davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-03-08
PERFORMS OPERATION ON HIS
CONSCIENCE: PAYS TAXES

Elk Point, March Am interest
ing case Of conscience money has just
come TO light in this county. County
Treasurer Weber recently received an
inquiry from a man in Sioux City ask
ing him TO state the amount of his per-
sonal tax. He added that in 1890 he
lived In Virginia township, had left the
county without paying his taxes, and
that now, though poor, he wished TO
be honest. Mr.. Weber replied that
the tax amounted to 50. 3S, with inter-
est of $17 81. The treasurer suggested
that if he would pay the tax he be-
lieved the commissioners would remit
the interest. In a few days a draft
was received for the whole amount.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-03-08

pierre. s. D., March 6.-By passage
OF laws the last of the week town treas
urers Will hereafter get 2 per cent In
stead of l for handling the publls
moneys.
Assessors I'm counties of more than
fifty civil townships will begin thelr
work of listing real property April l
instead of Hay 1 and this will apply to
the counties of Lyman, Stanley ana
Butte each of which is larger than the
state Of Connecticut. The ming or a
description of property sold under a
mortgage is made compulsory instead
of optional. The bill prohibiting the
sale of liquor within one-thtrd OF a mile
from any educational institution was
lost as an emergency proposition, but
without the emergency passed and VIII
become effective July /. The act max
ing compulsory education OF the deaf
and blind passed both bodies.
The house also passed tire senate bill
making the attorney general counsel
for the railroad commission n pro-
hIbiting the employment of other coun-
sci. Action on this bill drew out con-
siderable debate of a political charac-
ter.
Railroads Have Control.
Glass. OF C%odington, explained the bill
from the standpoint that the present
legal counsel OF the railway commits
sion was selected by the railroad cor
porations and a change Is very neces-
sary at this time when the rate question
is coming up and the attorney general
should have charge of the legal mat
tiers to be adjusted. Browne, of Brown,
replied TO this by saying that the gem
tleman from Codington had declared
the railway commissioners to be ras-
Gals and yet had directed the passage
of n bill giving them unlimited power
and then denounced them. To which
Glass replied that for the past ten years
the railroads had selected every rail-
way commissioner except one and
placed them In power and this bill was
intended to help correct an evil prac-
tice. Horribly, Gable, Larson and Car
roll also spoke for the bill and upon
final passage the measure had 81 votes
for and % against.
To Have Binder Irvine Plant.
The joint committee from the senate
and house to confer on the amend
mentS 10 the tWine plant bill agreed
upon a rate of n and one-fourth mills
for the tax levy with which to create
the fund for the operation of q hard
fiber twIne and cordage plant at the
p~enitentiary. The house bill carried
n mill n the ena amendment one
and one-half and the senate and house
committees were able to meet each 9TH
err half way. This levy will raise a fund
OF nearly $500, 900 which is to be re-
turned to the treasury eventually from
the profits of the business. The fund
will not be available SO that the plant
can be put in operation before the
summer of 1905.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-03-08
TWENTY MEN THROWN
OUT OF WORK BY FIRE

Deadwood, S. D., March 4.-The most
disastrous fire in years occurred this
morning when the Black Hills foundry,
owned by ]. c. O'Donnell, formerly OF
western Iowa, was destroyed. The loss
will be about SOS, 900 and is only partly
covered by insurance.
1t is not known how the fire originat-
ed, but probably from a hot iron being
thrown on the floor the previous night.
This foundry did all kinds of work
and was especially important because
it could make and repair all kinds Of
mining machinery.
Twenty men are thrown out Of work.
1t is said that the owner will not re-
build.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-03-08
IS ALSO
HARD HIT BY FLOOD

yanktcn. s. D., March 2.-For nine
ia VIZ now the Milwaukee road has peeh
unable to send a train through betWeen
here and Sioux City, on account OF the
washed out track near Vermillion. rms
condition Of affairs has not maintained
since 1897 when for three weeks the
track was out, owing 10 the James
river being flooded.
The pontoon across the river is OUT
and persons right across the river, III
order To reach Yankton, have TO drive
70 Harrington and come via Sioux city
and Sioux Falls, about 200 miles. NO
mails. freight or stock of any KIND can
be handled and the loss has been very
heavy on the road.
The Missouri rose about six inches
here today.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-03-08

