State
VOL. V. NO.
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Gov. Vessey and John Shrader the law South Dakota'is fortunate
All who had the pleasure of list- ,irr
ening to the public discussion of jinf *or
the |)olitical questions that now'
The stalwarts fp& not supposed
to be satisfied
\Vfth
the
anything done
by the progressives, and no mat
ter bow cheap or well the affairs
of state are or may be conducted,
dissatisfaction and criticism are
expected from that class of politi
cians,
Mr. Sehrader, the Blaok Hills
candidate for congress, is another
man close to the hearts of the
°f
1
people their fitness or untitness for i
who put them there, or do not
show capacity to perform the
duties of such exalted servitude
they are supplanted by others
whom the people think are better
qualified. Mr. Schrader has the ap
pearance of a high minded clean
American citizen and learned in
candidates
ing.
two years, and during that time number of business men went
are susposed to demonstrate to the
to
no"
ier
«k*
xo^es*
()ur
agitate the people of South Dako-1 Martin has accomplished a great
ta, by the above gentlemen. last
present representative Mr.
dfal of*ood
for his
Thursday night, must have been His alliance with Uncle Joe Can
non and his impolitic remarks at
the Huron convention seems to
have arrayed the progressive re
publicans against him, and'unless
he can overcome that drift of sen
timent, Mr. Schrader will be next
congressman from the Black Hills.
impressed with the spirit of fair
ness and truthfulness shown by
the speakers. There was no politi
cal buncora, or peanut politics in
dulged in.
Gov. Vessey waded right into
the discussion without any parley
ing. He showed himself to be mas
ter of the questions, and his argu
ments and explanations carried
conviction with them. Gov. Vessey
i& not the polished orator, that
awakens the sympathetic nature
and enthralls the listener with his
eloquence and magnetic power,
but he is the plain representative
business man of the fa^pi, and of
the common people in general, and
as such commands the inspect and
confidence of the people of South
Dakota. His administration has
been along the line* demanded by
the people who put him there, To
them he has given the best of sat
isfaction.
constituency.
No body doubts or underestimates
Mr. Martins ability and high
standing in congress, and it is un
fortunate that he 'made the state
ment he did at the Huron conven
tion, knowing as he does that pro
gressive republicanism in South
Dakota are the dominating politi
cal force in the state, and his defi
ance to them cannot go unchal
lenged.
H* ©urkee.
Fort Pierre News
i
From The Fairplay)
Attorney Alvin Waggoner spent
a couple of days in town looking
after business in his line.
Dr. and Mrs. C. C. Winter and
the little folks were in town yes
terday from their home at*Kadoka.
They were on their way to St.
Louis where Pr, Winter will take
a post graduate course while the
family make an extended visit
with relatives.
Mrs. C. \V. Waldron left last
Saturday afternoon for Washing
ton, I). C., where she went as a
common people. 1 say common i delegate to the National Suffrage
people because most of the inhabi- convention. She was accompanied
tants of South Dakota are in that|b
her
daughter, Isle, wk» went
along on a pleasure trip*
The aristocrats and millionaires' II. Fales and C. W. Robert
are but few in number and are son left the latter part of the week
always in a class by themselves, i for New Orleans where they are
Congressmen are but servants of attending a big Masonic gather
the people. They are elected for
pierri Wednesday evening, the
occasion
,)einiJ
that responsible and high calling. ^jie (jranj Opera house where the
If they are not true to the voters |oca|
OiM THIOBALDI, OtAMO OPKRA HOUSE, SATURDAY, AWL 88
a mass meetlllg at
men
their* Pierre broth­
ers the effects of our first year as a
dry town.
For Sale—A good quarter sec
tion land, three miles north of
Philip, partly fenced, good house
and barn and plenty of water,
$2600. Inquire at this office, tf
..V
What's the matter with the
aspirants for county and legisla
tive offices in Pennington county
Our Lyman and Stanley county
exchanges teem with the notices of
patriots who are willing to neglect
their private affairs to serve the
public in official capacity. We
have been patiently waiting for
the Pennington county aspirants
to announce themselves, but here
within eight week* of the primary,
not one flM^unoemenb~-4||unn
Courant.
A land agent who would take a
buyer to the highest pinacle to
show up" a piece of land ought
to be classed with the ordinary
lunatic and passed up. Its just as
bad to missrepresent the bad quali
ties as the good.—Grindstone Grit.
A talk with the farmers of this
community reveals and will con
vince you that they have all kinds
of confidence in the future pros
pects of thia county. Most all of
them are putting in all the grain
for which they can prepare ground
as well as putting up fences, build
ing dams and enlarging their houses
and out buildings. The cotinual
rise in the prioe of land is more
evidence that there are others that
are beginning to take notice of
Stanley county.—Midland Star.
