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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-07-22
tn.nnn Poles Celebrate.

South Bend. July 19.-Ten thousand
Polish residents of South Bend Chi
cago and several northern Indiana
cities celebrated the 5OOth anniversary
of the battle Of Gruenwald, Poland
when King Vlardislaus Jagielo won a
victory Of the Teutonic Knights OF the
Cross. The celebration. held in the
Polish section OF South Bend, was fea'
tured by addresses OF Mayor Charles
L. Goetz. Judge G. A. Farabaugh, Rev
Valentine Czyewke and other priests
of the congregation Of the Polish
church. A big parade took place.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-07-22
Diane tor Good Roads Meeting.

Elkhart. July Ex-Governor Mar
shall has been invited to be one OF the
speakers at good roads meeting 70
be held here on July 30 one OF the
features will be an address by NJ. Q
Eldridge. lecturer for the good roads
division of the department of agricul
ture. The occasion will be the meet
ing OF the Northern Indiana COCO
Roads association, which has member
in IA counties. The sessions VIII b
presided over by Aaron Jones Q
South Bend, chairman Of the commit
tee on permanent organization, az
pointed at the preliminary meetin
OF the association at South Bend se'
eral weeks ago.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-07-22
nses Ewes: Asks s25. 900.

Portland. July l9.-Raymond Wal
ker OF Ridgeville. whose eyes were
nut out several months ago by pre-
mature explosion OF dynamite while
making a blast at the Armfield and
Cartwright stone quarry at Ridge
Vile. has brought suit against the
company. demanding damages OF s2o''
600. Walker alleges that while he was
preparing to make a shot, as directed
by his employers, careless and IN
experienced foreigner. working neal
by exploded a charge before he was
able to escape.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-07-22
moman Commits suicide.

New Albany. July 2O--Mrs. Jose
phine OFT. age thirty -four. wife OF VIII
liam OFT. committed suicide at her
home in I.anesvile. ten miles west OF
this city. by swallowing strychnino
After preparing supper she retired t.
her room and was found In an uncon
sclous condition by her husband. She
died an hour later. Dependency ovei
I'll health Is attributed as the cause
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-07-22
Murder Theory Advanced.

Laporte. July 19.-The body OF the
man who fell or was thrown from a
lake shore train was identified az
that Of C. y LANCE Of Rolling Prairie
Since nothing Of value was found on
his person the theory of murder has
been advanced.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-07-22
western Banker Arrested.

Portland. ore. July 2O.-W. d. Out
man. treasurer OF w. p. McMonies d
Co. Of this city. was arrested here on
a charge OF receiving money. knowing
a BANK TO be insolyent
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-07-22
VIII Dedicate Monument.

The anniversary OF the battle OF An
tietam, September IL. has been Sc
lected as the date for the dedication
OF the Indiana monument at Antietam.
the erection OF which has been in
charge OF the Antietam National Park
commission. A large number OF the
delegation for this city which will
attend the monument dedication are
preparing to go on to Atlantic City TO
attend the national encampment OF
the @. A. r., which meets Monday
September 10. and continues until
Septemt<r ~.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-07-22

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Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-01-07
SOUTH DAKoTA's 1909 CROP

The year 1909 will be the greatest
agriculture! year the state of South
Dakota has ever known, according to
figures made public recently. The
value of the wheat, corn, oats, barley
rye, fax, potatoes and hay is estimat-
ed at $1l4.622,0O0. A good growing
season, fine harvesting weather and
the many thousands of acres of virgin
soil that have been put under cult.
vation are responsible for the tremen-
dous yield, and South Dakota is rap
idly coming to the front as one of the
greatest of the diversified crop grow.
ing states in the union.
The final report Of the department
of agriculture, from which thase fig.
ures are taken, is the summing up Of
the many that have preceded it dur
ing the year. 1t gives the produc-
tion in detail, also the farm value
price. From tive learn that Of wheat
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-01-07
FAKE AGENT IN JAIL