German observers recorded as long
ago as 1747 that a luminous emanatien
of variable shape will appear in the
dark at points on the surface of the
earth below which there are extensive
ore deposits. Immediately before or
during a thunderstorm these phenom-
ena are said to be especially striking.
Similar observations have more re-
Gently been made in North America in
the nelghborhood OF ore deposits. The
electric emanation given off from the
surface OF the earth has been repeat
edIy been ascertained photographically.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-03-08
MRS. SETH EuLLock,s
MOTHER Is DEAD AT 81

Deadwood, S.. D.. March 6.-Mrs. Mar.
garet Eccles died at the homo OF her
daughter. Mrs. Seth Bullock. after d
long and painful Illness. aged 50 years
Mrs. Eccles lived Just eight months ar.
ter the death OF her husband, who dies
at their former home in Tecumseh.
Mich. Mrs. Eccles was horn in Wash
ington county, Pennsylvania, and lived
most Of her life In Michigan. She leaves
Tour sons and three daughters. Mrs
Set Bullock. Mrs. w. s.. Elder ana
Mrs. n. A. Forsythe. all Of this city.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-03-08
BALTIMORE MAN TO
SUCCEED MAJOR SllSBY

Washington, d. c., March 2.-Walter
A.. Mason. of Baltimore, will be appoint
ed by Comptroller of the Currency
Ridgeley, to succeed Major George A.
Silsby, resigned. as bank examiner for
South Dakota. Mason recently re-en-
tered the government service, having
given up an examinership to become
president of a bank.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-03-08

Divorces are, happily, rare in So
ciety circles. Separation by mutual
consent, however, grows more frequent
every year, Every has upon his or
her visiting list husbands and wives
who never meet IL they a help It, but
between whom there has never been
an open breach. Incompatibility of tenn
per is the usual cause, and the rea-
son for that is one imagines. the still
common custom of encouraging the
younger generation to marry before
they have begun to approach years of
discretion.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-03-08
CHARLES JOHNSON is
CHOSEN CATTLE INSPECTOR

Huron, S. D., March 2,-Charles john
son has been elected cattle inspector for
this, Beadle county.
Fireman McNabb, severely scalded in
the Chicago and Northwestern wreck
at Canning. last week, is improving
slowly and will fully recover
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-03-08
NEW BANK IN A NEW
TOWN ON THE ROSEBUD

Burke. s. D.. March G.--This place
which is one of the most s%prightly OF
the new towns in the ceded portion of
the Rosebud Indian reservation, is to
have a new banking institution. April
10 the German-American State bsnk
viii commence business with a capital
of SIC, 1000. Incorporators are: III. F..
Slaughter. J. f. Slaughter and John
Anhorn. who are among the best known
men in this vicinity.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-03-08
SEVERAL BUSINESS CHANGES
MADE AT LETCHER, S c

Letcher, S. D., March 2-Several BUSH
ness changes have taken place in
Letcher in the past few days. L. b.
Wilds has sold his implement business
TO Alfred Metcalf: II. NJ. Hopkins has
sold his hardware business to John
Van Metre; Joe EmmonS has sold his
share of the livery bushes to his part
ner, Rus Hopkins; and James Dairs
his share of the dray line TO Charles
Eilet.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-03-08
TO FIGHT
BREWERY CONCESSIONS

Des Monies, Ia. Feb. 27.--The Des
Moines Ministerial association this
morning voted to fight the McManus
bill. This measure is framed 10 put
Iowa brcweries on equal terms with
those outside the state. The latter
ship beer all over. but Iowa hreweries
cannot. The bill was reported favor
ably by the senate committee Satur-
day. 1t will meet with much OPPOSE
ton as indicated by the action Of the
patnisters.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-03-08
KELLER IN WASHINGTON
BOOSTING FOR BONESTEEl

washington, d. c., March ii. d.
Keller, of Bonesteel. formerly of Sioux
City, is here looking up at the interior
department the arrangements for OPEN
ing the portion of the Rosebud reser-
walton in Trip county. Mr.. Keller ex-
poets that Bonesteel will be the head
of the rush to those lands.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-03-08
STEEL RAILS
ABANDONED BY
THE PENN ROAD.

