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Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-08-07
MANY RECORD MACS
TRAINING FOR FAIR

Huron, 8. D., July 31.-The race
track at the state fair grounds in this
city is a lively place now, as a larger
number of horses are in training than
at any time in the history Of the track.
There are many record horses, as well
as green prospects, and the speed con-
tests this season are expected TO be a
great success.
Edward Karge, the nan arrested in
Redfield, S.. d., some time since, for
robbing a man in Wolsey, a short dis
lance from this city, was yesterday
discharged by Justice Geddis on ac-
count of the absence of the prosecut-
ing witness. The witness had left town
and no trace of him could be found.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-08-07
AN AGRICULTURAL
COURSE ASKED IN
COUNTRY SCHOOLS
Will Have Text in Agriculture
and Make Farming a Teach
ing Requirement.

Sioux Falls, S. D.. Aug. IA legis-
lative committee appointed at the an
nual meeting of county superintendent
of the state at Rapid City last week,
will appear before the legislature at
Pierre this winter and ask for a change
in the school laws to permit the moor
poration of an agricultural course III
every rural school In the state.
The plan as outlined at Rapid city
is twofold. A text book on agriculture
is TO be adopted and teachers must
pass an examination showing they have
at least a rudimentary understanding
of the business. of farming and allied
industries.
Again, a series of contests in prac-
tical farming or industrial work is to
be arranged. one for each county, n
for a number of counties grouped to-
gether in a district and n between
the. districts. The whole course OF work
is to be supervised by the superintend-
ent of public instruction and his staff,
thereby making it uniform throughout
out the state. so far as the u of
the different localities will permit.
The committee which formulated this
plan was appointed at Canton, July 3,
1907, and is composed of Charles j.
Anderson, Myrtle B. Farmer, Gerald
e. Muller, p. f. Nolan and w. M. MAR.
Another suggestion of the committee is
as follows:
Experiments to Be Made.
w would further recommend that
steps be taken to establish an agricul-
tural and Industrial school in each
county In the state and would suggest
that the county poor farm which is
found in many counties be used as an
experiment farm for that purpose"
The committee on resolutions, COM
nnGn6 IF Il I O,1sn1Ay ~ ~ CalnlJ1yo
ger, A. II. Seymour, Stella Kahl, w.
b. Wilson, Florence Glenn and C. G..
Lawrence included in it's report a dec
laration that more men are needed in
teaching forces. The two women
on the committee gave this quite as
much support as the male members.
Better wages and better preparation by
the teacher are urged and the scarcity
of teachers is explained by the short
terms Of school, difficulty in obtaining
good boarding places. low wages, the
that each teacher must also be
Janitor and the poor equipment of coun-
try schools.
The average wages paid to teachers i'm
rural schools of South Dakota is about
$42. However, the inclination is stead
lily upward. Here in Minnehaha coun.
for example, there are districts will
ing TO pay as much as $50 or even s55.
II competent teachers can be obtained.
Some districts in other parts of the
state also are offering $50.
The closing paragraph of the Rapid
city resolutions praises Superintendent
'Ustrud in the following language:
heartily commend the practical
efficient and progressive administration
of u superintendent, H. A. Ustrud
we believe 1t Is worthy of the loyal
support Of ALL"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-08-07
APPLIES cARBoLlc
ACID TO HER EVE

Wagner. S. d., Aug. 1.-Through
mistaking a bottle Mrs. Martha Rose,
who resides near this place, was the
victim OF a peculiar accident and near
ly lost one of her eyes. For some time
past she has been suffering with eye
trouble and procured a lotion TO put
in her eye in order to relieve the pain.
During the night she was awakened by
excessive pain in the eye and arose and
grasped what she believed was the
bottle containing the lotion. But by
mistake she got hold of a bottle con-
.taining carbolic acid and before she
discovered her mistake had put some of
the burning liquid in her eye. Only by
prompt action was the eye saved from
total destruction. She suffered terribly
before the effects of the carbolic acid
could be counteracted
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-08-07
COWAN AN EXAMPLE
OF STRENUOUS LIFE
AMONG LAWBREAKERS
Terror of Evil Doors Who Is TO
Clear Black Hills Line OF
Car Thieves.

