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Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-01-18

we are safe from selling life and char
acter for the sake Of some controlling
passion.
A mans passions make him the
prey of the first designing mar he
meets. There IS not a pleasure or a
passion which tempts n of you,
but there are men and women waiting
along it path to make their gains out
OF it and you
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-01-18
Optimistic London Gamins.

In spite of all the compassion legiti-
nately excited in his behalf. the Lon
Son street child seldom looks on him
self as an object of pity. He has an
unfailing fund OF good spirits, a well
developed sense of humor and a bound
less capacity for getting enjoyment out
Of the most ~unpromising materials
London Guardian.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-01-18
Inst as Well.

George Washington had just an
nounced that he couldn't tell a lie.
Well" responded his father thought
fully, "as long as you were going to
marry a widow it wouldn't do you any
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-01-18
Unostentatioux.

as that all the work you can do in
q dayg' asked the Disconnected EN-
ployer.
Well, suh," answered Erastus Pink
ley, II s'pose / could do mo-, but l
never was much Of a hand fob shown
OF. "-Washington Star.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-01-18

mat bees came from paradise. ieavng
the garden when man fell, but with
Gods blessing. so that the wax is lei
essary In the celebration OF the mass.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-01-18
THE z

Below We publish the weather for
the week ending Wednesday, Jan.
18th, 1907, a. recorded by j. III
Hall, weather observer for this
section:
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-01-18
WANTED AT ONCE

100 young men to leacn Telegraphy
aud prepare for Railway aud Com
mercial telegraphic Service. For
further particulars call on or address
The South Dakota School of Teleg
raphy, De Smet, S. d.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-01-18

GOING WEST.
hn 5gT. Passenger .....-..-. 6:35 a. m.
5N8. Passenger. .--. 1881 p. M
12I Time freight 2:55a IN.
d Is. Nay Frsight... 400 .. M,
GOING EAST.
80. 500. Passenger ...-....... 1926 p m
,u. 5ssZ, Passenger -...-........ S:42 q N.
so. ~. Say FrGlght.~.--.--. 1855 a. ~.
SoS. s0i and 500 daily. others daily
sxrept sunday. Alb trains carry as
4raEeFs except Time Freight Nos. I21
a, II. JOHNSON. General Agent.
H. y. STIMSO&. Local Agent
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-01-18

R. W.lLevitt was up from Airing.
ton Wednesday afternoon.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-04-03

sections to strike a good flow of wa
ter at no great distance below the
surface, the substrata of rock being
apparently largely perforated with un
foreground streams, the many boiling
springs in different parts Of the state
being strong evidence in the same di-
rection.
In the average year it is certain
that the yield of orchard, groves and
field crops can be largely augmented
by the use of some form of irrigation,
and in a time like the present the far
mer with an irrigation plant will be
able to demand an unusually high price
for his produce owing to the absence
Of competition, thereby securing am
pie reimbursement for his original
outlay.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-04-03
Farm Phones.

We have at different times printed
articles and items showing the ad-
vantage and desirability of a tele-
phone on farm. The following from
Farm and Ranch tells how neighbour
hoods can combine and have all the
advantages of city line at small ex-
pense:
AS per request I will give you an
outlines of the work done by our Ru-
raj Telephone Union. About three
years ago we began by organizing a
cooperative telephone line between
Bertram and Liberty Hill, Texas, a
distance Of ten miles, making a de-
tour to take in the Hopewell COM
rnunity. This resulted in a line
twenty miles long with twenty-four
phones Within a few months other
lines were organized after the Hope
we'll pattern, when it became appar-
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-04-03

