Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-12-17
Nordhaeen started last

with relatives and old friends. He
expected to reach there IL time to en-
joy the holiday season to the full ex-
tent and his friends on this side of
the ocean hope that he may not be
disappointed in any particular with
his trip. The Times will visit him
weekly and keep him posted upon
the events Il Lake Pre5ton.-TTiimes.
u. l.. Van Hook went to Brook
ings Tuesday to look at some fancy
sheep offered for sale. j. l.. intend
ed to purchase animals to place at the
head of his flock if he could find in
dividuals that were satisfactory. j..
l. finds sheepa very profitable branch
of farming. Sheep raising on a small
scale should be a part of every farm.
A small bunch of sheep brings in a
nice clean money for the reason that
much of the food consumed by the
sheep is stuff that would go to waste
otherwise.
Red Cloud, the greatest Sioux
chief Of the last fifty years, died at
his home d. the Pine Ridge agency d
few days ago. Red Cloud was an
able war chief and way back in the
sixties gave the whites more trouble
than any other chief in the Sioux
nation. One thing can be said to his
credit, however, he never violated a
treaty entered into with the whites.
In the latter sixties he signed a treaty
which concluded his warfare. He
never took kindly to the progress and
civilization of the Indian, and to his
death remained true to the Indian
religion. He was an honorable man
and enjoyed the respect of the whites,
as we'll as their sympathy aud many
acts of kindness extended to him
during his last years which
spent in total darkness.
AT the regular meeting of De-
Smet Lodge No. Sc K. of p, Monday
Dec. 18th, 1909 the following
officers were elected for the ensuing
year.
G. Crank Carpenter
V. G.. e. Haberman
Prelate-Claude Stockwell
M. W.-P. j. Mausback
X. r. S.-Thos. Parry
M F. Herbert Rehfeld
M. E.-F. Hardy
M. Aired Clark
Trustee ID. A. Crawford
Inner and Outer Guard-Brothers
Close and Tackaberry
Representatives to the Grand
LODGE. p. Sherwood and j. Tack
Alternates p. A. Carroll and w.
A. Williams.
"A miscalculation of few minutes
in railroading sometimes brings
terrible consequences. The engineer
Of the east bound. freight in the wreck
last week near Volga.. calculated tina!
ne could make Voiga before the time
for the westbound train to leave that
station. He missed his calculation
by about FIVE minutes. When Station
Agent Pay at Volga learned that the
trains had cleared Arlington and
Volga he telephoned j. @. Wright, a
brother of the writer who lives two
miles west of Volga and a half mile
north eff the railroad, to get upon a
horse and endeavor to reach a point
the track about four miles north
west of Volga Where Mr.. Pay cal
culated the train from the west could
be signaled in time to prevent the
wreck. Mr.. Pay was about five
minutes off in his calculations, al
though he showed great presence of
mind in his endeavor 20 prevent the
wreck. Five minutes more time
would have put the eastbound train
into the Volga yards, or five minutes
more time on the other hand would
have gotten a signal to one or the
other of the trains and prevented the
collision.
"A representative of the Stone
Atwood Co, Of Minneapolis, was in
the city Tuesday and made arrange
ments with +. III. Leu at the Farmers
Elevator to buy fax straw for that
1t may be of interest to