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Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-07-07
De sm Kingsbury County South Dakota Friday, July 1905

and disquieting Port Arthur needs
large supplies in the way of foodstuffs
and manufactured articles, and mate
riaIs for making good the waste OF
war. American merchants were just
making ready to supply this demand
when the mikado issued the get out
quick order 1t was SO peremptory
that merchants established there are
to be compelled to leave at once, at
great financial loss, making such sac,
rifce as they have to to comply with
the order.
If the measure shall be explained as
an act of war, no serious exceptions
can be taken to it. Ii on the other
hand it shall be construed as the an
nouncement of different policy, the
shutting of the open door in the east,
there is likely to be such protest as
to attract the attention of the mikado.
And if it is to be SO taken, the indi
cations are that the lively and inter,
esting times in the far east have but
lust begun.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-07-07
HICKS FOR JULY.

Notwithstanding the Rev. Hicks is
branded by the government weather
bureaus fraud it cannot be denied
but what the st. Louis gentleman
has struck the nail on the head every
clip during the past two months. No
one could have predicted the weather
more closely during May and June
than has Mr.. Hicks with his long
range forecasts" "
According to the prediction of Mr..
Hicks for July we are to have con
tiuuation of the weather which has
prevailed ia this section during the
past two months SO far as storms are
concerned. He says that the first
storm period in July is centered on
the End, extending from the lst to
the 5th, and the month will come in
with very high temperature and
falling barometer. On and touch
ing the End, these conditions will
break into storms of much force,
vicious thunder and lightning, high
winds, rain and hail, followed by
change to cooler,
A re dictionary storm period is cen
trail on the 7th, Sth, and 9th. 1t will
bring a marked reaction to excessive
warmth. Very threatening clouds
with low barometer at this time
would suggest the possible approach
of tornado storms. The disturbances
of this period will be followed by
change to cooler.
The third storm period is central
on the 14th, extending from the 18th
to 18th. Regions where storms have
prevailed at the previous July per
Iiods may expect an increase of the
same at this period, while drouth
and heat Will reach crisis over wide
sections intervening Tendency to
continued cloudiness and unsettled
threatening weather will follow this
period.
i The fourth storm period is reac-
tionary, and is central on the 2osh
and 2lst. An increase of tempela.
ture and return to rain and electrita al
squall may be looked for. Many
places will have storminess. thunder
and lightning and possibly danger
Gus winds.
i The fifth storm period is central on
the 18th, extending from the 23rd te
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-07-07

9th. The barometer will fall and
other storm conditions will appear
early in this period On and touch
ing the oath and 25th, there will be a
sensible. increase of tendency 10
storminess, all followed by rising
barometer and change to somewhat
cooler from about the 26th to 29th.
The month closes in the midst of a
reactionary storm period, bringing
hlgn and rising temperature. The
barometer will be low and falling to
westward, and cloudiness and storms
will be forming and starting on their
eastward career.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-07-07

pile dollar on dollar.
la him the covetousness of a father
who would violate law for gain and
was devoid of morals was mingled
with the inherited spirituality Of the
mother, who implanted the voice of
conscience in his being. There were
some sharp struggles between the
two natures, but it does not appear
that Mr., Rockefeller ever permitted
the conscience bequeathed by his
mother to break up good deal sug-
gested by the instincts of his father
Miss Tarbell's first number cover
ing the career of the head of the oil
trust is given with painstaking fidel
ity to detail and it is one of the most
interesting of her many contributions
to biography and history,
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-07-07
JAPS AND THE OPEN EooR,

Japan has SO far vouchsaeed to this
country no explanation of the blunt
order that all foreigners, including
Americans, must leave Port Arther al
once, says the Argus Leader. Japan
as is we'll understand has an under
standing with both the United States
and Great Britain which is morally
as binding as treaty, to preserve
the open door, but the first japanese
movement is disquieting. Already
many Americans have begun tc
wonder if they have not misplaced
their sympathles in the present war,
but officialdom is saying nothing.
Port Arthur is in no danger of an
other siege. The Russian navy is
crushed, and there is not Russian
soldier within three hundred miles
As an act of war the order may be
defended; but even az an act OF war,
it must have been both unexpected,
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-07-07
MISS TARBELL'S ROCKEFELLER.