emit that unity of action is the key
note to success. Acting on this sug-
gestion, mass meeting was called
at Bertram early in spring Of 1905,
which resulted in the formation of
The Rural Telephone Union, which
is composed of all the rural lines
entering the little town Of Bertram
The directors entered on their du-
ties without experience or cash, but
proceeded to order switch and en-
ploy an operator Nothing was said
about the cost of installation or
operation but the members were as
sured that their board would use the
most rigid economy consistent with
good service At the end of three
months, the directors made an as
sessment of $I.5o per phone and II
IL cents per month thereafter. At
the end of the second quarter, the
Union was not only out OF debt, but
had small cash balance, and 200 paid
up shares.
Seeing that the Bertram venture
was a success the people of Liberty
Hill organized with a good exchange
and proceeded to join Bertram on an
exchange basis. Soon afterward,
Brigg and Andice, points north of
Bertram and Liberty Hill, organized,
Briggs connecting directly with Ber
tram and Andice, with Liberty Hill.
More recently, Leander has put in
substantial exchange which is con-
nected directly with Liberty Hill, and
Florence has entered the Union by
connecting with Andice. In all we
have about 1000 phones with varying
rates, running from $I.25 to $500 per
year, according to the strength of the.
exchange.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-04-03
Put in Irrigation.

Put IN irrigation.
There is no question that an irri-
cation plant would pay good interest
on the investment nine years out of
ten and probably on the tenth.
The Tampa Times says:
that what appears to human beings
at the actual time of their occurrence
as some of the greatest calamities,
in large majority of cases, prove,
when regarded later through vista
of years, to have been but blessings
in disguise.
No more slothful creature can be
possibly imagined than man, who,
but for the rebuffs of nature would
pass his whole existence in a state
of Incidence; as witness the fact that
the more genial the climate the more
indolent are the people, an extreme
case being that of the natives of the
South Sea islands and other tropical
places, where warm sun obviates the
necessity of procuring clothing, bread
fruit, bananas and other tropical
fruits, supply the larder and man re-
lapses into lazy animal, who spends
his days fishing and bathing.
Contrast with this the condition
of. those branches of a genus homo
who dwell in more uncongenial
surroundings. In the latter case he
works to provide clothes for himself
and family because, without them, the
cold winds would destroy both him
and his, nature provides no nourish-
ment except what he grows by the
sweat of his brow; therefore he tolls
early and late to provide the same
and much Of the energy and vim pc
culiar to people who live in northern
ATTITUDES is undoubtedly directly due
to the severity Of the climates against
which they have been bred for gen
erations to provide.
But, to take more particular case
and one much nearer home, no
greater calamity was supposed, at the
time Of its happening, to have occurred
in the state Of Florida than the big
freeze Of I8o4-o5, in fact men were
heard to proclaim on all sides that
the state would never recover from
the blow and yet now at the distance
of twelve years from it's date, the
majority Of people will declare, if
asked, that this catastrophe was but
blessing in disguise.
Without the spur Of necessity in
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-04-03
PUT IN IRRIGATION

ficted by the freeze the live stock
possibilities of the state would never
have been developed, many of the
fruits and vegetables, which have now
become recognized products of the
entire state would never have been
planted and the magnificent displays
of large and varied assortments, which
has been the cause of so much adj
n1iration at the state fairs, would
never have been seen, in addition to
which the prices of oranges, the rails
ing of which was considered the only
industry possible in the state, would
have fallen to point where they
would hardly have paid for gathering.
The drought of the past six months
is but another of these blessings in
disguise. True it may seem to, many
who are suffering from the effects that
the disguise is rather too thick to be
pleasant, but there is no doubt that
it will cause many an irrigation plant
to be installed before another year,
the installation of which has been
postponed from year to year and j.
later years when men regard Their
crops vastly improved by irrigation
they will understand the advantages
which were concealed in the present
visitation.
There is no gainsaying the fact that
one of the most Objectionable fea-
lures of the Florida climate, from an ag-
rlcultural standpoint, is the prevalence
IN the spring months when the crops
most need the benefits of refreshing
showers, of more or less protracted
drought But it is also equally true
that few soils respond more readily
than the light sands of the southern
portions Of the peninsula to an ap-
plication of water
For these reasons some of the more
advanced farmers of the state have
already installed irrigating plants and
at the present time these men are
reaping the reward of their fore
handedness.
Unfortunately, however, with many
of them the rains have come, while
they were still celebrating as to
whether irrigation would pay them or
not, with the results that the install
lation of the plant has been postpon-
ed from year to year until now they
are at their wits end to know how
they are going to make crop at all.
One point of great advantage in
Florida lands is that com
paratively speaking the expense is
small, it being possible in nearly all
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-06-11
TAXES NOT TO Be ALTERED
WITHOUT WRITTENNOTICE

