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Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-07-03
DEAD HORSE CAME
BACK TO LIFE and
ASKED FOR WATER
Fell Dead and Was Dragged
Out-Returned and Made
Owner Think Of Ghosts.

WATERFOWL, S.. D.. June 24.-Iim
Eroeger and Pat Culhane are w So
Der, industrious farmers living near
Elkton, S. d., neither OF whom be-
lieves in ghosts, or was supposed 10
have a guilty conscience. But for q
short time last Thursday night what
few hairs they have left on the tops or
their heads displayed q frantic desire
to loop the loop in the crowns OF their
hats.
1t seems that In the afternoon, whiis
working in his field one Of Mr.. kroe-
gers best horses, dropped dead, a he
supposed. After trying for some Tune
TO revive the animal, he summoned his
neighbor. Mr.. Culhane, from an adj
joining field and the dead hose was
hauled off the farm.
In the evening after the chores were
done Pat come over to smoke a pipe
with Jim and Sympathize with him
over the loss of his valuable horse.
Jim had just told his n%eighbor some
OF the habits of his favorite horse.
how he could turn him u n he
would go to the watering trough over
yCnder unaccompanied and If the
trough was dry rattle the handle that
threw the windmill into gear till some
one came and set it for him.. AS he
spoke the two men turned toward the
well. and Pats pipe fell TO the ground.
and Jir knocked off his hat in scratch
ing his head, which felt kind Of itchy
They looked apologetically at each
other and picked up their belongings
each thinking what ain old fool the
other must think him to be, when a
noise like the rafting Of the windmill
lever came from the direction of the
well. They were both so much startled
By this hat there was no Disgusting
the fact that they though. they were
seeing q ghost. But the gnost held his
ground and in the moonlight they could
see it nosing the Windmill lever. Fin
ally. getting courage from each others
presence, they started for the well
calling the dead horses name which
the apparition so closely resemLled
When half way there the horse replied
with a real horsey neigh, and Jim
scarcely believing himself awake
found ii TO be his lost horse, very ti1f
and muddy on one side, but neVerth2-
less very much alive. He has not yet
had it satisfactorily explained to him
what could have mad" his Morse sc
apparently dead and yet leave him
none the worse for IT.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-07-03
EIGHT Tilted BY
GIRL FORM CLUB
Young Woman Accepts Ninth
Suitor, and Others Take
Never Marry Vow.

Chicago. June Talk about the fury
OF a woman scorned-how about the fury
of eight men, all discarded by one and
the same young woman?
Miss Elizabeth Barnett has married the
newest conner. the ninth young man,
Frank Haggerty, and they are off on their
honeymoon now. When they come back
to settle down to their delights of mar
ried life they will find that the octette of
rivals are fast friends-all members of
the I'VE Will Never, Never Marry
Club
The eight who are Joined together by
these bonds of mutual sympathy have
pledged themselves to remain bachelors
for the rest of Their natural lives. or else
suffer heavy penalties. They will never
bother other women again; they will bare
ly be polite to them. The only exceptions
will be their own mothers and maiden
aunts and sisters. Other persons sisters
are strictly barred.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-07-03
NO MARRIAGE PROPOSED
INVOLVING CANNON BOYS

belmont, 5. D.. Jun 25.-An article
appearing in several of the daily papers
some time ago in regard TO the escapade
of two girls of the Warner family with
a couple of boys by the name of Cam
non, while correct in the main incidents.
did not state the facts as to a pos
sible marriage as the solution of the
embarrassing incident. There was an
assault committed and a fine imposed
in Justice court, but there was no prop
osition involving marriage as the Can
non boys are merely 13 and Is years
of age and not qualifed to contract
marriage. The case in court which was
the basis Of the original story, was set
tied at the time as shown by the rec
or6s in the local Justice court.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-07-03
THRESHERMEN DISCUSS
PERSISTENT NEEDS

