Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-19

MIR. Geo. sckler, son Of COMMITS
sioner Siekler, is home from Broehings
and viii remain Ui.lil his departure
for An napolis, the seat of the Jn!ted
States naval acadamy. II Will be re-
msmbere,} that Nl1 SicAlcr received
the recolnHcn caticn fcf appointment
from G.. i. Matthews, after Il compete-
i've examination. VIZ met MI. i5lcl-
ler yesterday for the first time, and
feel sure he Possesses the sturdy
qualities and native Intelligence that
will assure success Wherever he goes,
1t is not definitely known as yet
how the Judicial districts viii be man
aged, but 10 matter, the Many friends
OF Judge Converse in this aud adJoln-
ing counties would ge gratlied TO see
him honored with Z circuit Judge
ship The Judge, like Prof. i;nntloy
VIII ask nothing, but il bis friends see
fit to nominate him he viii accept ana
serve his constituency well. We be-
hcve j eraulel county viii be a unit on
| this question and should send dele
gates TO the county convention with
reference to that end
DR.. Melcher went through town
Monday on his way TO Huron To meet
with the Milbank and Chamberlain
railroad projectors. lie says the sur
vey viii be made and the road no
doubt built. Townships along the line
OF survey viii De asked TO vote I. per
cent TAX payable III two annual install
mcnts, to be paid when the road is IN
operation. Farmers will save more
than that il Two years by having d near
market We learn later that lAe con-,
pany hayu decided To abandon the tax
scheme a> i Will be IN conflict with
the new constitution
We q. L. 4 l.. II. Blan6) received
copy of the Farm Herald, published
at Louisville, Kentucky. 1t is d
whisky paper which has orc word
for farming and FIVE Or tea FOR whlsli-
ey. II is entered as second class mani
matter at Louisville, but certainly in
violation Of Ian, as ii came to us, not
us d sample copy, seeking subscription,
but Us Il paper to regular subsccibers,
which we are rot. The paper IS dis
gushing to anyone possessing moral
rectitude. " even autfeGed a severe
attack OF nasseau after reading coup
| lie Of columns Of the stuff.
A recent trip to the residence of T.
t, TohieIaire enabled Us to see some
OF the results of careful and econo mic
farming. We saw a pen Of pigs about
three months old that showed What
the waste from the house and dairy
will produce. His plan Of raising hogs
is to get them ready for market SO
they will never see the assessor nor
zero In that way there is some profit.
He said he had never put 4 ring in the
nose Of any OF his hogs, II they
%olll root it was because the system
demanded some kind Of food tina,
they did hot get. Fipd out what is
wanted, supply that and they Will not
root
AS the political contest approaches
we are reminded Of the fact that GER
tain townships have heretofore con,
trolled the county conventions. Alpe
ma and Washington Springs townships
have always worked together IN every
convention SO far as our attendance
and knowledge extends. These tHt
townships with one OF two others tina
have usually gone With them have
made the convention solid and then
slate the winning one. II we are tx
Judge 0y the signs of the times il i.
safe to say chat Sne same condition o.
things exists today and whatever Alpe
ma and Washington Springs come intt
the convention after, they viii get
But x; Nomination is not an election ant
these Townships should take q warn
ing from the result last fall and nomi
nate good men, those who are accept
able tc the people Of the county