Pierre Dakotan: Herbert Gregory
Examiner for the Insurance Depart
ment, was in the city yesterday. He
had just returned from Alexandria
where he was instrumental. through
the aid of the states attorney of Han
son county, in having bound over to
the circuit court T.. M. McCallum
who has solicited insurance in that
county without certificate of author.
ity from the department, and for a
company not licensed to do business
in South Dakota. The defendant
was bound over on one count, but
there are dozen or more similar
charges to be brought against him
When Mr.. Gregory left Alexandria
McCallum had failed to secure bonds
and was locked up in the county Jail.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-01-07
CANNON WILL SEE THE LIGHT

Speaker Cannon is represented as
denying that he has any intention of
retiring from public life, so long as his
constituents desire him to serve them.
There are constituents and constitu-
ents Does Mr.. Cannon refer to those
patient voters of the Danville district,
who send him back to Washington
with such regularity, or to constitu
ents like Mr.. Littauer, whose glove
schedule he fought SO manfully for?
1t may be that Mr.. Cannon will be
reelected to the next Congress, In
fact he probably cannot be beaten in
his old district, if be decides to run.
But if he should decide to return to
Congress he will be preparing for him
self the bitterest experience of his
whole career. For it is as certain as
anything political can be that Mr.,
Cannon can never again be elected
Speaker of the House. 1t is certai n
that unless he sees the handwriting on
the wall and withdraws in advance,
Cannonism will be the ruling issue in
the republican primaries. In districts
all over the West, and in many dis
tricts in the East, the successful can
didate will be he who pledges himself
against Cannon. In other districts,
West and East, where friends of Can
non are nominated, the election will
60 to the Democratic candidates for
that very reason.
In short, the mere candidacy of
Joseph G. Cannon for the Speakership
of the next House imperils Republican
success, and makes the menace of a
Democratic House one to be feared,
Herein lies the reason why Cannon
will be forced at the proper moment
to announce his own retirement. His
best friends will be the men who will
bring him to see the light. His posi-
ton in the house after being defeated
for the Speakership would be intoler-
ably difficult, unless, indeed, it was a
Democratic House. There is little
left that dethroned king may take
with dignity but exile.
Mr.. Cannon will consult his own
comfort and dignity. as well as the
interests of the Republican party, by
retiring completely from public life,
while honors are still thick upon him.
Minneapolis Journal.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-01-07
OIL LANDS WITHDRAWN

The Outlook. Last week, by the
authority of the president, there were
Withdrawn from entry and sale more
than 100000 acres of public petrol
cum land in California, Wyoming,
Utah and Oregon. The government is
the largest owner of oil lands 1t is
likely to be the greatest consumer. 1t
may surprise some to learn that the
six largest battleships in commission
or under construction in the American
navy are equipped for either oil or
coal consumption, and that the four
teen largest destroyers use oil exclu-
sively. In his recently published an
ual report Mr., Ballinger, secretary of
the interior, had called attention to
the Importance of asking congress to
authorize the executive to return Ger
tain areas of these lands for the pur.
pose of affording supply of fuel oil
for the future use of the navy, and
to make necessary regulations for the
preservation and extraction of such
deposits for the entry of oil and gas
lands other than the general mining
laws Of the United States, which are
not adaptable to the disposition of
lands containing mineral oils and gas.
At present public oil lands have to be
entered under law framed primarily
to provide for placer mining entries.
Hence radical revision of the Am
erican mining laws is necessary. Anti
cipating that congress will meet this
evident need, the secretary of the in
terror has withdrawn from all forms
of entry all vacant public lands desig-
mated by the geological survey as
probably containing oil and gas. tits
interesting to note that the leasing
system for the disposal of oil on gov
ernment land is advocated, the gov.
ernment to dispose of the oil as. a
commodity, and not in terms of acres,
like coal or other minerals occupying
| fixed places.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-01-07
COLD WEATHER PROBABLE

