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Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-10-19
TO MEET AT DEADWOOD.
Baptist Convention Next Year Will Be
Held West of River.

Bookings, S. D., Oct. 10-The twenty
fifth annual meeting of South Dakota
Baptists came to a close last evening
in a largely attended meeting at the
First Baptist church. Rev. w. H..
Geistweit, D. D., of Chicago, editor OF
the Service" the young peoples ma
tional organ; Rev. O. A. Williams, D..
D., of Minneapolis; Miss Barley, OF
Santiago, Cuba, and others delivered
addresses, and the closing meeting of
the silver anniversary convention was
one of the best of the week.
Deadwood vas chosen as the conven-
ton city of 1907, the First church Of
that city, the city of Deadwood through
its mayor and the Business Mems union
through its president sending an ur-
gent invitation for the church people to
meet in that city next ear. BY next
year it is expected that the railroads
will have been built across the ranges
and that convention delegates can
easily reach the hill city. This will be
the first time the Baptists have ever
met west of the Missouri river, and 1t
us thought that it will be the first state
gathering of In organization to meet
in the Black Hills.
Saturday afternoon Rev. w. c. KING,
state superintendent of missions, spoke
on the opportunities for the extension
of Christian work in the western part
VI the Sldle dlOilS the ne" me- ~
roads which are being built from
Chamberlain, Pierre and Evarts to the
Hills, and he portrayed the conditions
there so vividly that $500 was quickly
subscribed by the delegates present ana
a resolution was passed TO ask the
churches of the state to raise 1000 for
the work in the territory. In addition
one of the national societies was asked
to send one of it's chapel cars into the
state and it is expected that n Will
be placed at the disposal of the state
board OF evangelism.
The report of the committee on edu-
cation, read by Mrs. Chas. F. Hackett,
of Parker, showed that the state col
!ege of the denomination located at
Sioux Falls is now free of debt for the
first time and that the number OF stu
dents enrolled is twice as many as two
years ago and three times as many as
the preceding year. The college is in
need of nother building and the con-
vention stands pledged to secure 1T.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-10-19
cHINAMEN AS CATTLE RAiSERS,
OrientaIs Buy Large Ranch in the
Black Hills Country.

4, Custer, S. D., Oct. ia novel com
pany has been formed in the Black
Hills, composed of a number of China
men, five or six, who have gone into
the cattle business. Some of them are
Deadwood residents, prosperous laun-
drymen, and the manager of the COM
pany. who has made his home in n
about this city for the past eight years.
is one Of the most notable Cinnamon
In the west. The company starts in
business with between 500 and 600
head of cattle, which they will keep
on the ranges near here. The manager.
known as 'Fliday," though his real
pame is Fon Kuhn, lives on n of the
most beautiful ranches in the south
ern Hills, and has a home that for
neatneSS and comfort can hardly be
surpassed. This and his worldly well
Fare, however, were due to his white
wife, who died only a short time ago.
. The company's home ranch, if such
it might be called, is where "Fliday''
makes his home, and though he has
lived on this land for the past five
years he cannot gain a title to it, as
he is, by the laws of our land, barred
from naturalization, and hence from
the permission to take up government
land. This circumstance keeps him
close to his ranch, which he holds by
virtue of the squatter's rights.
The company has a good start in
business, and bids fair to become a
Strong institution. The other men,
bers of the company work at their va
riouS trades in the upper Hills towns,
while "Fliday" in American clothes,
with his queue gone and his high
heeled cowboy boots on his feet, rides
the range, buying and selling, and al
ways at q profit.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-10-19
NINTH DAY OF MEET.
Second Round of the Mississippi Val
ley Futurity Was Run.

