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Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-06-09

Already orders are coming in for
delivery later in the season.
Miss Madge Cornwell, of Water
town, was a guest of the G. L. Dawley
home Saturday.
j. L. VanHook returned Monday
from a visit of several weeks at differ.
ent points in Montana.
Mrs. VIM. McCaskell went to
Parker, this state, Friday for a visit
to friends and relatives.
Rev. A. HI. Seymour and family
went to Carthage Saturday to visit
friends Sunday and Monday.
Henry Schrader, living out east
of the city was in town Saturday with
his new Buick auto. Henry has a
fine machine and we hope be and
family will enjoy it.
The ladies of the Catholic society
will serve a dinner at the building
next north of the Germania State
Bank, Saturday, June 10th. Dinner
will begin at IL o'clock.
The graduating class of the Lake
Preston high school put on their class
play "Anne of Old Salem" at the
opera house in this city Tuesday
evening. The crowd in attendance
was not large. The young people put
the play on in good shape.
d. W. Wilmarth went to St. Paul
Tuesday to attend a meeting of the
Tri- State Postmaster's Assn, compris
ing the two Ddkotas and Minnesota.
The postal department granted a six
days leave of absence to all post.
masters who desired to attend.
The members of the Eastern Star
enjoyed a picnic supper Saturday
evening in the Arson Wright grove
south of town. 1t was held in honor
of Miss Sophie Hieby, a member of
the chapter who was about to termin-
ate her residence in this city. Miss
Hieby will visit at Sioux City and
Seattle for a time.
The graduating exercises Of the
De Smet high school were held at the
opera house Friday evening, June
End, as per program printed in a re-
cent issue of this paper. The orations
by the young ladies were all good.
| The instrumental and vocal music
added much to the pleasure OF the
evening. The opera house was filled
to OVERLOOKING by those interested in
the class and school.
A number of cases of small pox
are reported in the country north of
Badger. The two Stordahl families
and Gada family were quarantined
Tuesday, May 30, by DR.. N. X. Hop
kins, vice president of the Kingsbury
county board of health. There are
four cases in the Ole Stordahl family
and one case 10 the other Stordahl
family and three 10 the Gada family,
all among the children. Arlington
Sun.
Sinai was visited by a small cy-
clone Friday evening MAY 26) about
eight o'clock. Several small build
ings were blown down and the floor
of the building which is being erected
for a postofice and telephone office
was carried over two buildings and
dashed against the hotel with such
force that a 2x4 and a 2x6 were driven
through the side of the hotel. One
of the plate glass windows to Matt
Elgie's drug store was blown in and
considerable damage done around
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-06-09
THE INDEPENDENT.
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY.


Miss Hattie Porter, of Chicago, is
a guest at the Bert Shearer home.
"A large number of our people at
tended the gala day at Carthage
Wednesday.
John Hasche this week purchased
a large Imperial touring car from
Robinson Co.
Miss Kate O'Hora went to Elkton
Saturday for a visit with the James
O'Hora family.
Miss Nellie Squires came up
from Madison Sunday TO work in
Ely's confectionery store.
Owen Gallagher, of Mathews
township, is improving his house by
the building of a large addition.
Attorney W. H. Warren was at
Lake Preston Saturday representing
a client in a justice court case tried be-
fore a jury.
The Evangelical Ladies will
serve dinner and supper June 10th.
Dinner will be ready at ii a. m. and
and supper at 5 p. NJ, price 35c.
MIR. and Mrs. Robert Sherman, of
Rockford, ILL.,, arrived Thursday of
last week for a visit with the Bert
Shearer family. The two ladies are
sisters.
Sam and Ray Rounseville arrived
Saturday from Mankato for the
summer vacation. The boys have
been attending the business college
in that city.
Arlington is this week in the
midst Of a religious revival conduct
ed BY one j. V. Coombs, an expert.
1t is rather soon after the Lowry
movement as the professional revival
lists usually pass up town Tor four
or five years after a campaign of that
kind.
William, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Thos. Gallagher, former residents OF
Mathews township, but now living
south of Highmore, was married to
Miss Della Dirksen, Wednesday, May
31st. The bride was also a former
resident of this county. Mr.. and
Mrs. Z. A. Denevan, of this city, at
tended the wedding.
Remember that tomorrow June
10th, is the great day in De Snet, the
biggest event to be pulled Oft in this
part of the state this year. League
base ball, street vaudeville perform
ances, horse races, and three open air
concerts by the famous Fourth Regi-
ment Band, of WATERFOWL. constitute
a program the quality OF which VIII
not be equaled by any town in this
part OF the state for a. ote day cele'
bration this year.
j. b. McAllister, of Manchester
vicinity, was in the city Monday for
the first time since before seeding.
Mr.. McAllister is one of the prom
inent raisers of fuliblood swine In
this county. From last seasons crop
of pigs he sold animals for breeding
purposes to the amount OF an even
100000 and at that could not supply
the demand for bis strain Of stock.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-06-09

