Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-02-25

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$4,000 when it should have been ST.
10000. Our city tax last year was
Hover than usual on that account.
-Chas. p. Warren went to Sioux
Falls Monday evening to attend to
legal matters.
w. Fl. Warren spent the latter
part of last week with Mrs. Warren
and her parents at Canton. w. 81.
returned the first of the week and
Mrs. Warren is expected the latter
part of this week.
Tuesday, March 9Th, is the date
of the next regular visit of M. Bryed
Wilson, optometrist and manufactur-
ing optican, of Huron. One day only.
Office over Bank of De Smet. Re-
fraction of the eye my specially. All
work guaranteed.
In talking with a number of bust
ness men we found a decided senti-
ment in favor of voting on the matter
of putting in an electric lighting sys
tenn. We believe a petition should
be circulated to get the sentiment of
the voters, and if it is found that a
majority favor the improvement, to
lay the petition before the town board
requesting that the matter be sub
mitted at the town election. Old
ham Register.
ID. HI. Lotus, president of the S.
D. Retail Merchants Assn, departed
Sunday evening for Minneapolis
where be is the invited guest of a like
association in Minnesota at its annual
meeting. Tuesday seemed to be
presidents day as theprogram, for the
most part, consisted of addresses by
presidents of different state associa
tons. D. FL. spoke upon the subject,
"Joys of a President" This is the
second time hat Mr.. LOTUS has had
a place on the program of the Mime
sofa association.
"A friend asks us to multiply SIS
by S.. We do SO and the
result as SIS. Now multiply 500
cents, give the answer in cents, pure
and simple, not as fractional parts of
a dollar. We do and are surprised
to see the figures climb up to 250,000
cents, which is $4,000. As S. and 500
cents are equivalent the result is puz
cling. 1t cannot be urged that deci
NAL marks should be used. A cent,
as such, is as distinct a unit al a dol
lar, and as the result is to be
ed in cents the decimal cannot be
pleaded in extenuation of the rather
surprising result. But there is clear
ly something wrong, Can any read
er explain it, Elk.
The old neighbors and friends
of j. n. Searls were shocked yester.
day to receive word that he died in
the hospital at Aberdeen the evening
before. 1t seems that Mr.. Searls has
not been well since suffering IA siege
of pneumonia about three months
ago. He was taken to the hospital
and underwent an operation a few
weeks ago and for some time was con-
sidered in a critical condition. Then
he improved and all who heard of his
sickness understood that be was well
on the road to recovery. Mr.. Searls
and family were residents of this To-
cality for several years, moving to
Huron about four years ago. The
heart broken wife, two daughters and
two sons have the sincere sympathy
of all old friends in their bereave-
ment. Lake Preston Times.
Our readers will all remember
our prediction last fall that wheat
would sell on the local market for
$l.00 to $1.10. At the time the claim
was made wheat was around 80 cents.
Up to the last of last week wheat had
reached a high point of $l.04, only 6
cents below the high point we claim.
ed it would reach. 1t also reached
that point several weeks ago, but the
accumulation of stocks in the country
elevators and the consequent heavy
receipts when the railroads were able
to move the stuff put it temporarily
on a lower level. Such a condition
could only be temporary, however,
and wheat again reached the higher
level. That it has a good prospect