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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-02-17
Our PostoGces

ding to what we can learn has
been improving the conditions on
the earth ever since.
About hundred years age
Uncle Sam began to make a pos.
tai system for carrying mails and
has been improving its efficiency
and usefulness ever since, and is
likely to make more improvements
than have ever yet been made.
During this time the postoffices
have been established and swift
moving palaces are darting across
the continent gathering and hand
ing out mail in ton lots, handling
millions Of pieces and seldom los
ing or sending one estray, and in
a majority of these cases recover
ing and returning them to the
rightful owners. This grand
achievement which we call the
postal service is the work of the
whole people; the evolution of
millions of free minds, willing at
all times to work in harmony with
the system, and at all times to de-
wise better ways of doing the work
and receiving compensation for
the device offered. As the sys-
tenn grows in usefulness it grows
in volume, and it is a notable fact
that the postal service is never in
terrupted by strikes among it's
employees, that it absorbs in it's
ranks the best men and women of
the community, that it does cash
business, that the responsibility Of
each postmaster is backed up by a
bond, that all its goods are sold at
one price to all customers. No
body ever asks for a reduction in
the price Off stamps because he;
buys a large quantity. nor asks a
rebate on carrying charges if he
does large business by mail.
The postoffice never spends any
money advertising for business,
never advances the price Of goods
if they are short of stock, and the
army Of postal employees are not
considered menace to any polit-
ical party or to free popular gov
ernment. The postal system is
the grand working model which is
unconsciously teaching certain
principles of socialism, and at the
same time is teaching the socialists
that great achievements must come
through unceasing industry, abso-
Lutte obedience, integrity and or
ganization.
In order to get the best service
the system affords it is necessary
to understand the system, and to
work in harmony with it.
The postmaster whose time is
taken up with petty annoyances
and individual explanations has
less time to perform his work than
in the case of the community
whose members understand their
part and do it in harmony with
the rules Of the office. The indi-
vidual who crlticises the postal
service is often the one who most
needs information, but, whether
anyone criticises or not it is profit
able to take a look at the work of
The office as viewed from the
standpoint Of the postmssters.
Letters posted without stamps
10 not leave the office till some.
body pays the postage.
There are people who blame the
postmaster if they do not get let
.ers which they are expecting.
Many people send mail orders
to Sears, Roebuck & Co., or other
mail order houses and begin to
nag the postmaster for a package
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-02-17
The department advises

hole in the envelope and loses il
it has far to go.
The department furnishes nc
wrappings for stamps sold, and
people who ask that stamps be
wrapped must expect to be dis.
appointed.
When stamps get stuck together
the postmaster is not allowed to
issue others in their place or to
redeem them.
If you find other peoples mail
in your box you should immedl-
ately put it back in the Office for
distribution. If you carry it out
of the office you are liable to pros
ecution, no matter what kind of
matter it is. Ii you open letter
and discover that it is not yours,
you should write on the envelope
an acknowledgment that you did
it by mistake, sign your name to
it and return it to the office.
The public in general dispute
the justice of the new ruling re-
quiring person to be responsible
for taking another PERSONS mail
away from the postofice after it is
given to him or after finding it in
his box, but the department finds
that all postmasters make mistakes
and that all mail may be import
ant to the person addressed and
that person is entitled to speedy
delivery Of the same. If all per-
sons getting mail examine the ad-
dresses before leaving the office it
raises the efficiency Of the service
greatly, and for this reason the
government requires this precau-
ton of every person receiving
mails.
Many pieces of mail are delay
ed by being placed in the wrong
box when they are distributed.
The mail of ]. A. Brim may 20
into the box of J. A. Beam, on
account of the similarity Of the
names, or the mail of the Idaho
Republican may get into the box
of John Wray because the boxes
have only partition between
them and the distributor put the
mail on the wrong side of the par
tition. If Wray gets his mail and
puts the stray back for distribu-
tion it gets into the right box a
few hours after Wray has called
for his mail, but if Wray is out of
town for a week the stray will find
slow delivery. People are con-
stantly roasting the postmaster for
just such delays as this, but ex-
perlence has shown that the post
master who never makes mis-
take is the one who never gets
aeything done. and the depart
ment requires only the best work
possible, mistakes included.
Postmasters are constantly an
noyed by the family of many
children, who 60 one after another
to get the mail, and. by mistakes
made in the delivery Of mail for
the people where there are several
families Of the same name, such
as Smith, Jensen, Peterson, John
son, with multitude of cousins
whose initials are a constant CO.
nundrum to the postal clerks.
Such persons do the postmaster a
q favor to have boxes for their
mail and have it addressed by box
or.to keep patiently in
forming him on the point which it
is impossible for him to remember.
1t is a we'll known fact among
postal clerks that people who get
the least mail have the most
about it. The man who
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1905-07-26
EVIDENCE AGAINST KOCH
The Attorneys for the State Finished the
Taking OF Testimony Last Sat-
urday Noon.
Poison Package Dropped, and New Evil
dence in Regard to Hammer and
K0ch'S Movements.