Hot Springs, S. D., Oct. 13.-Yester-
day was the ninth day of the national
coursing meet. The weather was fine
and the hares and rabbits ran we'll.
Following is the score of the second
round of the Mississippi Valley Futur-
ity stake which was run yesterday:
Lord Buff, l.. f. Bartles, Denver.
beat Fine Empress, Frank Esshom,
ia.
Wrong Idea. Connelley & keenan,,
peat After Me, H. A. Hassenplug, 23-11.
Wild Wood. j.. +. Freeman, beat Col
legian, Blake, Tonkin & Smith, 1872.
Buttles' Binlett, Williams & Cham
pion, beat Fine Elf. Frank Esshom,
1913.
Squirrels Oddsides, F. B, Jones, beat
Golden Tralie, F. Esshom. 80.
Consignor, j. K. Freeman, peal
Friends Effort, Frank Esshom, 6-5.
Consignee, T. w. Bartles, beat Tennis
Ball, Blake. Tonkin & Smith, 40.
Rear Admiral, j. II. Rosseter, peal
Snap, Jas. Robertson, SO.
Fair Empress, Frank Esshom, beat
Lady Makay, Abbot & Baker, ST..
Fine Edge, Frank Esshom, beat Miss
Grain Belt, Williams G. Champion, 80.
Eheert Reese, Lillian r. Smith, beat
Ring Lady, Connelley & keenan,, ga.
Miss Fair, Rowe & Noall, beat Mo-
iolica, d. X. Cartier, 6-5.
Lord Bedford, l.. f. Bartles, beat Me
First, F. A. Hassenplug, 5-3.
Lady Russell, Williams & Champion,
peat Continuance, Blake, Tonkin &
Smith, CO.
Sir Patched, d. X. Cartier, beat Ca
madam Express, Blake, Tonkin &
Smith, 3D.,
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-10-19
MINING MILL BURNS.
Plant in Which $4,000 Mas Invested
Totally Destroyed.

Deadwood, s. D., Oct. 13.-The Ola
Detroit and Deadwood mill, in when
the venturesome Frank Andrews, the
Detroit banker, invested some OF other
peoples money, burned to the ground.
At the time the mill was erected, In
1901, Andrews invested funds IN TINS
as well as in Cripple Creek and Utah
properties. Although the mill was
equipped with the best OF modern ma
lchinery, and the cyanide method was
Installed, yet from the very trst IL
was a failure. due largely, so II was
said, to incompetent management. 1t
cost originally $4,000 and was sup
posed to have a capacity of fifty tons
a day. 1t was o o abandoned, ana
for a time a Waterman remained In
charge of the property, but this proved
too expensive, and all precautions were
eventually withdrawn. The stock Is
held chiefly In Detroit and other cities
in Michigan.
: 1t is supposed that the fire originated
from a fire built by some camping
party, or else was the work of an in
cendiary. Together with the mill, the
old boarding house, bunk house and
stables were also destroyed.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-10-19
INDIAN LAW STUDENT
ACCUSED OF SEDUCTION
Full BIooded Sioux at University OF .
D. Taken Back to Reservation
70 Answer CHARGE.

yermillion, S. D., Oct. 12.-The ar
rest this morning of David Dudley, a
second year law student at the state
university, on the charge OF seductlon'
caused a sensation in college circles,
and Deputy Sheriff Frank Cotton Will
lake the accused back to Charles Mix
county this afternoon to answer to the
charge. or to make other reparation to
the woman he is accused Of having
ruined.
dudley is a full blooded Sioux In
dian, and his accuser is also an IN
dian. Josephine Weston, a divorcee,
living on her fathers ranch on the
Yankton reservation. Dudley was
raised on the Yankton agency and has
always paid court to the Weston wom-
an, and she now charges him with be-
ing the father of her child, swearing
out the complaint against the young
law student. She is willing to marry
the man and drop all charges If he
will accept the p~arentage OF the child;
otherwise the case will so to the
courts. Deputy Sheriff Cotton has told
dudley of the woman's willingness to
drop the case If he will marry her, and,
while he will say nothing either way,
she officer is of the opinion that he
ran Undue Dudley to go TO Wheeler,
the county seat, and procure a license
and marry the woman.
J Dudley has been here for nearly two
years and has always been looked upon
hs a fine fellow and is good in all his
tlasses. On account of the Indians be-
ing more or less "clannish," n the
fact tina there is no Indian lawyer on
The reserve, Dudley decided to fit HIM
6elf for the bar, with the certainty
ahead of him that he would have a lu-
crative practice. If a settlement of
the case is accomplished he will re-
turn to Vermillion and complete his
law course
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-10-19
ONLY 7 NJ IDLE.
"a, ,5e7 of School Funds Is Drawing
Interest.

Pierre, S. D., Oct. 10.-The biennial
report of State Lane Commissioner
Bach Is out, and in the letter of trans
initial attention is called to matters
of interest to the people of the whole
state. 1t is shown that the permanent
school fund at the end ofthe fiscal year
amounted to $4,807, 1910 s and of this
total but Z cents was lying die in the
state treasury at the close of the year.
About half of this is drawing 6 per
cent, and the rest 5 per cent. Within
a year or t,fo, as loans and deferred
payments mature, the whole fund will
be at the 5 per cent. rate. In the past
three years there has not been at any
time as much as $1,000 of the fund ly-
ing idle for a greater period than thir-
ty days, and applications are now on
file for loans which take up the ac-
cumulated fund as rapidly as 1t comes
in.
The matter of stopping the sale of
school lands is discussed, and Commits
sioner Bach thinks that it would be
advisable to continue sales for the
present, but that the minimum price
should be increased from $40 to $50
per acre. To support his position he
shows that the sales in the period from
1903 to 1906, inclusive, averaged the
state S26.S5 per acre, and he favors
an increase In the minimum.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-10-19
PHARMACY BOARD MEETS.

