Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-11-25
DIR. E. E. Giltner, of Redfield
'as the guest of Mrs. V. Kellar Tues


was the guest of Mrs. V. Kellar Tues
day.
%. A. Taylor is repairing and
putting some of his residence proper
ties in fine shape.
John Lawson and family have
finished moving and are now resi-,
dents Of Brookings. The neighbors
and friends are all sorry to lose them
from this locality but join in the hope
that their new home may be as pleas
ant and comfortable as anticipated
Times.
R. Nordland returned the latter
part of last week from a two weeks
trip up into North Dakota and the
eastern part of Montana. After look
ing around he purchased a quarter
section in the Golden Valley, fourteen
miles from Beach, n. D., although
the land is over the line in Montana.
Mr.. Nordland thinks the Golden
Valley is a first class farming section.
w. l.. Clawson, living on the old
S. j. Holman farm, five miles north
and one mile east of De Smet. finds
that circumstances have SO shaped
themselves that it is necessary for
him to move back to the old home in
Illinois. He will therefore offer at
public auction his entire outfit of
farm machinery, horses, cattle, etc.
on Thursday, Dec. lst. Mr.. Clawson
regrets having to move from this sec
ton. He likes this country and be
did wei in a financial way this season.
He has not sold his farm and SAYS he
does not want to sell unless he gets a
good price for it.
There has been considerable com
plant Of late by parties in Mathews
township about the destruction of
rural mail boxes. 1t seems to be the
work of someone who wants to give
vent 10 a little pent up deviiment.
We have not heard that any mail has
been stolen. But whatever the motive,
it is a serious offence in the eyes of
Uncle Samuel. So serious is it con
sidered that the postal laws provide a
fine of 100000 and a Jail sentence
for the party convicted of mOlesting
rural mail boxes. We understand no
formal complaint has been made to
the postmaster by parties owning the
boxes destroyed. IF they should
make such complaint, it is the duty
of the postmaster to report to the de
partment, aud once that is done there
is no stopping of the matter. A
postal Inspector will be put on the
Job, and when that is done the in
spector generally stays until he finds
the right party. Time and money are
no object to the government when it
comes to correcting such matters.
Your Uncle Samuel is particaIa about
his mail system. You can rob him
of millions Of dollars, you can sell
him armor plate for his battle ships
that can he cut like an old cheese,
you can smuggle in contraband goods
to some extent, you can short change
him in tie matter of weighing in
sugar, you can rob him of coal and
timber lands, you can sell him en-
balmed beef and shoddy blankets for
his soldiers, and you can impose up
on him in a hundred different ways,
but you must not monkey with any
receptacle for his mail matter, whether
empty or not. Neither will you be
allowed to interfere in any way with
its transportation. 1t is the u
thing the government regards as
sacred, and it is the one thing in
which the high and low, the rich and
poor are treated alike. With these
few suggestions we let the matter
pass. If the guilty party reads this
item he can draw his own conclusions
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