The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1912-12-27
Happy New Year.
Write it 1913.


And now for study of the par
GELS post regulations.
The Aberdeen commercial club
will be the host to the members
OF the pending Legislature en-
route to Pierre. on the evening
of January 81, We plead guilty
to Il gracious invitition along
with a number of other Lem.
nJnites and would like aWful'y
WnlI to Da in on the spread OF tins
cool things Of earth. and the
dow of Wit and poetry there pre-
pairing. Aberdeen has the hap
py Iacu!ty uf catching the solons
On then march to Pierre, ano
letting them know sub rosa just
what t Eou'd like. 1t probably
has learned how much more gooo
na,ured a legislator is on wei
filed StO mach.
Fighting Bob LaFoIlette is pre
pairing to g after Roosevelt and
the third party platform in no
uncertain tones. LaFollette will
lay especial stress on the action
of the bail mo3sess in taking from
he platform that antitrust
DIank and in 80 doing he will
shorty name the creature OF
Geo w. PERKINS who did the
stunt
Now after having helped the
B,5Onitas so vaiiantlv in their
county seat fight, and when it
was to be supposed that he nigh
rest peaceabIy on the laureIs
g ined in that conflict, it is
learned that Editor Chas Elliott,
OF the Bison Courier leaves early
il January, to accept a position
at Carroll. Ia. His place there
will ue one Of far greater scope
of usefulness, being that Of
managing editor of the Carol
Times, a newspaper with a 4, 600
circulation The Bison Courier
and the Pioneer, also of Bison,
are to be consolidated. with Edi-
tor Chas. Reed at the helm. We
join with many friends in the
fervent wish that his lines may
be cast in pleasant places.
Hard on the statement of Pres. :
ect Wilson, to the effect that
b = Business had better not try
to monkey with the normal course
of business, at the pain of having
all the power Of the government
hurled at it, comes the assuring
statement from railway heads
that the outlook for railroad busi-
ress Of the coming year is very
good.
The fact that the total vote o;
Perkins county at the recent un-
pleasantness dipped slightly be-
low the margin at which lower
salaries for county officials be-
com e operative, occasions a
sweeping reduction in the salaries
oI a number Of officials of Per
kins county. According to the
law officials in counties polling a
vote under 2, 500 receive a mini
mum salary only, and which is
not increased until the vote ex-
ceeds the figure given. AS a
result the office of states attorney
will be paid only $l0O per month
instead Of $l25. The office OF
county Judge, heretofore paying
$500 per year. will be reduced
10 a salary of $1,000. Other of.
ices suffer slighter reductions.
In the Adams county rural
school corn contest, the first
orize was carried off by Lee
fhayer. the little son of Warren
rhayer. of Spring Butte. The
second prize was won by Rens
lewis, of Hettinger, and the
bird. by Rose .Pinkham, o1
Haynes. The prizes were $40
Z and 50 cash, respectively
There were in all 81 entries. ane
the interest centered in the eff
iort was most commendable
Words cannot adequately expires.
tie sweeping influence that i.
snread by these efforts. and tn,
aspiration for good farming thu
engendered in the young wi
continue its influence through
years: Miss Wagner, who q
superintendent of the Adam
county schools led the contest
IS to be felicitated upon the goo,