The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-03-10
THEY CAN'T UNDERSTAND i
Illinois People Question How South
Dakota People Withstand the
Cold Weather.

When Jos. Swift was back to his
old home at Yolkville, H., he got to
talking about South Dakota OF
course, and told the people of The 30
degrees below zero and what little
discomfort the people really felt
when the thermometer went that
low. While in Illinois Joe said the
thermometer went to two degrees be
low zero and that he nearly froze to
death, on account OF the moist at
mosphere. Here is the way in which
the Worthwhile Record touched up Mr..
Wifi and his weather:
There is a popularity ajo 1T men
from the Northwest who come back
to the old home to see friends. 1T is
their notion of weather tondit onS.
They have some cold weather i'm the
Northwest an the winter tlme) 81
peclally up at Medicine Hat. but tne
inhabitants Of those parts never ietl
the cold. 1T is ''dly and bracing.' v
Blt.when those friends Get back to
Kendall county and the mercury
stands at ahont freezing, My how
they shiver in the damp cold cold air ,
Rrouher Swift OF Mitchell. South Da-
kola, used to live at Piano. He was
here last week and gave The Record
folks a call. He said nice things
about Mitchell and South Dakota.
That was right. y few days ago
the thermometers there indicated 80
degrees below zero. Did Brother
Swift and the other fellows out there
get cold? Not on your life. Thev
went abuot in their shirt sleeves.
and the ladies aired their rooms bv
openiiig the doors. The atmosphere
vas So dry and braclng. But here
last Thursday, the mercury was
about 32-just freezing-and Mr..
Swift thought it the coolest day he
had experienced. Damp and chilly.
You can't get ahead of those North
W~esterners. If the crops fail they
have am eNcuse and laugh it away-if
hot waves and cold waves come, they
enjoy it. They are loyal to their
section. But then it makes you
laugh all the aslne. The rust may
blight the wheat, but the barley was
immense and SO on.
If the. Yorkville editor would come
out to South Dakota during some of
these cold snaps he would readily un-
derstand why it is that 30 below zero
is not as we're as freezing in Illi-
nois, Just as Mr.. Swift expressed it
1T is the damp atmosphere. AT 81
below in this country, and which by
the way is something unusual for a
steady diet, there is rarely a breath
of air stirring and the atmosphere is
dry and bracing. While Illinois is
enveloped in snow and exceedingly
bad roads, yesterday Mr.. Swift made
a drive of 80 miles to his farm in less
than a day. We venture to say that
an Illinois farmer at this season
would have hard work to drive five
miles in a whole day. The good
roads in this state are d blessing
that any Illinois farmer would enjoy,
as many of them who have moved
here can testify. just the same the
%Illlnolsian can be convinced of what
has been said of the country by COM
ing out and seeing for himself, and
! we believe that Joe will show him
the country without any charge for
livery hire. There is less soothing at
South Dakota now, since the state
has proven herself capable of being
on a par with Iowa and illinois in the
matter of production, better weather
and better roads.