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Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-05-19

for the markets they are attracting the at
tent.on OF consumers because OF their
large size, rich melting flesh and fine, DELI
cate flavor. AS a shipper Ii Is one OF the
best for IL stands up we'll and does not
easily bruise. Grown in fairly good but
light soil the Usage ripens perfectly and
will always command a good price in any
parket.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-05-19

zach holding about four quarts. Crates
used for r~aspberries can be. fitted witt
these baskets placing a splint Stat between
the two layers. These baskets are very
inexpensive and go with the fruit. but the
better price obtained for the fruit j~ustthes
one in the expenditure. Last summer Sc
lected vegetables, such as tomatoes and
early potatoes as we'll as the selected or
chard fruits, were marketed in this man
ner and all who used first class products
wen and attractively packed found that
this method was a most nrofltable one.
The Washington times., 1905-11-19
Didn't Steal the Mule

AS a sort of aftermath of the war
they tell in the department of a long
vhiskered six-footer, suggestive of
Santa Claus or Senator Stewart. who
made his way into Weston's desk one
day and when Weston looked up in
quiringly burst forth: "See here, 7
didn't steal thai mule; and you know
] didn't. And I want you 10 come
right over and tell the colonel so.
Most of Roosevelts Rough Riders
still call him "the colonel"
General Weston was puzzled. His
visitor continued, You're the fell
low that gave me that big white
mule down in Cuba don't know
VINO you are, never saw you with
your coat on. but I've been a look
III 1or you Ia know your round.
rosy lace and twinkling eye any
"here' and want you to come over
10 the White House and tell the col
onel about that mule"
1t developed that the visitor was
chaplain Moore, of the Rough Rid
ers, and that one day he rode into
camp on big white mule. He could
The Washington times., 1905-11-19

not account for the mule except by
saying a man had given it TO him;
and Roosevelt had always laughing
ly insisted that he stole the mule.
Now he had found the man and
desired to be set right; though he
was dumbfounded to find that the
democratic individual, whom he had
never seen before with his coat on. 3"
was and had been when they met in
Cuba the cOmmissary general OF the
army. Where was that hauteur and
aloofness, which army officials so
often affect to keep the hoi polloi at
the properly respectful distance?
Where, indeed?
A comrade of the Santiago cam
paign, when asked to describe Cen
eral Western said: Jack Weston?
Well. he is a round. short ruddy-
checked, gray-haired little Irishman
with the sUnniest temper and the
sweetest disposition God ever gave
man who went soldering. He is
The Washington times., 1905-11-19
Won the Presidents s Heart

1t is told that he won the Presi-
dents heart by making a most
savOry Irish stew for bunch of the
Rough Riders during the Cuban
campaign. He certainly had an en-
dearing way, during the little fuss
with Spain, of getting things done
in spite of red tape-a way which
must have appealed strongly to the
strenuous colonel Of the Rough
Riders. He had charge Of the sup
plies for the Santiago campaign. and
the men who took part in that cam
paign seem to have been about the
only ones that got what was coming
to them. and got it promptly His
was the one part Of the general con-
duct OF the commissary that did not
come in for eriticism-simly because
of that cheerful habit of his of ac-
complishing the thing whereto he
was sent.
II was his business to supply the
needs of the army, according TO reg
ulauODs, OF course. so far as pos
sible-buf at any rate to supply
them. And he did it, Where the
regulations interfered with business.
why regulations be-er-hanged
(which IS not at all the way Gen
eral Weston would have expressed
iD-so saneh the worse for tthe regu-
ladons.
On one occasion sorely needed
supplies reached the island, but
there were none of the nice little
requisition blanks, which a com
missary general is supposed to use.
His subordinates did not see how
the supplies could possibly be dis
tributed without acquisitions in due
form. The boys must wait-it was
a pity. of course. if they were
hungry. but they must wait until
the proper blanks arrived But
Weston said biithely:
'Oh, helli Stationery be damned;
can feed pig and beans to an army
In the field without a scrap of paper
TO show for it." And he did.
The Washington times., 1905-11-19

