Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-07-14

/ week Ia earnest. III bpi $50
charles Mix counties the acreage Is
large and the yield above the aVetaSt'
| Around Scotland the farmers say, me
/ crop will turn out % TO 80 bushels 10
! the acre.
LEOLA. S. D.-Small gralr is dam
| aged. but corn, late sown fax, potttoSo
and hay promise TO return gcod yleio9'
RAPID CITY-Nick Ro2sreau, an
| Italian, was arrested and tined sou 'ioI
shooting grouse in this vicinity IN Vio-
lation OF the state game law.
FREDERICK. S. D.-Late rains Will
benefit late crops, fax and corn. me
rains have been accompanied by wind
and considerable electricity.
ELK POINT-Ruben Warner, of AL
cester, S. D., and Miss Alice Grove, or
| Colan, Neb., were married at the court
house today, Judge Jerome Mangan
officiating.
FOREST CITY, S. D.-A recent
heavy rain was accompanied by a high
wind which blew to pieces the farm
house Of Ralph Mcintyre, six miles
north of town.
CHELSEA, S. D.-Crop conditions
here are such that many Farmers nave
discharged their hands, believing the
crop will be too small to JUSTIFY the
expense Of harvesting it.
WEBSTER-The high water mark
in the price of potatoes has just been
reached here. The tubers are being
sold or the local market at retail for
IS cents per peck, or $40 per bushei.
BOWDLE, 3. D.-Recent rains nave
materially improved conditions here.
Small grain will make a fair crop, and
late sown grain will give a good yield.
Corn and potatoes were never IN finer
condition.
MISUNDERSTANDING Garland, the
author, a former resident of this
CBrown) county, is the chief attraction
at the Chautauqua assembly at Tacoma
park today. He gave some readings
from his books.
ABERDEEN-The waterworks sys-
tenn at Leola, the county seat of Nc
Pherson county, has been completed
and is in working order. A movement
is now under way to organize a Volun-
tecr fire department.
CANTON-The water supply Of this
city has been greatly increased by the
completion Of a huge. new well, n the
City's water supply now is assured for
the next 10 or Is years. The new well
is a gusher and the water is excellent.
MLAUGHLIN, S. D.-This portion
Of CorsOn county has been blessed with
NNtIt u III I'll tblAN Ia
very encouraging. Grass has taken on
renewed vigor and the prospects for a
good hay crop are excellent. Fla is
doing we'll
EUREKA, s. D.-The drought here
was broken by a rain aggregating 45-l0O
OF an inch. accompanied by lightning.
The flagstaff of the Eureka roller mills
vas struck ana the structure was saved
from total destruction only by exceed
ingly strenuous work.
MENNO-Few towns in the state are
conducted as economically as Memo.
The town board has just made the tax
levy for the coming year, which pro-
vides for a total revenue Of only $2,45O.
This will be ample to run the town
during the coming II months.
WEBSTER, s. De. E. Huntington
has covered practically the entire state
in the past three weeks and he express
es the belief that the crops on the whole
are the worst in years, but that Day
county will probably be the banner
crop producer of the state this year.
HOT SPRINGS-C. b. & Q. en-
ployes at this end of the system will
gather here Sunday, July %, for a pic
mic, Which "m be attended by more
than 500 employees and their families.
Hot Springs is having q successful
season ana is attracting people from
greater distances than eve before.
BRIDGEWATER-At the annual
meeting of the directors of the Farm
ers' Elevator company, of this place, G.
W. LANG was chosen president, John
Tierney vice president and August T.
Hillmer manager. A 20. per cent divi-
dend was declared. The affairs of the
company were found to be in good con-
dition financially.
ELK POINT, S. D.-Mrs. Eliza A.
Deyo died at the home of her daughter
Mrs. G. NJ. Excel, two miles south of
this city Saturday of paralysis. The
deceased was born in New York August
/, 1881, being so years old at the time
of her death. She leaves two children,
Prof. w. A. Deyo. of this city, and Mrs.
G. NJ. Excel, of Elk Point township.
DOLAND-Through the refusal of
the board of commissioners of this
(Spink) county to approve the bonds Of
applicants for saloon licenses in such
towns of the county as had voted for
license at the spring elections, every
town in h county now is dry, the sa-
looms that were in existence having
been compelled to close their doors
July l.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. or not Hum
boldt shall become an incorporated viii
hdSS Il ho" up ~ Iit NOLtES Oh Una
lplace. The county commissioners nave
decided the town may take the neces-
sary legal steps to separate itself from
the township, provided a majority Of
the citizens of the place favor the prop
~osition. A special election for that pur-
pose will be held at Humboldt July IL.
BELLE FOURCHE-The Northwest
State bank, at Newell, whose cashier,
Odin c. Hameister, committed suicide,
will resume for business within 80 days.
1t Is at present in the hands of Deputy
State Bank Examiner McMasters, Of
Madison, who has been going over the
accounts. The shortage will total 81. $50.
Otherwise the bank is reported in good
shape INT the depositors will not lose
anything. The capital of the bank is
$40, 900 and the deposits over SAC, 900.
CANISTOTA-The stockholders of
the McCook County Grain
held their annual meeting and elected
the following officers: Robt. Sporting.
president; j. f. Schlueter. vice presi-
dent and George Schmitt, secretary. H.
III. Schlueter, VIM. Boremann and ].
A. McKinnon We're elected directors.
The business done during the past wear