The taking of testimony in the
trial of DIR. Koch for murder was
begun on Tuesday of last week and
continued up to last Saturday noon.
This being the third trial, popu-
lar interest is considerably on the
wane, and has found very few thrills
or sensations in the new versions of
a twice-told tale. The notable vari-
ations from the second trial were
the dropping out of the case of tes-
timony in regard to the sending of
poison to Gerhard some time be-
fore his assassination, and new and
more positive testimony in regard
to the ownership of the hammer
used by the murderer, and in re-
gard to the scratches on DR.. Koch s
hands after the tragedy.
On Thursday Mrs. Berndt and
Mrs. Dahns, who lived near the
residence of Koch's father, where
the doctor lodged, testified to- hav-
ing heard dogs barking and some
person running, just before 10
o'clock on the night of the murder.
The most damaging evidence in
regard to the fatal hammer was Civ
by Mrs. Katherine Kasz, who dis
appointed the State at the last trial
by testifying that the hammer shown
her was not the one seen by her in
DR.. Koch s Office. Mrs. Kasz testi-
fed that she was employed to take
care of DR.. Koch's office for two
years preceding the murder. Three
weeks before that event while clean
ing the windows of the Office she
took an old hammer from the wall OF
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1905-07-26
AT CAMP JIM HUNTINGTON.
The District Encampment Gave the Old
Boys" a Good Time.

The ''old boys" of the Cos to the
number of nearly 100, who met at
the G. A. r. encampment at the
school house grounds last week,
appear to have generally found what
they came here fora good time.
The only hostile forces in evidence
Tuesday evening at the opening
were the mosquitoes, and cooler
breezes the two days following left
only few skirmishes of the mos
quito host to contend with.
The school building furnished a
convenient rallying point for the
veterans, tents being pitched on the
south side of the grounds, while
the space east of the building filed
all the requirements for the evening
camp fires, which were illuminated
by arc lights specially provided.
Tuesday evening good-sized
audience OF citizens occupied seats
fronting the east entrance of the
building, which constituted the ros-
trum for the speaking and singing.
Comrade J. M. Huntington was in
charge for the post, while Fl. A.
Baldwin of the citizens committee
was delegated to announce the pro-
gram. After the band played for
the opening Judge Baldwin made
the welcoming address on behalf OF
the city. The Judge paid tribute tc
the services of the veterans in saw.
ing their country from dissolution,
and scoffed at the idea that any o.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1905-07-26
INCREASE in VALUATION
County Assessment Roll Has Listed Per-
sonal Property in the County
at 81, 662,601.
Some Items About the COunty'S Wealth
of Interest to Tax Payers, for
Gazette Readers.

