Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-05-26

near tnelr Claims.
Rev. j. E. Booth will go to Miller,
to hold Sunday services.
The adjourned term of circuit
sourt closed Tuesday evening.
w. M. Robinson has removed the
fence from his residence property.
Mrs. w. III. Warren departed
Thursday for Canton, this state, for a
visit with relatives.
Miss Anna Hasche, of Doone,
Iowa, is visiting at the home. of her
uncle, John Hasche, of this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. n. Waters were
expected to return Thursday evening
from their extended visit on the
Pacific coast.
Attorneys Cheever, Hall, and
Prudy, of Brookings, were attending
court Tuesday in the interest of their
various clients.
Rev. A. G.. Beevers, Miss Anna
Parry, Mrs. e. M. Robinson and Miss
Frances Donaldson represented De
Smet Sunday schools at the county
convention at Hetland Wednesday.
MIR and Mrs. G. FL. Hortman, of
De Smet township, departed Monday
evening for Hot Springs, this state,
where Mrs. HOFFMAN will enter a
hospital for special treatment. The
many friends of the Hortman family
hope for a speedy relief from the
trouble.
The graduating high school class
is as follows: Alvina Rose Rehfeld,
Beatrice M. Barkalow, Dora Adelaide
Warner, Grace Evangeline Moody,
Margaret Mary Kildee, Ada Bernice
Jacobs, Celia l.. Penny, Laura M.
Perry, Myrtle Louise Shearer, Pearl
A. Heating.
&C. D. Walter, of Iroquois, was a
De Smet visitor Wednesday. He was
closing up a few business matters pre-
paratory to starting next Tuesday on
a visit to relatives and friends in New
York and Pennsylvania. Just how
long he will be away he does not
know at this time, but it is probable
he will remain all summer, if not
longer.
We noticed that corn already up
in this vicinity is an unusually per-
feet stand. As one drives along the
road next to a corr field it looks as if
not a single hill was missing and the
hills are uniform as to the number of
blades of corn. 1t is evident that all
seed corn saved last year was good,
or else the farmers took particular
care in the selection of seed.
Peter Berg, of Erwin vicinity,
died at the De Smet hospital Wednes-
day evening. On April 18Th he met
with a runaway accident from which
his left side became paralyzed. He
was brought to this city for treatment,
but nothing could be done for him
He was a single man and 10 years of
age. A brother of the deceased and
j. III. Giles came to the city Thursday
morning. for the body. Interment
will take place in the cemetery east
of Erwin.
Hicks forecasts the weather for
June pretty much as follows: The
4th and 5th as the cricis of a storm
period covering the first six days OF
the month. A reactionary storm
period will bring decided storm con
ditions touching the 9th, 10th, 18th
and 18th. 1t will be noticed that
Hicks has made no provision in his
forecasts for the celebration of Old
Settlers Day at De Smet on June
10th, but the committee says the
celebration goes, Hicks or no Hicks.
Within three days of sunset on June
llth a maximum of magnetic and
electrical storms will visit many wide
extremes of the earth. A regular
storm period extends from 18th to
18th. Tornadoes may be looked for.
A change to cooler follows on 10th
to 18th. The Goth to 22nd is a re-
dictionary period. Another storm
period is central on the 26th. The
predictions close with the expression
of the belief that there will be too
much rain in June for best agricultur-
al interests, except in New England
| States and extreme southern and
southwestern sections. Let us hope
that Bro. Hicks is not altogether
wrong in his forecasts.
The matter of the state VS.. Chas.
Armstrong, for alleged illegal voting
at the recent city election, was up for
trial Monday of this week. The trial
of the case occupied nearly the full
day, the case going to the jury at
about six o'clock. The first ballot of
the jury, we understand, was unanious
for the verdict mot guilty. The
evidence introduced at the trial was
substantially the same as was intro
duced at the preliminary hearing,
onl a i. ~ moe then r;vap in fhaoa