To Reddy Withers, Chamberlain, S. D.:
Wire received. Calves at what? Explain, collect. Whaley.
Hundred and fifty cows and calves. What do you advise? Reddy.
See inspector. Whaley.
Won't do. Inspector wrong. Reddy.
Fix inspector or get calves. Whaley.
I'd got about the same kind of a telegram to Mr. Elkins, addin' that the Whaley crowd was up in the air. I sent it by Western Union to Sturgis, and then up Wolf Nose Crick by the Belle Fourche and Elsewhere Telephone Line. The O. M., as usual, cuts the melon with a word. His wire was as follows.