Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1912-01-04

party may be said to smack OF eis-
5crimination. But that may be ac-
counted for because the democratic
party dominates the city for the most
part. But Denver is likewise q bear.
tlful city. Many OF It's bouleyardE are
|oInamented on either side BY brick
aud stone mansions and cottages, with
not a wooden structure to be seen,
and its Sdriveways wind their way
through q labyrinth Of shrnbbery and
flowers and evergreens, while itsl
parks, stocked with beasts and birds
whose native haunts are among the
deep canons and towering heights Of
the snoW-clad Rockies, present seem
cry as varied as 1t is inviting. re-.
call that was one of q party that
took In" Denver by automobile, once
upon q time. Among other things to-
which our attentie vas especially
invited were the numerous churches
and cathedrals. Ladies and Gentle
men, declaimed the announcer "Den.
yer is q city of churches, & We are
proud to tell you that Denver has one
hundred and sixty churches and only
FIVE saloons ~" (and then followed IL
long pause, during which the ladies Of
the party enthusiastically remarked
upon the virtues of Denver, only to
nave their ease of mind disturbed by
the concluding phrasel ito each
church!' ~ 535 81 :3553 s sS
Why the good women of Denver do
not unite to eradicate the evils of the
oper saloon do not know, unless It
|be that they accept the. masculine
theory that evils esulting from boot
Logging and the pocket flask and the
little brown jug surpass those OF the
licensed grog-shop. In this connec.
tion1 call to mind what one OF my
neighbors said to me soon after / land.
ed In Colorado, In response to my in.
curry concerning the beneficent re-
suits Of equal suffrage. He IS an old;
line democrat gone to seed In the Oh.
posite direction--in short, he is a rad
ical prohibitionist. We'll, !, sir,n said
he, u was elated when Colorado adop.
ted woman suffrage. 1 had worked
for it for years. I felt that now the
political millennium had come. So, ON
the morning Of the first election fol.
lowing the adoption of the PROPOSE
ton, I went to the polls with head
high in the air, firmly believing that
the prohibition party would sweep the
state. But, believe me, sir, when the
returns were announced was struck
with supreme disgust. There were
fewer prohibition votes than at the
last election when only men yoted!p
regret to learn that South Dako-
ta's crop averages very light this year.
am speaking of the grain crop, Of
course, for5I perceive that the dry
weather did not similarly affect the
political crop. The fruit crop Of the
Grand Valley of Colorado was also
light, although this tMesa) county
has shipped over 1900 carloads OF
APPLES, several hundred each Of pears
ard peaches, several hundred OF pota-
toes, besides raising approximately
nifty thousand tons OF sugar beets, to
say nothing OF numerous other yegc.
tables and crops, including alfalfa,
nilet, corn, beans, etc, etc. A fair to
excellent yield of alfalfa, by the way,
Is six tons to the acre each year. We
have six acres on this ranch, and last
year we cut (three cuttings) from
thirty-five to forty tons from the six
acres. Our yield was about the same
this year. e.
notice that you are still boosting
for Watertown and vicinity. Well,
they are worth boosting, and it af-
fords me pleasure to note that you
and your business ventures appear to
be keeping abreast Of the times. /
have seen a few copies Of your farm
Il + -
paper, which is a creditable journal,
but 1t is better adapted to a grain
and stock region, like South Dakota
and adjoining states, than to sections
like the Grand ey,where, with few
exceptional localities which practice
dry" farming, nothing grows, except
lssgebrush and wild flowers, without
artificial irrigation, and where fruit
raising is the principal occupation.
II You succeed in completing the
roll Of that 5000 club. your weekly
will have a circulation that should
command an extensive advertising pa
tronage, It appears to me. It will per.
meate all the territory tributary to
| Watertown as q trading center, and
will have a great leverage as boost
er for Watertown's commercial ex-
pansfon.