The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1905-04-21

a. FRIDAY, ,
Minnesota is turning loose this
spring seyenty-five Monaghan phca-
SAINTS for propa2atsng purposes. with
the expectation lult they will IN part
take the place of the doomed prairie
chicken That's the way it goes.
After the game is practically exter-
minated everybody is willing to chip
in toward restocking the fields and
streams depeted by the game hog and
the thoughless hunters and anglers.
Some way or other, it never occurs to
the people that it is cheaper to pro-
tect the game we already haye. At
the last session of the legislature a
bill to limit the open season on prairie
chickens to September and October
was turned down cold, while a more
exhaustive measure patterned after
the Minnesota game law was not per-
mitted to be read even. The only re-
solution adopted by the last Peoples
party convention in Brule county was
one promulgating the queer doctrine
that the absence of game wardens was
to the advantage of the "oread pro-
ducers." Great Scott! as if the pro-
lection Of prairie chickens was not
protecting the greatest insect and bug
destroyers on the farms and saving to
the coming generation Of farm lads
the finest game bird on the American
continent for their sport and pastime.
The shortage of j. II. YaroSh, the
retiring and missing county auditor,
is much heayier than originally esti-
mated. The county commissioners
have been in adjourned session this
week and among other business haye
been going over the books and have
found that Yarosh got away with
about $4,000 that did not belong to
him, OF this amount, Commissioner
Richards says that the county is re-
sponsible for above $4,000. lie thinks,
however, that the county will not lose
much, He figures that Yarosh has
property that will wipe out the great
er part of the shortage so far as the
county is concerned. There appears
to be a question Of to what extent
Yarosh's bondsmen are responsible
1t appears that he duplicated bills
against the county, issuing two war
rants, cashing both and pocketing the
funds from one. One bill was dupli-
Gated three times. The bondsmcn may
hold that the commissioners were at
fault in approving false bills.
Mitchell recently organized a citi-
zens' improvement league with a
membership Of over 300. The object
of it is to improve the appearance Of
the city in the way of trees, lawns,
shrubbery and SO on. Similar organi-
cations elsewhere have worked won
ders in identifying the city. And
what is good for Mitchell is good for
any other town or city, big or little.
The only trouble is, IN some small
towns, efforts of this kind on the part
OF individuals is met more Gifted with
inditference-so many being content
with a general shiftIess which IS dis
couraging to concentrated work of
any kind. The result is that desirable
residents move way at the first oppor-
tunity and none Of their KIND move
in.
Here's our congratulations and most
distinguished consideration to the
women who were elected on the school
board Tuesday-Mesdames Willy, JEFF
ferson and Conant-and may they rise
above petty politics and still hitler
prcjudices and personally pulls and
lift the management of our common
schools on a higher plane than the
general run of things.
The advantage of travel comes
home frequently to n when reading
of incidents happening on familiar
ground. The writer has twice visited
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