kansas City, Mo-, was ordered
%to construct a bridge at once at Cham
Nerlain, and three days later he was on
an spot looking over the ground. This
~as on April /. and IN April 4 $50 men
We're at work. On April is the first
nile was driven and by June 25 the
bridge viii De ready 10 receive a train.
This haste naturally necessitated a
structure which. though suitable for
present purposes, is intended TO last
only ten or twelve years. Except for
d small portion there Is no steel In IL,
Number alone being used. There are,
III fact. two bridges. One stretches
from the town OF Chamberlain TO
z American island. In the middle OF the
river. and another from the west bank
OF the island TO the west bank OF the
.Nyer. Tracks will be laid on the
hand md will join the two bridges.
~ This is the first wooden railroad
Nridge TO be constructed IN the Mis-
1ouri river. There Is a deal OF scott
ing among some engineers as 10
whether a wooden bridge will be able
- stand the crush when the ice breaks
&r the regular springtime hoods come
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-06-09

they reach a layer OF hard gravel and
then seven feet more.
About a hundred yards from the
bridge being built is another very diff
ferent from it's fellow. This Is the
old pontoon bridge which has been
standing for eleven years and which
was quilt by n citizens OF Chamber
lain so that the ranehmen In the great
grass country beyond h Missouri
could bring their droves here for ship
ment TO market. As these droyes often
filled whole trains. Chamberlain be-
came familiar in the annals OF stock
growing.
This bridge has no pretensions to
style as far as modern engineering is
concerned. out IL is remarkably useful
and this with the people OF Chamber
lain is OF far more Importance. Ii is
known as a pontoon, supported by a
long row of boats. just before the
floods come the bridge is unlocked and
put in a place OF safety. AT other
times the floating bridge rises and falls
with the stream.
The bridge is not very wide and il
a pedestrian meets a team coming in
the opposite direction he must clam
Der out on a pontoon until the team
has passed or run the risk of having a
rear wheel hit him In the stomach.
Notwithstanding that It has a new
railroad bridge. ana Is honOfeu Dy
Sunday excursions. Chamberlain is
still very much OF a frontier town.
Cowboys. Indians and gamblers are
seen everywhere and one cannot throw
a brick without bringing gu a bar
tender asking for money TO pay for a
broken window. Saloons are thick. but
they are well regulated and are not
allowed 70 run on Sundays.
The cowboys at Chamberlain are
very much after the same pattern as
in any other prairie town, They ride
in with a rush and cut holes in the
atmosphere with sundry yells. The In
dams loaf around h streets all day
and. If watched. can be seen trying to
induce some white individuals 10 buy
them liquor.
The supreme court decision making
an Indian a citizen is not given much
attention at Chamberlain. An Indian
is an Indian to the citizen of Cham
berlain and as one of them remarked.
mo dern jedge could make him a white
man-no. stree. not even by glvn' him
a vote an a bottle OF whisky"
Most of the citizens of Chamberlain
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-06-09
BUILDS FIRST WOODEN BRIDGE
Milwaukee and ST. Paul Railroad Will Not Undertake to Subdue the
Turbulent Missouri at Chamberlain. S. D

down. They argue that substantial
steel structures have been unable to
Withstand the ravages of he river and
that a wooden brioEe. will go with the
first onrush of the waters.
But as the reed can withstand a
storm by bending to the wind while
the sturdy oak is split asunder in it's
proud defiance. so is this bridge ex-
pected TO weather all the pranks of the
big stream.
No attempt will be made to fight the
Missouri. While other railroad bridges.
with thei- steel and wrought iron pit
force against force. this one, in a man
ner, takes off its cap to the big Mud
dy" and will open to allow the river TO
wend its way.
In order to do this q draw will be
employed. This draw is nothing more
or less than an immense boat which
will form a part OF the bridge and
will swing from the shore 10 the stand
ing bridge when necessary. This will
be used also to allow steamers to pass
up and down the river.
Jutting from the standing bridge Will
be huge pointed piers which will act
as guards for the solid part OF the
structure and will direct the ice to the
opening, This boat is 500 feet long and
will be launched shortly.
AS the bridge now stands. that por-
ton over the west channel is already
completed and the n which is to span
the east channel is more than half
finished. Beyond the river some 200
men are busy with shovels, erecting
the grade for the pair OF rails that will
run straight to the Black Hills.
The men work seven days a week
and III. r. Drum, a shaggy bearded
warrior in the bridge building line,
sees that they do work. From the time
the whistle from the saw mills blow
in the morning till nightfall the men
are at IL.
1t was during the noon hour that
your correspondent visited the scene of
the building of the bridge. The men
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-06-09

