Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-10-14
Everybody is looking for good fail

Every body is looking for a good fail
rain.
The Hawarden Republican contained
last week pictures of the republican
candidates for the Sioux county Offices
at the coming election. We recognize
a very good likeness of our old friend
Ed Brown. who is nominated for county
superintendent. Ed will he elec'ea
faithful superintendent.
Rev. and Mrs. F. +. Nichols are al
tending this week the annual con-
ference of the Nj. T.. churches held AT
Mitchell 1t is generally expected
that Rev. Nichols will be returned to
Elk Point for another year. He is
doing faithful, earnest work here. and
we join with many others in hoping
that he may be retained.
Tuesday Dor Franklin bought out
the interest of Frank Callahan III the
firm OF Franklin g. Callahan, and will
hereafter conduct the busin, IS at the
old stand in his own name. 1t will be
Mr. Frankiln's aim to run a tirst-class
meat market in every respect, and
customers may rely upon prime goods
and prompt, careful attention to all
orders. Give him a trial. Mr.. Gala
han has not yet decided what he will
do.
Notice our offer in another place of "A
wears subscription to the COURIER and
the Sioux Falls Weekly .irg"s Lendrr,
to all new subscribers and old ones
who pay in advance, for the price OF
one subscriptions, $3.50. The ligas-
Leaaer is giving special attention u It's
weekly edition just at present. and ln-
tends to make it the largest and best
resume OF state news published. This
offer is good until Withdrawn. Send
in your subscri p,ions at once, and ask
for the Irgus Leadrr.
Last summer a. j. Gilbert, Il farmer
OF Sanborn county, South Dakota, Of
fered to sell his farm OF $50 acres Tor
S., 200, the price TO include the crop.
He failed to sell. bat completed the
farm work for the year, and has since
harvested 1000 bushels of wheat.
LOO bushels of oats and will have
5000 bushels of corn, the whole valued
at S4,l75 He gets the crop and has
lust sold his farm for $4,000 cash. This
is an example Of what the present ex-
cellent crop season is doing for the
farmers. S,onE lHg Jn"rnai.
J. c. Stoughton, who i'll be remem-
bered as connected with the Union
County Republican during the winter OF
lS94-5, was killed last Friday at his
home in Rock Valley, Iowa. He was
digging ditch and came upon a
hidden and abandoned well, which
caved in and covered him to the depth
of IS or 20 feet He was about 80 years
OF age and leaves "a wife and one son.
He had been connected with both the
Rock Valley papers and was "A prom
inent member of the odd Fellows lodge
there.
We call especial attention TO the pro-
gram of the County Equal Suffrage
Convention printed in full in another
column. This convention meets Mon
day and Tuesday next week in the M,
L. church, and both evenings eminent
speakers from abroad have been pro-
vided. who are sure to give addresses
that will interest all. Monday evening
the speaker will be the Rev. Henrietta
G. Moore. who is very highly rec
commended by the press, one or two
notices of whom we print clsew here.
Tuesday evening the address will be by
Carrie Chapman Gait, whom it has
been the privilege of the COURIER
editor 10 hear, and We can assure our
readers that it will be we'll worth their
while to hear this address. The public
are invited to all sessions, but perhaps
the evening sessions will be of the
greatest general interest.
The delinquent tax list on our first
page we recommend to our readers as
an instructive subject of study just
now. 1t is the smallest delinquent list
the county has published for years, and
probably, all things considered, makes
the best showing for the county ever
issued. Treasurer johnson informs Us
that on the LIST OF March last he was
$50 receipts behind the record for the
same date the year before: now he is
about 200 receipts ahead OF Oct. l a
year ago. During September this year
Treasurer Johnson collected over $4,000
more than during Septe mber year
ago A more sudden or marked re-
v.val of financial confidence and ability
could not be healthful. No man prob
ably ever gets SO prosperous as not 10
desire any more prosperity. The
above facts then indicate that the peo-
pie OF Union county are in healthily
prosperous condition, and that com
plant and dissatisfaction would prove
a morbid state of mind on the part Of
the fault-finder. Whether we like it
or not, Mckinley was the advance agent
of prosperity.