town and in the country.-Volga
Tribune.
Several autos carrying boosters
for De Smet and Old Settlers Day
took in the celebration at Carthage.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. E. Swanson and
their twin babies were guests at the
j. O. Purintun home Saturday after.
noon. They came up by auto and re-
turned to Lake Preston on the even.
ing train.
Thursday of last week there was
filed in the Office of register of deeds
of this county a mortgage for
$1,000 10000 given by the Great
Northern railroad to the Bankers
Trust Co., of New York city. The
mortgage covers the entire Great
Northern system, track, road bed,
rolling stock, and terminal properties.
1t runs for fifty years and bears in
terest at 5 per cent, payable semi
annually, making an interest charge
of $30,000,O0O.00 per year. The
mortgage is printed in pamphlet
form and must be recorded in every
county where property covered by the
mortgage is located.
Prof. Walter S. Thornber, a
raduate of the State College at
Bookings, who has been head of the
horticultural department at the Wash
ington State College for some years,
has resigned his position to &C.
cept a $1,000 position as horti
culturalist for the Lewiston Land and
Water Company. The position
carries with it the right to con-
tinue private practice and work in
experimental Horticulture. The Head
light is inclined to think that this
South Dakota boys success is entitled
to as much publicity as if he had
achieved it in pitching baseball in one
Of the big leagues.-Big Stone Head
light.
Prof. Thornber was a K~ingsbury
county boy and our people are proud
of his success.
This locality vas treated to a
novel experience Friday, June End, at
4:35 p. m. when two distinct earth
quake shocks were felt. The first
shock caused a vibration not much
greater than that sometimes made by
a heavy railroad train at high speed
The second followed so closely as to
make it seem almost one continuous
performance, but the vibrations were
much stronger. Stove lids ratified,
dishes danced in the cupboards, and
gas fixtures ratified loudly. Buildings
were shaken quite perceptibly and
caused many nervous persons quite
a fright. Some who happened to be
riding in buggies or autos reported
that no vibrations were felt, but very
few inside buildings failed to notice
it. So far as we know that is the first
shock we felt in this section. Light
shocks have been noted in the extreme
southeastern part of the state in
times past but we have no knowledge
of a shock being felt so far north as
this at any time prior to Friday. 1t
is not a pleasant senation that is pro-
duced by an earthquake, however
slight the vibrations, and our people
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-06-09

H. z. Sturgeon and family came
down from Blunt the first of the week
and will take up their residence in
this city, occupying the Bennett
house on Second street.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-06-09

held Monday and burial made in the
Lutheran cemetery three miles east
of Erwin. The bereaved have the
heartfelt sympathy of their many
friends and acquaintance.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-06-09
Church Services
METHo oSsT

Preaching 1O:45 "a. m.
Preaching 500 p. m,
Sunday School IL: 90 noon.
Epworth League
Juniors 300 p. M.
Senior 700 p. m.
Prayer meeting Thursday 1880 d. M.
You are cordially invited.
F. RAWLINSON. Pastor.
The Parker post., 1911-09-02
WILL CALL ELECTION
WITHIN FEW DAYS
President Taft's Proclamation Re-
ceived BY Governor, Who Will Call
First State Election as Soon as Le-
gal Questions Involved Are Settled