The county assessment roll for
1905 was completed last Monday at
the auditor Office and shows that
Redwood county citizens are getting
on in the world, having added to
their personal property over $780,
900 since last year, and then some,
counting actual value instead of as
SCISSORS reduced valuations.
OF the grand total of 81, 662. COL,
the item of horses aggregates $685.
345 in value, cattle $243, 1913, sheep
$5,711, hogs $50, 1907. carriages,
$7O,292, autos 81, 425-of which Red
wood Falls is credited with $1,000.
OF sewing machines. 81, 1879 worth
are listed, of watches and clocks
s., 432. of organs $6,789 and pianos
$50, 360-the price averaging $84.83.
Household furniture aggregates
$1O4, O64, and it looks as though
Redwood Falls had listed this item
more completely than some of the
otEer towns of the county, as the
thirteen incorporated villages in
this county actually showed a little
less valuation, as returned by the
assessors, than did the county seat
alone, the latter having $24,6O1
worth of household furniture asses
ed againt her. The little item of
Office furniture amounts to only
SIS, 742 in the county. Farm ma
chinery foots up $118,6S1 in the
county. and threshing rigs $42, 4So.
Redwood Falls is credited with
$3.50 worth of diamonds and iewelry
while all the rest of the county
shows up only 500 worth, which in
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1905-07-26
DR.. Koch S laboratory where it was

DR.. Koch S laboratory where it was
hanging with other tools and used
1t to take off one OF the cleats that
holds one of the windows.
She described this hammer as
having a battered face, one of the
claws broken off and rough home
made handle.
General Childs showed her the
hammer in evidence and she identi-
fed it positively as the one that she
had seen and used in DIR. Koch S
Office. only that it did not then have
paper pasted on it. This paper is
the card used by the court reporter
to identify it.
Mrs. Kasz said that the wall where
the hammer hung was very much
smoked by gasoline stove under
meath, but that just back OF the
hammer the wall was clean, so that
when it was removed from the nails
that held it there was a clean place
the shape of the hammer. Three
weeks after the murder she went
to DR.. Koch S Office again and looked
for the hammer, but it was not there,
although the outline where it hung
was still there. A week later when
she went to the Office the smoke had
all been washed off and there was
nothing left to indicate thai the
hammer had hung there.
Senator Sommerville cross-ex-
amined Mrs. Kasz very carefully.
She stated that at the second trial
she had testified for the state and
had taken the hammer in her hands
and looked at it and said that it was
not the one.
Mr.. Sommerville then led the
witness to say that after she had
left the stand at the second trial
Chief of Police Klause had come to
her in the courtroom and asked her
why she did not identify the ham
mer. She told him that she could
not on account of the paper that was
wrapped around the handle, That
evening she had met him at the de-
pot and had told him that if the pa.
per was off she would swear that i,
! was the same hammer.
Continued on page ~
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1905-07-26
LAIRD'S
HARDWARE.

Peter G.. Jorgenson, timer for
Jaehning Bros, suffered an attack
of appendicitis Saturday and left
Immediately for Rochester to under
90 an operation for the same. Mr..
Jorgenson has only got fairly
settled and it is certainly tough
luck that calls him away on such an
unpleasant errand. During the
time that be remains in the hospital
Mrs. JorgensoD and little girl will
remain at the home of the formers
parents in Waseca.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1905-07-26

them had grown old. He contended
that he himself was a considerable
chunk of a boy before most of the
veterans were born, and that no
man was justified in calling himself
old until five minutes before he
sank to sleep for the last time. The
Judge rendered verbal commission
of major general to every old SOL
der on the grounds, on behalf of
his fellow citizens, and a cordial
welcome to every place in it except
the Jail. Mayor n. ]. Robinson
of Tracy responded on behalf of the
veterans, saying complimentary
things about our city as well as
jollying the comrades for their past
services. He referred to the legend.
Welcome, comrades, over the
business houses of the city, and OBJ
served that he saw no such well
come over the Jail entrance and
didn't think any of the G. A. r.
boys would be eligible to admission
to that retreat
Mrs. President Mary E. Plymatt
of the W. r. G. talked entertaining
ly OF the long procession of grand
army men who had passed and are
every year passing to their final
bivouac, She was followed by A.
M. Welles, representing the press
of the city.
Between the addresses the Misses
Grace and June Watson of Marshall
sang a number OF ,olos, which were
warmly applauded, and at the close
the audience Joined in singing
America.
A boat ride to the park was the
program Wednesday monring, and
the major portion of the veterans
and their wives availed themselves
of the privilege.
The camp fire in the evening was
the most popular feature of the en-
campment, large turnout Of the
citizens being unable to secure
seats. Early in the evening the
band was reinforced by the drum
corps, made up of about a dozen
young men Of the city, who resur-
CONTINUED on 4th pagel
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1905-07-26

