Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-09-18

cApcct 10 20 Oh 20 CntcdgO next week.
The Royal Neighbors will meet
at Society Hall Saturday, Sept. 10,
and spend the afternoon tying a com,
forter.
WIN Hunt suffered a broken leg
Thursday of last week as the result
of a runaway by the Chas. Rehfeld
team.
j. l.. Van Hook requests all who
subscribed for a part in coal stock to
pay the amount at Germania State
Bank.
Hear the "Great Commoner," VIM
j. Bryan, at the Mitchell Corn Palace,
September 2Sth, the only speech he
will make in the state during the
campaign. Don't fail to attend.
AT the home of the brides moth
er in Lake Preston, Sept. 9th, occurr-
ed the marriage of Miss Edna Thorsnes
to Mr.. Henry r. Coulson. Both con-
tracing parties are Kingsbury coun-
ty people, having been born and rails
ed in the east end of the county.
Edward Schultz, of Pierre, and
Miss Rose Lee, of Bancroft, were
united in marriage Wednesday, the
service being performed by Rev. j f.
Hogan at st Thomas Catholic church.
The bride is one of the popular young
ladies of Bancroft vicinity and has a
host of friends who wish the happy
couple a long and prosperous married
life.
This farming community has
been exceedingly fortunate during
the threshing season now about clos
ed. Notwithstanding the dryness Of
grass and stuhble ard the danger
of fire from the burning of -trawi in the
engines there has not been a single
fire in this locality from that source
this season. Operators of machines
must have exercised great care for il
is usual to have several fires from
that source even in wet easons
Miss Mary Wright, Herbert Lat
tin and Harry Mitchell departed the
first of the week for Brookings to be-
gin their work at the state college the
first of the term. which opened We'd
nesday. Guy Abbott will go the lat
ter part ofthis week, and Vance Crane
expects to be able to start about the
first of next month. Miss Ethel
Moody aud Ted johnson also return
ed 10 their studies at Vermillion at
about the same time. Miss Ella May
Crane expects to follow to the latter
school in a few days.
Mrs. L. A. Burvee returned sew
eral days ago from her summe visit
with relatives in the southern part Of
this state, in Iowa, and in Minnesota.
She enjoyed every day of the time
away. As for crops she saw at diff
places, she says there was moth
ing that could equal the crop rails d
bg her son Daune on the old home
farm. About October lst Mrs, Burvee
will go 10 Melville, n. D., for IA visit
her daughter, Mrs. Flank Bauer,
and after spending two weeks there
will go on to Giendive, Mont, for a
visit with her daughter Grace.
Our city schools opened Monday,
but, owing to the rooms not being
quite ready, nothing but the enroll
ment was accomplished that day.
An adjournment was taken until
Wednesday when the regular work
was taken up. The corps of teachers
is as follows: Harriet Howard, LIST
primary; Lottie Whalen, Ind primary;
Miss Jones, LIST intermediate; Eta
Nj. Sheets, End Intermediate; Mae f.
Murphy, lst grammar; NJ. l.. McCarty,
Ind grammar; Sophie M. Hieby, prin-
Carolyne Schaeffer, assistant
principal; A. b. Rich, superintendent.
The c. n. w. officials at Huron
are to be congratulated upon the
manner in which they handled the
state fair passenger traffic. Special
excursion trains were run in and out
of Huron each way every day. From
5000 to 5000 people Were taken in
and out of Huron every day. With
all the excitement and crowding and
hauling INDUCED in by a crowd of
excursionisrs, it is a wonder that many
were not injured. All the officials
and trainmen were pressed into SER,
vice to help direct the crowds, and
that no accident happened is remark