OLYMPIA, June 11.-Attorney Gen.
eral j. D. Atkinson Of this state has
rendered an opinion to the effect that
the board of equalization of a county
HIS no authority to raise the assessed
valuation of real estate without CIV
ing legal written notice to the own
crs of such property of intention to
raise it's value for assessment pur-
poses; but in the same connection he
holds that when the board of equaliza-
ton has made such increase it can not
be reduced after the board has adj
journed. and the county treasurer Is
without authority to accept any less
amount Of taxes than shown by the in
creased valuation rolls.
The only remedy, says the attorney
general, under the law, is for each in
dividual property owner to bring an
action in the court to compel the
treasurer to accept the original amount
assessed. The prosecuting attorney
Ct Pacific county. who asks for the APP
p,ication for reduced assessment If 1t
appears that the increase was Illegal
ly made.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-06-11
AN EMPRESS FALLEN.

Paris CRYING stop thief" after its
once idolized Eugene and denounclng
her as an adventuress-Whatm more IN
sllting expression of national hatred
of fallen favorite could there be?
The offense of the eX-Empress OF
the French is that she has sued to re-
cover museum articles alleged to be
personal property of Napoleon LII. ana
the courts have sustained her claim,
saws the New York World. These ar
ticles. represented as of mo historic
and little intrinsic value" prove to be
tapestries, paintings and works OF art
presented to the emperor by foreign
states and now appraised at $1,000
600. The government, moved by the
outcry, has entered an appeal against
the decision. Are republics so little
grateful? What is the matter of mere
$1,000 900 in Frances account with
the sovereign who was wont to spend
as much to crafty whim and who,
when she fed from Paris in 1870, left
4 wardrobe valued at 100000 in her
apartments, together with furs worth
100000?
items in the national debit against the
empress whose vanity provoked the
war-"my war and my sons" as she
said-the war which Olivier pro-
claimed to the deputies with a light
heart" which was to cost France near
" 100000 lives. two rich provinces an
enormous treasure and the final in
demnity of five millions Of francs.
Is it to be wondered at that "the
Spanish woman" remains greater
object of popular detestation than
''The Austrian" with all her frailties,
the diamond necklace scandal included,
ever was The splendor of the Second
Empire is a memory only. The ILL
fated emperor is gone, and the son
in whom Bonapartist hopes centered.
There survives only the decrep1t
women of so, her brilliant reign for
gotten-the lingering shadow of the
beautiful bride the way to whose bou-
doir through the church door cost
France more than all it's Pompadours
and Maintenons. The national hatred
which is her legacy is a heavy price
to pay for her brief hour of glory.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-06-11
FORMER SPOKANE MAYOR WOULD Be
THE NEXT DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR

and, have decided to make the race.
am told that with the new primary
law l will be elected and l think 1t IS
4 fact. 1 have personally met great
number of voters throughout the state
and this will aid me materially in my
canvass.
Il think the time is now ripe to elect
a democratic governor for Washington
And you may rest assured that when
enter this campaign I will do so
with the full expectancy of being
elected.
II am glad now that I did not enter
this local campaign. For a while
thought seriously of 1t. but I finally
determined that more could be accom-
pJished by making a unit Of the demo-
cratic forces in the City and so stayed
ut of the campaign rather than create
tlissension in the ranks. AS things
turned out think it was just as well
that / did not make this race"
DR.. Byrne is one of the staunch DEM
ocrats of the northwest. He has
been mayor of Spokane and is now a
member of the>City Park commission.
He has always taken an active interest
in the affairs of his party and has been
closely connected with important cam
paigns in the state during the last
decade
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-06-11
pROTECT THE FARMER.