Huron, g. D., June 24.-The South
Dakota Threshers' association. which
closed it's annual convention here Sat
urday, was attended by 200 threshers
and implement men from various parts
of the state. Hon. Fl. j. Rice, of HUI
ron, represented the Huron CONNER
cial club, and at the opening session
delivered the address of welcome, to
which response was made by Henzie,
representing the association. During
the sessions a number OF interesting
papers were presented and discussed,
each bearing upon the interests of
threshers and grain growers. Some
matters relative to needed legislation
was also discussed. A very interest
ing address on the subject of Good
Roads was given by State Engineer
Lea. 1t was decided to hold the next
annual meeting in this city, June, 1909.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-07-03
WATER FAMINE HITS
SIOUX FALLS JULY |
200 Consumers Will Go Thirsty
When Old Water Com
pany Quits.

Sioux Falls. s. D.. June 26.-Fully 200.
families in Sioux Falls will be cut off
from the use OF water from the mains
when the old South Dakota Water COM
pany cuts off the service at midnight
July l in accordance with the ruling
of Judge Garland of the federal court,
who ended the ~receivership of the com,
pany by declaring that on hat date
the court would go out of the water
business.
More than 500 consumers, In antici-
patton of the discontinuapce of the ser
vice, have made application TO the mu-
nicipaI for water connections,
but TO serve all of them requires the
laying OF three miles of additional
mains besides the connections, n the
wet weather has delayed the work I'M
til Il will be impossible to make morel
than 100 of the connections before the
discontinuance of the old water COM
pany's service. This means hat there
will be q water famine on q limited
scale after the first of the month and
until the city can complete the addi-
tional mains and connections to the res
denceS.
II is impracticable to lease or pur-
chase any portion of the old water COM
pany's mains, as the whole system is in.
the hands of a receiver. and could only
be had through an order OF the court,
and this would inaugurate a renewal
of the contest between the city and
the South Dakota Water company,
which has continued for six years, and
will practically terminate with the full
fillment OF the order or Judge Garland
on the night OF July 1. The patrons
who will be thus inconvenience by the
cutting off OF the service of the old wa
ter company were largely the cham
pions of that corporation in the fight
made against the installation of a mu-
nicipal plant, and they have had more
than a year in which TO for
the change OF service. but have stood
by the old water company to the last
ditch and are now TO learn that the
ditch has no water I'm IL
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-07-03
INTERESTS TO UNITE
FOR "PERS0NAL LIBERTY"

New York. June 27.-As one result OF
the passage of the Agnew-Hart anti
betting bills at Albany racing men,
backed by liquor interests, have
launched Il movement looking toward
favorable legislation which may not be
confined to tie state of New York.
The Personal Liberty league has heen
formally organized. with 5000 enrolled
members as a starter. 1t is non-parti-
san, and its membership viii not be
restricted exclusively TO race track
men.
Saloon men. advocates OF Sunday
baseball games and theatrical shows,
lovers of prize fights and all others
who do not wish 70 be ruled By the re-
form element, which is well organized
all over the country. Will be united
der one head.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-07-03

Peoria, ILL.,. June 27.-The finding OF
an upturned a in the river adjoining
A~veryville yesterday morning by clam
fishermen and the disappearance of a
man and a young girl who. rented the
boat at Virginia beach Tuesday even
ing has led TO all sorts OF rumors and
conjectures as to what may have oc-
CURED or h river front Tuesday
night.
The young lady is supposed to be
Miss Dottie NJ. Flagg. 372 East Ferris
street. Galesburg, ILL.,, the man william
Patterson. who for the past week has
been overseeing a japanese bowling al
ley at hie park
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-07-03
FIRE IN CHICAGO
COSTS FIVE LIVES

Chicago, June 27.-Ffve persons were.
killed and a score or more injured, sew
eral seriously, today as the result of
an explosion followed by a fire in a
five-story building at 17S Huron ST.. the.
upper floors of which were used as a.
boarding house.
The explosion occurred in the plant
of the Pabst Chemical company on the
ground floor. The dead are:
MRS. MARY NOLAN, janitress of
the building.
HER FOUR DAUGHTERS.
They were suffocated before help.
could reach them.
Other occupants Of the boarding
house found their exit by the stairways
cut off by flames and descended fire.
escapes. Several were overcome by
smoke and heat and were rescued by
police and iremen. while others jumped
from windows.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-07-03
BLACkSMlTH'S DISAPPEARANCE
SURROUNDED BY MYSTERY