WATERFOWL, S. D., Oct. 12.-The
South Dakota state board Of pharmacy
is holding it's regular fall meeting in
this city. A class of fifteen is taking
the examination for certificates Of reg
istration. The members Of the board
are o. "A. Griffis, Of Aberdeen, James
Lewis of Canton and p. f. Jones Of
Watertown. E.. c. Bent, Of Dell Rapids,
is the secretary.
The first football game of the season
for the Watertown high school was
won by them by a score of SO to 0 from
Castlewood. Next Saturday the team
goes to Bookings, where they will
meet the high school eleven.
WATERFOWL seems to have more
street walkers than street members,
for the receipts of the city police court
for the last quarter amount to over
$500, while the best the city clerk could
do with h poll tax list was to coll
lect $145.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-10-19
OUTSIDE AID SAVES
TOWN OF LAKE ANDES
Fire Threatens, During High
Wind, to Wipe Out
Community.
LUMBER YARD DESTROYED
~. n. Queal Company Sustains S2O,o0a
Loss-Donahue Livery Barn
Burns-PIatte and
Geddes Help.

Lake Andes, S. d.. Oct. 10.-But for
the prompt arrival of the fire depart.
ments from Platte and Geddes, which
were rushed here on a special train,
and the veering of the wind, this little
town would have been wiped out BY
fire this morning. At 1 o'clock this
afternoon the fire is under control and
unless the wind changes the town viii
be saved.
The fire broke out this morning III the
Office of the Queal Lumber company,
"a defective fiue causing it, it is believed.
In a short time the small Office was
consumed and the high wind carried the
flames to the adjacent lumber yard and
barns in the neighborhood.
Everybody Worked.
Every able bodied man in the town
responded to the call for assistance, and
bucket brigades did all possible Ia
check the flames, but little Roadway
could be gained against the fire flend
before the arrival of the fire depart
ments from Platte and Geddes. Tele.
grams for assistance were sent to the
towns as soon as 1t waa
seen hat the people of Lake Andes
could not control the fire, and when the
special train, bringing assistance,
steamed in from the north, it was
greeted with cheers.
The J. H. Queal lumber yard was to-
tally destroyed, the loss being esti.
mated at SIC, 900. Insurance not known.
The J. NJ. Donahue livery barn was
burned to the ground with several tons
of hay, though all the horses and
vehicles were removed. The loss il
probably So, 200. with insurance NOM
inal.
A private barn belonging to a Mr..
Mellinger was also destroyed.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-10-19
GRAND RECEPTION TO BRYAN.
Sioux Falls People Making Great Prep
arations for His Visit There.

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Sioux Falls. S. D., Oct. 12.-William
J.. Bryan made his first visit to Sioux
Falls on October 8. 1896, and a been
here since that time but there is little
doubt that he will be greeted by o.
larger crowd on the occasion of his
visit to Sioux Falls on Thursday of
next week thar during his former
visits
The committee in charge of the ar
rangements for Bryan day have n
auSurated a movement to secure the
big tent which was used for the popul-
list national convention, held in Sioux
Fails in 1900. This movement is the
result of fears that the city auditor
lum, with a capacity of about 1000, will
net be large enough to accommodate
the thousands of democrats and others
who come to hear Mr.. Bryan. 1t is
thought that even the tent, which has
q capacity of from 5000 TO 5000 will be
taxed to its utmost to accommodate the
great crowd. 1t is understood here that
the big tent is now in Sioux City.
Efforts are being made to secure n
rate of one fare for the round trip from
points within 100 miles of Sioux Falls
on all railroads with lines entering the
city for Bryan day, and if these are
successful the crowd in Sioux Falls on
that occasion will be enormous.
Instead of making one address in
Sioux Falls, as at first announced, Mr..
Bryan will deliver W. addresses, one
at 2:30 o'clock in the afternoon and the
other at 1880 in the evening.
Mr.. Bryan speaks at Madison. Wis,
on Wednesday of next week, and will
reach Sioux Falls at l o'clock Thursday
afternoon. He must be at Lincoln,
Neb., at noon on the 18th inst, and
has a speaking engagement at LaSelle,
Colo, on the goth, SO he will be unable
TO stop over at any of the cities be-
tween Sioux Falls and those points aft
er leaving Sioux Falls. Mr.. Bryan will
depart from Sioux Falls on the Omaha
railroad at 10:30 o'clock Thursday night
and will go through direct to Omaha
and Lincoln.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-10-19
STRANGER MEETS DEATH IN FIRE
Charred Remains of a Man Found in
Ruins of Brown County Barn.

