Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-04-26
THE BOOSTER COLUMN.
~ am a Booster. FRA McGinniss.


when we run, console US when we fall,
cheer us when we recover, but let us
pass on-for Gods sake let us pass on %
Burke must have been a member of the
ancient united order Of Boosters who
believe that every knock is boost.
Custer is ready and willing to take Boost
er Bnrke's advise and pass ON to newer
and better things; and all she needs is
boosters to help her pass on.
The water works proposition will soon
be before the people inintelligible shape.
Boost it along. Don't knock the propo-
sition on general principles. Don't do
the dog in the manger act. Get out and
help this town by helpipg get water
works. The proposition may not suit
you-it is hard to please everybody--but
il is the best the town can do at the
present time Towns learn to creep be-
fore they walk when it comes to big
undertaking like city. water, Custer can
have the finest system Of gravity mains
in the country. This will give perfect
fire protection. BY your voice and vote
help the water works. 1t may be your
house that the new mains will save from
the flames. BE a booster.
With the waterworks will come hook
and ladder company and possibly two
| hose companies. The hook and ladder
truck is one of the best devices for fire
| fighting known. With ii. & l.. truck
and two hose carts it would be next to
impossible to have fire in this mans
town. And with ample fire protection
the insurance rates would be lower.
There would always be good natured
rivalry between the hooks and the two
hose companies as to which got to the
scene Of the fire first Then aside from
the usefulness, good volunteer fire de.
partment is help to the town. The
fire laddies in their nice new uniforms
always turn out on the days when the
town celebrates and when Custer folk
90 "Visitin" they can brag about the
bravery and dexterity Of Our Fire De.
partment." BY all means let us have
the waterworks and the fire department.
Custer always did have the crack mill
tary company of the state and there's no
flies on the new company just organized.
The boys expect to haye their equip.
ment by Decoration day and be in the
line Of march. The Captain and lieu.
tenants of Company / and one or two
non commissioned officers served their
country in the late war with Spain and
they are putting the new recruits through
a course of sprouts that will make them
first class fghtin' men" in a short time.
Company | is all right and when they
give their ball buy ticket whether you
dance or not.
Fra McGinnis was in Deak Jones' drug
store one day last week and out in the
back room he found a big brass drum
that had been left blooming alone. This
reminds the Fra that this busy little
town is without brass band. Now if
| there is a thing on earth that makes the
blood of Fra McGnnis 90 sizzling through
his body it is good brass band. Doesn't
it affect you the same way? Let's have
brass band and let's have one that will
make the "Hot Springs Silver Cornet
Band" and the "Deadwood Military
Band" look like lead dime. Then let
the town erect band stand and Custer
can have band concerts every Saturday
night all summer. People will come
lies to be in town at the band concert.
Everybody get together and boost the
band.
Saturday and Sunday-two hot days
and net single ice cream parlor in
town. If it is too early TO open up let
some kindly disposed person GO round
and take orders for quarts and half gal
Ions and freeze quantity, say Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays. No charge
will be made any one accepting this
suggestion and the Fra will give the
names of three customers to the person
who tresthe plan. THE Editor strong
y suspects that Fra McGinniss has been
paid to make the aboye suggestion by
Mac, the iceman."
A woman. who comes to town every
week and sells for cash twenty or thirty
pounds Of butter and dozen dozen eggs.
dropped into one Of Clusters stores to
buy spool of white thread. The oblig-
ing man behind the counter showed her
most everything in the store. She said
things in Custer cost so much she could
MT afford to buy anything but thread
81 send to the Chicago mail order houses
for all my stuff" she remarked to the
man behind the counter. Now any mer-
chant who believes in his home town
hates to see good Custer money 60 TO
Chicago catalogue houses. Why don't
the Custer merchants form an associa-
ton and refuse to buy country produce
from people who confne their Custer
purchases to articles of little or no value
and send the bulk of their money to
Chicago IF the neighboring ranchmen
want to sell their produce here let them
buy their supplies here or let them send
their stuff to their Chicago friends.
One poor soul not far from Custer re
Gently bought volume of sermons from
a Chicago mail order house for dollar
He says it will take him year to read
them all so he has given up his church
pew which cost him twelve dollars per
year. He figures he has saved eleven
dollars. Thus doth the mail order house
get in its deadly work and even the
church suffers from the ''send for our
catalogue" people.