Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-04-20

not be enough to kill the trees.
DIR. j. G. Parsons, of Brookings,
was a De Smet visiter Thursday.
O. V. Johnson returned Wednesday
from Sioux Falls where he spent most
of The winter.
The Foxton Land Agency has a
neat sign on the north side of the
Bank of De Smet building.
There will be preaching services
at the Van Hook school-house next
Sunday at 3 pm. G. F.Strutz.
Prof. Pipal, of Huron, occupied
the pulpit of the Congregational
church Sunday, both morning and
evening.
John Mitchell will depart Mon
day for his homestead south of Blunt.
John intends to go into the stock
business.
DIR. Frudenfeld, the Madison
specialist, will be in Lake Preston
again on May 3rd. at the Park Hotel,
one day only. Glasses exactly fitted
and guaranteed satisfactory in every
way.
"A petition is being circulated and
quite generally signed asking Cover
nor Elrod to pardon j. j. Allen, who
was sentenced during the last term of
circuit court to six months imprison-
ment in the county Jail. Sympathy
for his family has prompted the action.
Willow Lakes News.
Easter services with special mu-
sic as per printed program were held
at st Thomas Catholic church Sunday.
The alter was beautifully decorated
for the occasion with potted and cut
flowers. The services were conduct
ed by the pastor, Very Rev. j. F..
Hogan. The choir under the direction
of Mr.. Kane, rendered some very fine
selections and were highly praised, as
they deserved to be.
John Lark expects to depart the
last of this week for Canada to make
his residence upon his claim and to
make the necessary improvements.
Johns claim was something like 40
miles from a railroad when he filed
on it, but there is now a road within
a mile and a half. Land in that i'm
mediate vicinity has sold as high as
SIS per acre.
Word has been received by
trends in this city of the death of
Mrs. Ben Wade, formerly Miss Elsie
Marsh, who lived near Erwin. Mrs.
Wade died several days ago and left
a babe five days old. A husband and
four children are left to mourn her
loss, besides her parents and sister,
Miss Addie. The many friends of
the family in this county extend their
sincere sympathy to the bereayed in
this sad hour.
J. Z. Cooley, for years a resident
of this city, but for the past five years
located in New York city arrived Sat
urday evening for a short visit with
old friends. He left Wednesday for
st. Paul wherehe will stop a few days
and then return to his home. Mr.. g..
brought his daughter to Rochester
for treatment. He reports that she
is doing nicely, but will remain in st.
Paul for a time. After Mr.. Cooley
reaches New York, Mrs. G.. will come
west for a stay of some time. De
Smet friends were glad to see j. L.
once more.
-Theo. F. Thompson, who was here
a few hours two weeks ago looking up
the prospects for establishing him
self in the abstract business, arrived
Monday evening of this week with his
household goods from Canton, this
state. He has rented the L. S. John
son house and expects his family to
arrive and get located before the week
is out. Mr.. Thompson has arranged
to office with j. +. Holtz. He will
begin at once to write up the records,
making abstracts from the county re-
cords until his system is perfected.
Mr.. Thompson is a gentleman of sew
eral years experience in abstract work,
and also several years in the Office of
register Of deeds.
On our general news page will be
found a complete account of The earth
quake which occurred at San Francisco
at $40 a. IN. Wednesday. 1t was
the greatest calamity of the kind that
ever occurred on the American CONT
nent. First reports placed the mum
Der of killed at 1000. The city hall,