Kadoka. s. D., July 31.-To Detective
]. w. Cowan, of the Milwaukee road, Is
attributable the success attending the
effort to round up" the car thieves
who have been pilfering both open ana
closed cars and which resulted IN the
detention Of the four umse prothers,
who were found in possession OF large
quantities of barbed wire when lhey
had stolen and sunk in a lake.
Cowan has been assigned to The task
OF clearing the Black Hills line or the
Milwaukee of crimes Of this sort, and
his past record indicates that ne VIII
do IL. His life has been n continuous
chapter Of thrilling incidents n IL
looks as though the list was not yet
complete.
Has Lead Strenuous Life.
He has been shot several times, bitten
a mad dog. fallen down an elevate
shaft, pinned beneath a hose wagon,
while he was a member OF the Fond
Lac, Wis, fire department; 1t was IA
months in a hospital as the result OF
injuries received while doing duty as
a policeman in Milwaukee,; was struck
by a falling sign while a member of
the st. Paul, Mimi. police department;
was pinned to the ground by a trolley
wire in Milwaukee and was relieved
from his perilous position by the wrig-
CLING of the wire before it injured him;
was held up by train robbers While
employed as conductor IN the Northern
Pacific railroad 20 years ago; was near
ly drowned in the basement OF a livery
stable while a fireman.
He has had n thumb almost chewed
off by a burly Irishman whom he was
trying to arrest during his career as a
policeman, and a yea ago at GAINESVILLE.
Wis, while trying to arrest a man who
was ~obstructing the track of the Mil
waukee Railway company for the pur-
pose Of ditching a train. was shot and
confined to a hospital for four months.
And since that time he has been struck
by lightning, which incident occurred
at Mitchell, S. D., about a year ago.
Three times during his career as a
railroad man he was held up by train
robbers, once while he was a brake
man and twice while he was a CON
ductor. Upon one of these occasions he
lost $50 OF his own money.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-08-07
HIBERNIANS GRANT
PLEA FOR MEMORIAL
CHURCH STRUCTURE

F~1andreau, $. d., July 30.-Word is
received through a delegation which
went from this place to attend the-
meeting of the Ancient Order of Hi
bernians at Indianapolis, that the So
ciety has approved the proposition for
a 100000 memorial church here in
memory of Father Quick, confessor of
the Irish prisoners who were executed
in what is known in history as the
Manchester rescue.
The working plans for raising the
money for the church Will be arranged
shortly and the work will go forward
with the well known Irish enthusiasm.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-08-07
TO HELP PREACHER
WIN HIS BRIDE

Atlantic City. N. j.. July 31.-The
deacons of the First Baptist church are
going to send a delegation OF their
wives to Lacrosse, Wis, in an attempt
TO prevail on the fiancee OF Rev. John
w. Hoag, handsome young minister Of
this city.
Rev. Mr.. Hoag has been called to the
pulpit here by unanimous vote, but he
conflded TO church officials that he had
not been able to persuade the young
woman to leave her home and come
to Atlantic City. The delegation will
carry along a promise to set the young
couple up in housekeeping and will
once so as to obtain the services of
the minister during the summer sea
son.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-08-07
MASON FELL 20 FEET
AND ESCAPED INJURY

Vermillion, s.. d., July 30.-F'red Will
blad, "A stone mason in the employ of
Eric Nylen. met with an accident Mon
day morning which might have cost
him his life. He was 1orking on a
scaffold about 20 feet from the ground,
setting a large stone for the massive
pillars on the law building, when a
ladder fell IA struck him on the
shoulder. He fell to the ground and
for q while the ether workmen feared
that he was seriously hurt. but I'm a
few m he was setting stone
again.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-08-07
WOMAN KILLED BY
KEROSENE EXPLOSION

