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Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-08-03

After donning our garments we were
much surprised to see how much larger
we seemed than the Indians. We went
over to the white mans camp. and
found two Spaniards with a big bon
fire. They invited the Indians to come
nearer and get warm. They passed
around q little whisky, but soon de-
tected us, and / heard one of them say
to the other in an u~ndertone, Il Won
der who told those fellows we were
here?" They would do nothing more
that evening, and early the next morn
ing they were gone.
/ relate this to show that Ink-pa-du-
a-tah really wanted his men TO be Sob
er, Industrious and law abiding. He
often asked me: Have my men ever
stolen anything?" and 1 could always
answer No"
No, / never saw nk-pa-du-a-tah after
the massacre at Spirit Lake
Noticing that he spoke Ink-pa-du-a-
tabs name different from it's usual APP
pearance in print, l asked why. The
reply was, THAT is the way it was al
ways spoken by him, with the accent
on the third syllable
Wing and AboIitionist.
Politically, Mr.. Lamb was a whig and
abolitionist. He cast his first ballot for
William Henry Harrison in 1910, and
iAAAo GU o. pSSAA AZ ANHNDhhSNAAa - ~
an enthusiastic supporter of Roosevelt
and a firm "standpatter." Is not a poll
tician, though he keeps himself thor
oughly posted on current events
through the Register and Leader n
other papers; has never asked a public
office, though he helped to organize
Woodbury. county; was elected the first
justice of the peace in the county,
which office, or some other township
Office he has held continuously since. He
takes an active part in educational af-
fairs and he has been a OF
school boards may years.
Socially he is not connected with n
of the fraternal organizations. though
he is fond of company, a good CONVEX
sationalist, of genial temperament n
d~eservedly popular.
Religiously, in his earlier years, he
affiliated with the Methodists. but later
renowned all creeds, and during the
past few years has been a close student
OF the bible; has repeatedly read the
"Millennial Dawn" a series of books by
Russell, and firmly believes they are all
true.
Physically he retains all his faculties
to a remarkable degree. The ~retentive-
ness Of his memory is surprising, and
valuable to a compiler of the history or
his county. He some time ago retired
on Easy street. For diversion he Guilt
Yates q garden, which is the pride or
his life, and he Is getting anxious for
the lion of March to let go his grip SO
that gardening may begin.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-08-03

Copyright, 1902, by w. r. Hearst.)
"Jove. Did . ever before see such
an assorted lot of humanity? Here's
your chance, Barker. to study the
genus homo"
Pierce had Strengthened up from his
lounging attitude and was gazing with
growing curiosity upon the motley
crowd OF excursionists streaming past
the hotel. Barker, following his ex-
ample, exhibited an interest combin-
ing both curiosity and compassion.
Poor soulsi" he muttered. Ills a
red letter day IN their aumdrum exist
ence.k Pitiful, isn't it, and amazing, too.
how little sufficeS-"
Hold on Barker, there's plenty of
time afterwards for moralizing. Well
use our eyes now and our reflective
faculties later
From their position on the hotel
steps both young men had an excellent
view of the panorama below n be-
yond-Lake Michigan, flashing blue
green in the sum-; the beach, clean and
white by contrast, dotted with amuse-
ment booths and pavilions and the dock
where the big steamer, just landed,
continued to unload itself OF pleasure
seekers.
AS the latter climbed the rather steep
ascent to the town n proceeded to
scatter through the streets to their va
hiOaS " lOliS tiASy OiiNOulllCiSo liiC
interested gaze of those resorters and
residents who invariably found pleas
ure in watching the arrival Of excursion
boats and trains.
An exclamation from Pierce startled
Barker in the midst of his observa-
tons.
II say, look at the crowd around the
professors tent! He's doing a rushing
business today"
Barker looked and saw that the PALM
lists quarters near by were already
taken possession OF by waiting groups,
eager to have their hands read.
A closer scrutiny showed disappoint-
ment plainly written on the faces Of
the waiting ones. Some were turning
away, while others held wondering con-
sultation.
Perhaps the professor isn't in" sug-
gested Barker.
Sudden remembrance flashed upon
Pierce. by George ! should say not!
That picnic party hasn't returned yet.
has 1t? Well, then. goodby to the pro-
fessor's trade for this afternoon. The
folks would insist on taking him
promised TO bring him back in time
and behold the RESULT"
Wonder what happened to delay
them so long,"
Anything ca. happen to a party
bound for Higman park. The question
Is, what's to be done? It's too bad the
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-08-03

