Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1912-04-04
STATE HAPPENINGS

The funeral of Mr.. and Mrs. Chris |
Jensen, who were found dead In their
house at Hurley took place and was
largely attended. No new develop
ments have appeared and the opinion
is general that their death was due to
asphyXiation, though it is not easy to
explain how Mrs Jensen should have
been still living while her husband
had been dead perhaps two days.
They had been residents of the vicin-
ity for 25 years and were living quiet
ly. spending their retiring days in
Guici. \ search of the house revealed
notes to the value Of $780, represent
ing money which had been loaned to
/, ighhors 4 son in Seattle is the
nearest relative, though Mr., Jensens
Parents also live near here.
An important ruling in the state
water litigation has just been made
bv Judge w. c. Rice in the circuit
court at Deadwooh when he sustained
drmurrers to the complaint in the suit
of John b. Case, Il rnnchcr near Spear
fish, against ~ water users of the
9urarhsh and Grow creek and Red
water rivers, in which he holds that
chHpiCr 1Nu Of the laws Of 1907, COM
monty known as the irrigation !Cw, is
unconstitutional In holding the law
unconstitutional judge Rio" referred
to the fact that the Hcl Divides for
the maintenance Of Il" at" engin,
Ger, whereas his sniH.y should be COW
cred in the general appropriation, but
this decision does not of necessity
abolish the office OF state engineer
and it is also quite likely that it will
he appealed to the Fate supreme
court.
The license question is the over
shadowing issue in number of the
cities and towns of South Dakota
which will hold their annual elections
in April. One of the hottest of these
fights is being waged at Washington
very evenly divided between license
and no license. The license element
believes it can secure a majority of
the votes at the election, while the
temperance forces are equally as con-
fident that license will fail to capture
a ma jorty of the votes and that Yves
sington accordingly will take it's place
as dry town after July / next
The financial side of the proposition,
as it relates to the revenue which the
city would derive from the granting Of
licenses for saloons promises to play
an important part in the result of the
election on the license question.
Word has just been received that
Mr. w. J, Hull, a druggist Of Aiexan-
drin and formerly member Of the
State Board of Pharmacy, has been
fined $500 for selling an adulterated
drug. Hon. W. e. VanDenmark prose-
cuted the case. Eight druggists now
have been fined for violation Of the
drug laws and at least a half dozen
more have recently been recommended
by Commissioner Cook for prosecu-
ton for selling adulterated drugs and
the cases are pending
Ample notice has been sent to every
pharmacist in the state that his drugs
must be brought UP to standard and
not adulterated or that prosecution
will follow. In spite of repeated warn
ings, however, many druggists care.
lessly neglect to obey the printed in.
structions sent to all pharmacists
with the result that arrests and prose
cutions follow. While most of the
druggists of the state are selling Oily
pure and unadulterated drugs, never
| theless, some are continuing to buy
their drugs of Cheap John, irresponsi
| HE wholesale houses, or are very care
less about those which they prepare
themselves, and are discrediting tbs
noble profession which they repre-
sent. 1t is believed that the presen
campaign against the sale OF adulter
lated drugs will soon eliminate tina
! class of druggists.
April 10. at which plans will be per