Aberdeen, s. D., oct. 13.-Sheriff An
derson has gone to James, a Jew miles
east OF here, to investigate a mysteri-
Gus fire in which an unidentified man
lost his life.
A stable on the Spratt farm burned
Tuesday night and yesterday morning
the charred remains of a man were
found in the ruins. The features and
body are so badly d~isfigured that iden-
titication Will be impossible. 1t is be-
lieved the man was a stranger who
arrived at James during the night. A
man visited several farms trying to
secure lodging, and. failing, 1t is
thought he sought shelter in the stable.
How the fire started is not known,
unless the man dropped a lighted match
among the loose straw and was over
come by the smoke.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-10-19

during April and the first fou months
Of this year exceeded that OF like per-
iods in any earlier years, and sug-
gests a new record for lake tonnage
for 1905. and that Notwithstanding the
labor troubles affecting that trade. For
the month OF April shipments from all
points on these great bodies of water,
according to the Railway World.
amounted to 1856. sos net tons, while
for the year 1906 to April 80 they ag-
gregated 5,41S,4S1 tons, a gain for the
month of 1,275,042, and for the four
months of 1,592,656 net tons, as COM
pared with the corresponding move
ments OF 1905.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-10-19
WANT LABOR ORGANIZER.

Sioux Fails, s. D., Oct. 12.-As
the result of a meeting of the
members of the local Trades
and Labo assembly, F. c. Lippert, of
this city. was selected to represent the
local body at the annual convention of
the American Federation, which will be
held at Minneapolis. commencing No
yemher u. The only instructions given
Mr.. Lippert by the local assembly was
to work necessarily for the appoint
nent of a federation organizer for the
state of South Dakota. The members
of organized labor in the state fully be-
lieve hat UGH a showing can be made
as will induce the American Fedora
ton of Labor to put an organizer per-
manently in the field of South Dakota.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-10-19
SOUTH DAKOTA

Two experts OF the Trieste Museum
of History have succeeded in solving
an archaeological mystery of the great
est interest to Istria. The pre-Roman
city of Nesartian of the Istrians had
always been rather a puzzle, though
vouched for by authority so respecta-
BILE as Livy. According to the historian
of Hannibal, Epulus, the last of the
kings OF Nesartian, beaten in his last
stan against the orsweep of the Ro-
man legions, took the last terrible res
olution of despairing patriotism. Rath-
er han become the subjects of con-
uuering Rome, ne and his troops, un-
able longer to hold their city, set 1t
On fire with their own hands, and all
persisted In the flames. The city has
now been unearthed.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-10-19
BIG CELEBRATION AT sTuRe,s.
Large Crowds Witness Laying of Cor
ner Stone of New Hall.

Sturgis, S. D.. Oct. 12.-The laying of
the corner stone OF the new benevolent
hall building was celebrated yesterday.
the building being erected by the Ma
sonic, odd Fellows, Workmen and
Eagle lodges. The ceremonies were
conducted under the auspices of the
Masons in charge of j.. j. Davenport,
acting grand master.
The new building is on the site of
the old Benevolent hall built i'm 1892
by the Masons, Odd Fellows and Work.
men. and destroyed by fire in March
of this ear The new building will
cost $21 900.
The Sixth cavalry band furnished
the music at the celebration yesterday.
and the business houses and schools
We're closed. Each lodge had a speaker
on fraternalism. There were immense
crowds from the surrounding country
and towns present.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-10-19
THREsHiNe BUT A THIRD DONE

Sioux Fails. 5. D., Oct. 13.-That not
more than one-third of South Dakota's
big crop os this year has been thresheti
is indicated by reports which have Just
been received by the Commercial News.
of this city. from reliable merchants
residing in every part of the agricul-
tural portion of the state. In some To-
calities threshing has been completed.
but in the state at large the reports
show that not more than one-third of
the threshing has been done. Accord
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-10-19
TO VOTE ON TAX LEVY.

