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Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-06-12

REGISTER is willing to venture the
assertion that if the Bancroft aggrega-
ton ever mix up with the Bloomer
girls the latter bunch will meet their
finish Bancroft Register.
The Odd Fellow memorial sermon
will be preached at the Congregation
al church next Sunday evening. All
Odd Fellows and members of the
Rebeccah, of this city, as well as visit.
ing members are requested to meet at
Society Hall at 7:30 hat evening.
One of the cars furnished by the
c.. a. n. w. railroad for the special
train to Mitchell during the track meet
waa badly damaged by the Brookings
students. Windows were broken and
plush seats were ripped open by
knives, the frames broken and the iron
rods on the seats ruined.-Huron
Journal World Spirit.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-06-12

VIM. Warnke, and old pioneer of
the East End, died Tuesday of last
week Of rheumatism of the heart.
The 18th annual assembly of the
Madison Chautauqua will open June
9th and continue until July 18th.
Bridget Gillispie came home
Thursday night of last week from
Elkton where she attended school the
past year.
Miss Pearl Williams arrived the
latter part of last week from Albert
Lea, Mimi, where she graduated
from the musical conservatory.
Ted Johnson came home from the
university at Vermillion last week.
Ted has one year more of the work
before completing the course
DIR, B. A. Dyar was out Friday
last with a new Lambert automobile.
1t is what is called a friction drive
andi is a very smooth running maching.
Judge E. f. Green also came out
with an auto last week. His is a
Holsman, n of the high wheel make.
1t is a we'll built machine and one
that is serviceable for all around use.
B. S. Hartz and wife, of Hill City,
this state are guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
r. III. Richardson. Mrs. HartZ is the
daughter of E. A. Richardson, a form
er resident of this section and a broth
er of r. HI. She decided to remain
over the 10th to meet old friends at
the Old Settlers celebration.
L. Zuver started Tuesdry night for
Idaho, accompanied by L. w. Bar
Der of this place, w Fl. Pleck of Lake
Preston, and David Hauk and Dell
Adkins of Oldham. They go to look
up a claim discovered by Mr.. Zuver
many years ago, and which he be-
lieves rich in gold.-Arlington Sun.
Eight new crews have been put
to work on this division of the G.. q
n. w. during the past two weeks,
The road bed is to be g~raveled be-
tween Huron and Pierre which is the
cause of a part of the increase in
force. That section of the road is
being laid with heavy steel which
will allow the use of the heavy engines.
from Chicago to Rapid City.
II. p. Norman arrived from
Grantsburg, Wis, Tuesday morning
to remain for the week. He reports
everything in good condition in his
part of Wisconsin. As he came
through Minnesota he noted more
water standing on low ground and
the rivers higher than he had seen
them before in many years. The
Sioux Valley also is covered with
water, and he says it looks like a river
four miles wide this side of Brookings.
ID. w. Wilmarth will depart this
Friday evening fer Sioux Falls where
he will join the party representing
South Dakota at the national conven-
ton of the Modern Woodmen OF
America. This is the second time
ID. w. has represented this state at
the national convention. He is one
of the best workers in the state and
TO him is due the credit, to a great ex
tent, for the large membership of De
Smet Camp, one of the largest in the
state outside of such cities as Sioux
! Falls and Aberdeen,
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The Congregational Aid will meet
with Mrs. Dunklee next Wednesday
afternoon.
Miss Alma Ohrmandt, of Echo,
Mimi, is the guest of her sister, Mrs.
j. G.. Braun.
Miss Hieby returned Monday
from a visit of several days with
friends at Howard.
--Thos. HI. Ruth was confined to
his bed the latter part of last week
with an attack of lumbago.
Communion services will be held
at the Congregational church next
Sunday morning, June l4th.
R. A. Boast found some money
on the street Tuesday. The owner
can recover the same by calling upon
Mr.. Boast.
w. S. Stahl, of Bancroft, Iowa,
arrived Tuesday for a visit in De Smet
and to look after his farm interests in
this vicinity.
Prof. A. B. Rich, principal of our
city schools, has a position in the
college at Fremont, Neb during the
summer months.
-Chas. Domke and son, of Chicago,
are visiting at the G. Staudenmaier
home in Spirit Lake. Mr.. Domke is
a brother Of Mrs. Staudenmaier.
What with the primary on the
9th, the Old Settlers celebration on
the 10th, and the visit of the Milwau-
kee business men on the 18th, this
has been a strenuous week for De
Smet.
Bancroft comes into the lime
light with a female base ball nine.
Practice is going on vigorously
every evening and it is said that
brilliant plays are of frequent oc-
currence. The male population is
barred from the grounds and the
members of the nine will give out
nothing for publication. Therefore it
is impossible to give any details at
this stage Of the game. But The
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-06-12

