Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-03-01

discussing the revival pro ana con
The gentleman responsible for this
great upheavel is named Johnson,
from Chicago. He is distinctly of
the sensational variety, but is very
successful in making the wicked 'see
the light"-for a short time, anyhow.
Over three hundred conversions had
taken place.
The Lady Maccabees held install
lation of officers Saturday evening.
After the ceremonies the ladies invit-
ed several of their friends to the
lodge room and a social hour was
had. Refreshments were served. Fol
lowing is the list of officers:
p. L. c. -Kittie Sturgeon
l.. C.-Elizabeth Sasse
Lieut.. C.-Myrtie Olson
r. K.-Millie McCaskell
f. K.-Bertha Krumvieda.
Mary Squires
Nj. at A.-Mina Sasse
Sentinel Amelia Robson.
Picket Martha Moody.
C. E.. Newell carried the mail to
Mathews postoffice for the last time
Thursday. Beginning with to-day
the Mathews office goes out of exist
ence and rural service is established
from De Smet for the Mathews local
ity, with w. B. Mates as carrier. Nh.
Newell has carried the mail on the
route from Drakola to De Smet, and
later from De Smet to Mathews and
return, for twelve years and eight
months, giving the most faithful ser
vice. We doubt if he has missed
twelve days in the twelve years on ac-
count of bad weather or accidents
and during that time has had practi-
cally nc vacation.
That was a pleasant gathering
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. S. Am
bic in Mathews township on Friday,
February 22nd, when the old friends
and neighbors of that worthy couple
gathered at about doom and complete
ly surprised them. The 18th was the
18th anniversary of their marriage,
and the 22nd and celebrate the two
events together. The guests provid-
ed a fine dinner for the occasion and
left a handsome silver tea set as a
memento of the occasion. Mr.. and
Mrs. Amble were highly pleased with
this mark of friendship and esteem,
and the old friends ana neighbors en-
ioyed it as much as did the couple
whom they were honoring.
We are in receipt of a commune
cation from the Quaker Oats Company
a concern that mills hundreds of cars
of oats every year in the preparation
of breakfast foods, containing sugges-
tons as to the proper seed and prop
er care of the oats crop. 1t is right
in line with our former article on seed
barley and oats. They say:
We would strongly urge the neces-
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seed oats and proper PREPARATION of
the seed bed. Good results cannot
be expected from poor, thin, dwarf,
grain, which we find running through
almost every shipment of oats received
at our plants. These small oats should
be screened out, thus saving the acre
age and effort that would otherwise
be expended on this non-producing
seed. Special attention should be
given to procuring sound healthy
seed grain, free of all damaged grains
and free of foreign grains, seeds, etc.
With this attention to the seeding of
oats, we feel confident that a very
material increase in the yield per
acre can be accomplished in your
state.
To give the best results in milling
the grain should be reasonably even
in size, free of double oats, barley, etc
Nearly all varieties of white oats are
preferable to the yellow, golden OF
Russian varieties, on account of the
milling yield.
It must be remembered that such
concerns as the above cut a large
ggure in making the price of oats
They give the matter careful attention
J and their advice should be sound.