Philadelphia, March 4.-The gen
eral manager of the Pennsylvania
railroad has ordered the removal of
ali steel cross ties in use on road.
This order is the result Of the rec
ommendation of the special COM
mittee that investigated the wreck
Of the Chicago special train near
Mineral Point. II is believed the
wreck OF the flyer signals the pass
log of the steal tie elsewhere.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-03-08
SOUTH DAKOTA CONCERN
HAS BRANCH AT HURON

Huron. S. D., March "A wholesale
fruit house has been established here
by Haley & Lang, of Sioux Falls, with
Harry Otto as manager. The company
will erect a building In the early spring.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-03-08
APPLIES TO so. DAKOTA
BUT NOT 9Th AVENUE.

Pierpont. S. D., March 2.-The
ever busy and generous stork
visited the home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
George Emmons and made them
a gift Of three wee little boys,
who are well and strong.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-03-08

When a submarine BOAT becomes
disabled beneath the surface of the
water and cannot rise, it's crew is in
O. bad ~predicament. To remedy the
difficulty an inventor has contrived an
auxiliary boat to be carried In the sub
marine and to be a part of 1t, practi-
cally, until needed. In time OF accident
the crew Of the incapacitated submarine
would enter the little craft and when
the containing chamber had been
flooded the bolts would be withdrawn
and the vessel with its human freight
would clear itself and rise to the sur
face.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-03-08

Pope julius H.. who died in 1913. was
the first pope to allow his beard to
grow in order. ii was said. to inspire
greater respect among the faithful. He
was called the military pope When
Michael Angelo vas making his statue
he said to him: Holy Father. shall I
place a book In your hand 2" NO"
answered his holiness, " Il sword rather
~ know better how to- handle IT."
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-03-08
CONDUCTOR JENKINS
HAS HIS LEG BROKEN

! Yankton, S. D., March 2~-Conductor
". A. Jenkins, of this city, met with
a very serious accident yesterday at
Platte, while his train was switching.
He slipped and was caught by a car
and a broken leg resulted. Mr.. Jenkins
"a still at Platte.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-03-08
JAMES v. WALSH is
CHOSEN CATTLE INSPECTOR

Elk Point, S. D., March 1.-The cattls
owners of Union county met here and
elected James ". Walsh, of Elk Point
township, county cattle inspector. w,
Fl. Gardner, of Sphinx township. has
been the inspector for the past two
years
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-03-08
LESTEkVILLE TO HAVE
GRAND NEW CITY HALL

L~esterville. s. D., March 2.-The city
council has let a contract for the con-
struction of a new town hall here, to
Contractor Pullman, of this place. for
SS.635.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-03-08
,OUTH DAKOTA WOMAN
DIES AT AGE OF 100,

Huron. S. D., Feb. Mrs. 4
Briget Shannahan is dead at the I
home of her son, Denny Shanna- :
han, in Foster township, aged 100 Z
years. She was a native of Ireland :
and came to this country about the :
year 1870 and TO Dakota Territory :
in the early part Of 1882. :
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-03-08
NEW ENGINE IMPROVES
MUNICIPAL WATER PLANT

Garretson, S. D., March 2.-The mu-
nicipal waterworks system at this place
has just been greatly improved by the
addition of a monster new pump. which
will make the local system one OF the
best of its kin in the state.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-03-08

Scientists still study the cause and
meaning of earthquakes, but, accord.
Ing to an exchange, uncivilized people
long ago settled the questions involved
TO their own complete satisfaction. In
Mongolia ii is the breathings and skip
pings OF a huge freq that causes the
mischief; in China, q gigantic dragon;
In India, a world bearing elephant; in
Celebes, q hog. and in other countries
the idea is varied by the Introduction OF
q bull and a tortoise. Earthquakes in
Siberia are believed to be due TO the
frolics of mammoths which live in the
center of the earth. While in Van
couver Island it is the spirit of evil.
with his marshalled hosts of alr the
wicked people who have eve lived.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-03-08

