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Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-06-03
Legal Notices.
NOTICE OF TINE APPOINTED FOR
PROVING WILL
State of South Dakota, County of Kings.

State of South Dakota, County of Kings.
bury-SS.
In County Court
In the matter of the estate of Matte
Slater, deceased.
The state of South Dakota sends greet
ing to T. T. Slater and Nancy Longneck
er. heirs and next of kin of Matte Slater,
deceased.
Pursuant to an order of said court, made
on the 25th day of May, A. D. 1910, notice
is hereby given that Tuesday, the 21 st
day of June, A, ID. 1910, at 10 O'clock a.
M. of said day, at the court room of said
court, at the court house in the city of
De Smet. in the said county of Ringsbury
and state of South Dakota, have been APP
pointed as the time and place for proving
the will of said Matte Slater, deceased,
upon an authenticated copy of said will
and the probate thereof by the district
court of the county of Story and state Of
Iowa. and for hearing the said petition
for the probate thereof and the issuance
of letters of administration with the will
annexed TO ID F Wilmarth therein, when
and where any person interested may APP
pear and contest the same.
Dated at De Smet, Kingsbury county,
South Dakota, this 25th day Of May, A.
d, 1910. By the Court,
E.F GREEN,
Attest: Judge of the Comfy Court
IF. A. CARPENTER
Clerk of the County Court
tSEAL) 37-4t
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-06-03
NOTICE OF TIME APPOINTED FOR
PROBATING WILL, ETC.

State of South Dakota, County of Kings
bury-SS
In County Court
In the matter of the estate of ii. Caroline
Foss, deceased
The state of South Dakota sends greet
ing to Caroline NJ. Foss Gyger, known also
as Caroline Foss Gyger; Harriet G.. Foss
and Archibald @. Foss, heirs next of kin
of II. Caroline Foss, deceased.
Pursuant to an order of said court made
on the 7th day Of May, A. ID. 1910. no.
tice is hereby given that Monday, the 9th
day Of June, 4. ID. 1910 at 10 O'Clock a m
OF said day at the court room of said court
at De Smet, in the county of kingsbury,
South Dakota, have been appointed as
the time and place for proving the will of
said I'll Caroline Foss, deceased, upon an
authenticated copy of said will by the
Surrogate Court. of the county of Me-
York and state of New York. and for hear
ing the said petition for probate thereof
and the issuance of letters testamentary
therein, when and where any person in
terested may appear and contest the
same.
Dated at De Smet, South Dakota, this
18th day of May, A ID. 1910.
BY the Court,
EFF. GREEN,
Attest: Judge of the County Court.
r. A. CARPENTER,
Clerk of the County Court.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-06-03

THOSE papers that grasp at every
opportunity to create the impression
that Senator Crawford is not in
sympathy with the people, and,
further, that he is in sympathy with
the special interests, had much to say
a few weeks ago regarding the Craw'
ford Elkins amendment to the rail.
road bill. The connecting of Elkins'
name with the amendment was enough
to give il black eye with the people,
for, as everyone knows, Elkins has
been railroad representative, The
Independent is not just clear as to
what Crawford Elkins amendment
covered, or whether Elkius had any
connec,io ion with it. Blu. the attack
upon Crawford by those who would
like to see him fail, or go bodily over
to the special interests, aroused the
curiosity of this writer and we have
looked up at least three of the amend
ments proposed by Crawford. One
was for the purpose of ascertaining
the physical valuation of railroads.
The second amendment was for the
purpose of preventing the dinky
federal courts from stepping in and
enjoining state officers from enforcing
S ate laws before the state had an
opportunity to enforce such laws and
before the matter had been tested In
state courts. The third was an amend
ment seeking to change the commodity
clause of the Hepburn act which re-
lated to the transportation by a COM
mor carrier of any commodity owned,
mined, or manufactured by the carrier
company. or in which producing com
pany stock was owned by the carrier.
This amendment was along the sug-
gestion Of the T. S. supreme court
made at the time the commodity
cause wa- passed upon by the court.
These three amendments by Crawford
are just what the progressives OF the
country have been demanding That
they failed of adoption is unfortunate.
But study of the amendments shows
that Crawford has been working
along the right line and deserves the
commentator of Ill progressives.
After all progressive amendments
offered by LaFoIlett and Cummins
had bten lost, Senator Deliver, of
Iowa, said: II do not hesitate to
state my own opinion that section 4,
as it was proposed to be amended by
the senator from South Dakota (Mr.
Crawford) and by the minority of the
committee, would have given to the
American people coherent and
rational system of rate control"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-06-03

