Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-07-24

tended the circus at Lake Preston
Las Friday.
The Evangelical Ladies Aid will
serve a supper in the basement of the
church next Tuesday, July 2Sth.
Mrs. A. B. Dyar, of st. Charles,
Mimi, arrived Thursday for a visit
with her son, DR.. B. A. Dyar and wife.
Ted Ryan came home from Water
town Wednesday of last week. He
spent several days at the chautauqua.
Miss May Hamilton will speak
on missionary work in the south at
the Evangelical church Sunday even
ing at 8 o'clock
Mrs. f. f. Demming, of Messing
ton, came down the latter part of last
week for a visit with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Geo. Sheets.
Geo. Sheets and family are en-
joying a visit from Mr.. Sheets broth
er, I'll. III. Sheets, who arrived Friday
night from California.
-Coxcomb, owned by Andrews
Bros, won several races in the cas-
last week in good time, and is expect.
ed to be in shape to make some records
this fall.
Miss Edith Brotnerton, of Mis-
souri, Valley, returned Tuesday night
with her brother Tommy and wife
who have been visiting for few days
at Washington Springs.
Miss Frances Donaldson return
ed Thursday from Kidder, this state,
where she had been attending the
Y. p. A. convention and remained a
few days to visit at the Bonner home.
F. M. Andrews has rented his
half section north east of town to
Alfred Eklund, from south Manches-
ter. Mr., Eklund expects to move on
to the place about March 1st, of next
year.
j. I. Callahan received his share
of misfortune out of Monday nights
storm although his crop was not reach
ed by the hail. Lightning struck
and killed six head of stock in his
pasture, three horses and three COWS
Sioux Falls furnished one victim
among the seveDty-two sacraficed in
the celebration of independence Day.
The boy shot himself with a blank
cartridge, and cot giving the wound
proper attention, tetanus set in and
caused death.
w. w. Spain who has been in
Towne's barber shop for the past
three months, has purchased a shop
in Redfield and will leave Monday TO
assume the management of the bust
ness. Billy is one of the best in tht
business, and is also a baritone player
Of considerable more than ordinary
ability and the Fourth Infantry band
loses a valuable member by his de-
parture.- Redfeld Press.
Wilbur Hartley received word
the last of last week hal he had been
appointed to a position in the Treas
ury Department at Washington as
b~ookkeeper. He took the civil ser.
vice examination last March and with
in four months received his appoint
ment. Wilbur is a good b~ookkeeper
aud we look to see him make rapid
advancement in his line of work. He
left for Washington on Saturday
last going by Minneapolis to see
Alice and Edith for a few days.
Hetland New Era.
The city of Brookings underwent
the operation of listening TO a dis
course by Sam Small Sunday even
ing, July 18th. Small is the kind of
a speaker who depends mostly upon
his ability to use some profanity and
a large amount OF vulgarity. He
says it is calling a spade a spade"
1t is. And so is the dirty talk you
nigh happen to hear at places you
do not usually visit. Small is a SEN
s%ationalist. In his speech, according
to the report of the Brookings Regis
ter, he denounced the so-called tenn
perance people, saying hat he would
as soon be called a yellow dog as a
temperance man. Small claims to be
a prohibitionist and a democrat. Such
talk is insulting to the element in
South Dakota that is accomplishing
work along temperance lines. We