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Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-07-23
Medal and Garland noul

Gold Medal and Garland flour
at the Farmers Elevator.
Mrs. j. FL. Newell departed for
her home at Highmore last Saturday
after a visit of two weeks at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. F. w. Wright.
Cement walks have been ordered
constructed on the south side of
Fourth street, which is another evil
dence of the growth Of our city. This
will make four long residence streets
supplied with cement walks.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Lake Preston Co-OL-
e~rative Elevator co was called 10 be
held in the council room last Satur-
day afternoo1 at | O'Clock. There
had been all kinds of reports about a
shortage in the funds and consider
able interest was taken III the gather
lug. The officers made their reports.
The board of directors employed an
expert accountant, w. A. Shurtleff, of
Parker, to go through the books from
start to finish. He completed his
work last Thursday and his report
was also presented. To make a long
story short there has been no defalca-
ton or misrepresentation of the funds
on the part of any officer OF agent.
The fact that the company did not
charge storage on grain opened the
way for trouble. 1t was found that
some stored grain had been overlook
and not accounted for in reports in
previous years, which fact increased
the profits and dividends declared in
such years. The high prices for al
kinds of grain this spring brought all
the stored supplies of this and pre-
vious years forward for cash. The
los, upon some of it was great.
especially since much was sold lower
and the procetd, then divided among
the pa,ron 5 ockholders. Losses had
also been sustained upon velvet chaff
wheat and by some grain becoming
bin-burned early lasl fall. Tie stock
holders did not take very kindly to
the proposition to refund part of the
| dividends declared and paid in pre-
vious years, but decided to appoint a
committee and endeavor to sell more
stock and thus place the company up
on a solid basis. An adjourned meet
ing will be held this week Saturday
to hear the report of that committee,
The Co Operative elevator has been a
benefit to many Of our people and
there is a desire upon all sides that
| the company may be able 10 I sumo
busiDess.-Lake Preston Times.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-07-23
INDEPENDENT.
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY.
LOCAL NEWS.
From, aH Around Tire Town aDd
County


JAS. A. Fife was a Bancroft visit
or Saturday.
S. B. Meyers returned Saturday
from Sioux Falls where he received
surgical treatment.
Miss Mary Squires spent Friday
at Madison and Saturday and Sunday
with friends at Huron.
Don Armstrong arrived from
Chicago Friday. Don has spent the
past year working in a piano factory.
The young people of Manchester
vicinity enjoyed a nice dance at the
town hall Thursday. A few from De
Smet were in attendance.
The two little nieces who were
visiting at the E. r. Parker home de-
parted for their home at Parker, this
state, the first of the week.
Miss lesson, the milliner, closed
her shop for the summer season last
week and departed for a visit at her
old home at Davenport, Iowa.
-LosT An auto drive chain be-
tween De Smet and seven miles north
on the road from the city to Thos.
Blachford's place. Return to j. G..
Breuning.
Judge and Mrs. +. f. Green
drove over to Canova Sunday for a
visit with the S. e. Strobe family.
They report the Stroble family pleased
with their location and enjoying a
good business.
e. A. Morris out by Lake Henry
has moved the house on his farm
over to the west side in the grove,
built a barn 52xS6 feet and otherwise
improved the place. Mr.. Morris now
has a pleasant farm home and a well
equipped farm.
David Pratt, of Mathews town
ship. will soon commence the erection
of IA set of new farm buildings on his
farm. House, barn, chicken house,
and other out buildings will be erect
ed. David says he wants to start in
with new buildings so that he will
not have to build something every
year
Fifty two tickets were sold at
this station for the Black Hills excur
sion Saturday morning. 1t was not
the intention of all the excursionists
from this place to go clear through to
Hot Springs. A considerable num-
Der intended to stop of at Wasta,
Cottonwood and other points west of
Pierre to visit friends from this sec
tion who filed upon land and are now
living on It. The fare of $3.50, OF
about one-fourth the regular fare for
the trip, made a very cheap rate.
We understand that DR.. HI. j,
Altillisch, of Bellevue, Iowa, the deu-
tist who was looking over u little
city recently with the view of locating
in our midst, has decided to drive bis
stakes right in Lake Preston and
feels confident he has selected the
right spot for a permanent and salts
factory business. He has leased q
suite Of rooms over the Bank of Lake
Preston for his offices and has gone
back to Iowa to pack up and move
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-07-23
LOW RATES EAST
Via the North Western Line