In excayating yesterday for an ash
pit we noticed that the toad had gone
down half mile. This means a
cold winter. A mangey squirrel fam
lily that makes its nest in Hoaglin's s
grove not only laid in pound Of
walnuts for winter, but collected from
the railroad tracks under the hill a
keg Of steel nuts that were being
used on the tracks and on the cars,
A correspondent in Iowa wires that
the corn husks are lined with, some
thing that resembles muskrat fur.
The beavers at Beaver Dam, Wis,
stole ten rolls Of tar building paper
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-01-07
STALWARTS NOT UNITED

A dispatch from Watertown states
that the stalwart conference planned
TO be held in that city January 6,
originated in Sioux Falls, the notices
being sent out by Irving I'll. Jones, OF
that city, close friend of ex-senator
Kittredge and recently under charges
of irregularity in money matters and
freed through demurrer argued by
Kittredge. Doubt is expressed of
his ability to take the lead and secure
a representative attendance of stall
warts for the occasion as there is little
disposition to follow in the wake of
his leadership, and it also develops
that there are two factions in the
camp of the stalwarts, one of which
is only lukewarm on the proposition
Iof making statewide fight primary
in the interests of the ex-senator.
With the committed champions of
Kittredge, the thought is prominent
that Ex-Governor Elrod will be asked
to make another race for governor
while the more conservative members
of the faction express doubt as to his
real strength among the voters.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-01-07

there were grown 47,588,000 bushels
valued at $42, ,829, 900; corn 65,27O,OO(
bushels. worth $33,635, 900; oats g.
100000 bushels, worth $4,000; flax
6,640,000 bushels worth $8,5l6,000
potatoes 100000 bushels, worth ST..
$4,000; hay $4,000 ton, worth &,.
100000
The most surprising and pleasing
thing about the report given out by
the experts at Washington is the
rapid increase in the corn figures for
the state. Both in number of bush
els and price, the total for this one
product far exceeds anything before
reported and that South Dakota will
be recognized as one of the corn grow
ing states is evident from the con
spicuous place given to this item in
she report just issued.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-01-07

The postoffice general complains
of $17,O0000, deficit in the postal
department last year. He attributes
tais deficit to the low rate of one cent
per pound on newspapers and peridic-
ais, and to the rural delivery. Just
why the rural delivery should be
charged with large part of the de-
ficit and the city delivery system not
be included for a share we do not
understand. There is no good reason
why letter should be posted at De
Smet, carried to Minneapolis or any
city in the country and delivered by
carrier when letter is carried
from any city to De Smet for two
cents and only placed in rented box
in the postoffice. The city delivery
is an extra service for which no charge
is made just as much as is the rural
delivery. After determining the pro-
portion OF the deficit due to rural and
city delivery, the portion due to the
too low rate on newspapers and per-
iodicals should be overcome By an
advance in the rates sufficient to meet
that portion of the deficit But to
place the whole thing on rural deliv-
cry and periodicals is not right. A
readjustment of the rates for railroad
transportation of mails to a just and
fair basis might help some.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-01-07

The only other cases in our city ar /,
Amos Oppedahl and Vena Baileg.
Both have had the disease in mild
form, none of the other members Of
the family have come down with II,
they are able to sit up and the homes
of Nels Oppehahl and DR.. N. i.
Bailey will soon be released from
quarantine. The doctors believe that
the spread of the disease has been
stopped. In other words there hav
been no new cases this week, and
snly three have the disease in our
city and all three are we'll on th
road to recovery. DIR. Bailey was
quarantined out of mis- horae to be
able to attend to his practice. Times
The voters of the town of Iro-
quois turned down the proposition to
incorporate as city.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-01-07

