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

have gone over to the other side COM
pletely. But we would not be under
stood as advising farmers to hold
their wheat for a price equal to last
year; there was an element of specula-
ton in $1.25 wheat last spring. At
I$I.05 to $l.l0 the tirmer is getting
good value for his wheat and il he
holds for a fancy price he is simply
entering the speculative field, and
speculation in grain is the most TN
certain thing a man ever went into.
Miss Melosina Voeltz returned
Tuesday from Howard where she
assisted DR.. Garrison with an opera
ton.
Geo. G. Newsam arrived a short
time ago from Illinois with his per-
sonal property and household furni.
ture and is located on the old Williams
farm northwest of the city. He has
everything in apple pie order and is
now patiently waiting for the arrival
of the family who were expected to
start from the old home Thursday of
this week.
Request for a meeting, of the
Baptist church of DeSmet, having
been made by DR.. w. @. King, a
meeting of the members of the Baptist
church of De Smet for the purpose of
t~ransacting any business that may
properly come before the meeting, is
hereby called for Friday, March 4th,
at 2 p M, at the home of I'll. j.,
Hamilton. All members urgently
requested to come. DR.. King will be
present.
III. j HAMILTON.
"A committee of seven, represent
ing forty-seven subscribers to an
independent telephone company of
Spirit Lake township, were in the city
Wednesday taking the necessary steps
to incorporate. The purpose of this
company is to buy or build a tele.
phone line out of this city into Spirit
Lake township and to pretty
thoroughly cover that territory. The
election of officers will occur later
after the charter has been secured.
Mrs. A. E. Gulbranson, of
Manchester township, died the latter
part of last week after a long illness.
Everything that could be done to
help her had been done by the loving
husband and relatives. A short time
ago she was taken to the hospital at
Rochester, but nothing seemed TO
help her. The funeral was held from
the home of her sister, Mrs. III. G.
Mcmillan, in this city, Monday at
two o'clock. The many friends of
the bereaved extend their sincere
sympathy in this hour of sorrow.
"A matter of some interest was be-
fore Judge Taylor recently. The
case came from Sphinx county and
involved the supposed right of signers
to a petition for a vote upon license
to withdraw their names from the
petition after The filing of the petition
thirty days before the election as
prescribed by statute. 1t appears
that the required number, rs of the
legal tree holder voters of the town
ship CLaPrairie) signed a petition,
asking for a vote, but a few days
prior to the time of election five of
tihe petitioners withdrew their names
with the result that the board of
supervisors refused to issue a license,
claiming that the petition did not
bear the required number of names.
The question was whether or not the
signers had the right to withdraw
their names after it was too late to
get other names to fill the places and
after the 30 days prior to submission
of the question had begun. The court
held "that the signers could not with
draw their names after II was too late