The Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 19??-1912, 1909-04-15

each other more and more, until
they are tired of the sound of each
others voices, tired, simply tired.
looking ut each others faces. Then
one day it all ends. There are at
least fourteen seperate and dis
tinct ways in which the situation
may end and none of them is
pleasant to contemplate.
Again, and quite frequently,
domestic unhappiness is engen-
dercd by the fact that a home
Stealing wife and husband do not
see enough of each other. Some
times the necessities of the family
larder force the husband to return
east to secure work The wife is
left to hold down the claim. Is it
any wonder that sometimes this
situation grows irksome! Again.
business men ut eastern towns
sometimes take homesteads with
the deliberate intention of having
their wives comply with the re-
quirements of the law rs TO resi-
dcnce. The wife accepts the ,itu-
alton boldly, frequently originates
the idea. but, believe us, fourteen
months Of lonely claim life for
either a husband or A wife does
not ordinarily result in strengthen
ing the bonds of affection that
uake home u permanently happy
and prosperous institution. Not
infrequently this new country ap-
peals to y husband and wife quite
differently, he may be filled with
enthusiasm, but for her the
prairies are a disappointment, The
gumbo is too clinging for one Of
her sensitive nature. Sooner or
later she takes him back to their
old haunts, or else goes back with
out him. In either event there is
an attendant unhappiness for both.
But the picture is not all shadow.
The county is rapidly filling with
happy homes-homes that will be-
come permanent. The bachelor
clerks and dressmakers are sur
rendering their land for a cash
consideration. More actual homes
are being established than last
year, or the year before. AS you
drive over the country you will
see farms that have a look of
permanency about them-places
that have every indication of the
home, established not for today or
for fourteen months, but for the
lives of the occupants. From
these there rises every hope we
have of the prosperity and pro-
gress of tomorrow.
Congressman Charles H. Burke
has declared himself strongly in
favor of free lumber, and will do
all that he can to force vote on
this specific question. In taking
this position, Mr.. Burke is truly
representing the consumers of this
state who are entitled, along with
the consumers of other western
states to the cheapest lumber they
can possibly secure: If the tariff
on lumber amounts to anything, it
increases the cost OF lumber at the
expense of the fast disappearing
American forest. If it does not so
increase the cost, there is no need
for the tariff, and the consumer
would feel much better about it,
even if he did not get his lumber
any cheaper. We have never yet
heard sane argument in favor of
a tariff on lumber, and we are sur
prised that the ways and means
committee should have drawn a
bill which proposes to put lumber
on the protected list: There is no
sane or proper reason for such q
tariff. We are glad to learn that
Congressman Burke proposes to
take of his coat and work for free
lumber: L.eader:
THROUGH some misunderstanding
= part of the deputy assessors did
not reach the county headquarters
to receive their Instructions aud