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Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-03-05

In New York city alone there are
more than e00.0 900 Jews, making the
metropolis OF America the greatest
Jewish center in the world. The prop
erty holdings OF the Jews In New York
exceeds 5000, 900, 900 In the single item
of real estate. their wholesale trade Ia
rated 81, 000, 000, 900 per annum, and with
few exceptions all the big department
stores are controlled by the Iews-and
yet they are not the money power in
New York which they are popularity
supposed to be.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-03-05

COOPERATIVE CREAMERY
FOR BELLE EOURCHE

Belle Fourche, S. D., Feb. 25.-A CO.
operative creamery will open here
about April /. The organization has
Just beer completed with a capital OF
$4,000. A big ice house has been built
and filled and the creamery building is
nearly ready. The machinery win be
ordered at once. f. A. Baldwin, of
Litchfield. S. D., president Of the South
Dakota Dairymen's association, ha
been hired for a year as manager and
buttermaker.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-03-05
TIMELY WARNING
SAVES A TRAIN
Boys Apprise Engineer Of
Landslide and Avert a
Wreck.

Yankton, S. D.. Feb. 24.-Last even
ing Engineer George Monks train to
the cement works was tagged by two
boys, Fisher Scott and Bruce Wallace.
The train was on a steep down grade
and was stopped at the edge of a big
landslide from the bluffs just in time
to avert q wreck.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-03-05

The Rev. Sydney Goodman. director
OF the Mems club. OF Atlantic City, is
being congratulated on the success OF
his work. The Sunday night gather
lngs at his church have become a fea-
ture OF Atlantic City life. They are
limited Il the male sex. Cigars are
passed around and the men made
TO feel at home while the minister is
preaching the gospel to them. From a
congregation OF 200 in 1907 his church
has now reached a total membership OF
more than 2.000.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-03-05
FRED ~GRIESHEIMER'S
WIFE SEEKS DIVORCE

New York. Feb. 25.-Miss Gertrude
Griesheimer. n of the pretty show
girls who have graced the New York
stage these many years. is suing her
husband. Fred G~riesheimer. for sep
aration, alleging cruel treatment and
abandonment. Mr.. Griesheimer IL a SON
OF a Chicago millionaire clothing mer-
chant. Mr.. Griesheimer lives at the
Hotel Long Acre. a bachelors hotel
In West Forty-iifth St He il well
known along Broadway.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-03-05
WIFE OF j. HAM LEWIS is
SHORT Sc, B IN JEwELRY

London, Feb. 2e-Mrs. James Ham
ilton Lewis, OF Chicago. was robbed OF
steamnhip Mauretania on h voyage
from New York recently. She has filed
information OF the theft with the offi-
Gals Of the Cunard line at Liverpool,
md an investigation Is being made by
them.
Mrs. Lewis will be joined In Paris by
her husband, n they then will begin
. new attempt TO capture the thief.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-03-05

The thrush catches such worms as
rashly show themselves above ground;
but an ancient ancestor OF the snipe
found that, IL 1t followed them into
marshy lands, 1t could probe the soft
ground and drag them out or their
chambers. For this operation 1T has
now a bin three inches long, straight.
thin and sensitive at the tip, a beau
tiful Instrument, but good for no pur-
pose except extracting worms from soft
ground. If frost or drouth hardens the
ground, the snIpe must starve or travel.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-03-05
JUDGE WILL MOVE
TO HOLD POSITION

Pierre. s. d, Feb. 24.-By the
formation OF the Tenth judicial
circuit out OF the big Sixth,
Judge Boucher, of Mcpherson,
finds himself without residence
In the district which he is sery-
ing and will move to this city.
The bill forming the Tenth
circuit went through the legis-
lature without contention OF
any sort.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-03-05
JUDGE QUARLEs' SISTER
ACCUSES HER HUSBAND.

Milwaukee, Wis, Feb. 23.-Mrs-
Kempster, wife of DIR. Walter Kemp
ster, an alienist of national reputation
and sister Of United States Judge
Quarles, has started divorce proceed
ings, alleging inhuman and cruel treat
ment and n~onsupport- Her complaint
Is being suppressed and IN said 10 be
replete with charges of a sensational
character. 1t is not expected that a
contest will b. mada
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-03-05
TEN LIVES LOST IN A WRECK.

