Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-10-14

The other day Frank Starke, of
the Trade Reporter, of Minneapolis
was here and proposed to write up
the town. In pursuance of his OBJ
ject, he came to onr Office borrowed
our file and kept it for a half a day
to get his statistics from. We don't
knowwhether any of our citizens paid
him for the proposed job or not,
bat if they did they viii get a re-
hash of our history and statistics as
published in the edition of tile first
week in last January, clothed, per-
haps in different language from
what we used, but still all there as
to salient features. We rise to re-
mark right here that when our citi-
zens want this town written up, we
are better able to do it, and will do
it in better shape than any man rep
resenting a foreign paper can. When
you have any money to spend in
that direction just let us know and
NC viii get there in good shape
every time. If we were to send to
Minneapolis fer our groceries, cloth
ing and what we use in our home,
every business man in town would
take their advertisements out of our
paper in no time, and it would be
right. With this view of the case
we hold that it is due US that we re-
ceiye your patronage, not only in
the matter of writing up the town,
but also in all kinds of work that
can be done here. The newspaper
is at work all the time in the work
of building up the section it repre-
sents, and it must depend on that
section for all the patronage that
gives it living. We are not seoid-
ing, because we have enjoyed good
patronage; but we do say we can
take the blue ribbon, in a town
write up, from any travelling man
that ever struck this town or ever
will, if it is left to an unprecedented
Judge. When you get this write up
come in and compare it with any
one of ours and see if we are not
giving it to yoa straight.
We want to warn our reader:
not to buy cloth of travelling ped
dlers, if you do you will get swindl
ed just as sure as you invest. The
other day two notes of SIS each wa,
presented to one Of our bushes,
men and offered at one third dis
eount--that is the $3.50 for 500
| No legitimate business on earth cal
stand reduction Of one-third oil
| It's sales, and when a man propose
to sell at such an enormous discoun
You may be sure there is an African
in the wood-plle-that there is
swindle and that you have paid a
least 33B per cent more than vol
could have bought the same articl
for of our home dealers. My farm
er friend, you want to make il q rnl
to buy of your heme dealers
they do not give you good weight
good measure. good goods, at reas
enable figures, you have some on
who is responsible aud on whor
tyou can call aud force a straight
, ming out of the matter. With you
! home dealer, you can depend upo
honorable treatment, because he ha
, reputation to sustain-with th
lpeddler, you can have no assurane
: of fair or honest treatment, becaus
! he has no responsibility in the mai
] ter andcares nothing for you afte
, he has succeeded in pulling til
i wool over your eyes and selling yo
his wares.
"A big prairie fire swept ovt
Troy and York townships last Sa
urday, doing considerable damag,
1t started in south Webster tow
! ship. Mrs. Stone lost her clail
: shanty with all its contents.
large amount of hay was also de
troyed. The long continued dl
weather has made the prairie gra
like finder, and once fire is stan
ed it sweeps everything before i
Readers, if you are living in a Sc
ton where the fire has not yet beef
! take our advice and at once make
: good, wide fire break around yor
J grain and hay stacks, houses, barr
and graneries. Ii is dangerous
delay this precaution for a sing
hour.
& Seth Ii. Allen, agent for II
I Farmers Mutual insures for II p
i seent. for Fire, Lightning, Torn
.,,ss-Gyclonesand Hail.
disease ,zr-ssn taz1e 5 zfv
l. in some time. Why is it. mat CO
i has been SO Indifferent about 81!