Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1913-06-13
THOuGHTsFOR THE DISCONTINUED

llC OlllCl NdN man "HO i'"'
lived in South Dakota for thirty
years and in that time has accu-
mulated considerable of this world s
goods, informed us that he is about
to move out into the kootena,
river valley of northern Idaho. In
fact he left pamphlet which de-
scribes the valley as being from
three to six miles wide by humid
red long. lying there peacefully be-
tween two stately mountain ranges,
the Kootenai river rushing in the
midst thereof, fed from the melting
SHOWS of the Canadian Rockies
and innumerable mountain streams
that come tumbling down to join
it. According to these authorities
here is rich soil four feet deep,
which produces hay, vegetables
and fruits in abundance; where
winds are unknown and the snow,
as it descends gently. will pile up
eight inches high on a fence post.
Big fish abound in the main river,
trout sport about in the pockets OIL
the mountain streams. or if you
want to plunge into the primevalI
forest that adorns the mountainI
sides it is possible for one to brush
acquaintance with bear or bring
down a deer or elk.
One is struck with the beauty oil
such a picture and the desire takes
possession of him to sell out all he
is possessor Of and HE away to this
valley of enchantment. This de-
sire is due, however, not SO muchI
with the unpleasantness OF one s.
present lot, Or the magnihed beau
ties of the valley just at the end of
the rainbow, but to a lack of con-
tentment which seems to be an in
herent part of man S makeup. We
never fully appreciate friend s
value until tine JOY of his
comradeship is ours no longer.
We never know how the pictures
OF the old homestead will haunt us
with a longing to return until
many a mile has separated us fromI
the old haunts. We never realize
the advantages where our present
lot is cast, or the value OF the
things we now have until they
have been relinquisl1ed and we
have put forth into other parts oil
the world to uncover opportunities
that the whisperings Of fancy kept
telling us was there awaiting Oul
coming.
But the greatest rersOn OF all
why our hopes will not generally
be realized by a change, is that a
man who has been reared in one
section OF the country will not or
dinarily find contentment in an
other section radically different in
climate and other characteristics
from the place OF his birth. The
man who was raised on the sea
shore will never feel quite satisfied
in the interior away from the lap
OF the great waves. The deep for
ests, though holding many Won
der to man who spent his boy
hood in their midst, are sui
locating 10 the prairie-bred child.
As d general thing we are best fit
ted for and will ind the greatest
contentnent ia a country typical
OF that in which NC were raised.
The Minnesota rate case which
has just been decided py the Cntcd
States supreme court, in Ell
feet holds that a state has the right
to fix rates within its borders with
respect to railroads doing an inter
state as well as purely locar
business, until such time as the
federal government assumes con
troll. The decision is regarded as
one of the most important handed
down since the civil war period.
The secretary of the treasury ha.
decided to send the government
surplus of money to several strong
western banks that will pay pc,
cent for use of the cash, instead 0
letting New York banks have i
for nothing.