Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-03-15

was taken quite seriously i'll Monday
evening.
H. G. Strube, of Ohio. ILL.,, has
moved onto the Carl Bergerson farm,
near Manchester.
Geo. Van Camp, of Highmore,
has taken a position with The Fox
ton Land Co. az stenographer.
DR.. Frudenfeld, the Madison eye,
ear, nose, and throat specialist, will
be in De Smet again on March 2Sth,
at the Syndicate Hotel, one day only.
Glasses exactly fitted and guaranteed
satisfactory in every way.
Thursday of last week Mrs. G.
Fuller received a message stating that
her son Claud, who is attending a
veterinary college in Chicago was SER
iously i'll of scarlet fever. On Satur-
day another message was received
stating that Claud was considerably
better.
Last week F. B. Danley sold his
farm two miles west of this city to
Antoine Hartel, who now lives north
west about nine miles. Antoine wants
to get nearer town and will erect good
buildings on his new farm this sum
mer so that he can move onto it in
the fall.
County Supt. A. H. Seymour has
had printed and distributed among
the teachers of the county a folder
containing complete information as
to national and state officers, the exc
c%utive, Legislative and judicial depart
ments, public institutions, etc. The
superintendent wishes these things
taught in the public schools, and in
this he is taking the right step. 1t
is important for teachers and pupils
to know these things; they must know
these things to be able to acquire a
knowledge of our civil government
and current events which have a di-
rect bearing on our welfare.
Under the new law no liquors "a
be sold within 300 feet of a church or
school. Another law limits the num-
Der of saloons in each town to one
for each 300 inhabitants or major
fraction thereof. Under the last pro-
vision De Smet will be held down to
three saloons if licence should carry,
and would probably be so restricted
for many years unless the citizens of
the suburb known as "Dodgersville''
can be induced to come into the city
limits.
We have received a copy of the
Flint Mich Daily Journal, which
tells of the death of j. n. Willett on
Friday, March lst, as follows:
Although in poor health for some
time past it has been for only the
past week that Mr.. Willet's condition
has been such as to occasion any
alarm. His mind being unbalanced
as result of long suffering, he arose in
the night and, stealing from the house
went down town, where he vas found
aimlessly wandering the streets. The
exposure was too much for him and
he was taken with a severe cold, which
settled on his lungs and terminated
his life.
In the death of Mr.. Willet Flint
loses one of its best-known citizens,
and n who counted his friends by
the hundreds. He was a member of
Court street M. E. church, and until
obliged to remain at home was always
active in the work.
Mr.. Willet and family were former
residents of this county, living on a
farm near Lake Thompson for sever
al years. Besides his wife and son
and daughter, Harry Willet, of Wis
consin, and Mrs. Bennett, of London,
Ont, the diseased is survived by two
brothers, Frank E. Willet and j. l..
both of Flint. The many
friends of the family in this vicinity
extend their heartfelt sympathy to
the bereaved.
"A number of the business men
were invited to the home of A. n.
Waters Friday evening for a social
hour and to discuss the proposition of
establishing a business and social
club in this city. All agreed that
such an institution would be desir-
able and it was decided to ask the
temporary board of directors of the
new commercial club to call a meet
ing of all interested for the purpose
of discussing the question, and of
changing the articles of incorporation
that the commercial club could ac-
quire property to the extent of $500
instead of $500 as provided in the ar