Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1889-10-17

inc paper SidJls.
j. G. ADAMS 81 Co.
Last Friday was CLOAK day at
Kramer&Co' they sold aud took
orders to the amount of SS50.00
Mr.. Harrington, an early news
paper man Of Clark Co. made Us a
pleasant call, he is one of the sem
sible men who admire Oak. He
started the Review at Clark in 80
before there was a railroad there.
/-500O Indians voted for capitol
at the Oct. elections in S. Oak
When Will the other wards of the
nation be permitted to vote for
GOOD and Home and Native Land"
The farmers of Day Co. are
wearing smiling faces, in return
for the fine crop of this year; Sure
ly the toiling farmer does merit
success, they work harder and risk
more than any other class
Our p. NJ. Pr~endergast, while
counting his treasures discovered a
Greenback, dated 1862. this relic
calls for twenty dollars, and is sign
ed by good old Treasurer Skinner,
the man who first hired women
clerks in the U. 5. Treasury depart
ment.
/-Henry Atkins, last week,
: threshed out seven acres of wheat
raised on his tree claim south of
town, and sold the product at 61cts.
a b~ushel-which Melted HIM a cool
$l3l.95, which is a trlfe over 30
bushels to the acre. Henry is a
good farmer and puts his grain in
: IN good shape always.
Our readers must Ue patient,
this is our harvest. When winter
comes YOU will have as much read
ing matter as the big metropolitan
weeklies. In the meantime tell
your neighbors the S1.5 % in advance
takes the REPORTER for one year,
and subscribe before the new story
commences.
NJames Anderson, one of Day
counties first sett ers. of Central
Point, came III Saturday and put
down what's necessary for the RE-
PoRTER another year, taking advan-
tage of the reduction by paving in
advance. Mr. A., has a fine farm,
some seventy acres Hnder cultiya-
ton good buildings, lots of stock
His wheat this year averaged twenty
bushels per acre, this speaks well
for his farming as some of the land
IS beep cropped for ten years.
Convention IN Huron, on
the 2fst. inst. will plan an equal
franchise campaign for 1890. The
constitution of S. Oak. submits the
enfranchisement of women to a vote
of the MEN. at the first general
state election. Justice to women, and
the present prohibition crisis de-
mands that the influence of women
be concentrated in the ballot.
One woman is editor, devil,
and business manager of this paper
this week N the absence OF both
senior and Junior editors. We have
never filled even one of these posi-
|, tions before and are almost over
come by the dignity Of this trinity
we have heard of a Democratic ed
itor who entrusted his wife as ours
has done, she being sound a Re-
publican, berated democracy to the
best of her ability, filing the pages
with rank republicanism, and clos
ed with the remark, that that was
the first decent paper ever issued
from that office. We have not the
assuranc of that woman, and ask
that the charity of our readers be
thrown over our efforts.
Unless the Dakota legislatures
become prciudiced against drug
stores they ought to be the most
prosperous industry, just as they are
in Iowa and Kansas, without license
or any other annoyances.
The above virus drips from the st.
Paul Globe, a paper that seem to de-
light in Misrepresentation when
eyer it attempts to remark upon
the question of prohibition. The
truth is this, the pharmacy laws OF
Iowa and Kansas are ironc!ad re-
straints upon the traffic in liquor,
IN fact Iowa has no constitutions
prohibitory law whatever, and &c
statutory law except that known a;
the Clark Pharmacy law. This re.
quires druggists to secure the sigma
lures of twenty-five tax-paying mel
residing contiguous to their drug
stores before a permit can be grant.
ed them to sell liquor for medicin.
al purposes, they must also give one
thousand dollar bonds not violate
equirements of the law, under
> of fine any Imprisonment.
person purchasing liquor
ster name and date of pur.
a book always open to the
he Kansas pharmacy law
rigid in its requirement.
Ion demands that TWEEN.
sle women must sign
ar license. We hope
legislatures may
""ainst drug
anne man
ansas.
Cbeguu wher
law. M
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