The stalwarts now admit that State
Treasurer johns on did not collect and
turn into the state treasury interest
on state funds until compelled todo so
by law. For an excuse they say there
was no law by which he could com
pell the payment of interest. 1t is true
there was no law, and yet Mr.. John
sons promise to do so, whether there
was law or not, is the only thing
that secured his nomination. Johnson
failed to make good, and it now looks
as if bis failure to keep his promise
would cost him his inh
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-06-03

1t is absurd to suppose that these
employees of the Sugar Trust manip
ula,ed the scales for the mere excite.
ment of getting the better of Uncle
Sam. Some one was getting the usu-
fruct of their dishonesty. They them
selves got very little for it-a paltry
three dollars more in their envelops
everv week. The conclusion that
persons in authority knew of this
knavery, profited by it and even plan
ned it, is irresistible.
The Government is, therefore, well
justified in pardoning one of the tools
whereby the frauds were perpetrated,
in order to get at the chief malefac-
tors. There is seemingly no limit to
the Sugar Trusts appetite. Not con-
tent with tariff made for its special
benefit, not content with squeezing
extra and unjustifed profits out of the
public, not content with driving its
competitors out of business and ruin
ing them, the Sugar Trust must needs
pick Uacle Sans pockets. Could
anything be meaner or more con-
temptible?
May the big ones in the swindle be
run to earth! - Minneapolis Journal.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-06-03

How drowning men and politicians
espousing a hopeless cause grasp at
straws was fully demonstrated to this
writer the other day when in conver-
sation with prominent stalwart.
From his view of the situation it is
evident the stalwart- hope for much
through the influence of Egan. Not
only do the stalwarts hope for an
Egan vote that will reduce Vessey s
support, but they also hope and pre-
tend to believe that those who vote
for Egan will vote the balance of the
stalwart state ticket, basing this hope
upon the fact that the stalwarts have
been kind to Egan while the pro-
gressiVes have opposed him. To what
great lengths some will go to secure
office.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-06-03

AFTER all has been said that eau be
said, the fact remains that this pres
ent fight within the republican party
is a continuation of the fight of the
special interests against the people.
The present contest is in the hope of
gaining a foothold whereby Kittredge,
representative of the interests, may
be returned to the senate and Burke
and Martin, repr sentatives OF the
interests, maybe returned tothe house.
To the individual voter we say, if you
are in favor of a revision of the tariff
upward, less power for the interstate
commerce commission and less con-
troll over railroads; if you favor
Ballinger or some one like him, and
dividing of the ma ural resources of
this country among the Cunninghams,
the Guggenhiems, and the Morgans,
go to the polls Tuesday and vote the
stalwart ticket from top 10 bottom
The success of the stalwart ticket
means just that and nothing more.
If, on the other hand, you are in
favor of taking from the Interests their
great power over this country and
keeping them from appropriating our
natural resources there is only one
thing you can do 10 help il along, and
that is to vote for every progressive
republican candidate. There is no
middle ground; it is either one thing
or the other, aud by your vote next
Tuesday you say which you favor.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-06-03
THE SUGAR TRUST SwINDLERS

The administrator in the person
of Attorney General Wickersham,
made ten-strike when it secured the
confession OF one of the Sugar Trusts
employees who had been convicted Of
weighing frauds, by the device of Civ
ing him full pardon. The prospects
are bright that eventually the men
"higher up" who were, beyond ques.
tion, responsible for the long contin-
ued frauds practiced on the Govern
ment, will be brought to book
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-06-03