Argentina and also in Egypt and Rus
STA, wheat Is freed from its husks by
threshing machines. But in India and
throughout the east generally the prim-
tive biblical method still prevails of
treading out the grain under the feet
of oxen on a hard-baked patch OF soil
in the open fields. Necessarily, there
fore, a certain admiXture OF field earth
finds it's way to the shipping ports
along with the wheat. This condition
OF things is recognized by the milling
trade, and a fixed reduction of 5 per
cent. for dirt Is an established rule
for purchases Of Indian whea in Eu-
rope. But all the wheat shipped from
Bombay and Karachi, the two chief
western ports of India, by no means
contains SO heavy a percentage OF
moth earth" Hence an extraordi-
nary practice has come into vogue.
The wheat arriving at the ware
houses for shipment is first cleaned by
machinery, and is thereafter run
through a second machine that mixes
1T with the exact 5 per cent. OF sand
and loan, thereby bringing IL to the
the payment by weight to Europe Is
based. In other words. SO long as the
millers deduct 5 per cent. for dirt"
Just so long will they get the dirt. Thus
for every twenty tons of wheat carried
all the way from India to Europe,
freight is actually paid on one ton OF
soil. The obvious remedy Is to abol-
ish the fixed deduction for dirt" n
pay for each shipment according to
it's purity as ascertained by actual
sampling. This would promptly result
In only clean wheat being shipped from
India as from the other great wheat
growing lands.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-08-03
Can You Twist a Bill in Two?
From the MILWAUKEE, Sentinel.

EtOih iuC otiltiieI.
1.-The paper hat is used by the govern
ment in its currency Is manufactured by a
secret process and has characteristics with
which the average man Is not familiar
said Arnold Schorer of Minneapolis.
Recently / was In a small Minnesota
town and witnessed an incident that DEM
onstates this. A well-to-do farmer living
in the vicinity came into the bank TO
transact some business. In the course of
the conversation the cashier began twist
ing a S. bill. The farmer watched him
with interest and finally asked the man
back of the counter If he wasn't afraid OF
tearing the bill.
Here is an easy way for you to earn
money said the cashier. Here Is a s.. 900
bill and i will give 1t to you IL you will
twist the bill in two. You are simply TO
twist IL and not tear it,
THE farmer seemed dumfounded AZ
first. He seemed oyerawed at the thought
OF mutilating a $1,000 bill. Upon further
assurance by the officer OF the bank. he
timidly took the money and started twist
Ing II In the middle. He tugged away for
some time without being able to twist the
bill In two. Finally he gave w and ne
was certainly a surprised farmer. Ii Is
Impossible to twist a bill In TWO. so lii n
and elastic Is the paper useo.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-08-03

times for days and weeks, my wife
n children would be intrusteu, as
o might say, to the care OF the INK
pa-du-a-tah and his band. ] could re-
late many acts of his kindness. He
would come to the cabin, and ask II
anything could be done. IL logs were
needed for the immense fireplace, he
would send up squaws TO carry them
in, and the table was supplied with
the choicest of their fish and venison.
He taught me the Sioux language, and
a urs have we sat together by
my tlrepl1ce exchanging knowledge OF
u languages. My pronunciation Of
one word always afforded him great
amusement. 1t was the word signify
ing the internal ear, or ear hole. l
could not speak it right, n he would
lear back and laugh heartily. 1t final
ly became his invariable custom TO pro-
nounce that word for me, when he
wanted to bring the lessons to a close.
He called me Ah-si-a-tah accent on
the second ~syllable), which means, so
far as | could understand 1t, many
good things in one persons
Asked how he first met Ink-pa-du-a-
tab, he replied.
1 came to Iowa in 1850, took a claim
in township Sc, range Al, on Little Sioux
river, in what is now Little Sioux
township, Woodbury. county, about
thirty miles southeast from Sioux City,
and built a log cabin. In the fall of
1852, about twenty miles north, were
some Indian amp One day a Span
lard. named Joe Maryville, came to my
cabin with a horse and sleigh and two
Indians on their way from Sergeant
Bluff to these Indian camps with
blankets and other goods TO trade with
the Indians. He also had some alcohol.
They stopped at my cabin over night.
/ made them hunks on the floor, n as
comfortable as possible. While there
Joe doped the alcohol with water all
it would bear, and went up to the
Indian camp. He first traded his blank
cts n other stuff for furs, and then
the next morning let go the firewater.
Knowing the nature Of the stuff, he
deemed 1t prudent to get out early, n
e to hitch up but his horse was
gone. Concluding it would TAX the
back track to my stable, where 1t stop
ped the night before, he took the trail,
arriving at about 10 o'clock, where the
horse was having a good feed and wait
ing for him. He mounted him and
went back to get the sleigh. By this
time the dope had got in its work, the
Indians were fighting drunk and hav-
ing a regular knock down and drag
out. The squaws had taken their pap
pooses and gone to the timber for
safety.
The Medicine Man.
There were two bands of Indians. Ink
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-08-03
Trial by Ordeal.

