Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-01-20

gregatlOnal society rendered a
banquet Tuesday evening to all who
helped in the preparing and serving
of the mems supper last Saturday
evening. 1t was a very enjoyable
affair for all.
Mr.. and Mrs James McCaskell
departed Monday evening of this
week for Lancaster, Wash, where
they will visit relatives for a time.
They will also visit friends at other
points in that state, and hope to
include Bellingham in their itinerary
They will be absent about six weeks.
The Western Union Telegraph
Company has sent on. from its Huron
office a half column article and re
quests its publication gratis on the
grounds that a proposed extension Of
their service is of interest to the
public. Up to date we have been un-
able to send any messages free over
their wires, aud that is the reason the
article does not appear in this paper.
Mrs. w. Nj. Holtsclaw, living ten
miles northwest of De Smet, and five
miles southeast of Bancroft, will hold
an auction sale of personal property
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Tuesday, February oath. Sale will
commence at eleven a.. M, and a free
lunch al noon. The property consists
of seven head of horses, some good
mich COWS, and a complete line Of
farm machinery and some household
goods. The Holtsclaw family are
about to move to Missouri where they
have a large farm.
Everybody voted the supper pre-
pared and served by the men at the
Congregational church parlors Satur.
day evening a great success the best
church supper ever served in this city.
More than 200 people were served
and the receipts ran to more than
seventy dollars. 1t vas a strenuous
time for the men but they all enjoyed
it. Harry Plowman and Elmer
Robinson presided at the ranges, Joe
| Purintun was chief of the dishwash-
ing division with j. III. Hall first
assistant, and George Mallery was
head wiper. Judge Green and Frank
Danley were the star performers with
| the carving knives, while G. p. Sher-
! wood performed the surgical opera
tions on bread and pie. G. l. Dawley
had charge of the DINING room as
head waiter and pocketed all the
"tips." There were a dozen or more
assistants scattered around through
| the various departments. But some
| of the ladies who wanted more than
their moneys worth insisted on seeing
the show in the kitchen voted Judge
Green and Frank Danley in their
wives big ruf1ed aprons as the
cutest performers. The ruf1es on
the shoulder straps or the Judges
apron anne up above his ears, while
about all that could be seer of Franks
head was the curly hair sticking in
all directions. Had the management
thought to have had a photograph of
the group taken, the sale of pictures
would have amounted to more than
the receipts for the supper. Every
body had a good time, and that was
as much the object rs the profits from
the supper.
-Ragnar Degeberg. of BRYANT, was
in justice court Friday and plead
guilty to the charge of petty larceny
and was fined $500 There is quite
a history to this case but we are not
sure we have all the details. Degeberg
is a young man in the employ of the
Carson Ditching Company, of Glencoe
| Mimi, which operated near Bryant
last summer and fall. He was left
in charge of a bunch of horses the
company is wintering at Bryant. He
| drove a team of horses to this city on
the date of the Panls-L edman wrestl-
ing match, bringing Pauls and n or
two others over from Bryant. 1t was
a cod drive and the young man was
induced to take a drink or two, so it is
said. 1t was then represented to him
that a great amount of money could
be made if the party only had a stake
to bet on the wrestling match. Finally
Degebery was induced to offer the
team for sale and a deal was made
with Ray Cummins for S125.00 c.
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