Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-12-27

the Financial stringency" is all in
their mind, if it exists at all.
Walter Moody came down from
Glendale, N. D., Monday and remain
ed until today.
Those who wish glasses that are
right and correctly fitted for each
eye should call on DR.. F~rudenfeld.
the Madison eye, ear, nose and throat
specialist, on his next visit to De
Smet OIL Thursday, January 9th, one
day only at Syndicate hotel.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. II. Ruth de-
parted Thursday morning for various
points in Ohio and Pennsylvania.
After a short visit in those states they
will go down the east coast to Florida
where they will remain for the bal
ance of the winter. 1t is their pres
ent intention to get back to De Smet
about April LIST.
F. B. Danley has sold his inter
est in the general merchandise stock
operated by Burdick & Danley to
James Graham. We do not know
that F. B. has anything in sight at
this time, but suppose he will engage
more or less in real estate. He al
ways did have the happy faculty of
handling a piece of land every nov
and then, to his own profit and to the
satisfaction of all concerned.
Christmas Eve was celebrted by
the churches in this city as is their
custom. The Methodist, Congrega-
tional and Evangelical churches had
Christmas trees and appropriate ex-
~ercises by the S unday school children.
The churches were handsomely dec
grated for the occasion. At St Thorn
as Catholic church midnight mass
was celebrated by Very Rev. j. f.
Hogan, and also mass at 500 and at
1870 on Christmas Day.
In last weeks rush we failed to
mention the Gust Sjoberg auction
sale. The sale amounted to S7,7l2,
The farm was sold at auction, John
Torkelson being the lucky bidder,
and 5000 being the price paid. This
was 500 more than the land had been
held at private sale. Mr.. Torkelson
however secured a bargain as there is
considerable land lying in the lake
that goes with the farm. j. M. Trip
was the auctioneer for the sale and
articles generally brought good prices.
oldham Register.
The young people OF this city
who are attending college, and who
came home for the holiday vacation
are Cyril Coolidge, from the school
of mines at Rapid City; Miss Mary
Wright, Vance Crane, Leslie Coolidge,
Guy Abbott and Harry Mitchell, from
Brookings; Misses Anna Kelly, Laura
Bouchie, Mary Bowes, and Rose
O'Hora from Madison; Misses Ella
May Crane and Ethel Moody, and
Ted Johnson and Herbert Latin from
Vermillion; Miss Pearl Williams
from Albert Lea, Mimi, and Clauo
Fuller from Chicago.
Those who have paid subscrip
ton since our last mention are Chas
Nordland, w. S. Stahl, Fred johnson
Carl Larsln, Mrs. II. j. Burvee, Mel
Hoffman, l.. F. Hanson, j. I. Kan
merer, III. B. Atwood, Olaf Ryland
A. r. Frederickson, JAS. Roberts, Et
: Whalen, George Sneezeby, q. Abra
? hanson, VIM. Coudrey, d. Patterson
! Ole Ronigan, Chris Berg, Sam Lang
: don, Henry Coulson, Robt. Lyngby
Geo. Saba, w. III. Rusch, w. Weerts
Andrew Harbo, j. Il. Miller, E'
Burns, John Foss, Lyman Warner
S. l.. Root, VIM. Gehm, T. G. Con
Z ners.
Last weeks Watertown Heral
= quoted the Bryant News twice, in
correctly in both cases. One articl
! we would be willing to stand for bu
:, the other-nit. The latter referred t.
u the fact that some farmer hauled
o couple of loads of barley to Watertow
and got several cents more per busht
o than he could have COTTON on tn
"Milwaukee" and also said that tn
" same party bought some coal for whic
he would have to pay $500 per to
more on the same road While wed
h not know where the articles came iron
; we wish to state most emphatlcall
that the milwaukee" at least as far
IS Bryant is concerned, has been leadin
in barley quotations all the fall. 1t
IF a notorious fact hat Bryant market