Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-08-05
sections here and there by local

Mrs. w. H.. Wheat is visiting her
brother, w. FL. Ross, at Linton, N. D.
Rev. and Mrs. Isaac Cassel are
happy over the arrival of a boy at
their home Friday of last week.
w. NJ. Allen, of Vermillion. spent
the past two weeks in this city the
guest of his aunt, Mrs. G. Fl. Lam
caster.
The Union Service will be held
at the Evangelical church next Sun
day evening. Rev. Isaac Cassill will
deliver the sermon.
Miss Sugdon, a nurse from the
Madison hospital, was the guest of
Mrs. L. F. Altfillisch over Sunday
and Monday. Miss Sugdon was on
her way to visit her parents at
Montreal, Canada.
DIR. III. HI. Erudenfeld, the Madi.
son Hospital eye ear, ose and throat
specialist, will be in De Smet at the
Syndicate Hotel on August 10th, M
day only. Glasses accurately fitted
and guaranteed satisfactory in every
way.
The Burkart brothers closed their
mercantile business in this city Sat
urday last. They were in business
here just one year and are we'll salts
fed with what they have accomplish
ed. Their decision to quit business
here was caused by the poor health
of one of the members of the firm.
The little boy of Mr.. and Mrs.
NJ. H.. O'Hora, of Mathews township,
who IA seriously injured by a kick
from a horse several weeks ago, and
who was treated at the De Smet
hospital, is now nearly recovered.
The boy has been out of the hospital
for two weeks or more and will, in a
short time, be as good as ever.
John Salary, an agricultural ex-
pert of the Hungarian government,
was in the city Tuesday, comforting
with Prof. n. E. Hanson on the
growth of a"lfalfas and other plants.
He went to Highmore yesterday to
view the work at the sub. station, ex-
pecting to return here in a few days.
He is making a tour Of this country,
studying our agricultural Methods
Brookings Press.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. A. Spooner, of
Huron, were guests of Mrs. Spooner's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. W. A. Williams,
Sunday last. Mr.. SpConer recently
went to Rochester expecting to
undergo an operation, but was re-
lieved to find the services of a surgeon
were not necessary. He is taking a
course of treatment prescribed by the
hospital physicians. 1t is necessary
for him to give up his work on the
road for a few months, however.
Ernest Nickerson, of the Philip
pine Islands, was in the city Friday
last, the guest of 0. P. Williams.
Mr.. Nickerson has been in the islands
four years where he has a position as
superintendent of government schools.
He covers a territory of 800 square
miles and has seventeen teachers to
look after. Mr.. Nickerson is home on
a short vacation and expects to re-
turn about September ir,t. He will
also visit at Castlewood where his
parents reside.
The fire alarm sounded at $50
Tuesday evening. The trouble was
in the harness roo at the Robinson
Co. hardware store where a bale of
waste had caught fire in some manner
not known. Prompt action subdued
the flames in short order. The damage
was not very great. Once more the
city was in good luck. Only a few
minutes more before the fire had been
discovered and it might have been
impossible to save that building and
two or three others.
According to estimates based on
the government report for July the
wheat crop will be 637 ,4S9,00O bushels
as against 737, $4,000 in 1909, or
about one hundred million bushels
short of last year. The oat crop is
estimated at 1923, $4,000, or twenty
seven million bushels greater than
last year. Owing to the unfavorable