Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1916-11-02

kAMPEskA AND HIGHLAND.

'Ile most OF people WnO are IOF
prohibition are also for equal suffrage.
/ hardly think that the majority Of
women would care for or enter into
politics as the most of men do but |
do believe a good many of them will,
If the chance be given them, vote on
measures affecting the saloon, the
school and the children. Miss Mabel
Grinols.
II believe the president is a good,
an able and a sincere man, that he
has lone the best he could, that he
has done well, has done the people
inestimable good and that he is
nightly worthy of reelection. | will
not support any man in knocking Mr..
Wilson.''-E. d. Wheelock.
One lady in Watertown, and we be-
lieve a good woman, gave us a word
of praise and commentator for our
letter Of last week referring to liquor.
What greater reward can a mar ask
thar praise and commentator from
4 good, intelligent woman?
This lady suggested we write a let
ter on equal suffrage. From our
heart we could, and had we the time
We WOulo lIithV dh tltClip W ac cc
although we are not nearly as we'll in
formed here as in regard to the liquor
business. We have not pondered the
subject in our mind like the liquor
business. However, we are very
heartily in favor of it, believing it to
be decidedly right, proper and needed
and that our state will carry for 1t.
The editor recently asked us when
we could or would start UP Farm,
Fact and Fancy" again. Bless you,
we have intended and thought we
would make a new start every week
but 1t seems that time, care Of babies
and poor eyes keep us away from this
matter. However, we will promise
to send in a little copy for this de.
partment the next issue and run it, il
possible. until the spring work takes
II time again.
We often wish we had brains suf.
fcient, and knowledge and experience
to be the editor of a ranking farm
paper, in fact, most any paper. We
eoMld greatly enjoy the business.
We believe it speaks well for the
Intelligence and moral make UP Of
the people of WATERFOWL, at least for
Iut pIGoS tlCISUlJ IAdl lily + GliCS
leading papers in the city are for
equal suffrage and too, prohibition.
May their sentiments and efforts
be not III vain. And bless you they
will not be, people, rel though fail.
are, apparently. be the result of this
year. Keep 'er up. victory is to the
slayer, the v give UP sort, and
then you're on the right side.
We were once opposed to equal suf-
frage. Not SO t~odaEsNslpy greatly en-
dorse it.
It seems to be thaegIsahs this week
are scarce. Last week they came
RIGHT along. lit is easy to write them
when they come easily; pretty hard,
folks, to make a showing when they
do not, Help us all you can if you
endorse this sort of thing and the
editor or writer OF them in this case.
Pretty hard to get in touch with
many Of you people and keep busy on
SSaE6IExsafoSssanz,.
MI. and Mrs. James RaYd departed
the middle OF this week for their new
home at Welch, MINI. All are rather
sorry to see them go from here, yet
hope it is for their good and happi.
ness and wish them all success
A Mr.. and Mrs. Jones of Raymond
were Sunday guests of Mr.. and Mrs,
n. NJ. Brown at Lakeside.
Mr.. Ben Oquist had the misfortune
to catch his hand In the clutch of the
tractor the first of the week and very
narrowly escaped serious injury. AS
it was, he suffered a pretty painful
injury, his right hand being bruised
and crushed. He is getting along nov
quite we'll. No bones were broken
Ben says he'll bet it will not occur
to change or shift the clutch while
the tractor was in action.