Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1909-07-30

city, celebrated MS elghly-SeVtntH
birthday anniversary at his home
in this city last Sunday. Mr..
Crane has hosts Of friends in this /
city and county who wish that he
will live to celebrate many more
birthday anniversaries. Uncle
Crane is exceptionally active for
for a man of his years.
Conductor James House walked
over town Tuesday for the first
time in several months. Mr..
House has not been able to run
his train on the Northwestern
since last May when he made his
last trip. Jim says his appetite
is good, and that he can eat like
a horse and as soon as his legs get
to working right he will again be
able to resume his duties.
G. H. Washburn assistant super
intendent Of the poultry depart
ment of the state fair is planning
to take a large exhibit from Wa
tertown and vicinity this year.
Last year he took 325 birds and
this year would like to get 500.
Anyone having fullbooded poultry
of any kind should see Mr.. Wash
burn. A postal card will bring
him to you.
Last Tuesday at the Catholic
parsonage Mrs. Joseph Perlick was
united in holy matrimony with
George Solman, Rev. Father
O'Meara performing the marriage
ceremony. Mrs. Perlick's first
husband was killed about four
years ago in an accidnet in the St.
Louis yards in this city. Their
many friends here join in congrat-
ulations.
While driving from the outlet,
Lake kampeska, Mrs. S. F. Sho-
walter sustained several injuries
in runaway, the result of her
horse becoming frightened by a
passing automobile. The horse
SHE'D from the road and dumped
Mrs. Showalter into the ditch.
Altho Mrs. Showalter was consid-
erably Jared she suffered no seri-
Gus injury. The horse was caught
by a man who happened to be pas
sing on horseback.
A special Rock Island general
inspection car was in the city last
week. The following Rock Island
officials were on board: HUI.
Nudge, End vice pres; W. o.
Melcher, gen. mgr; H. Peterson
asst principal engineer; C. H.
Hubble, gen. supt; H. Stone, di.
vision engineer; C. j. Wilson, d.
vision supt; MN. Knapp, division
freight agt; S. F. Hatchell, train
master W. L. Harrison, supt. OF
motor car and F. S. Hopper, road
foreman of equipment. W.O.Dil.
Ion and Jas. Hardy had charge Of
the train out of here. 81
Frank Busse, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. H. W. Busse, former resi-.
dents of Codington county, but
now residing at Niles, Mich, ar.
rived in the city last week and is
visiting at the home of Chas. Par.
dau north of the city. Mr.. Busse
succeeded in deceiving the Par.
dau family into believing thai
he was representative of some
harvester company and had din.
ner at their place and it was sew
eral hours before they recognized
him. He was a boy about twelve
years of age when he left thi!
county and has since grown tt
manhood.
A number of farmers commenced
cutting their early oats and barley
this week. The warm weather
we have been having has ripenet
the grain very rapidly and har
vesting will become general mex
week if the present favorabl,
weather continues. Barley will b.
one of the big crops here. Never
have the crops looked more prom
Using than at the present time ant
if no hail storm comes to cut i
down before it is taken care o:
the yield this fall will make thu
farmers all smile. s.5 s4
The cinch bug eats up the farmers
grain, AID
The bee moth eats up his honey;
The bedbug fills him full Of pain
! The humbug gets away with hi.
money. .3l3 &.
Don't be 'humbugged. z Wher
4 you get ready to buy a piece 0.
Watertown city property be SURF
land see me. will treat you RICH,