On the last page of this issue you
will find an article enlisted, "South
Dakota Governors" which begins
with Samuel j. Albright, the first
governor of Dakota. The article will
be continued until all have been in
cluded.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-06-12
THE INDEPENDENT.
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY.
from all Around the Town and
County.

-Supt. Seymour went to Arlington
Tuesday.
Judge Whiting is holding court
at Huron this week.
Herb Latin is home from his
first year at the Vermillion university.
Miss Ella May Crane spent Sun
day with Miss Mary Wright at Brook
ings.
Mrs. Ray McQuarie returned
the last of last week from a visit in
Minnesota.
Andrew Swenson, a nephew of
X. Knudsen, arrived Friday last from
North Dakota for a visit.
MIR. and Mrs. Paul Grafton came
down from Redfield to spend Sunday
at the Chas. S. Whiting home.
The Foxton Land a. Loan Co.
piloted some l~andseekers yer this
part of the country last week.
The Episcopal society is making
a basement under their church for
the purpose of Installing a furnace.
The street commissioner has
been doing some good work on our
streets, but there is still need of more.
Miss Ethel Moody arrived from
Vermillion Monday, She stopped on
her way home at Trent to spend Sun
day with her brother Robert.
Mr.. Petit and wife, of Watertown,
a former resident of Willow Lakes,
and we'll known to many De Smet
people, were the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. G. L. Dawley over Sunday.
The past two weeks has witness
ed a heavy rainfall in this section,
Crops of small grain have not suffer
ed from excess moisture, but still
some bright weather would be more
beneficial. Corn has not done much,
although not injured.
Jeppe Christensen went the first
Of the week to Yankton to see his
wife, who is taking treatment at the
infirmary. He expects to be home
tomorrow. Mrs. Christensen is get
ting along well.-Arlington Sun.
Olaf Ryland intends to depart
Monday next for the Pacific coast
where he will stop at different points
for a visit with old acquaintance and
to see the country. Among places he
will visit is Bellingham, Wash, where
he intends to call upon E. P. Sanford.
our former townsman. Olaf says that
he has no intention of locating in
the west, that this is purely a pleas
ure trip.
WIN Hardes, of Wisconsin, ar
rived Thursday of last week for q
visit with his brother-in-law, August
Albrecht, of Mathews township. Mr.,
Hardes has a farm in Wisconsin which
is for sale after seeing this country.
He says that he will buy here and
locate if he can find a purchaser for
the old farm. South Dakota was 9
surprise for him.
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$500 CHICAGO AND RETURN.

Excursion rates via the Chicago d.
North Western Ry., account Repub-
lican National Convention. Tickets
on sale at above rates from this sta
ton daily from June 18th, to 18th.
Return limit June 30. Ask ticket
agent for particulars. liz
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-06-12
MIDSUMMER EXCURSION TO
Chicago.

Account Republican Convention.
Round trip tickets will be on sale via
the Chicago a. North Western Ry., at
rate of $3.50 from this station. Re-
turn limit June 30. Ask agent for
particulars. j-l2
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NEW THROUGH SLEEPING CAR
Service Between Winona and Mil
waukee Via the North Western Line

waukee Via the North Western Line.
Commencing Monday, May 18th,
Pullman drawing-room sleeping car
leaves Winona daily 9:40p. m, arrives
Milwaukee 7:45 a. m. Returning
leave Milwaukee 7:45 p. M, arrive
Winona 700 a. m. Direct connections
at Winona with Pullman sleeping cars
to and from Mankato. Dining car
service between Winona and Sleepy
Eye. For tickets and full informa-
ton, apply to any ticket agent, The
North Western Line.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-07-11
REFLECTIONS OF BACHELOR GIRL

Filtration is like a cocktail with no
headache in it, champagne with no
next morning.
Some men think that by putting on
a silk hat and a white Ascot tie they
are disguised as gentlemen.
Love is lige gambling; you want to
be sure that you are a good loser be-
fore you go in for the game.
One thing 1 can never understand,
and that is how a man can tell the
front from the back of his hat, but he
always can.
A mans idea of honor is SO pecul-
lar; he would die rather than steal a
friends money of cheat him at cards,
but he will steal his wife CT cheat
him out of his daughter with perfect
eouanimity
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CAPITAL AND LABOR.

