Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-03-05
correspondence
KAN


that is my case as regards any line
eltuel, or party polite. An America
'itiien should, no doubt, be ashame'
TO so acknowledge of himself, yet
take it the majority, or at least a larg'
lIlA,her, OF the rank and file of thu
people exercise their great right
and dnty--in an lily prepared name
or condition. 1t may be a most fit
ting New Years resolve to give al
%ere9tng a week to the study, as best
We can TO the political status, the
cries, parties, etc, Of the present ant
the political history Of our country
No doubt there Is in socialism much
teneable ground, as there is likely
in most of our schools of political
thought, If only those elected to pub
lie Office would stick to the state
Inents and declarations made prior to
the election, present troubles would
largely disappear, and If somehow 1t
were possible to infuse into the pres
ent a good, full dose of the real, gen
nine patriotism Of the men Of the
early day what a revolution in polit-
ical circles would thereby take place!
One thing | do firmly believe would
be for the good of all; that is a far
greater amount Of public debates,
speeches, discussions, etc, by capable
men, especially men aspiring for of
fee, of the political issues of the day,
from the various s]tandpoints Of men
and parties, | think, ! repeat it, this
is greatly needed-it used to be-and
/ feel 1t should ever be. To cast an
intelligent ballot, however, requires
experience, Judgment and much infor-
nation, otherwise one scarcely knows
whether to stand pat or to be progress
sive.
We must huttle; Mr.. Wood. but
Wen try to handle the pencil so you
can catch enough context to get it
out in some shape. Country cores
pondence is hard, we know, because
We have set type o%urself, but how
much better, dear Doane, is the city
editor or in fact the chief mogul him
self.
We said we were in a hurry. We
are going down TO our mother in laws
to eat supper and Wen have to get
there some to make the hour.
No weather this past week MI.
Barker, wonderful wasn't It, All the
miracles Of history pale into insig-
%nificance beside that fact, but it's true
MS you e by perusing the mastery
items, etc, Of your bald headed
scribe of this neck OF the woods, My
private secretary is writing copy, the
general news, however, 40 l have
greater liberty.
Talk about a snappy paper. The
News IL sure 1t with a big II" when
IL comes to a crackerjack of a paper
when ita rural correspondents have
tf,eir private secretaries. And by the,
way, the Saturday News is sure some
paper In more ways than one, espec-
tally lis regards country correspond
ence. Not because Of any one corr
respondent, but because of the many
coed ones 1t employs over the county.
And just Think Wen place your
name III a new one for the News), on
our subscription lists for $1.20 and
send YOU the paper for one year. Or
With the purchase of an Aladdin Kero-
sene lamp, 95c. This offer will be
withdrawn April fools day--not to re-
appear this year.
Word reaches us of the death of
Mt. O. Q, Jacobs of Gilroy, Cal, for
merly OF kampeska and Watertown.l
No particulars only a telegram com
ing to his son, B J. Jacobs Of Water
town. Mr.. Jacobs was severely in
iured last fall by cattle which broke
into the yard, but had apparently rel
covered from the accident. He seem
ed we'll the first OF the week, so a
letter preceding the telegram stated,
SO his death must have been unex-
pected. Most Of our readers will re-
member Mr.. Jacobs. He made his
home on the beautiful farm now oe-
capied by MI, and Mrs. Fred Brown
on the west side of the lake. Here
he was In the employ OF Mr.. Lester
Robinson Of Chicago. Later he was
q renter and owner. Retiring from
the farm he lived for d short time in
WatertoWn. Selling his land he NOV
ed from there to his home in Califor,
MIA. Mr.. Jacobs for a number OIL
Years was president Of the EARLY Set-l
tiers Association 81 codington coun,
~ IN which he took great interest
Besides the aged motherin.law, Mrs,
Carpenter, and Mrs. Jacobs, a numberl
ct sons and daughters remain to
mourn his death
The political speaking at Kampes-