Although there is a state law against
allowing weeds to grow In Quantrty
and a farmer is made liable to arrest
and punishment for its violation, IL
does not appear at this writing that
tho statute is to be enforced equitaoiy
and with justice to all.
AS a rule farmers are willing ana
anxious to obey the law. even at great
expense and extra labor. providing
their neighbors do the same. TO clear
one farm of weeds and have the ao-
Joining farm overrun with blossoms
and seeds blowing, is not encouraging
tn the man who cleans up. Still more
unsatisfactory is the knowledge that
all the hard work may go for naugn'
in discriminating weeds on a farm
when the county permits the weeds TO
grow in county roads and railroads
cultivate rank growths along their
rights of way.
In Justice to the farmers who are
struggling against great obstacles the
county boards should see to IT the
weeds are cut from the roads ana the
authorities should hold the railroad
companies to the adoption of the same
methods of determination prescribed
for the farmers-and hold them equal
" liable
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-06-11

Standpoint, has been mustered out or
service because of lack of attention on
the part of the members. An attempt
will be made to form a new company.
Earl P. Stevenson, an undertaken at
Blackfoot. Idaho, killed himself Satur-
day night, after being refused by the
young woman of his choice. He at
tempted to kill the young woman, but
failed
John MCGEE, who was shot at Leav-
enworth, Friday night by "A. L. Davis,
died Saturday morning. Davis is con-
fined in the county Jail at Wenatchee
and will be tried on the charge of muir
Ger in the first degree.
Louis Ellermeir, living nine miles
northeast of Kendrick, Idaho, commit
ed suicide a few days ago. He left
letter giving as the reason for his act
that he was tired of life. He is said
10 have left property valued at $4,000.
The jury in the case of Ernest Hess
rer, who has been on trial at Colville
the past week for the murder OF Al
Everman at Loon Lake, were unable
to agree and were discharged yester-
day by Judge Carey. The jury is said
to have stood 10 for acquittal and two
for conviction.
Brakeman Frank Pollack of Great
Falls, Mont, was almos+ instantly
killed in wreck of a freight train on
the Montana Central railroad Sunday
near Great Falls Twelve cars loaded
with sheep and ore were demolished
and 200 sheep were killed. The wreck
was caused by broken rail.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-06-11
Fleeing THE FARMERS.
Fakirs Are Working the Country With
Worthless Stocks of Goods.

Worthless Stocks of Goods.
A number of years ago some fakirs
went through this country. Their
farmer and place a large pile of dry
goods before him and then begin a
fowery speech that had previously
been prepared and learned for the oc-
casion. A great many farmers in this
vicinity invested $3.50 to $500 in these
goods at that time, says the Tekoa
Blade.
After their great benefactors (?)
mad left the country, they made an
investigation of their goods without
the beautiful speeches of the silver
tongued orators and they found that
they had pile of shoddy remnants
that were of little value. The greater
part of these goods the farmers have
yet. They have never worked them up
| and they certainly never will.
There are several men going through
| the country now calling upon farmers
| in the same kind of way. They have
| their stock of dry goods remnants and
| they tell very nice story, but it is
our opinion that the very few farmers
who buy these goods will wish their
erS who read this article to give these
fakirs a wide berth and patronize the
| home merchants who pay taxes and
are doing good to the town and coun-
| try.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-06-11

SPOKANE, June 1.-THE Chronicle
says: DR.. p. S. Byrne, ex-mayor of
Spokane. will be a candidate for the
democratic nomination at the next
state election for the Office Of COVER
nor Of the state of Washington.
When spoken to about the POSSIBLE
ty of his becoming a candidate, DR..
Bvrne laughed and said
You may say that If the people de-
inand that I become a candidate and
the welfare of the state seems to need
me, 1 will enter the race"
Then he remarked that this was the
old style of making a declaration and
that the new primary law demanded
a new form. He said:
ITO be frank, I have been a trifle
doubtful. Ever since left politics
have been going into the money belt
There is no money in politics, but
there is certainly a great amount OF
honor in the position OF governor OF
this state.
you really may say that I have had
at least a dozen letters from my
friends on the coast urging me to an
1ounce myself as a candidate and my
friends in the city are also urging me
20 the same action.
Eyes, I will become a candidate,
have been thinking the matter over
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-06-11
sTEEPLE IS THING OF PAST
Modern Churches Are Bereft Of
Attractive Spires

