Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-10-19

they returned to DE Smet.
The G.. A. r Comrad,s helped .,
Warner to celebrate his birthday
anniversary Monday with "A picnic
dinner.
Henry Sturgeon came down from
Blunt to spend Sunday with
his family. Their household goods
are being packed and the fam
lily will leave Saturday for Blunt.
C. E. Newell is selling mail boxes,
and has taken a number of orders
from those living along the proposed
rural route from De Smet to Mathews.
Anyone not supplied with a mail box
should place an order with Nh. Newell.
Alex Johnson and E. j. Frost, of
Ft. Dodge, Iowa, were callers at the
INDEPENDENT Office Saturday. The
gentleman were called to this county
by the sad news of the death of their
sister, Mrs. A. Halvorson, of Ban
croft vicinity.
Thursday, October 18th, was the
9lst birthday of Andrew Munger and
a party of his acquaintance gathered
at the home of his son, and gave him
a pleasant surprise. Mr.. Munger is
remarkably spry for a man of his age
being able to read without glasses and
getting around as quick as lots of per
sons 30 years his junior. Here's hop
ing he may see many more birthdays.
Erwin Enterprise.
A paper published at lama, Iowa,
last week told about South Dakota
being covered with snow. The fact
of the matter is that South Dakota
was about the only state tn t did not
have snow. AT that time the weather.
was fine and farm work was not de-
a day. How | ng will it be be-
fore people in the east begain to
realize that their localities cannot
compete with South Dakota in tn.
quality of climate produced?
Wednesday brought us a cold
rain storm during the afternoon. The
wind was in the south but later turn
ed toward the northwest. Wh.n the
wind turned it was supposed by every
one that we would have a touch of
eastern weather and that Thursday
morning would see the ground cover
ed with snow. But all such fears
were groandless. Thursday morning
NY bright and clear, as nice
autumn day as one could wishutol
experience. Il
The Gillispie separator burned
Thursday of last week while threshal
ng for Theo Groth, who lives down
On the west side of Lake Thompson.
The machine was entirely ruined as
we'll as Mr.. GrOth's flax which re-
NAMED unthreshed at the time. The |
of the fire is not known posi- |
but it is supposed to have
started from a heated bearing. The
blaze was first seen near the fan. A
lew machine was ordered at once
from Minneapolis and was unloaded
1t this station Wednesday of this
week.
The G.. a. n. w. will run another
their popular excursions to st. Paul
md Minneapolis Saturday, October
10th. Fare for the round trip from
De Smet $500. The excursion trainI
will leave De Smet at 5:57 a. m. ar
at Minneapolis at 5:l5 p. m
Tickets are good for return on trains
Minneapolis at $50 p. M.
Oct. 2lst, or 7:l0 a. m. Oct. 22nd.
This arrangement gives the excur-
,ionist from 5:l5 Saturday afternoon
until 7:10 Monday morning in which
take in the sights of the Twin
Cope, the entertainer, appeared
a De Smet audience for the
second time Wednesday evening. His
was the first number of the series of
entertainments secured for De Smet
This season. Mr.. Cope is d nan of
nigh reputation and drew a large
crowd Wednesday evening notwith.
standing the unfavorable weather.
Probably no other event in the series
would have attracted SO large a crowd
such circumstances. His en-
tertainment was of a high class and
held his audience through two solid
hours. The management having this
course is very much pleased
such a beginning.
Elizabeth johnson was born in
Norway ,Tuly 10Th. 1870 After resid-