Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-11-04

a paying one for the taxpayers. BY
all means vote for the purchase OF
additional land for the county farm.
DIR. #. G. Clark has been on the
sick list a part of the past week.
Members Of the Woodman viii
be pleased to know that there 10 no
assessment levied for the month OF
November. This makes the fourth
month in the year 1904 which has
been passed without assessment. The
Woodmen faternal insurance is one
of the cheapest and most reliable in
the country and it naturally follows
that it is very popular. ID. w. VIII
marth, clerk OF De Smet camp, also
district deputy for this state, stands
second in the number of adoptions
secured during the year up to date.
1T gives the INDEPENDENT pleas
ure from time to time TO tell it's
readers of the almost phenomenal
successes that are made in South
Dakota ia general, and K~ingsbury
county in particular, by men who
have push and enterprise. 1t not
only speaks well for the men as
individuals but shows to the world
at large that South Dakota re-
sources are the greatest in the
Union. The particular case that
attracts our attention at this tins
is that OF Will Close who is living
on the A. S. ADJUST farm up in
Spirit Lake township. Everybody
in these parts knows Will. He raj
raised in De Smet and vicinity and
this year celebrated his 18th birth
day anniversary. About three years
ago he married Miss Hattie Basart,
a young lady we'll known and held
in high esteem by De Smet people.
This excellent wife, some household
furniture, horses and machinery, and
mors debts. constituted the resources
of the Will Close family. Will rent
ed land and farmed the next season
after be married. Hail struck the
crop and he had practically nothing.
The next year he went into farming
a little heavier but hail again took a
part of the crop. This year he farm
ed the A. S. and George Alquist
farms and was abundantly rewarded
for his faithful work. He finds him
self the possessor of personal prop
srty that would bring at public sale
100000; il is worth more to him for
it puts him in a position to make
far more next year. He has eleven
head of fine horses, plenty Of new
machinery, thirty head of hogs,
thirty head of cattle, TOO bushels of
millet seed, 40 acres Of good corn, a
quantity of hay and other feed, go
acres Of blowing done this fall, and
what makes lim feel good is that
his debts are L.. paid. If he were
to start out to replace the property
he now owns, it would take more
than $500 to do it. This has been
accum ulated in three years and no
capt. al to start with-he paid IL per
cent interest. Where is there anoth-
state in the Union that a young
couple like Will Close and his wife
could acquire that amount of prop
ersy by their efforts and still
suffer loss of crops for two seasonsY
1t takes work and business capacity
to succeed as these have done, but
they have the ability and it will not
be many years when the Will Close
family have a nice half-section farm
and are ready to enjoy life. Here's
hoping for q continuance Of this
rapid prosperity for Will and Hattie.
Little interest in this campaign
has been taken by the voters of
South Dakota. La fact, the state
is conceded to the republicans by so
strong a majority that many OF the
both democrat and republican,
have not even taken the trouble to
inform themselves upon the rea !
character Of the presidential candi-
dates, beyond the mere fact that in
q general way Roosevelt represents