A private knocker is a public null
Sance.
No man who is fit to live likes to
live on charity
The encouragement of capital, If a
crime, is a crime against labor
The political trust-buster and pro-
fessional muckraker, firing at CAPT.
tai, hits labor nine times in ten.
The extra hazard of honest enter
prise is driving capital to Wall stteet.
and labor to the benches in the park
Labor should be protected-from its
fool friends; the socialist should be
screened off from the anarchist; the
anarchist from high explosives. and
gin.-From Cy Warmna's Speech, Ca
madam Club, Guelph, Ont.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-07-11
RULES FOR HAPPY MARRIED LIFE

Think a little.
Lead the simple life"
Have no foolish illusions
Try to understand each ether and be
chums.
Let your life be partnership which
aqualizes all joys as well as sorrows
Do not look away from yourselves
Tor happiness; it is in YOU
Seek to please your husband OF your
wife and make reasonable sacrifives-
He or she will then to the same, and
rue happiness will result.-New York
World
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He set the men to work untwisting
ropes until they had more than 900
feet all unraveled. Uncle Dick went
up the derrick and put the end of the
unrayeled rope into the bottom part of
the rocket. Then he poured kerosene
oil all over it and rubbed gunpowder
into it.
That afternoon Uncle Dick sent out
invitations both by mail and by mes
senger to places as far away as 200
miles, saying:
Jimmy Broderick respectfully in
yites you to his Uncle Dicks farm to
see him set off the biggest skyrocket
in the world on the evening of the
Fourth of July"
Uncle Dick also sent word to the
papers about it, and on the evening OF
the Fourth more than 10000 people
were at the farm. wondering at the i'm
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Cause for Ihanks2

1t was at a social gathering of one
of the mutual improvement societies
which help to pass the shining Cor
otherwise) hour in an edifying man
uer.
A little singing was to be INDUCED
in by some of the members. and about
halfway down the program the name
of Miss Molemy Brown figured. Alas,
however, when the time came for her
to appear a messenger arrived to say
that the lady was suffering from a
cold, and, therefore, the chairman had
to excuse her to the audience.
Ladies and gentlemen he said, Il
have to announce that Miss Brown
will be unable to sing, as announced,
and, therefore, Mr.. Green will give us
A Song of Thanksgiving. STRAY
Stories.
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SUFFERED TWENTY-FIVE YEARS
With Ecxema-Her Limb Peeled and
Foot Was Raw-Thought Amputa-
ton Was Necessary-BeIieves
Life Saved by Cuticura.

'1 have been treated by doctors for
twenty-five years for a bad case of
eczema on my leg. They did their best,
but failed to cure it. My doctor had
advised me to have my leg cut on. At
this time my leg was peeled from the
knee, my foot was like piece of raw
flesh, and I had to walk on crutches-
I bought set of Cuticura Remedies.
After the first two treatments the
swelling went down, and in two
months my leg was cured and the new
skin came on. The doctor was sur
prised and said that he would use
Cuticura for his own patients Ihave
now been cured over seven years, and
but for the Cuticura Remedies l
might have lost my life Mrs. ]. B.
Renaud, PIT Montana ST., Montreal,
Qua. Feb. 20, 1907
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-07-11

