Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-11-13

DY lUo votes ana the law car
ried by 686 votes. That looks as il
the voter knew what he wanted.
The board of county commission
ers were in session Tuesday to anvass
the election returns and for the trans.
action of routine business.
The safe in the meat market OF
Hoberg & Berge at Lake Preston was
blown open Sunday night of last
week and robbed of two hundred
dollars or more
Rev. G.. w. Elliott, formerly
pastor of the Christian church in this
city, was here a few days this week.
He is now located at Waco, Neb
where he has a pastorate. -Brookings
Register.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. Sorenson,
accompanied by Mrs. Gaarstad, moth
er of Mrs. Sorenson, drove down from
Hartland township Tuesday for a
visit at the X. Knudsen home. Mrs.
Gaarstad will spend several weeks
with her daughter, Mrs X. Knudsen.
Since the election the employ
ment bureaus report that they have
hard work TO secure men enough 10
fill orders for labor of various kinds.
Railroad work, especially, shows much
actively. There is to be considerable
winter railroad work in Idaho, Mon
tana, and Washington.
The Lake Preston Times reports
three deaths in the central and east
ern portion of the county last week.
Mrs. Henry Wachtman, of Spring
Lake township, died Oct. 3lst, aged
81 years; Mrs. Ole Mellenberg the
death of whom occurred on the 30th
ult., aged Ga years, and Mrs. Nels. B..
Knutson, who passed away on The Bird
inst. at the farm home north of Lake
Pr ston.
L. A. Brinkley was over from
Manchester vicinity Friday. He stat
ed that their corr crop would be in
the crib by that evening and that
it would average thirty-five bushels
to the acre. The Brinkleys are good
farmers and raise some blooded stock,
especially in the line of PoIled Angus
cattle. They are from Iowa and have
cause 10 regret the move that
them on a good Kingsbury
county farm.
A. j. Sipher loaded IA car with
personal property and departed Tues
day for Attica, Mimi, near which
place he purchased last summer an
acre farm. A. j. thinks he has
nice little farm. 1t WAS originally
hard timber land, but is all cleared,
about two acres Of grove.
There is a fine lake of about twenty
acres on the farm, Aaving sixty ceres
of tillable land. 1t is well improved
as TO buildings and fences. However,
A. j. will still hold the quarter he
owns near Bancroft so that he can
come back if be doesn't like Minnesota.
The Sipher family are old residents
CT this part of the county and their
departure is regretted by all.
At the home of Mr.. and Mrs. G..
II. Booth in this city last Thursday
evening at $50 occurrr d the marriage
of their daughter Florence, to James
Graham, the ceremony being per.
formed by Rev. Isaac Cassel. Percy
Scott aud Miss Anna Parry stood up
up with the contracting parties The
bride has lived in this city about two
years and is a young lady Of many
excellent qualities and highly respect
ed by all. The groom is well known
all De Smet people and needs no
Introduction or words of praise f,om
us. The happy couple will make
their home on the farm owned by the
groom on the north side of the city
and expect to be settled at house
keeping within a couple of weeks.
TIE many friends of both contracting
will join the INDEPENDENT in
good wishes for their future happiness.
The Philathea Sunday school
of the Congregational church
met for their November business meet
ing at the home of II. Fl. Plowman,
the teacher, Wednesday evening The
meeting was called TO order by the
president. After an appropri tie open
ing service the business of the meet
ing was taken up. The chief feature
of the evening was the debate on the
oupstiOn "Resolypd that thpre was