Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-09-09

H. nj. Keene left last evening fol-
Orland, California, where he owns
land and will look after the same and
also put in some time at the newspa-
per business. Later Mrs. Keene and
Donald and Mrs. Ballou calculate to
go to California to spend the winter
Arlington Sun.
j. G. Matson and wife and
daughter, of Huron, guests at
the X. Knudson home in this city
from Saturday until Monday evening.
Mr.. Matson is water commissioner of
the city of Huron under the new COM
mission plan of city government
adopted last spring.
"A. P. Partridge, a resident of
Erwin in the pioneer days, but now of
st. Paul. sends a card announcing the
death of his father, Mr.. Prindle Part
ridge, age 80 years and 6 months,
which occurred July 18th. A. P. Part
ridge is a brother-in law of j. e. Hol.
lister, of Erwin, and will be remember
ed by the old timers of that town and
vicinity.
R. j. Armstrong reports that
Sunday afternoons storm did con
siderable damage TO the Spirit Lake
Telephone Company's line. Five
poles were destroyed by lightning,
one of the lines was burned in two
places and when workmen were re-
pairing the line 100 feet of wire was
missing, and several instruments were
burned out.
Andrew Mears was down from
Bancroft Monday to secure sale bills
advertising his auction of personal
property at his farm one mile north
west of Bancroft, which will occur
Saturday, Sept. 10th. Nh. Mears has
rented his farm and will move the
family to Brookings where the child
rem can have advantage of the city
schools and the state college.
Once morethe Independent urges
its readers to put in their supply of
coal early this fall. Coal will not be
cheaper at any time between now and
and next spring so that the cost will
not be greater to the early buyer. Al
ready the shortage of cars is report
ed on some roads and this makes the
loading of coal at the docks slower
We are now only at the beginning of
the season and if trouble in shipping
coal is beginning this early, there is
no telling what the conditions will be
later in the year.
A very light frost is reported to
have visited some of the low spots
Monday night. 1t was not evere
enough to injure plant life at any
point in this section. Having escap-
ed frost at that time, it is now very
likely that we will see no frost for
ten days or two weeks, and that is
just about the length of time that is
needed to cur a good corn crop
and a good fair crop of late sown flax.
There is now and then a little corr
that is reported to be out of the way
of frost, but it is the general opinion
that about ten days will be required
to mature most of it. A full two
weeks more will be better for the late
flax.
Fred Still has already saved ten
bushels of good seed corn this season.
1t is a little earlier than the governors
proclamation designated, but there is
any quantity of corn that is now fit
to save as seed. An ear of corr that
is well filled and we'll dented, if pick
ed and placed in a dry place, such as
rear the chimney in the attic, will
make a good strong seed, a seed that
is safer than seed gathered from a
field of late corn after it is fully ripe.
At least such was the practice among
corn raisers a few years ago. 1t is a
mistake to think that an ear of corn
must remain on the stalk until hard
and thoroughly dry to make good
seed.
The churches are starring a move
ment for the Improvement of the Gem
etries. Father Lahecka suggests that
there is no need of a fence between
the Catholic and Protestant grounds
and that all should enter into the