Excursion tickets to New York City
Boston, Toronto, Montreal, Quebec,
Niagara Falls, Atlantic City. The best
of everything on route For full par
ticulars, apply to any ticket agent,
The North Western Line.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-07-23

out. Our people will welcome him TO
q home among us. Times.
Mr. and Mrs. George Smith, of
this city, are the happy parents of a
girl who arrived Monday morning.
Miss Anna Hartel daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Anton Hartel, is i'll cf
typhoid pneumonia,
DR.. Stevenson, the well known
eye, ear, nose, and throat SIP cialist of
Sioux Falls and assistant will he
in De Smet Tuesday, August Bird, at
the Syndicate hotel. Glasses also
fitted correctly.
The smiling c~ountenance Of Geo.
I. Gunnison is seen behind the cash
ier's window in the State Bank again
after his four months vacation spent
with his parents on their claim near
Bixby, South Dakota. Manchester
News.
-Mesdames j. II. Carrall and G.
p. Sherwood entertained a company
of lady friends Friday afternoon of
last week at the home of Mrs. Carroll.
A lesson in shorthand was one of the
ADJUSTMENTS of the afternoon. An
elegant lunch was served at six o'clock
The affair vas very pleasant and en-
joyed by all.
There are reports of grain ''crink-
ling" in this locality. How badly
this will damage the crop we cannot
state at this time, but it certain that
wherever the straw '~'cfinkIes" the
yield will be reduced. The few days
of extremely hot weather was bad for
the grain, but the cooler weather
from Wednesday morning may help
it to some extent,
"A. w. Bowes and others who
went down into Nebraska to look at
land came home the latter part of
last week. A. w. has raised the
price of his land since he got back.
He places it at SIS per acre. He
saw nothing that looked good to him.
You cannot take a man away from
-.
this section at this time of the year
and make him satisfied with any
other part of the northwest.
This has been a busy week for
the machine dealers. The warm
weather of the past few days has hast
ened the harvest and many who had
placed orders for machines to be de
livered on given dates were in to get
the machines at an eorlier day. The
harvest will be continuous from this
time until completed, there will not
he the few DAYS that ordinarily inter.
yenes between the earley and the late
grain.
The past week has been a happy
one at the ID. III. Cantonwine home
northwest of this city 1t was the
occasion of a complete family reunion,
the first in eight years. There were
present from abroad Mrs. Zade Small
ley, of Lakefield, Mimi; Mrs. Herb
Lake, of Yves ington Springs; Mrs.
l.. p Brewster, of Vermilli u; Miss
Stella Cantonwine, of Sioux City, aud
Dir. E. A Canionwine, of Parkersburg
Iowa.
Last Friday evening at a party
given to the Epworth League at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. X. Fingerson,
an announcement was made OF the
marriage OF their daughter Minnie, to
Floyd Aughenbaugh. The young
couple was married nearly six months
ago but heretofore had kept the hap
lpy event an entire secre, from the
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-11-17
Yaller Journalism.

The worst exhibition of rotten
yaller journalism that has been in
flicted on this section has been the
Pueblo Chieftain's attacks of the
past few months on Prowers coun-
ty officers over the Starr case. 1t
was carried on right up to the morn
ing on which Starr admitted his
guilt, the last attack not arriving
in Lamar until after his plea OF
guilty had been made to the district
court.
The Chieftain for the few dollars
the Starr family was willing to pa
them have heaped an abundance OF
!ying abuse on Sheriff Simpson and
ais deputies. but they care little
for what the sheet says as it has
small circulation here and its cours,
will make this less. Starr was
wanted and feared in a half dozen
states and no officers had the nerve
to go after him and get him unit
Sheriff Simpson was sworn in and
Undertook the job. He took him
md brought him into court and ht
vas forced to confess guilt. yet tn
Chieftain claimed even on the day
)f trial that 1t was persecution OF
IN innocent man. They manufact-
ired cock and bull story about
Starr having key to the Jail an
refusing to use 1t. 1t only takeF
four different keys to get out o
.he cells and into the corridor
Dur Jail. and as many more would
,e needed to make an escape. This
lives a fair sample of the depen-
lence to be placed in any of the
chieftain's statements. The Prov
RS county officers have treated
starr fairly throughout. and he has
,lways been at liberty to see any
person necessary for the making
ip of his defense. He would have
'eceived fair trial. but chose to
hrow himself on the mercy of th'
'ourt. Sheriff Simpson is receiv--
ng the thanks and congratulations
II all good citizens on his work in
his case.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-11-17
The Tree in Navigation.

