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Letter to Der Staats-Anzeiger from Theophil Sahli, 1911 Der Staats-Anzeiger Vol. 6, Issue 9, Page 4 From South Dakota Since I don't especially have much to do I will write something for the paper. From the wheat, barley, oats and the chaff we received there is no seed so by all indications it is a total crop failure. The flax grew well. It wilt give 8 to 10 bushels an acre. The corn grew well also. There was an abundance of potatoes. It was splendid, like none I have seen. There was also plenty of hay. Enough so that there will be enough feed for the cattle. Around here every farmer must buy seed grain but from where I don't know. In late summer we had much rain and it gave the ground a good soaking so now the plowing can go forward. Our new Catholic Church is finished and now it awaits it's official dedication but that can't happen without priests and we do not have one yet. We always read with pleasure the news from the old homeland. Ed. Wirth perhaps hears from me often about reading from Wolhof and also not to forget in his next letter whether my uncle, Jos. Kreital is in Wolhof also. Greetings to all family and friends everywhere. Theophil Sahli. Notes: I did not translate the last sentence in the paragraph regarding the new Catholic Church as there was a word or two I could not read. Some of the letters were either missing or blurred to the point that they could not be read. The Catholic Church In Hosmer did not have a Priest assigned for about a year. The families that built the church had not received permission from the Bishop to build it. When presented with the title for the church the Bishop refused to accept it. The church was finally accepted and dedicated in July of 1912. I am not sure if Theophil Sahli is referring to the village of Wolkow (Wolkov: the German name of Neutiebental) or another village.
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