In the senate last week the follow
ing amendments to the railroad bill
now before congress were lost. They
were III amendents along progressive
lines and the d feat is victory for
the special interes S:
The Cummins amendment requir-
ing the approval of the commence
commission TO all increases in rail.
road rats before they become effec
tive was voted down by vote of 29
to AZ.
The Mar in amendment requiring
the commission to reach a final de
cision OH increases within six months,
was defeated by a vote of Is to 54.
The amendment of Clark, of Arkan
sas to defer the increased rate until
passed upon hy the commission, but
putting them into effect after six
mouths, pending final decision, was
rejected by vote of 30 to 40.
LaFollette in his speech attacked
the pending bill, saying the roads
could afford to lower rates and assert
ing they were earning so per cent
more than in 1897, while there had
been an increase of only 20 per cent
in wages. He charged the roads with
issuing large blocks of watered stocks
He charged that twelve days in ad,
vance of the attorney generals pre-
sentation of the pending bill, the
same measure. still in typewriting
had been outlined to the house com.
mittee by the railroads attorney. He
declared the enactment of the bill as
originally presented, Notwithstanding
it represented the views Of the presi-
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-06-03

The suspreme court of Nebraska
has ruled that under the law of that
state railroads can not make contracts
to exchange advertising for transport
alton. The newspaper publishers are
not worrying over this, as much as
the railroads, but when all is said and
done, law which forbids a producer
to trade his article for what another
producer has to sell is both unfair and
foolish. Were the test made, it would
hardly stand in the highest court in
the land.-Argus Leader.
As matter of fact the publisher is
ahead of the game under the present
plan because he receives the actual
cash for his advertising and stays at
home more, and consequently gives
more attention to business. However,
there is no more reason why pub
Usher should not trade advertising
for mileage than there is for prohibit
ing a farmer from trading eggs for
sugar or coffee.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-06-03
REASONS WHY GOVERNOR VESSEY
SHOULD BE RE-NOMINATED
AND REELECTED

l. Because he is and always has
been man and citizen of integrity
uprightness and enterprise
2. Because he possesses a poise
and judgment which, coupled with
the other qualities mentioned, enable
him to consider and pass upon cues
tions of public concern with wisdom
and partiality.
3. Because as ci izen and governor
he has sought to build up among the
people deeper love of home and
greater local as we'll as state civic
pride.
4. Because he has always exerted
himself towards buildingu up our young
Commonwealth in the development of
her resources and in inducing immi
grafton and the investment of outside
capital in this state
5. Because, being deeply interest
ed in the farmers movement within
and outside of this State, he has per
formed work in that direction which
has resulted in great good to the State
and justly giving him standing
over large portion of the nation as
one of the foremos: advocates of the
farm as the center of interest and
welfare to the people.
6. Because politically, and wilhelm
the legislature of 1905, he, even though
Rooseveltian Republ canism was in a
minority in that body, stood earnestly
and openly for Progressive Republi-
can legislation, and as one of the lead
ers in those contests with stalwart op
position in 1907 he aided materially
ia enacting the many Legislative acts
standing to he credit of that legisla-
ture, thereby and by the general eff
forts in the upbuilding of the state
making himself, as he proved himself
to be the logical progressive Repub-
lican candidate in 1908 for governor
and because as governor he so effec
lively advocated and aided in the
further Legislation of 1900, which, in
connection with that of 1907, forms
the most complete aud mod IN code
of laws passed by any s'ate in re
deeming and protecting the rights of
the p ople as against the corporate
and trust invasion and control.
Z. Because, while he has consist
emily promoted the growth of the
state and her institutions, he has re-
fused to be baked in his efforts by
the false cry of extravaganza, ,ised
in vain in 1908 and again in the pres
eut campaign by certain stalwaris
bent upon regunlng Office and who,
if reinstat d in power won d re rs alb
lish the reign of po itical hossism and
the rontrJl Of corporate power,
g. B cause, having thus proven bis
fitness TO lead the peoplr along paths
trodden by the mass of the peopl- at
large i'm this greatest crisis uf our
country's political history wherein
popular righ's are pitted against cor
porate power and privilege. he should
be given second term of Office dur.
ing which the same policy may be
continu-d and farther progress made
in the securing of hose rights by the
incoming executive and legislature.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-06-03
TO WHOM MAY CONCERN.

