Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-03-24
HOG HOUSE ON P f. MURPHYs STOCK FARM Near Oldham, Khgbuy County D

it was judged that Weddell must
have died nearly a week before the
discovery.
"A. Halovrson, from north Of
Bancroft, was a De Smet visitor
Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. Clement, living
in the north part of the county, are
happy over the arrival of a girl at
their home Wednesday Of last week.
At a meeting of the stockhold-
ers of The Oldham Creamery Associ.
alton held last Saturday it was de-
cided to sell the building and fxtur.
es. This is perhaps the best thing
to do underline circumstances as not
enough milk could now be secured
to make the creamery pay. However,
the creamery has been a good thing
for the community. Many farmers
do not care to milk COWS when they
have fairly good success raising
wheat .-Oldham Register.
The matter of petition for a vote
on the license question in and for
the village of Erwin was up for
review by Judge Whiting in cham
bers court Monday. The court ruled
that the petition was insufficient 10
that it did not even set forth the
facts required by law, not even
stating the question, as to what it
was desired to vote upon. There
cords of the town board we're also
faulty in that they did not show
that an action had been taken and
the election ordered. 1t is reported
also that some of the signers were
not qualified, not being free holders
within the corporation, but this
point was not brought before the
court as the ineficiency of the
petition and proceedings was already
apparent.
The Lake Preston Times reports
the marriage at the North Preston
Lutheran Church on. Friday at IL
o'clock a. m, March 10, 1905, of Mr..
| Andrew B. Anderson and Miss Anna
10. Doe, Rev. j. #. Evenson, of Lake
Benton, Mimi, officiating. After the
ceremony, a nice company Of invited
friends went to the home of the
brides parents, where a reception
was rendered and the afternoon and
evening spent in social amusements.
An elegant wedding dinner and
a splendid supper were served. The
bride has grown to womanhood in
North Preston, her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Arne O. Doe, being among the
early settlers The groom is a son
of Mr.. aud Mrs. Peter b. Anderson,
also old residents. The happy couple
commenced housekeeping at once on
the Ole Open place, northeast OF
Lake Preston, which the groom has
rented the past two years.
1T may be an old story to our
readers, but nevertheless we are al
ways pleased when we e a new
settler locate here and, after a trial
OF three or four years, walk up and
say that South Dakota is the best
state in the Union for the farmer.
The gentleman to whom we refer is
j. X. Miller, who located near this
city three years ago. j. X. is a
practical farmer, he makes farming
a business and conducts it with as
much system as a business man In
ltown. He raises a little grain and a
nice bunch of cattle and hogs, and
every year finds him a little bet
ter fixed ia a financial way than
he was the year before. A few
who came here at the same time have
moved away, but they had every
opportunity that Miller had. 1t is
the steady business farmer that we
like to see locate here, and j, r.
is one of them. Such help to build
up the country, while others, we'll
meaning, perhaps, but lacking bust
ness enterprise and ability and al
ways on the move looking for a soft
snap and never finding it. do no