Arlington, 3. d, July yI.-Mrs. David
Bassett, wife Of a prominent farmer
Of DeSmet, was burned to death Mon
day through trying to kindle a fire
with kersosenc.
h stove from the previous meal time.
when 1t vas used before, for as soon
as she poured In the OIL a terrific ex-
pl0sion occurred. the stove being blown
to pieces n the woman's entire per-
son receiving q shower OF the blazing
fluid. The flesh was burned from her
face-and the upper portion OF her body
and she lived but ! short time.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-08-07
LEAH ALLISON
WAS MISTAKEN
FOR EVELYN THAW

Yankton, S. D., July 30.--It has beer.
most Enthusiastically circulated. through
first publication OF the rumor In a To-
cal paper. b q Evelyn NeSbit Thaw.
OF New York, was here for q divorce
The quiet and unassuming little lady
who caused AL the excitement by be-
Ing mistaken for the famous Evelyn
Is q Miss Leah Allison. OF Elmira, NJ
y., who 10 here with her brother In the
hopes Of lettering her health
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-08-07
AUToM0BIIIsTs
Punched FOR SC0RCHING

Des Moines. Ia. July SHINE prom
inent citizens whose combined wealth
reached over 81, 5000 0 sat In the DO
lice court this morning alongside OF
jags n drunks on charges OF violating
the automobile ordinance by speeding
picked up BY the police last niklt. All
pleaded not guilty M the trial was
ret for q later date
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-08-07
SCORE GAMBLERS
In TOLLS IN GOTHAM

New York, July 30.-Thirty-six men
were indicted by Kings county grand
jury today on charges Of violating the
anti-gambling laws at race tracks,
Those indicted include some of the
most prominent men who formerly oc-
cupied stools In betting rings.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-08-07
NEGRo's VICTIM ALIVE;
2 DEAD, 8 WOUNDED

Pensacola. Fla, Aug. Mrs. vii.
liam Davis whose throat was cut by
the negro Shaw. who vas lynched here
last night. Is alive today. but cannot
recover. Shaw's body was cut down
this morning by the authorities.
In the night between the mob and the
sherin's forces nine persons were
wounded. some fatally. in addition IA
the killing OF Notorman Kellum and
Sud Nichols, q planter.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-08-07
THESE ENTRIES COST
PtTAN HIS LIBERTY

Sioux Falls, S. d., July SO.-An echo,
of the Carl Pitan and fraud case in
western South Dakota is the filing in
the United States court in this city
of DEGREES cancelling the homestead en-
tries involved In the cases of the United
States vs. Ella Henry n a Pitan
and the United States VS.. Emma M.
Prefer and Carl Pitan.
The entries were involved in the land
fraud ease which the government in
stituted against Pitan a year or two
ago. and which resulted I'm the defend
ant being required to serve a year in
the county Jail of Stanley county. Pitan
is a prominent Lyman county cattle
man. Both homesteads are situated in
Lyman county, adjacent to the PitaE,
ranch.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-08-07
COMMERCIAL CLUB
HANDLES FAIR CROWDS

Huron, S. d., Aug. 1.-The necessary
arrangements for taking care of ali
who attend h South Dakota State
fair, September 7-12, are in the hands
Of the Commercial club. Large crowds
are expected to attend and special
committees have been appointed to
make all arrangements necessary on
behalf of the city for state fair week.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-08-07
NINE RURAL LINES
HAVE CONNECTING SERVICE

Scotland, S. d., July 30-By the con-
struction of a telephone line from this
place to Vodnany the local exchange
now has connection with nine rural
telephone lines, which give the farmers
in a wide scope of country direct COM
munication with the business men of
Scotland.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-08-07
PLATTE lNsTALLs A
WATERWORKS SYSTEM

Platte, S. D.. Aug. 1.-Plans are be.
ing worked out for the installation of y
system of w~aterworks to be Installed
here at a cost of about $40, 900. A 70-foof
tank will be erected and the mains will
cove the entire town.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-08-07

Excavations carried out In the sacred
precincts OF Olympia. Greece. near the
great altar of Zeus. have resulted in the
discovery OF interesting remains of the
neolithic period. including house YES
sells and implements. Thus Ii is be-
iieved to be evident that Olympia was
IA place of human habitation more than
1000 years before Christ.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-08-07

