Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 September 1911 — Letter From South Dakota. [ARTICLE]

Letter From South Dakota.

In renewing her subscription to The Alice E. Hughes writes from Frankfort, So. Dak., under date of August 28, and among other things says: “We have just finished thrashing here, which was not a very big job. Everything was a failure this year except potatoes. They are fine an’d plenty of them. A great many did not make their seed back on wheat and oats, but many of the landowners furnish all the seed and take one-half the crop, so that makes it somp easier on poor folks. Last night we had alight frost but not to damage anything. The nice rains we have had the last month or more makes plowing much better and we have hopes of a crop next year. . Last year crops were great. For instance, my brother Charles Hughes, thrashed 6,400 bushels of grain, and on the same’ land this year got only 568 bushels. This was all caused by the drouth and is this way all over Spink county. But we are .not discouraged, are going to stick it out, and have 500 acres of fine land rented for next year. We are all well and hope our Jasper county friends the same.

Ready for delivery off our fioor, two of those staunch, reliable runabouts that have made the Maxwells “the 'great economy cars.” A car which can run on Jasper county roads at a total cost of 1 3-10 cents per mile. A nice carrying space on these cars, too. Step in and let us show you how to save money.— Maxwell. An armful of old papers for a nickel at the Democrat office.