Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1908-10-30

We have among us a, few fast
young men who are always spoken
LOT as good felI and iii some
respects they are, but it Is we'll
Ito remember that they are not
good fel lows s who indulge iii
/ pleasure at the expense of what
their duty demands of them.
There is no lack Of time for pleas
lure and there are ways of enjoy
tment for everyone; but in the long
run the young man will find iii
lneither pleasure nor prof to win
admiration for companionable quail
Titles from the idle, the desolute
land the vicious. There is nothing
new in all this lit is the old, old
lstory yet every day young men
Iare seen going to the bad thru the
| Inducements of so-called good fell
Ilowship, and the public teacher
cannot too often or too strongly
admonish the youth of the folly
Of such q course.
Some Of our farmers wonder why
their sons have a desire to quit the
farm, preferring town or city life
The cause is with the farmer hin-
lself. With the boy On the farm it
lis perpetual toll in good weather
lall thru the busy season, and per-
lpetual loneliness in bad weather
land most Of the winter season. The
time when the farmer has leisure
lis at the very time. when they
cannot get away from home on ac-
count Of their isolation and bad.
roads. The boy hungers for COM
lpany and his heart reyolts against
this unenduable loneliness and to
free himself from it. walks miles
thru the mud to spend an hour at
the country store. We are glad to
mote that in some sections Of our
country the young people Of both
sexes, have broken these barrires,
land established farmers clubs and
little societies Of one sort or anoth-
Ter. This should be encouraged
land will prove agreat tonic to keep
young people on the farm and make
life to them worth living.
The following opinion Of F. II.
4 Rawson, president Of the Union
4 Trust Co. appearing in the Chicago
1 Record Herald Of recent date is the
result of a trip to our state, and
4 shows how things look to a man
i who judges everything from a
strictly business standpoint: The
i Dakotas have been almost reyolu-
!. tionized in the last four years.
q Four years ago there were great
4 stretches Of prairie. Now the
prairie has been converted into
4 farms. The buildings are first
class, there are fine looking herds,
4 homes have pianos and telephones.
THE farmer doesn y sell his grain
or stock blindly as he formerly did
I at prices quoted by buyers travel.
| ing thru the country. He uses his
! telephone to secure market quota.
tions, and if they do not suit him
1 he does not sell. AS to the small
/ towns they are much finer and bet
ter improved than towns Of similar
sizes in Illinois and Iowa. Houses
are being built Of concrete, all the
walks are paved and the cutters
are Of concrete. The Chicago and
4 Northwestern railroad is in SPLEEN
did condition. Despite the reduc-
ton in expenses and falling off in
freight revenue, the property has
been maintained up to its usual
thigh standard =
Marcus A. Lauseng, one Of the
substantial farmers in the north
western part Of the county was .
Watertown visitor last week. Mr.
IIauseng was accompanied by hii
wife, and while in the city took in
the play Texas Ranger" at The
Grand. While looking at the house
program Mr.. Lauseng suddenly
tainted and had to be carried ou1
Of the theatre to his hotel. Mr.,
and Mrs. Lauseng called at the Sat.
urday News office and during the
course Of a pleasant chat Mr.. Laus
eng said: 4 tainted at the opera
house the other evening and wher
| i came to at my room in the hote
4 I thot of all the things had done
that might have caused my indis
position. 1t occurred to me tina
| III owed two years subscription t.
the Saturday News. So / came thil
morning to have you remove thu
evil spirit which is haunting me
Here is $2-I feel very much re
Ilieved. am glad that the Satur
day News has come out and de
clared Its intention Of becoming
independent politically That il
the only way paper should be ii