Tn Miss Tarbelle sketch Of the
carer of John ID. Rockefeller, in the
July McClure's she goes back short
distance into his ancestory, says the
Sioux Falls Press. His paternal
grandfather was weak and worthless
while his paternal grandmother was
a strong and dominating character
His father was given to every
known vice, except that OF drink, be-
ing the boon companion of several
members of gang of horse thieves
who became inmates of penitenti-
ary. The father made his living by
his wits, being most Of the time
away from home and his vocation
was dark ened by the shadow Of sus-
! picion.
Under his mothers almost exclu
sive training, the moral and religious
side Of the richest man IN the world
was developed and be became we'd
ded to the piety Of the church at an
early period of life. Thus it appears
that his business talent was handed
down from his grandmother through
his father, while his mother supplied
the moral ingredient in the texture.
That the two came frequently into
conflict is the testimony of the re-
searches of Miss TarbelI, who is un
able to reconcile his religious life
and Christian professions with his
! piratical business methods, through
which he wrecked friends and foes
with rapacious greed that he might
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-07-07
NO DAMAGE BY RUST.

w. I'll. Smith, auditor for g. w.
Van Dusen q Co. in this par. Of the
Northwest, has made trip over
much of the state and finds that so
far there is no damage TO crops by
rust, He says, in his report last
week "a great many fields Of grain
have been personally examined by
the writer during the last week, in
South Dakota and not one Of them
has been in the least injured by rust.
The red rust is always with US, but
the black rust comes only when the
grain is headed.
For the last twenty years red rust
has appeared in South Dakota, a
greater amount of it in former years
than at the present time. Black rust,
the advanced stage of red rust, APP
pears only when climatic conditions
are suitable for its propagation, as
they were last year. 1t depends al
together upon the climatic conditions
wheather or not it will appear again
this year.
Wheat at present is in the most
healthy condition could hardly be
better. The difference between
wheat sown from light test seed and
that sown from better test, which con.
trast appeared SO strong the first OF
the year, has been almost eradicated
on account of the splendid weather
we have had.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-07-07
FIT. PIERRE FLOODED.

Instead of the gala day which had
been planned for Fort Pierre, wreck
and desolation were it's portion on
the forth. The residence section oil
the place south of the bad river was
swept that afternoon by flood which
took most of the people out of their
houses to place Of safety, and about
midnight the crest of the flood swep'
houses and contents into the yellow
waters of the swollen Missouri.
All told about fifteen buildings
went down the stream, most of them
residences with all their contents.
The heaviest loses were M, p. Kei- :
nedy, $4,000; Miss. R. jackson, $780,
NJ. Wood, $1,000; Wallace Snyder,
1000; Archise Synder, ST 800; Peter
Wehrle, $1,000; Otto Waelti, $1,000;
Will Hays, $1,000; Robert Barclay,
81, 800; John Barclay, 81 900.
Besides these houses which were
swept away, those of DR.. Lavery.
Bogus Mathieson and several others
were wrecked, so that they will have
to be rebuilt. Their contents are
ruined.
The steel bridge across Bad river
was CARED out and sunk in the main
channel of the Missouri, about one
hundred yards below the mouth OF
Bad river.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-07-07

cussing political issues at this time
Roosevelt and Taft have, for months
past, been making speeches and Civ,
ing out interviews upon the trust
issue and railroad rate regulation
If the machine papers had their way
the administration attitude on these
questions would never reach the
voters. Isn't it ridiculous to tell
the free American people that it is
unnatural to discuss political issues
at this time? The machine says the
man who talks politics at this time
"has an ak to grind. He certainly
has, and that ak is being ground for
the purpose of beheading the ma
chine. And that man, who will not dis
cuss and investigate political issues
except for thirty days before election
is the man who turns the grindstone
while the machine grinds an ak that
cuts off political control from the
Ipeople and leaves the long end with
a strong hold in the hands of the
machine. Roosevelt is raising the
issues and it is proper that the people
be informed upon all of them. That
man or set of men who oppose the
discussion of the issues is opposed
to the greatest leader the republican
party has had since the days of
A braha Lincoln
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-07-07
Yesterday and To-day.

