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

ID. H. Lotus returned Monday
from his trip to the Twin Cities.
Miss Margaret Meir returned
from Wisconsin Tuesday evening.
The Congregational Aid will
meet with Mrs. Arson Wright next
Wednesday afternoon.
u. d. Person departed Tuesday
for Scranton, n. d., after a visit of
several days in this city.
Rev A. H. Seymour will preach
at the M. E. church next Sunday,
both morning and evening.
Mrs. Tinkham entertained com
pany of lady friends Thursday after
noon of last week and served six
o'clock lunch.
Mrs. L. f. Altfllisch departed
Tuesday evening for Minneapolis
where she intended to spend the re.
mainder of the week.
George Rowbathan has been
moving this week from the farm he
rented down south to the j.. H.
Newell farm northeast which he pur-
chased last fall.
Mrs. A. McCarty and Mrs. w. H.
/ 49, AZr l
Warren went to Erwin Tuesday to be
present with their friend Mrs. Severt
johnson during the first sad hours
after death had visited the home.
MIR. and Mrs. Severt johnson, OF
Erwin, were called upon to mourn the
death Of their eight-months-old
daughter, Helen Ruth, on Monday Of
this week. The many De Smet friends
of the family extend their deepest
sympathy III the sad hour Of their
bereavement,
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-03-05
sPs1gr

The old folks around Spirit Lake
surprised Will Close and family Sun
day evening, February 2Sth. 1t was
a farewell party to that family who
were soon to leave for De Smet. Our
people dislike to see this family leave
the neighborhood.
The young people met at the VIM.
Close home February 10Th and en-
joyed a dance
At Adam Poppen's on Friday even
ing last the young people of the
neighborhood gathered for a dance
and a general good time.
Wednesday was the 24rd birthday
of Harm Gronewold, who is living
with Jake Sprang on the t. Dickman
farm. A large number of friends
helped him to celebrate the occasion.
Ben Buisher, from Forreston, H.,
is visiting at the Jacob Eikamp home,
having arrived Tuesday.
Mr.. Schubert, from Iowa. moved
onto the r. Fl. Doeden farm Wednes-
das. His wife with a sick baby is at
Willow Lakes with relatives and will
remain in town until the baby is
better.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-03-05
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SCHOOL
Officers and Teachers Of Kings
bury County.

Notice is hereby given that the
annual meeting Of the school officers
and teachers Of the county, as proyid-
ed for in Section So of the present
school laws, will be held at De Smet,
Thursday, March IL. All the schools
of the county are ordered closed for
that day that the teachers may at
tend the meeting. The date is set at
the request of State Supt. Ustrud who
will be present and address the meet
ing.
"A. II. Seymour. Co. Stunt.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-03-05

Mr.. and Mrs Severt johnson were
called upon to mourn the loss Of their
baby girl. She was taken suddenly
i'll Saturday and died Tuesday morn
ing.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-03-05
GOOD Farn, Tor $40

near De Smet on easv terms. Land in
the Gulf Coast of Texas in tracts to suit
the purchaser.
j-31 ANSoN WRIGHT.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-03-05

Ny 8 acre farm, eight miles south
and two miles east of De Smet, is for sale.
Farm we'll Improved, good soil, and good
water. Liberal terms.
f19-2m M. II. o'Hora, De Smet, s. d.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-03-05

Dent seed corr for sale at 81 80 per BUSH
ell. See sample at Independent office or
at Millcr's hardware store. II. o. Fores-
burx, De Smct, >. -. tso-4
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-03-05

Team of mares 8 and 10 years old,
weight 1850, one in foal. fla
Nick Heneghen, Lake Preston, S. ID.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-03-05

Gold Medal -four at the Farmers
Elevator, De Smet.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-03-05
s NAP
Restdenco pro0erty FOR Sale.

A 7-room one-stoiy dwelling furnace
cistern. well. cellar. small barn.
House in good condition inside and out.
I.G. Bruning.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-03-05
EoR SALE.

Thos. Meara will keep for sale all the
time young heavy farm geldings and
mares, which he will sell on time. All
horses sold must be as represented.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-03-05
Wei Drilling.