dicates that McRae, Starr, Tut and
the rest of the newspaper gang hid
their sparklers when the assessors
we're going the rounds.
In the item of dogs, Waterbury
and Springdale are neck and neck
with 104 CANNES each, while Red
wood Falls lags behind with only
80.
Redwood Falls is assessed for
$780, 39 worth OF personal property
"a gain of S34, 389 over last year or
nearly 90 per cent.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1905-07-26

Continued on page A.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-01-27
Macaroni..
Seed Wheat

Parties desiring STRICTLY PURE
and true to name KUBANKA or
YELLOW GHARNOVKA seed
wheat, grown from seed 5000.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-01-27
Auction Sale.

Patrick Nordland, administrator
OF the estate of Carl Matsou, will sell
at the farm in said estate, on the
south west side Of Spirit Lake, on
Tuesday, January 3lst, all the per
soual property belon ging to said
estate.
FL. p. Hendricks will offer at pub
lie auction bis entire list of personal
property, on Friday, February 10th,
at the old Sterr farm four miles
north and two miles west OF De
Smet. Property consists OF horses,
cattle, farm implements aud house.
hold goods.
F. F. Dorman will hold an auction
sale on Tuesday, February 2lst., at
the old August Larson farm, seven
miles north and one-half mile west
Of De Smet at which time he will
dispose Of all his personal property
consisting Of horses, cattle, and farm
machinery. Mr., Dorman has decided
to engage IN other business.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-01-27

Judge Whiting has Just rendered
a decision in a case Of much interest
to holders of tax deeds in South Da-
kota, says the Huron Herald Demo
crat. The case is that of Cornelius
vs. Ferguson, and is known to attor-
neys quite generally in South Dako
ia, it having been in tho supreme
court OF this state twice for hearing.
10 the last decision Judge Whiting
of the Ninth judicial circuit con
strues the limitation clause in sec
tion 22l4 OF the political code and
holds that when a deed ia valid on
its face, and the property has been
in the possession Of the tax deed
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-01-27

holder for three years before suit is
brought, and the tax deed recorded
three years prior to the bringing OF
suit, such deed cannot be attacked
for any irregularities in the tax pro-
ceedings, where the property is in
taxing district, is subject to taxation
the taxes not paid, and there is nc
redemption from the tax sales. This
decision seems to be at variance with
the construction placed on a like
statute by the supreme court OF
North Dakota and will attract much
attention among the legal profession
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-01-27
LEGISLATIVE WORKINGS.
Carroll Leads in Bill Making.

Pierre. S, ID. Jan. 10. Representative
Carol of Kingsbury is the most pro
life bill producer in either house, and
at the present time has a dozen or
more propositions in the incubator.
Among these is a trepass bill aimed
to protect the timber claims which
have survived the perils of ignorant
planting, indifferent cultivation and
hostile legislation. There are many
Of these claims, and too frequently
they are regarded as public property
where he who will may take irewood
or select the choicest for transplant
ing.
Kingsbnry county has for years
stood for the payment OF road taxes
in money, aud session after session
has presented a bill which has always
fallen before the opposition of the
farmers, who like to take a little vaca-
ton, with it's attendent relaxation
from labor, by spending a'few June
days luxuriously reveling on the joy
GUS highways, la this they are ahet-
ted by the railway companies, which,
being large owners of property, are
able to contract for the working Of
their taxes for a sun much less than
the cash equivalent. When the farm
ers and the railroads are of one mind
in South Dakota they have to be
reckoned with. So is it that the great
American institution of "workin' the
p~olltax" continues undisturbed, but
MI. Carroll is not discouraged and
will again move the innovation.
Mr.. Carroll will likewise ask that
severe penalties be imposed upon
druggists who substitute ingredients
in filing prescription Serious re-
suits have frequently followed the
assumption of the druggist who. not
being supplied with certain drugs
prescribed, has substituted something
ia their opinion, equally as good"
Many of the smaller cities do not
make or publish annual financial
statements. Mr.. Carroll seeks to
remedy this.
At the last session Mr.. Carroll
secured the submission of a consti-
tutional amendment increasing the
salary of the attorney general to
81 800 a year. At present it is but
$1,000. The people failed to ratify the
Sse=4asea and he will now mnra
for resubmission.
He belives the liquor law is de-
fective in falling to provide for search
for and seizure of contrabsad spirits.
The state has provision for search
and seizure in its game law and be
propes to extend the principle to the
liquor law.
Mr.. Carroll thinks the duly attest
ed record Of the probate of an estate
in another state should be accepted
here, without Involving the heirs in
the expense Of %reprobate here, which
also involves vexatious delay. His pro-
position provides for the distribution
of estates here under the foreign pro-
bate, provided it comes properly cer-
tilted.
The counties complain that the fees
Of court stenographers are exorbitant
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-01-27

