Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-07-12

Home grown strawberries have
been on the market the past week.
IT. p. Norman made a business
trip to the Twin cities the first of the
week.
Mrs. C. L. Liddle, of Iroquois,
visited friends in this city the latter
part of last week.
Mrs. Jira Payn was quite i'll OF
heart trouble a few days the past
week, but is some improved at this
time.
C. G.. Johns, who received an in
jury to his right eye about two weeks
ago, went to Rochester Sunday to Sc
cure treatment.
Rev. Henry Preston expects to
depart for Waterloo, Iowa, next week
where he will spend his summer va
cation with friends near that city.
One of the rough riders in the
Pawnee Bill show, which exhibited at
Huron last week, was thrown from
his horse and kicked in the back,
causing internal injuries from which
he died while at the supper table
that same night.
"A cablegram received Tuesday
from Liverpool, England, by Mrs. HI.
K. Warren, states that the party of
tourists including President Warren,
of Yankton college, and Miss Grace
Baldridge, of Iroquois, arrived there
safe and sound that morning. The
party will spend about ten days in
England.-Chief.
The "White Sox" and the Lake
Preston kid nine put up the only
game of ball at the Lake Preston
celebration on the Fourth. The score
was 6 to in favor of the "White Sox.'
In the afternoon Arlington and Old
ham held down the ball grounds for
a couple of hours. 1t could not be
called a game, however. Oldham did
not do itself justice, they car put up
better ball. The Arlington team we
know nothing about.
Notwithstanding the bounty of
fered for scalps, and the large sum of
money paid for them each year, the
wolves seem to be more numerous in
the Spirit Lake and some other sec
tions of the county than ever before.
We have heard of no good reason for
it, but the fact exists just the same.
j. l.. Van Hook has lost a number of
sheep this spring from that cause, the
wolves entering the pasture in broad
day light and not ove sixty rods from
the house.
The many old friends of Mr.. and
Mrs. Jake Hopp, former residents of
this city, but for several years resi-
dents of the Pacific coast country will
be panied to learn Of the death, of
Mrs, Hopp, which occurred Tuesday,
July End, at the family home at
Bellingham, Wash. The cause of
death was diabetes, a disease from
which she had suffered for several
years. Mrs. Hopp, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas Powers, spent her
girihood in De Smet and was highly
esteemed by all acquaintance. The
heartfelt sympathy of all acquaint-
goes out to the bereaved hus-
band and relatives.
Bancroft was visited by a de-
structive fire early Friday morning of
last week. The general store of Ag-
new d Haberman, the drug store of
DR.. Haberman, and the photo gallery
above the drug store were totally de-
otIoNSb' IhC tOtdl lOSS was - ll.CUO.
with insurance to the amount of SILL
600. 1t is not known defnately how
the fire originated, but the accepted
theory is that it was from some burn
ing particles of the fireworks display
Thursday evening which lodged on
the roof and smouldered until the
heavy wind, which came up about
l:3O Friday morning. As yet we have
not heard whether the parties will re-
build, but we have no doubt they
will as the parties were enjoying a
good business. 1t is a severe blow
to the individuals who lose and to the
town, but it ome at a time Of the
year which will allow them to get
ready for the busiest part of the year.
The De Smet ball team went to
Howard and played against Artesian
on the Fourth. The Artesian ag-
%gregation is a salaried team and De
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