Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-07-28
SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS,

The census gives Webster a population
Of 1,946. 1t had 1,50G in 1900.
Hail destroyed 200 acres of crops be-
longing to John Van BTunt of HAND
county.
The census of Marshall county shows :
population of 6,947. Britton has 500; Lang.
ford, 349, and Veblen, 146.
Frank McNally and Frank McCulley, OF
Marshall county, have arranged to so tt
South America with an artesian well dig
ging outfit.
About 1000 Woodmen attended the an,
nual picnic of the order at Spring park
Roberts county. Twelve camps of the
Modern Woodmen were represented.
An attempt was made to rob the Firsl
State bank of Herreid by prying out the
rock foundation. Several rocks were pried
out but the thief gave up the attempt be.
fore an entrance was gained.
Anton Goldie, an employe of the street
department, of Aberdeen, was overcome
by the heat and fell in a faint on the
street. He was revived in a short time
and experienced no permanent i'll effects.
An artesian we'll on the farm Of John
a Horn, a mile east of Aberdeen, has
gone dry. 1t was a four-inch well, l,OOc
feet deep and was one of the first artesian
wells put down in northern South Dakota,
Everett Robinson Of Lebanon is the own.
er Of $50 head of sheep. Last week he
sold $649.65 worth of wool and will have
$1,000 worth of lambs to sell in the fall
He regards the sheep industry as a paying
one under present conditions.
Mrs. Catherine Miller of Huron, wife Oh
the late Deacon Miller, and mother of Mrs.
S. S. Cool, and Mrs. VIM. Post, and .
resident of this city for the past quarter
of a century, died at the home of S. S
Cool Sunday morning, aged so years.
G.. u. Z. Robinson. county Judge. OF
Hyde county, died at Highmore, aged 7&
years. He moved to Hdye county in 1885,
and had been prominent there ever since
having served for many years as justice of
the peace, states attorney and county
judge.
Reports from Sisseton Indian agency,
state that the Indian police elected form.
err Post Trader Ross and his household
goods from the agency. using rather vic.
lent means to accomplish their purpose.
When the matter was brought to the at
tention of Major Mclaughlin he ordered
the goods restored.
Arthur Keene, late of the Aberdeen
American. is again in charge of the Jour-
nal World of Huron Of which he was thu
first editor. Mr.. Keene will AVE entire
control of the paper both as editor and
business manager. Mr.. Purkey who held
the position temporarily, has resumed his
real estate business.
TIL First State bank of Ashton and the
Security State bank for the same place
rave consolidated, the new officers of the
bank, which will be known as the First
State bank of Ashton, are s. p. Watkins,
president: T. +. Blain, vice president; j.
l.. Boyer, cashier; w. s. Brant, assist
ant cashier. The Security bank was or.
ganized but a few weeks ago.
Captain Hawley of Veblen, one of the
promoters of the proposed Farmers rail.
road from that place northeastward,
states that the road is now an assured
fact: that the contract for the construc.
ton of the road has been let and the ties
n rails have been bought. The road
will run from Veblen through the towns
Of Norway, Minnesota. Lien, Victor tc
White Rock, in Roberts county, travers.
Ing a rich section OF the state.