Governor Sloan Monday morning
received by registered letter the Off
cial proclamation from President
Taft announcing that Arizona and
New Mexico had been admitted to
statehood on August 21 by joint reso-
luton passed by the house and SEN
ate The presidential proclamation
must be followed by an election proc
lamation by the governor within thir-
ty days.
According to the Phoenix papers
Governor Sloan stated that the cleo
ton proclamation would be issued
just as soon as he could look into the
legal questions involved so that he
could issue the proclamation accord
ingly. There has been raised a legal
question as to whether Ordinance No.
2, passed by the constitutional con-
vention is to govern the first state
election, or whether the election is
to be held under the law which gov
erned the last territorial election
Just as soon as that point is settled
clearly in the governors mind the
proclamation will be forthcoming
The proclamation was signed in the
handwriting of the president, and by
Huntington Wilson, the acting secre-
tary of state The certificate is sign
ed by Secretary Knox and his chief
clerk, William McNeir
1t is believed Arizona will have an
opportunity to express it's choice for
the two senators to be elected
at the first session of the legislature
in spite of the fact that the Smith
Flood resolution makes no provision
to this effect.
By saving Election Ordinance No
2, under which the first state election
will be held, the congress and the
president have placed the stamp of ap-
proval on the advisory vote for Uni
ted States senators.
The Parker post., 1911-09-02
GOOD PLACER GROUND.

Geo. l.. Owens, John Roberts, Viii
liam MCGEE and five others have tax.
en- up eight placer claims on the Ari
IONA side of the Colorado river, across
from Chemehueuis valley, about 4(
miles northeast of Parker. Owens
and MCGEE arrived from that section
early the past week and as a result
of prospecting the claims brought
back a small bottle partly filled with
gold taken from two pans of dirt
These claims are said to have been
located and worked about eighteen
years ago by German, who in three
weeks panned out $500 worth of mug.
gets. Soon after their location the
German was injured while shooting
fish in the river with dynamite. His
leg was blown off and he later devel-
oped blood poisoning, from which
he died. Since that time the placer
claims have not been worked. The
new owners, it is understood, will de-
velop the property the coming fall
and winter
The Parker post., 1911-09-02
COLONISTS COMING.

On the heels of the passage of tn
bill admitting Arizona to the union
which assures an unprecedented rusl
of travel to the new state, comes an
announcement by the Southern Pacif
lc company of lower cOlOniSt rate
from eastern points than ever have
been made before.
Colonist tickets will be on sale
throughout the east every day from
September Is to October Is. 1t is ex
pected that a flood of homeseeker:
will be pouring into Arizona, Califor
MIA and New Mexico by September
20. Because of their admittance to
statehood, Arizona and New Mexico
are sure to receive a greater percent
age of homeseekers than ever before
fore.
The Parker post., 1911-09-02
HIGH GRADE GOLD.

The Prescott National bank receiv.
ed from a placer miner in Black Can
nuggets which were valued at nearly
500 an ounce, or practically as pure
standard gold, says a Prescott pa
per. This is said to be the highest
grade that has ever been mined in the
county, but is characteristic of the
said to be the next in rank in produc-
ton of high grade gold which runs
on an average to over SIS per ounce.
The Parker post., 1911-09-02
CANDIDATES SCARCE HERE.

Ever since the passage of the state
hood resolution local politicians have
been busy speculating and searching
for a candidate to represent northern
Yuma county in the coming legislat-
ure Owing to required state legisla-
tion necessary for the opening of the
reservation lands the citizens here
feel that a representative to the legis'
lature from Parker is essential to in
sure the best results. After canvass
ing the situation the past week sew
eral democrats decided to wire T. M.
brennan, who is now in Los Angeles,
asking whether he would be a candi-
date for the office. Yesterday Mr..
brennan replied, saying in part:
Replying to your telegram of to-
day | have to state that on account
of new legislation that will necessarily
have to be enacted by the coming
The Parker post., 1911-09-02
TWO PER CENT DOPE DREAM

There were so many drunken In
dial on the Parker reservation that
Supt Babcock of the Colorado Indian
reservation confi5catad fiv e barrels
of near beer that were being freight
ed to Parker and ordered their con-
tents to be broken on the desert
The Indians would go into Parker and
get the liquor and then go home and
stir up IL riot, so the government il
taking hand in t.''-Wickenbure
Miner.
The above excerpt from the Wick
enbu"g Miner is the worst slam on
near beer" that has come under oul
observation. While a d1inker of the
stuff may be driven to rioting and
Oother fool things we can trutaiCll:' as
sert that the Parker Indians are not
addicted to the per cent dope. Sc
far as known here they have never
tasted it, and as for kicking up a
fuss the editor of the Miner was GER,
tainly misinformed, for the MohavCs
are peaceful, never get drunk ard
there has not been a case of rioting
among them since the town was estab.
lished While Superintendent Bah
cock did confiscate a shipment OF
near beer under the belief that ii
was illegal to transport it into thG
town across the reservation he diC'
not have it broken on the desert
above stated. He later returned the
these facts have been published in
The Post, and We cannot understand
how the Miner secured it's erroneous
information.
The Parker post., 1911-09-02
TRANSFERRED TO COLUMBIA.

