The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1903-08-14
COLLEGE BOYS ON A LARK

CULLEGE BUYSON A LARK
YOUNG Eastern willy Boys HIT the
Harvest Fields OF the West
Something like month ego three
young fellows at Painesville, Ohio,
scions Of wealthy and prominent
parents, conceived the idea Of starting
out to see the west and depend upon
their earnings to accomplish it. Asa
fitting send-ofr, equally prominent
young women in their set gave the
trio a swell party at a fashionable
club house on the shore of the lake
(Erie.) Next day, with only $40 each
In their pockets, the boys hired out as
strokers on one of the iron ore boats
about to sail from the harbor for
Duluth. They sent back some rich
accounts Of their experience in the
hole Of a big lake steamer, shoveling
coal on four-hours' watch in a ITO de-
gree temperature, but struck it ont
until Chicago was reached. From
there they went to Kansas, but finding
no work in the harvest fields they
struck for Kansas City and by their
singing and serenading tin the FASH
ionable quarter OF the resident district
managed to pick up enough money to
take them to South Dakota where
they are now putting in their best
licks. The fathers of two of the boys
were schoolmates OF the editor of the
GRAPHIC and one of them lives in
$4,000 house, and the other is from
one Of the oldest and wealthiest fami-
lies in that part of Ohio. The third
boy-he who writes the subjoined
letter from Woonsocket-is son of a
prominent Episcopal clergyman, now
in charge of Cleveland parish, out
whose home is in Painesville, and
with whom the editor Of the GRAPHIC
is we'll acquainted. His letter is in
teresting as being the impressions of
a young city chap from the east for
the first time on big South Dakota
farm. The letter is taken from the
Palnesville Evening Telegraph, of
which Percy Tinan is city editor:
Woonsocket, S. D., Aug. 1st, 1908.
You will be glad to know that / am.
settled and working in the harvest
fields of South Dakota, and it more
than comes up to expectations.
Numbers Of farmers were in town for
help but they only wanted one or two,
and came here. Frank and Raymond
went on looking for a job, but they
have my address and as we are all
going to work around Woonsocket we
will see each other often.
There is lots of work around here
but the story Of enormous wages is
false. l am getting as high as they
pay, $500. Many places only pay $l.75
and Sl.5O. The man told me it was
a small farm but when [ reached here
l found it amounted to 500 acres; that
it what is called a fair farm. After
got here they told me to take a bronco
and bring in the cattle and drive
them into the corral. 1t was great
sport. l went to the barn and put a
rawhide bride and cowboy saddle on
a little yellow bronco and rode over
the plains for three miles before ]
found them. / drove home about l7C
head of cattle and 10 head Of horses
This is all level country and abounds
in game. Prairie chickens are as
numerous as sparrows in Painesyille,
while quail, pheasants, buzzards
cranes and thrushes can be seen all
the time. In many places the hands
have to stay IN the barn, but l have {
room with white sheets on the bed
and a table, chair, looking glass, etc.
The ranch is divided into two parts
but / am at the main 'gazaboo's'
place where everything is of the best
I never tasted better bread and pies
except Katie's There are all the
| milk and eggs you can stow away anc
plenty of meat and potatoes. The
men, about twenty in number, all si1
at long table with clean white table
cloth and silyerware service.
i The work is hard but not too hare
and 1 can get along with the rest Of
them. All of the horses and cattle
| on the place are branded. believe
they milk forty COWS a day. They
have separator and all but ten gal
| Ions of the milk goes into this and i!
sold. The other ten gallons we get.
can never thank father enough fol
| teaching me SO much practical know
ledge about horses. Is comes so handy
here. This morning, before we start
ed for the fields, hitched up 81,
teams of horses and never made {
mistake. l heard the boss tell another
fellow that [ was good stead,
worker. These farmer folks believe
| in lots to eat, and also variety. Jam
| honey, pickles, olives, ETC., abount
and are always on the table. The
s uorlr wi n last a hf,IIt two yynpkc anr