Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-04-16
DIR. J.. B. Dickey, of Iroquois, was
a De Smet visitor Friday.

a De Smet visitor Friday.
--E. j. Gulbranson, Of Manchester,
was a De Smet visitor Tuesday.
Mrs. j. w. Wilde, of Lake Pres
ton, vas the guest of Mrs. A. w.
White Tuesday.
The Wagner Orchestra, of Sioux
Falls, furnished the music for a nice
dancing party Wednesday evening.
IF. S. Clark, carrier on Route No.
l, has been taking his two weeks lay
off and c. E. Newell has acted as sub
stitute.
The Golden Rule store opens
with a special sale for Saturday of
this week and Monday of next. Mr..
Brewer has on display a nice clean
stock and is offering a long list of
bargains.
Peter Jorgenson has purchased a
REIMBURSEMENT and will leave about
the first of May to make residence on
the claim, which is located near
Phillip. The Jorgenson boys all
want land, and, what is more, each
enc is getting hold of a piece.
&C. H. Campbell has been busy
a part of the week in moving one of
the large ash trees from the l. f.
Straight property to his own property
in the west end Of the city. The tree
was moved with a chunk of frozen
earth about six feet in diameter around
the roots.
We are informed that E. H.
Lewis, who has lived on the Will
Hannah farm II miles south and west
of this city the past two years, has
arranged to secure the old +. j. Eng
lish farm three miles north of this
city, and that he will soon make it
the family home.
james Paterson, a nephew OF
David Paterson, our old resident of
the Lake Henry neighborhood, ar
rived from Scotland about a week ago
to visit relatives at the home of the
latter and to try life in America for
an indefinite period if it seems to
agree with him.-Times.
Some seeding was done the first
two days of last week but the weather
was such as to prevent further efforts
in that line until Tuesday afternoon
of this week. The work is now again
we'll under way. The season is a
triae late, but there is less blowing to
be done this spring, which will prob
ably allow the completion of seeding
at about the usual time.
Rob Reed, John Weddell, John
Larson. George Knipe and Otto Jeske
left Monday night for trip to the
Pacific coast. They expect to visit
Washington, Oregon, and possibly
British Columbia. coming home by
way of Colorado They hayea twenty
five day ticket, and intend to look for
attractive locations for future homes
in the west.-Arlington Sun.
The Hubbard & Elwell Ditching
Co. has been unloading several car
loads of machinery and tools in Lake
Preston the past week and their horses
will he here in a few days. This firm
has taken the contract to dig from
the Connors place toLtke Thompson,
also one along the low lands at the
inlet to Lake Whitewood, in White
wood township. j. III. Elwell. n of
the proprietors, and j. b. Dresser,
who is the firms contractor, are here
to get the operations started and look
after more work Times.
F. n. Dow arrived Wednesday
to look after his land interests in this
locality and will probably remain all
the spring He left Milwaukee about
two weeks ago and joining a party Of
successful applicants for Rosebud
homesteads whom he helped to locate
neal Dallas. T. n. saws that about
200 out of the first 1000 who drew
lucky numbers failed to appear at the
appointed time. Some of the land in
Gregory county is good, he says, and
some very poor. The Indians secured
the best land as a rule in selecting
their alottments. There is some
decided land hat is changing hands,
and some that is offered for sale, but
held at very high figures. Some of it
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