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

StImsOn Is a little Older Ia q SCI
vice and is thus entitled to the posi-
ton if he wants 1t.
Albert Mitchell and mother, of
Illinois, are now residents Of this
city, living on west First street.
Miss WilheImia Brown has Q
signed her position as principal Of
the He,land school and will spend
the balance Of the winter at her home
ia Madison.
Mr.. and 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 Ia
kota Poultry and Pet Stock Associa-
ton; South Dakota Improved Live
Stock and Poultry Breeders Associa-
ton. and State Wool Growers Asso
ciation, 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 oil railroads in the
state.
AS a result of the raid upon
stocks by Tom Lawson the Standard
Oil Co. raised the price Of gasoline
three -fourths of a CEN a gallon. Law
son let up for a few days aud 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 eff 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 INDE
PENDENT was one of the papers to cir
cuIate the report and ws 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. IT is quite doubtful
if there has been a case 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 III Mathews township.
We understand the method employ
ed by the firm, or it's agent, at High
o was not attempted ia making
the sale TO the Spirit Lake company.
but each stockholder gave his Judi
vidual note for his share of stock
subscribed. 1t will be rendered
that that firm sued a number of
farmers near Highmore for the pur-
pose of compelling them to sign a
joint note in payment for IN ami
NAL, after the agent had obtained
signatures to a contract by fraud, as
was proven ia the trial bsfore the
referee appointed by the United
States court at Sioux Falls. The
f~iighmure mt 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 our Legislators will
not neglect the duty they owe 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. II 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 a among the differ
ent counties. The local exchange
is not properly a state wide system /;
il derives its entire revenu from
within the municipality 10 which it
operates aud it should bear til /.
same proportion Of taxation as Other
personal property within that ma
nicapility. We have an instance of
this kind right here in De Ssnas.
mi $500 A