Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-01-29

chances for recovery improving
Times.
Corn for sale at the Farmers
Elevator.
Mrs. A. w. White went to Lake
Preston Wednesday for a visit with
friends.
will Close has purchased the g..
g. Johns residence in the north part
of the city.
w. j. Newell, of Highmore. spent
Tuesday at the home of his sister,
Mrs. F. w. Wright in this city.
james Ferry and wife, of Spring
Lake township. were guests at the L.
A. Dunklee home Tuesday and We'd
nesday.
Peter O'Hara went down into
Iowa the latter part of last week to
look at a herd of Shetland ponies
offered for sale.
John Mitchell departed Sunday
evening for points in Iowa where he
visited with old friends and combined
business with pleasure by looking
for a carload of horses at the same
time.
Rev. w. II. Grafton, superintend-
ent of the Anti Saloon League, was a
visitor in this city Monday afternoon.
He was on his way home from Lake
Preston where he delivered an address
Sunday evening.
Archie Wurtzler, of Minneapolis,
spent Saturday in this city, the guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. S. Whiting.
Archie was a former De Smet boy and
has a host of friends here who are
always glad to see him.
C. G.. Johns was down from Man
chester Monday. G.. G.. expects to be
notified some time in April to make
filing on a quarter-section of Trip
county land. Says he is going out to
make it the permanent family home
Mrs. VIM. Hope, accompanied by
her husband. Mrs. Nelson and two
childr n and a sister in-law, arrived
Saturday from Vermillion for a visit
with her parents, Mr.. aud Mrs. G. B.
Grover. All but Mrs. Hope departed
Monday for a visit with relatives in
Grant county. Mrs. Hope intends TO
spend about two weeks
-Thos. Sorenson, the we'll known
resident of Hartland, has been suffer
ing of late from a disease from which
he did not seem able toget relief here
at home, so last Friday he went to
Sioux City TO seek treatment at a
hospital. All acquaintance join in
the hope that he may come back as
hearty and well as ever in a few
days Times.
Herman Muser, who sold his
farm just west of this city last fall,
and who spent considerable time in
looking around for a new location,
both here in this state and in the Pa
cific coast country, has purchased the
Cash Andrews half section northeast
of this city. No place visited by him
looked so good to Mr.. Muser as this
part of Kingsbury county. He has
secured a fiue farm and we are glad
to know that Herman is to remain in
this section.
William A. Barber a brother of
A. n. Barber, formerly IN the hard
ware business at Mitchell, S. D., has
sold out his business there and bought
a half interest in the Esmond State
Bank, and will move here in the spring,
build a residence and take an active
part in the banking business. This
will add to the banks force a hustler
with experience and a college eduction.
and with the large increase of re
sources secured the "Lsmond State"
will be fully equipped to handle its
increasing business in a first class
and a large increase in bust
ness is confidently expected. Els.
mond Herald.
We have noticed of late reports
from several creameries in the state
claiming a nice increase in business
for the year 1908. l.. Griffin, who
has charge of the dairy department
under Commissioner Wheaton, in
forms us that the state as a whole ex-
perienced an increase in the dairy
business during the year. Unfortu-
nately as much cannot be said for this
locality. The local creamery suffer
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