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Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-08-27
Miss Lou Danley visited at Madi,

Miss Lou Danley visited at Madi-
son and Artesian from Saturday until
Tuesday.
Mrs. HI. A. Hamm came down
from Huron Saturday and spent a
couple of days with her sister, Mrs.
6. A. Champlin.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. r. Reilly and
children and Mrs. r. j. REILLY, who
had been visiting at the q. A.
Champlin home, departed Friday by
automobile for their home in Sioux
City.
H. I. Olson went to Webster last
Friday evening TO spend a day Or two
at the Security Bank, and from there
go to Minneapolis to spend some time
with his family, enjoy a short outing,
then help pack up the movables
ready to ship back to Lake Preston
Times.
Mrs. [. e, Lane and Mrs. Wayne
Peckenpaugh, of Little Sioux, Iowa,
arrived in this city Thursday of last
week for a visit with relatives. The
first is a sister of Mrs. G. A. Champlin,
and the latter a daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. M. Coughlin. who live four
miles north of this city.
Mrs. Joseph Wade arrived Sat
urday evening from Aiken, Minn.,
and will remain in the city for a few
weeks. She has been making her
home with her daughter at hat place.
She reports Mr.. and Mrs, Sipher as
well pleased with their new home and
with that section in general. Mrs.
Wade also likes it very much. Dur.
ing the last year the Siphers lived in
De Smet A. j. did not enjoy good
health and it will please the friends
Of the family io know that he has
greatly improved during the last few
months.
The Chicago e. Northwestern R'y
has announced an expenditure of
Sill ,000,000.00 for new equipment, a
large part of which is to be delivered
in 1909. The equipment is to 0
sist Of l25 new locomotives, 80 for
freight service weighing lis tons each;
Is for passenger service weighing ll6
tons; l25 all steel passenger cars, as
nearly fire proof and indestructible as
possible under the most modern
method OF construction; $500 box
cars, $500 gondolas, 600 refrigerator
cars, 500 ore cars, 800 fiat cars, and
300 stock cars. This is said to be the
largest order ever placed by this road,
and one of the largest in railroad,
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-08-27
THE INDEPENDENT.
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY.
LOCAL NEWS.
from an Around the Town and
County.

-Thos. Mears went to Chicago
Saturday with a carload of stock.
Mrs. Smell, of st. Paul, is visiting
with her sister, Mrs. j. G. Braun.
d. F. Wilmarth, of Iroquois,
spent Sunday with friends in this
city.
Mrs. O. H. Hazel departed for
DEBORAH, Iowa, Monday for a visit to
her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. White are
visiting his relatives at River Falls,
Wis, this week.
Miss Retta Sasse has decided to
enter Yankton college at the begin
ming of the fall term,
Horace Lemon arrived Sunday
evening from Minneapolis to spend a
week with friends in this city.
-WANTED-Dining-room girls at
Depot Hotel, Huron, S. D., during
State Fair week. Extra wages paid.
"A. G. Foss, of New York City,
was a De Smet visitor Monday. Mr..
Foss was here to look after some land
interests northwest of this city.
Mrs. Jacob Kammerer, out north
east of town, enjoyed visit from her
father last week. From here he went
to his home at Gladbrook, Iowa.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Tenold came
down from Castlewood Friday for
a visit with their son Oscar and FAM
lily. They returned to their home
Monday.
Miss Marie Sturgeon came down
from Blunt Saturday evening for a
visit among De Smet relatives and
friends. She is the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. George Sturgeon.
Mrs. Elizabeth Sasse and daugh-
ter, Nina, departed for st. Paul Wed
nesday. Mrs. Sasse will remain for
a few days, while Miss Nina will re-
main in st. Paul or Duluth during
the hay fever season.
w. u. Hannum, of Rock Rapids,
Iowa, was a guest of his friend f. l..
Brewer Monday. While here he
made a deal by which he transferred
the Bancroft drug store to DR.. Clark
of that place.
&C. A. Johnson, of Rockford, ILL.,,
spent last week in this city and out
at his farm near Manchester. Mr..
Johnson has a ha~lf-section and is
greatly pleased with the returns from
his investment and also with the adj
vance in the market value of the land.
Miss Josie Armstrong and Elmer
Colwell were united in marriage Sat.
urday evening, Sept. 2lst, at the
Evangelical parsonage. Rev. J. E.
Booth officiating. The young people
have many friends who will wish
them well in their new relation.
The Misses Marie and Ida Otter
ness started Tuesday morning on
their journey to their home at Spring
d vile. Mimi, after spending two
weeks at the S. Amble home. The
young ladies intended to stop at
Lake Preston and other points for
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-08-27