Niborg, s.. D., June 24.-Nat the
slightest trace has yet been found of
Chris Bovberg, a Viborg blacksmith,
who disappeared a week or two ago
under mysterious circumstances. Fear
ing that he never will be found his wife
has sold her household goods, and with
her two little children has departed for
the home OF her parents in Chicago.
So far as known the domestic relations
of the missing man and his wife were
of the most pleasant character, and for
this reason 1t is believed in some quar-
tiers that he aid not voluntarily disap-
pear but either wandered away while
temporarily insane or has met with
foul play.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-07-03
FAIRFAX SECURES
WATERWORkS SYSTEM

Fairfax. s. D.. June 25.-Fairfax is
now TO have electric lights. a deal
having been made between the Fairfax
Milling company and c. A. Johnson,
whereby the latter will install a 1000
incandescent dynamo in connection
with the formers new IS horsepower
producer gas engine.
This will put Fairfax right up in
front with a good system of water
works and electric lights. Several
blocks Of new cement walks are also
being laid.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-07-03
BEETLE HANDLE is
DRIVEN IN HEAD

Watert3lvn. S. D., June 24.-Henry
Leibert, a farmer living near Elkton,
met with an accident which may yet
result fatally. He was building a fence,
and mis- hired man was driving a post
the beetle slipped, throwing the han
die out of his hand and forcing itself
endWise into Mr.. Leibert's head, the
end Of the handle crashing into the
skull just above the right eye. Medical
aid was summoned at once, but up to
today the patient had not recovered
consciousness, and it is thought tre-
paning will have TO be performed be-
fore he will recover. if he docs then.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-07-03
PASSENGER
WRECKED NEAR BRISTOL:
TWO TRAIMMEN HURT

Aberdeen. S. d.. June 26.-The Mil
wauke west bound passenger train
derailed and wrecked near Bristol
this morning. and two OF the trainmen
were badly injured.
The engineer had one eye badly
goug4xl and o arms were broken.
whils the expressman was severely hurt
in both arms and may have sustained
internal injuries.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-07-03
UNCLE SAM MAKES
MONEY ON INVESTMENT

Washington, Tune 25.--In a statement
issued today in regard to the and con-
spiracy ease which resulted yesterday
In the conviction of Frederick A. Hyde.
Joost n. Schneider. assistant attorney
general, declares while the { rial has
cost the government $4S. 1000. the bene-
fetal results to the land depart
ment Ii tho future administration
OF public land laws are beyond calcu-
lation. The net result. he says. will be
the restoration To the government of
more than JOG. 600 acres Of public lands.
valued at 1000. goo.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-07-03
JURY IN CASE OF
ALLEGED GRAFTERS rs
UNABLE TO AGREE

Washington, June 24.-The jury in the
case of Frederick A.. Hyde. John A.
Benson. Joost HI. Schneider and Henry
p Dimond, indicted four years ago for
alleged conspiracy to defraud the Unit
ed States out of large tracts of public
lard In the West, today in the criminal
court reported 1t had not req chcd an
ayre2ment. The court instructed the
iYrors to make one more effort 10 reach
n common agreement. The jury has
been cut since Friday noon.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-07-03
BURKE WILL VOTE
FOR WATERWORkS

Burke, &. D., June 26.-ln accordance
with petitions filed with the town board
by the residents Of his place, the board
has called a special election, which
will be held on Tuesday of next week,
for the purpose of submitting to the
voters the proposition Of issuing bonds
in the sum Of 81. 800 for the construc-
ton of a municipal system of water
works. Burke is one Of the new towns
In the ceded portion OF the Rosebud IN
dian reservation, and although My
about three years old is determined TO
have all modern c~onveniences.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-07-03
CARTHAGE CONTRACTS
FOR WATERWoRks

