Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-02-01

w. j. Leach, who purchased the
Miller pool hall, will move his family
up from Hartford in about three
weeks.
On Jan. 23rd, at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Carmen, 8 miles north of
De Smet. Geo. G. Busmann, of Bryant,
and Miss Mary Welke, of De Smet,
were united in marriage.
j. E. Holtz has been casting his
eye around for a new location, as was
noted some time ago, but up to date
has not found a place that suits him.
At this time he does not know what
he will do but there is some POSSIBLE
ity that he will conclude to remain in
De Smet.
The revival services at the Meth
odist Episcopal Church are still in
progress. The earnestnestness and
sincerely of the evangelists have
impressed all who have heard
them. The meetings will close Sun
day evening, Feb. Bird, so that the OPP
portunity to hear them is limited.
Everyone codially welcomed.
De Smet was well represented at
the meeting of the Elk lodge at Huron
Tuesday night. A large class was
put through the PAGES, six of the vic
tins being furnished by the De Smet
crowd. Those who grew horns that
night were L. F. Altfillisch, D. A.
Crawford, G.. B. Lemon, Chas. p.
Warren, j. O. Purintun, and H. III.
Plowman.
R. S. Dawley, who is located at
Antlers, n. d., on the Great Northern
near the Canadian boundary, reports
that the thermometer has registered
below the 80 below zero mark. Mrs.
Fuller, of this city, also has the re-
port from her sister, Mrs. Thos. Dunn.
at Saskatoon, Canada, that the Their
mometer has been below so below
zero. Newspaper reports from parts
of North Dakota are even worse be-
cause they tell of death from freezing
and starvation. The supply of coal
is short ard the deep snow prevents
securing either coal or provisions.
This latter state of affairs, of course,
is only effecting the newer settlements
where people were not prepared, and
could not prepare for such a hard
winter. Reports from some parts of
that state say there is at least five
feet of snow on the level.
There is no denying that winter
is upon us here in the banana belt"
of South Dakota. In fact, we have
had six weeks of pretty stiff weather,
a little colder than most of us prefer
There IS no real inconvenience from
it, however. The towns in this section
have plentiful supply of coal and
the people in this country are able to
come in and get it. The fact is that
farmers in the last two weeks have
been able to market several thousand
bushels of grain here at De Smet and
to patronize the creamery as usual.
The snow is a little too deep to allow
to rustic their living on the
but we have heard no com
as yet as to the scarcity of feed.
On the whole this section went into
the winter season exceptionally well
prepared considering the time lost
from wet weather during the fall.
Our railroad facilities have been equal
to the occasion and the supply of
everything is sufficient to meet the
demand. This happy condition is
not fully appreciated, but
when we read of the trials of the PEG
pie in some localities, especially to
the north of us, we cannot help but
feel that our lines are cast in pleas
ant places.
Mr.. and Mrs. +. p. Sanford de-
Thursday morning o their
to the Pacific coast where
they will make their future home.
They will stop in Minneapolis for a
few days to visit relatives and will
continue on the journey to Belling-
ham the first of next week. The re-
moval of Mr.. and Mrs. Sanford causes
deep regret among our people. They
have been connected with the social
and business circles of De Smet since
the early days of the town, and both
formed lasting friendships among our
In business circles K. p.
Sanford has always been prominent.
His advice has been sought by many,
both as to private and public affairs,