history. About rs per cent of this
equipment is additional, and the re-
naming rs per cent, to replace old
equipment. At the same time it was
announced that the Santa Fe lroad
has ordered $3,600,000.00 worth of
steel rails. Thousands of men are
being put to work to fill these orders
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-08-27

short visits.
&C. B. Grover went to Vermillion
Saturday for a visit of a few days at
the home of his daughter, Mrs. VIM
Hope.
Mrs. Aubrey Lawrence, of Fargo,
n. D. has been making her mother.
Mrs. Helen Remington, a visit the
past week.
Elsewhere in this issue will be
found an advertisement asking con
tractors to submit sealed bids for the
construction Of an addition to the
Congregational church.
Mrs. G. E. Mallory entertained a
number of lady friends Friday after
noon of last week in honor of Mrs. F.
G. Bradley. The afternoon was spent
in the usual way and ended with an
elaborated lunch.
-Threshing reports indicate that
a fine crop of wheat was raised in
this section. Thos. Blachford thresh-
ed on his farm north of town an aver,
age of 26 bushels to the acre for all
the land he had into that crop.
Others report large yields and good
quality.
DIR. E, A. Cantonwine, of Parkers
burg, Iowa, sol of Mr.. and Mrs. D.
M. Cantonwine, of Spirit Lake town
ship, has purchased the h~alf-section
known as the Hendricks farm, and
also the north eighty acres of his
fathers farm. Evidently E. A. is
satisfied that the old home locality is
all right.
According to the census figures
the American people have within the
past two years consumed 7,5O0,0OO,0O0
less drinks than they have been wont
to do in that same period, says the
Aberdeen News. That is, there is a
surplus of seven and a half billion
drinks remaining unconsumed, under
the ordinary consumption of the
drinking population of the country.
How many drinks behind are youi
DE Smet friends of Uncle Thos.
Reed, of Arlington, will be glad to
learn that Mr.. Reed has so far regain
ed his health as to be able to walk
around his home and to be wheeled
up town in a chair. Mr.. Reed was
flat on his back in bed for more than
a year and none ever expected him to
be able to leave the bed alive. We
will be glad to see him here in De
Smet as soon as be shall be able to
make the journey.
Old De Smet friends will be in
terested in knowing that George Dur
kee, of Bolivar, Mo-, was recent
ly elected to the office of city collec-
tor. George ran on the republican
ticket and won out over bis demo
cratic opponent by a vote of 1872 to
l49. Evidently George has not for
gotten mis- political training in South
Dakota. George held the Office of
treasurer in this county several years
ago.
Mrs. FL. c. Wing and Mrs. Geo
Reed, of Arlington, were the guests
of Mrs. j. w. Burdick from Thursday
until Saturday evening when they
both went to Arlington. Saturday
afternoon Mrs. Burdick entertained
tw~enty-four lady friends in honor of
these guests and her daughter, Mrs.
r. S. Dawley, who will depart next
week for her home at Antlers, N. d.
The afternoon affair Saturday was
very pleasant for everyone present.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-12
INCREASE IN COUNTY
TAXES IS PROMISED.
sion 10 81 lse I'rbsi siDn
For New jail.

The county commissioners Will nlset
lin a special conferences before the&ena
of the month to fix the tax levy for
the coming year, ~ t ID 81 y proposed, 20
raise the levy a mill making It 5t:5
mills 5is q
g. This increase is necessary to provide
for the building OF "a new county jail
The expenses OF the pAuper Depart
raent are increasing s. every year aud {,
hospital il needed at the county in-s
Urinary. These things are absolutely
required. the commissioners say, and
If the buildings are constructed and the
poor properly cared FOR it Will mean u
Slight zincrea Sc in the taxes. sis5:
& The valuation will be about So, 600 O0G
higher this year and with the increas.
in the levy. 1t will bring about S15, 1000
additional in revenues.
The contract for, the county Jail build. n
ing has already been let and that
structure is now UNI der constrnc-
ton. The county has no money with
which to pay for, it unless; the levy Is
raised The present county Jail Is in
adequate for he count VS. needs
For q long time a hospital has been
needed at the county infirnary. L nc
constant growth of the city and coun-7
.ty demands 1t with the increased mum y
5hersofS patients who are cared for there.
The cts, will contribute to the main
ltenance of the hospital however, as
soon as any definite plans are de-
.cided upon by the county. 5
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-12
tn PREV ENTI0N
OF INFANT MORTALITY

