Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-07-09
Verne Kelly was up from Brook
ings Wednesday.

warden, Iowa, Friday to visit with
her parents a few days.
Saturday night and Sunday
brought this section a nice rain. The
ground was just in the right condi-
ton to take care of it. and it seems
now that there is sufficient moisture
to mature all small grain crops, un-
less it might be some of the late flax.
Ben Rehfeld launched his new
boat, the "Grayling", on Lake Henry
Friday. The boat is Is #. in length
by 1 ft. 6 in. in beam, and is equip
ped with a B b p. engine. The boat
was made by Ben himself and is a
substantial and well proportional
craft. 1t will be one of the incest
boats on the lake this year.
The Lake Preston Milling Co. is
receiving the material for the electric
lighting system to be installed in our
city. Workman are setting the large
poles for the wires along the streets
while others are rustling the job of
wiring the buildings. Evidences are
many that it will not be many moons
before the streets and homes of Lake
Preston will be electric lighted
Times.
i, j. Miller has his lawn mower
sharpener installed ia the basement
of his store. He has it attached to a
gasoline engine and can make a lawn
mower work like new in less than an
hour. The machine is so arranged
that the mower is ground perfectly
true from end to end. This will prove
a great convenience to those who
have to trim their own lawns.
The Arlington Sun says that
Charley Jack, who has been with
Lowry as his private secretary, is
home for the summer vacation He
will start out with Lowry again the
first of August when they go to west
ern Colorado. If Charley has a ov-
ing disposition, his job is a snap for
they never visit the same field twice
and only stay just long enough to
fully take in the beauties of a place.
George Nelson, who has been
living on his claim neal Phillip, s..
D., drove through this week to his
fathers place east of town and will
remain there during the summer and
help with the farm work. While in
Huron on his way here he purchased
some residence property and intends
moving there next fall when his wife
returns from Phillip, where she is
staying at present with her two sis
tiers. -Esmond Herald.
All crops are looking fine. Never
in the history of this part of the state
were prospects better az this time of
the var, The gram is all pretty
g morally headed cut, and, with fay.
able conditions, there will be consid-
cradle cutting of early oats and bar
ley before the 10th of this month. 1t
now looks ~ if the harvest would be
at least ten days earlier han last
season. Corn. 100, is way ahead of
last year at this tim3. The field that
did not stand knee high the Fourth
IN these parts was an exception.
The July apportionment If school
funds from the state land department
is the largest eve made. the total
amount apportioned is S405y052.5O,
making S2.65 for each pupil. B adle
county's share of this appointment
is $l0,00l.I0 and K~ingsbury county
draws Sl0,470 Is. The total number
of children of school age upon which
he apportionment is based is l52,S60.
The twenty thousand dollars that
goes to Kingsbury and Beadle coun-
ties means that amount is cut off from
taxation. - Chief.
Our people celebrated mostly at
Bancroft and Erwin last Saturday.
Both towns put up a first-class old
fashioned Fourth of July celebration
and all the visitors were we'll pleased.
At Bancroft the only complaint made
by the visitors was that there was too
much on the program. There was
something doing all the time, and
some of the time two events were be-
ing pulled off at the same hour.
had to be done in order to carry
ont the entire program. The FIRE
at Erwin is reported to have
been one of the best displays ever
seen in these parts. At that place
the De Smet ball team lost to Garden
City by a score of s to 5.
WIN. Jannsen returned Thursday
evening from his visit to the old home
in Germany. He saws that he had
thu time of his life. All the relative,
he left in the old country NV hts fiv,
years ago, kept one sister, w-r
alive and wei although not one re g.
him, which is not to b twond n
ed at as he was ONLY sixteen Years If
a ,e when he came to this countrs
He exp cted to fini conditions in b
Did country about tn same as when
he left it, but in this be was agree
ably surprised to find a ma erial ad