Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-09-06

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animal, aside from the fact that the
family had become attached to it.
The guild will meet with Mrs. j.
w. Tackaberry next Tuesday.
H. Rodewall and wife were down
from Iroquois last week for a visit
with relatives.
-Thos. Warner, the buyer at the
VanDusen q Co. elevator, has moved
his family into the Cary residence.
ABOUT thirty land seekers arrived
Wednesday and were shown the farm
ing land in this vicinity under the
guidance of the various real estate
agents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Grice arrived
Friday from Chicago for IA visit with
j. H. Hall and family. Chas. thought
he would get on the ground early
for the hunt this year.
j. o. Purintun and II. HI. Plow-
MAI spent Tuesday hunting prairie
chickens in Bancroft vicinity. They
report the hunting to be better in
that locality than around De Smet.
&C. E. Ely left Friday last for
Rapid City where he expected to
meet his son X. H., who is about to
commence Reconstruction of a house
OF his claim in the irrigated district.
AT the Congregational church
next Sunday evening Supt. A. H. Sey-
mour will deliver an address entitled
THE What and How of Education"
4. cordial invitation is extended to all.
At the Congregational parsonage
Wednesday afternoon occurred the
marriage of l.. j. Robzein to Miss
Mary Gallagher, both of Willow
Lakes, Rev. Z. III. Smith, officiating.
They were accompanied by Harry
Phinson, and Miss Ella Gallagher, a
sister of the bride.
The building recently purchased
by f. Schaub will be occupied by
him as soon as cleaning and painting
of the interior can be done. The Will
marth building now occupied by Mr.
Schaub, will be occupied by the De
Smet Mere. Co, with a complete stock
of clothing and gents furnishing
goods. A part of this stock has al
ready arrived and the shipment of
the balance is being held a few days
to allow for the time required by Nh.
Schaub in getting his own building
ready.
"A letter from Jens Jepson, who
went to Canada about eighteen months
ago, states that he and family are To-
Gated at Snohomish, Wash, where
they moved three weeks ago. Mr..
Jepson states that the climate in Can
ada, owing to tne high altitute, did
not agree with his wife, and that she
suffered from heart trouble. We
hope that their new home will be
more agreeable and that it will afford
complete relief for Mrs. Jepson. Their
many friends in Kingsbury county
will heartily join in the wish for the
improved health of hat lady, and for
their material prosperity.
The formal transfer of the Thos.
FL. and VIM. II. Ruth stock in the De
Smet National Bank was made Tues
day of this week. This stock is taken
over in the names Of A. w. Stone, A.
Hilton, and Chas. S. Whiting. At
ter the transfer of the stock a bank
meeting was held and the places of
the retiring directors filled by the
of A. W. Stone and Cbas. S.
Whiting, d. Fl. LOTUS, F. NJ. An
drews and A. S. ADJUST. Mr.. Stone
was elected president and assumed
the active management of the insti-
tuition. Mr.. Stone expects to move
his family to this city, although he
has not d%efinately decided when that
will be. There is also a possibility
that Mr.. Hilton, who is now n
.ng the bank at Andover, this state,
may come to this city.
A few weeks ago we mentioned
The fact that a petition had been filed
the county commissioners to
construct drain to practically follow
what is known as the Vermillion
bottom to Lake Henry for the pur-
pose of draining a large section of
The low land north and east of the
Since that time a survey of the
proposed drain was made and it was
that to successfully drain the