Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1908-10-23

was member and diligent work.
er. The good wishes of a host of
friends go with the family to
their new home.
Watertown Lodge No. 8 A. O..
u. W. will celebrate the 4Oth an
niversary of the order on their next
regular meeting night October 26,
at the |. O. O. F. hall. A program
has been prepared including a
lunch, and all members are urged
to be present to help make this one
great event Of the order S. W.
I Whitford, recorder.
The twenty fourth annual state
conference Of the Methodist church
commenced Tuesday of this week
and will continue till next Mon
day. The sessions are being held
in the First M. E. church. Sioux
Falls, Bishop L. P. Wilson, presi-
ding. Rev. J. P. Jenkins, pastor
of the Watertown church, will lead
the conference love feast next Sun
day morning.
Jack Wigaard, representing the
Ward Bros. Co. candy factory Of
Aberdeen, was calling on the trade
in Watertown last week. Jack
Wigaard is one of the Live Wires'
Of that company and is also a Wa
tertoWn boy. When Aberdeen
wants Give ones to push their
goods on the road we notice they
select the Watertown make of men.
The Goss Opera house is now the
Empire Family Theatre, where
high class vaudeville will be pres
ented to the public of Watertown,
under the management Of c.. R.
and R. T. Goss, who conducted the
theatre last year. New improve
ments have been added and it is
the aim Of the management to pre-
sent only the very best in the vaud-
eville circuits. A new Powers mo-
ton picture machine has been pur-
chased and fine pictures will be an
interesting part of the program.
An Illinois editor retired from
journalism and his "good-bye" is
chronlcled in the following lam
guage: The undersigned retires
from the paper with the conviction
that all is vanity. From the hour
mis- paper was started to the present
time he has been solicited to lie on
every given subject, and can't re-
member having told a wholesome
truth without diminishing his SUBJ
scription list or making an enemy.
Under these circumstances Of trial,
and having a thoro contempt for
himself, he retires in order to re-
cruit his moral constitution.
Hurrah for Halloween!
Come boys and don't be slow,
Be sure to bring your sWeethearts
and wives
And come and see the show.
Selling shadows will be next,
So don't forget your dough.
It's for the benefit of the school;
And only quarter you know.
Geo. Hommel's, October 31st.
(1S-19)
Mr.. John G. Lester and Miss V.
Makepeace were united in marriage
Wednesday morning at o'clock at
the home of the officiating clergy
man, Rev. A. M. Work, Phi. D..
They were attended by a number
of young people of the two relat-
ed families and other friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester will at once
begin housekeeping on the large
Lester farm near Bemis where
newly furnished home awaits
their coming. They have the we'll
wishes and God speed of many
friends.
The football game played last
Saturday afternoon between Water
town high school and Brookings
high school was won by the latter
by narrow margin of s to 6. The
local team put up splendid fight,
and the game was fairly and
squarely played. The home team
is to be congratulated on the
splendid result Of the game, which
was played against odds in strength
and speed. With a little better
luck the home boys would have car
ried off the prize.
A terrible accident occurred last
Saturday at Candy, Mimi, in
which Lenay Kilbride, the six
year old son of DR.. and Mrs. J. S.
Kilbride, had his legs badly crushed
in the turntable in the station
yard. The boy got caught in the
turntable in some way. probably
while playing around there, and
when found was unconscious from