The Chicago & North Western
Railway has issued valuble and lin
teresting compendium of railway his
tory in the Northwest from the time
when the Indians ceded the Unit
ed States the last territory east of
the Mississippi up to the present day.
Over a hundred pages of historic
matter concerning the various roads
forming what is known as the North
Western Line, we'll printed in strong
paper covers, postpaid for ten cents
w. B. Kniskern, p. /. NJ, Chicago,
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-07-07
WILL TEST LICENSE LAW.

The county commissioners of Beadle
County have refused to accept the
bond of Joseph Diedrich as a retail
liquor dealer for the town of Alpena,
without giving reason for their action.
1t is reported that Mr.. Diedrish will
deposit his money with the county
auditor and continue the business.
This means that it will be carried to
the courts and test case made of it
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-07-07

SOME machine editors claim that
all discussion of political issues this
year is unnatural; that any discus
sion of political issues at this time is
simply Ito raise an issue" or to
create prestige for future USE" They
decry any such discussion and while
they do not say SO in that many
words, the burden of their cry is that
political issues should not be discus
sed except for about thirty days be-
fore election. The thirty days just
about gives the voters the required
time i'll which to learn what the
machine has determined upon for
them to ratify. There has been too
little discussion Of political issues in
times past; it is this lack of discus
sion and investigation that has led
up to machine coutrol ia so many
states. That man or newspaper
that opposes political investigation
at this time is opposed to govern
ment by the people, and is in favor
OF government by machine rule, him
self being part, or thinks he is, Of
the machine
Roosevelt and his cabinet are dis.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-07-07

Tom LAwsoN's work has not been
in vain. A New York banker says
business on Wall Street has been
nearly ruined. As Wall Street, in a
money sense, is the rubber hole OF
the nation, there are few, if any, out
side that locality 20 shed tears over
the loss of business.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-07-07
Legal Notices.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

Estate of Fayette c. Clark, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the under
signed, Administrator with the will an
nexed of the estate of Fayette G.. Clark
deceased, to the creditors of aud all ha1-
ing claims against the said deceased, to
exhibit them, with the necessary vouch
ers, within four months after the first
publication of this notice, to she said adj
n1inistrator at his place of business in
the city of DeSmet, South Dakota, in the
County of Kingsbury.
Dated May 18TH 1905,
l., T.. SASSE.
Administrators with the will annexed
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-07-07
Whole No 7e3.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
Estate of Z. o. Din, deceased.

Estate of l.. .. Dill, deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the under
signed, William Buckley, executor of the
estate of T.. o. Dill, deceased, to the cred
i1ors of and all persons having claims
against the said deceased. toexhibit them
with the necessary vouchers, within six
months after the first publication of this
notice, to the said executor at bancroft,
kingsbury County, South Dakota.
Dated June 18th, 1908.
WILLIAM BUCKLEY,
Executor of the last will and testament
of l., O, Dill, deceased.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-07-07

II is hard to imagine what is the
actual state of affairs in Russia. At
this distance it certainly looks as if
the days of the present form of
government might be few, very few.
During the last week whole crews Of
two warships in the Black sea mu-
tinted. One ship is now sailing the
seas, while the other crew repented
and surrendered. At points on land
companies of soldiers have mutinied
and killed their officers. The authori.
ties could not send their entire fleet
after the mutinous ship because of
fear of futher mutiny. Uprisings
have occurred at Odessa, Lodz, and
Warsaw.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-07-07

FIVE years ago gasoline was sold
by the Standard Oil company in
Hurop at wholesale for IL cents a
gallon. 1t now sells for 169, and
the cost of production, refining and
transporting have decreased. Nc
wonder John D. smiles at the attempt
to create an unfavorable public opin.
ion of his person by the press of the
county. Oil is king and John d
owns the king.-Huronite.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-07-07

