Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-06-28
BRIGHT PROSPECTS
The Crop Outlook in Dakota Is an
Excellent One.
Plenty OF Moisture-PoIitics q Boom
ing Crop Also-A South Dakota
Budget of News.

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SIOUX FALLS, June 2l.--The fore
casts made in previous letters touching
the general crop outlook in South Da-
kot aare more than fulfilled up TO the
present time. Aside from a small Sec
ton west of Mitchell where drouth is
reported, the whole Of the state seems
to be thoroughly moist, and the pros
pect is consequently as bright as can be
desired. 1t is safe 10 say there never
was a season more adapted to the gen
eral needs Of this agricultural region
than the present. The universal COM
than they do now.
The slanderers of this state, who at
tempted to build regulations by misrepre-
%sentation, would now find this a won
derfully poor field to ply their voca-
tion in. On all sides are the growing evil
dences Of prosperity a few months
hence, and unless some terrible ca
lamity befalls the crops South Dakota
will see an era of good times equal to
any section of the union. People in
passing lhhE llCllOH ltN countries MT nc
the foundations for homes are only be-
ing laid, take one bad year as an omen
that the years which follow will be bar
rem Of even fair results, and thus do a
good country a harm which IL does not
deserve. The farmers Of this state can
smile at the flctions of Nora Makrs and
her ilk, and while they knew all the
time the country was all right they had
p11n anainIt a 1itt1n hoA 1,trly a & pnnA1o
do every where, and had to submit to
an injustice, the immediate condition of
things at the time not iustifying them
in making a full denial. But times have
changed since last winter. Overanxious
officials, busy politicians and greedy
self-styled aid societies are no longer
visiting eastern cities and ncedlessly
telling a tale OF woe, but on the con-
trary the fields are green with promise
and the supposed hard times of a few
months ago are scarcely memories,
POLITICS BLOOMING, TOO.
With the promising crop outlook
m also a promising crop of politics
"a genuine tumble of ambitions and
political summersaults heretofore un~
known in the west. The Farmers alli-
ance resolved to put a ticket in the
field, and a small resolution crept into
their proceedings which says that no
republican or democrat with the least
leaning toward the old parties could re-
ceive a nomination at the hands Of the
grangers. The farmers felt so good
over the cnunciation of this doctrine
that they decided TO az adjourn until July
II before meeting to put q full state
ticket in the field. They may have ex-
,anta1 la1a F,.A. Al,
v~entiOn which met at Aberdeen June
II. but the democrats did not bite at
the bait. The republicans will put a
full ticket in the field in August. Now
come the equal suifragists and want a
ticket of their own. An effort is being
made to call a convention 'Just toplease
the women We expect to hear from
The prohibitionists, greenbackers and
others later on.
TIE CAPITAL FIGHT.
Mixed up with this whole combina.
ton OF clashing interests and political
ambitions, is tho red-hot capital fight
between Huron and Pierre. which for
doUble-riveted hustling is a hummer.
If the voters of South Dakota can retain
s~elf.control enough by November TO
know just where they stand their minds
will never lead them into insane asy-
lums.
THE FEMALE SUFFRAGISTS.
The equal s~ulfragists are making a
| vigorous campaign. Susan Il. Anthony,
Helen Cougar, Mrs. Howell, Mrs. Har-
den, and a score of others are nightly
pleading with the men to give them the
ballot, promising to reyolutionize every
thing that makes the bread providers
wish themselves anything but the heads
of families. Their meetings are not usu-
ally very well attended by the men.
Women 60 out Of curiosity rather than
sympathy, as a large per cen of the
NJ Of this state care very little for
the ballot. The majority against equal
suffrage in South Dakota will be an
overwhelming defeat of the issue. But
as the campaign furnishes employment
for a few who have no taste for the
quiet OF home, with the tender ties and
surroundings that elevate and purify
~womanhood, the men must bear the or
deal for a few months, and her quietly
put it to sleep for years.
ORIGINAL PACKAGE.
The original package is blooming
in south Dakota. In many towns the
condition OF things is simply terrible.
Affairs are much worse thar under the
old license laws, Aside from the beuc-
fit OF the revenue and the legal control
of saloons, matters were III far better
shape than now. The most irrespon-
siblo parties are now engaged in the
business, as nc capital is required TO
open a joint beyond the room rent.
Never has South Dakota seen so much
drunkenness as is witnessed today. !
The enforcement league has laid down,
and the evil has full sway.
Won by Huron,