reason, and I guess the President
wins
And the President did an almost
unheard of thing in promoting a
brigadier general of the general stan
to be a major general of the line.
The nearst approach TO it was the
sending of General Corbin, adjutant
general of the army. at that time
the most powerful figure in the War
Department. to whom a succession
of Secretaries of War had deferred,
out to the Philippines as major gen
eral But. frankly. though Corbin has
made good in the Philippines, that
was not done through any friendIi-
ness to him. The general staff Iegis-
lation which Secretary Root put
through and which General Cor
bin approved of in spite of its effect
on him personally. legislated his
nice fat job as adjutant general out
OF existence. And SO he was made
major general, with the most unde-
sirable command in the army, taken
from fat desk job and given a lean
field job in command of troops.
But Weston's case was different.
There was little reason to expect
that he would be taken from his
desk. and be given a major general
ship which practically allowed him
to choose his own command. He
would die-or retire-a brigadier.
General Weston was as much sur
prised as any one else. and pleased.
pleased as Punch.
1t was the retirement of Major
General Randall that made room for
Weston among the major generals.
And there were twelve brigadiers
waiting hungrily for that JOB,
twelve brigadiers in the line. headed
by Gen. F. D. Grant And the Presi-
dent had to so and take a man from
the general stan for the coveted
position-and the twelve must wait
a bit longer. Still it speaks volumes
for the esteem in which General
Weston Is held by his fellows that
the appointment has been wei re-
ceived. for promotions fsom she star
corps 70 the line generally arouse =
storm Of protest But everyone is
wishing General Weston-Dare Devil
Jack Weston of thirty years ago.
the army's Charles O'MaIiev of tha
last decade CT two-all possible j3y
in a promotion that was fairly de-
served even if it was bit unex-
peeted
The Washington times., 1905-11-19


quit work; he was really a gone
goose, you know. They sent him to
one of the hospitals cautioning him
to be very careful OF himself. He
got mighty tired of being careful of
himself. and found the confinement
irksome. He wanted to be some
where where he could be out of
doors and see things green and
growing around him. So they sent
him out to the Soldiers Home. There
they detailed an orderly TO attend
him, and warned said orderly not to
let the general exert himself. 1t was
likely to prove fatal. And the order
ly obeyed till he had the general
nearly crazy.
One day the general found himself
alone, unmatched for few minutes.
He picked himself up and raced Just
as hard as he could tear, down to
the gate and back, quite a distance.
in the brOiling sun. He ought to
have dropped dead. but he didn't. He
found himself pretty comfortable.
Nothing seemed to have happened
to his heart. So he walked into the
superintendent and said: Pack my
trunk; I'm going to get out of here:
there's nothing in the world the
matter with me-"
Being an impetuous person he car
ried his point and went back to his
desk and stayed there, till just re-
Gently the President made a major
general of him.
1t was not entirely easy. making
a major general of him: It is said
that Secretary Taft in announcing
the promotion to him said: -'The
President has been fighting for
year to make you a major general.
I've been fighting for a year TO keep
him from it. Tor I hate to lose you
here. But the President has won to-
day"
The Washington times., 1905-11-19

man who never meets another man
with whom he has a personal ac-
quaintanCe without handing him a
rare bit OF Irish wit or some Jolly
remark that makes him go off down
the street smiling and feeling better
and laughing 10 himself Everyone
of the army knows and likes Jack
Weston. When he became desper-
ately i'll a year ago and everyone but
Jack himself thought he was going
TO die, there was more genuine sor-
row and sOlicitude from every part
OF the army than / ever saw before.
Everyone thought it was only a
question of hours with him. One
day one Of the staff dropped into
the hospital He was so shocked at
the emaciated and drawn face Of
Weston that he showed 1t in his own
face. Weston spoke up with sug-
gestion of his unworded thought.
Not on your life, old man; not this
time. and don't you think it. You
just go back ard tell the boys I'll
work out this sick billet and be back
measuring out hard tack and beans
at the old stand He did it. too.
and lives to attain the highest rank
except one in the army"
The Washington times., 1905-11-19


