Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-08-20
Mrs. Mike Heating returned from
Brookings Monday evening.

Mrs. f. Schaub returned Thurs
day of last week from a visit to rela.
tives in Minnesota.
r. w. Levitt, of Arlington, tran.
sacted business in De Smet between
trains Wednesday morning.
Miss Harriet Howard arrived
the latter part of last week to get
ready to take up her school work.
Mr.. and Mrs. Severt Johnson
were down from Erwin Sunday. Mrs.
Johnson took the train from this point
for Wisconsin in response to "a mes.
sage stating that her father was SER
iously i'll.
The |. 0. 0. F. picnic at Lake
Henry Tuesday was well attended.
There were seventy-five present and
all had a pleasant time. The weather
was just right for such an event and
the spirit of the crowd vas just right
to make it a great success.
George Kary was up from Lake
Preston Thursday. George declares
Ed Whalen had begun to waver in
his political belief and that it was
necessary to come up and give him
ED a strong talk. George has a
funny streak in him. Fancy an old
blown in-the bottle democrat like Ed
Whalen wavering in his political be-
lief. If George doesn't look out he
will get himself into the Mark Twain
class.
The C. & n W. has been running
a car repairing train over this division
of late. A train crew has charge of
the train and a gang of men do
the repairing. All cars that al be
repaired outside the shops are put in
order and left in the different yards
to be loaded and put into service as
soon as the needs of the shipping
public demand. This system V
the hauling of crippled cars to and
from the division point, and also saves
time.
The Henry Him. home is under
quarantine for diphtheria. Their
daughter Mabel went down to Het-
land to stay a week with the j. B..
Nelson family and Immediately after
coming home was taken down with
| the disease Where the disease was
contracted is not known, Henry was
away when the quarantine was put
on and has been staying away since
so hat it will not interfere with his
work. Mabel is getting along nicely
and has not been very sick at any
time.
The Lake Preston creamery has
been turned into a central churning
plant and is under a new manage
ment. The Times says:
Commencing with August lst, the
Lake Preston creamery is operated
by Walter Anderson, G. Larsen and
A. P. Ryger. The business of the in
stitution as a centralizing plant will
be pushed just as enthusiastically as
will the local trade. OF the new men
connected with the institution, Prof
Larsen is an instructor in the agri.
cultural college and Mr.. Ryger is the
state dairy commissioner. Both are
experienced creamery men, and Mr..
Anderson has for years been the suc
cessful buttermaker at this place and
needs no Introduction to our people.
Mr. Anderson will continue in active
charge of the plant here in Lake
Preston and the other members of the
firm will help where opportunity Of
fers without interfering with their of
fetal duties. The new arrangement
insures the patrons of the Lake Pres
ton creamery the best of management
and the home and station patrons
alike, square treatment. Boost the
enterprise.
The Germania State Bank Fri
day last installed some new fixtures
of the latest design, consisting of a
round door Diebold Manganese safe,
a steel cabineto of safety deposit boxes,
a new vault door, and a CRATE door.
The safe is one of the latest improv-
ed patterns known to fl makers, and
is of a metal that is burglar proof.
Thes, safes have been tested and
found to withstand all attempts to
open them with high power explo-
sives. The safe is cast in a solid
piece, leaving the storage room and
the opening for the door. This open
ing is then machined to about the
proper dimensions as is also the door,
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