We are prepared to drill wells to any
depth, and repair old drilled wells. All
strickly frst-class and guaranteed.
Trenary x Burlington.
i-15-3m DE Smet, s. d..
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-03-05
Morse

One strawberry roar gelding, star on
forehead, three white feet, and ON
LETT hind leg, weight 1000; halter with
rope on animal when last seen, Notify
Moench Bros, Manchester, s. ID. i20-2
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-03-05

Ihave several cows now fresh, and some
to be fresh soon, which 1 desire to sell.
Inquire of H. A. Poppen, Spirit Lake town
ship. DE Smet, p. o., RE-.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-01-13
SUNDAY COMIC SUPPLEMENTS.
Foster Deceit, Cunning and Disrespect
For Gray Hairs.

At the annual congress of the Play
ground Association of America, held
in New York, Miss Maud Summers.
of Cincinnati in an address assailed
the comic supplement. Miss Sum-
mers was conducting a special con-
ference on "Story Telling in the Play
ground" She attacked the makers
of pictures in the comic supplement
as persons who were exerting an evil
influence on the young.
She said that the pictures intended
to entertain children, in the papers,
fostered deceit, cunning and a disre-
pect for gray hairs. Instead of culti-
waiting admirable traits in the child's
character, the up-to-date pictures, she
said, taught the young that at is cum
ming to throw water from an upper
window upon an old person and to
outwit an infirm old man." She said
also:
"Humor has its place in the litera-
ture of childhood, and it would be
we'll IL gifted writer's for children
could be found capable of substituting
genuine fun for the coarse, vulgar
type now so prominent. 1t is Of the
utmost Importance that the picture or
story for children shall have at its
heart spiritual truth, or, in other
words, that it shall have'a right mo-
tive. This truth may be any one Of
the many virtues, such as generosity,
kindness, hospitality, courage, hero
ism, chivalry, etc. 1t should be
worked out in terms of cause and
effect, according to the immutable
law of literature, the law of compen-
sation, which rewards the good, and
Of retributive justice, which Furnishes
the bad"
The reason given for objection to
the supplements is that the nature of
their contents and the Stiffness of
some of the pictures tend to de-
moralize our youth and fill the child
ish mind with wrong impressions.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-01-13
SONG OF THE SAWMILL SAWS.
Different by Day and Night, Old Lum.
bermen Declare.

Does a stream furnish energy for
saving more lumber on the sawmill
night shift than on the day shift?
The first impulse would be to answer
in the negative. Scores of old mill
men, some of whom have worked in
Penobscot River sawmills for nearly
half century and can remember
when all the mills were run by water
power, make reply in an emphatic
yes.
Not only do the mill operatives de-
clare that water will accomplish
greater amount of work at night than
in the daytime, but they cite records
of actual performances, giving names
of mills and dates where tests have
been made.
In saving deals and other standard
lumber from spruce of average size,
the exact variation in performance be-
tween night and day depends slightly
upon weather conditions, more being
sawed in dark and drizzly weather
than when it is fair, but on an aver
age a modern band saw that will turn
out $4,000 feet in ten hours of day.
light can saw 10000 feet or more in
ten hours of darkness.
Not only has this assertion been
proved many times in mills that were
run by water power, but it has been
demonstrated through elimination
from the fact that mills using steam
power never present so large a varia-
ton.
The millmen will declare that the
saws make widely different sound
when dashing through spruce knots
by night than they do by day, so that
If skilled millman who was blind
were to visit strange mill, he could
distinguish whether it was night or
day by the songs of the saws.
BY daylight nothing but classical
music comes from the most reckless
among the small saws. AS soon as
the restraint of daylight has passed
the reckless saws forget their dignity
and begin to sing and hum ragtime
and coon songs, chewing up lumber
and manufacturing deals at a great
rate.
Mill owners and foremen of exper-
ience who have listened to the debate
for years agree with the hands, and
some of them add the explanation
that the water is heavier by night
than by day, though nobody seems to
have taken pains to weigh the water
at the two periods for the purpose of
comparing results. - Orono (Me.)
Correspondence of the New York Sun.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-01-13
MILLIONS WASTED
In PULP MILLS.
4,5oo,Ooo Cords Of Slabs De.
stroyed In the Refuse Burners
Yearly Throughout Country

