Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-07-03
familiar scenes and acquaintances.-
Lake Preston Times.

town that he has taken his old posi-
ton in the creamery at that place and
finds that they have a fine run of
business.
Miss jeanette Sweet has resigned
her position as manager of the tele-
phone Office in this city. the resigna-
ton taking effect July lst. She went
to her home at Iroquois Wednesday
evening. Miss Sweet has been in
charge of the De Smet Office for the
past year and a half. Her conduct of
that institution has been such that
every patron of the Office will regret
her departure. She always attended
strictly to business and was good
natured and accommodating at all
times. Miss Sweet will take with her
the good will of all De Smet people.
The conditions for small grain
have been ideal up to this time in
this part of South Dakota. 1t is the
opinion of everyone that crops never
looked better at this time of the year
than they do this season. Some of
the early barley has been headed for
nearly two weeks, and it is very prob
able that a few of the earlier pieces
will be harvested about the 18th to
Goth of this month. The stand of all
kinds of grain is ven and heavy, The
same can be said of the fields grow
ing timothy and clover. A heavier
crop than the latter never grew in
these parts. Ordinary conditions
from this time until harvest will give
us the bumper of all bumper crops.
The house on the w. H. Henney
farm, southwest of this city, occupied
by S. t. Derry, was completely des-
troyed by fire Friday morning. Mr..
aud Mrs. Derry were out milking and
the children started the fire TO get
breakfast ready. The pipe is suppos-
ed to have been full of SCOT which
ignited and set fire to the wall. Only
a few minutes elapsed from the time
the fire was discovered until the build
ing was a total wreck. 1t made such
rapid Roadway that the family were
unable to save anything in the way of
household goods or wearing apparel.
The loss is quite heavy to the Derry
family. Mr.. Henney carried a small
amount of insurance which will be
something of a help in replacing the
building.
AT the annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Farmers Co OPP
%erative Association held at the opera
house Saturday afternoon the follow
ing board of directors was elected:
j. l.. Van Hook, Ole Johnson, Frank
Gillespie, Luke Kelly, Louis Sterr,
r. j. Armstrong and W. j. Ryan,
After setting aside sinking fund, re
serve fund, and a certain amount to
remain in the general fund to start
business for the new year, the stock
holders proceeded to carve the divi-
dend mellon worth several thousand
The business of the associa
tion was very satisfactory for the past
year, especially when the fact that so.
many concerns were hard hit" by
the financial stringency last fall is
taken into consideration, and the
further fact hal every bushel of grain
bought by the association was pur-
chased at a higher price than that
paid by any town in South Dakota,
freight rate to the terminal market
taken into consideration. These
facts together with the fact that a
good net profit was made for the year
ought to satisfy anybody.
The severe storm reported from
the southwestern part of Minnesota
was more destructive than at first
supposed. The Hormony News, pub
lished in Fillmore county, reports the
storm to have been from five to ff
teen miles wide in that section. Trees
were stripped of their leaves, growing
crops completely destroyed, siding
and shingles pounded from buildings
by hail, and in places entire buildings
destroyed by the wind. That the
hail was something fearful can be
readily understood from the follow
ing paragraph taken from the News,
which refers to a brother-in law to an
uncle of W. j. Ryan, of this city:
Joe Whalen living southeast of
here had a narrow escape from death.
Coming home from DEBORAH he at
tempted to cross a bridge that was al
ready under water when his horses
fell in between the planks and were