If Washington dispatches are rt :
liable President Taft will endeavor to
secure national Legislation for the
purpose of eliminating options, or
dealing in futures, from our present
industrial system. For several years
"options" have afforded a subject for
considerable talk and some grand
stand play before the public. 1t hard
ly seems reasonable that the president
would give such proposition serious
consideration, but we suppose he is
human and liable to bite on good
brick some time in his life the same
as other men. There are some mis-
guided individuals who have thought
options afforded short cut tS wealth
and who have gone into the buSiness
to their loss. Immediately they
brand options as the one great sin.
If a man has legitimate use for OPP
tions it is proper that he should deal
in them, but if he thinks it a short
road to wealth, he should let them
alone. The grain options, in particu.
lar, are a necessity to the trade. With
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-01-07

IT is said that the beginning of the
year will see an attemp to push leg
islation for a ship subsidy. just
what form of bill will be offered is
not known. But any form of bill
that lets the ship owners into the
treasury for few millions each year
will be satisfactory to the ship overs
and the democratic party. The ship
owners will be satisfied because they
want the money, and the democrats
will be satisfied for it will give them
another we'll founded complaint upon
which to go before the people and
ask support. What difference does
it make to the grain producer wheth-
er his grain rides to Europe on an
American or foreign bottom. and
what difference does it make whether
imports are brought into this country
to compete with home labor by home
or foreign ships' And it is the pro
ducer thousand miles from the sea
who is the greatest consumer, and
therefore the greatest taxpayer, who
must pay the major portion of the
ship subsidy, if one is granted. AL
ready it has been found necessary to
raise more money, and an incorpora.
tion tax has been established for that
purpose; the consumers pay the tax,
and the producer will pay the great.
est part of it because he is the great
est patron of the corporations, the
producing class is the consuming
class, always. If ships do not pay
American capital at the present time
let the capital find other investment.
Not many years ago farming did not
not. There was no talk of giving the
farmers subsidy probably because
the farmer could not then pay the
tax that is required to pay subsidies.
There is not one honest argument in
favor of such graft, and we hope
that no representative of South Da-
kota in our national legislature will
be guilty of voting for, or supporting
in any way, such an unjust measure.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-01-07
ALASKA COAL

The public will better understand
the Importance of keeping the Alaska
coal lands in the hands of the gov
ernment when it is more generally
known that coal for the United States
war vessels in the Pacific is shipped
to depots in California and Washing
ton by rail rail asHe. and d great aoa! OF i: mus:
then be transferred by water to sup
ply the stations at Honolulu and in
the Philippines, Naval engineers
agree that there are no Goals on the
Pacific coast entirely suitable for nav
al purposes except in Alaska. In Alas
ka the geological survey has found ex-
tensive deposits of coal of very high
grade, in one place a seam thirty
three feet in thickness being encoun-
tered.
When it is considered that the gov
ernment may mine coal in Alaska and
supply its fleet directly at much less
cost than is entailed by shipping it
across the United States, the value Of
the coal deposits in Alaska may be
realized. These coal deposits may be
leased by the government to private
companies who will mine il and furn-
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-01-07

We know from floating remarks
that there will be all kinds of reports
about the diphtheria scare in Lake
Preston. The facts in full are as fol-
lows: There are no new cases in the
g. |. Olston family. The home was
fumigated last Saturday and the fam
lily will be formally released from
quarantine within day or two.
Grace Look has recovered from the
disease and the o. G. Look home will
be released within two or three days
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-01-07

out this method of protection it would
be impossible to operate the business
safely and successfully. Practically
all of the grain options are used in a
legitimate manner An option in the
grain trade is simply contract for
the delivery of a stipulated amount
of grain at a certain price, at a Ger
tain time. The large elevator COM
panies sell them to protect against
the grain received from the farmer
and placed in store; the smaller ele-
vators sell the grain to arrive and the
purchaser protects himself by options,
and the mills sell millions of options
to protect the wheat and -four in
store. Without such a system the
price paid to the producer would be
lowered sufficient amount to protect
the handler of the grain from the
time of purchase until it reached the
consumer. The producer of the grain
will suffer the loss should options be
eliminated from the present system.
The producer may be sure that the
price to him will be enough less to
afford the purchaser ample protection
and an additional profit for the addi-
tional risk.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-01-07