A post card from Rev. J. e. Crutch
field of Phoenix, Presiding Elder OF
Arizona district, Los Angeles Confer
ence, announces his transfer and elec
tion to the presidency of Columbia
College, Milton, Ore. The Rev Mr.
Crutchfield will pass through Parker
Tuesday night, September 5, enroute
to his new field of labor. Rev
Crutchfield (of Arizona constitutional
convention fame) has ever been re-
garded as one of the strongest men in
Los Angeles conference, Far-sighted
conservative, and wise in counsel
and it is with genuine regret that we
submit to the powers that be and say
goodbye to him, but he will have the
God-speed of every member of his
conference. He will return the week
before the conference meets near the
end of October, and will give the week
to rounding up the work of the pre-.
siding eldership
The Parker post., 1911-09-02
ARIZONA POSTOFFicES.

During the month of July two new
pOStofficeS were established in Ari
zona, the names of two offices were
changed and one office was discontin
ued The net increase therefore is
one postoffice. The two new ones
are Alamo in Yuma county and York
in Greenlee county. The office dis.
continued was Cedar in Mohave coun.
ty, mail for that office now being sent
to Yucca. Cottonia in Mohave county
was changed to Lincolnia and Oliato
in Navajo county was changed to
Kayenta.
The Parker post., 1911-09-02
SCHEME TO SETTLE
CONTROL OF RIVER
Imperial Valley Citizens Urge Gov
ernment Officials to Purchase Strip
of Land From Mexico Along Inter.
national Boundary.

There is a plan for the purchase of
boundary of California, extending
from Arizona to the Cocopah noun
tain range, and including the entire
territory occupied by the Mexican
portion of the Imperial canal system,
according to press dispatch from Ell
Centro
This move has for it's sponsor the
executive committee in charge of the
formation of the Imperial irrigation
district. The people of Imperial val
ley, July II, voted by an overwhelm-
ing majority to form into one dis
trict, under the state laws, all the
land that is at present irrigated or
under the present canal system of
the Imperial valley.
This district includes more than
100000 acres of the richest lands in
the southwest and produces crops ev-
cry month in the year. Imperial val
Colorado river The water is carried
in canals that run from the intake
southerly into Mexico and then turn
northwesterly into the United States,
where they are spread out through
the fertile Imperial valley ranches
The latest movement is to acquire
from the Mexican government suffi-
cient land to forever settle the inter-
national question arising from the con
trol of the Colorado river and the pas
sage of the irrigation waters through
foreign territory.
Senator Works has promised tho
executive committee of the Imperial
irrigation district project to take up
this matter and urge it upon officials
at Washington. The committee has
prepared petition and map showing
just what territory is desired from
Mexico and it is Sanguine of success.
Within the territory of this pro-
posed annexation or purchase are in
cluded the main canal of the Imperial
system, the greater part of the levees
constructed from the Colorado river
to the Black Buttes and Volcano lake,
and which serve the purpose of turn
ing the Colorado's flood waters south
erly toward the Gulf Of California,
and it would also include the entire
line of the Inter-California railroad,
a Southern Pacific road running from
MeXicai to Andrade, both towns
being located on the International
boundaries, but the road making a
sweep down into the rich lands of the
California-Mexico Land and Cattle
company and the Cudahy ranches,
covering thousands of acres.
Senator Works has sent to Pres-
dent Taft the petition from the I'm
perial valley folk and a letter eX
planning the project.
The Parker post., 1911-09-02
FELL OUT OF CAR WINDOW.

