Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-03-26

year, but as yet the board has taken
no action on the matter.
Miss Lucy Helen Pearson, state
s~ecretrry of the Y. w. G. A., is to be
here next Sunday. She will speak to
the young ladies of the Association
and their friends in the afternoon at
the Congregational church at $3.50
o'clock and will give a talk on state
work of the Association at the Evan.
gelical church Sunday night at 7:30
D. m. to which all are invited.
A more complete report of the
result of the elections Tuesday of
last week in the incorporated towns
shows no material change in sentiment
on the booze question. Out Of forty
towns there were reported wochanges
from license to no license, and two
changes just the opposite SO that the
matter was a stand off. Our item
last week was based on earlier reports.
Paul Geyer returned Tuesday
evening from Minneapolis where he
spent the winterin the Avery machine
shops studying thresher machinery.
Paul comes home the possessor of a
license to operate steam traction and
stationery engines in the state of
Minnesota. Such a license is an evil
dence of a technical and practical
knowledge of such machinery and
should be required of every man who
is engaged in that class of work.
The Arlington and De Smet bas-
ket ball teams playing the game last
Friday evening were entertained al
a six o'clock dinner by six of our
young ladies', and we are informed by
one who vas present that the young
ladies did credit to themselves and to
the reputation of our city for hospi-
tality. The young ladies were Misses
Francis and Lulu Schaub, Alvina
Rehfeld, Inez Krumvieda, Mabel Slim
son and Pearl Williams. Rev. j. E.
Booth and Prof. Rich c~haperoned the
party.
Mrs. X. j. Heath was called to
Henry Saturday evening by a message
telling of the serious condition of her
daughter, Mrs. w. B. Johnston. who
was badly burned through the az
cidental ov~erturning of a kerosene
lamp. The little boy three years old
overturned the lamp, setting fire TO
the window curtains and the carpet.
In attempting TO subdue the flames
Mrs Johnston's clothing caught fire
and she was badly burned from her
ankles to the waist. The physician
ia attendance reported the first of the
week that Mrs. Johnston was doing
nicely and that she would doubtless
recover.
Bert Coulson dropped in from
Santa Cruz, California, last Saturday
evening Bert has been out in that
sunny cl mate during the winter bat
says the attractions are not sufficient
to hold him in summer time. The
sainy season was very tiresome to him
and the prospect of engaging in pull
ing weeds on his knees all summer
was all the employment in sight and
did not hit him in a way to please.
Saws that his father and brothers like
it there quite we'll, hal Ralph is at
tending high school and that so long
as they take life easy they will be
satisfied. Times.
About sixty friends and neighbors
of Mr.. and Mrs. &. f. Bogenrief and
family, joined in giving them a fare
we'll party, on Wednesday, March IL,
at their home north of this city.
While Mr.. and Mrs. Bogenrief were
expecting a few neighbors, they were
hardly looking for the number arrived.
A bounteous dinner was served at
2:30 to which all did ample justice.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bcgenrief will not leave
for their new home in Wisconsin un-
til April, but are leaving their old
neighborhood, moving a mile north of
De Smet. All joined in wishing Mr..
and Mrs B. and family a prosperous
future in their new home.
"A few evenings ago quite a mum
Der of our citizens gathered to discuss
the question of electric lights and the
proposit on of the Lake Preston Mill
ing Co. to install an up-to-date plant
in Lake Preston. 1t is reported thai
all present seemed to feel that the
plan was worthy of encouragement.
The plan will succeed, if the milling