Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 74, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 December 1914 — Mr. and Mrs. Besse Return After Seven Years in South Dakota. [ARTICLE]

Mr. and Mrs. Besse Return After Seven Years in South Dakota.

Ligonier, Ind., Dec. 9, 1914. Dear Eidtor: I will write a few lines to tell you and others of our success since going to Britton, So. Dakota, seven years ago last March. "The first three years we had fair crops, but the spring winds were so terrible. Sometimes the winds would blow the soil off the seed and leave it exposed to the weather, so it wouldn’t grow. The last few years we had only half a crop. Last year the hail dam, < aged it, as it did the year before.This year the rust took practically all the hard wheal. Thousands of acres never had a binder in. Then the hog cholera came last fall, also this, so farmers lost lots of their hogs, and some all they had. We lost all but one last year. So it has been very discouraging for us in Dakota. I have now come back to Indiana. Mr. Besse will _come as soon as 'he can dispose of his stock and machinery. I was in Montana three months this summer to visit my son and daughter, They each have a claim out there and are doing well. I enjoyed my visit very much, liked the

climate and the spring water, but think the winters too cold for people of our age. They have bob-cats, mountain cats and coyotes out there, also antelope. They raise a great deal of alfalfa, and finer potatoes i never ate than in Montana. Win close by wishing all a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Respectfuly,

MRS. NELLIE M. BESSE.