Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-22
NOTES.
news OF the Mouiders of Public Opinion
of South naLatu


Carter Bros. of Pierre secured til
contract for printing the legislativ
journals this winter.
The control of the Garretso,
Progress has again been undertake,
by Frank Eastwood.
r. o. Richards OF Huron viii
soon launch a monthly real estat
devoted TO Huron, Beadle count
and South Dakota.
Rumor says that Carey Nevin, lat
of the Dows, Iowa, Register i
coming back to Plankinton to TAX
editorial charge of the Standard.
r.. ID. Topping, who is well know
in Kimball, has purchased til,
WaverlY, (Minn.) Tribune. TIL,
Tribune is a democratic paper but i
a live newspaper.
H. G. Shober, of the Highmoor,
Bulletin, who has of late beer
stirring up the animals in hi
baliwick, is the'latest to be favored
with a libel suit. Shober is decid
eddy sin it" as to popularity, il
seems to be thus remembered anC
no doubt enjoys this latest honor.
Report has it that w. T. Buchanan
city editor of the Sioux Falls Press
will soon resign his position and viii
come proprietor Of a paper outside
the state. 1t is said that Burt Hunt
son of Editor Hunt of Garretson ant
formerly a reporter on a Sioux CITY
evening paper, will take Mr.
Buchanan's place.
The Clark Pilot Review celebrated
the sixth anniversary of the day il
first used its name the End of the
month by reveling in the luxury of a
clean office towel. The Pilot Review
is at the head of Clark county papers
and is in the bestof health as 1t enjoys
a good patronage. MI. Pruyn, its
manager, is to be cong ratulated.
Geo. Wash. Bagley, the chalk-talk
artist of Lake county, is now the
editor of the Madison Independent,
having succeeded II. A. Vandalism,
the rip-roaring poet of the independ.
ents during the past campaign. 1t is
said that Van will take the road as
the advance agent for the "three
graces" musical combination. Geo.
Wash. has greatly improved the
Independent and will no doubt keep
II up TO the old standard.
Editor Frank Eastman of Garrett
son was brought before Judge Aikens
last week for 'wilful misconduct in
Office" penalty for which is dismissal
from Office as there is no other law
covering the offense. He is d Justice
of the peace and has collected fines
in G%arretson amounting to 81, 200
from blind pig keepers under the
so-called Palmer system, and has not
accounted for the same to those who
should receive the swag from him.
Iroquois Chief: The fortunate
South Dakota editors who had plenty
OF money and time have been bask-
ing in the sunny cline of Florida for
the past ten days. Brother Tom
Bishop ]pronounces everything in the
South fit for a king, excepting the
beer; thinks that's a little off color.
John Longstaff was particularly
impressed with the lovliness of the
southern ladies; says it just makes
his mouth water to look at them.
And Jonn knows.
WATERFOWL Public Opinion: 1t is
nothing unusual for young ladies to
apply at printing offices for a position
as apprentice in the arto type setting.
The unusual number of lady appli.
cants who have called at the Pub.
lie Opinion office within the past few
weeks and desired to learn type set
ting, started us to thinking if there
was any particular u for such a
rush of applicants. and WI think we
have found the solution. OF the six
ladies who have been employed by us
as type settlers, but only n remains
This is intended as no adver.
tisement for help-as we are fully sup
piled at present-but as a pointer for
girls to learn the art Of sticking type
if they desire to get hitched up in the
matrimonial harness.
Milbank Review: 1t costs 5000 for
a single insertion Of a column adver-
tisement in the New York World, or
Sl09, 800 for n year. 1t is doubtful
if there could he found a person who
would claim that advertisers paid
these enormous rates lust to help
support the paper" or from personal
friendship for the publisher. No,
they pay it because 1t pays to adver-
tise, and yet there are not a few
shop-keepers in every town in the
country who style themselves "busi-
ness men" who will straighten up
and with an air of superior wisdom
assert that ut don't pay to adyer-
while there are others VIII
have learned that it does pay TO
advertise but who think that the
rate Of 800 a column for a year, is a
not very heavy tax upon what they
regard as purely an expense account,
but which in reality is an investment
which is sure to return a good profit
directly or indirectly.