10 give him ar opportunity he desired
to propose TO ELY.
Mrs. Morrison q noticed towards
the end of the dinner and during the
play that ELY seemed somewhat dis
trait.
You do not seem yourself tonight.
dear" she said. when they reached
home.
NO" said Ely.
II am so sorry. dear, for have a
piece Of important news for vou."
A slight look Of surprise came into
Elly's eyes.
.Mr Tempest is coming to lunch to-
morrow, on pupose 10 propose TO you,
dear"
ITO propose 10 me?"
She was puzzled by EiIy's silence
and her cloudea face.
"Oh, Lille, deari" said ELY at
length. as she laid her mead on Mrs.
Morrison's shoulder; don't think bad
ly OF me, but 1T Is impossible. saw
Jack Lawson tonight"
Jack. Lawson. Where? When"
He was at the table next ours at
dinner"
Ibid he recognize you-
II thirk not"
Are you sare IL was he?"
do you rnink I could be mistaken
that | could have forgotten him ?"
But he has forgotten you"
She felt Ely vince slightly.
II know. l know" gasped Ely.
Next day Mrs. Morrison was pleased
TO see Ely coming 20 lunch, looking
very bright, although quietly dressed.
But there was a disappointment in
store for all OF them.
When lunch was over ELY went to
her room with a feeling OF relief.
Mr.. Tempest did not arrive, and no
apology or explanation came from him.
A little later. as Ely was In the
drawing room with Mrs. Morrison. Mr..
Morrison came in with an evening pa
per, and read out: collision Between
Cabs In the Strand" and then-"rhe
occupant OF one OF the cabs. a gentle
man named Lawson. who has just re-
turned from the Straits Settlements.
was thrown out and seriously Injured.
He was taken to the hospital. where
he has been detained. The occupant
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-06-09
SREH7 REERND

of the other. Mr.. Tempest. escaped with
a W shaking"
MY goodness. ELY What is n
natter"
Eily's face had become white.
Nothing, nothing.s said ELY with an
effort. II shall be all right In a mo-
ment. Please allow me to go TO my
room" Mrs. Morrison saw her to he
door. and then returned to hsr hus-
band.
What is the meaning OF this p he
asked; does she feel SO much concern
for Tempest"
Tempest" Don't you remember Jack
Lawson that went to India years ago?"
"Eiiy's old iame?''
Eyes. 1t must have been he who has
been taken to the hospital. She saw
him last night at the hotel; he was din
ing near u.s."
MIR. Morrison went that evening to
see Tempest and found hat he would
be all right in a few days. Next day at
Mrs. Morrison's suggestion he went to
the hospital to inquire for Lawson, He
saw the patient, whose leg was badly
fractured and who would have to lie
up for several weeks. He was great
ly cheered by the visit. He did not
think. he said. that he had any friend
in London. He asked. of course. after
Mrs. Morrison. and then for other
friends OF the old days. and az Mr..
Morrison was rising TO go he asked for
Miss Donovan.
You were very close to her a night
or two ago. She dined with us at tho
I4angham. and o were at the next
table"
How stupid OF me not to have seen
you. but l was always a little short
sighted. and my sight a not improved
IN India"
she saw you. she told US after
wards"
After a brief silence Jack asked:
Shall you see her soony"
ooh, yes. She is on a visit 10 my wife
in, London. Both OF them have sent
you the best OF good wishes"
Pray give them my warmest
thanks and then a little n~ervously.
and b~lushing like a girl, he added: Tell
Miss Donovan l have not forgotten the
the brook
Mr.. Morrison reported the brief con-
versation faithfully "a his wife and
ELY. Ely flushed ~scarlet when he gave
her the, to him. unintelligibie message
and then, being a man of tact, he ieft
the women together.
Jacks story was brief. He had worked
hard and had succeeded IN building un
d business. when 1t suddenly cola n,ad
owing TO the de~falcations OF a parfI err
who had taken TO gambling, and jack
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-06-09

