Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-06-30

Very Rev. j. +. Hogan who has
had charge of this parish for seven
years.
Mrs. E. p. Sanford took her niece,
Miss. Mildred Leitch, TO Rochester,
Mimi, Monday for treatment at the
hospital.
-"Hay Fed Cattle All In" is the
heading of an editorial, or local news
matter as it may be, which appeared
in a large number of papers in this
state last week. The INDEPENDENT
received the same startling informa.
ton and threw it into the waste
basket. Letters from the same
source arrive from Chicago every
week, COTTON up several days before
by a certain commission firm whose
name and business always manage
to creep into this strictly news"
Item 1t makes good free advertis
ing for the firm and the poorest kind
of a filler for a newspaper.
The Ladies of the Luthern Aid
Society will serve a Norwegian
dinner at the old Wilder Building
on Saturday, July 9Th. Ice cream
and lunches will be served through
the afternoon and evening. They
will also offer for sale a number tf
useful and fancy articles at the
same place. The dinner and sales
will begin at noon and continue
during afternoon and evening .
The public is cordially invited to at
tend dinner, sale and lunches. An
effort being is made to raise money
enough to pay the balance of debt
yet due on the church, which must
be paid during the month of July.
Mrs. NJ. LARSON, Secy.
The G. S. G.. Fuller stock is be.
ing inventoried. The prospective
purchaser is j. E. Mallery, of the
Mallory Mercantile Co., Of Pierre. j.
e. is a brother of our druggist G. E
Mallery. He is a man of large ex-
perience aud up to date ia the gener-
al merchandise line. 1t is his inten
ton to put in a $25,000.00 stock of
general merchandise, all new goods.
This will be the principal store of
the company. All goods will be
bought from the wholesalers in
large quantities, the buying for the
store at Pierre will be done in con-
nection with the De Smet institution
which will give the company quite
an advantage. 1t is the intention of
Mr.. Mallory to move his family to
this place and make De Smet the
future home, although it will take
him some time to complete arrange.
ments. De Smet people will be glad
of this acquisition to business and
social circles.
South Dakota has proudly called
herself the Sunshine State" but of
late the shine has all been rubbed
off. We are not discouraged, how
ever, for W. expect the sun will shine
here again some day. The last three
weeks have not given us more than
three days of clear weather. IL has
been rain, rain, and rain, and when it
wasn't raining it was what Hicks
calls a "reactionary PERIOD" busy
clouding up and getting ready for
another rain. Saturday night, June
9th, was probably the heaviest fail
OF rain during the three weeks, while
Monday night following was a close
second. Here in the city a stream
Of water ten feet wide and from one
to eight inches deep, draining one
block of Calumet avenue and a half
block on Second street ran in front
of the INDEPENDENT building. The
prairie is covered with ponds of
water and plowed fields are soaked
to the point of mud. However, crops
IN this vicinity, for the most part,
are still in good condition, although
it does not seem as if they could
stand much more, A few pieces OF
flax sown on low old ground were
under water for several days the
first Of the week, which probably
finishes those pieces. Corn seems
to be standing the excessive rains
better than expected. Nearly all re-
ports say that corn is looking better
than for several years past at this
time. More sunshine and less rain
is what is needed just at present.
"A new industry has developed