The winter wheat sown in a good
many localities is reported aa killed
and having to be re-seeded with
spring wheat.—Interior Index.
M. C. Higbee shipped 40 bush'
els of seed wheat to Philip Mon
day for sowing on his farm near
that place.—Quinn Courant.
The people of Philip made a
great fuss when folks from here
went up there during the scarlet
fever epidemic, but they coneealed
the fact when they had it in their
own town because it would hurt
business. We make no other com
ment.—Wokama Leaden
The dedication of the Methodist
church has been set for Sunday,
May 1st. This is the third date set
for this dedication, and it will take
place then without fail. Next week
the Courant will give a more ex
tended notioe with all the arrange
ments and services of the day. In
the meantime fix the date in your
mind and prepare to be present on
that occasion.—Quinn Courant.
Midland's first municipal elec
tion occurs next Tuesday. Two
tickets are being framed up, but
after a guiu0hoe campaign of in
vestigation we have not been able
to absorb much information re
garding them. Things may pass
off peacefully and quietly on elec
tion day* and then again razors
may be flying in the air. We
dunno.— Midland Mail.
The Bad River News
PHILIP, STANLEY COUNTY, S. D., THURSDAY, APRIL 21. 101O
Great Empire of Stanley
The Central Dakota Presbytery
meets next week at the First
Presbyterian church in Midland.
The meeting will open Wednesday
the 20th, by a sermon by the Mod
erator, Rev. H. P. Carson, D. D.,
at 2:00 p. m.. All mm invited.—
Midland Mail.
The Farmers Cheese Factory
held another meeting, lest Thurs
day evening, where the list of milk
oows was raised from 114 to 202,
and those present took a vote on
the location, the result was in locat
ing the factory at Mr. Wheeler's,
as be has effaced to furnish the
water from his artesian well. Here
is wishing the enterprise unbound
ed success, and if the farmers con
tinue faithful to its support we see
no reason why the factory will not
bea pajiag proposition for it will
create a local market for the large
amount of milk produced in this
part of Lyman county.—Van
r: i
Meter
Messenger.
Last Saturday afternoon Lemuel
Elshere sustained a heavy loss by
fire. He had been nlsaaing out the
bouse aad burming the
FISLAft & WALDORF,
rubbish. After the work was
completed they put out the fire and
returned to the field. Evidently a
live spark was left which the high
wind fanned into a
blaze
which
spread rapidly and when Mrs. Kl
shere discovered the lire it had
gained good headway. He fore help
arrived it had spread to the build
ings near and the large cedar log
barn, cow shed, chicken house, cor
rals, harness and other property
was consumed by the blaze. The
loss is estimated at abmifc
Milesville Citiaen.
Huf ties County Gets Next
Last year our couuty assessor,
F. L. Norman inaugurated a sys
tem of assessing land that put the
reasonable and heaviest end of the
tax load on the non-resident land
owner. Aabandoned and uim
proved lands were assessed at the
same rate as improved where the
owner was in possession. There
were those who said they would
Our county commissioners took
the advice of this paper to some
extent, and made a change in the
system of assessing Hughes county
lands.
We Will Loan Money on Good Stanley County Farm
Easy Terms! Reasonable Rate of Interest!
U. Commissioner at Kadoka
For nearly a year Kadoka
ner
go to the supreme court and the! founc|^
like of that but they didn't.
Hughes county has caught on as
the following article from the
Capital Journal indicates. The
non-resident speculator will get
his from now on in South Dakota
if a few of the fellows who are in
that mind now can deliver it to
him.
old sterotyped form of copying the'team
assessor books the board instructed
the assessors to make three classi-!
wi"
y
Instead of following the \make
have an office at the Ka-
»w*he
We are glad to make this
announcement and trust that all of
our citizens will bear it in mind
and give a home man the prefer
ence.—Kadoka Press.
Old Trail
(From the Herald)
Mr. Steinfield bade adieu to his
Old Trail friends Monday and
started for his old home, near
Alexandria, this state. He will
the
triP
,ose
Mr-
fications of lands and put it from back soon.