Vera Cruz, Mexico, Feb. 23.-Ten men
arc believed to have been lost In the
sinking Of a schooner of the coast OF
Vera Cruz during a recent storm. Much
damage is reported all along the coast
The name OF the missing schooner has
not been learned.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-03-05
CASTRO TO GO HOME
AS PRIVATE CITIZEN

Dresden, Feb. 2~4.-According to
present plans, Cipriano Castro. former
president OF Venezuela. will return to
that country March rs and resume the
position Of a private citizen.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-03-05

Daniel B. Banks, a member of the,
Baltimore Yacht club. has had I'm use
for III years a yacht constructed of
concrete reinforced with steel rods.
The craft Is a slow sailer, but rides a
heavy sea. easily. Several years ago
the yacht was driven on the rocks In.
a storm, but was not injured.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-03-05

Canadian bank deposits, which in
creased by SIS. 900. 900 in 1907. also in
creased by 81, $685. 900 in 1908, while
commercial! loans. which increased by
about $50. 000.O 900 in 1907, decreased by
zee. Gee. 900 In 1908.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-03-05

Siberia is destined to control the but
ter trade OF all Europe. The value OF
the butter shipped from Omsk alone
amounts TO 43, 000, 900 rubles ($22.145,-
000) annually. 1t Is transported In re-
frigerator cars furnished by the rail-
way company TO large firms In Den
mark and Germany. where II is re-
packed I'm tins, jars and firkins and
distributed throughout Europe.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-03-05

Messina is the scene OF one of
Shakespeare's merriest comedies, called
by an irony of fate Much Ado About
Nothing Also the most improbable
event mentioned by Benedick is an
earthquake: II look for an earth
quake, too. then.p-(Act ID.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-03-05
INDIAN WILL HELP
MANAGE INAUGURAL

Washington, Feb. ~23.-John
Eastman, OF Sisseuon, S. d., a
full blood Sioux Indian, was to-
day appointed as South Dako-
ta's representative Of the staff
Of the grand marshal OF the In
augural parade.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-03-05

Macdougall Ito his new fourth wife)
meenister docsna approve O. my
marryin' again an sac young a wife,
too. But as telrt him, ! Gamma be aye
buryin', buryin'.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-03-05

A recent French Invention Is a yarn
humidifer. The yarns pass through q
swiftly revolving tube in which there
il water. and by centrifugal force this
column OF water forms a collar around
the yarn
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-03-05

Premier Asquith has surrendered "a
the British barmnid and HIS new IL
censing bill WI contain no paraEraph
or the empire.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-03-05

Competent engineers estimate thai
there Is 100000 o horsepower which
could be easily developed from water
mower in this country. This would save
annually SIS. 000. 600 tons OF coal.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-03-05
souTH DAKOTA

observations In india indicate that
Just as agricultural land, after many
repetitions of the same crops, becomes
exhausted for hat particular species,
so in forest lands, after long periods,
the seedlings may fall owing to changes
In the soil, and new varieties may take
their place. Forests OF blue pine in
that country have been observed To
fail, the deodar tree tending to take
the place of pine. In another case
forests OF pine and oak have been
found, each invading and tending to
take up the ground occupied by the
other. Elsewhere in India, spruce n
silver fir have been found advancing
into a falling oak forest, and mulberry
extending upon land formerly occu-
pied dominantly by "shlsham" trees.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-03-05

Sydney, Australia. has had a novelty
in the shape Of a mystery ship" An
American steamer, the Coronet, arrived
by night in the harbor uusignaled and
unannounced. II was peopled by a,
strange looking crowd of men. women.
and children. The officers were dressed
in clerical attire-long coats and white
ties. Nobody was allowed on board
save the government medical officer
reporters ascersained that the ship IL
connected with the newest American
sect, the Holy Ghost and U.s." whose
head, q man named Stanford, claiming
TO be the reincarnated Elijah, is on.
board. The Coronct has been cruising
for some months among the Pacific
islands
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-03-05
~SUFFRACISTS WIN
THEIR BATTLE IN
THE LEGISLATURE
House Reverses Itself and
Passes Measure to Please
the Ladies.