Carthage. s, d.. June 2L.-In ac-
cordance with the term of q contract
recently awarded a New Tim. Mimi,
company. preparations are being made
for the commencement OF the work of
constructing a sewerage system at this
place. The contract provides that the
work must commence not later than
July 10 and be completed not later
than October of this year. Carthage
has for years needed such q system
and the residents are greatly pleased
because this necessary Improvement ii
Il last To be made.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-07-03

Inc club women of Massachusetts are
nghting against the movement to lower
the mix standard In that state. This
fight Is said to be winning more re-
cruits to the cause OF woman suffrage
than anything that has come up In the
last 10 years. Mothers have come to
agree with Mrs. Charlotte Perkins Gil
man In asserting hat politics which
affects the purity OF milk and water IL
mot outside the home, but inside the
baby "O
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-07-03
FOUR ARE SENT
TO PENITENTIARY

Huron, $. D., June 25.-In circuit
court here Saturday, Judge w. G. Rice,
Of Deadwood, presiding for Judge
Chas. S. Whiting, called up the cases
OH the criminal calendar for the reg
June term. William +. Wingard
was sent to the penitentiary at Sioux
Falls for two years, Leo Arnold, n
Mrs. Myrtelle Higgins, one year,
all for adultery; Frank Lowe was sent
for one year for burglary. The riot
case against 1. NJ. Stauffacher and five
others resulted in q verdict of not
guilty.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-07-03

Frank Is. Raynor, a life saver at one
of the New York stations, can have any
office in the gift Of President Roosevelt
that he can fill, and without bothering
his head with civil service, either. He
has a letter from President Roosevelt
10 that effect, which he would not
change for the best job in Washington.
HE values 1t almost as highly as the
gold medal awarded to him by congress-
for bravery. Raynor won his medal
and the presidents admiration by hav-
ing W lives from the schooner Crom-
well, which was wrecked off Bellport
in 1904.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-07-03

The coal of Alaska are to
De made the subject of a special in
vestigation during the summer seaso
by h United States geological survey.
Dr. Wallace A. Atwood, of the Chicago
university, viii spend the entire season
IN that country conducting the work.
The special fields of work will be i'm the
~neighborhood Of Unga, Herendeen BAY
and Chignik, on the Alaskan peninsula,
and In Inc M~atanuska valley, at the
head of the Cook inlet.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-07-03

A hard substance ON which MAYORS
secretary Alfred Roger broke a gold
tooth while eating "a raw clam intro
duction 20 the Press club dinner AZ
Phliadeiphia last Saturday night. has
proved TO be a handsome brown pearl,
perfect In form and coloring. Expert
Jewelers. nave offered TO pay for the
restoration OF the tooth and giva NJ
Roger $500 to boot for possession az fba
pearl. :" 'he
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-07-03

A Paris paper complains that no four
naiist has yet been buried "a the Pan
theoIi, and mentions as representatives
Or the craft who ought to he there
Ghatesubriand, BENJAMIN Constant
Paul Louis Courier, Arurard Care
Eniii~ de Cirard:a ana Louis yeuillot.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-07-03

The deposit OF kerosene shale. about
10 miles west OF Sydney, is said 10 be
the largest in the world. There il q,
stream called the Wolgan river. in the.
NaiIey OF which and adjoining which
are estimated 70 cover Al square miles
depth Of seam from a few inches 10 Six
feet.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-07-03

In order TO have live spokesp navIv
sn% ~ = sisnoer must be well racked M
anch 10 season. The average a,tren
Dhe spoke REQUIRES a two-inch piece Of
umDer; that means two wears ns AZ
iumDer. and SITTER working our ana 6ne
SIMS the spokes ready for the whaa,
before using. 20 WEEKS
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-07-03

Lamennais is being claimed as .
s~orerunher OF Modernism on rho
sasen or some recently published
letters OF his. In one, dated Anril TO-
ne says; Catholicism has grown r. , ne,
= vast Professionalism. / hayen't me-,
Two catholics who believe tho sama.
thing. This seems to me q strisin~
or what may be expected IL
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-07-03