When Jack Lawson told ELY Dono-
tan that he was about to leave Ireland
In a day or two to take up a position
in the Straits Settlement. il cost her
hardest effort not to betray any Sign
of emotion; yet the news went through
her like a sword thrust.
1t length the moment came when
they should part. She vent with him
TO the gate. The dusk had begun 10
gather.
"Goodby!" he said. taking her hand
and pressing 1t; II shall remember"
Ely struggled to be brave. h vas
very young very human. She loved
him, n ne was going away from her
forever. She tried to say ''goodby,"
but the word was like a sob, and he
felt a tear drop on his hand.
My God" he cried: you do not feel
like that? / never. dreamt you cared
for me-
Her pride strove for mastery. but In
vain, She had betrayed herself.
The train came nearer and nearer.
II dare not ask you TO wait for me-"
he said. You know my prospects are
OF the slightest. and / may never re-
turn alive o India. The train Is al
most at the station; I must go. Good
by again. / h always be proud to
think you have cared a little for me-"
He pressed his lips to her hair and In
a second was gone.
For many nights after his going Ely
went TO the gate at the hour when
Jack and she parted.
He does moi love me- was the In
variable response TO all her hearts
q~uestionings. He had forgotten her;
she would try to forget him.
She Went on a visit to Glengarirf to
the Morrlsons. who were very old
friends, and Mrs. harrison was the
only confidante OF her little love story.
The Morrisons had another guest, a
Mr.. Tempest, an old school fellow OF
Mr.. Morrison. He was a widower or in
dependent means. without children.
Mrs. Morrison was gratified that his
delicate attentions to ELY appeared to
be fully appreciated by that lady.
Mr.. Tempest left Glengariff at the
end of May for London. A week later
the Morrisofis followed, bringing Ely
with them. looking. Mrs. Morrison
thought. handsomer than ever.
Mr.. Tempest was a frequent visitor
at the Morrisons. and his admiration
for Ely, though restrained, was suffi-
GENTLY obvious.
One evening Mr., Morrison informed
his wife that Tempest had invited them
all to dinner and TO the theateT, and
he had accepted. And then he con-
ided 10 Mrs. Morrison thai he had
asked Tempest 10 lunch the next day
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-06-09
From the Sioux City Tribune.l

VI At Chamberlain, S.. D., on the
bank opposite the Missouri riv-
ser, in the waters between and
far into the lonely prairie stretch
ing beyond toward the Black Hills, are
now heard the clang. n the roar and
the clash OF building. Immense steam
pile drivers belch out volumes Of
smoke which hang over the town OF
Chamberlain like a cloud. a saw mill
on the eastern bank screeches and
hu,us and buZ2es and tiny donkey en-
gines scattered about s~pasmodically
out spurts OF steam.
~ The whole is caused by the building
on the new bridge across the river by
the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
railroad and is a part of the plan of
extending its line to Rapid City and
the Pacific coast.
1t is another step in the white mans
victory over the stubborn west and
history is repeating itself when the
glory of the conquest falls to a rail-
road company.
Some twenty odd years ago Captain
j. A. Eaglin, commanding the river
steamboat Josephine, was plying up
the river in thar vicinity n had his
attention attracted by a man on the
eastern bank who waved his hand
fyantically.
you have some lumber for me"
said the man. My name is -
-- and this is Chamberlain"
Where is Chamberlain" asked Cap
tain Eaglin.
Here" beloved the a pointing
to a strip of sand, a barren, rocky hill
side and rolling prairie reaching out to
the east.
The lumber was put ashore and on
that day was erected the first house in
Chamberlain. In the years that fol-
lowed Captain Eaglin left the river and
Is now living at 706 Pearl street in
Sioux City. The Josephine was run
ashore at Riverside park and now is
SLOWLY rusting away, and Chamberlain
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had TO begin again almost frcm tho
foundations. When he had again sue
ceeded he came home. and was driving
TO Euston on his way to Ireland to find
II ELY was still free when the collisions
occurred.
But why, Jack, didn't you kiss me
the night you went away?s
Sure I'll do 1t now. darling,"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-09-21

having settled here in the early
eighties. The old boys do stray
in occasionally and we are glad to
see them.
Fisher, the shoemaker, han
dies tagging for pulleys. Thresh-
ers will do we'll to bear this in
mind.
Goods are arriving daily, every
thing of the latest is to be found
at our store. 2Otf
KRAABEL & KRAABEL.
Rev. Hitchcock was a passen-
ger for Fargo Tuesday night
where he went to attend a meet
ing of the Congregational assem-
bly,.
Hope W. G. T. U. will meet at
the home of Mrs. Woodwork
Friday afternoon at 300. Topic,
Red Letter Days, led by Mrs.
McCollouch.
Howard Washburn left for Ann
Arbor, Michigan, Tuesday eve
ing where he will resume his
studies in the law department of
the university.
Editor BOISE was a Fargo visit
Tor Monday where he attended an
organ recital given by an Oberlin
professor under whom he studied
during his college days.
The serial story which was in
terrupted last week on account
of the failure of our patents to
arrive, will be resumed without
interruption in this issue.
Those desiring extra copies OF
the North Dakotan can procure
them, as long as they last, at 5
cents a copy. Don't delay if you
want them as they are going fast.
Town lots are being picked up
rapidly west of the track and
Judging by appearances it will
not long until the west side will
be a popular resident portion OF
the city.
Sandy Cummings was shaking
hands with friends Oh the depot
platform Monday during the
short stop of train. Mr.. Cum
mings is now one of the bonanza
farmers of Nelson County.
The new gas engine has arrived
for the Hope Roller Mills and will
be placed upon it's foundation
Immediately. The engine is one
of the latest type of gas engines,
which produces it's own gas.
This is the first machine of it's
kind in the state and much inter
est is manifested by power users
on account of the great saving in
fuel which is claimed by the
manufacturers.