Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-10-29

Hattie Hunt next Monday evening.
IF. e. Long this week loaded a
car of chattels at Erwin and departed
for his claim south OF Lennon in
Butte county.
Save the piano contest coupons
which appear in the INDEPENDENT
each week. Some one of your young
lady friends viii want them.
Andrew Christensen loaded a car
of chattels Wednesday and departed
for Altamont, Deuel. county, neal
w@hieh place he purchased a farm 6
short time ago.
Each dollar paid on subscription
entitles you to 40 votes for one OF the
young ladies in the piano contest.
Subscribers remitting by mail will
please indicate their choice Of candi-
dates.
-E. j. Aaron has moved from the
John A. Nelson farm, the Evergreen
place, to the farm vacated by Peter
Noem, the DR.. Kheiralla place north
OF town, where the members of his
family remaining away from the west
ern homestead will engage 10 farm
ing operations. Times.
Lester Hanson loaded his car of
chattels Monday and departed Tues
day for Chamberlain, this state, the
family following the same day. As
mentioned two weeks ago Nh. Han
son will engage in the steam laundry
business in that city in company with
a brother-in-law We hope this will
prove a paying venture for him. Les
Ter is a hard and faithful worker and
deserves success.
The land drawing opened Tues
day, Oct. 26th, at Aberdeen. OF the
first 2l5 numbers drawn Kingsbury
county held two of the lucky num-
beers. The winners were Perry A.
Vorland, OF Oldham, who drew num-
Der 90, and A. O. Gulbranson, of
Manchester, who drew lat. Both the
lucky parties should be able to select
good claims, coming as they do so near
the head of the list The first num-
Der drawn went TO VIM, j. Engel, of
Butte, Neb.
The friends and neighbors of the
Will Greenman family surprised them
- dropping iii at their home last Sat
urday evening. The hours were
speut in games and dancing. AS a
memento of the occasion Mr.. and Mrs.
Greenman We're presented with a set
of silverware. AT midnight a nice
supper vas served. The Greenman
family are soon to depart for the
Pacific coast and this was in the
nature of a farewell party. Those
present were Mr., and Mrs. f. w.
Henke, Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. Lackey,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ell. Thedorf, Mr.. and
Mrs. Washburn, Mr.. and Mrs. Eaton,
r. Perkins and A. j. Grief.
"A dispatch from Aberdeen says:
The total registration at Aberdeen
when the booths closed at midnight
on Saturday night was 55,364. The
total at Bismarck was 0,l06; Lennon,
2,506; Mobridge, 1904. With Pierre
aud lie Beau estimated the total
registration is S1,440. The notaries
here did not reap the expected harvest
from the registration, but each one
participating received what amounts
to a good sized salary for his Is days
work, the total receipts amounting to
|~Sl4,346.T5, and the total expenditures
to $435, leaving a net profit to the
notarial association Of $l3,9l1.75,
which, divided among the SO members
of the association, will give each Sl6S,
The oldest person 10 register appear
ed on the last day. She was Mrs.
Louisa Ostrow, 1916 Nicollet avenue,
Minneapolis, who gave her age as So.
Her daughter also registered and the
women hope 20 be lucky and settle on
adjoining claims.
Mrs. r.. A. Boast is in receipt OF
a long letter from Mrs. g.. w. Latin,
telling of their journey from here to
Fallon, New and something of their
new home. They stopped on the way
to visit Mrs. Lattin's sister at jules
burg, Col, and had they been able to