Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-11-23

The funeral was held at the Catablc
church Monday morning and the re-
mains laid at rest in the Catholic
cemetery. To the bereaved family is
extended the heartfelt sympathy Fof
their many friends ana acquaintance
This week we received a letter
from Geo. Shaw, of Brooks, Oregon,
a former resident of Manchester vicin-
ity, containing his annual remittance
for this paper. George says he and
his family are well pleased with their
western home. They want to be re-
membered to al. their old Dakota
friends and neighbors.
The Ladies of the Guild will hold
their annual fair at the Bennett build
ing Saturday, December LIST. They
will have on sale many fancy and use
full articles, articles suitable for Xmas.
Will have a provision and a rummage
counter. The cup hal cheers but
does not inebirate. will be served by
japanese maidens.
L. E. Sasse departed Monday
morning for the city of Mexico where
he will spend the winter. Mr.. Sasse
has not enjoyed the best of health for
the past year or two and he makes
this trip hoping that the change of
climate and diet will bring about an
improvement, and no doubt he will be
benefited by it. We hope that the
change will restore him to a NORMAL
condition.
Prof. Hanson, of the S. D. agri-
cultural college, who has been travel
ing in Europe for several months, has
brought to this county some seed II a
very hardy variety of alfalfa which he
found growing in Siberia. AS that
climate is more.severe than that of the
northwest, it is thought this new var
iety will be just the thing for the Da-
kotas and other northwestern sections
If this proves as valuable as expected
Mr.. Hanson will have earned a few
years salary and a few trips to Europe.
1t has been thought by some that
Hanson was a player to the grand
stand" but no man ever accomplish
ed good by sitting down and waiting
for something to turn up, and Hanson
has certainly kept on the move.
-Vesta, the six-years-old daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Schultz, mention
of whose serious illness was made
last week, died Sunday night, the
18th, after an illness of two weeks.
Everything that could be done
to save the little girl was done by the
anxious parents and by the attending
physician, but the complication re-
sulting from whooping cough and
pneumonia was more than her consti-
tuition could overcome. This is the
second daughter lost by Mr.. and Mrs.
Schultz. The funeral was held at the
NJ. L. church in this city at | o'clock
and the remains taken to the Lake
Preston cemetery for burial beside
the other daughter. The sorrowing
parents have the heartfelt sympathy
| of the entire community in their be
reavement.
De Smet seems to be a favorite
point for poultry buyers. Last season
two carloads of live poultry were Sc
cured here by foreign buyers. On
Monday of this week a man named
Tracy appeared and proceeded to buy
live poultry to fill a car that had been
standing on the siding for a few days.
But the live poultry sold to outside
buyers is a very small item as com
pared with the eggs and poultry dis
posed for home consumption. When
followed on a small scale, asst Is with
most farmers, the cost of production
is practically nothing, and the reali-
zation of the value of the product is
on the same basis. That many do
not realize the profit in this branch
of farming is demonstrated by the
fact that in almost every vicinity you
find some who pay all store bills with
produce, Of which eggs and poultry
form a large part, while another in
the same locality will sell practically
nothing of the kind. Another good
illustration of the value of produce ais
found in a little story told us by d
merchant Of this city last week. He
has among his customers a farmer
r,ho hr;pnS ~ proJuoa onoa or tu;an