The many friends Of g. II. Haus
an, Engineer L. E 8 w. r. r., at
present living 10 Lima, o., will be
pleased to know Of his recovery from
threatened kidney disease. He writes
II was cured by using Foley's Kid
ney Cure, which | recommend to all,
especially trainmen who are usually
similarly afflicted Sold by l.. K.
Sasse.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-01-27

and be proposes to fix maximum
rates for the same. He also wants the
legislature TO memorialize congress
to repeal the bankruptcy act, which
he thinks has served the purpose fol
which it was at first intended, in re-
lieving the victims Of the Cleveland
panic, and is now reported to defeal
the collection of honest Obligations
which might be met.
Another bill by Carroll is for ar
act to submit to the electors of the
state a law providing for party nom
nations, etc.
All opposition has been removed
to Cooper bill in the senate to legal
ize liqnor licenses granted by towns
and cities when no vote was taken
last spring and the bill has been ia
vorably recommended by the temper
ance committee, The first plan OF the
anti saloon people wa to fight this,
but they allow it to 20 without OPP.
position.
Representative Kribs has introduc
ed a bill requiring g~asolene csus to
be painted red.
The resolution TO allow county su
periutendents to hold more than two
terms was opposed by Madison,
Countryman, Craig and Turner, the
latter because it had already b 'nu
submitted and voted down. The
measure was supported by Bartrud,
Hebal, Carroll, aud Bowel but went
to the table by a vote of Al to "a on
motion of Demalignon.
The house passed bills to begin
the terms of county auditors the first
Monday in March and to make the
terms OF officers of the mutual insur-
ance companies three years.
House bill No. 81, introduced by
Mr.. Turner, is a bill to amend our
present laws relating to the sale Of
intoxicating liquors by registered
pharmacists Any pharmacist owning
a pharmacy worth more than $500,
exclusive of fixtures and liquors,
may sell, for medical, scientific and
sacramental purposes, intoxicating
liquors, but the sale of same for
beverages is deemed unlawful and
punishable, on the first ~otfense, by
a fine OF not more than $500, and on
the second offense, by imprisonment
in the county Jail for not less than
ten or more then thirty days.
Under the head of senate bill No.
IS Mr.. Anderson introduced a bill
for an act, providing for the erection
and maintenance of a Irvine plant at
the state prison at Sioux Falls, South
Dakota, and to regulate the sale Of
f
Irvine. This bill was referred to the
committee on agriculture. The bill
provides that the warden of the pen
itentiary and the board of charities
and corrections be empowered to
erect a twine plant, not exceeoing
Sl50,000 in cost. In the event that
there are no available funds in the
state treasury the state may issue
bonds payable in ten years time,
which bonds are not to bear more
then 4 per cent interest. Convict
labor is to be used in the construct
ion as much as is practicable, The
price of the finished produce OF the
plant is to be fixed by the warden
and the board Of charities and correc-
tons. The Irvine shall be sold as ear
ly as possible each year, up to and
including the lst of May to farmers
anu individual consum5Ts aud the
remainder, with the exception of 200.
600 pounds. shall be sold In bulk.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-01-27
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