FTJm the NeW fUrK TrLbune.
In the sinai peninsula trial by ordeai
is still practiced. Lord Cromer I'm hts
recent report on Egypt gives an ac-
count of the system. In all criminal
cases where no witnesses are forthcom-
ing. the judge, Eel Mabashaa." tests
the suspected person by fire, by water
or by dream. In the first the judge
places an iron pan In the fire until it
Is red hot, and gives 1t to the accused
to touch three times with his tongue.
If marks of burning are shown on the
tongue the accused Is pronounced
guilty. The theory, apparently, Is that
If he is not guilty the moisture on the
tongue prevents is from being burned:
II guilty his tongue would dry UP from
fear OF being discovered.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-08-03
Real Business Spirit.

a partner said DR.. r. A. Torrey In
New York. this man reminded me Of one
OF the lady managers at 4 fashionable
bazaar. He did very well himself; not
quite so well for the firm.
.He was a good deal like that lady man
ager. She, the day before the bazaar
opened, was engaged, along with another
woman, in putting the prices on the goods
.In due course the busy pair came % =
superb oriental rug.
"A Khazak rug. said one lady. o.
the ticket the cost price Is put at a.
What shall we mark II to be sold att
oh, what a beauty cried the other.
i've been wanting n for my library for
In longest time. Jvst mark II $50. and III
bnv ~ myself
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-08-03

goods, and went up in company with
Sam Day. who was staying with us at
that time. We met the Indians about
six miles north in a small open
prairie. After shaking hands with all
the warriors, we decided to come back
about a mile where there was timber
and water, and there we camped. The
pitched the tepees INT prepared a
supper Having taken our own food,
Sam and / ate together. After supper
business was lively. AS fast as / could
scoop UP corn meal in a pint measure,
an Indian would take ii and hand me
a package of muskrat skins, five in a
package. i counted them the first few
times, but o grew tired Of that, and
just threw them into the wagon as fast
as l could. / was never cheated by
them. l traded wool blankets, heavy
mackinaws, for buck skins. getting ten
buck kin for a blanket. After finish
ing trading. we retired peacefully for
the night, and everything was quiet I'M
til daylight. We were early astir, and
after breakfast moved southwark.
When within three miles of my cabin
the Indians said they would camp there,
the grass in the woods being still green
and fresh for their ponies. Sam and /
went on home.
Spoiled Whisky Sales.
A few days later Ink-pa-du-a-tah
came and told mo there were "min-ne-
has-ka" (white men) "num-pah" (two)
in a small grove a mile and a half east
OF their camp, who had whisky to sell
10 his men: that they had come to his
camp with bottles of whisky, and
treated his warriors, and given them to
understand by signs that they had a
barrel of whisky TO sell. He said he did
not want his men TO have IL, as they
would get mad and fight. He asked me
what he should do; Mould he go and
break the barrel? l said, mo-" that /
would go up to his In that night.
That was all l said, but he went away
perfectly satisfied. That evening quite
early i, with my hired men, Zachary Al
len, went 10 the Indian camp. ! wanted
TO get positive evidence the men were
selling whisky to the Indians. / told
the Indians to dress Zach and myself
like Indians and w would go with
them and get whisky. They had lots of
sport dressing us UP. n VIE made
quite respectable looking Indians. We
put blankets over our heads. drawn
"- bout the face 10 hide our boards.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-08-03
Anomaly in the Wheat Trade.

