Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1909-03-19
= ocaI Happenings.

|nickle. Finder please return to
this Office and we'll fall on his
neck and weep. Remember. it is
more cdssed to skin an editor out
|of a quarter than to go fishing on
Sunday The man who would do
irwould push a widow woman 5
dog in the creek and whip him for
getting wet; yea. he would suck
eggs. If we learn who found and
kept that quarter we will tell the
truth about him when he dies. -
/ Elk.
The horse was going to be
driven out of existence BY the loco
motive, but instead thereof he
multiplied exceedingly and in
creased in value, altho his iron
substitute was tearing all over the
country in every direction. Then
he was to be reduced to innoculate
desuetude by the trolley car, and
after that by the automobile. But
the Department of Agriculture
reports that in eleven years the
number Of horses in this country
has increased from under fourteen
to more than twenty millions, the
aggregate farm value of them has
advanced from less than half
billion to very nearly two billions,
and the average value of the ami
NAL has advanced nearly threefold,
from SS4.26 in 1898 to sos. ga in
1909. Perhaps some Of our timid
manufacturers who are in a pam
lie lest they were exposed to lit
tie competition may take encour-
agement from the prosperity Of
| the horse. Tx.
The death rate among the Sioux
Indians of South Dakota from the
ravages Of tuberculosis is increas-
ing at an alarming extent and
threatens to eventually extinguish
the race. In the reservation OPP
|posite this city it is said that
deaths from consumption exceed
all other causes combined. Recent
Ily the board Of Indian commits
sioners reported to the president
in Washington that nothing but
energetic and radical measures by
the government would prevent
| the complete humiliation of the
Sioux Indians from this cause. 1t
is understood the president prom
Used the board an increase Of hos
pital facilities, more physicians,
better isolation, outdoor tents,
|etc., and to check the sale Of Ii
|quor among the Indians, the lat
ter provision being the one most
strongly urged by the board to.
ameliorate present conditions. ~
LeBeau Phoenix. #
A clergyman in a neighboring.
town had been much annoyed by
the way members Of the congrega-
tion had of looking around to take
stock of late corners. After endur-
ing it for SOME time he said on en-
tering the reading desk one Sun
day: Brethren / regret to see
that your attention is called away
from your religious duties by
the natural desire to see who
comes in behind you. / propose
henceforth to save you the troub-
lie by naming each person who
may enter, and hope that the
services may be allowed to proceed
without interruption. = He then
began: Dearly beloved" but
paused half way to interlopate
Mr.. Stubbins and his wife and
daughter, Z Mr.. Stubbins looked
rather surprised, but the minister
with perfect gravity, resumed his
exhortation. Presently he again
paused: Mr.. Curtis and William
Daggle.' The abashed congre-
cation kept their eyes studiously.
bent on their books. The service
continued in the most orderly man
ner the parson interrupting himself
every now and then to name some
newcomer. At last he said still
with the most perfect gravity:
Mrs. Symons in a new bonnet.
In amoment he felt his mistake,
but it was too late. Every FEM
mime head in the congregation
had turned around.
A newspaper, if it has any
brains, conscience and muscle back
of it. must decide continually be-
tween doing its duty and injuring
its pocket. In any position but
that of an editor, the public is able
to separate the individual home
from the collective citizen. But
if an editor does not please them
its at his pockets they aim. Thus
it is the newspapers learn who
their friends are. The man who