Laundry work at home would bs
much more satisfactory if the right
Starch were used. In order to get the
desired stiffness, it is usually neces-
sary to use SO much starch that the
beauty and fneness of the fabric is
hidden behind paste of varying
thickness, which not only destroys the
appearance, but also affects the wear
ng quality of the goods. This trou-
Die can be entirely overcome by using
Defiance Starch, as it can be applied
much more thinly because of it's great
,r strength than other makes.
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1MMY BRODERICKS Uncle Dick
was not only a great inventor.
n but one of the kindest men that
ever lived.
Although he earned his living by in
venting useful things like automatic
plows that would pillow a whole field in
the night time while the farmer lay in
bed asleep, and automatic fish poles
that would bait their own hooks and
throw out their own lines and pull in
their own fish and take them off and
bait the hooks over again, still Uncle
Dick was ready at minutes notice to
drop all that sort Of thing and invent
something to give a boy pleasure. And
you will agree that a nephew who has
an uncle like that has treasure.
Jimmy Broderick knew this and he
took great care of Uncle Dick, carrying
an umbrella for him when it rained and
watching to see that he ate his meals
regularly, for like all great inventors,
Uncle Dick could not take care of him
self very we'll
What would you like for the Fourth
OF July, jimmy" asked Uncle Dick
about a week before that important
day.
81 would like most of all to have a
great big sky rocket" said Jimmy.
You shall have one said his uncle,
and Immediately went into his inven-
tory shop, which is the funny name
that he gave to the little room where
he invented things.
The telephone bell rang good deal
that day. On the very next morning a
big truck arrived from the city with
two big casks on it. They were painted
red and marked HDangerI Powderi" in
big letters. There were also huge rolls
of thick pastebOard each sheet big
enough to make the whole side of
house, and there were so many of
them that the horses could hardly pull
them.
Uncle Dick rubbed his hands and
chuckled like anything when he saw
the material.
you shall certainly have a sky
rocket" said he to Jimmy. "And the
best of it is that the greater part of
the country for hundreds of miles
around will have one. too"
Jimmy was very curious and still
more puzzled, but he knew that Uncle
Dick did not like to explain his inven-
lions beforehand, so he asked no ques-
lions, but merely kept his eyes open
and did not go out of sight of the in
ventory shop all morning.
Before noon a great gang of men ar
rived, and under Uncle Dicks orders
they began to carry all the material to
the pasture, where they deposited it
around huge old dead pine tree that
stood smooth and straight reaching
into the air fully so feet without a
branch to break it except on the very
top, and that was soon gone, too, for
Uncle Dick sent men up there and
they Topped it off so that then the
tree stood sleek and smooth like a
mast
Then the sheets of pasteboard were
laid on the ground and rolled into a
great cylinder 80 feet long and at least
ten feet in diameter
AS soon as a sheet was rolled into
shape the men tied it tightly with
yards on yards of rope and then an
other sheet was. rolled around the first
and more rope tied around that and
so on until all the pasteboard had beer
used up, and that was such a lot thai
it took the men all day with the hardest
kind of work.
The next day they opened the casks
of powder and began to load it in anc
in, hour after hour until the last grain
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-07-11
Suicides in Natal.

The abnormal suicide wave which
is passing over this country has been
made the subject of very serious
thought, and it is we'll that it should
be so. In Natal within the past fou1
weeks there have been three suicides
of Europeans, which. on the basis OF
population, is four times greater than
the suicide rate in England and Wales
a dep1orable state of affairs indeed
In Durham a few weeks ago it was
stated that suicides were taking place
at the rate of one a day.-Natal Wit
ness
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mense skyrocket and trembling all
over at the thought of the explosion
when she went Off And all over the
land people who could not go to the
farm were watching the heavens and
paying very little attention to the 9TH
er fireworks of the United States, be-
cause the papers had told all about the
rocket and had explained that it could
be seen hundreds of miles when it
went up.
When the time came, Uncle Dick
gave Jimmy big piece of lighted punk
and then he stood in front OF the tree
and said:
Ladies and Gentlemen: You will
notice that this tree is inclined toward
the north. My calculations tell me
that when the rocket is lit it will pull
the tree clear out of the ground and
go north for at least 1000 miles, which
will bring it over uninhabited country,
where it will fall without hurting any
body, unless a bear or a moose should
get in the way. Now, Jimmy, touch
her off,
Jimmy touched the end of the fuse
and then everybody ran away to safe
| distance. The fire climbed swiftly, and
suddenly with a bang that shook the
| hills and broke the windows even in
| towns 100 miles away, the giant rocket
went OFF.
Out came the tree, roots and all, and
| sailed grandly into the sky with a hiss
| ing trail of fire behind it. The amazed
| spectators watched it for more than
half an hour, getting smaller and
smaller, till it disappeared in the
| northern sky.
For days after that the paper printed
| reports from distant places from PEG
| pie who had seen a wonderful fiery
| thing in the night. By means of these
| reports, it was possible for Uncle Dick
| to pursue the course of his wonderful
| rocket until he found that it had gone
| far over Canada, but he could not
| learn where it had fallen and he did
not learn until recently.
But about a week ago a hunter who
had been in the very far north of Can
| ada. near Hudson bay, shooting musk
| oxen, visited Uncle Dick He told lot
of interesting hunting adventures, anc
finally said:
THE queerest thing that / saw was
far up in the barren lands where there
are no trees. One day saw something
odd some distance away, and l wen
there on my snow shoes
What do you suppose found!
mighty tree, That was queer enough
up there. But queerer still was the fac
that this tree did not stand in ths
ground as other trees do. but stood
roots up with its crown buried deepl,
in the soil. 1t was the most marvelou:
sight 1 have even seen, and can hard
ly believe it yet / would give a goot
deal to know what caused this strangs
4 freak of nature"
Uncle Dick chuckled and winked a
Jimmy
Did you ever hear of Jimmy's won
derful skyTocket?' he asked
No, never said the hunter '-Yo'
know 1 have been in the wilderness
| long time"
So Uncle Dick told him After h
got through the hunter said: L an
glad to know this I intended to writ
a book about it, but now l shall b.
able to save myself the trouble"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-07-11
WAITS OF WISDOM.

