The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-01-28
WHAT A Blind MAN IS.
TRYING TO DO.

We have heard of blind people taking
up many different ways of earning their.
living, but it remained for Mr.. Ward. or
F~ar:ningdalc. South Dakota, to study IN
something new.
Mr.. Ward has been blind for over
twelve wears and during that time has
visited nearly every state in the union
MI. Ward has supported himself in the
past by ~canvassing, but no matter how
hard he might work it was an up-l,ill
proposition to ever get anything ahead
1t seemed as though bad weathe CIR. car.
fares, hotel expenses, etc, would keen;
him from ever getting a start. So one
day Mr.. Ward made up his mind to take
Il homestead from the United States ana
see if he could not at least obtain
home for himself in that way.
After ~canvassing all over the VEST
Where homesteads could be obtained Mr.
Ward found a very nice location close.
to lfarningdale. in South Dakota. Farm
'agdale is located on the main line of t,,e.
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul rail-
read, 200 miles west Of the Missouri
river. 1000 miles west of Chicago and
10 miles east of Rapid CITY. The Land
there is somewhat rolling, but we'll wa
tered, there being plenty of creeks ana
= ''fAi Nt'Vi " (. ! M sou ~ unusually rich Fl
ard al kinds OF small grain does. sDlen-
all.
Thi5 was formerly a cattle country
until n Very recent time ago. but win
two new railroads just put through in
ihls country. has brought in over ffty
thousand homesteaders who have sat
lied UP the western half of South Da-
'Iota. The Chicago and North we tern
railroad also runs right through the
heart of this new and prosperous cotn-
try.
There are quite a number of good. de-
sirable homesteads that can still he oh
tanned in this country, as any one can
find out for themselves by looking at
the township plats in the Uifited States
land office at either Pierre or Rapid
City, South Dakota.
The west is tho most prosperous ,,or-
ton of the United States today. and land
is rapidly increasing in value. For ex-
ample, right around Uplfam. North na-
kota, there are quarter sections or i;llra
that We're homesteaded in 1902 and
1909, and in 1908 these same 160-ficle.
farms We're changing hands at FIVE and
six thousand dollars each. This is only
a sample of how fast farming land ia in
creasing in value in the west. If every
E''A' - VIZ S'LNS IL GiANtsrA
could realize what a great and rapidly
growing prosperous country there is in
the west, they would not stay in the.
eastern states at all,
Mr.. Ward is going to tell the people in
his magazine, the Great Western Maya
zine, all about the great western coln-
TRY. Mr.. Wards magazine is published
every other Saturday, and we ask every
OF this paper to examine one
copy of the Great Western Magazine
which is delivered at your house or place
of business every other Saturday for
only five cents a copy.
This magazine sh what can he
done by a man who is totally blind. The
subscription price of the magazine is
only Sl.30 9 year, and we doubt ii $1,000
Invested in subscribing for other naga-
zines will bring you as much for your
money as you will get in the twenty-six
of the Great Western Maya
zine"
Mr.. Ward has secured an agent ii the
different towns and cities in this local
ity, and our readers can nave a. copy
of the magazine delivered to them every
other Saturday by leaving word with
the agent of the Great Western Maya
zine" at this place.
Mr.. Ward is going to tell the EASTERN
people all about the western country
and get hem interested in it, and We
all our readers will give this mat
ter their prompt attention, and become
regular readers of the Great Western
Magazine"
Very few people ever saw a blind
magazine before Mr.. Ward start
ed his magazine going, and we assure
you that it's contents are going TO be Il
great big surprise to you.
In order to put this magazine out for
only five cents a copy it was found
necessary to use large pages, as it
could not be published in small pages
without going to an enormous expense.
so the magazine is published in newspa-
per forn-eight long columns to the
page, containing over 1900 inches of the
best and most expensive, as well as the
most interesting matter that could be
Articles from the best known
men and women of the day appear IN
every issue, while its .half-tone illustra-%
lions are far ahead of the average mag
azine, and still you get it all for only
five cents a copy. 1t has been called the
greatest magazine on earth for the
money, and we believe it.
Remember when you buy a copy of the
that you are helping a poor
man who is totally blind, and that you
are not helping to make some million
aire still richer.
Exchange.
When New York city's Catskin acne
duct is completed the city will have
water enough for a population of T.800,-