80 &. s T.
Baltimore. July 2.--P lans to prevent
the modern slaughter of the innocents
by instructing the people of the United
States in the proper care that should
be given babies are being formulated
by the American academy of mcdi-
cine. AS an initial step in the move
sniept, q conference is to f.be held in
New Haven next November, ut which
leading physician soclolng is ts5ii and
educators from all parts OF the couii-
Try will idii forces IN a stud y of the
problem. The general subject of SIZE
conference will be he II eNention Of
Infant Mortalit ~ and the four aspects.
under which it viii be considered are
the medical, phil nthropic, Inst ttutional5
and educational .'5 I'as5
II is suggested that first of all the
sources OF each city's mi supply. may
he investigated for the sake of the
babies health aud the sanitary inspac-
stion of tencinentss by health officers
and visiting nurses may also be UNDER
taken
& In going over the infant death rate
of the country tBis found that Chicago
is the second city in This respect. The
city has a record OF S. SS1 deaths of bsl-S
5liess under two Q y ears old out of a to-
tai mortality OF 80 1873 deaths OF all
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-12
OPEN HOMESTEAD LAND
UNDER SM0OT MEASURE.
Eighty Thousand Acres in Garfield
And Pintc Counties Avail III
5 able for Entry.

Over $4,000 acres of lands i'll Garfield,
and Pluto counties have been desfg-
mated for entry under the enlarged
homestead, or dry farm, law. Word to
this effect was received today by the
register of the local land office from!
the department of the interior; WASH
ington. The letter. which is sfgned by
IS. Proudfit, acting commissioner
states that the designation and listing
of these lands as coming Within the
provisions of the act does rot8open to
settlement or entry any lands which
are not otherwise open tofacttlement or
entry under the homestead laws, so
long as such lands remain reserved, un-5
appropriated, OF, withdrawn from dispo-
sition under the homestead law
Following is the township numbers.
ranges. and number of acres in each
township:
Township q south, range i west. 1850
acres: toWlship2S south. range 4 west,
g, 673 .0S acres; township % south. range.
70 west 5,079.2S acres: township %
township 70 south, range 2 west.
5.sTs so acres; township 20 south, range
8 west, 6, 2240.S5 acres; township 80 south,
range 9 west, 4575.62 acres; township
80 south. range west, 30 acres;
township SO south, range ? west, Z. 1898
acres; township 80 south, ranges west.
$3.50 acres; township 81 south, range 2
west, 99T6.45 acres township 81 south.
range s west, 5640.S0 acres; township
IS south, range west. ,s2Ds.SSf acres:
township, Sc south range 6 west. 99,osai
acres; township 81 south, range 5 west,
z $40 acres; township 81 south tuns.j
range 8 west, 3.S40 acres; township 81
SOUTH (uliS.1 range a west, $50 acres.
Total, S0,ls6..34 acres.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-12
CHANCE FOR TITLE FOR
RICH AMERICAN WOMEN

New York, July 4 2.;---t' any rich Am.
3ericaii ssonlan who is ambitious TO scin-
stillnte in8t the society of the European
mobility, a woman styling herself as
The Marquise dc la Rochebryant. of
fers display of 90 choice titles from
Which Ii selection may be made.
"Marquise de Ia Rochebrvant' Is In
this city and has caused to be Inserted
in the newspapers an advertisement
that for a sufficient cash payment she
will dispose of any one or more of her
titles. Explaining that q brother had
wrecked her fortune, She said that
she came; to America to dispose of at
least ono title in an effort to recoup
the family fortunes. She particularly
recommends her title as Countess d All
tier as a desirable one FOL. any Ameri-
can woman who il willing to pay ST.
coo, 600. She says she had been offered
s5Oo6o0 for it, but could net think Of
letting 1t go at that price.
II want XII to raise some money for
my husbands sake, explained the
SIamutse de Ia Rochebryant, and /
can see nothing dishonorable in trying
To seifSoie OF my titles. ] have 20, and
i want cash for some of them"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-12
LEON LING HAS
AN AMERlc WIFE

