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

hilarious degree. That would have
been all right if they hadn't tried to
dispense too much of the hilarity after
they returned to De Smet.
The G. A. r Comradt helped T.
G. Warner to celebrate his birthday
anniversary Monday with IA 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 Mr.. 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 Tama, 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-
layed a day. How | ng will it b. be-
fore people in the east begain TO
realize that their localities cannot
compete with South Dakota in TIL
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. When the
wind turned it vas supposed by every
one that we would have a touch of
eastern weather and hat Thursday
morning would see the ground cover
ed with snow. But all such fears
were groundless. Thursday morning
opened ny bright and clear, as nice
an autumn day as one could wish to
experience.
The Gillispie separator burned
Thursday of last week while thresh-
ing for Theo Groth, who lives down
on the west side of Lake Thompson.
The machine was entirely ruined as
well as Mr.. Groth's flax which re-
manned unthreshed at the time. The
origin of the fire is not known posi-
lively, but it is supposed to have
started from a heated bearing. The
blaze was first seen near the fan. A
new machine was ordered at once
from Minneapolis and was unloaded
at this station Wednesday of this
week.
The G. e. n. w. will run another
of their popular excursions to ST. Paul
and Minneapolis Saturday, October
10th. Fare for the round trip from
De Smet $500. The excursion train
will leave De Smet at 5:57 a. M. ar
irving at Minneapolis at 5:l5 p. IN
Tickets are good for return on trains
leaving Minneapolis at $50 p. m.
Oct. 21st, or ITO a. m. Oct. 22nd.
This arrangement gives the excur-
sionist from 5:l5 Saturday afternoon
until 40 Monday morning in which
to take in the sights of the Twin
Cities.
Cope, the entertainer, appeared
before 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 a man of
high 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
under such circumstances. His en-
tertainment was of a high class and
held his audience through two solid
hours. The management having this