Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-05-07
Gold Medal Flour at the Farmers

-Gold Medal Flour at the Farmer!
Elevator.
- Mrs. Elizabeth Sasse and Mrs
G. III. Tinkham spent Tuesday witt
friends at Lake Preston.
Lieut. Gov. Shober was In til,
city Tuesday to adjust the loss sus
tanned by the Globe Mutual ms. Co.
at the fire in G. III. Tinkham's furni
ture store. This company carried
policy on the building only.
Andrew Anderson aud wife, Jeni
Olson, Mrs. Hans Hanson and Han,
Rossen expect to start the latte.
part of next week for Denmark where
tn y will spend several weeks with re
l@atives and former friends. Oldham
Register
e. j. Aaron, formerly of thi,
place, but for two years past a resi-
dent of Lake Preston vicinity, ha.
sent Mrs. Aaron, Carl and Edna tC
the homestead near Wasta, while be
and Annabelle remain to look after
the crop of a rented half-s ectin farm
near l. Ike Preston. A car of chattels
was shipped last week, Mr.. Aaron
thinks they have a good thing out
there. One of the girls has a claim
which, with a quarter of decided land,
will make them three quarters.
Al johnson, the Iroquois land
man, was in the city Saturday. Al
SAYS that there are at least 100 steam
breaking outfits at work in territory
tributary 10 towns on the G. e. n. w.
be- ween Huron and Pierre, and that
over in Sully county a steam rig is
just as common a sight as a four-horse
team The report of one hundred
steam rigs along the line is probably
a low estimate. A private let er to
the writer from Highmore last week
stated there were thirty.three such
rigs at work in Hyde county alone.
"A special meeting of the stock
holders of the Lake Preston Cream.
cry Co. was held in the office of the
manager, p. j, Langlie, last Saturday
afternoon. A proposition to sell the
plant and business to private parties
II a corporation vas discussed and
the board of trustees was unanimous
ly instructed to haudle or sell to the
best possible advantage. The plant
has been under the cooperative plan
and there are difficulties in the way
of making a success when operating
outside cream stations, hence the mat.
ter was placed before the stockhold
ers-Times.
While here in South Dakota we
experienced a severe cold spell last
week with snow and freezing tempera-
ture, our condition was far better
than that of many sections. At Chi
cago several deaths resulted from the
storm. In the south snow DELAYED
trains and Geographic communication
a destroyed. Tornadoes were re-
ported in Indiana and southern states,
while a tidal wave on Lake Michigan
did great damage at Waukegan and
Kenosha. When you think the
weather bad here, you can always
congratulate yourself tina. it is worse
in other sections of the country.
1t is with deep regret that we
have to mention the death of Mrs.
Emma Johnston at the family home
in Henry. Mrs. Johnston, daughter
of Mrs. X. j.. Heath, was born and
grew TO womanhood here IN De Smet
ana had many trends among the
older residents Of this city. Death
occurred Friday evening of last week
as the result of the lady being badly
burned several weeks ago, mention of
which was made az that time, Her
condition for a long time was such
that recovery vas constantly expect
ed, but so much surface of the body
had been burned that the system
could not through off the accumlat-
ing poison. which finally settled in
the throat aud caused her death.
Mrs. Dan Dwight now visiting
with her daughter Mrs. Geo. ADJUST,
formerly of Spirit Lake township, of
Turlock, Cal, has sent us a copy of
the Turlock Journal of the issue of
April 2nd. From it we gather that
the Turlock region is one of the busy
centers of the coast country. 1t is an
irrigated district devoted to garden
fruit. and dairyinp. The latter