Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-05-31
Y the 10000 II Ii, Farmer, s.,.,.

Our readers VIII please under
stand that the editor, j. c. Adams,
wrote the remarks" attached to
the "Maeedy," written by Mrs.
Adams and published in last weeks
issue. Remarks upon all articles
appearing in the editorial columns
of Il newspaper are ALWAYS by the
editor-besides it is not considered
elegant for a lady to say "bully, "
even in poetry, and slang is fea-
ture of Mrs. AS education that was
wholly neglected.
-Milbank Index: Some have
thought that $40, 200 was too large
an estimate of the amount formerly
paid to the saloons in Nilbank,
but some others have been figuring
on it and have concluded that more
money than that is actually paid to
the saloons every year. and they
put it at from 60 to 75.thousand
dollars. One gentleman says that
the law of Iowa at one time COM
PEELED saloon keepers to make re
turns of the amount and costs Of
liquors sold, and that in one town
Of 100 inhabitants over &C thou
sand dollars were annually spent tor
liquor. There is now 10 such ex-
penditure in Milbank saloons. -
Where does the money go? Into
legitimate trade-the shoe store,
dry goods and other stores. Fami-
lies are better clothed, fed and cared
for. The money may be spent just
the same, but it is not wasted in
riotous living.
We wish that parties having
final proof notices i'll this paper
would read carefully to see that the
names of their witnesses are cor.
rectly spelled and the description
of the land right. By doing this
you viii save yourselves time, mon
ey and trouble. The change of a
letter in a witnesses name from
what it ought to be, or if a figure
is wrong in the description of the
land, it may be the occasion o.
your having to prove up the second
time. 1t is rarely we know the
names of persons selected as wit
nesses, and even when we do, may
not be able to spell their names cor,
rectly, especially if they are forelgr
born citizens-they are all your
neighbors and you can easily fine
out If their names arc rightin your
advertisement. Read your fina
proof notice over carefully, and i.
there are mistakes in it, come o.
fend to this Office at once and have
them corrected.
There is NJ mistaking the fac
that the crime record of Iowa is de
creasing year by year, surely ant
rapidly. The decrease has been no
ted specially since the prohibition
| law went into operation, in ever,
locality where the law is enforced
the jails are empty and tho docket
clear of the most expensive of al
litigation, criminal cases. The An
imosa penitentiary reports nearl,
fifty less than it had last year; tn
Fort Madison penitentiary is unabl'
to fill its guoto to the contractor
who use the prison labor. The De
corah, Ia, Republican of last week
says there will not be q crimina
case on the docket for the Ma.
term of the district court in Win
neshik county, and says it is tn
first time in twenty years such
thing has happened. This state 0
affairs is one to rejoice over, and /
| will continue so till Iowa heads tn
list With the smallest Per aentage 0
| the criminal classes: Ii prohibl
| ton lessons crime and the panss
quent enormous expenses IN cour
costs, incident to the prosecution Q
every criminal, it seems to us to b
good thing for any country, an
should encourage temperance pee
pie everywhere to perseyere in tn
lgood work.