Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-04-17

Geo. Bauer, j. HI. Armstrong, Luke
Kelly, A. HI. Fry, Geo. H. Thompson,
r. S. Dawley.
Miss Ethel Moody came up from
vermillion Friday evening for a visit
with her parents.
Miss Mary Wright, Guy Abbott,
Lewis White, Joe O'Hora and Harry
Mitchell returned Sunday evening to
Brookings to take up their work in
the college.
A letter from Jens Jepson, now
located at Snohomish, Wash, says
they are enjoying fine weather at this
time. They have not forgotten old
De Smet friends and wish to be re
membered to all.
There were several small pairie
fires Tuesday. Straw stacks that had
been burning for several days were
started up by the high wind and the
fire carried through stubble and over
the prairie at a rapid rate. No ser
ious damage was reported in this
vicinity.
The robins have been here for
a couple of weeks. These birds are
considered reliable signs of spring.
But now that the bonfires have been>
started and the air is filled with the
perfume of disturbed decaying veget-
alton and the smoke from fires that
are consuming everything imaginable
from old tin cans to old rubbers we
know that spring is with us.
The Evangelical people have
commenced the work of ~excavating
for the basement under their church
building. A large dining ROOM, IA
kitchen and a furnace room will be
made. When the work is completed
the Evangelical people will have as
neat and convenient a church a. is to
be found anywhere in the state, al
though it may not be as large as
some.
1t was our intention to shed a
little more light upon the matter of
the proposed school bond issue, and
to give some further information as to
the purpose of the board should the
issue of bonds be authorized. We
can give none, however, as the board
has no plan further than that already
stated, the erection of another build
ing of four rooms and a steam heat
ing plant.
Hon. f. f. Green, judge of the
county court has made an announce
ment of his candidacy for reelection
to that otficA. This is Mr.. Green's first
t rm, and, SO far as we have heard,
there is no candidate against him.
This is an Office, more than all others,
in which politics should be eliminated.
1t is ability and Integrity that count
when it comes to the handling of the
property of widows and orphans. In
this county the property passing
through probate court, in the various
stages of probating, reach up into the
hundreds of thousands of dollars, and
have even pas'ed the million mark
Mr.. Green's ability as a lawyer, his
careful attention to affairs of the of
fee, and his ability as a business man,
have made him an ideal Judge of the
county court. Without regard to party
or faction, we believe every man in
the county will be glad TO have Mr..
Green returned to that Office
Ed. Bowel pied guilty to the
charge of adultry at WATERFOWL We'd
nesday and was sentenced to eigh-
teen months in the p~enetentiary. Sci
ma Stensen pied guilty to the same
charge and was given a fine of $500
or to serve 100 days in the county jail.
at pays to be good is an old, old
saving but too often it is forgotten
until the strong arm of the law over
takes the guilty. Sympathy is with
the wife and unfortunate young
woman. Oldham Register.
Bowel was a resident of Oldham
until a little over a year ago when he
moved to WATERFOWL. He was a fire