The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-02-09

Dan West Barely E.sapeds B.ins

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will remember Dan West in 6be days
that he lived here. He is running a
paper at Meckling,1 which has been
going after some people down there
in rather q rough shod manner. Some
body got sore over Dams treatment
|of them aud they tried to dynamite.
his hotel last week, but fortunately
Dan and his wife escaped harm and
not very much damage was done the
building. Dan decided toHtaket his
wife out Of harms way and they stop
over night at Yankton, and in the
Sioux City Journal the other day the.
correspondent from Yankton had the
following concerning Dams, new
move:
h In order to protect his wife, Col.
IG. G.tWest, editor OF the Meckling
Dail,euhas transferred his place of
abode to Yankton, but despite.the ef-
forts q. the gapg which last week, dyn-
amited his print shop and hotel at
Meckline, he saws the paper, hthough a
little, late. this week, will be issued,
and f fud OF live. spicy comment as
Coll West is one bf the ORIGINAL
fighting editors of,the west, and he is
the real thing in that line. HE has
been a South Dakotan thirty-tive
years andlfs now almost 70 years old,
but he is as ready for q iscrAp as ever.
ABOUT three years ago be removed
from Mitchell to Wakonda and started
the Mail. The first issue was a hot
number, and ever issue since has been
hotter: He started the Wakonda
sheet for the purpose Of driving Edi-
tor Fitch, OF the Monitor, out OF
business: Several months ago Fitch
solo MS interest 10 the paper and Mr..
West announced that be would seek
rreener pastures. He selected Meck-
ling because it was In Clay county
and he had embarked in 3 eanlpaipn
against alleged tax dodgers, Of that
county. He went after several bank.
ers aud capitalists and soon tackled to
his masthead tue, avict .yious slogans
Mali, aid it, -Ss S'us''' l"e
l1tHe wants to make it al 1nf even ST..
i000, 700, and every issue contains atY
alleged, expose. Col. Manp's Town
Topics scandals are Ordinary uossin
compared with tile skeletons drawn
forth by Col. VESTS vigorous pen.
.H}e. differs from Col, Mann in anobher
respect. He, could not, be pacitied
It's not even alleged that he is
J. This fire eating editor this morris
Ing Informed a reporter that there,
would be bigger doinus in Clay coun-
~ than ever happened before lie
would permit the dynamite episode
to he considered closed. He declared
that the actual work was done by q
pOOf cdtthrOat who was not worth q
two-line local, but THAT the insstfRa-'
tors OF, the plot were numbered among
among Clay countY''s 400, and that be
proposed to tring them to earth With
a,jerk.. He indicated that be did not
mind the dynamite incident himself,
.bnt he. would not, even to the slight4
est extent, endanger the person or
life Of bis wife, and hence his re-
m0val to Yankton. 9s'7l
Col. West seemed. to think he would
make good On, a, steady diet OF ,dyna,]
mite, with giant powder for salad,
junction for dessert and ~nitroRly.
cerane for a wash. He believes the
Itf-raf apd grafters Of Clay county,
are afraid az q him, even when he is
asleep. aud be SAYS he would sleep on
his makeup Stone, but his wife in.
slsts on his. spending the ntght'"ot
every DAY, IN sYalktOn. ~ ..1t ma