Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1908-09-04

on Sunday. The decision of the
court holds that it is not necessary
to prove that anyone entered the
building or that a sale was made
! Proof that the building was open
is sufficient in itself to secure con-
viction.
! Mark Twain tells IF man, who,
when he became drunk explained
+ t" his wife that he mixed his
drinks. John, - advised his wife,
when you have drank all the
Whlskey you ought to ask for sarsa-
/ parilla. Yes, retorted her
husband, but when have all the
whiskey | want | can't say sarsapa-
rilla.
Editor and Publisher: A news
paper publisher has recently brut
suit against AZ men VIII" would not
pay their subscriptions, obtaining
judgment in each claim. OF these
| IS made affidavit that they owned
no more than the law allowed thus
preventing attachment. Then I'M
der the decision of the supreme
court they were arrested for pc
tit larceny and bound over in the
sum of $500 each. All but six
gave bond, while six went to jail.
The new postal law makes it lar
cenv to take a paper and refuse to
pay for it.
When flies become troublesome
they can be got rid Of by a very
simple MIXTURE Half a teaspoon
of black pepper, finely ground
should he mixed with double the
quantity Of sugar, the compound to
be molstened with condensed milk
or cream. The flies will eat greed
| lily Of this mixture if placed where
they can easily reach it, but it will
be their last meal for the least
taste Of it will poison fly. If
watched they will often be seen to
drop dead within just a short dis
tance of the plate they have just
left, some of the greatest eaters
not living to leave the plate.
1t was Is years ago last Friday,
August ID, that NJ l.. Yeamans of
this city and E. C. Yeamans of Vi
emma filed on homesteads in what
is now Merton township and L. D.
Gilbert, also Of this city, made a
like filing just across the road in
Darlington township. They were
located by E. F. Conklin, who about
that time started the Pilot, getting
cut the first issues of the paper at
WatertoWn, later in the house on
w. H. Ketcham's farm, then Mr..
Conklin's homestead. The filings
We're made out by Gen. Conklin.
These men have seen Clark county
change from vast treeless plain
to we'll settled country. Pilot
Review.
A large number of friends re-
sponded to an invitation sent out
by Mr.. and Mrs. C. M. Williams
OF Stony Point to attend a little
informal farewell party given in
honor of their daughter, Dora, who
was recently married to W. Twill
liams. This happy young couple
were about to leave for their new
home in Minnesota and the party
was just little affair to give the
couple chance to meet their many
friends before their departure.
Many people from Watertown and
surrounding county responded to
the invitation and a most ENJOYABLE
evening was passed and ali regret
will regret to learn of her depar-
ture but will unite in wishing her
and her husband abundant prosper
ity in their new home.
The Slower Construction Co. are
making record in the construc-
ton of the new Sheafe building on
Kemp avenue west. Owing to the
fact that the Granger business col
lege wants to occupy the building
the first of Sept, work is being
pushed thru at record speed, and the
building has shot up quicker than
any building ever did before in
this city. 1t is reported that Col.
Slower is contracting for a special
construction machine. All that is
necessary to do is to bring it to
the site. turn it loose, and in three
days it will erect a building of
any size or shape, according to
specifications spoken into phono- /,
graphic attachment on the. ma j
chine.
Much is heard of the activity of
catalog houses, and yet merchants y
have little to fear from their oper-
atoms II they go about their fight
about these concerns in the right
way. A little less time spent inl
knocking the mail order houses and
Y,ar,,.Es