NEW YORK, June 11.-SOme of the
church structures recently built in
New York city indicate that the old
fashioned steeple is not popular
with modern architects. The Madison
Square Presbyterian church, the pas
tor of which is the Reverend DR.. Chas.
H. Parkhurst, which has an immense
dome, is an example of the new style
Of ecclesiastical architecture. Situated
at the corner of Madison avenue and
Twenty-fourth street, it is one of a
group of the most striking buildings
in New York CITY, To the
southwest. little more than a hun
dred yards away, is the tall Flatiron;
across Twenty-fourth street is the
Metropolitan Life. one of the largest
office buildings in the world two
blocks to the north is the Madison
Square Garden; and across the
square is the Fifth Avenue hotel, the
old time rendezvous of national pol
iticians.
The church proper and the parish
house are Joined so as to form one
structure. The exterior is of brick
upon a marble base. The floors and
dome throughout, and the partitions in
the parish house are made Of terra
Gotta tile blocks, so that absolute safe
ty from fire is assured. The cost Of
the church and parish house was $685.,
600.
Another house of worship even
stranger than DR.. Parkhurst's is the
Broadway Tabernacle Congregation
aD. at Broadway and Fifty-sixth
street. 1t has the appearance of a
combination church and office building.
1t is also of the most modern fire.
proof construction, being built Of steel
protected by hollow terra Gotta
blocks. 1t cost $350,OOO.
The tabernacle has a tower, but not
the sort commonly associated with
churches. All of it is put to use. On
its first floor are the Sunday school
| rooms. Between them and the belfry
there is room for all the activities Of
The church organization. Mission
| rooms and ladies' parlor are on the
third floor, the Young Mems library
on the fourth, the pastors study. re-
ception room and church library on
| the fifth, the sections living quarters
on the sixth and museum on the
seventh. Above that is the belfry. In
the basement are two spacious halls
for all sorts of gatherings.
Far outstripping either of these in
| cost is the First Church of Christ,
| Scientist, better known as the Chris
| tan Science church, at Central Park
West and Ninety-sixth street. One
| million. three hundred thousand dol
| lars was spent on this building, ex-
| elusive of the cost. of the land. 1t is
not accurate to describe it definite
" as a church, because it has an or
| ganzation that treats the sick. keep
| ing open seven days in the week. 1t is
said. that 5000 persons come there for
| treatment from the Christian Science
practitioners every year.
| Marbles were brought from every
corner of the globe to line the walls
Of this edifice. Huge steel Orders sup
port the dome and the galleries. Terra
Gotta tile of the finest variety makes
| floors and walls irresistible to fire.
There is no branch of Christian Science
activity which is not represented
there
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-06-11
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

In the superior court of Walla Walla
County, State of Washington.
In the matter of the estate of Hattie
E. Poland, deceased.
Notice is hereby given to all credi-
tors having claims against the estate
of Hattie E. Poland, to present the
same together with proper vouchers to
the undersigned, executor Of said es-
tate. within one year from the date of
the first publication of this notice.
HARRY E. POLAND,
Executor Of the Estate of Hattie E. Po-
land, Deceased, Walla Walla, Wash
ington.
Published in the Evening Statesman.
Date of first publication, May IA, 1907,
date of last publication, June II, 1907
q
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-06-11
+ BRIEFS OF THE NORTHWEST. 1
+ /
l. + + + 1. + + /. /. + + + + i. + +

Ed Flanagan, former Tacoma de-
tective. has been arrested at Wallace,
Idaho, On the charge of vagrancy.
Tom Burke, a miner, employed in
the Standard mine at Mace, Idaho, fell
$50 feet down an ore chute in the
mine Friday night and was instantly
killed.
The residence of Freeman Baxter,
three miles east of Creston, Wash,
was totally destroyed by fire Saturday
afternoon. The loss is placed at $1,000
with no insurance.
The annual meeting of the county
auditors of the state will be held at
North Yakima June 10 and 20 and an
elaborate program is being arranged
by the local committee.
Company G, Idaho national guard, at