Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-01-17

year right by painting the interior OF
his store and otherwise making i'm
provements which add to the appear.
ance and convenience of the place.
With the tendency of the times
since the money market was turned
over, the prices on lumber are lower.
The Lake Preston yards have reduced
prices from one to three dollars per
thousand on all kinds and qualities.
Every little helps the builder Times.
The stockholders of the DeSmet
National Bank held their annual meet
ing Tuesday afternoon, January l4th.
The old board of directors, A. w.
Stone, f. M. Andrews, Chas. s. Whit
ing, A. S. ADJUST, and A. j. Hilton
were elected. The management will,
be the same as before, A. w. Stone,
presidents; f. M. Andrews, cashier,
and A. S. ADJUST, b~ookkeeper.
AS the old saying goes, one must
go away from home to learn the news.
The following is taken from the Es-
mond Herald of Janury 10th:
A party consisting of Ed Russell,
DR.. Darling, Mrs. Storien and others
left De Smet Monday for their home
steads in the western part of the
state. Mr.. Russell goes a short dis
lance west of Pierre and the rest near
the Black Hills. x * Miss Jewett,
stenographer for County Superinten-
dent Seymour has gone to Montana,
where her father, brother and herself,
each have a homestead.
We have received our annual let
ter from A. M. Aspinwall, formerly
of Brooks, Oregon. The Aspinwalls
were we'll known to all old timers in
this part of the county and a word
from them is always welcomed by all
old acquaintance. A. M. says that
at the time of writing he was busily
engaged in loading a refrigerator car
with $4,000 logapberry plants to go
to Europe by way of New York city
He says that the ground rarely
freezes in his section so that all kinds
of work can be carried on it the win
ter. They send best wishes to friends.
On January LIST, A, Fry sold his
stock in the Farmers a. Merchants
bank and resigned the cashiarship of
that institution. j. Baldridge, the
president. and w. w. Els, assistant
chashier, purchased the stock and
the latter has been promoted to the
position of cashier. Nh. Fry retired
from the banking business for the
sole reason that he desired release
from confinement and to get in a po-
sition where he could take life easy
and do as he pleases. He will doubt
less continue to deal in land and we
are pleased to state has no idea of re
moving from Iroquois Chief.
The railway company has sent
advice that Oldham with a number of
other towns on this line would cease
to be telegraph Office and that the
SCENTS salary will be cut. Economy
is given as a reason. The railroad
company should know theirown bust
ness better than anyone else but we
believe they are %practicing poor econ
omy when they decide to remove the
wires from the Oldham depot. Re-
Gently one days receipts at this sta
ton were nearly $1,000, and yet the
company feels too poor to pay fifty
cents a day to keep this a telegraph
office. A petition signed by the bust
ness men asking that the wires. be
kept in the depot has been sent to the
superintendent and to the freight
department of the road. Oldham
Register.
Archie White returned Saturday
from a trip through the east where he
visited several of the large cities. At
Buffalo, n. Y. he visited with Elmer
w. Davis, son of E. S. Davis, of this
city. Archie found that the financial
stringency was felt severely in the
cities and that it was next to i'm
possible to get a job. Everywhere he
found both skilled and unskilled la
borers out of employment. The west
looks good to him and he says the
people here do not seem to realize
that anything ever happened in a
financial way. In regard to the re-
port that Archie was married a short
time ago at Sioux City, we must say
that circumstances point to the con
trary. Mrs. Archie did not accom-
-. L. 1900 - NN