Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-09-29

Grown here. George Alquist is GER
tainly the pioneer in that line in this
section on so large a scale.
Read the Mallory Mercantile Co.
special Loom End sale advertise
ment.
Paul Jurgenson, living north
west of this city, will hold an auc-
tion sale of personal property at his
farm on Wednesday, October 4th.
The property consists of horses, cat
tie, and all kinds of farm machinery.
Il. w. Ellington was in the city
Wednesday for the second time
since coming from Sioux Falls the
latter part of July. l.. W. and fam
lily moved last spring, but have not
got to liking that city as we'll as the
old farm in Spirit Lake township.
L. w. SAYS they will probably re-
turn in two or three years. They
only moved for the purpose of secur-
ing better school advantages for
their son.
e. j. Read and wife returned
last Friday from a trip lasting two
months on the Pacific coast and at
various points on the way. They spent
some time at the Portland exposi-
ton and also visited several former
Oldhamites in Washington and Ore
gon. They also visited DR.. Brown
and family formerly of Lake Pres
ton but Enow residing at Los An
geles. On the return trip a sister of
Mrs. Reads was visited in Okla
homa. They saw much of interest
but found no place more desirable
than South Dakota.-Oldham Reg
lister.
The drawing Of the stove at /. j.
Miller's hardware store Saturday at
tracted a large crowd. The draw.
ing was purely as an advertisement
and it certainly proved a success.
For a half, hour before the appointed
time the store was full to overflow
ing. The method of giving away
the stove was by tickets numbered
cousecutively. No charge was made
for tickets-they were free, one to
each individual for the asking. The
manufacturer sent three tickets
numbered, each sealed by itself, to
the Germania State Bank with in
structions for the drawing. The en-
velope marked "No l" was opened
and contained a ticket marked mo
T." which drew the stove, if present.
ed within 30 minutes. Chas. Lar
son, the harnessmaker, held the
lucky ticket and claimed the stove
Immediately.
While in conversation with c..
B. Leis recently this writer learned
of one thing at least that will be Of
interest to those in this section who
own hand cream separators and sell
the cream to outside concerns. Mr..
Leis recently spent several days at
Sioux City and while there he met
some old friends and acquaintance
who are engaged in farming and
dairying. The talk drifted into the
line of dairying and, of course, the
price came up for discussion. Mr..
Leis told his friend that many in
his locality, ia Drakola vicinity, were
selling cream to the Hanford Pro
duce company, of Sioux City, It Is
cents per pound. The friend said
he lived fourteen miles from Sioux
City and sold his cream to the same
concern at IA cents per pound. An
other acquaintance of Mr.. Leis lives
uear Jackson, Neb., ten miles from
Sioux City, and sells his cream at
Ia cents. Those in Kingsbury coun
ty who patronize this concern have
their cream shipped 200 miles by
express and receive 4 cents a pound
more than those who live tributary
to Sioux City and whose product
never sees an express charge. What
is the reason? Just this: The pro-
duce company wants the cream and
will pay all it is worth, and more, if
the farmer has the benefit of com
petition by a local creamery. But
the produce company is not in bust.
ness for its health, aud what it pays
above the worth of cream in price
and transportation in one locality
is deducted from the price in the
locality where the local creamery has
been driven out of business. This
Hanford Produce company is no diff
ferent from other like ia
this respect. They are all attempt
ing to drive the local creameries out
of business. When this is accom-
plished the farmer will take what
thar nlaasa 10 give for his Gre am Or