Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-06-10

great advantage to him In that re-
spect,
IT. p. Norman, Mat Cane, and
August Walstrom departed Tuesday
evening for Clairmont, Mimi, where
they will look into the value and
price Of farm lands.
-Thos. Caulfield was down frem
the west end Tuesday and purchas-
ed 2-year.o old standard bred colt
of W. III. Ruth. The colt is a fine
animal and Mr.. Caulfeld will use
him for breeding purposes, it being
his intention to go into the horse
raising business on a small scale.
That there is a difference in the
makeup of those comprising the ris-
ing generation is evidenced quite
often. The incident that brings this
to mind is happening right now
Earl Davis, twelve. years.old son of
E. S. Davis, one of our popular aud
substantial hardware merchants, de-
cided that he must have a job during
vacation. He struck Burdick a. Son
for a position and was told to come
around next day. Earl appeared on
time and was put at work sorting
and sprouting 200 bushels of pota-
toes. Anyone that has undertaken
a job of that kind knows that it takes
grit for a youngster to stick to a pile
of 200 bushels of sprouting potatoes.
Earl cleaned up the potatoes and is
now driving the delivery wagon.
Earl's example might be followed
with profit by %severa! who are older
ia years, if not in business ability.
Earl Davis will never develop into
one of your tourist wire artists; there
are better things in store for a young
man who hits 200 bushels of sprout-
ing potatoes and is satisfied with
any old thing in the way OF a salary
so long as be can have a job. It's
the fellow who says There amt
'nough in it" that never does strike
anything worth having.
De Smet never had a boom.
Some way there are towns that have
a big boom on half a dozen buildings,
but De Smet never could. 1t was
only a few days ago that a resident
of De Smet remarked to this writer
that there seemed to be no building
going on here. Well, there isn't
any more than usual. Carl Schultz
is just completing a house on Fourth
street, George Sipher is putting up a
good sized house on Fifth street,
Olaf Ryland is starting another in
the same locality, 0. A. Taylor com
pleted a house on Taylor street about
three weeks ago, and j. H. Robson
has started on what will be a hand
some large residence a block east of
the hourt house, and Mr.. Stankey
only a few weeks ago completed a
residence north Of the track. Tim
Healey has workmen now laying the
basement wall for a 60x50 foot two
story stone building on Calumet
avenue Lester Hanson is living in
a house built by hin this spring
And yet some say there is nothing
doing in De Smet. This is just
about the usual thing and does
not attract much attention, but
when you come TO compare the city
with what was five or six years ago
you will find De Smet has been
growing.
We have heard rumors of com
plants in some quarters regarding
the burial Of the suicide, Robert
Geske. The gist of the complaint
seems to be that enough was not
done in the matter. Such parties
have received a wrong impression
from some source. The remains of
Geske we're brought to this city at
ll:30 wednesday evening by G. Ill.
Tinkham, the undertaken, and placed
in city building to await an inquest.
At $50 Thursday the o arrived
and held an inquest, after which the
body remained IN the city building
until Friday forenoon when it was
taken to the cemetery. By order Of
County Commissioner E. p. Hardy,
the undertaken put a decent burial
robe on the body and deposited it
in a coffin, such as is always fur.
nished by the county commissioners
when the ex pense is to be borne by
the county. No services were held
until the cemetery was reached
.