$5 to $8 instead of $6 as recom- i L)r- Verley drove down to Bad
mended by the state board. This' river Saturday and brought back
will begin to put the screws on the L000 young cottonwood trees to
man who is speculating on the fu- set out on his farm. That's the sort
ture of Hughes county to the det-! °f thing we like to see in Stanley
riment of the existing population. county and is what will help to
It means that the wide expanse of make it a country"4'worth while.''
vacant land near the capital will! Mr. VanRuden, who came out
get touched up a little, and put from Wisconsin a short time ago
some of the burden on the specu-, intending to spend the year on his
lator who will neither sell nor im- claim and to farm quite extensive
prove. The only thing that there i ly, has sold his machinery and
can be any criticism if any will soon return east. He has also
there is, is the placing of the eight offered his land for sale.
dollar limit on land near Pierre.! Miss Miller and Chas. Schlott
It should be as much as $10. Jman returned Monday evening
The man who owns vacant land i from a business trip to Philip,
is a detriment to the posterity of bringing with them a load of freight
every man who tries to farm here.
Seen by an Outsider
i Lyman county is going to try
for division again this fall. This
will be at least the third time, and
should be the successful try, as it
is aaid that the division sentiment
appears stronger than ever before.
Stanley county will not divide this
year, at least. There are too many
county seat aspirants, and it iaoot
likely that division will come to
Stanley for many years yet.—
Quinn Courant.
Arnold
tf
We can sell your land.
A O1Mai ley.
overland with his
and We are
iMeeaansM.
has
been without a U. S. Commissioner
and those who needed the services
ot such an officer have been forced
to go elsewhere to transact their
business. Some time ago a petition
was circulated and was generally
signed by our citizens, asking that
D. C. Weesner be appointed to
the place which has iieen vacant
since W. ('. Meyer moved away
last summer. Mr. Meyer has un
til recently held the appointment
but has resigned, and on last Mon
day Mr. Weesner received notice
of his appointment. He will at
once enter upon his duties and
those wishing to file on land or
make final proof may do so before
him here in Kadoka. This will be
welcome news to the people in the
vicinity ot ivadoka who have occas
ion to need the services of such
an officer.
We understand that Mr. Wees
,,,
i
s°"y
Steinfield from the com-
munit.V
but will hope to see him
for the Old Trail store
Jim O'Connel went to Philip
Thursday to meet Mrs. O'Connell's
mother, Mrs. Fazendin, who has
come out from Ramona for a visit
at the farm.
Mr. Burns who is renting the
Ryan place has been buying seed
wheat of W. J. Ferguson and made
two trips the first of the week to
haul the grain home.
A. J. Wray has all kinds of reel
estate and city property for sale or
exchange. Choice town lots cheap.
Payments $6.00 per month with*
out interest.
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR
South Dakota
Northwestern Observes Sunday
The Chicago & Northwestern
railroad has determined to make
Sunday a day of rest as far a.s
possible. Work in all depart
ments of the road, other than in
those actually necessary to the
operation of the system, will be
suspended and the employes given
the day to themselves. A similar
plan was announced last week by
the United States Steel corporation.
The new scheme of the North
western was put into effect last
Sunday when from 7 a in. to 7 p.
only passengers and perishable
freight was moved throughout the
system of 9,000 miles. While it is
of course impossible to give to all
railroad employes a day off on Sun
day, it is estimated that the plan
will allow from 10,000 to 12,000
men, chiefly members of train
crews and freight handlers, to
spend the day at home.
Baseball Gossip
The baseball season is at hand.
The essential apparatus of base
ball is simple and inexpensive. All
that is required is a field, a stick,
the ball itself and police protection
for umpire. One advantage of the
game as played professionally is
that those sitting in the grand
I stand can play the game a great
|.deal better than the eighteen men
on the diamond. It is also true
that any one of the spectators,
even though perched on a tele
phone pole across the street or
looking through a knothole in the
fence beyond right field car judge
of the pitcher's skill or the runner's
fleetness much more intelligently
than the arbiter who stands behind
the battery. The great merit of
the game is that the people can
participate in it. It is not synony
mous with silence. The thing to
do is to take off your coat and root
as long and as loudly as you can,
even if you don't know what is
happening.
Goodbye Daisy
Mrs. Daisy Voter has resigned
her position as editor and local
manager of the Van Metre Messen
ger and has returned to her former
home at Montrose. A suprise
party of her friends gathered at
her home Wednesday of last week
and gave her a farewell reception.
John McFarling is now in charge
of the Messenger.—Midland Star.
A Grand Entertainment will be
given at Wellsburg Saturday night
April 23rd 1910. The temperance
drama "Out in the Streets'' will
be produced by home talent.
Plenty of good music. Admission
15 cents, children free. Benefit
of
Wellaburg Lyceum. Dont forget
the date Saturday night April 23rd
1010.
Wanted—May the 1st or loth,
15 or 20 head of cows to pasture.
Also boy and pony. Terms rea
sonable. Apply at the new barn,
tf T. H. Holiday.