y and social, will miss
N one Of its most pop
ular and pictur-
esQue characters
this winter, for Gen. Jack" Weston
has been promoted and transferred.
He is no longer Brigadier General
Weston, chief of the subsistence de-
partment, and consequently station
ed at Washington; he is Major Gen
eral Weston, in command of the
Northern division of the army with
headquarters at st. Louis. It is the
generals gain, of course, but it's dis
tinctly Washington's loss. For there
is no more popular figure in Wash
ington than the rosy, white-haired
little Irishman. who for his geni-
ality, wit and readiness of retort
and resource has been dubbed the
Charles O'Malley of the army. and
who. in the old days Of his Indian
campaigns. was called Dare Devil
Jack Weston"
For a man in the Commissary De
partment TO achieve a reputation as
a dare devil, he must have simply
been looking for trouble with a
telescope. And there's no doubt
that Weston had that reputation,
and no doubt that he came by it
honestly, though he has been in the
Commissary Department almost as
long as he has been IN the army.
Weston is certainly as approach
able a man as ever wore a generals
uniform. and as eloquent a man as
ever sat at a Washington dinner
table He's not particularly impos-
fng-a short. red-faced, gray-haired,
gray mustached man with an fnfec-
tious laugh. a hearty hand-shake,
just the faintest suspicion of a
brogue. and a facility in the use OF
good emphatic cuss words which is
bound to endear him to his men.
Nothing offensive about the gem
erals cuss words. you understand;
but they're mighty compelling.
The Washington times., 1905-11-19
Developed Heart Trouble

The manner of his getting back
to his desk was characteristic. He
was worn out, overworked. terribly
run down, and the doctors discovered
some serious heart trouble. He must
The Washington times., 1905-11-19
Ihe Horse Came Baek

On another occasion an officer
came to him explaining that he had
been sent out on an important er-
rand. To put it through he neeaeG
a horse. and a good one; but he had
no proper requisition, no orders by
which he could get horse. Weston
The Washington times., 1905-11-19
Got Custer out OF a Hole


When the civil war broke out,
feeling ran pretty high in Kentucky.
and when Jack" Weston enlisted ia
a Union regiment he knew that he
was alternating some of his best
friends, and that he might any day
be called upon to night old neigh
bors, family connections, and even
blood kin. Still he saw things that
way and so he enlisted as a private.
He saw some pretty active service
and the close of the war found him
a major of volunteers.
In the reorganization which fol-
lowed he was offered a second lieu
tenancy in the regular army, and.
accepting. was assigned TO the
Seventh Cavalry. With it he took
part in some very strenuous Indian
campaigns in the early seventies
AS first lieutenant of L troop he was
in the Custer command. and it is
told that in the spring of 1873 he
got Custer out of a pretty tight
place At that time the command
was guarding the surveyors of the
Northern Pacific railroad out west
Of the Missouri. Custer was out in
advance OF the rest OF the expedi-
ton. with a mere handful Of men.
when he was surprised and nearly
surrounded by hostiles. The men in
blue made the best stand they could.
picking of one by one the painted
red skins circlipg around. Sun the
Custer massacre might have gone
down TO history under that date
and with nothing like so great a
loss Of life had not Weston inter
yened. The little group of white
men saw gallOping to their relief
a struggling troop of cavalry, head
ed by stocky little figure flourish
ing saber and keeping up an al
most continuous fire with his big
Colt revolver at the Indians. Custer
turned to one of his party and said:
Ten to one that's Weston" But
no one took the bet. it being the
general impression that no one but
a dare devil like Jack" Weston
would attempt to ride through that
tribe of encircling savages.
If any one had told his comrades
of those days that Dare Devil
Jack Weston" would subside into
the Commissary Department they
would have laughed the idea to
scorn. And 1t was certainly not
Weston's choice. He said once.
This being on the general staff is
ali very well. Somebody's got to
be on the general stan, but I'd rather
ii was some one else. If didn't live
in hope Of some day getting back
into the line. I'd rather be in Hades
without fan" But he was Miles
commissary in the long and exhaust
ing campaign that ended In the cap
ture Of Geronimo. And executive
capacity is much rarer in the army
The Washington times., 1905-11-19
Almost Unprecedented Promotion

Almost Unprecedented Promotion
1t is said that the President made
him similar speech: Look here.
general, your case has been up be-
fore the President of the United
States. He and / had long discus
sion. He wants to make major gen
eral of you-argues your long serv-
ice. your gallantry. your ability: |
tell him you're too old. not very
well. and-hang it alive want you
here. But the President won't see
The Washington times., 1905-11-19

than fighting ability. So Weston.
having proved himself invaluable in
the Commissary Department, re-
mained in commissary, and again
proved invaluable. and won the
Presidents heart by his efficiency
during the Spanish-American war.
The Washington times., 1905-11-19
The Promotion Of Gen. John F. Weston Re
moves From Washington One Of the Most
Picturesque and Popular Soldiers in
the Service of Uncle Sam.

