The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1917-09-28
Why One Man Stayed
On The Homestead

\ Perkins county hOmeSteadel
in the Dakota Farmer:
Eight dry weeks had rolled by
with no rain, and the fine crops
were drying up, while the castles
in the air commenced TO tremble
dangerously The new house
with its modern equipment, the
fine barn with ample storage for
hay in the lott and a big Silo at
the west end, the new automobile
and the power washer, together
with the trip back to the old home
all became cherished dreams of
/ the past. Perkins county had
sure gone bad again.
Then came the letter from the
letter from the house in Mime
apoliS, in which was a hearty in
vitatlon to come back and take
up the old job. You are bound
to advance rapidly, for business
is booming, and we have some
thing better in sight for YOU, y
wrote the president. Salary was
$1,000 with a possible raise to
$500 during the year
AS we read the neatly typeWrit-
ten message, memories Of the city
in all its glory returned, and we
talked over the enjoyment which
would be ours ours if we gave up
and sold out. The Minnesota
State Fair 50 soon at hand and
we had not seen a fair in ten
years, the brilliant parade, the
theaters, the fine trips on Sunday
to the parks or Minnetonka; the
fine schools for the children as
they grew up; the beautiful cot
taGe we would rent overlooking
the lake; the pay check coming
in regularly; something to go tOI
every night and Sunday and, as |
glanced at my greasy OverallS, I
good clothes to wear always. Yes. .
Minneapolis sure was the place /
A letter would go out in the
morning stating that we would /
be there as soon as we could make /
a sale. What was the use of vast .
ing the greater part of our lives .
in Perkins county.
Then we turned the picture |
around to see how il looked from
angle.
Rent must be high out by the
lake perhaps that cottage would /.
now cost us at least $50 per mon
tn. City water, electric lights
phone would have to be paid for.
Fuel would be high, while here
we have the coal mine at hand,
where at $3.50 d ton we can have
the best of fuel for a total of S2.50
per year Provisions naturally
cost something in the city. while
our vegetables, meat, butter, milk
and eggs are raised on our own
land yes and -four too since we
got the new flour mill at Serum.
Should we get no crop this year
we will get an abundance of feed
and our cattle and horses are
growing into money every day.
We do not wear good clothes cv-
erv day because we do not have
to do so. Though we do take an
occasional trip to the Black Hills,
Slim ButteS or some neighbour
city, which we enjoy immensely
in spite of the advancing price of
gasoline.
With silent meditation | went
to the yard and MIXED the COWS
= 5O quarts of l2-Cent milk i'm
Minneapolis while my little Girl
came by with a pail of fresh eggs,
Do cents per dozen in the city.
sized up the bunch of youngrOOst-
ers, and figured how many Of
-hem | would be buying later on j
at Sl.O0 each if we went to the
city.
There was no sound of merri-
nent or cheer around the place.
Evidently something was about [
to drop.
A rain storm was rolling up ,
from the southwest Another lit
lie girl came up and whispered,
Daddy we don't want TO sell all
)ur cows and 90 awav, do wel
We'll, | guess not, | answered,
and she-hurried to the house with {
he good word.