Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-08-19

couple arrived from the sCutn tues
day evening and are now at home to
friends, at their residence in the
west part of town. The TINES ex.
tends congratulations and best
wishes.
Il. G. McLouth, an old resident
of Brookings and a graduate OF the
S. q. A. c., arrived Monday and
visited until Tuesday morning with
friends in that city says the Brook
ings Press. He is now supervising
engineer of the Concrete Construc
ton Co, of Detroit, Mich, aud has
been at Fargo, N. D., Investigating
the work Of the company there. He
stopped off at Brookings on his way
to Chicago, where he will start work
of construction on four hundred
buildings which his company has
contracted to build in that city. His
father and mother, DR.. and Mrs.
Lewis McLouth, now reside at
Springfield, Mass, aud are enjoy
ing good health.
The "Smart Alex" often nj
grief, and that was the case one
evening at Pierre as we watched the
bathers in a plunge bath at the Locke
Hotel. Fifteen or twenty ladies
were enjoying themselves when a
Mr.. S. A. began to dive and grab
the ladies' feet. There was some ex-
citemens for a minute or two. The
s. A. tried it again and right there
is where be narrowly escaped his
'watery grave" In telling of it
afterwards a certain lady of goodly
proportions said, II just 'tromped' on
him." Added to the 'tromping' was
a we'll directed fist of another which
landed square on the back of the
smart alexis neck, which made his
head wobble for a second or two. The
disagreeable blew water like whale
and as soon as he could get his
breath he started for the steps lead
ing out of water. The poor fool was
half drowned, and mighty glad to
escape-the "tromping" process was
too strenuous for him.
We took look at j. III. Rolf
sons new residence facing Athletic
Park Tuesday. The exterior is very
neat, just enough in the way of or
nament to give it a tasty appearance.
There are four good sized rooms
and a vestibule on the first floor,
four good sized bedrooms and
closets, and bathroom on the second
floor. The finishing is of a fine
quality of hard pine. The basement
is large and divided by a brick wall
into a cellar for the kitchen and a
furnace room with a capacity for
ten tons of coal. The heating will be
accomplished by the hot air system.
The kitchen is supplied with hard
and soft water, for the latter the
cistern has a large capacity. There
is an abundance Of room for the
Robson family and the house, both
as to outside appearance and inside
arrangement and finish, is a credit to
our city. 1t is one of the incest
homes inDe Smet and Mr.. Robson
and family are to be congratulated.
Judge Latin was exhibiting a
branch of a sand cherry bush Tnes-
day morning that is a prize winner.
Last year Mr.. Latin obtained a
dozen one-year old bushes from the
agricultural college of the kind
known as the third generation Of
improvement" La the experiments
at the college the best fruit has been
selected three times and the seeds
planted, finally bringing forth the
bushes such as the judge has in his
garden. The bushes are now about
three feet high and lop over like
gooseberry bushes. At the present
age, two years, the bushes are bear
ing quite heavily. The branch OK.
hibited had just fifty cherries attach
ed within a space of nine inches.
The fruit is about the size of q COM
mon black cherry, and of the same
color. In flavor it is not equal to
the black cherry, but still it has a
very pleasant taste. The bush is
very hardy, being a native of the
hills along the Missouri river. 1t
grows rapidly in any soil, although
growing better where there is con-
siderable sand. 1t can be grown
without difficulty anywhere in this
section aud bears SO heavily that it
is bound to be a very important as
we'll as satisfactory fruit. Every