Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-04-08
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not for President Wilson. He is
mighty good a for the place. evel
IL he il a democrat. If Teddy hat
been president we would be at wa
now ,or.if Taft had been there. MI
Roosevelt would have plunged int
wal, and Taft would have blundere'
into trouble. Men are looking TO
work all through the east, shops AM
small factories are, many of them
closed. / like Minnesota fine, a grea
state. OF the big cities, III AXE Chi
cago for me. In Illinois common
hay lis SIP. 90 to $500 a ton. This i!
my first visit to Dakota. ! like il
first rate, excepting the wind. Whal
you need here greatly is more grass
land and more trees."-George -
now with Patrick Burke.
II am having great luck with sheep
and lambs this year. Almost every
W is giving birth to triplets. Yes;
good money in sheep now. STOCK Is
what we need, no doubt. | shall seed
down ten acres to alfalfa this spring
] seeded a plat to tame grass last
year and got a fine stand.
Burke.
rNo, I have no alfalfa seed for
sale. ! will SOW what | have. Ter
pounds to the acre is sufficient to get
a good stand.''--G. A. Tracy.
Il had forty acres Of potatoes last
year, and will have sixty acres OF
them this year. AT Is cents a bush.
ell they beat small grain. It's a poor
piece of ground that will not produce
$50 to IT'S bushels TO the acre. /
have no trouble getting pickers. !
pay them 4 cents a bushel, and a man
can make big wages at that. -Four
cents is really, too much; 3 cents is
about right. My barley last year on
potato ground went 40 bushels OF
good grain, on the other ground
about 10 bushels. | ship by the car
load, Potatoes are not much more
trouble to tend than corn, the profits
are greater. I have never treated
my seed with formalin. have new
er had scab, though no doubt the
treatment is worth while. | use a
digger that lays them out in a row
on top of the ground, We have tried
the bnncher and elevator types OF
diggers, but they are not a success
with us because OF Jumps OF dirt.
One needs a good planter, sprinkler
and digger. l live abous two miles
from car track. OF course, at a con-
siderable distance from loading point
the hauling of the crop would be
something of a barrier to its culture.
/ also raise corn. | plan to have 80
acres this season. ! think the day OF
single crop farming is past for this
state, at least in this section. At
ought mover to be practiced any,
where, al least not without resting
the land and under intensive farm
ing.,t-Al Lappier.
In speaking of whether he consid.
cred the town OF Henry--he lives
near H~enry--better without saloons
than with, MT. Iappier ~emphatieally
said Without, in every way With
the saloons open | have seen the
streets Of Henry when 1t was moi
lit for a child or a lady to be upon
them. There has been none of that
since the saloons closed, There are
more people in the churches. more
children In Sunday school and day
school. You go to town now in har.
49, YeSL& 1iuAG ttkt1l a MAJ llu ySuAe EEti
orally find d sober man. gu hardly
could before. Now you can generally
count on the hired man or men being
on hand Monday morning ready fol-
work; yon could not do SO before
Miss Ruby Rand visited o few
days In this community with rela
tiges and friends.
Mrs. J. il. Purcell is recovering
from d few days Illness.
MI. and Mrs. Harry Sasse had their
little on, Ralph, haptised Sunday.
Mr.. and MI. Will Broderman and
Miss Elsie Anna called upon Mrs.
Fred Brown Sunday.
Eater services were held in the
church Sunday. Mrs. Alex Dawson
and Mrs. Emerson accompanied Rev,
Mr.. Bonner out to them.
Mrs. Geo. Croft and daughter, MUIR
tel called upon Mrs, Bert Lewis
"Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs A. b. unist left for st. Paul
Mimi to become a patient at one OF
THE hospitals there. She will also
visit at the homes of her parents and
sister. Mrs. Stromberg,
a MIR. Lee of Waterfowl, is help
ing MI. Oqnist ut this time.
The social event of the season in
Richland, we take it, occurred Friday
last at the hume Of Mr.Aand Mrs.
Geo. Croft the day. April 2, marking
the silver wedding ~anniversary 81
these people. In response to Invita-
lions from their friend and neighbor,
John Reintsma, u company of their
friends gathered at the home to rs-
mind them OF the day and to- help
them celebrate it AS planned. it Was
complete surprise to Mi. and Mrs.
Croft The husband Cor bridegroom
spent the forenoon shopping wood in
HE grove on his land d couple oil
miles east Of the home. little dream.
Ing of impending danger, while the
fair bride. with sleeves rolled up, was
IL the midst of kneading d batch 81
fhesstaff of life. when Inc party AZ.
rived upon the scene. The company
hgnught well filed baskets End ii
due time fine dinner was served 10
bride and groom els we'll as guests.
With the dinner and the social feast