Y V 7 AsHINGToN, Official
y and social, will miss
wv one Of its most pop
ular and pictur-
The Washington times., 1905-11-19

pointed to horse-his own it was
-saddled and bridled, not far away.
That's the only one I have; take
1t along, and bring it back when
you're finished the job Some of
his associates demonstrated with
him. and offered to bet him he'd
never see his horse again. "Oh yes,
I will; he can't eat the horse; he'll
bring it back" And he did.
Weston is Of Irish-American
stock, though a Kentuckian by
birth. His parents were not
wealthy and his education was GER
tainly not elaborate. He's, not5xith-
standing. one of the best eduzated
men in the army today. WtAt he
doesn't know about military history
about the wars and battle grounds
Oh EuTope-is not worth knowing.
He knows the why and wherefore
of every important fight In history
what troops took part. how they
were disposed. what was done and
what wasn't done, and how it af-
fected the result.
Not very long ago when one of
the heads of the army-Chaffee, was
it2-was starting for the East by
way Of Europe, practically a world
tour, Weston exclaimed, enviously,
"Oh, wish l were going, too. We
could go over all those old battle
fields from Thermopylae down. l
could tell you all about them, the
strategic points Of each one-what
they ought to have done under the
circumstances. and laughing,
what I didn't know I could make
up"
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1905-05-25

4 dead shot and sure cure on
rheumatism | have just discov.
cred and if you don't get relieved
your money refunded. Hixsons
y Ray Oil is a sure cure andl
ann the only one in town that
handles it. Come to the Red
Front Barber Shop and get a
lath with X Ray Oil in it and
rub down afterwards. This
kind Of treatment with X Ray
Oil is a sure shot on rheumatism
ID. Richardson,
Red Front Barber Shop.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1905-05-25
E. @, Washin gton,
PHG Tailor

Has move in the rear, of Jones
building, and has just got in a
new line of samples. He is pre-
pared to make your suits. Clean
ing and pressing done on short
notice Suits cleaned 81. so to -.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-04-18
To Succeed Hemenway.

ROCKPORT, Ind, April 1S.-Repub-
licans of the First congressional dis
trict are in convention here this af-
ternoon to name a candidate for the
vacancy caused by the election of Con-
gresham James A. Hemenway to the
United States senate. Indications point
to the nomination of George A. Cum
ningham of Evansville.
EVANSVILLE, Ind, April 1S.-The
democratic congressional convention OF
the first district, to name a candidate
to succeed Congressman Hemenway,
was called to order here this afternoon.
Several names are mentioned in con-
nection wit hthe nomination. The
special election will be held May 10.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-04-18

proved innocent. His Imagination mas
gotten him into all this trouble and
now he must fight murder charge
which could not have been fastened
upon him but for his talkativeness."
NO. Balderson is not insane" says
Mr.. Jordan for the defense. HE SIM
ply Graves notoriety. Why, here two
years ago he actually told to a Burl-
ington detective that he had helped
hold up a train in Missouri. He had
read the newspapers and formed a
correct idea of how the crime was COM
mitted. His confession implicated sew
eraI well-known crooks. Detectives
investigated his story and found to a
certainty that Balderson was not with
in 800 miles of the place where the
robbery had been committed.
1--WE will simply undertake to show
that the man is a freak of nature" sail
Mr.. Jordan. He broods over crimes
until he thinks he has committed
them"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-04-18
COUNCIL MAY TAKE STEPS TO
ESTABLISH ONE IN
WALLA WALLA.
Scheme to Eliminate Wood and Hay
Wagons From the Business
Streets Of City.

