Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-05-06

Wednesday afternoon.
Dwight Cleveland, of Iroquois,
has rented the Ely building and will
start a moving picture show by the
first of next week.
Miss Phelps, of Arlington, was
the guest of her friend Miss Lulu
Wing the latter part of last week and
the first OF this week.
DIR. + Haberman will go east for
a post graduate course as soon as he
can arrange matters. During his
absence DR.. Bostram will look after
his practice.
Rev. j E. Booth will attend the
annual district conference of the
Evangelical association which is to
be held at a county church five miles
from Halle next week.
VIM. and Robert Kelly, who
here to attend the funeral of their
brother, returned TO their home in
Grand Island, Nebraska, last week.
Mrs. Alex Mathews, of Winnipeg,
will remain for some time.
&C. G. Fritzie has opened an Office
at Iroquois and will establish himself
in the practice of law at that point.
Mr.. Fritzle is a young man of more
than ordinary energy and ability and
is bound to succeed wherever he may
locate.
Ole j. Olesen, of Badger town
ship, was in this city Tuesday look
ing after his chances for the nomina-
ton for county treasurer. He was on
his way to the west end of the county
with the same object in view.
-Bernell McCaskell, the five years
old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Nc
Caskell, severed a finger of his little
sister with an ak Tuesday. The little
girl was holding the stick for the
boy to chop. The AK went through
the finger to the skin on the under
side. The girl was taken to the
hospital in this city and an attempt
will be made to save the finger.
-Chas. Greenman, Jr, departed
Thursdaymorning for western Canada
where he expects 10 secure ia piece of
government land. Chas. had "a good
run in the postal service but it was
too strenuous for his health. We hope
be will meet with success in his new
venture.
The board of county commission
ers were in session Tuesday to con-
slider matters pertaining to the pro-
posed big ditch in Spring Lake town
ship. 1t was also the day set for the
hearing of parties who might be inter
ested one way or other in this ditch
and about forty land owners from that
section were present at the hearing.
The INDEPENDENT was pleased to
receive a visit Tuesday from Jul old
friend George Brown, the editor and
publisher of the Bancroft Register.
We have known George ever since we
came to this state as a boy, and in
later years we worked on cases in the
same alley at different times George
is one of the printers of the old school,
and one of the best in the state. 1t
is also a pleasure 10 know that with
his newspaper and telephone business
he is enjoying a liberal of
prosperity.
If E. HI. Couse did not know the
value of advertising before last weeks
issue of the De Smet papers went in
to the posloffice, be knows it now
He advertised in the papers that
went into the postoffice Thursday
evening to pay one-half cent fol each
whole bottle and five cents a bushel
for broken bottles picked upin streets
and alleys of this city. He expected
to get a few sacksfull during the
week. But advertising brings bust
ness, as he soon discovered. By Sat
urday noon, one day and a half of
business, the boys had brought in
1000 whole bottles, and several
bushels of broken bottles. Mr.. Couse
could not leave his barn yard two
minutes at a time. Boys were com
ing and going constantly. The col
lection of bottles was we'll worth
seeing. There were bottles bearing
the label of ever brewery in the north
west; there were big bottles, little
bottles, fat bottles, round bottles, and
about 80 out of ever 100 had contain
ed booze of some kind. The sight of
so many bottles was enough to give a
non drinker the jim jams, and to
cause a sigh from one who would
prefer to see them filled with the
original contents. But the principal
object was accomplished; the streets
and alleys have been cleaned of much
of their litter. Later-The total
number OF bottles purchased was