The ~up-to-date butcher shop Is now
provided with ar electric meat saw,
and the old hand saw is relegated to
the junk pile. In its place Is a small
bandsaw. driven by an electric motor,
which sewers all bones In a neat and
expeditions manne
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-08-07
$4,000 BONDS ASKED
FOR NEW SCHOOL HOUSE

Corsica. S. D., July 31.-An election
will be held at this place, Friday. Au-
gust Z. to vote on the question OF is
suing bonds to the amount Of $4,000
for the purpose OF erecting an addition
to the city school building.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-08-07

Under the omnibus public buildings
bill. the pork barrel which was
passed by congress al the close of its
recent session, the supervising archi-
tect has just undertaken the construc-
lion or 400 federal buildings. For this
these there are about 100 unfinished
projects left from other years.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-08-07

Charoiies, a small town 30 miles from
Macon, in France, has recently been
visited By a shower OF sulphur. The
roofs, gardens. fields. vineyards, rivers
and ponds were covered with a yell
low dust. and for some time the peas
ants In the fields were troubled by a
sulphurous biting odor which made
breathing difficult.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-08-07

A collection OF anecdotes of musical
celebrities just published at Leipsic
contains this one under the head of
Anton R~ubinstein: When the great
pianist was making his tour of the
United States he sat one day in a rail-
road train looking out upon the seen
cry. Suddenly a man sitting across
the aisle spat over Rubinstein's head
out of the open window. The master
drew back and gazed in establishment
and anger at the vulgar American,
who smiled and said, soothingly:
Don't worry; | know my distance"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-08-07

Reports on the last seasons work
received from the rs branches OF the
Y. M. C. A. on the Pennsylvania rail-
road. show a paid membership OF
something over 10000, the largest
branch being at Philadelphia with l.
s26 members. The total attendance for
the season was 6S2.722.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-08-07

Panama hats are made from, the i'm
mature unexpanded leaves OF the
stemless screw pine, which is a native
OF Central America and Colombia. Aft
er they receive a special treatment to
remove the soft parts of the leaf the
fiber lis soaked to render ii pliabie. The
weaving Is then lone under water. The
hats most valued are those made OF
one single leaf.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-08-07

OF the Sc, 49,. 800 acres area OF Colo
RADIO. 25,s4S. 7T2 acres are under govern
ment reservation control--forests. 49,
1877 acres; coal, $500, 900 acres, and
for Indians 300 acres. The state owns
approximately 1.400, 900 acres. and there
are 1851 22s acres OF open government
land subject TO entry.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-08-07

According 10 a report from Paris
the largest submarine yet built Will
shortly be launched at Sherbourg. The
vessel will be eos feet long. with s25
Ions displacement. and she viii be de-
veiop a mean speed OF 15 knots.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-08-07

Since the unification of the Wesley
brotherhood and the Brotherhood OF
st. Paul In the Methodist church, which
brought $500 societies together. the
membership. which was 10000 at the
stride forward.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-08-07

BY way OF adding a new, picturesque
touch TO its beautiful Druid Hill park,
Baltimore's park board has directed a
newly engaged shepherd TO attire him
self, when or duty. in real Scotch kits.
The board has appointed Peter Mac
kenzie, OF New York, to watch over the
sheep IN Druid Hill and has sent an
order 10 Edinburgh for a supply of
Little
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-08-07

Two bronze tablets in emor OF
President Mckinley are soon to be
placed In B~randywine Park driveway,
Ia Wilmington, Del. One of them Is
10 be commemorative of a littlc-known
incident In the career of the slain chief
magistrate, representing a scene IN
which Mckinley, as a corporal In the
Union army IN the civil war, was he
leading character. While a savage bait
tie was raging Corporal Mckinley
made his way TO the front and served
the men on the firing line with water.
and a picture OF the scene is now to be
pcrpetuated I'm bronze.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-08-07

Since the establishment the depart
ment OF agriculture cost the United
States more than 5000. 900, 900. 1t has
given employment at different times to
$4,000 experts and professors, and is
sued 1855 publications.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-08-07