Pierre, s. D., Feb. 27.-Notwithstand-
ing that the house defeated an equal
suffrage resolution early in the session,
IL yesterday reversed itself, reconsid-
cred the vote by which the resolution
wac lost, and passed the resolution by
a vote OF So to Is. The same measure
passed the senate some time ago prac-
tically without opposition, hence the
question will be voted on at the next
state election. The equal suffrage work
ers who nave kept steadily busy In sup
port of their pet project since the de-
feat scored by the house, are now much
elated over their victory.
Sasse's pure drug bill got tangled mp
in the senate when an effort was made
TO place its enforcement in the hands
OF the food commissioners instead of the
state board Of pharmacy and Ii was put
over until next Tuesday without set
Ting the question.
The house took up senate bills on
it's calendar and passed the following:
To require q transcript OF the records
TO he made, when a county is divided,
n copy for each of che new counties
created. TO require that when a girl is
committed 10 the state training school
n matron shall be sent from the in
stitution to accompany her on the jour
ney. To prohibit the taking of intoXi-
eating liquors or narcotic drugs onto
AAAf EAAtlftEto VI any VI INV EAAAt aiR
table or penal institutions. To prohibit
and prevent trespass on state lands,
To require q record To be kept of all
uncoined previous metals. To give each
of the boards In charge OF state in
stitutions charge over the printing of
its own report, and TO prohibit the pub
LEGATION OF advertisements of alleged
cures for sexua and venereal diseases.
-
Pierre, S. D., Feb. -. TIL house
passed the primary election bill today.
1t cuts out the county convention. The
central committee a only fill vacan-
cies caused by sickness or deaths. 1t
reduces the expense and simplifies the
primary. 1t will pass the senate.
There Is strong opposition in the
house to the purchase OF additional
capitol grounds for a lake.
The house deposit insurance bill will
reach the calendar from committee to-
morrow. II is amended to require $15,-
900 capital to join the association. and
cuts out the contingent assessment sec
tion.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-03-05

A Vienna correspondent of the Pail
Mall Gazette tells Of a new infectious
disease among children In lower Aus
tria, TO which the doctors have given
the name of polyomyelites. Translated
into plain language this means chill
dren's spinal paralysis. The first symp-
tom is a high fever. followed by a Sc
we're headache, sickness and vomiting,
and some times also accompanied by
commissions or cramp. The next stage
Il paralysis. either OF the whole body
or individual limbs. This paralysis
occasionally takes a direc-
ton. the right arm and left leg being
affected. The disease does not appear
20 be fatal Frequently a complete re-
coyery Is effected, but occasionally the
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Willingly did n prodigious amount oil
work each day, and then rs bedfclows
they offered their fur as shelter and bones
as head rests TO their two footed com
panions. We had lenrned to appreciate
the advantage of their beating breasts.
lhe bond OF animal fellowship had drawn
lighter and tighter in long run of sue
ccSsiNc adventures And now there was
stronger reason than ever TO appreciate
power for together we were seeking an
escape from world which was never
intended for creatures with humping
hearts,
Much very heavy ice wns crossed near
the eighty eighth, but the endless un-
broken fields of tho northward trails were
not again seen. The weather changed
considerably. The light cutting winds
from the west increased in force and the
spasmodic squalls came Mt shorter Inter
yals The clear purple and blues of the
seas were gradually changed 10 light
gray, and rush of frosty needles came
over the pack for several hours each dny,
Could Brook NO Delay.
The inducemcnt to seek shelter in
ccmcnted walls of snow and wait for
better weather was very great But such
delays foreshodowed certain starvation
Under fair conditions there was barely
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lands should compel action These hard
lousht times were days long To be re-
membcrcd, but only the marks of the
pencil now remain To tell the story of a
suppressed existence.
Fellow Feeling for Dogs.
The long strain of the march had given
protherly sympathy TO the trio of human
strusglerS. Under the same strain was
nude the descent 10 canine levels. The
uoSs' though still possessing the savage
lerocity of the wolf. had taken us into
lhelr community. We now moved among
them without hearing a srunt of discord,
and their sympathetic eyes followed until
we were made comfortable on the cheer
less SHOWS. If our dogs happened TO be
placed near enough they edged up and
encircled us, giving the benefit of their
ANIMAL hres. To remind us of their pres
cnce frost covered noses were frequently
pushed under the bag. and occasionally II
cold shout touched our warm skin with q
rude awakening. We loved the creatures
however. and admired their superb brute
strength. Their adaptability was IRE.
1ueut topic OF conversation. With a pclt !
mat was guarantee against all weather
conditions, they threw themselves dow |!
10 the sweep of the wipds-in open de- :,
nance OF death dealing storms. They !
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system of dead reckoning, which WAS
usunlly correct, We should have been at
latitude S1.59, longitude 100. The uauti-
cal observations gave latitude IS |. lonci-
tude 9I-12. We were therefore drifting
eastward with increasing speed, aud 10
countcrbalauce this still more westerly
course WIS set
At this time the never changing same
ness of the daily routine was again felt.
The novelty of success and the passion of
the home run were no longer operative
The scenes of shivcruS blue wearied the
eye, and there was no inspiration in the
moving sea of ice 10 gladden. the heart
The thermometer rose and fell between so
and 40 below zero Fahrenheit. with a
ccasclcsS wind. 1t was still very cold
The FIRST Of May was at hand, bringing TO
mind the blossoms and smiles of a kindly
world, but here all nature was narrowed
to lines of ice. The sun circlcd tho skies
In lines Of GlariDG, but its heat was n
sham aud its light Il torment
With weary nerves and compass in
hand my lonely march ahead OF the
Slcds was continued. Progress was salts.
factory. We had passed the ciehty-nin
and cighty-cighth parallels. The eighty
seventh and the eighty-sixth would soon
bc under foot, and the sight Of the new
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SYNOPSIS SOF CHAPTERS PRINTED
All Rights Reserve