A spinster with money to burn re-
gently paid ST, 1000 for a bulldog, says
Ahe New York Press. A man In Massa-
chusetts has just bought a COW for
5000. Walter Garvey has a hog for
which he refused a cash offer OF $4,000.
James Keene refused $500. 600 for Sy-
sonby, a race horse. There are several
roosters of fashionable blood priced as
high as $500 each. You can buy a fina
lion for $500 and a tiger for $500. By
and by we shall have a craze for breed
ing fishes, and a fine male salmon, edu-
rated &c pond life, might be worth
$1,000. The 5000 COW has one calf q
year, worth $4,000. The female. salmon
may become the mother Of 800, 900 little
fellows in the same. worth in the ag-
gregate, possibly, as much as the calf.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-03-08
COUNTIES BIGGER
THAN CONNECTICUT
Three in South Dakota, and the
Assessors Will Get Early
Start.
A CHANGE OF COUNSEL
Railroad Commission viii Get It's lie
GAL Advice From Attorney General
Binder Irvine Pla mt in
the Penitentiary.
\ ANOTHER SET-TO WITH =
THE nook =

|. THE BOOK TRUST. :
: Pierre, S. D.. March 6.-The :
general education bill which has :
} passed the house will be the feat :
) ure In the senate today, when an :
attempt will be made TO cut out :
} Dowdell's maximum scale prices :
= for books. }
, Dowdell will oppose such ac- !
) ton and has made requisition on :
; the secretary OF state for a SIX :
, teen-year-old repeal law to show !
) the tracks Of the book trust In !
; state legislation.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-03-08

BY a poll taken recently by the Peo-
pies Friend Is was ascertainea that
Robinson Crusoe'' is sim the first IN
yorite with the English boy. Next to
# rome Coral ISiaitd.- Cnele Toms
Cabin '.fvanhoe." yrhe Swiss Family
Robinson Treasure island. .pl-
grim's Progress.' westward Hots
"0Iiver Twist" and David Copperfield."
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-03-08
IOWA MAN TAKES A
NEWSPAPER IN SOUTH DAKOTA

Flandreau, S. D.. March 2.-P. r.
Levins. of Rock Rapids. Ia. has pur-
chased the Herald CT this town from
Edgar Mcdaniel. Mr.. Lawns VIII take
charge March l.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-03-08

Women should not get credit. Meth
ef. should mc5i. Cash ~ The cure.
Tradesnsen. maybe. would haze Il bal
time for six OF Twelve onths. ana
many q lady wtnsd have 10 lie low"
but In the end we would gef IutA oar
trade ard uSr money. and she Mould
get her dress. and 81 sar lexs cost.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-03-08
New Aportionment Bill.

The house apportiOnment bill was
traded tor Engstrom's measure provid-
ing for 101 representatives and the con-
stitutional limit of torty-ive senator's,
and was passed with eleven dissenting
votes.
The senate will today pass the bill
putting stock fOOd under the r~estric-
ticns of the pure food law and will also
act on the anIi-cigaret bill, which as
amended regulates without prohibiting
the sale of the coffin clinchers.
The senate will ais pass special APP
preparation bills as follows: Law school
building ut Narmillion, dormitory at
Aberdeen, infirmary at Yankton, i'm
provements at reform school and school
of mines, carrying appropriations Of
$l60, 600.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-03-08
DIVORCE REFORM
GETS LITTLE BOOST

Pierre, S. D., March 4-The divorce
measure has passed the senate with a
hole in il that will let in the unfor-
tunates who are suffering from mental
cruelty. inhuman treatment and mental
mcompatibility and are willing TO agree
20 separation.
An amendment was adopted provid-
ing that where the cause OF action
originates in the state the plaintiff may
get relief in six months. This is in
terpreted TO reach all cases where di-
vorce is sought, by agreement, under
the causes named above. The bill will
reach the house today where 1T is
thought it will pass in it's present form.
Any attempt 10 strike out the amend
ment will probably defeat the measure,
hence the opponents of a new divorce
law have a double chance.
Free press., 1907-06-22
| RARE OPPORTUNITY.