Ninety per cent of the coinage by
the United States in the fiscal year OF
1908 consisted of gold eagles. a coin
which probably not one in q hundred
people sees as often as once a year.
Altogether the coinage of the country
comprised IT different varieties. seven
of which were for the Philippine is
lands in pesos and c~entavos, and n
of which OF the same denomination
was for account Of the Mexican gov
The number OF pennies
turned out averaged a little less than
one for each inhabitant. The total
coinage for continental United States
was $2I5, TIA, 1852. This mas been one
II the most active years In the history
OF national minting. or this amount
$179. 23S. 337 were in gold and $l6,5S2,-
AT in silver. or about he ratio OF n
Of silver TO IL of gold.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-08-07

The government of india has appro-
priated oyer 100000 for use In the
Tinted Provinces IN the way OF loans
10 farinera 10 enable them TO sink wells
and improve embankments for irriga-
ton purposes.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-08-07

Because OF the Iichens which grow
abundontlv on the stone paved streets
In Madeira. making them slippcry. II
n possible ID, use sleighs the year
around.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-08-07

has nearly doubled In ten years. There
are now 10000 and nearly 1000 are
turned out every year by the medical
schools. Fees have decreased alarm
sngiy because of this competition, and
because OF the diminution OF disease
due to hygienic precautions. In some
districts In Paris a franc is all that is
paid for p doctors call.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-08-07

A young wk.o applied at
Southwark, London. for an award un-
der the workfren's conformation act
for the lnss Of three fingers on her
right hand. obtained the sum OF ss4.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-08-07

Tie output or gold ii the Transvaai
n 1901 ~aegregated $lsS. 2oo. 1a2, against
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-08-07
BON HOMME FARMS
GO AT $40 PER ACRE

Avon, S. d., July 30.-Hon. Herman
Wakes, formerly a or the
South Dakota Legislature, has disposed
of his farm adjoining Avon on the
southeast for the price of $40 per acre.
A few years ago western Bon Homme
county was regarded as In the dry zone
and much land here then changed
hands for from 81 to Sc per acre. Mr..
and Mrs. Wakes will 81 to Arkansas.
TO prevent bootlegging In this dry
town the city board has just passed
stringent ordinances governing pool
rooms and simiiar places.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-08-07
ANGRY OLD MAN
THROWS HIMSELF
DOWN DEEP we'll
Chance to Climb Narrow
Wall and Novak Drowned
in Seven Feet of Water.

Tyndall, S. d., July 3O.-Angered by
a quarrel at his home n ~conso
after heavy drinking, Vaclav Novak, a
pioneer resident, committed suicide in
a most novel way by letting himself
down a well 90 feet deep and % in
che in diameter. Though there was
but seven feet of water in 1t at the
time, the method for taking his life
could hardly have been more effective,
Inasmuch as there was barely room
for his body to pass dow the well, II
was simply impossible for him to get
out. Twenty-four hours after he dis
appeared, search disclosed the body In
the web, which was found by letting
down a big rock that encountered the
obstruction. The body was pulled out
by the fire department.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-28

cheerful contrast is found i'm the opposite
extreme Of throwing a large portion Of
the main floor into a liviag-room. an ar
rangement which is meeting with much
favor In the construction Of suburban
homes Such a room approaches the
ideal when in it one meets I'm artistic ex-
preston the differing tastes Of the fam
ly
With abundance Of appropriate furni-
ture. the successful appointing OF a liv-
ing-room should be forcgone conclusion.
The illustration shows one-Quarter Of
the ground floor as a large llving-room
The fireplace is the principal feature Of
the apartment and takes initiative In Civ
ing out a hospitahle impression as one
enters. It's position at the extreme end
allows one the reality as well as the
feeling Of a withdrawal from Interrupt
tion. its privacy being accentuated by the
architectural device Of forming a recess
by means OF a ceiling beam. The treat
ment OF the mantel. with its silken cur
tains and the high shelf for bric-a-brac
would be very attractive