PHILADELPHIA certainly has the
housekeeping fit proper, Not sat
isfied with getting after the corrupt
politicians the Law and Order League
went after the dives in the town.
The drag net brought to the light
of the police court something over
400 inmates aud patrons Of wine
rooms, houses of i'll fame, and all
sorts Of patrons of vice. Among the
lot are the professional "sports,
lawyers, merchants, "Wlllie Boys
and, sad, but true, women of high
position in society. Some of the
latter are married, mothers of chill
dren and wives of decent men, while
Others are young women leaders in
society. Such shaking up of the
dry bones the Quaker City never
saw before.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-07-07

The Steel rail manufacturers of
Europe and the United States have
formed an international trust.
Hereafter there will be no competi.
tiou in that line.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-07-07

That man Taft thinks a whole lot
right to the point, and is not afraid
to say what he thinks. He handed
Wallace a good one when he told
him that he (Wallace) had broken
faith with the government for "filthy
-
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-07-07

In the death of John Hay the
United States loses one of its most
prominent statesmen and the civiliz-
ed world one of its few real diplo,
mats
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-07-07

EIGHT inches OF rain in many parts
Of South Dakota was the record for
June.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-07-07
Summer Tourists Rates to the Beautiful
Summer Resorts Of Wisconsin
and the Northwest,

Via the North Western Line. Send
2-cent stamp for summer resort liter
ature to w. B. Kniskern, Passenger
Traffic Manager, Chicago. For rates,
tickets, ETC., apply to agents Chicago
and North Western R'y.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-27
TOPEKA AND LINCOLN.

Both Richard Mansfield and the pro
duction put on by E. II. Sothern and
Julia Marlowe have been booked to ap-
pear at Crawford's theater at Lincoln,
Neb., within the next two weeks.-News
Item.
Why does not the Crawford manage
ment secure these attractions for To-
peka? Are not the theater-goers of To-
peka and Kansas entitled to as good
treatment as those of Lincoln? Lin
coin has a population only 5000 larger
than Topeka, and if the people Of Topeka
were treated properly they would sup
port good attractions as well as any
city of the size in the country.
Richard Mansfield appeared in the
Crawford theater in Lincoln Thursday
night in 1.-THE Merchant of Venice" E.
H. Sothern and Julia Marlowe will play
Romeo and Juliet there June 5. Thus
Lincoln gets two big Shakespearian
attractions within two weeks.
Topeka is the home of the Crawfords,
yet they apparently favor other cities in
preference to this.
If it is argued that Topeka people
will not turn out in sufficient numbers
to support such an attraction, the rea-
son is obvious: The Crawfords are at
tempting to force Topeka play-goers to
attend a house that is a known fire.
trap, that has a stage not large enough
for even a fafr-sized secondary attrac-
tion-an opera house not as good as
some Kansas towns Of eight and ten
thousand people possess. At the same
time the Crawford management is play
ing the dog in the manger by keeping
the Grand, a frst-class playhouse, lock-
ed up, and by its trust tactics keeping
anyone else from opening it.
Perhaps it is too much for Topeka to
expect decent treatment from the
Crawford management, but a decent
regard for the rights of the people OF
the capital city Of Kansas would lead
to the opening of the Grand. During
the summer months is the time to get it
ready for the next season. A compare
lively small expenditure would give To-
peHa safe play house. one that would
stage almost any large attraction. and
one which would comfortably seat far
more people than the Crawford
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-27
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

IFronn the Chicago News.1
A woman can converse on many
topic-and she does.
Now is the time to purchase Their
mometers for a rise.
Matrimony is highly recommended
as a cure for infatuation.
As a rules dogs are better judges Of
men than men are Of dogs.
It takes a philosopher to account
for the blunders he makes.
Lots of men are honest because they
make more money by being so.
A mans epitaph is about as much
benefit to him as q last years snow
ball.
Some marriages are arranged in the
drawing room and disarranged in the
court room.
When some people spend their time
in self contemplation il looks TO ON
ers like time thrown away.
The parents of many a man who
claims to be self made went hungry IN
order to save money to help him ger
a start
When a woman has matrimonial de-
signs on a man she doesn't let him
think she thinks he isn't what ne
thinks she thinks he IS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-27
THE TICKER.