ish it to the feet, and for consump-
ton at Pacific coast points. Under a
proper conservation policy, the gov
ernment will receive revenue from
the lease Of these coal mines and a
per cent of the value of the coal taken
out. 1t will also control the output
in the case of war or other conting-
ency and will be assured of supply
for the Pacific feet at all times.
This arrangement as to private op-
Grafton can be made under the provi-
sions of the bill introduced in Decem-
ber by Senator Crawford, and which
thoroughly safeguards the interests Of
the government and the people. 1t is
essential that there be strong moral
support from the country for the con-
gressmen who are pushing the policies
of conservation. Whatever may be
the outcome of the Ballinger investi-
SdIiOu buSIc SuOulu DS uO E6IdAdtiUu
in the efforts to prevent the valuable
natural deposits of coal from absorb
tion by private interests. Only strong
legislation will prevent abuses of this
character and it is better that any
error that may be made, be on the side
of over-zeal than along the lines
which have resulted in so much valu-
able coal land passing forever out of
the coutrol of the government.
The danger to the conservation
movement is the desire of the newer
sections of the country to build up
rapidly, and therefore any incoming
capital is welcomed. Any measure
which might tend to delay such de-
velopment may be opposed in the
section which would b. affected there
by. The conservation policy must be
broad one and all classes should
unite to enforce measures for the good
of all.-Sioux Falls Press
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-01-07

from wholesale house to line their
huts with, and the steel works at
Duluth bought up large quantities of
iron, left it out over night and secur-
ed splendid quality of chilled steel
for plows, etc. This indicates some
winter ahead "A. j. r in Minneapo-
lis Journal.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-01-07

The postmaster general will make
up that postal.defcit by the advance
in rates of box rents recently put in
to effect. The boxes in thepost Office
at De Smet have been increased in
rates from 20 cents to 60 cents per
year. according to size, above the for
The Green Forest tribune., 1910-06-17
A Sad Accident.

AS result of an explosion of can of blasting powder at Zack last Friday afternoon a young son of Perry Hens ley and young son of Presley Hens ley lost their lives, and two other young sons of Perry Hensley were seriously injured The boys had gotten hold of a can of the powder, and pour ed out some of it in little piles and touched it off, and it spread to the can setting near by, the explosion burning them all terribly. Two of the young boys lived but a short time. Their re- mains were brought to Marshall Satur- day and were inferred in the Marshall cemetery. The other two young sons of Perry Hensley are yet in a critical condition from the burns received. It is indeed very sad affair, and the parents have the sympathy of the whole community in this their hour o1 grief. Marshall Wave.
The Green Forest tribune., 1910-06-17
The Douglass Library.

The Douglass Library Society has recently added twenty new books to the library which makes a total of eighty volumes. Following is partial list:
 Carpenters Geographical Readers; Algier Series for Boys; American h. dustries; Four American Inventors; Four American Pioneers; Waste Not Want Not Stories; Hoosier School master; Stories from American His tory; Fifty Famous Stories Retold; Persimmons; Black Beauty; Bonny Prince; True to the Old Flag; Ducks; Life of Lafayette; Life of Paul Jones; Life of Daniel Boon; Life of David Crockett; Lewis and Clarke's Expedi- tion; With Lee in Virginia; With Wolfe in Canada; A Young Mans Problems.
 At least eighty per cent of the books are suitable for and were bought especially for the school children of the district, grades 1st to 8th.
 Can our children spend their leisure moments in more profitable way than reading good books? No, then it is our duty to encourage them in this work. ONE INTERESTED.