Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-08-26
e. W. Smith, of Arlington, trans
acted business in this city Monday.

Mrs. Esther Peck concluded her
visit at the r. A. Boast home Satur-
day and returned to Lake Preston.
Rev. j. E. Booth went to Mitchell
Monday to attend a meeting of the
executive committee of the Anti
Saloon League.
Frank Fennessey came up from
Lake Benton the latter part of last
week to look after his farm interests
north of the city.
Ed Ruskell has taken the posi-
ton of bookkeeper in the Bank Of
De Smet which was vacated by the
resignation of Aldred Waltmier.
T. G. O'Hora arrived from Lind.
sey, California, Sunday morning to
look after his farm interests in Math-
ews township. He will probably re.
main here several weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Chambers,
of Wellsville, Kan, arrived Thursday
of last week and visited their cousin
Arson Wright, until Tuesday when
they departed for Kansas City.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Turner, of
Kansas, former residents of this vicin
ity, visited with F. P. Hardy and
Arson Wright families Thursday and
Friday of last week. They were on
their way to Castlewood to visit their
daughter, Mrs. j.. Harris Hubbard.
Rev. A. G. Bevers departed for
Garden City, this state, Tuesday for a
visit of a month with the family of
his daughter, Mrs. Mankey. Miss
Gertrude went to Arlington at the
same time and will spend a week
among friends in that town and then
join her father for the balance of the
time at Garden City.
H. A. Holtsclaw has rented the
Lark restaurant building for the term
of one year and took possession Tues
day, That location has always en-
joyed a good business, especially
when under the management of Mrs.
Lark. We hope Mr.. Holtsclaw will
conduct a first. class establishment
and enjoy a profitable business.
Theodore Roosevelt will be in
Sioux Fails Saturday, Sept, 3rd, and
has agreed to deliver an address at
that time. The town of Sioux Falls
will be filled to its utmost capacity on
that day by people from all over the
state. The lines upon which the
speech is to be made have not been
made public, but in the light of re-
cent events it is fair to conclude that
T. r. will have something to say that
will came straight from the shoulder.
Miss Ida NJ. Olston has resigned
her position as assistant cashier in the
Merchants Exchange Bank to again
accept a place in the teaching force
of the schools of St. Paul. A years
experience in bank work has been
pleasant for her but the attractions of
the school room, its surroundings and
the Saturday holidays, were too much
for her to refuse a tempting offer to
return to the city. She will remain
here until about the time her school
work opens Sept. 18th and will re,
main in the bank until a successor is
secured.-Lake Preston Times.
1t is reported that a movement is
on foot among interested land owners
to have Lake Preston, Lake White,
wood and Lake Thompson drained,
and that a petition to that effect is
now being circulated for signatures
The plan is to drain the first two
lakes into the latter, and then connect
Lake Thompson with the Vermillion
river channel at some point south oil
the lake. Such a plan would make
available for agricultural purposes q
large tract of land which is now almost
useless, except for now and then q
very dry season.
Mr.. and Mrs. Z. /. Robinson and
children will depart Thursday even
ing for Portland, Oregon, where it is
the intention to make the future home
of the family. BY their removal De
Smet loses a family of its oldest citi
zens. Both Mr.. and Mrs. Robinson
came here with their parents in the
early days OF De Smet. Here they
grew to manhood and womanhood
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