Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-09-09


David Paterson finished thresh
ing last Saturday. He had a twenty
acre piece of oats which averaged
seventy bushels to the acre, and his
seventy acres of oats averaged fifty
bushels right through. Joe Pirlet
made a record for one days job
threshing there, pounding out be-
tween three and four hundred bash
els of wheat in the morning and three
thousand bushels of oats the balance
of the day.-Times.
Mrs. Barbara Yeaman has return
cd from the hospital where she re-
ceived treatment for her eyes. She
has entirely regained the sight of
one eye and expects to eventually
have the full use of the other, which
is still weak from the effects Of the
operation. Mrs. Yeaman wishes
through these columns to thank the
friends who made it possible for
her to receive the necessary treat
ment which has resulted 30 satisfac
torily, and she the friends
that their kindness is appreciated TO
the fullest extent.
The Bryant News tells the fol-
lowing story as an incident of the
cyclone that occurred two weeks ago:
"K. G.. Knudson was in from his
home east Of town the first of the
week, and in the course of a con-
versation said that among the rel
les of the cyclone his hey had picked
up a check given by G. FL. Chase to
Leon Thompson. Mr.. Knudtson
lives about seven miles southeast of
Bryant, and the parties mentioned
in the check at Willow Lakes. 1t is
evident that the check must have
travelled with the storm about eigh-
teen miles"
Here's a paragraph that may be
of value to stockraisers. Certainly
it is wisdom to have a care in the
matter until you know that straw
affected by black rust is, or is not,
dangerous for your stock:
A MI. Reid of Lane, this state, has
given out a timely warning to men
who are in the habit of feeding wheat
straw to cattle. He states that dur
ing the black rust plague in Wiscon-
sin, Minnesota and Iowa about four
teen years ago large numbers OF cat
tie died from eating the straw. 1t
was quite a time before the cause was
discovered, but finally the govern
ment experimental station gave out
information the black rust straw was
the cause.
-Stoddard & Ketcham and Jacob
shagen & Co., started their elevators
again Monday and are taking in a
good deal of grain. The Chase ele.
Yator was clear of its underpinning
and it will be some time before they
will be ready for business again.
Their Office and engine house was
destroyed, the power of the cyclone
tearing the gasolene engine from its
concrete foundation. = = A
meeting was held at the reading
room Wednesday evening to consider
ways and can to reconstruct the
public buifdings-churches and
school house. An organization was
effected and different committees APP
pointed. Out Of this it is hoped
that ways and means may be found
by which the burden put upon this
community by the calamity OF Aug.
ust 10th, may be at least partially
lifted. Willow Lakes News.
1t strikes the INDEPENDENT that a
change should be made in the man
ner of assessing telephone lines in
this state. At present the telephone
companies are assessed on the same
basis as railroad the property is
listed by the companies and report
ed to the state board, which deter
mines the levy, and the tax goes
into the county and state funds.
Nearly every town Of any size in the
state has a local exchange. Under
the present system of tax levy this
local exchange goes in the long dis
lance lines. This is not as it should
be. The local exchange is almost
entirely confined to the city or town
where it operates. and it depends
entirely upon the city or town for its
revenue. Under these circumstances
it is no more than just that the local
ity which furnishes the business to
support the system should also have
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