Fifty Russian families passed
through Parker on Thursday morning
east-bound passenger train en- route
to Glendale, Ariz. In the party were
about 200 former subjects of the czar
who have decided to make their homes
in the Salt River valley.
The Russians occupied a special car
and as the train was pulling out Of
Grommitt, a siding on the Parker cut
off, where the east and west-bound
passengers meet, a Russian girl, aged
about IL years, fell out of a car win
dow while in the act of leaning out
ward. She was not missed until the
train was pulling into Videl, when the
Russians became greatly excited over
her disappearance. The train waE
backed solwly until within a short
distance of Grommitt, where the girl
was found lying near the track. She
suffered only slight injuries, the worst
of which was broken arm.
The train was going at slow speed
when the girl took a header and but
for this fact she would have proba-
bly, been killed. About one hour and
fifteen minutes were taken to back
the train, while all of the passengers
had their heads out of the windows
on either side on the lookout for the
missing girl. The train arrived in
Parker one and a half hours late
The Parker post., 1911-09-02
FOREIGN BANKERS
MAY BUY CLARA
Reported That George MitchelI's Trip
to Europe Is For the Purpose of
Closing Deal Aggregating $1,000 900
For Swansea Properties.

Paris and Brussels bankers have
taken an option on the holdings of
the Clara Consolidated Mining com
pany at Swansea, and if the deal is
completed it will be at a price ap-
proximating $6,O0O,OOO. Geo. Mitchell,
president of the concern, is now on
his way to Europe to complete nego-
tiations
The Los Angeles Tribune is author
ity for the foregoing statement, and
from reports that reached here from
Swansea the past week considerable
credence is given to the report at
that place! A few years ago Mitch
ell consolidated a number of proper
ties into what is now known as the
Clara Consolidated Gold e Copper
Mining company. The property has
been developed to a coniderable ex-
tent by 60 2ital ecured from Frene :
syndicate.
About $4,000, 900 have been expend-
ed, a railroad Of about twenty miles
having been built to the mines from
Bouse, on the A. & C.. In addition
the smelter equipment cost about
$25O,OOO.
There is quite a large force en-
ployed en- the property which Mitch
ell has always insisted was to prove a
big producer. Recently the Belgium
French syndicate which has secured
an option to take over the company s
holdings, had an investigation made,
and a. a result of the report, submit
ted some three months ago, the $6,-
000. 600 offer to purchase has been
submitted. In the event that title
can be shown, and a second inveSti-
cation substantiates the samples al
ready obtained, the deal undoubtedly
will be consummated.
George Mitchell, who is president
of the Clara company, developed thc
Green Consolidated copper interests
in Cananea in conjunction with the
late Colonel W. C. Green. Members
of his family are with him on hi.
present trip to Paris.
The Parker post., 1911-09-02
RIVER IS FLOWING
In GREAT CHASM
Yumaite Witnesses Unusual Occur.
renee of Mighty CoIorado-Some
Claim River Has Found Under
ground Channel to Salton Sea.

An engineer operating a gasoline
launch below the Imperial heading
on the Colorado river brought to Yu-
ma last Saturday most lurid tale Of
the antics of the mighty stream. Ac-
cording to the Yuma Sun the engineer
said that at point two miles this
side of Volcano lake the entire flow of
the Colorado was pouring into an i'm
mense hole in the ground or mighty
cavern; that Volcano lake was en-
tirely dry and htat it was impossible
to get closer than half a mile of the
place where the lake used to be on
account of the decaying tons of fish
which the receding waters had left in
the bed of the lake, high and dry and
rotting
Ths cavern into which the waters
of . river are pouring is an enor-
mou~ affair. Where the water is 60
ing no one seems to know Some
seem to think that it has found an
underground channel to Salton sea
and others think the outlet is in the
Gulf of California
An expedition has been fitted out
l. is said, at CaleXico to investi-
gate the matter If the underground
waters are finding their way into the
Salton sink it means the great sink
viii ultimately fill up and much of
the great Imperial valley will be un-
der water
The Parker post., 1911-09-02
SLOAN TO BE JUDGE.

Governor Richard E. Sloan of Ari-
zona will be the federal judge for the
district formed by the admission OF
hood, according to Washington news
dispatch. The appointment will b.
made very soon after the first state
election, which is expected to elimi-
nate the recall of the judiciary and
be the final act in the accomplishment
of statehood. Not only has Presi-
dent Taft a very high personal re-
gard for the governor of Arizona, but
he estimates his legal qualifications
as of the best