Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-03-12

"A seed special will be run over
the North Western r. in this state
this month With the train will be
Prof. Holden, of Iowa, and Prof. Will
lis, of the Brookings college, also A.
E. Chamberlain, superintendent of
farmers institutes. Following is the
schedule for this county, with one
hour stops at each station named.
Esmond, March Is. 7:10 p. m.
Iroquois, March Is, S:25 a.. m.
Manchester, March Is, 1000 a m.
DeSmet, March Is, 1l:20.
Hetland, March Is, 12:50p. m.
Let every farmer make it a point to
attend at some point named in the
schedule.
Watch for the Golden Rule.
Thursday night of last week Rol-
la Huse, of this city, took one of his
fathers horses and a buggy, and with
Howard Combs, of Mathews town
ship. who had a horse with him, struck
out for Carthage where they sold the
horses on Saturday and then skipped
out. We are not informed as to
whether the horse taken by young
Combs belonged to himself or to his
father, and neither do we know much
of the young man or his habits.
| Young Huse has been hitting the can
all winter with a regularity only
equaled by his ability to sccure the
bug juice. Steps are being taken by
Mr.. Huse to get his horse back, which
will not be a hard matter, and we
presume Mr.. Combs will do the same
thing if the other horse belonged to
him.
Roy Murdick loaded his car aud
departed Tuesday for Brooks, Oregon,
where the family will make their per-
manent home. Mrs. Murdick depart
ed Friday evening for Flandreau
where she will visit for a week or ten
days before starting on the western
trip. Roy took with him ten head of
registered Shetland ponies and will
make the raising of these animals his
principal business in the western
country. De Smet people regret the
departure of this family, but hope
they will find pleasant home. They
still retain their 480-acre farm in
Spirit Lake township and can return
and make this their home at any time
they desire. Mr.. and Mrs. Murdick
will both return in the fall for a few
weeks to look after their interest in
the crop from the farm.
Tuesday, April 10th, is the date
on which our annual election will be
held Only one alderman from each
of the three wards is to be elected.
The principal interest of the campaign
will center on the saloon question.
The petition for a vote on the grant
ing of permits to sell intoxicating
liquors is now being circulated, and
had at the first of this week some
thirty five signatures ten more than
required by law. If we read the signs
correctly a majority vote in favor of
the granting of license at the coming
election is a greater possibility, and
more nearly a probability, than at any
time during the last three years. To
Those who make a hobby of no license,
and are satisfied merely with making
a legally dry town, the present con
ditions are probably satisfactory.
But to those who voted against license
expecting that a legally dry town
would bring about a change in 0
ditions, the present state of affairs is
anything but pleasing. Whether
the hard booze IN through the
legitimate chapnel provided by law,
the doctors prescription and the drug
store, whether it comes from blind
pigs. or whether il comes in the shape
of -four full quarts for S3.25" 10 ex-
tensively advertised through a local
source by a Minneapolis wine cellar,
we are not prepared to say. The fact
remains that it is here most of the
time, and beyond control. In addi-
ton to the hard booze, it is estimated
by those in a position to know that
about fifty cases of beer, or its equiv
alent, come into this city every week.
The quantity of whiskey drank in this
city, in our judgment, is as great, as
when saloons were in operation; the
quantity of beer consumed is, of
course, much less than when we had
Va account for this CON