Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-01-06

week with friends at Brookings.
The college students returned 10
their studies at the various institu
tions this week.
FIR. Lahecka departed the first
of the week for Omaha where he ex-
pected to remain for a few days.
The Congregational Aid will
meet at the church parlors next We'd
nesday afternoon and will enjoy a
picnic supper.
"A. Anderson, brother-in-law of
Mrs, Carl Schultz. died last week at
Seattle and was brought to Mime
apolis for burial.
MIR. and Mrs. o. j. Hill and Mr..
and Mrs. Mears of De Smet, visited
several days the past week at the
Andrew Mears home in east Brook.
ings.-Register.
George Van Camp, of Highmore,
the lad who worked three years ago as
a stenographer for j. Ell. Carroll in
this city, was elected chief clerk of
the senate.
Wednesday evening, January the
18th, at Society Hall, will occur the
joint installation of officers of the A..
0 u. w. and D. of III. Every member
of the orders named is requested to
be present.
p. A. Randklev reported from
Minneapolis the latter part of last
week that he was in close confine-
ment in a dalkened room, and that
the physicians gave him hopes that
his eye could be saved. When he
left here the week before 2. A. thought
he would have to lose his eye.
w. NJ Look was up from Lake
Preston Tuesday. He will move his
family to this city within a few days
and as soon as located he will devote
his time to famili4rizing himself with
the details of the auditors office. He
will occupy the Chas. E. Ely resi-
dence just east of the syndicate.
The board of county commission
ers organized Tuesday by r~e-electing
F.P. Hardy chairman. Those pre-
sent were Hardy, Sorenson, Cripps,
and Wolfe. The other member, w.
j. Agrew is in Minneapolis with a
long time friend and business associ-
ate, Dan Thompson, of Bancroft, who
who is very low at one of the hospitals.
VIM. Breyman opened up his
billiard hall and short order lunch
counter in the DelVecchio building
on north Calumet avenue this week.
He has the place equipped with the
thing ia the way Of tables, and
the short order department. will be
presided over by an experienced man,
Mr. Breyman speaks for a share of
the patronage of the community.
L. w. Crane had intended to go to
the state of New York 0 0 after the
b ,lidays to superintend the erection
of some buildings on property he
owns, but a letter recently received
from his sister states the roads are
nearly impossible from the heavy fall
of snow which has been accommodating
since the first of November. l.. w.
mas about decided TO remain mere un-
til after seeding time and then go
east and take the summer for the
erection of the buildings.
The state game warden has al
vised all county game wardens to give
their personal attention to the making
and keeping open of air holes in all
streams and lakes in which there are
fish. which action is made necessary
by the low stage of water. He also
advises that the spearing of non-game
fish will be allowed in any waters of
the state where they are likely to
freeze to the bottom Spor.smen
should do all in their power to assist
the game wardens in this matter.
There was not a great deal of snow
on the ground Sunday, but the north
west wind stirred up "a fairly good
of a blizzard. The lack of
snow for the real article in the way of
a blizzard was made good by the use
of a considerable quantity of dirt from
the plowed ields. 1t would have
been a hard matter to have a more
disagreeable day even if it had been
m de to order. LIN the middle of The
forenoon the thermometer registered