Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-01-12

Armstrong spent Wednesday at
Huron.
e. A. Geringer, from Highmore,
is moving into the Bennett house
north Of j. Fl. Robson.
Mrs. l.. w. Hubbard, of st Paul
arrived Wednesday morning for a
visit with De Smet friends.
T. G. Norman, of Lake Crystal,
MINI, visited at the home of his
sister, Mrs H.. Perry, from Friday to
Monday last.
Miss Viola Stott, who spent
several months with her uncle, j. j..
Van Hook, of Spirit Lake, departed
Monday for Spokane, Wash, where
she will visit relatives.
Following is the list OF officers
installed by De Smet Lodge, No. SO,
L. O. O. F.. Tuesday evening:
N. G.-August Walstrom.
V. G.-Chas. Z. Warren,
X. 81. II. Hall.
p S.-A. S. Alquist.
Treas.-E. +. Green,
h. $. N. &C. II. Tinkham.
l.. $. N. G.-R. B. Fursier.
Warden-W. II. Warren.
I.G.-J. NJ. Parry,
O. &C. e. Swanson.
X. S. V. G.-J. III. Armstrong
l.. $. V. Coco. Burd.
A farmers institute will be held
in De Smet Tuesday and Wedpes-
day, January 10th and 18th. The
meeting will be held at the court
house and is under the direction of
the institute commission provided
| for by a new law enacted at the last
session of the Legislature. We are
not informed as to who the gentle.
men are who will conduct the meet,
ing. We believe such meetings to
be a source Of great good to the
farming community and we hope
there will be a large attendance from
all parts of the county.
The stockholders Of the De
| Smet Farmers Mutual Ius. Co. held
their annual meeting at the opera
house Monday of this week. After
listening to the reports of officers,
which showed the condition of the
company to be substantially as stat
ed in these columns three weeks ago,
officers we're elected for the ensuing
year, or rather the old officers were
elected to succeed themselves, as
follows: j. l.. VanHook, president;
L. Kelly, vice president; F. n. Dow,
secetary; liver Grotta, treasurer; w.
r. Heating, VIM. Rusche, and G. d.
Walter, directors.
The Estelline State Bank is a
new institution for the town Of that
name in Hamlin county The incor-
porators are L. F. Altfillisch, cashier
of the Germania State Bank, of this
city, A. B. Calf, of Minneapolis, and
Eli and Aylmer Cole, Of Belle
vue, Iowa. The officers are l.. f.
Altfllisch, president, A. B. Calf,
cashier. and Aylmer Cole. vice.presi-
dent The new bank is capitalized
for Sl5,000.00. The gentlemen at
the head Of this concern are practical
bankers and will build up an institu
ton that will be a credit to Estelliue.
John f. Diamond, Of Maukato,
MINI, was in the city Tuesday even
ing for the purpose of attending a
meeting Of the stockholders of the
Waters Land & Loan Co. Mr.. Dia-
mond and wife will start Saturday
of this week on an extensive vacation
and sightseeing trip. They will go
to Chicago, Baltimore, Washington,
New York, Boston, and back to
Washington, then down through
Virginia and to New Orleans in
time for the Mardi Gras festival in
February. From there they will go
to Cuba, starting for The north so as
to reach Mankato about April Is th.
Since our last mention the fol-
lowing have paid subscription to the
INDEPENDENT: Ed. Goodwin, M. T.
Currier, Z. Currier, Berry Nelson,
George Botsford, L.. Larson, Jacob
Schneider, Nick Marks, Elmer Walter,
Fl. Slichter, Ed Poline, Tollefson, j.
w. Waggoner, w. r. Heating, A.
Halvorson, l.. d. Winney, G. L..
Spear. w. R. Ruskell, VIM. Meas
kell r. X .Jones Ed Whalan. Thos.