Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-02-15

UlldU VIC dudiI Wdo liz WOloOs
Fl. E. Scott went to Erwin Tues
day.
Judge Whiting held chambers
court at Huron Friday.
Miss Blanch Person arrived at
Erwin Thursday of last week for a
visit with friends and came down to
visit with her aunt Mrs. D.. w. Will
marth Monday.
The report from Minneapolis is
that Miss Grace Ruskell was attack
ed by infiammatory rheumatism after
leaving the hospital where she went
for treatment.
Mrs. c. l.; Dawley, a representative
of..Bethlehm Chapter, o. E. S., of this
city, went to Madison Wednesday to
attend the funeral of Mrs. McCallister
who has been grand secretary of that
order for many years.
N. E. Tackaberry is building a
chicken house on his property on
south Poinsette avenue. Tack"
expects to move into his own house
and is evidently preparing to
take up the egg business at 30 cents
per dozen. About the time he gets
started eggs will be worth 10 cents
and Tack will sell out and buy a COW.
He had better stick to rolling the
"Kingsbury, the Best sc Cigar"
In the probate court Monday the
estate of Jonas Hilmoe Peterson was
admitted to probate, and Tobias ia
cobson, a son-in-law of the deceased
was named by the court as executor
of the will. Mr.. Peterson was a resi-
dent of Oakwood township, and died
May End, 1906, aged nearly l02, and
was up to the time of his death prob
ably the oldest person in the county.
He has a son living at Arlington who
is ~ years of age.-Brookings Press.
"A bill has been introduced in the
Legislature to provide for the drainage
of agricultural lands. Charity should
begin at home, likewise drainage.
Therefore, we shall recommend to the
city authorities that something be
done for our streets, and especially
where the authorities have establish
ed grades and caused cement walks
to be built to act as a dam and flood
private property. A row boat could
be run on Second street east of Calu-
met halfa block Monday.
Charles Mullen arrived from
Chicago Friday night of last week for
short stay. He confirms the report
that he was recently married to a
young lady in Chicago, although he
came alone. The lady was Miss Mary
Kelley, and the ceremony was per-
formed at All Saints church on Jan
uary Both. Charlie will stay here only
long enough to sell his team ofhorses
and then return to Chicago where he
expects to remain a year before com
ing back to locate permanently. His
many friends offer congratulations
upon his marriage.
John Thornber was up from
Bookings calling on old friends. This
was his first visit to this city since
his trip to England. He can give an
interesting talk upon conditions in
that country. On the whole, he says,
there has been a great improvement
since he first left that country 43
years ago. Workmen appear to be
satisfied in England than here,
although the wages are only a little
more than half those paid for the
service in this country. Servant
girls and sewing girls e to be
about the only exception, Wages
for this class of labor are exceeding
ly low. His old home town had grown
in the 43 years until it took in some
four or five surrounding towns. The
mills were the cause of Black
great growth. 1t is now one
of the leading cotton manufacturing
cities in that country. When he left
that place his only relatives were a
brother and two n~ieces; when he re
there were 2S relatives. The
purchasing power Of money is SO much
greater that labor lives about the
same as in this country. Minneapo-
lis flour is sold at less than it can be
for in South Dakota. The
best soft coal claimed to excel our
Hooking Valley or West Virginia
coal is sold in sacks delivered
at 10 cents pei hundred pounds.
GRADUATED sugar is 3 cents a pound.