Special interest is aroused by
recent government publication en-
titled. 1.-The Status of Forestry il
the United States," because of the
visit of President Taft to the Missis
sippi river in the interest of the
is the natural conservator of tho
stream, and before the promoters
have made headway in carrying ou
their scheme they will have tt
turn their attention to protecting
and guarding the water supplies
1t would be we'll. therefore. fol
every person interested in the greai
river improvement project. now un
der contemplation. to read careful
ly what Mr.. Pinchot has to say
regarding our friend the tree.
The forest is usually looked up
on as the source of our supply OF
wood and the life of our industries
but it is no less the source and reg
ulator of our waters. 1t will
idle to dump a half billion dollar
into the Father of Waters for dredg
ing. banking and widening its cours'
unless we first guarantee its floN
and protect it against devastint.
floods.
"The forest means not only
permanent supply of wood and
the life of all the industries whic.
depend upon it," as Mr.. Pincho
says. but also the control of tn
waters for human use. The SORT
of use that was made OF natura
resources during the pioneer stage
while right enough at the time, /
far too wasteful to be carried on /!
the new Industrial era. In orde
to know how to use a thing, how
ever, it is necessary first to fine
out how much of 1t there is t.
use. and taking stock of our fores
resources has led to startling re
suits"
We are taking three and one-hal
times as much timber from th
land each year as we are addini
by new growth. says the report. ant
one-third of the annual cutting I.
wasted. One-eleventh of all our for
ests are swept by fire and ninty-
nine per cent of the timber in pri'
vate hands. which controls three
fourths of the forests OF the coun
try. is managed without any at
tempt at conservation.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-11-17
DANGEROUS FAKES.
Tricks to Introduce Alum Baking
Powders which should he
Exposed.

There has recently been attempt
ID at some of our grocery stores,
and also at dwelling houses. by
igents who are trying to sell alum
baking powders. what the exhibitors
all a baking powder test. They
pretend to show by some boiling
test that pure cream of tartar bak-
ing powders contain something that
,very woman of intelligence knows
they do not.
1t does not need a chemist to ex-
pose this trick Cream of tartar,
which is the chief constituent of the
oest and most wholesome baking
powder, is originally a clear white
crystal. This is ground into a fine.
creamy flour in which form. mixed
With baking soda 1t is present in
The baking powder. Cream of tar
tar, when mixed with water and
joiled simply returns to its crystal
line form, and that is all there is
to the so-called test.
The matter of special interest to
the public is to know what these
people offer in place of cream of
tartar powders of well known purity
and established reputation against
which these ISLANDERS are directed.
.'hey are offering a baking powder
which official analyses have repeat
edly shown is made from alum.
4 drug SO well recognized by physi-
-ians and scientists as injurious to
helath that in many countries its
Use in bread is entirely prohibited.
80 cheap and inferior are the in
gradients of this powder that ii
.osts to make less than three cents
pound. No prudent housewife
viii knowingly put stuff as this in
% her food.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-11-17

The Union Revival which ha.
been conducted in the Presbyterian
church the past few weeks close,
on Sunday night The attendanc'
and interest were well sustained I
the close. the house being filled oil
Sunday night. Notwithstanding
inciement weather.
Mr.. Sutherland. the soloist an
chorus leader. was a great hell
in the musical part OF the night.
services. He employed his vol.
well in solo singing and gave on
=. ..IJ.e so.os very effectively ca.
evening.
Rev. Mr.. Kelly who did all oil
the preaching in the meeting prov
himself an able Evangelist. anc
the people listened with profit
the earnest sermons
The churches have partaken
lne spirit of the revival and ther.
were quite a number of persons
who expressed a desire for Chris
tian life
This union meeting has been &.
reminder that the churches have =.
common object in view. and th'
spirit of harmony which has pre-
vailed speaks well for the futui
of the cause in Lamar.
Union Thanksgiving services viii.
be held at the Baptist churci
THANKSGIVING night at 1880. Rev
c. C. Cunningham of the Chris
tian church will preach. There viii.
be. special music. All are invited
We put the service at this hou.
so that all may attend.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-11-17