A remarkable illustration of the
truth of the old commercial adage that
what the buyer pays for that he will
get" is afforded by the wheat trade In
India. In the United States, Canada.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-07-12

chairs, light your pipes and watrh
your .cnuar rolling ln a stable loo.
while small black person waits for
'rp %" se, through, holding two 1or-
a.os OF Acet .mclue fodder to gi.a
nin afterwards
soon "a smarm of colored children
with u assortment of dogs comes
rooping into the yard Iii. dere,
cudy," Sick 'cm. Tiec" And away
90 inc chickens, with the dogs and
pickauninies after them There is a
vast ciatter and uproar of clucks and
screams. and presently. somewhere
under The house you catch The sound
of chokes and squawks which signi-
rs assassination
AZ let after inhaling many gra e.
ful odors, Won are summoned to NE
livingroom, and there assembled
without osteuatiou. arc the fr.cd
relics Of your featherod friends. great
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-07-12

cuts OF savory home made bacon,
heaps Of fresh eggs, cooked on both
sides. hot biscuits and cornbread.
honey, yellow milk. steaming coffee
and slabs OF butter, with the perfume
of the clover rich upon it. So You
feast.
Any Industrious and patient and
determined man can build for himself
just such a home in almost any
southern neighborhood There is no
room in that region for the incendi-
AIRY agitator-for the man who
breaches discomfort and expects to
drive on social chaos. But the hon
est toiler, equipped with the very
smallest glimmer Of intelligence and
thrift. can build a competence for
himself and bestow upon his family
health, happiness and civilization.
Take it or leave it-w Washington
Post.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-07-12

TRUE SOUTHERN
HOSPITALITY
Joys oi the Life OF the Thrifty South.
crn Farmer


Ever hang your horse mp at the
gate of the average small farmer s.
house about an hour before noon or
shutdown and get his promise of "a
meals yictuals" and a nights rost?
If not. you've missed great oxpe-
rience. You are taken ont to the
back porch. where a big tin basin
sits ON a long low shelf There Is cool
water a-plenty with yellow soap and
clean, rough towels There is also.
a brown stone jug with corn col
stopper aud "A shining tin cup. and
you're welcome TO all the mountain
dew you are TO drink. You and the
master of the house compose your-
selves in big splint-bottomed roc 1g
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-02-14
SHERIFF'S SALE.

BY virtue of special execution, issued out
of the Office of the clerk of District court
in and for Winneshiek county, state of Iowa,
dated the 18th day of February, A, D., 1905. aud
TO me directed and delivered. have levied on
the following described real estate, situated
i'm Winneshiek county, Iowa, to-wit:
Lot One ~, subdivision of North
half Block Nine 90, DEBORAH, Iowa
Which property shall expose for public sale
as the law directs, on Friday, the 10th day
of March, A. d, 1906, at the hour of 10 O'Clock
a. M, of said day, at the front door of the
court house in DEBORAH. la said count, or so
much thereof as shall be necessary To satisfy
a judgment for The sum of One Thousand
Six Hundred and Forty-Seven Dollars,
damages. with interest from the 9th
day of February, 1906. at The rate of per cent
per annum. and also Fifty,five and s0l00
dollars attorneys fe s. and Thirty.four and
75-lO0 dollars costs, which John G.. Barthell
recovered on the 9th day of February 1906 in
the district court of said county against p C..
Peterson, together with interest and accruing
costs.
Dated at DEBORAH, Iowa Feb. IL, 1906.
GEO. MIZENER, Sheriff
t. j. QUALLEY. Deputy.
II. f. BARTHELL, Atty. for Plaintiff ID
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-02-14
THE VIEW of THE CONSUMER.