Please take notice that L. the under
signed, as mother aud ing parent {
of Glenn Meeker, do hereby relinquish to
said Glenn Meeker the right of controlling
him and the receiving of his earnings.
and further that will not be responsible
or liable for any claims or Indebtedness of
any kind or nature whatever contracted
by the said Glenn Meeker.
Dated this 1th day of MAY a. ID. 1910.
MRS. LOTTIE MEEKER.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-06-03

fractions at the post of duty never
succeeded in holding Burke, or very
many other congressman, when there
was brilliant prospect of being
tiled loose" to the post of duty for
the next two wears
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-06-03
STATE AND CONGRESSIONAL.
PROGRESSIVE REPUBLICANS WHO HAVE
FILED AS CANDIDATES.

FILED 40 SANlJIDaIESs
Representatives in Congress
THOMAS THORSON
JOHN f. SCHRADER
Governor
X. S. VESSEY
Lieutenant Governor
FRANK NJ. BYRNE
Secretary of State
sc. POLICY
Attorney General
ROYAL {. JOHNSON
State Treasurer
A. w. EWERT
State Auditor
JOHN BIBELHEIMER
Commissioner of School and Public
Lands
+. f. BRINKER
Superintendent of Public Instruction.
G. G. LAWRENCE
Railroad Commissioner
WE. BENEDICT
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-06-03

A VOTE for Sam Elrod at the pri-
maries is a vote for the beginning of
a new Kittredge machine in this state.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-06-03

dent, would be disastrous to the
country"
Taking up the capitalization pro
visions, LaFollette declared that they
have been drawn by the corporation
lawyers in the interest of Wall Street.
He said the public would hold con-
gress responsible for the rate increases
now being promulgated.
But the point we wish to impress
upon the reader is that it is the same
old fight of the special interests
against the people. If you want more
defeat for such amendments, go vote
the stalwart ticket Tuesday and help
start machine whose object will be
the return of Kittredge to the senate.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-06-03

The trials OF the editor of canned
campaign material are many and
nerve racking. Last week the stal
wart papers contained an article COM
plimenting Burke and Martin upon
remaining at their post of duty at
Washington. Notwithstanding their
interests here demanded attention.
The article was from the pen of Editor
Halladay. of the Iroquois Chief, and
was well written, but before the article
could appear in the stalWart papers,
Burke had chewed the string that tied
him to his post of duty and was blk
ing for the Dakota praries. The at
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-09-16
CHAPTER VIII.-Continued.

She felt of the stone. She drew off
her glove and tried to look at it in the
dim light, but couldn't get CLEAN out
of it. She was as impatient for the
lights to go up that she might secret
ly be cheered by it's wonder, as she
had been that afternoon to get back
from the luncheon and make sure it
was still in the drawer. She must
see it in spite of Clara at her right
hand, whose little chiseled profile
might turn upon her at any moment
a full face of inquiry.
She held her left hand low in the
shadow of her chair; and if, as the
lights went up again, there was any
change in the sapphire, it was merely
a sharper brilliance, as if, like an eye,
1t had moods, and this was one of its
moments of excitement. In it's ex-
traordinary luster it seemed to pos
sess a beauty that could not be val
ued; and she wanted to hold it up to
Kerr, TO see if she couldn't startle him
out Of his mood-to see if he wouldn't
respond to it, Eyes, there is more in it
that you can touch"
She turned to him with the daring
fash of timid spirits. 1t was so sharp
a motion that he started instantly
from his reverie to meet it, but his
alacrity was mechanical. She felt
the smile he summoned was slow, as
If he returned, from a long distance
a little painfully to his present sur
roundings.
The intermezzo was playing, and to
speak under the music he leaned so
close his shoulder touched her chair.
Through that narrow space between
them, almost beneath his eyes, she
moved her hand-a gesture so slightly
emphasized as to seem accident. He
had started to speak, but her motion
seemed to stop his tongue. He looked
hard at her hand, and something VIC
lent in his intentness made her clutch
the side of the chair Instantly she
met his look, so fiercely, cruelty chal-
longing, that it took her like blow.
For a moment they looked at each
other, her eyes wide with fright, his
narrowed to a glare under the terrible
intentness of his brows. What had
she done?
She was as shaken as if he had
seized hold of her. If he had snatched
the ring off her finger she wouldn't
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-09-16
CHAPTER TX.
Illumination.