Self-conscioUsness is the deadly en-
envy of dignity.
The INDECENT and naked world might
be comfortably clothed with the need
less trappings of the reckless rich
An empty pumpkin shell in which
child displays lighted candle diff
Experience should be a searchlight
fuses more real light than a vain head
for all men. But, alas, it is usually
like the stern lights OF vessel which
illumine only the pathway already
traversed.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-07-11

was pounded in good and hard, and
Jimmy's Uncle Dick said:
so, There's 500 pounds of powder
in there That ought to make her fly"
But how about the stick?' thought
Jimmy. He did not say it, knowing
how easy it is to spoil an INVENTOR
ideas by interrupting him with friy-
olous conversation
He was to learn very soon how about
the stick, for as soon as the mighty
cylinder was all finished, Uncle Dick
had a derrick rugged, and up went the
big thing until it dangled alongside of
the dead pine tree near the dizzy top
of it
Then mighty cables were sent up
and the men dashed the loaded paste
board cylinder to the tree until it was
completely hidden by ropes
Nov for the fuse" said Uncle Dick.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-07-11
Attractions Of Flowers.

A flower has an almost human way
IF first attracting insects This is by
appealing to their fondness for sweet
things. There is secreted In every
flower a store of honey, large or small
as the case may be, to which the
nudge, the butterfly, the bee, the blue
bottle fly and other insects are at
tracted
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n a Pinch. Use ALIENS FooT-EAsE.

A powder It cures painful, smart
ng, nervous feet and ingrowing nails.
It's the greatest comfort discovery of
he age. Makes new shoes easy. A
certain cure for sweating feet. Sold
BY all Druggists, Csc. Accept no sub
stitute. Trial package, FREE Ad-
1ress A. S. Olmsted, LIE Roy, n. Y.
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Not Incurable.

"That man is a poet
''Too bad"
Yes
How did you discover it"
'1 didn't; he told me-"
''Then perhaps he may get over it
American
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On the Glorious
Fourth
By MAUD WALKER

iAJITH many firecrackers in his hand;
w Some matches in his pocket;
A Hip, hip. hurraht' on his tongue;
And one immense skyrocket,
Thus little Billy wandered forth
Most joyously to try
To celebrate in the right way
TIL Glorious Fourth of July.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-07-11

He fell in line behind the band
That played Red. White, and Blue"
He sang to help the noise along.
Though the words he never knew.
Then to the Celebration Grounds
He marched with gallant tread.
And listened while Wondrous Man
THE Declaration read
Then came the picnic dinner
Spread meath a great oak tree;
And little Billy ate his fill
While the band played Liberty
And ell the rest the day spent
In making fun and noise.
Shooting lots of frecrackers OF
With all the girls and boys
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-07-11
Fame,

"Who was James Boswell?" asked
the teacher of the class in English lit
erature.
He was DR.. Samuel JohnsoE's press
agent answered the young man with
the bad eye
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-07-11

The best manner of avenging our
selves is by not resembling him whe
has injured us.-Porter