Some centrally located place in the
city for the establishment of general
hay and wood market is the plan that
number of the members of the city
in the city are now under consideration
and if satisfactory arrangements can
be made it is likely that the council
will establish the market place. At
present most of the farmers who bring
hay and produce to the city to sell and
the wood vendors display their articles
on the principal streets of the city,
while some are using the vacant
ground on East Alder near the city
pound. Now that Spokane street is to
be opened it is desired to keep the hay
and wood wagons off that thorough
streets
We must have place for the farm
ers to leave their hay and wood wagons
when they come to the city," said one
of the councilmen this morning, so
| that we can keep them off the principal
business streets of the city. I am in
| favor of the city leasing a piece of
ground that is conveniently located to
the business portion of the city and
then pass an ordinance compelling ali
vendors to keep their teams and wagons
| there. The city could supply the place
with large pair of scales and by
| charging a small price for the use of
| the scales almost a sufficient sum
could be taken in to pay the rent of
the premises. Then again, in the event
of the city passing the ordinance pro-
hibiting hacks, express wagons and
dTays standing on the business Streets
| if we mad a market place they could
| have stands there and by the use of
| telephones could be called whenever
needed
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-04-18
BULLDOG HOLDS UP A CAR.
Jimmie Whitehead Insists On CANNES
Riding to Green Lake.
Importance.

SEATTLE, Wash, April 1S.-Jimmie
Whitehead and Jimmie's bulldog held
Green Lake car for more than half
an hour last night while the crew were
adjudicating the right of Jimmy White
heads dog to ride. James had al
ready decided the question in favor of
promised enough to carry Jimmie
Whitehead and a car half filled with
passengers to the car barn at Fifth
avenue and Pine street, where the bull
dog, James and the passengers were
left in undisputed possession.
The bulldog and his 10-year- old
owner boarded a Green Lake car on
First Avenue South. They were bound
for 651S Woodland Avenue, where jim
mic Whitehead and the bulldog reside.
The conductor ordered the bulldog out
and the canine refused to go. Young
Whitehead was urged to take him
away, but he complacently ignored the
conductor while his eyes swept a sign
reading:
Dogs will not be allowed on cars I'M
less carried on the front platform or in
the lap of owner. Fare will be charged
for all dogs"
Jimmie had a nickel for the dog, and
tine dog had "a penchant for car-riding.
The conductor didn't want the nickel
and was averse to dogs of all kinds,
bulldogs in particular. He refused to
start the car until the bulldog was
elected, AMI Jimmie stayed by the
printed sign.
The 14-year-old chunk Of humani-
ty might nave been put off himself, had
he been alone, but neither the conduc-
tor nor the motorman cared to attack
Jimmie and the dog together. A rap
idly gathering crowd that surged into
the car stayed with Jimmie in it's SYM
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-04-18
RESIGNS JOB FOR CONSCIENCE.
British BaiIiff Unwilling to Help t.
Cause Suffering.

LONDON, April 1s.-Percy A. Wynn,
the Wimbledon bailiff, who publicly
announced his intention of abandoning
his profession, has already kept his
word, and voluntarily parted with his
main source of income.
Il mentioned the sum of $1,000 as my
income derived from the bailiff bust
ness" said Mr.. Wynn, 'as it is fair
average of past years. Last year, how
ever. it amounted to $3.50. The whole
of this business 1 have handed over to
a fellow bailiff, whose honest methods
1 can rely upon. I have not accepted
a penny for it, my sole stipulation be-
ing that my two men shall be engaged
at the same salary as 1 was paying
them.
Il have been accused of casting a
stigma upon the bailiffs profession,
but my action is entirely matter be-
tween myself and my conscience, and
was not intended as a reflection upon
the business as a whole.
Long experience has taught me
that fully 80 per cent of cases of dis
traint for rent are richly deserved. But
in 80 per cent of cases the sole cause
of the mischief is a drunken husband.
Hundreds of times it has been my
painful duty to seize the goods of sucn
man, and to leave the wife with
hunger and despair written on her face,
weeping over her children in her
stripped and ruined home.
'To a man who mas any human feel
ing it is narrowing trade. My books
will show that have spent more than
$500 of my own money in paying the
rent of distressed people; but this in
too many cases, mas proved merely a
gift to the drunkard, and of no bene-
fit whatever to the real sufferers.
cannot reconcile it with my position as
a Christian worker to continue to be an
! assistant in causing suffering.
"It may be a serious matter for me
financially. In addition to being a
bailiff I am house and estate agent
while I recently opened a furniture
shop; but I have lost $1,000 on it. II
the worst comes snail become a pob-
bling shoemaker, which was my orig
inal trade. I shall never in any cir
cumstances return to the profession OF
bailiff."