New York. July ia mysterious
woman describing herself as Mrs. May:
Ellen Stewart has Informed the po-.
lice that Leon Ling, wanted in con-
nection with the murderer Elsie Sigel.
has an American wife in Philadelphia.
and that this wife will bo able to lead
the detectives to the fugitive, Mrs
Stewart, who declines TO give her al Is
dress. but admits that she seeks the
several large rewards offered for The
arrest Of the Chinanlan, says that Size
became familiar With Llng's American
Wife. and knew Leon Ling himself
quite we'll. Since the rewards were
offered she declared that she had been
watching the woman in Philadelphia.
to whom she says Leon Ling was mar
ried four wears go, and that she Is
now satisfied that this Wife knows
where the much sought Chinaman IS
concealed.
tOne of tho Chinese societies is send
ing money and messages regularly To
a place up town from Where they are
despatched to Philadelphia said Mrs.
Stewart, .and at Philadelphia they are
srelayed to wherever Leon Ling might
be. =
The police thought 50 well Of Mrs.
Stewards tip thar several detectives
We're assigned to follow 1t up.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-12
STARVING TO DEATH
SHE HAD THOUSANDS

New York. July l2.Nurses in the
X, islgs county hospital have found
thousands OF dollars in cash. bank,
books and jesei,g concealed in 1.-The gar
nlents Of E.lizAhct tn Donegan. a servant
wlso WAS found starving TO death on
the streets sof Brooklyn. a policeman
WIS attracted to a thin. half-eiad and
shipering little old woman in a side
street late At night, and took her to
4 the station. There an ambulance doc
tor said she was i'll from starvation,
and sent her TO the hospital. She pro-
tested as much as her strength would
permit against the taking Of her cloth
Ing from her. In one garment. the
nurses found $3.50 In gold and sil-
yer money; 0 large unset diamonds, a
gold wateil. and chain and u lfet. jewel
ny: j ii al,ioii,er garment vas sewn
$500 in bills and two bank books pre-
senting deposits Of more than $4,000.
The woman had worked as IA family
seryap until she became i'll. and then,
4 having n home and failing to provide
herself with one, the police say she
wandered the streets until. ahe BECAME
weak from lack of food.
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President Stickney Of Chicago
# Great Western, Scores
The Government. 81
Gu AND LET THEM. FIGHT.
Decentralization OF Business Follows,
AS Ono Man Knows Not What
Rate His Rival Gets.

Seattle, Wash, July 12.-President a.
Z BlI'. :sticlsney, of the Chicago Great West
8ern railway, in an Interview yesterday
discussing government regulation Of
railroad rates, Said:
Not until all railroads are consolid-
B8ated or the government proceeds to do
directly what it now attempts to do
by indirection, viz: fixes absolutely all
railroad ates, VIII there be an era of
stability and Of peace and fair play
both to the railroads and the public.
Under the method now pursued by
the government. itwould seem the pur-
pose to keep the railroads apart, rub
their cars and let them fight it out
among themselves. The result is un-!
5derhanded and unfair competition, with
secret rates to favored shippers or fa-3
Xoretl localities and continual dissen-
son and unrest. Competition between
railroads makes low rates at con,pe-
stitive points and they are obliged to
recoup BY excessive charges at nom
competitive points, 4sl} 81
RATES SECRETLY CUT.
No railway can ma Ike sure wfa ira tie,
its coinpetitor3is giving a faNored ship
per. IN n desire TO get business away
from n rival, rates are secretly cut.
indiscrirlinately This makes the rail-
road business extremely hazardous, and
at the same time makes every other
line of business hazardous for the rea-
son that one merchant or one manufac-3
5turer$ or Wholesaler never knows what.
rate his competitor is receiving = "a
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-12
By Nightfall Believed Fifteen
Thousand More Will be Gath
cred in Los Angeles.
EXALTED GRAND RULER FIGHT
1t Has Become d Very Merry Ono
Can;.idatcs, sanmis and Herr
mann, al Same Hotel.