In the thrilling The Pole
printed the Herald Wdne,dav 15 Dr. Frederick Cook
he
dscorcrer Esmo
in
ohldhko valuable
of cirti-otion
pictured their preliminary cork for the final dash
Ingifod Gulf. Auekond
Annootol, the the
In in described
Whch
tho nele
description maruohdi hunt
In the fourth nsalent Dr. Cook described the approach the long
Arctic night ~hch Annootok to become
tho 4
In the ament told actuol February 49,
1908. the for his dash
the
described hU his Eskimo
chapter OF
Archc cold.
chapter approach
tho told struggle the
of pole.
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Twelfh Instaln,ent
THE CONQUEST OF THE POLE.
By DR.. Frederick A. Cook.

Copyright by the New York HcradC Company
u
Copyright o
All
UR1NG the first hour of April % backs turned the
pole and to the Our ambition had been thor
\ y oughly satisfied There few glances backward
The to solve the mystery had
pose and the the adventure for time remained
mnder of reckless daring AS along feeling
eaton slowly subsded with the
cutes of the return Though the still
suns perpetual flush lost in fgd blue the time
In lower ATTITUDES for the ice to break and drift
With correct reasoning all former expeditions planned
return to land and secure line of not
nope to do until early seemed therefore probable
that the ice along the outskirts would mucb dis
uPted and that small Ice rapid drifts would
seriously interfere with return
OIL Nansen Sound All of this and possibilities were
before but the the possible
without risks ~ P
we had started earlier polar aspants and M finn;
pad oeen lost If could NOT b b
" wasted energies or unnecessary delay In
we onward rush to there nor onnorn;
" ponder over the btte subsequent remose but now
ou'nern SKIES under which which ve Ive
nc oack trail seemed ndescrbably long onqb
reed from the intoxcation of the difficulties
ne III coior we now that the the camna
VAS not the taking of the pole The fitness oa
4ueors was to be measured by final battle for m
against famine and frost ~
The first days. however passed apidlv With fair
favorable Ice long marches made ~
Outline of Plans Return
aneu 10 return along the meridian Tbor,
- 49, obects to be gained by somewhat west
" tue horthward march The increasing easrv drift would ~
e oun'erDalanced We hoped nav,
part oil the coast wider belt would be swont ~
of the unknown area ~ " ''u oe swept out
h"e pack ariit proved quite and we wore ouI,
eastward beyond our daily allowances On Anri 9o ~
'SS''reu one hundred and woniy bv our
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food enough to rench land. while even
short delays might easily jeopardize our
return. We could not. therefore. do 9th
crsisc than To force ourselves against
the wind and drift with all possible speed,
closing the eye 10 unavoidable suffering.
With no alternative. We tried 10 per.
suade ourselves that conditions might be
worse.
The eIehty-scvcnth was crossed. the
eighty sixth was ncared. but there came
n time when both mind and body wearied
Of the whole problem of forced resolu-
ton
The hard work of ieloo building was
now n thing of the pnst-only one had
been built since leaving the pole. and in
it n precious day wns lost, while the at
mospheric fury changed the face of the
endless cXpansc of desolation The little
the icy airs. There were still fifty dc.
grees Of frost. but with hardened skins
and insensible nerve 6laments the torture
was not so keenly felt
The steady diet of pemmican and tea
and biscuits was now entirely satisfac-
tory. We longed for enough to give n
real filling sense. but the ration wns
slightly reduced rather than increased
The change In life from winter TO sum-
mer. which should take place at about
this time of the year, was in our casc
marked only by n change in shelter, from
the snow house to the tent, aud our bed
was moved from the soft snow shelf of
the igloo to the hard. wind swept crust
