Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-09-15

from Pierre Thursday for a few days
visit with Mr.. Mallery and friends
H. w. Utech, OF Iowa Falls, Iowa,
is visiting at the home of his daugh.
ter, Mrs. Henry Fritzle, northeast OF
the city. MIR. Utech is much pleased
with this part of South Dakota. We
don't see how he could be otherwise
while staying on the Fritzle farm
where there are always good crops
raised and the farm overrun with
high grade hogs aud cattle.
John Gilbert, from southwest OF
Manchester, was a pleasant caller at
the INDEPENDENT office Saturday. Mr..
Gilbert has his small grain all in
the stack and is satisfied that the
yield will pay him good returns for
the seasons work. His corn is of the
white dent variety and he says it is
now out of the way OF the frost. Mr..
Gilbert believes in securing his seed
early and has it already picked.
Henry Fritzle brought us a sam.
pie of corn Friday which was raised
on the Fritzle farm this season. 1t
is Of the "King Phillip" variety
commonly known as Yankee corn.
While the corn may not be as good
as the dent varieties, it has the ad-
vantage of maturing early. The
sample we have is ripened perfectly.
The ears are large and the yield
must be equal to that of the dent
varieties.
John Gronewold, of Sibley,
Iowa, spent last week 10 Spirit Lake
township looking after his farm in
terests and visiting with his brother
in-law, HI, A. Poppen. Mr.. Poppen
says 81 have only eleven of them"
referring to brother in laws. Up to
date Mr.. Poppen has interested a
number of them in South Dakota
land and if we give him a little more
lime we :hink he will have the whole
bunch coming this way.
This locality was visited by a
severe electric storm early Thursday
morning. Lightning struck the
chimney on the w. H.. Henney resi-.
followed down into the build.
ing and did some small damage.
was a close call for Mr.. and Mrs.
Henney as the clothing on the bed
was badly burned in spots by the
fluid. Neither of them were injured,
and neither sustained much Of a
shock from it. Mrs. Hennev was
able to go to Huron on the early
train that morning.
AT the Methodist parsonage 10
his city Thursday of last week oc-
cured an event that is important in
Bancroft social circles. At tina
lime the ceremony was performed by
Rev. Henry Preston which united
he lives Of two of the popular
young people of Bancroft vicinity,
Mr.. Elmer w. Tobey and Miss Anna
NJ. Peterson. Byron G. Dill and
Miss Deorra NJ. Toby acted as
yroomsman and bridesmaid. The
young couple are we'll known and
respected in their home local
Ity and enjoy the best wishes of a
host of friends for happiness and
prosperity.
C. H. Clay, of Bancroft vici-
nicty was in this city a fe W days ago
aud to some of on, people hs .x,
pressed himself as greatly pleased
with South Dakota. This is Mr..
first season here and, like
svery one who locates ia a new e
ion, he had his doubts about some
things. He has been successful
his crops of small grain, and
from other parties are to the
effect that he has as nice a field of
as one would care to see. As
Mr.. Clay is fromIowa, the coru crop is
probably more pleasing to him than
all the rest, and doubtless d.speiIs
many of the doubts that arose 10 his
mind when he first located here.
The Clay family came from near
Tama, Iowa, from which sect III thu
western part of this county gained a
nu mber OF families the past years.
A change took place in tn, ow nrr
ship of the Bank of Like Preston ON
last. Peter j. Langlie. WHO
has been with the bank alm ,st from
the date OF its establishment, and
Thos. w. Mills, a strusted employe
past two years, have become
equal partners with Robert b. Mills
and j. Henry Lloyd in business.
The new members not only become
interested in the bank proper but IN
the farm and stock business of Mills
& Lloyd as well. The four members
being all popular citizens, the in