Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-01-05

LioIe udppJ ANNIVERSARIES
Vincent Sherwood went to Sioux
Falls last Friday to visit with rela-
tives a few days.
Mrs. j. D. Baldridge came down
from Iroquois Friday for a visit Sith
her mother, Mrs. Purintun.
Mrs. A. McCarty, Miss Arbour,
and Supt. Swanson attended the
State Educational Assn at Brook
ing last week.
The ladies of the Evangelical
Aid Society will have their meeting
for the election of officers Jan. 10th
at the home of Mrs. Chas. Rebfeld,
after which the ladies will serve a
supper to which the public is invited.
Mrs. Kittie Hall, Sec.
The report m to De Smet
that Gene Bradley, a former De Smet
boy, is now at Aberdeen, this state,
and that both his feet were badly
frozen a short time ago. How Gene
came TO be exposed to such
an extent as to have
his feet badly frozen we have not
learned. Until recently it was sup
posed he was ia Canada somewhere
near Winnipeg, to which place he
went a little more than a year ago.
-Fidelis Ryan, the nine-years-
old son of Mr.. and Mrs. w. j. Ryan,
was in the city Thursday evening
and entertained quite a crowd at O.
V. Munger's barber sh ,p for an hour.
The youngster is quite a violinist, He
plays entirely by ear, but reproduces
all pieces of music with exactness.
He will even go-so far as to initiate
perfectly any striking peculiarities
of another player; this, of course, il
tentionally. Fidelis is certainly a
wonder with the violin. With proper
training there might be a great flu.
ture for him.
The directors Of the De Smet
Farmers Mutual Ins. Co. held their
annual meeting Saturday for the
purpose Of cleaning up the business
of the year before the
annual meeting Of the pol.
icy holders. which takes place Mon
day, January 8, 1906. The directors
decided that it was best not TO levy
an assessment as the cost OF notify
ing the policy holders and the col
lection of so small an assessment
would exceed by a considerable the
interest on the few dollars required
to straighten up the year. The oper-
ating expenses for the year fell be
low one-fourth of II mill on the dol
lar of the insured valuation. The
balance left over from 1894 assess
ment paid the expense and nearly
covered the losses for 1905. The
company has made a remarkable re-
cord and should experience a good
growth in 1906 as a consequence.
Since our last mention the f,l-
lowing have paid subscription to the
INDEPENDENT: B. Steif, H. M. Grit.
fin, X. l.. Prestrude, l.. Peterson,
John Thompson, F. W. Cleveland,
Frank Pettis, l.. j. Larson, H.. b.
johnson. o. T. Omdahlen, N. c.. Mel
son, Lars Carlson, Chris Johnson, r.
Hannah, j. F. Costello, Mike
Morrison, F. II. Brandt, John Rob
erts, d. HI. Combs, Jas. Trousdale,
E. E. Bouchie, w. A. Williams, A..
M. Aspinwall, G. E. Bonner, Mrs. E
HI. Bents, Thos Mears, Chas Murphy,
D.lPatterson, E. Coudrey, Fred Nc
Caskell, w. C. White, A. S. Carpen-
ter, j. p. Lauretson, Am Nordland,
P. Peterson, Chris Nelson, G. And
erson, John Anderson, Martin Mel
son, w. O. Bare, Martin Nelson, John
Knudson, r. j. Block, Roy Glover,
P. E. Ohling, E, a.. Couse, t. On
dablen. John Betten, Tom Gallagher,
Fred Kracht, G. G.. Patterson, Geo.
Bauer, Jessie E Kelly, S. l.. Root,
III. 0. Johnson, A. Bankert, E j.
English, Mrs. Kate Winker. Paul
Cooper, James Yeaman, Ed Kinsing-
er, 6. A. Marsh, G.. w. Risbel.
One Of the most prominent social
of the season was the New
Years party given by Mr.. aud Mrs.
p. A. Randklev. Mrs. Randklev decid-
ed TO celebrate the event 10 the style
Of the old German home. aud Ger.
tainly she made it a great