Government experts have been coll
lecting statistics which show that
there are great possibilities in the
field Of invention for the relief of the
drain on the wood pulp forest of the
country by devising means for utiliz-
ing saw-mill waste.
1t is estimated that there are A.
100000 cords of slabs destroyed IN
refuse burners of the lumber mills
of the country each year. The wood
used for pulp last year amounted to
approximately four million cords.
about quarter of which had to be
imported. The mill waste estimate
is based on recent canvass of some
of the larger mills of the country by
the United States Forest Service,
which established the interesting fact
that mills having an aggregate cut
of $40, 100000 board feet had
final waste of 100000 cords Of
slabs after the best had been used
for lath. Assuming these mills to
be representative, 1t is seen that there
is still considerable waste in forest
products at the mill even after the
earnest efforts of lumbermen during
the last ten years to bring about
closer utilization of the whole tree.
These figures made It look as II
American inventors, who are per-
forming wonderful feats in other
fields, should get down to the con-
sideration of methods to make these
waste slabs available for the pulp
makers. Work along these lines
would also be likely to show the way
for utilization of thousands of tons
of sawdust which is now wasted each
year.
1t is true that some utilization Is
being made of mill waste at present,
but in most cases II is only the larger
and more modern plants that are even
making any attempts in this line.
Then, as it is, the plants which use
the sawdust waste the slabs. The
slab residue from the lumber cut of
the country is estimated to amount
to about 100000 cords, of which
about 100000, with an average
value of s1.40 cord, is sold for fuel.
100000 burned in the mills for fuel
and 4,500,000 sent to the refuse
burners. This last figure shows the
enormous quantity of forest product
that is pure waste.
The iron furnace Stag heaps have
been seized upon by the brick maker
and the screening dumps of the coal
mines has become valuable source
of raw material for the briquette
manufacturer. Experts say that it
may prove possible to make Just as
good use of the waste of the lumber
mills If slabs and sawdust cen he
converted into pulp.-New York
Herald.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-01-13
Our Illuminate Masters.
BY S. M. CROTHERS.

When it comes to moral questions
we are still dominated by the idea
of the fatalistic power of inanimate
things. We cannot think it possible
to be just or good, not to speak of
being cheerful, without looking at
some physical fact and saying humbly
"By your leave" We personify our
tools and machines, and the occult
symbols of trade, and then as abject
idolaters we bow down before the
work of our own hands. We are ave.
struck at their power, and magnify
the mystery of their existence. We
only pray that they may not turn us
out of house and home, because of
some blunder in our ritual observ-
ance. That they will make it very
uncomfortable for us, we take for
granted. We have resigned ourselves
to that long ago. They are so very
complicated that they will make no
allowance for us, and will not permit
us to live simply as we would like.
We are really very plain people, and
easily furried and worried by SUPER
fluities. We could get along very
nicely and, we are sure, quite health
fully, If it were not for our things.
They set the pace for us. and we have
to keep up.--Atlantic.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-01-13
A New Promise of Reform
BY r. L. BRIDGNIAN.

A new promise of success has come
to the reformers of municipal govern
ments. 1t has come through new
application of statistics, and its po-
tency lies in the application of per-
centage of result to expense in the
different cities, whereby comparison
between different departments be-
comes possible, down to small details.
1t has come in local form, but the
idea is national and it is a fair pre-
sumption that the idea will speedily
have national standing. Its local ap-
plication has manifested itself in two
States only-Ohio and Massachu-
Setts.
This advance does not concern the
scheme of government at all. 1t does
not involve any charter amendments.
1t has nothing to do with the various
theories of one chamber or two, with
more or less power and responsibility
for the mayor, school committee and
heads of departments. 1t has moth
ing to do with the suffrage, with sys-
tens of balloting or any phase of
election laws. 1t does not touch the
| ories of taxation or sanitation, or ed
ucation, or labor and capital, or any
other side upon which the problem of
municipal maladministration is at
tackled. 1t is simply matter Of re-
ducing finances to a form favorable
for comparison, and letting the sys-
tenn have its perfect work. 1t does
not seem, perhaps, at first glance, as
If much relief could come from such
an unpromising source. But study
Of the case shows that it has large
and substantial promise, and it is
| quite possible that the evils of our
notorious city government will be re.
lieved from an unsuspected quarter.
But it must not be forgotten that 1t
takes men to reform. Figures will
never do it Of themselves. .-Atlanti3
| Monthly.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-01-13
The Hated Autobus.