There is q general and growing de.
mand on the part of the farmers Of
the country in favor of such reciproci
ty legislation by congress as will tend
to enlarge the foreign markets for the
agricultural products of this country.
There is side TO this question which
is not often presented, and that is the
rights and interests of the nonprodu-
GERS and consumers of this country who
relatively greatly outnumber the farm
ers, there being 100000 of the for
mer and but 100000 of the latter.
The bread and butter question Of 49,
100000 wage earners is very closely
connected with the prices of farm
products. More extended foreign mar
kets would certainly have the tenden-
cy to increase the price of those farm
products which constitute not so much
the Injuries as the necessities of COM
mon living In this country. At the
time this is written the wage earners
are paying in most of our cities $1.40
for fifty pound sack of -four, cents
a pound for cOrnmeal, cents for oat-
meal, cents a quart for milk, %
cents pound for butter, 80 cents
dozen for eggs, 81 a bushel for pota-
toes, $50 bushel for apples, 10 cents
a pound for steak, II cents pound
for chickens and similar prices for all
other meats. The consumer and wage
Garner of today has to figure close to
make his income cover the necessary
expenses Of living and feels that this
burden should not be increased in the
interests Of the farmer who produces
the necessities of life. For this rea-
son wage earners are not viewing the
reciprocity proposition with any de-
gree of favor, and we do not blame
them.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-02-14
THE WOOD FIRE.

There is no fire like wood fire.
Neither gas, coke nor coal furnishes
fuel which has as many good qualities
as wood. They are all allied with the
generation of pestiferOus gases and
noxOus odOrs, while the burning wood
has fragrance all its own and sug-
gestive Of grand old trees ami wood
land growth. In the wood fire we see
reflected the summer sunshine of
hundred years, the budding and leafing
out and the autumnal splendor of for
est foliage. The open wood fire is full
of delightful sentiment. which coal
stove, with its gas and bad smell, can
never command. Then when one comes
to cooking only wood fire will ever
brOil piece of meat and give 1t that
delightful flavor so palatable to ALL
Forced as we are now to use coal for
all domestic purposes, we look back
with regret to the early days when our
fathers raided the magnificent forests
of the country and piled the wood in
heaps to burn it to get rid of it, Here
In lies one of the most regrettable and
inexcusable economic wastes of the
whole country, because millions of
acres of land worthless for any other
purpose than for timber growing have
been ruthlessly cut and burned over
only to provoke floods and droughts.
While the reclamation of the desert
areas Of the country is great work,
we still think it is second to the work
OF making an effort TO reforest the
waste places of the country. To this
end the government can well afford to
Lend its moral and financial support
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-02-14
BARREN STALKS OF CORY

There are two causes for the many
barren stalks found in the cornfield.
One is the planting of seed of such low
vitality that it is unable to do more
than send up stalk and produce a
tassel. Another and more prolific
cause for the barren stalk may be
found in the lack Of available plant
food, three stalks and sometimes four
being competitors for an amount of
plant food which is only equal to the
production of one good stalk and one
good ear This emphasizes the fact
that much of our corn planted on poor
ground is planted too thickly. 1t Is
easy to understand that these barren
stalks, carefully cultivated and cared
for, become in this manner the very
worst weeds that there are in the corn
field, rObbing the one stalk Of moisture,
fertility and sunshine We are aware
that these barren stalks, which some
times amount to as much as 20 per
cent of the stand of corn In the field,
have been hitherto charged up to de-
fective and weak seed, but the more
we examine this question the more we
are convinced that it is not SO much
question of poor seed as a lack of
available plant food. This is true: Ii
field planted to corn is badly run
down it will produce more bushels of
corn If but one stalk is planted in
each hill than IL three are allowed to
grow.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-02-14
Dangers Of Cold and How TO Avoid Tn. m

More fatalities have their origin in or
result from a cold than from any other
cause. This fact alone should make PEG.
pie more careful as there is no danger
whatever from cold When it is properly
treated in the beginning For many years
Chamberlain Cough Remedy has been
recognized as the most prompt and effect
tual medicine in use for this disease. 1t
acts on natures plan, loosens the coughs
relieves the lungs, opens the secretions and
aids nature in restoring the system to a
healthy condition. Sold by Engbretson S
Pharmacy.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-02-14
Administrators Notice.

Notice of the appointment of an Admins.
tratrix OF the estate of David Rickahaugh,
deceased.
Notice Is Hereby Given, That the subscriber
has been duiy appointed administrative of the
estate of
DAVID RICKABAUGH,
late of Canoe Township, in the county OF
Winneshiek, state of Iowa, deceased. intes.
tate, and has taken upon herself that trust
by giving bonds as the law directs. All per-
sons having demands upon the estate Of the
said deceased are required to exhibit the
same; and persons indebted to the said estate
are called upon TO make payment TO
CAROLINE RICKABAUGH
Administrative.
Dated at DEBORAH, Iowa, Feb. :, 1905
Jaw GEO, W. ADAMS Atty