Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-10-02
r. e. Scott has moved his famil,

advantage Of the educational facilities
of that city.
Quite a number of De Smet peo-
pie attended the Mitchell corn palace
this week and all appear well pleased
with the exposition.
John Bell arrived from Califorr
MIA the latter part of last week for
his annual visit to De Smet. John
expects to remain until about Nov.
LIST.
Mr.. and Mr.. VIM. Buchan, who
have spent the past three weeks with
the Robinson families, departed
Thursday for their home at Benton,
Wis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jones, who recently
moved up from Spencer, are now oc-
cupying the house recently %purchas-
ed by f. 0. Forsburg from Olaf
Ryland.
The democratic committee has
arranged 10 have a speech in De Smet,
Thursday evening, October 9Th. G
S. Crosser, of Buffalo, n. Y, is the
speaker assigned TO this city. Mr..
Crosser is a speaker of considerable
reputation.
Editor Ward, who recently sold
his Dell Rapids Times, was a De Smet
visitor Wednesday, and "A pleasant
caller at the INDEPENDENT office. Mr..
Ward is one of the brightest newspap-
er men in the state and we believe he
will not long remain out of the
harness.
Rev. p. D. Jorden, Phi. D., of
Ohio, will address a mass meeting
next Friday evening at the opera
| house in the interests of the County
Option" DR.. Jorden has a national
reputa ion as an orator, and is a favor
lite throughout the east as a lecturer.
Everybody cordially invited.
A move is on foot to secure a grey
hound racing tournament fol this
city The president the national
association was to be in the city Thurs
day evening to consult with a meet
ing of citizens to be held at the office
of the Waters Land & Loan Co, but
we go to press too early to give the
result Of that conference.
u. H., Brown will sell at auction
at the farm one mile east and four
miles north of De Smet on Monday,
Oct. 10th, seven head of horses and
mules, twenty-eight head of cattle
and a complete assortment of farm
machinery. Mr.. Brown is a bridge
builder by trade and will quite farm
to take up the other line of work.
The following received their Sec
ond naturalization papers from the
circuit court Monday, Sept. 28th:
Andrew Knudsen, Goran Carlson,
Nels Nelson, Soren A. Frank. Jorgen
/. Stevns, Hans Stevns, Peter A.
Christianson, Peter I'll. Schultz, Nels
H.. Nelson, Peter Ekman, Anton Ber-
telson, Nels M. Verlo, Esten Peder
son, Bertel FL. Bertelson, Anders Jen-
son, Niels Paulson, Ludwig Nilsen.
lis Willow Lakes underlaid with
an immense coal deposit? Recent de-
yelopments denote that we have an
abundance of a fair grade of coal at
a depth of about 440 feet. Joseph
Marsh, who is drilling a well on the
Gus Schribner farm one half mile east
of Willow Lakes, claims to have drill
ed through a seven foot vein of lig
mite, which is of apparently good
grade and burns freely, leaving a
pure white ash. 1t is not definately
known how far the deposit reaches
but there will probably be a well put
down in town yet this fall which will
be watched with interest.-Willow
Lakes News,
The Methodist society at Lake
Preston has sent out a program of
the dedication services for their new
church, which are to occur Sunday,
Oct. 18th. The new church is to cost
100000. 1t will be the handsomest
edifice in the county, and m of the
best in the state for the cost. The
dedicaiory sermon will be by DR..
James f. Stout, IF st. Paul. The
society expects to be able to dedicate
their new church free from debt. A
six-shousand dollar church is no small
undertaking for a town the size of
Lake Preston especially when it is
we'll supplied With churches. But a
new church was needed as the congre-