Little Lena Kanouse was adopt
ed one cold day by a lady with
longing for the noise of childish
play.
Little Lena was abandoned-st
the story went at court-by a mos
unhappy mother. who could not earl
her support. Years passed by. ant
little Lena her ninth birthday saw
arrive. But her tricks grew SO face
tious to distraction she did driv,
everyone in all the household b,
her playful childish pranks. Moth
ing cooled her sportive ardor--
naught except parental spanks.
But the climax was arrived a
when she planned her coup de grace
from the top of the high stairwa,
as her mother tried to pass, Lena
threw carpet sweaper. aftel
which she turned and fled. while
the missile, hurling downward. Ii
upon her parents head.
To the court for wayward child
rem little Lena then was led. "Tt
the home for orphan children" Wet
the words Judge Lindsey said
Lena struggled and protested; triet
to break away and run. said tina
she was only playing. threw tn
sweaper just for fun.
This is all of Lena's story. Thi
Is all to tell as yet-maybe later
when she grows up, she will be {
suffragette.-Denver Republican.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-11-17
loo1 1oooooooooooOOoooooo
TWENTY YEARS AGO.
ketss From Lamar Register Of
November 10, 1880.

On last Monday the president ap-
pointed Judge c. C. Goodale re-
ceiver of the Lamar land office.
rhe appointment gives universal
satisfaction and is a deserving COM
pliment to one of our foremost and
most enterprising citizens. Judge
Goodale has been identified with
Lamar since August 1886. and his
many friends unite in hearty con-
gratulations
Sheriff-elect McCurry and F. H.
Rosacrans were up from Granada
this week.
B. B. Brown was elected a vice
president of the State Silver league.
1--WE were all silverites then.)
P. N. Keen of Monument was
made contest clerk at the land Of
flee.
Coroner Deeter returned from
Iowa on Monday. his family will ar
rive In q few days
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-11-17
Books and Stationery

Fine OF Tab
Daily
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-11-17

w have just received a large in
voice of the latest in jew dry, includ-
ing Ladies' Dutch Collar Pins, Belt
Pins and Buckles, Breaches, Hat
Pins. Fobs. Necklaces. Bracelets.
Hair ornaments. etc.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-11-17

We have full assortment Of fine
Perfumes of well known standard
manufacturers. Packages from 25c
to $500. Bulk 5Oc to s1.00 per ounce,
also full line of toilet preparations.
Try a jar of "Peach Blow Cream"
for chapped hands-Guaranteed.
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1909-12-23
LIKES COMMISSION PLAN

GLOUCESTER, Mass, Dec. 22.-
Mayor Henry A Parsons and the City
Commissioners have issued state
ment To the voters. reviewing the
first year Of work under the new Com
mission form of government. The
City debt has been reduced $4,000;
all bills have been paid; the roads are
reported in superior condition. al
though they have cost $1,000 less
than in former years; the bookkeep-
ing methods of the municipality have
been revised and improved, and pub
lie buildings have been better. cared
for at less expense.
Gloucester and Haverhill are the
only two cities in Massachusetts
which have as yet adopted the com
mission plan of government The new
Boston charter is based, however. up
on the same principle. namely, the
election Of only a few important off,
GERS. the power being concentrated
in the hands of a small number OF
conspicuous officials The voters al
election. time are thus able to see
more clearly what they are doing and
the candidates are made so eonspicu.
Gus that the chances of a. rascal slip.
ping into Office are very thin.
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1909-12-23

