Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1902-03-14

0S Vi au1G-uuOeT why's w uVV QT0.
tend to account for some men going
to Ames with their complaints, if they
do, except on the theory that there are
some men so constituted that they are
never satisfied. Such men are not
only GROWERS, but towards az we'll. IL
they have cause to find fault, q single
complaint at the Office would bring re-.
lief, if it were needed. Itisthe policy and
study of the management to provide
every comfort within reach for the
men. Ingratitude is one of the base
passions of the human heart and all
soldiers are not free from it, lam sorry
to say"
Did the board examine your supplies
at their meeting in January?
"Yes. carefully, both as to quality
and prices paid. Without a dissent
they pronounced both perfectly salts.
factory and were even complimentary
in their expressions. Mr.. VanOsdel
being a merchant and handling the
same limo of goods found IN hand, was
a competent judge and he expressed
great satisfaction at finding so fine q
quality of groceries and fruits. He
ate at the table with the men more
than half the time while he was here
and expressed the opinion that none
Jared better. Other and all members
of the board examined the food on the
tables and partook of it, and were per.
fectly satisfied that there was an abun.
dance of food and of the very best in
the market and the food was same then
as now."
How about that blue skinned mill
given the men, while the cream is sent
to your table?
II suppose on the average a teacup.
full of cream is sent to my table each
day; it is less rather than more. The
balance of the cream is stirred into the
milk and put on the tables for the men
We keep nine COWS and not q better
lot of COWS are kept in the state and
no family has purer milk than the
Home table has every meal in the year
The Matron and 1 l have very little com
pany because we can't afford to use
the little extras that should be used
if we had company. The appropria.
ton is not sufficient to permit the pur.
chase of extras. This is made so be.
cause of the extraordinary rise in price
of nearly every article used. 1 have
been compelled to be not only econom-
ical but %niggardly to keep inside of the
limits of the appropriation"
81 have nothing more to say about
that article only that it is a tissue OF
false statements from beginning to
ending. Oh, yes, an insinuation is
made about fuel being sold. When
winter came on several men living out.
side of the Home wanted a supply Of
coal for winter and at the cost we pay
for coal. ID. G. Grippen canvassed the
matter to find out how much each one
wanted, and among those who got coal
was himself, w. p. Phillips, A. B. Con-
nor, Mr.. Hovey, Mr.. Harlow, Mr.. Andre
and others whose names l have for.
gotten. Mr.. Grippen or Conner col
lected the price of the coal each got.
l ordered a car from the mine. When
it came they divided it between them
selves, hauled it themselves, except
some members of the home who were
hard up-the Homete team hauled theirs.
They brought the money to me and ]
sent it to the coal company. The car
was not billed to the Home, did not go
into the account. In short the Home
had nothing to do with that car of coal.
1 ordered it so as to secure coal at $500
per ton for the old soldiers living in
town and now l am abused for it,"