Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-01-18

in the business circles of not only De
Smet but in the state at large. His
removal from this city city will be q
loss from which we shall not soon re-
cover. There is not one who will not
regret the departure of this family,
but all will unite wishing them the
best of success and happiness in the
new home for which they will depart
in a few weeks.
Those who have paid subscrip-
tion to the INDEPENDENT since our
last mention are S. L. Root, John
limp, o. johnson, A. W. Rowland,
John Tobey, Fred johnson, H. A.
Olander, A. M. Aspinwall, Charles
Fredericksdorf, T. G.. Warner, Lewis
Billiard, VIM. Hugo Meyer, M. Cos
tello. Owen Gallagher, E. S. Davis,
Ed Whalen, j. r. Miller, Geo. HI,
Thompson, L. D. Winney, S. E. Stro-
BILE, c. d. Hannah, M. Penney, R.. P,
Hayenga, j. w. Menu, w. E. Peter
man, S. B. Wilkinson, w. A. Nord-
land, r. Nordland, A. j. Sipher, E,
Coudry, d. Patterson, Ole Gundersou,
Fred Olds, p. Cooper, F. r. Jones,
P. Larson, B. F. Olin.
- Vinal B. Valleau, who graduated
from the commercial department ofthe
college about sixteen years ago, and
who has since been in the employ OF
the American Express company, was
promoted on the first of the year to
the position of general manager oil
the company for the state of Missouri
with headquarters at st. Louis, the
position paying a salary of $4,000 a
year. All over the country graduates
of the agricultural college are giving
good accounts of themselves, and not
only the early residents of the town
who remember MI. Valleau, but al
friends of the college will feel a pride
in his success - rookings Press.
This writer attended the school al
Brookings at the time Valleau made
his first appearance. A "greener'
boy than Valleau never got into his
head the notion for a college educa
ton. He was without experience, anc
mostly without money, but he hao
ambition a plenty. The success Of
Valleau simply shows what may be
attained by one who is not afraid to
work.
The town board revoked the Ii.
cense of the Kenney and Greget sa.
looms this week, in accordance with
the decision of Judge Marquis, and
they closed their doors "Wednesday
night. What further action the
brewers will take is not given out,
but it is probable that the saloons
will do nothing until after the NUM-
cipal election in March. The status
of a town where there is a tie vote on
the question of license as was the
case in Willow Lakes at the last cleo
ton, is not thoroughly clear, or at
least lawyers profess to have different
opinions regarding it. Leaving out
the question of desirabllity or under
STABILITY of saloons, among those who
are posted probably not a dozen men
in Willow Lakes will express their
private opinion that the saloons have
had any legal right to run during the
last six months. Judge Marquis
opinion comedies with this and the
brewers took no steps for an appeal
to the supreme court.-Willow Lakes
News.
H. III. Brooks, of this city, passed
away Monday morning at 5 o'clock.
He had been gradually failing in
health for the last year and a half
but most of the time was able to get
out. Weakness of the heart was
the form the failure took, and heart
disease was the immediate cause of
els death. Mr.. Brooks would have
been Sc years old in March, and up
to the time when he began to fail was
a remarkably active man for his years.
He was born in the state of Vermont,
and forty-five years ago moved to the
state of Illinois. In 1883 he moved
to this county, locating in the vicin-
ity of Bancroft. He was a man high
ly respected by all, and one of the
prominent citizens of that community
About four years ago he moved his