JOHN D. RoCKBFELLER, PRESIDENT OF
THE STANDARD OIL COMPANY
seventy subsidiary concerns was be-
gun Nov. 10. 1906, when the complaint
was filed in the United States circuit
court at ST. Louis for hearing by the
four judges of the Eighth judicial cir
cult. Frank B. Kellogg was the gov
ernment's chief counselor. This was
the circuit in which the Northern Sc
curities case was heard. 1t was chosen
for the STANDARD Oil case because of
its location and because many OF the
governments witnesses were residents
of adjoining states.
In its petition the government COM
planned that the defendants had con-
spired ITO restrain the trade and COM
merce in petroleum. commonly called
crude OIL in refined oil and in the
other products of petroleum among the
several states and territories Of the
United States and the District Of Co
Iumbia and with foreign nations and
to monopolize the said commerce"
John d. Rockefeller. William Rookie
Teller and Henry NJ. F1agier were
named as the originators of the alleged
conspiracy. The bill asserted that be.
.ween 1870 and 1882 Henry Il. Rogers,
John d. Archbold, Oliver II. Payne
and Charles NJ. Pratt Joined the CON
sp:racy. which eliminated with the or
ganization of the New Jersey corpora
ton ia 1899
The taking Of testimony was intrust-
ed to Franklin Ferris of St Louis, who
was appointed special master ill chan
Gerry in June, 1907. He held hearings
in many cities. the final one. in Chicago
on Jan. %, 1909. The. result was a
record of 5000 printed pages Of the
testimony Of Az persons and exhibits.
1t was fled in St. Louis on March q.
1903.
The hearings reached their climax
when the defense called TO the stand
Charles NJ. Pratt, John d. Rockefeller
and John d. Arehb6ld Exhibits are
introduced showing that In seven years
the profits OF the business had totaled
nearly S490.315,9 1874. the statement for
the Standard Oil Company Of Indiana
alone showing profits In 1866 of more
than SI0.000.000 on a capitalization OF
one-tenth that amount.
Arguments on the case began April
5. 1909, In St. Louis. continuing for a
week. Both sides fled voluminous
briefs. The court thea took the case.
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1909-12-23
CONSOLIDATED
STRIKES LEAD
Finds Rich Ore Deposit on Two
Hundred Foot Level That
Proves Great Thing to
Owners of Mine.


A strike of great moment to the
stockholders of the Clara Consolidated
Gold and Copper Mining company
was made recently ON the 200 foot
level liz The mine at Swansea, &C
ccrding TO report contained in let
ter received by the Review last even
ing. The ore was encountered on
the hanging wall and is heavy sui
phide, harder in character than any
hitherto found This gives an addi-
tional 60 feet in the width Oh the
main ore body.
The body was 30 feet across pre-
yious to the addition of the 65 feet,
which gives total of 275 across. Ac
cording to the report of the general
superintendent an average assay Of
five -eighths per cent has been OBJ
tanned. thereby increasing the ore re.
serve tremendously.
President George Mitchell recently
returned from Los Angeles. accom-
panied by a party of foreign capital.
lists stockholders and engineers from
the property. During their stay the
members of the party thoroughly in
spected the mine, declaring them
selves entirely satisfied with their
holdings
At a directors meeting Oscar Fan
yau, representing foreign stockhold.
ers. was elected vice president, T. ]
Carrigan resigning in his favor. in
order that the stockholders in other
lands might have a representation II
the company management.
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1909-12-23
COURT ROOM LOOKS
LIKE HOUSE PARTY
POWDER, PAINT, HATS AND
FRILLs GIVE PLACE AIR OF
Cup THE LINE" SOCIETY.

Justice Murphy's court room at
Lowell was transformed yesterday
into what at first looked like an auver-
tisement for a ladies' tailor shop.
There were loud green suits, creations
of dazzling purple and scarlet, with
picture hats to match, suits of con-
ventional black and naming red. The
air was heavily perfumed ana paint
and powder added luminous lUster to
the countenances of those ensconsed
beneath the huge millinery creations
and "glad rags
Mingling with these were Marshal
Jack Stevens Constable Farley Nc
Rea. Henry Hall and Deputy Sheriff
Bill White Not that they are &C.
cused of adjoining themselves with
shamrock green or red paint; an, no!
This belonged to the dozen or more
inmates of No. Al Brewery Gulch,
every one of whom had been subpoe-
naed as Witnesses for the defense in
the charge pending against Mrs. J.
Andy Miller, proprietress or the
house accused of inveigling l5-year-
old Lille Netherland into the muse
and keeping her there against her
will. The police officers were also
witnesses for the defense.
The case never came to trial. On
motion of Assistant Prosecutor E. J.
Flanagan. the case was dismissed or
the following grounds.
The cordina of the girls themselves
shows that they we're not of pre-
yious chaste character and the charge
Is not sustainable under the express
| provisions of the statute"
That ended the whole matter which
has kept the papers supplied with
scare head material. if so desired for
| over a week.
Arthur McKerracher, who recently
| married Della, the elder Netherland
I girl, was present, as was also Wan
fNetherland the father. and Lille
Not witness was sworn.
Gee, this is easy" murmured one
of the ladies" present, as they flied
out of the court room in solemn 90
procession