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

-Kingsbury county people and the
people of Brookings and Hamlin coun-
ties, for that matter, will be interest
ed in the report that DR.. Trip and b.
E. Beers, formerly of Lake Preston,
who organized the Tenderfoot Gold
Mining and Milling Co., are to be the
subject of an investigation by the
postal authorities. Information has
been filed with the authorities by
stockholders at Waterloo, Wis. We
have no exact information as to the
complaint filed, but a stakeholder
gave us a few pointers as to how the
concern had been operated. This
gentleman is familiar with the coun-
ties mentioned, knows nearly all the
stockholders, and has taken the
trouble to look into the matter to some
extent. He estimates that the pro-
moters secured, at a conservative es-
innate S75,000.O0 in the localities
named, besides selling a number of
outside and %adjoioning mining claims
to Minneapolis parties. Some of these
claims sold at $2,5O0.00 each. The
company was started about five years
ago, if we remember correctly. 1t was
proposed to develop the Tenderfoot
mine, located in Oregon, at once. Up
to this time some $4,000 has been in
vested in machinery, etc but practic-
ally nothing done in the way of deyel-
opments. At the best, the stockhold-
ers do not see any of the handsome
returns promised, and no prospects,
while some are evidently suspicious
that all is not, and has not been, as it
should be. The company was well
named the "Tenderfoot," so this stock
holder says. AT present Beers is To-
Gated at Chicago, while Trip, until
very recently, has been engaged in
the drug business at Escanaba, Mich.
MIR. and Mrs. Severt Amble, liv-
ling south of De Smet, were very
pleasantly surprised Friday, Febru-
airy 22nd, it being the 25th anniver-
sary of their welded life. Mr. Amble
stood gazing in open mouthed won-
der as forty-five of his neighbors and
old friends entered lis home. Mrs.
Amble was doing two days work in
one, having decided to wash clothes
and bake bread on the same day.
When the crowd entered the kitchen
she was engaged over the wash tub.
She stood in the center of the floor
too surprised to to bid the friends a
welcome until some one suggested
that she be escorted to the parlor.
She, however, made her exit to her
room and changed her attire. In the
meantime some'o the ladies had tax
en- charge Of the bread baking and
Others of the wash tub and complet-
ed it all before the return of the host
ess to the kitchen. This being COM
pleted it was past the noon hour. The
visiting ladies were plentifully sup
piled with eatables of all kinds and
soon had a table set with one of the
most bountiful repasts which all en-
joyed to the utmost. Mr.. and Mrs.
Amble have spent nearly all of their
married life on their homestead in
Kingsbury county. The afternoon
soon passed away in discussing pio-
neer times and other matters of inter
est, also inspecting the many beauti-
full presents of silverware. Those
that did not have time to buy presents
left silver dollars. After supper a
few congratulary talks were given,
wishing the happy couple another
25 years of as happy welded life as
the past % years. Mr.. Amble re-
sponded in a humorous strain and
stated that though there had been
both ups and downs they had never
lost courage or faith in South Dakota
even in the hardest times. All they
had on coming here were willing and
strong hands and they have prosper
ed and are among most respected
citizens.