Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-02-08

none In the Northwest for quality.
Mrs Jennie Maxfield, of North
vile, this state, arrived Tuesday for
a visit with her sister, Mrs. Frank
Payn, and friends in this city.
Rev. r. w. Tiechman will hold
quarterly meetings at the Evangelic-
al church next Sunday, morning and
evening. Communion service at close
of morning service.
Miss Grace Spriggs, teacher in
the Basart school, Dist. No. 2, has ar
arranged to give a basket social at
the school house Friday evening, Feb
ruary 18th. A good program has
been prepared for the occasion. The
public is invited.
Read the Snaps column. 1t is
of great value to both buyers and
sellers. If you have an article for
sale, tell the people about it; some
one will want to buy. If you want
to buy, tell about it; someone will
have the article to sell.
George Smith was down from his
farm northeast of the city Wednesday
to see about getting cars for two loads
of stock. Owing to conditions south
of us it is necessary to ship to Chi.
cago at this time to insure reasonably
rapid transit. George has a car of
fat cattle and a car of fat hogs to dis
pose of.
Here is an item concerning hogs
that were marketed here recently. l..
j. Boyd sold one weighing $50 pounds
which brought 1885; Peter Knudson
four spring pigs, weight 1920 pounds
brought $500; j. L.. Crothers 10 pigs
weight 2,510 pounds which brought
$4,000; Chris Nelson four hogs,
weight l,790 pounds, two of them
spring pigs, which brought $l07.40.
Who says no money in hogs?-Het-
land New Era.
"A peculiar case is reported from
Ohio. A preacher, whose specially
was along the line of revivals, was
sentenced the other day to six years
in the 'pen" for bigamy. At nearly
every revival he annexed a sister I'm
til he had thirteen on the string. His
sins-or his wives-found him out.
After the sentence he stated to the
judge that he had fought against the
sin of bigamy, but it was no use. He
thought it was a "brain" trouble. That
must have been a terrible affliction.
Think of Thirteen of them.
The report is current that "Pete"
Whitman, for several years a resident
of this city, died at the home of his
parents in Wisconsin about three
weeks ago. "Pete' was of the class
of unfortunates who are their own
worst enemies. He was an honorable
young man in all his dealings, and
industrious until the last two years.
But his liking for booze" got the
better of him. We do not wish to be
understood as reporting his death as
caused by liquor alone. He was evil
IDENTIFY afflicted with tubercular trou-
BILE, as well, but his excessive drink
ing undoubtedly fastened his death.
The good qualities possessed by
Pete made him many friends who
sincerely regret his demise.
During their unwarranted attack
upon Senator Gamble the machine
members of the Legislature were loud
in their demands for and investigat
ton of the senator's record. Thty
put up a fine bluff, and v went so
far as to have Kittredge and Burke
telegraph from Washington asking
for an Investigation of the whole con-
gressional delegation. 1t was a fine
bluff on a bobtail flush hand. When
an appropriation bill for $500 to pay
expense of such an investigation came
up in the house Brown, of Brown
county, leader of the machine faction,
opposed the bill. There were enough
insurgents in the house who did not
care about the matter to kill the bill.
1t makes a difference who is to be in
vestigated. The senate, however,
passsd such a bill and the house will
have another chance at the a~ppropria
ton.
The writer is In receipt of a let
ter from his brother, A. W., who has
been a resident Of Seattle, Wash, for
several years. To his mind there is
no state so good as Washington and
no city equal to Seattle. But this