Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-10-07

TUESDAY IOT q VISIT In Onlo. MI.
Cassel will spend a part of the time
at Boston, as stated last week.
The Farmers Mutual Insurance
Co., of De Smet, has levied an assess
ment of one mill on the dollar of in
sured valuation to pay losses and x
penses for the past year. A cost of
only one dollar for 100000 for
protection for one year is certainly a
cheap rate of insurance.
The Independent aims to print
all the news, but we are 1900 miles
behind in mentioning the auto which
Joe Cronkhite bought in July. Joe
certainly has done some travelling
since he bought the machine for the
speedometer registers over 1000. Says
he has had more fun out of it than
anything else he ever had in his life.
IN. G. Peterson and wife and
Chris Kirk left Monday for California.
Peterson goes from the lodge here
and Kirk from Badger lodge to the
Grand Lodge of Danish Brotherhood.
They purpose taking. side trips and
will return via Portland, Seattle and
the northern route. They will be gone
a month and of course will see many
things in that time. We wish them a
safe and pleasant trip.-Hetland New
Era.
Two of Iroquois prominent and
well known citizens, E. r. Porter and
T. j. Sullivan, last spring stored their
hard coal heaters in the same place.
Last week Porter thought he would
black his stove and get ready tor
winter. He had put a nice shine on
one stove and stood off TO admire it
when it dawned upon him that he
had polished the other fellows stove.
The cold wave experienced last
week is not attributed to the feelings
of the stove polisher. In commenting
upon the matter, the Chief says it is
one of those cases where it would be
rubbing it IN to ask the victim of
the joke to set up the cigars.
Those who have paid subscription
since our last mention are: Duane
Burvee, John Mahoney, Alfred
Ecklund, Arthur Herrick, S. T. Derry,
L. L, Gunnison, l. S. Wright, j. j
Adkins, Arthur Kopperud, James A
Coulson, Henry Grife, G. O. Ander
son, Chas. S. Whiting, Ed Burns, NJ.
Evans, Frank Webster, E. j. Morris,
O. A. Taylor, T. @. Reilly, Andrew F.
Nelson, Otto Thorsness, T. j. Ryan,
G 0. Anderson, John Haag, R. w.
Leudtke, G. l.. Spear, 0. W. Torrens,
W. R.. Harmon, Ludwig Nelson, w.
j. Sturgeon, Will Moeller, M. G..
Currier, George Hageman, Robt.
Moody, W. M. Clark, Will Close, Elias
Apland, W. P. Kelly, Fred Still, Joe
Cronkhite, T. G. O'Hora, S. w
Stewart, 2. Larson.
"A flowing well twenty.six inches
in diameter and eighty-six feet deep
is what Will Leach and Hardy Yea
nan struck Tuesday out on the west
side of the l.. w, Crane farm four and
a half miles southwest of the city.
The boys struck water and then pro
ceeded to get ready to sink the curb
ing. But inside of three hours the
water raised to the surface and began
to flow at a rate estimated at $50
ba rrels every twenty-four hours. 1t
took several men with all kinds of
tackle to force the curbing into place.
With such a flow there is some danger
that the we'll will fill with fine sand
at the bottom and become worthless.
To avoid such a condition several
bushels of coarse gravel Were dump
into the well, and if it should show
signs of washing Mr. Crane will dump
ed a few loads of rock into the hole.
Such a we'll is of inestimlble value on
a large stock farm and every precau-
ton will be taken to prevent washing
and filling. The well was located
by Will Leach who is able to locates
water by use of a willow crotch, or a
piece Of heavy wire in the shape of a
bow. Mr.. Leach never fails to locate
water and can give a fairly correct
estimate of the depth required to
reach it.
T. G. O'Hora departed the first
of the week for the family home at