Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-12-07

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is but additional evidence that il pays
to trade at home. Times.
The South Dakota School of Tel
egrahy enrolled the following stud
ents this week: Arthur Mullen, Condo,
S. D.; George Smith, Cleveland, Ohio;
Arthur Anderson, Bancroft, S. d.;
Earnest Congo, Ramona, S. d.. Work
is progressing nicely and all the boys
seem to want to be the first that will
be ready for the spring positions.
The sportsmen of the state, or
some of them, held a meetingat Sioux
Falls on November 14th and decided
to attempt to secure an amended game
law, and also to ask the press of the
state to use its influence to help Sc
cure the change. The INDEPENDENT
is in favor of as strict a game law as
the most radical sportsman may de
sire, and after the law is enacted We
are in favor of reinforcing it. However,
the first step necessary is to prevent
the bird dogs from running at large
and destroying nests and young birds.
Second reduce the limit on chickens
and shorten the shooting season, or
close it entirely for two years. As to
ducks, there is no particular reason
why spring shooting should be aban-
doned, or for reducing the limit. Next
we would have the law provide for a
license of one or two dollars on every
resident hunter, which license should
go into a fund to pay game wardens
and expenses. But, on top of all this
the hunters themselves must unite
for the enforcement of the law.
The democratic central committee
through their attorney +. S. johnson,
has served notice of a contest of the
election of F. p. Hardy as commits
sioner of this district. The ground
upon which the contest is based is the
manner in which Mr.. Hardy's nomi-
nation was made. 1t has been the
custom in this county, as in all Others
in the state, to nominate the commits
sioners by district conventions, COM
prised of delegates from each pre-
cinct in the district, Notwithstanding
the fact that the candidate was voted
upon by the whole county. Mr.. Hardy
was nominated by a republican
district convention. The democrats
held their county convention and
nominated Tim Healy of this city by
the convention as a whole. The GER
~tificate of nomination was duly pre-.
pared and offered for filing. Auditor
Purintun, laboring under the COM
mon impression, advised those offer
ing the certificate of election that it
was wrong. The democrats then pre-
pared and offered for filing a certif-
cate setting forth the fact that Mr..
Healy was duly nominated at a dem
ocratic district convention in accord
ance with the practice that has been
in vogue. At the same time a little diff
ficulty in one of the northern
counties of the state. Two republi-
can candidates were nominated for
commissioner in the same district,
one by district convention and the
other by the county convention
as a whole. There being two
candidates of the same party for the
one office, the matter was taken to the
supreme court for an opinion as to
which was the legal nominee. The
court handed down a decision in fav-
or of the candidate nominated by the
county convention. The contest
against Mr.. Hardy is instituted on
the ground that his nomination was
illegal and it is contended that he
had no rightful place on the ballot
the contention being based on the
incident and opinion of the supreme
court briefly stated above. But another
question enters into the matter at
this time. Mr.. Hardy's name was
placed upon the ballot, whether right
fully OF not, the election has been
held, and it is found that Mr..
Hardy had a majority over Mr..
Healy. The voters at the cleo
tion not casting a ballot for
a candidate to represent their party
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