Away daown East. in a backwoods taown.
Lived lanky critter, named Japez
Nd nothin' suited him under the sun
Whatever wuz sed or whatever Wuz done.
BY gum. he'd kick.
Ter hear aour minister preach nd pray,
The saTmon warn't good, nd the prar
He'd jest pitch in with all his might
Nd kick, nd kick.
When he set daovn to eat a meal
Whether twas roast turkey er chicken eg
It made no din'runce eff twas ever 50
An tie while thet he wuz swanerin' his
BY gum. he'd kick.
He'd kick at the rain. nd he'd kick at the
He'd kick at the wind. er cause it didn.t
Twas either too wet er too bloomin' dry
To be contented he never would try,
But Jest kick.
Nd SO he KEEP kiclxin' all his life.
formentin' his neighbors nd worryin' his
Complainin' Of everything under the sun
IaoW this wuz sad er that wuz done
Nd SO he'd kick
TIL one day he met Aunt Nancy Green,
Inc pIeasantest critter tibet ever yeou seen,
She see on his braow thet turrible fraown
Nd she SEE. seq she; 'Naow, Jabez
You needn't kick
Jest take little advice from me.
Nd practice it allurs, wherever ye be;
Whatever folks do er whatever they say,
Onless yeou can do it much better'n they,
Boston Globe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-27
The "Shifty'' Mole.

Speaking OF quick and resourceful
ANIMALS, the mole leads easily, so far
from the country, land dare say there
are many men who have made obser-
Yatlons that will confirm my contention.
AS you probably know, the mole plOWS
IN the surface Of the earth, generally
making a small ridge anywhere from
two to three inches high. He moves
with remarkable rapidity even when
the ground in which he is burroWing is
hard When operating in soft ground
he moves along at a surprising gait.
But this is not the point I wanted to
make. I was thinking of the remarka-
bly, good hearing of the mole, and the
ease with which he can get away just
al the moment when YOU think YOU
have him cOrnered. Of course now and
then you can drive a spike through the
mole before he is aware of it; If you do
you will have to walk as light as a cat,
and will have to act as quickly as the
same animal when the time comes to
act. In nine cases out Of ten the mole
will hear the first football. At once he
will quit blowing. He is gone. Search
as you may, you cannot find him. 1
have seen men dig for SO yards, fol-
lowing the ridge and its OffShOOtS, with
out finding any other trace of the mole
than the ridge. The mole's hearing is
peculiarly keen, and I suppose this is
so because he cannot see. But even
more wonderful from my standpoint is
the ease and quickness with which he
gets away. How does he manage it?
Where does he go2 You know, the ele-
ment of superstition in my make up is
slim, and I don't believe in ghosts;
but somehow have always inclined
just bit to the ghost theiry when
thinking of the mysterious antics of
these blind burrOWerS. The mole IS
more like a ghost in his conduct than
anything I have ever known, though,
of course, the mole is a real, and not an
imaginary and mythical thing. New
Orleans Times-Democrat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-27
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

lFrom the Philadelphia Record.J
Too many toasts to good health may
make you i'll.
Some people are too suspicious to
ever enjoy the real thing.
A bad temper is one Of the things
that seldom improve with age.
There's a world of difference be-
tween knowing better and doing bet
ter.
The past glory of the Panama hat
is just now sad TO contemplate
Lots Of people get beyond their
depths in the sea of matrimony.
Two may be able to live as cheaply
as one, but cheapness kills love
Success is a fine thing. but it won't
always stand a rigid investigation.
Even Nature isn't as bad as she is
painted by the average landscape
artist.
Just because a politician has a pull
he needn't feel that he must apply il
to legs.
An actor is a good bit ike a turnip.
A little frost Is a good thing to de-
velop him.
A practical joke Is one where we
often fail to see the point. but gen
orally feel 1t.
Nell---''He swears iike 3 trooper
Belle-'A TROOPER didn't know
troopers played golf."