Illumination.
Just when the two ideas had CO.
alesced in her mind Flora couldn't be
sure. 1t had been some time in the
first dark hour that she had spent
wide awake in her bed. There had
been two ideas distinctly. Two i'm
pressions of the evening remained
with her; and the last one, the great
figures that had stared at her from
the paper, the fact that had been Har-
rvs secret, made common now in
round numbers, had for the moment
swallowed up the first.
For all the way home that sum was
kept before her by Clara's talk. She
remembered nothing of that talk eX-
cept that it hadn't been able for a
moment to leave the Chatworth ring
alone. 1t had been aimed at Harry,
but it had fallen to Flora herself to
answer Clara's quick speculations, for
Harry had been obstinately silent,
though not Indifferent, as if in his
own mind he was as unable to leave 1t
alone as Clara. One with silence,
one with her talk, they had written
the figures of the reward so blazingly
in Flora's mind that for the moment
she could see nothing else. Yet now
she was alone her first adventure re-
CURED to her. AS soon as she was
luiet in the dark there came back
with reminiscent terror the look that
Kerr had given her ia the box. She
was afraid of the meaning of his look
which she didn't understand. 1t only
established in her mind a great sig
1ificance for the sapphire, if it could
produce such an expression on a hui
nan face. 1t had given him more
han a mere expression. 1t had given
him an impulse for pursuit, as IT,
ike a magnet, it was fairly dragging
him. He had covered his impulse by
his very frankness, but she knew he
had pursued her-that for the matter
of seeing her again he had hunted her
down. And what had followed? Why
she was back again to the great fig
lres in the paper.
At first It seemed as though she had
taken a clean leap from one subject
% another. She had in no way con
nected them. But all at once they
we're connected. She couldn't sepa-
rate them. She didn't know whether
she had been stupid not to have seen
hem SO before. or whether she was
stupid to see them so now. For the
thought that had sprung up in her
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-09-16
before you go out Had you any idea
the Herricks were in straits?"
s1n,lo ,,oupo uarriclc ~

before you go out Had you any idea
the Herricks were in straits?"
1.-THE young Herricks?"
ooh, no. The old Herricks, the Her
ricks, Mrs. Herrick whom you so
much admire! OF course, one isn't,
told; but they must be, to be willing
to let the old place"
mot the San Mateo placer" said
Flora, with stir of interest.
Clara complacently nodded.
"Why, l shotld love that" Flora
frankly confessed.
WELL" Clara conceded, "at any
rate we know it's genuine, and that's
a consolation. The number of imita-
lions going about and the way people
pick them up is appalling! While
was getting that rug for you at Vigo's
yesterday, Ella Butler came in and
bought three imitation Bokharas with
the greatest enthusiasm. She buys
quantities, and she's always taken in.
1t is enough to make one nervous about
the people one sits next to at dinner
there. One cannot help suspecting
them of being some of Elias bargains.
1 wonder, now, where she picked up
that Kerr"
This finale failed to take Flora off
her guard. "At any rate, he is odd
enough to be genuine" she said with
CLEAN of malice.
"Oh no doubt of that" Clara mildly
assented, "but genuine what?"
"Why, gentleman at large said
Flora, and quickly wanted to recall 1t,
for Clara's glance seemed to give it
double significance. Il mean" she
added, Gust one of those chronic trav-
elers who have nothing else to do,
and whose way must be paved with
letters of introduction. she founder
ed "At least, that was the idea he
gave of himself" She broke off, doub-
ly angry that she had tried to explain
! Kerr and tried to explain herself,
when the circumstances required moth
ing of the sort. She was sure Clara
had not missed her nervousness,
though Clara made no sign. Her eyes
! only travelled second time to Flora's
| hands, as if among the flare OF red
and white jewels she was expecting to
see another color. To Flora's palpi-
tating consciousness this look made a
perfect connection with Clara's next
remark.
"At least his manners are odd
enough! There was a minute last
night when he was really quite start
ling"
Flora felt a small, warm spot OF
color increasing in the middle of each
cheek She drew long breath, as If
to draw in courage. Then Clara had
really seen! That smooth, blindish
look of hers, last night, had seen
everything!
II am afraid he annoyed you,
Flora"
The girl looked into the kindly so
licitude of Clara's face with hard,
almost passionate incredulity.
"These continentals," she went on,
now lightly swaying to and fro in her
chair, have singular notions OF
! American women. They take us for
savages, my dear"
CTO BE CONTINUED)