An unusual record is thai 90 tho 49,
Felix ~. Boff, OF the Roman Cathn1,.
diocese OF Cleveland. Recently mon
the death of Bishop Horstmann Fatbar
Bon became for the sixth time adminl
nstrator OF the diocese. He is ~ vaars
'oid. Each time that he has taken on
ms shoulders the affairs of the ec.
clesiasticai jurisdiction it has been he
cause OF the death OF the bishon
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-07-03

a fuiiy equipped daily newspaner
plant with a special telegraph service
and IN charge of a competent newsna.
per man, IS the plan of the board Of
curators OF the Missouri State uniyer.
SHY a nun Mo, for the new de-
partment or journalism. The daily %,
per will be known as the rTnivsrp ~
M~isscurian.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-07-03

More than half of our drugs are
compounded from coal tar; nearly
everything we wear i'm the way OF
dress goods is dyed by coal tar; artiJ
nclal perfumes, saccharine. which IS
nve hundred times sweeter than sugar:
explosives, medicines, food preserva-
ives and Photographic developers are
All provided by coal tar. Chemists
have evolved from coal tar no less than
seven hitherto unknown acids. four
teen alkaline substances and ten neu-
trail bodies.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-07-03

John Ruskin proposed old age PEN
sions more than so years ago. In his
lectures at Manchester in 1857 on The
political Economy of Art" he pleaded
Tor pensions to soldiers OF the plow-
share as well as soldiers of the sword
and three years later he developed the
plea in his Unto the Last The essays
Tepublished under that title originally
appeared IN the CornhilI Magazine. then
edited by Thackery. The novelist was
a friend OF Ruskin, and not a timorous
person, but SO loud was the outcry at
the appearance of such disreputable
heresies In so respectable a magazine
~Thackeray was constrained TO stop
lRuskin's papers.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-07-03

Secretary h. V. Swenson, of the
American Street and Interurban Rail-
way association, gives some interesting
figures in a pamphlet recently issued
IN the interests Of the association. In
the year 1907, approximately 1900 street
and i~nterurban railway companies.
operating In the United States, carried
nearly 5000, 000, 600 passengers. These
companies operate an aggregate Of 90
600 cars over an aggregate of 40, 900
miles of rack. The total capital in
vested In these electric railways
to approximately $4,000, 900, 900.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-07-03

A man from Atlanta was showing to
some friends what looked like a big
cigar wrapped in tinfoil. He took il out
OF a breast pocket, and 1T looked fer all
The world like n of these expensive
smokes. II got this down in Atlanta -
ne said. 1t must have been a good
cigar TO bring ii up all this way re-
marked one of the group. 1T isn't a.
cigar" said the traveller. He peeled off
the tinfoil and displayed a cigar-shaped
bottle filled with whisky. You know
Georgia's prohibition now" be said
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-07-03
SOUTH DAKOTA

The native trees OF Australia are be-
ing systematically replaced with those
OF the United States and Europe. The
chief reason for this action is that the
trees OF that country are generally of
"a very slow growing nature, which is
not desirable for scientific forestry, al
though 1t Is true that many of the Aus
arabian trees grow to enormous size
when fully matured and produce ex-
cellent lumber. Notably among these
is the kauri pine. which requires about
200 years TO reach full growth. AS the
native trees are cut down to answer
the demands for lumber. the imported
trees are planted in their places so that
eventually the fora OF the country will
be largely eliminated IL not entirely so.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-01-31
THE POULTRY YARD.

Don't let the chickens feed with
the hogs. Many fine bird has been
lost in this way.
Sunflower seed and millet are both
good for chickens. especially during
the moulting period.
The benefit derived from making
ones flock better is far greater than
the expense incurred.
Sickness among fowls is often
caused by the absence of sufficient
grit of grinding material.
Chickens seldom get sick without
a local cause. Find out what it is
and guard against it in the future.
In time of Matching, remember that
good food, pure water and freedom
from lice will insure fertile eggs.
Fowls intended for breeders should
be kept vigorous and healthy at all
times. Hardy, healthy progeny is
thus assured.
Eggs from each pen Of breeding
birds should be tested as early as
possible, and. If found lacking in fer.
tility, new male should be secured.