Triviniities Food for Thought.
In my wakeful witches to get a peep
of the sun at just the right moment ]
wns kept awake during much of the rest
ing period. and for pastimc my eyes
wandered from snorting dogs TO snoring
men. During one of these idle moments
there came a solution of the utility Of the
dogs tail, topic with which bad been
Mt play for several days 1t is quoted
here at the risk of censure. because 1t Is
a typical phase of our lives which cannot
be illustrated otherwise. Seeming triv-
ialities were seized upon as food for
thought Why has the dog a tnil at all n
The benr. the musk OK, the caribou and
the hare, ench in its own way succeeds
very we'll with but dwarfed stub. Why
does nature In the dog eNpend its best ef-
fort in growing the finest fur over a seem
ingly useless line of tail bones? The
thing is distinctive. and one could hardly
the creature without this acces-
sorry. but nature in tho Arctic does not
often waste energy to display beauties
and temperament, This tail must have
an important use. otherwise it would soon
fall under the knife of frost and time.
Yes 1t was imported into the Arcticl
by the wolf progcDitor of the dog from
warmer lands. where its swing served a
useful purpose in fly time. nose made
to breathe warm air requires some pro-
lection in the Far North. No animal
feels this shortcoming as much as man.
The dog supplied the need with his tail
At the time when l made this discovery
cold wind charged with cutting crystals
brushed the pack. Each dog had his back
lrched to the wind and his face yelled
with al effective curl of his tail. He was
comfortably shielded from icy torment
" an appcndagc adapted to that very
purpose.
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A Heavy Spowstorm.


On May We were stopped at six A, NJ.
by the coming of the gloom Of an un-
usual gale. The wind had been steady
aud strong all night. but we did not heed
Its threatening increase of force until too
late. 1t came from the west, as usual,
driving coarsc snow with needle points
The ice about was old and hummocky,
offering a difficult line Of march, but some
shelter In the strongest blasts we threw
ourselves over the sled behind hummocks
and gathered new breath TO force few
miles more.
Finally when no longer able to force
the dogs through the binding drift we
sought the lee Of nn uplifted block of ice.
Here suitable snow was found for a snow
house and a few blocks were cut and
set, but the wind swept them away like
chips. The tent was tried, but il could
not be made to stand in the rush of the
roaring tumut. In sheer despair we
crept into the tent without erecting the
pole. Creeping into the bags. we then
allowed the tapping silk 10 be buried by
the drifting snow. Soon the noise and
discomfort of the storm were lost and We
enjoyed the comfort of an icy grave. An
efficient breathing hole was kept open and
the wind WAS strong enough to sweep of |
the weight of n dangerous drift a new
lesson was thus learned in fighting the
battle of life which was aftcrwurd useful
Several days of Icy despair now fol-
owed each other in rapid succession, The
wind did not rise to the full force of
storm. but it was too strong and too cold
o travel The food supply was noticeably
decreasing. The daily advance was re-
luccd. With such weather starvation
eemed inevitable.
Camp was moved nearly every day. but
mbition sank 10 the lowest chb. To ths
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The Conquest of the Pole,'
Written for the Herald,
Ends with This Chapter
and of the Realization That Soon Came to Him
That the Real Test Was Yet to Come
FIRST DAYS PASS QUICKLY, LONG MARCHES
ARE RECORDED AND THE WEATHER is FAIR

Copyright 1909. by the New York Herald Company
Registered Canada accordance with the Copyright
Copyright Republic OF
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