Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1912-08-29
Temperature for the week past:

Friday 54 S4
Saturday So SO Is
The week started with a rain, The
fore and middle parts were cool. with
a very even temperature. The lat
ter part the mercury jumped up into
the eighties and the week closed hot
followed by an extremely hot Sunday,
the 25th, when the thermometer went
to IS in the shade at 1 o'clock. Good
corn weather. However the heat was
crop of which is in sight If frost holds
off long enough A little late grain is
still to be cut. Flax looks well, tho
much of it Is weedy and uneven in
growth as it did not all come up at
once. Millet is being cut for hay and
shows a. substantial growth. Wild
hay is good crop this year, rain be-
ing plentiful, and some is being cut
at this time. Stacking and threshing
are the order Of the day. Machines
which had scarcely thing to do last
year are swamped with work this
year. AS far as we hear, grain is
yielding we'll, in some cases heavily.
We have reports from few who are
threshing or who have threshed out
some of their grain. Edward Ham
mond thus far holds the record for the
yield of oats, "a bushels per acre.
Chas. Wellington next with yield Of
rs bushels per acre. Mr.. Wellington
holds first place on barley with AZ
bushels to the acre. VIM. Toms next
. with "A bushels per acre. This is az
we hear, reader, please understand.
We have only one report on Durum
wheat to date. that of Lee Tracy, %
bushels to the acre being threshed.
George Dean threshed IS IL bushels
Of velvet chaff to the acre. One re-
port of blue stem wheat, that of Lee
Tracy, with yield OF 20 bushels per
acre. Joe Purcell and sons, Joshua
and Lester, helped VIM. Broderman
thresh Monday this week. He report
4 ed a yield of 7S1 bushels Of barley
from % acres and 800 bushels of oats
from 20 acres.
4 Mr. Ives believes he will cap all
yields on potatoes this fall, estimating
his two acre patch will yield him
close to four hundred bushels of tu-
bers. Some potatoes, that. As far
as we know, Lee Track and John
Reintsma are the first near the home
of the writer to pillow. The earlier
you plow or disc, or both, the better
you are on for several reasons. Fol
low with heavy harrow or better, a
disc, set in very lightly and weighted
to force in to the ground.
Postmaster Wheelock has changed
the office In the store to the front
part of the store room. We under
stand the store Is now attached by
phone to the R line of the rural tele
phone service and the elevator to the
LIB lire.
Mrs. Patrick Falyey has a telephone
now, installed during the past week.
q Victor Waldron is assisting his faith
er in the elevator. Agent Craney tells
US the q. & IN. W. is burdened with
grain now. The Farmers Elevator
Co, shipped around a dozen cars from
this point during the week including
Sunday Of this week.
Everett Clever OF Lima, Ohio. an
old friend Of g. ]. Rrnmbaugh, Ii here
visiting and helping Mr., Brumbaugh.
As yery serious and most painful
accident befell August Melchert last
Thursday. Mr. ielchert stopped by
one Of his horses 10 kill bot fly
which was Fostering the animal when
the horse kicked at . nv under hin
and struck August In the face. cutting
st quite badly, breaking the Jaw bone
and knocking out two Of HIS teeth,
Mr.. Melchert went at once to Water.
town. where Or Magee took him II
charge Miss Augusta accompanies
him. All very much regret the ac
cident and hope August viii get alons
I n SPLENDID shape.
Sam Purcell wac q business visitol
40 the Flour City the last q the week
frs. e !. Brnnbaugh ana w. a
Craney we're among the reported sicl
Sunday Mrs. Brnmbaugh had bee,
QUITE IA during The entire week.
Warren Whealocl il. who has charg,