.s aos Angelss, 81 he. oi,enin as3Sf
sstlla weeks program of entertainments
/ Of the delegates ana visitors to the
annual reunion OF the grand lodge Of
8Ellts was held today Thousands went
at an early hour TO Pasadena, eight
miles away where the first exercises
We're held
BF Fifty thousand is the estimate of the
number of visitors now arrived and By
nightfalt this number will be sWeilea
to 5,DGO Special tITins#arfiyed during
the morning from New orleans, Boston,
Memphis. Newark, st. Louis Nevada
Cleveland, Oklahoma and other cities of
the Pacific coast. by midnight the last
OF the special trains will have come.
in.
al Pasadena this morning q parade.
of highly bedecked automobiles carry
ing; elksl and their ladies; passed through
the streets which We're ailame With
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES and the colors of the
I0iks, inter,,1ingled with the red, white
and blue. The visitors We're finally
taken to Tournament park. where 81 res
5ception was held, followed Thy a nom
!sterg barbecue.
tn In the afternoon the Eiks returned
to Los Angeles and many visited Ascot.
park, where the 5fac1h cScoast8 amateur
field meet was in progress
Tho battle for5svoteS of members OF
the grand lodge for tlae ofiic eI of grand
exalted ruler has become y merry one
At the Alexandria hotel are the head.
quarters of both OF the leading cam
.tlidates for the choicest position
In all Elkdom and exciting scenes are
In progress The candidates are j, u.
SaInmis and August, HERMANN. sam
mis- claims TO have the endorsement
of more Ellss' lodges than anS other.
candidate for the office Of grand eXT
allied ruler has ever had. HERMANN,
however, evidences great confidence.
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FIRST ROLL OF
PET R0l- EUM But TER

flicago. q uly 122s--4 special from Al
ION, HIS, to the Record Herald says.
standard Oils latest product, IS to be:
turned outSst the Wood River refinery
j iief.s a ltoiiss
.Gs 2 repe re- ions are being liiaur uTrran-
S W. cture the product here and the ma
. estinery has been shipped.
y he new prt,d1c { & vii II be known q s.
EpetrnI butter. 1t Is said to be OF. the
IA me consistency as tactical butter, but
! browi, In eo lpr II lasts a great dead
Slong ger than rsal butt ev.ait Is sait, and
does not become rancid
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-12
AN INCOME TAX.
Chairman Payne Says He Believes it
Tends to Make a Nation OF Liars.

Washington. July les-Atferl agreeing to
n rotc. today ut q O'clock on the joint
resolution presenting an amendment on
the resolution authorizing the 1evying CT
an income tax. regardless OF ,3pportion-
ment among the several states, tho house
proceeded TO discuss The proposition
II believe Intends to make a nation OF
3liars.n declared Chairman Payne IN con-
nection with n statement that he wts
utterly opposed to such q tar in times
of peace. He believed il was the most
difficult of enforcement and the hardest
tcscollect. 1T Is. in Word. he said, "a
tax upon the incomes of honest men and
an exemption some extent, TO tho
rascals,
3 He hopcd it would never be invoked.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-12
CHRISTIAN JOHNSON WILL
PLEAD THIS AFTERM DON

san jose. CAL July l25-Ghlistia;i
Johnson. who stiil maintains hat he is
not the notorious bigamist Atadson,, wifi
appear at 2 O'clock his Afternoon IL SUI
perior Judge Richards department Of the
superior court, In answer to the charge
Amelia TrethtwaN Of stockton. Johnson
insists that he was never married but
10 three wpnlen--A Mrs. Henrietta Lenpoitt,i
Mrs. sylvia de Bonnet and Mrs 5'Trstile-
way. lie appears sdoWncast
Attorneys for Mrs, srrctheway, who
BROUGHT suit against him Saturday for
$t10,p11 dana GEES re endeayoring 10 To-
cate his trunks and other personal prop
erty but so faT without result. Yestet-
daY johnson wrote III iouG affectionute5
letter to Miss Minnie NJ. Gather, who
as II bisamist.