Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-11-17

VIM. McMartin went to Mans
field, in the north part of the state,
Friday to be on hand to cry an auc-
tion sale the next day. McMartin is
getting to be known over a consider
able part of the state as a first-class
auctioneer.
M. w. Bartlett and wife arrived
Saturday morning from Alexandria,
Mimi, and will make their future
home in this city. The family NOV
ed from here about two years ago,
but concluded that there is no place
like De Smet.
e. F. Anderson was up from
Lake Preston Saturday. Mr.. An
derson says that real estate is chang
ing hands in that locality to quite
an extent. He recently negotiated
the sale of the Barnam farm south
of Lake Preston, containing 800
acres, for a consideration of SIS 800.
or SOL, so per acre.
The following themes atthe Con-
gregational church Sunday, Nov. 10:
Morning: "a Cure for Fault finding"
Evening: SIS Marriage a Lottery"
We came near to u wish last Sun
day evening. Let the same congre-
CATION come next Sunday, and a few
more young men, say twenty, and we
will have it. PASTOR
We understand that the grain
houses will make arrangements to
buy corn this winter. Those who
have not room to handle it in their
present buildings will build cribs
and Volga promises to be a good
corn market this winter
Tribune.
1t was not many years ago when
there was not corr enough raised 10
Brookings county to fatten a car
load of hogs. In fact, the farmers
must have thought hogs could not
stand. the climate for then all
bought salt pork, and the occasional
farmer who had a hog on the place
was thought to be a freak. That
was in the good old wheat raising
days when everybody run in debt
for their living from January first to
November first and paid up one a
year after they "threshed." It's diff
ferent now in the whole of South
Dakota. The farmer who does not
raise corn and stock is behind the
times. Five years ago there was
considerable corn raised ia the east
ern part of this state, but at that
time none thought the time would
come when corr would be raised for
export. "Korn is King" and no mis-
take about it.
"A change in our business circles
occurred Monday which remove one
of our oldest business men from the
circle. We refer to the sale by A. w.
Mullen of his abstract business to j..
E. Holtz. The Kingsbury County
Abstract company was organized in
1887 and on January |, 1888, opened
up for business. Mr.. Mullen had
charge of the business while it was
operated by the firm and a few years
later bought the interest of his as
sociates, conducting the business in
his own name. He was the originator
of the system of making abstracts
which was employed by the firm and
later used by himself. The system
and records are the most perfect OF
anything in the Northwest. Were
the county records to be entirely de-
stroyed there would still be a com
ple,e record of every transaction
effecting the title to every quarter
section, fraction, meandered lot, and
city prop erty, including afidavits as
to errors made in instruments in
conveying property; in fact, the least
item that could in any way bear
upon any title. During the years he
has been in business Mr.. Mullen as
received requests for information as
to his system and for outlines from
nearly every state in the north. In
all his career he never had a diff
iculty over an abstract Of title, which
is a most remarkable record for the
length Of time he has been engaged
in business. A. w. Mullen will not
only be greatly missed by citizens of
of De Smet, but by the business in
terests of the county. What be will
do in the future he has not decided
but we regret to say that this change
will probably cause him to move
from De Smet. Mr.. Holtz, who is