The residents of the Rue de Douai
are celebrating with all the joyous
ness suggestive of a great event. IL
luminations, lanterns and other festal
paraphernalia adorn that thorough
fare from the Rue Fontaine to the
Rue Vintimille, all in honor, Of the
temporary removal of the autobus
while the street is being paved with
wood. Signs were posted the night
before last denouncing the autobus
as a noisy institution, and expressing
Joy over the relief. which will last
twenty days. Business men of the
district have adopted resolutions in
favor of smaller and less noisy vehi-
cles and an improved running sched-
ule that will eliminate the passing Of
several machines through the same
street at the same moment.-From
Figaro.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-01-13
Soap and Democracy.
BY PROFESSOR f. A. ROSS.

Soap and water are befriending
democracy. OF the personal habits of
the masses down to the middle of the
last century, the less said the better.
The followers of Jack Cade and
Rienzi were, literally, "the Great I'm
washed" A gentleman had some ex-
cuse for crying "Faugh!" and hold
ing his civet-scented handkerchief to
his nose. The common people lost
quickly the respect of those of their
number who had won through to
cleanliness and refinement. "Good
breeding" referred to baths rather
than to manners. When, sixty years
ago, street cars were introduced, 1t
was predicted that no gentleman
could endure to ride in them.
How is it now? The street car Is
so popular with all classes that the
cab can hardly find foothold. Be-
sides the triumphant progress of the
private bathtub-thanks to cheap
city water-the cities have been in
stalling municipal baths. Last year
thirty-four American cities supplied
more than eighteen million free
baths. And the movement is in its
infancy, If we consider what England
and Germany are doing. The effect
will be the narrowing of the esthetic
space between those with social posi-
tion and those without. Glass dis
tinctions will count for less when they
turn merely on whether you have an
automobile. or keep servant, or
dress for dipner.-Everybodys.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-01-13
American Girls Arriving.

The Civil Hospital is the scene OF
great rejoicing, and the number Of
American girls in the Philippines is
rapidly increasing. Three baby girls
were born there last Tuesday. The
happy mothers are Mrs. Thompson,
Mrs. Flaherty and Mrs. Burke
Manila Times.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-01-13
"why should get outY" Eric |

"Why should get out?" Eric
asked quietly. II am your equal;
there Is nothing outrageous in my
wanting to marry your daughter"
my equal, are you? Do you know
young man, | could buy you up
| hundred times and never feel It?
Why you conceited young jackass,
have over million sheep out there"
II have few of them myself up
there" replied the young man, wav.
ing his hand in the direction of the
"Salters
Pooh, you have not enough to
feed my hands for day." he cried:
'six hundred kroner would buy them"
II will take four hundred for the
lot, spot cash." said Eric, quickly.
"You said four hundred. will
give you three hundred and fifty"
Done" Eric cried.
"Come on, let's go and have look
at them" said the American.
But Eric laughed.
Afraid of your bargain?" he
asked.
The American flushed angrily and
glanced up the hillside again. The
Grey Wethers looked healthily
enough feeding there patiently in the
mist, and he fancied himself both as
a bargainer and a man with an in
stinctive eye for sheep.
Without a word he marched in
= oh ;ah
he handed to Eric with the remark,
"Tf you have anything else to sell be-
fore you go, let me know, and l will
make You an offer"
Eric folded the check and put It
in his pocket. II knew somehow this
interview would end in a DEAL" he
observed carelessly.
"What do you mean:"
"Come and see."
"Have you done me?"
"Come and see."
Together they climbed the hill, the
older man puzzled and suspicious, the
younger frankly triumphant, and at
last they came to the famous Grey
Wethers which Mr.. Petersen had
bought for three hunderd and fifty
kroner.
He looked at the stones, and first
he swore and then he laughed.
"You have got me, young man."
he cried, ITO think that Ia man
with million sheep of my own
should not know the difference be-
tween a flock of sheep and lot of
rocks. You are pretty smart, my lad.
/ reckon you would be a good man
about my ranch"
81 am sure I should" replied the
incorrigible Eric. at is not many
men who have done you so thorough
ly, is it,"
"You are the first, sir" said the
American proudly.
Heavens, how they will laugh at
me when the story comes out"
at is sure to be cabled across.
Can't you see the headlines, Mr.. Pet
| ersen?" Eric laughed.
The millionaire laughed too, and
slapped him on the shoulder.
l4OOh mere, young man, he Sdlu,
kindly, "do you really and truly love
my girl?"
81 do, sir.
"Then you had better go back and
tell her that her hard hearted father
has given in. You can have her, you
rascal. and you may bring her up here
TO see her poor swindled father, look
ing respectfully at his latest Jur-
chase
He held out his hand and Eric
shook it heartily.
I'VE will make it a bargain, SIR"
he said iokingly. en- consideration
of your giving me your daughter I'll
keep my mouth shut about this little
deal OF ours and give you back your
check"
He handed it over as he spoke, and
the millionaire looked at it long and
earnestly.
''I shall keep this in my desk" he
said, "and whenever I am feeling
rather pleased with myself I shall
just take it out and look at it."-New
York Journal.
A New Promise of Reform
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-01-13

