Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-09-20

The Guild will meet with Mrs.
George Moody next Tuesday.
&C. B. Lemon has been appointed
police justice, vice Durham resigned.
j. O. Purintun went to Linton,
IN. D., for a visit with his brother and
to enjoy a chicken hunt.
The photo studio of Lyman
Dunklee is being moved to the west
about twenty feet to give room for a
large addition on the east end. The
moving and building will not inter-
ferc with his regular work, however.
The officers and degree team of
De Smet Camp, M. w. A., will go to
Arlington Saturday evening to assist
that camp in initiating a large class.
Our friends in the east end will know
how to chop wood when the De Smet
boys get through with them.
AT the recent teachers examina
ton Miss Lou Trott was granted a
five year primary certificate, the first
one ever issued for Kingsbury county.
This grade of certificate is provided
for by the new law is good in the lst
and End grades of city and town
schools, and is renewable. Miss Trott's
marks were excellent, every one be-
ing above the average required for
this grade of certificate Arlington
Sun.
The large barn on the VIM. Nc
Caskell farm in Spirit Lake township
was struck by lightning Sunday night.
The damage was not great, however.
A door was torn off, a window shat
tered and Que of the large timbers
splintered. During the same storm
a GOV belonging to S. p. Swanson, on
the old Geske farm, was killed in the
pasture. Both owners carried insur-
ance in the Farmers Mutual, of De
Smet.
Among those from other states
who are here looking after their real
estate interests are Z. j. Griswold, of
Plymouth, ILL.,, who owns a half-sec-
ton just east of the Ryan farm;
j. w. Kemler, of P~lattsville, Wis,
who owns the old Chatwood farm in
the north part of the county, and Mrs.
Brandow, of Chicago, who owned
three quarters northwest of the city,
and, while on this visit, purchased
another half section. All feel well
satisfied with the returns from their
investments.
j. I'll. Newell, who lives east of
the city, was a visitor at the INDEPEN-
DENT office Monday. j.. II. has his
barley crop threshed and mostly mar
keted. 1t is the best paying crop he
ever raised considering the high
prices prevailing. The barley turned
out As bushels to the acre by machine
measure, and weighed 4SI pounds to
the bushel. Part of the crop was
marketed for 60 cents, and the bal
ance at so cents per bushel. He ex-
poets to have about 1900 bushels of
wheat also. As he raises the Mime
sofa Early Hard, a variety that is now
in great demand for seed, he will re-
ceive a hrndsome sum for this crop.
Already 600 bushels of the crop have
been contracted. This will be a be-
nauza year for Mr.. Newell.
C. w. Goodman and B. f. Far,
rell, representatives of the North
| Western, came down from Huron
Monday and secured an option from
Mrs. Mary +. Truman, through her
agent, Mayor Dalthorp, for Is acres of
land along the northwest quarter of
section IL of Bangor township. The
land secured is in two strips extend
ing the full length of the quarter on
each side of the track-the south side
being two hundred feet wide and the
north side one hundred feet wide.
The option is for sixty days and the
value of the land placed at S45 per
acre. The representatives of the
company intimated to Mr.. Dalthorp
that a new town would be located
there. The land is directly east of
what is known as Dry Lake and is
about seven miles from Volga and
four and one-half miles from Airing
ton.-Volga Tribune.