Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-12-21

Mrs. w. III. Randall, of Airing
ton, is very i'll and she has been taken
to the Madison hospital for treatment.
One of the children was sick of pneu-
monia and she watched with it con-
stantly for several days and nights.
At last her weakened condition would
stand no mole and she was prostrat-
ed. There was fear that her mind
might give way.-Hetland New Era.
For the benefit of those who de-
sire to attend the short courses OF
study at the agricultural college this
winter reduced rates have been given
by the railroads on the certificate
plan. One and one-third fare for the
round trip from your home to Brook
ings and return. The short courses
begin January Ind. Rates are in eff
feet Dec. 10Th, January 4th, good to
return not later than January 10Th.
Mrs. August Gehm returned on
the 18th from a visit with her par
ents at Wausau, Wis, and with rela
tives at other points in that state.
When she left Wausau her father was
in his usual good health. The last
four days of her visit was with her
sisters at a town 80 miles from Wau-
sau. Mrs. Gehm reached home on
Tuesday, and on Thursday following
she received a belated telegram astat-
ing hat her father had died on the
18th from lung fever. The message
arrived too late to allow her to attend
the funeral. The old gentleman would
have been 50 years old if he had lived
until the following Sunday. The sym
pathy of their many friends is extend
ed to the bereaved.
Those who have paid subscrip-
ton to the INDEPENDENT since our
last mention are Ludwig Nelson, Jes-
Sc Smith, Chas. Lewellan, w. b. Voc
geli, Chas. Nordlund, G. 0. johnson,
A. Still, G. r. Lewis, John Bell, G
M. Story, Will Hoffman, j. f. Fried
bauer, III. B. Atwood, Geo. Shaw, A,
F. Voeltz, Frank Payn, l. B. Larson,
John Mahoney, S. E. Dyson, Mrs. L.
A. Burbee, Ed Harvey, Mrs. John
Lark, Roy Glover, Miss Ellen Hack
EFT, Chris Berg, G. A. Larson, j. E.
Smith, Mrs. j. M. Abbott, w. G.
Friedbauer, VIM. Kruger, C. E. AL
bright, Gunder Bergerson, j. M. Cal
lahan, John Torgerson, L. Franson,
Mrs. Maria Kundert, Jacob Voegeli,
w. l.. B~rinkley, l.. f. Hanson, Geo.
Saba, j. C. Gehm, Clyde Hammond,
w. j. Cannon, D. w. Dorchester,
Will Warner, Alfred Anderson, John
Carroll, j. l.. Crothers, G.. Abraham
son, G. +. Bogenrief, j. II. Hodges.
The American Society of Equity
has is issued a circular to members
advising them to hold their wheat for
S1.00 a bushell in Chicago, claiming
that such a price will be attained be-
fore May. In this the society is not
alone for there are some of the spec
ulators who claim the dollar mark
will be reached before May. The
society and the spectators argue
from different standpoints, however.
The one holds that it has the power
through its members to control the
price by restricting the quantity offer
ed for sale, while the other holds that
the situation is strong and that there
is not so much wheat in the country
as was at first estimated. 1t would
not be at all surprising if the dollar
mark was attained through both the
demand and speculative manipulation
but the mar who hold wheat for that
figure is just as liable to meet with
disappointment. The society has al
ready failed in the dollar wheat move
ment if its object is to help the farm
ing interests; the man who needs the
help of high prices has already sold
his wheat. OF course, there is a lot of
wheat in the country, but there has
also been a lot of it marketed. We
believe that farmers can unite for the
common good, but an organization
that hopes to control prices by with
holding the grain from the market, or
restricting the amount offered for sale
is on the plan of all other trusts, ex-
cept that it has SO many different in
dividuals to deal with that it must
fail in the attempt. Again there is
another feature that the society has
overlooked: If it were possible to
hold back the whole crop until the
dollar mark had been reached, how