Vermillion. s. D., Oct. IA petition
has been signed and filed providing for
the voting at the next general election
on a proposition to raise s40,0 900 by an
additional tax levy for a new. county
building in this city. There Is now 500
COO laying idle In the treasury, and it
is proposed to add $40 900 to this and
erect a court house that shall be In
accord with the richness Of the county.
Under the present proportionment a
tax levy OF 3 mills this year, 8 mills
next year and 2 mills In 1908 will raise
the so. 1000 needed.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-10-19
STEEL FROM BLACK SAND.

Rapid City, S. D., Oct. 13.-Howard
Clevenger, a Rapid City boy, who made
quite a name for himself with a small
out-of-door cyanide plant, which he
built and operated successfully when
scarcely more han a boy, is winning
some notoriety at Portland, Ore, where
he is experimenting with the black
sands with a view to producing steel
from them. 1t is believed that a new
era in the iron industry has found it's
birth in Portland. Mr.. Clevenger Is
most modest in his claims, but is OBJ
timistis for the future of the new pro-
cess
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-10-19
VETERAN OF TWO WARS
Gen. William Pierce, SchooImate Of
Roscoe ConkIin, Drops Dead at
His Home at Watertown,

WATERFOWL, S. D., Oct. 12.-General
VIM. Pierce, one of the Oldest and most
prominent citizens of WATERFOWL, drop
ped dead today noon.
General Pierce was born in New York
and was a schoolmate of Roscoe Conk-
lin. He served under General Sibley
in the indian wars as a second lieuten-
ant, and also served in the civil war,
where he received his commission as
a ~brigadier general.
He came to WATERFOWL in 1878 and
Nuilt the LABEL, the first hotel here.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-10-19
MORE SCHOOL ROOM AT GARY.
Bonds Exceeded and Business Men
Subscribe for Improvement

Gary, S. D., Oct. 13.-Through the
liberality OF the local business men,
who subscribed for the purpose, anoth-
err room will be fitted up in the public
school building at this place, another
teacher will be added and the local
schools will take their place among the
leading schools of the state.
Although a special election decided
in favor of the project, it was found
that the bonding capacity of the own
would not permit the issuance of ad-
iitional bonds for fitting up the room.
Now that the money has been con
tributed by the business men, the work
Of placing the room in condition for
school purposes will be pushed to com
pletion.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-10-19

Desperate means were sometimes re-
sorted to In order to get men for Brit
ish warships. A chronicler writes that
in the year 1873 "a fleet OF ships, be-
ing required Immediately TO be manned,
the press gangs placed a live turkey on
the top of the which, draw
ing together a great number of idle
people, they had the opportunity OF
selecting as many men as answered
the purpose OF their intended scheme"
The scene so enraged "a citizen that
he fired a shot at the bird, (which oc-
casioned it to fly away" But the mis-
chief had been done.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-10-19
SOUTH DAKOTA READY
Battleship of That Name Will Be
Tried Out About Mo-
vember 1.

Washington, D. c., oct. 12.-The navy
department has been advised that it is
probable the battleship South Dakota
Twill be ready for trial on the Pacific
coast about November /.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-10-19
WESLEYAN METHoDIsTs MEET.

Aberdeen S. d., Oct. 10.-The state
convention of the Wesleyan Methodists,
which was held at the church on the
north side. came TO a close Sunday.
Among those present were Rev. Mr..
Bowen. of Syracuse. N. Y, one OF the
leading divines of the denomination,
and IN eloquent speaker: Rev. G.. X.
Thompson. of Worthwhile; Rev. w. j.
Edgar. of Bushnell: Rev. M. r. Bold
ridge. of Worthwhile; Rev. r. Harry and
Rev. Mrs. Hardy. the latter also q
preacher. of Mitchell.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-10-19
BARRED WIRES INVENTOR
Joseph GIidden Got His Idea for the
Invention i'm the '70s.

Chicago. Oct. 1s.-Joseph III. Glidden,
the inventor of barbed ware, is dead at
his home in DeKalb, H., at the age Of
SO. Glidden obtained the idea of max
ing barbed wire from an exhibit made
at a country fair. in the early '70s. A
mar named Rose had driven some
brads through a block. which he then
stapled or a wire. Glidden improved
upon this idea and the barked wire Of
today vas the ultimate outcome.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-10-19

Tests OF alcohol and gasoline In the
internal combustion engines used In
motor vehicles and motor boats indi-
cate hat although alcohol has only
about 20 per cent. as much heating
power as gasoline, ii can be used with
30 per cent. less operating waste.