Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-02-03

Il. w. Carson is the guest of the
D. w. Wilmarth family. He has
been on a business trip to Chicago
and New York City and is now on the
way to his home in eastern Washing
ton.
Mrs. w. H.. Mason went to Seneca,
this state, Saturday 70 attend the
funeral of a young lady to whom her
son Raymond was about to be married.
The young lady entered the hospital
at Aberdeen for treatment and passed
away Friday.
&C. III. Abbott was out on the
streets Saturday last for the first time
since the week before Thanksgiving
G. III. was laid up with a bad leg
which was bitten by a wolf a number
of years ago, and upon which he re-
ceived a severe kick by a horse about
a year ago. He thinks he now has
the injury cured and that he will
suffer no. further inconvenience from
that cause.
Our first page is this week de-
voted to the advertisement of our
merchants who offer special bargains
for February 9th and 7th, the days
of the farmers institute in this city.
Read the advertisements carefully.
You will find bargains offered By each
one. You will be able to do your
trading and attend each session of the
institute.
Through an oversight last week
an item concerning the transfer of the
De Smet Bakery failed to appear in
that issue w III. Ledman sold the
bakery the first of last week to w. J..
Hunter, from near Manchester, and
gave possession Tuesday of that week.
Mr.. Hunter is an experienced baker,
having been at the business for seven
years before coming to his county.
We hope that Mr.. Hunter will find
the business and location all that he
could desire.
II. o. FTitzei purchased a bunch
of stock over near Erwin a few DAYS
ago. The animals were to be weigh
ed up at Erwin, and the only set of
scales available for that purpose is
the set at the Milwaukee railroad
stock yards When the time came to
weigh the animals it was found the
the scales were closed and protected
by chain and paddock. The railroad
gave the reason that Mr.. Fritzel never
shipped stock over that line OF road,
Of curse that company has "a right to
refuse the u5o OF ;hei, scales, out IL
certainly cannot be called accom-
modating to the farmers of that
vicinity from whom the road cur
its patronage. FL. o. Jumped off the
cattle and drove them over.
At the conservation congress at
Pierre last week the alfalfa growers
of the western part of South Dakota
took the preliminary steps toward
organizing a Western South Dakota's
Seed Growers association for the pur-
pose of handling alfalfa seed. As We
regard it, the point of interest to
Independent readers in Kingsbury
county is the fact that the raising of
alfalfa is very successful in the west
ern part of the state. That being the
case, why will it not be a success in
the eastern part of the state in the
near future? The county owns a
good farm near this city. Let the
county commissioners take steps to
make of part of it a small alfalfa ex-
perimental farm. Doubtless the agri
cultural department OF the state
college would be glad to lend a help
ing hand.
eff the farmers in South Dakota
are wise, they would not drop dairy
ing and stockraising." says Jed Ham
mond in his Canistota. Clipper. Jed
don't need to worry The farmers
cannot drop it much harder-there
are not many left who are engaged in
dairying to any extent. It's easier to
turn the grain spout of a threshing
machine into a wagon box than to
steer a cows teet into a milk pail,
taking it the year around. The In
dependent has always maintained
that our farmers would regret the fact
of letting the creameries go out of