Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-06-16
which they have a part. The SER
mon by the reverend gentleman
was greatly appreciated by all.

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u. Fl. Robson is having cement
walks built along his residence pro-
perty on the east side.
w. l.. Barnes has his bowling
alley and billiard hall in the Gehm
building, the old Sickels location, in
running order. He has greatly i'm
proved the appearance of the place
and asks a share of the patronage.
For the month Of June he offers a
cash prize of $500 to the party bowl
the highest score.
Col. A. S. Frost was appointed
Tuesday night as chief of police of
Evanston, Ill. Col. Frost is we'll
known ia this state, having been
stationed at Brookings as military
instructor at the college, and after
ward was colonel OF the First South
Dakota regiment in the Philippines.
Three years ago Col. Frost was re-
tired from service on half pay
Brookings Press.
Rev. Friedrich Foote John son, Of
Springfield, Mass, has been elected
coadjutor missionary bishop of South
Dakota by the Protestant Episcopal
house of bishops to assist Bishop
Hare. Rec. MI. johnson is a native
of Connecticut and a graduate of
Trinity college, Hartford, and of
Berkeley divinity school. He has
been in charge of Christ church in
South Brookfeld for several mouths.
AT one time he resided in Redlands,
Cal.
-Kingsbury county furnished
about one-third Of all the excursion
lists to Brookings Tuesday. Esmond
sent a delegation of twenty. Man
chester was not SO we'll represented,
while De Smet and the towns east
sent from twenty five to forty each.
Another thing noticeable was the
fact that the Kingsbury county peo
pie seemed to have a natural drift
toward the stock barns, showing
that they were interested in some
thing of value to them as profession
al farmers and stock ~raisers.
ID. Nj. Parry returned Thursday
evening of last week from Beloit,
Wis.,, where he was called by the
death of his mother, mention of
which was made last week. At the
time j. NJ. started for home the low
er part of Wisconsin, and a part of
Illinois was suffering from floods.
Bridges had been swept away and
railroad tracks washed out. The
trains of one line had to make long
runs over the tracks of another sys.
tenn in order to cross some of the
rivers. The crops of small grain
looked about the same as here, but
the cold wet spring had kept the
co IN back and that crop is looking
better here in South Dakota.
r. d. Hannah was over from
Esmond way Monday to bring one
of his daughters in for the teachers
summer school. Mr.. Hannah says
that, excepting Old Settlers Day, he
only gets to De Smet twice a year.
The Hannah ranch IS a large affair
and we do not wonder that be does
not find time to come to town. At
present there are over fifty cows
milking at that farm, besides the
other stock that must be cared for,
and the crops that were put in. AL
though some along in years, Mr..
Hannah puts in every work day and
can hold up his end with many a
younger man. In fact, he could
probably ''bush' half the young
fellows.
-Tusday evening about seven
O'Clock this locality and as far east
as Volga was treated to a heavy
shower, accompanied in places by
considerable wind and some hail.
The storm lasted in localities for
t@o hca.s or more. At the L f..
Whiting farm east of this city the
government rain guage registered l.3
inches. At Lake Preston the most
hail fell. Corn, in places was pound
ed into the ground, or cut off, al
though it was not far enough advanc-
ed to sustain any damage other
than a setback of a few days. Small
grain was not damaged at all. To
the west Of De Smet, at the A. Still
farm, there was no rain to speak of,
not enough to lay the dust. The
area covered by the storm certainly
conld not complain of dust the next
day.
stockholders Meeting.
Notice is hereby given that the