The exports Of cashew nuts from
India during 1907 was S507 hundred
weight, valued at about $66,666.
Bombay and Madras were the pyincl-
pal ports of exports.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-01-13

There are almost nine farmers to
every professional man in this coun-
try.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-01-13

New York's transient hotel popu-
lation Is 250,000,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-01-13

There are said to be more than a
million users of the universal lam
guage, Esperanto.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-01-13
HMM4ESTLE HM4ETEILE .@.1
10y NM@H INGD |
49, u =, ~ { SeAS
W0/IDWD,QglN1g1

City government costs London
s10.5O a head.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-01-13

Citing the Bible as authority,
plumbers journal says Solomon in
vented the bathtub.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-01-13

There are almost nine farmers to
every professional man in this coun-
try.
There are said to be more than a
million users of the universal Ian
guage, Esperanto.
Citing the Bible as authority, a
plumbers journal says Solomon in
vented the bathtub.
In 1907, 1851 short tons Of crude
magnesite, worth SO ton, were pro-
duced in the United States.
According to the market records
the consumption of eggs in New York
City annually is 622 for each inhab-
liant.
New York City hotels are now en-
tertaining eighteen per cent. more
customers than they were one year
ago.
AS Serajevo, Bosnia, has equal
numbers of Christians, Jews and Mo-
hammedans, 1t rests every Friday,
Saturday and Sunday.
Grant Worley, of York, Pa, says
long, inside of the body of which was
squirrel not quite dead.
The Automobile Club of France has
offered a prize of $4,000 for a new
fuel, which must be cheaper than gas
olene and give as good results.
Kansas has this year more than
100000 acres in alfalfa, an area ex-
ceeding the land surface of the whole
of the State of Rhode Island.
Just 100000 cords of wood were
used in the United States in the man.
ufacture of paper pulp last year, twice
as much as was used in 1899.
When It comes to founding newspa-
pers Daniel Frederick Shriner, OF
Dayton. Ohio, has record probably
unequalled by any other man in the
country. During his seventy-one
years he has established thirty-six
newspapers, thirty-two of which still
survive.
Probably the oldest and biggest
cottonwood tree in Kansas stands on
the farm of J. ]. Russell, two miles
southwest of Oneida. The old pa
triarch towers high above all the
other trees thereabouts and measures
twenty feet and ten inches in circum-
ference and about seven feet in dia-
meter. ]. j. Russell wanted to cut 1t
down and saw it up into boards be-
cause of the enormous amount of
lumber in it some time ago, but could
not get saw long enough to saw it
in two.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-01-13

In 1907, 1861 short tons Of crude
magnesite, worth SO ton, were pro-
duced in the United States.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-01-13

According to the market records
the consumption of eggs in New York
City annually is 622 for each inhab-
liant.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-01-13

New York City hotels are now en-
tertaining eighteen per cent. more
customers than they were one year
ago.