The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-07-24
Eleven Years Of the Farm.

Manson Democrat: Eleven years ago
last Sunday the Boss laid aside his
overalls, ploWshoes, hickory shirt,
straw hat, red bandana and one-strap
galluses. doned his soft clothes and
came to Manson to rescue the Demo-
crat from an ignominious death and
startle the world with his wonderful
newspaper ability, which was ac-
Quired. nurtured and developed at the
head waters OF He'll Slough. He saved
the sheet, but the world still sleeps on
In blissful ignorance Of the startling
that she was supposed to have COM
ing to her eleven years ago. Funny
how fellow will drift away from the
dear old farm. thinking the world
needs just such lobster as himself to
fill some long felt want or to get a
softer snap than blowing corn or
making hay, but he will and the drift
Ing period usually comes along about
the time he Is not really fit for any
thing but real heavy farm work. That
period is sometimes the great turning
point in a mans life, however. Some
times he begins a career that ends in
congress or the presidents chair, some
times in the pententiary and sometimes
In newspaper office. 1t begins 10
look now as II our career would end in
newspaper office, but the chances for
the other places are not all lost yet
by any means. tho it is mighty hard
for democrat to get most anything
in Iowa. We believe some of these re-
publican judges would begrudge him a
penitentiary sentence If it was a short
one. We have run for office twice and
been defeated both times. We have
never been elected mayor or council
mon or served on the school board and
that's credit to any man. Most men
are induced to run for such offices by
people who pretend to be their friends,
but who really have it In for them and
want to see them get into trouble.
Many Of them squeeze into the council
In order to work for some private
graft. get an electric light, hydrant
and brick crossings on the corner where
their house Is located before such pub
lie utilities are placed where there is a
need for them while the man who
worms his way into the school board
does 30 to try to cut the taxes and ex-
penses down or plug for some relation
30 that he or she may keep a job OF
teaching. But there are exceptions ia
man or school director who gets mad
about this Ia lobster and is guilty as
! charged in the indictment
But we have really been successful
especially in the matter Of getting into
,deht-and that takes ability. We know
some fellows who couldn't get trusted
for plug Of tobacco when, If they
had the ability, they could run in debt
for farm. There's n whole lot of ex-
.'perience in the newspaper business
too. If a man can't get his eye teeth
cut around a print shop. he's hope.
,lessly blind. Nswspapering Is col.
lege education and life school com.
bined. 1t Is a stage upon which ths
editor must appear in successful anG
| interesting changes from comedy tt
tragedy, then to melodrama with
vaudeville specialties between the act.
| and an occasional burlesque for goot
| measure and variety and the editor
must keep in the limelight all the while
or his readers will throw the papel
| away before they start to read it ant
| declare there's nothing in 1t. This il
! our impression after the first clever
years. What will the next clever
! bring?