Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-10-02


notion that will try for the republi-
can nomination for clerk of courts OF
this county. / have lived in the coun.
ty ever since the first white settler
and have never asked for or held a
county Office of any kind. have al.
ways taken off my coat and boosted
for the other fellow when it came tn
securing a county Office. l throw a
pretty fair hand myself and / think
| can demonstrate to the satisfaction
of any person that l am perfectly
competent to hold the position of clerk
of courts if was elected. don't
say for sure whether / will go into
the race, but if do will go in to
win"
Fred M Bronson: "A number OF
my friends have spoken to me re.
garding my coming out as candi.
date for the republican nomination
for clerk of courts. OF course, could
use the job very handy just about
now and l may conclude to enter the
race. There is at least one thing in
my favor and that is the fact that !
would not be green hand at the
business if l was elected"
Ed Elkins: "Will / be a candidate
for the republican nomination for
sheriff? don't hardly think SOL
hardly think l have it coming at this
time' "
Phil Mimnaugh, the man who sells
the big smoke for nickel, says
A funny old bird is the pelican,
His bill can hold more than his belican
< He can take in his beak enough for
But don't understand how the hell.
can"
George Lebert: Il am not doing
any blowing about it, but l raised the
best crop of small grain on my farm
near Grover that have raised in the
past ten years. Last year was good
but this year was better. My velvet
chaff wheat averaged 20 bushels to
: the acre while the blue stem went a
little better than 10 bushels per acre
r on the average. l had twenty acres
d of the finest corn that ever saw in
my life. Oats and barley gave good
yield and our fax went IA bushels
to the acre. l had in five quarter
sections, but of course it was not all
into crop, good deal of it being
used for pasture. Take it on the
whole and I am very we'll satisfied
with this years CROP
Rev. A. D. Chase: "Yes sir am
feeling very well at the present time
The Saturday News made a mistake
couple of weeks ago when it said
that ! was 80 years of age-you were
mistaken one year. A man gets old
fast enough without advancing his
age in the papers,
Emmett Wilson: II will leave for
my new home in Northwest Canada
about the 10th of October. I've got a
fine quarter section of land out there
Joins fine river and has about
100000 feet of splendid spruce tim
Der on it. will be neighbor Of
Henry Risch, former resident of
Watertown. He only lives 800 miles
from my place. / am in the same
section with Fred Ransom, also well
known former Watertown man. Fred
is holding down q fine piece of land
and is also running the ferry for the
government near his homestead. Yes,
have my house all ready to move
into when I get there with my fam
lily. Talk about raising wheat in this
country-it is nothing for those peo-
pie to raise 40 and SO bushels Of
WhS1@e ~ AiC OIL lC---UuL4 LHSf0[ IL no
market there yet and the most of the
grain is sold to supply the new settlers
who are coming into the country
Where I am going is about 500 miles
north of Watertown and 900 miles
west It registers pretty cold in that
country in the winter from 10 to sol
degrees below zero but there is no
wind and person don't feel the cold
as much as we do in South Dakota
when the thermometer is down to 10 |
degrees below zero accompanied by
a wind. 1t will cost me about $50 toll
ship my car and / am now busy gath 1
ering up little things that will need
when ! get out there. want the
Saturday News sent to me, but / have
to pay that 30 cents extra which Is
charged to send it to Canada hut
I suppose J will have to do it as 1t! !!
would be hard to keep house without
the Saturday News
Lawrence Gilruth Business IN
the new Fotopla Theatre has been
fine since we opened and ii It keeps
up as good as it started viii have
no complaint TO make. I am going toI
give the very best pictures that can
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