To double your income by making
use of the odds and ends of time,
which the busiest of US have. WE
NEED statesmen to sell our high-grade
line of nursery stock and that spare
time is worth dollars to both of US.
An opportunity to turn your entire or
spare time into dollars and many of
them, is not to be overlooked without
investigation. To enlarge our selling
organization we offer exclusive terri
tory to one good man in every locality
where we are not represented. If we
do not have an agent in your locality,
get busy and write to us at once. We
pay cash in advance for your orders.
pay your expenses while in active work
and furnish you with complete outfit
free of all charges. No experience
necessary to become business getter
and money maker in our line. WRITE
AT ONCE as there are others in your
direct locality who are seriously con-
sidering this proposition. THE
GRIESA NURSERIES; T. E. GRIEsA,
PROPRIETOR, LAWRENCE, KANSAS.
Free press., 1907-06-22
THE YEAR WITHOUT A suMMER.


A long time ago there was year in
which the summer season was skipped
entirely and the prolonged cold of the
present spring and summer has set
people to wondering if we are to have
a repetition of this memorable year.
The farmers of the northern part of
the United States long remembered
the winter of 1916, for their crops fail
ed to mature. June was severe month
with snow lying ten inches deep in the
central part of Vermont and New
Hampshire, and On July4, the national
holiday, ice was formed of the thick
ness of common window glass in the
northern and middle states, and much
of the corn was killed. August, it was
hoped, would prove warmer, but it
was a ''most cherries month";" ice
was formed half an inch in thickness.
Very little corn ripened in the most
favored regions, and farmers paid $5
bushel for seed corn the next spring. y
Near Springfield, Mass, one field of
corn was saved bv building fires about
it on frosty nights.
The summer of 1859 was cold, though
less severely so, in the United States.
The spring opened with mild weather,
and the crop gave hopeful promise, but
there came sudden frost on May II,
extending from the Mississippi river
east. The western farmers were badly
frightened and sent orders to New
York and Philadelphia for -four, and
prices mounted upward rapidly. On
June 5 and the temperture was so
low that fires had to be lighted IN
houses and Offices, and in the Ohio val
ley the damage done to grapes, apples
and peaches was considerable. On June
10 heavy frost fell in the vicinity of
Philadelphia. -
In the present year, 1907, frost fell
on the 9th of May, ten days later than
in 1859. The days of really summer
temperature have been intermittent
and far apart thus far in this year, and
the crops, even in the fertile Kansas
soil, are having a hard struggle to
maintain the reputation of the state. 1t
will be noted as an interesting point
that these cold seasons are approx
mately half a century apart.
Free press., 1907-06-22
Homestead Contest Notice.
Departnent of the Interior

Department of the Interior,
Il. S. Land Office, Colby, Kansas
June 4, 1867 No. 121e7.
a sufficient affidavit having been filed
in this office by Helen Strohmier, con-
testant, against Homestead entry No.
%, 513 made July 3, 1901, for the S4ne4,
81 Mel SET sec. 80, town IS south, in
range 20 west by John S Haley,
cOntestee,
in which it is alleged that John s
Haley has wholly abandoned said
claim for more than three years last past
and he never lived on said land or i'm
proved same, and that he has contin-
ually lived with his family in Missouri,
and that these failures still exists and
was not caused by claimants employ
ment in the army or navy of the q: S.
Said parties are hereby notified to ap-
pear, respond and offer evidence touch
ing said allegation at 10 o'clock A, M
on July %, 1907 before the Clerk of the
District court Ellis county. Kansas at
Hays city, Kansas, and that final hear
ing will be held at 10 a. m, on July
80, 1907 before the Register and Re
ceiver at the United States Land office
in Colby, Kansas,
The said contestant having in a prop
er affidavit, filed June 4, 1907. set forth
facts which show that after due dill
gence personal service of this notice
cannot be made, it is hereby ordered &
directed that such notice be given by
due and proper publication.
John Thomas, Register,
John Nelson, Atty.
1st pub. June 8. 1907.
Free press., 1907-06-22

A perfect town is that in which you
see the farmer patronizing the home
merchants, the laborers spending the
money they earn with their own
tradesmen, and all animated by spir-
it that will not purchase articles
abroad if they can be bought at home.
The spirit ofreciprocity between man
and the mechanic, tradesmah and
laborer, farmer and manufacturer,
results every time in making the town
a perfect one to do business in. But
our business men should remember
this Reciprocity" part, not give their
trade, their work to strangers or non
residants who come to carry away the
money. Keep it at home with our
people even if the work is not so fine
or cheap.