Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-02-13

carry a whitewash brush around
with them. This is the peculiar
campaign emblem of the Crawford
Gamble crowd, and no one wants tc
rob them of it.
A man in the state of Washing
tn built a $4,000 house last year
from the sale of fruit from -four
acres of apple trees. 1t is proper
to add that he gives his orchard the
best possible care.
A Mexican paper refers to the
financial furry "a period of quies.
cence in which energy is stored up
for new spells of fruitful activity"
This Optimism has the right ring
and looks sound.
The secretary of the interior
reports that the government has
reserved 5,163,552 acres of coal
lands in the public domain. Can
ada has taken the hint, and will
make similar reservations.
In 1905 Canada imported from
the United States goods worth $751;
100000 Last year the figures we're
Sl12,000,000 or more than half of
the Canadian imports. A short haul,
the best prices, and the most desir-
able products are bound to win.
There are a good many people in
the state who can not see why the
present administration OF the pure
food department is worth SIS, 400
more than the administration of
Commissioner Small; but Mr..
Wheaton can see it all right.
The republican party has many
men fit to be president, but no one
of them is so great as the party, nor
are all combined. But Mr.. Bryan is
the democratic party, and its pros
poets are what might be expected
from so lamentable a plight of a
once self governing organization.
The democratic state central COM
mittee held a meeting at Huron last
week and decided to put up full
state ticket, including candidate
for the U. S. Senate. This will be
sad news for the insurgents, for sixty
per cent of their votes two years ago
came from democrats
Joe Malone, the Crawford candi-
date for postmaster at Huron, is a.
railroad man in the employ of the
Northwestern. For seventeen years
he has been lobbyist of the rail
roads. When any hostile legislation
was pending at Pierre, Malone was
always taken from his work and
sent there to work against the peo-
pies interests. This is another
straw to show how the railroad inter-
ests are being taken care of by the
Crawford administration.
Interest on state funds should 90
to the people," says ex-Speaker
Browne, who is candidate for the
for governor. The
insurgents do not think SO; at least
they defeated two bills to this effect
in the last legislature, and the pres
emit state treasurer Is making about
$4,000 year out of his Office -
twice the salary of United States
senator. just how long the people
will stand this we do not know, but
we suspect only during the rest Of
this year.
Cardinal Gibbons, who is stopping
in New Orleans, in an interview on
prohibition says: II am persuaded
that II is practically impossible to |
put prohibition into effect in any |
large community, and the best means |
therefore. to promote temperance is
to limit the number OF saloons by |
high license. In country places /
would suggest local option. Laws
like prohibition that are certain to
be violated had best not be made,
for incessant violation draws down
upon them disrespect."
The members of the insurgent
machine who were at the stalwart
rally at Mitchell last week concluded
that it was time to throw La Toilette
and come out for Taft, 90
at the meeting Of the machine at
Huron on Friday they climbed on
the Kittredge- Taft band wagon,
although they went through the |