Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 66, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 November 1910 — LETTER FROM H. H. HAYES [ARTICLE]

LETTER FROM H. H. HAYES

Former Jasper County Citizen Writes From Middle Creek, So. Dak. Henry Hayes, formerly of Jasper county. writes The Democrat from Middle-Creek. So. Dak., where he took up a claim last year ami among • ther things says: '■Would say we are having some fine weather. No snow as yet but freezes every night and some days it does not thaw any, but we don't mind the cold weather, here as it is dry. We all have the best of health. “I was more than pleased with the election returns so far as I have it. Have not got them complete yet.. I don't suppose ■Teddy' will 'sit down' yet. but he will see the day when he will. ‘This state is strongly republican,, but it would not be if the people had their wishes. There is but one democrat paper printed in the state that 1 know of. that is at Bonestell. Gregory Co. The reason why they are all republican is because the government, is so, and as there is lots of legal notices in a homestead country, and only republican papers get them. Another thing, our commissioners are all republican and have no tegard for law or justice as long as they can have things their own way. They have the appointing of the election boards and in our district they appointed three republicans as judges, and one of my neighbors had the appointment and didn't want to serve, so. not know-

ing my politics, asked me to serve ] in his’ stead, which I did, and was the ’ only democrat in the lot;’ “Would say we like our new coun-l try fine. We are seeing hard times, as all homesteaders do,- but hope for crops next year; With best wishes J for our friends in Jasper, will close.

H. H. HAYES.”