Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-05-20

Now is the time 70 buy residence
lots. Apply to Chas. E. Ely.
Miss Kate o Hora went to Pierre
Saturday to make friends in that city
a visit.
--Chas. P. Warren argued a case
before the supreme court at Pierre
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. II. Sheets
spent Saturday and Sunday with their
daughter near st. Lawrence.
Miss Marie Hoberg, of Lake
Preston, spent Sunday in this city as
the guest of the Misses Carrie and
Anna Madison.
Mrs. Chas. Domke, of Chicago,
who has been visiting with her
sisters, Mrs. w. j. Carmon and Mrs.
c.. S~taudenmaier has returned to her
home.
Ed Ruskell and Herb Rehfeld
have just completed a large barn on
the formers farm southwest of the
city, They are now busy breaking
up the quarter to SOW to flax.
A. A. Anderson, Louis Larson,
VIM. Phelps, Peter %Sorenson, G. c..
Madsen, Christ Olson, and Lars
Anderson, of Badger township were
De Smet visitors Saturday. The
three last named gentlemen made
application for citizenship papers be-
fore Clerk of Courts T. A. Carpenter.
Mrs. E. E. Harvey's father and
mother of Pearson, Iowa, and Mr..
Harvey's mother and father of Mer-
rill, Iowa, were here Saturday to at
tend the funeral of their grandson.
Mrs. Harvey's brother, John Pierce
and family from Lake Preston and
Mr.. and Mrs. Hall, of Cavour, were
here also. Manchester News.
Arrangements for the proper OBJ
servance of Memorial Day, Monday
May Both, have been made. The ex-
ercises at the opera house will consist
of an appropriate program, and will
begin at IL o'clock. Mayor WIN. H..
Warren will deliver the address. The
following committees will have charge
of the different features: Music, j..
H. Hall; recitations, Mrs. M. l..
McCarty; decorations and flowers,
Mesdames VIM. McCaskell, T. G..
Warn~r, G. l. DawIev, F. B. Danley,
and W. S. Andrews. the school
children in Iiue will b. under the
charge of Mrs. Grorg~ H. She is, who
will also have C arge of the flower
girls,
County judy E T. Gr'en is "A
candidate for reel elton, and the only
republican candidate befcr the voters
of that party at the primary in June.
The office of county judge is one of
great Importance. 1t is in this court
that the great bulk of the business of
handling estates, the property of
widows and orphans, is transacted.
The appointment of administrators is
one of the duties of the court, and a
review of their official acts another
duty. The Interpretation of wills and
the application of the laws relating
thereto is very important to those
who came into this court. The value
OF the properly involved in the estates
in probate in this county at times
reaches way above the million dollar
mark. From this brief statement it
will be seen that a careful business
training and good business judgment
are required, as we'll as a knowledge
of the law. if efficient service is to be
rendered. In Judge Green we have
such a man, And the people of
Kingsbury county are particularly
fortunate in that they have an op-
portunity to retain him in that i'm,
portant position.
The executive committee and the
chairman of the various sub-commit-
tees having the matter of the Old
Settlers Day celebration in hand held
a meeting Tuesday evening for the
purpose of considering plans for event
and apportioning funds among the
various committees, The matter of
a ball games was turned over to the
directors of the Athletic Park Their
secretary has been in correspondence