Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1908-12-11

with his parents at WatertoWn.
-Brookings Register.
A woman, whose husband recent
ly died. leaving her 81, 900 life in
surance, reported the sad news to
her eastern relatives thusly: Jim
died this week. Loss fully covered
by Insurance.. ~
Give the boys something practi-
cal, such as a box Of carpenters
tools, a soldering set, or a drawing
outfit, instead Of guns drums and
toy pistols. Teach creative not
destructive force.
Harry Thomson has been COM
PEELED to call off his intended trip
home to Norway. He has postponed
it till spring, and he expects
about May to make the trip and
stay all summer.
Everything in nature INDUCES
in amusement. The lightning
plays, the wind whistles, the thun-
der rolls, the snow flies, the waves
leap and the fields smile. Even
the buds shoot and the rivers run.
Have you saved a little money
this year? Invest some of it in the
old farm do something to make the
place better You could have no
better bank than your own farm.
Every dollar thus invested will
come back with tenfold interest.
If a farmer wishes to find out
the amount of corn he has to the
ear, multiply the length of crib
in feet by width in feet, and
divide by two and one-fourth. The
easy way to divide by two and
one-fourth is to multiply by four
and divide by nine.
Frank Goodwin returned last
week from Northwest Canada
where ne spent several months. He
reports Frank Ball and wife form
err residents of this city, as doing
spendidly in that country Mr..
Goodwin expects to return to that
country next spring to make his
future home.
Walter M. Cooke came down
from Aberdeen Saturday night to
join his family for a few days
visit. Mr.. Cooke has disposed
Of his automobile garage and sales
office at Aberdeen and expects to
go on the road this winter. The
family will make their home at
Watertown. Brookings Register.
An unknown editor claims he
heard two gentlemen by the names
of Stone and Wood in a neighboring
town discussing politics on
street corner when a young lady
passed wearing directoire gown.
Stone turned to Wood and Wood
turned to Stone, and they both
turned to rubber.
The Salvation Army is going to
give a Christmas dinner and tree
to peope who otherwise could not
afford it. and in order to raise the
necessary expenses, they will place
red collection boxes until Xmas.
They would be glad to get your
cast off clothing to help relieve
those in need, the demand is great
er than the income.
The only honorable and honest
way to stop a newspaper is to step
into the office and pay up all ar
rearage, get receipt and have
your name off the list. To fire
your paper back at the publisher
refused" when you owe
six months or a year, and never go
near the Office is not only disreput-
able, but superlatiyely dishonest as
we'll.
During Jimmy Steferud's visit
to WatertoWn he became interested
in West Watertown lots, and hav-
ing a little money that he had
earned from Uncle Sam, he decid-
ed that he could not have a better
chance for Investment, so he pur-
chased four of the lots. Mr.. Steff-
erud knows Watertown will grow
and that his money is we'll invest
edin the lots across the Sioux.
We were alittle surprised few
days ago to find $50 lying in the
road beside the hedge at the corr
ner Of one of our prominent bust
ness farmers home, and the more
SO to find that it had lain there
several months unmolested, but
beginning to look much the worse
for the exposure The money was,
in the shape of a corn planter that;
Wllshave to be replaced BY new
one before many years unless cared
for better than that
To make reputation. take ton
Of gall, hall pound of brains,