Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-08-14

Inc rain OF sunday this week was,
we believe, In place, as lawns, pas,
lures, meadows. etc, were getting a
little dry Had it been a little heavier
it would have been well
We are in receipt of a couple OF
peaches fresh from the heart of the
Ozarks. and, say, gentle reader, they
sure had an awful moreish taste.
makes a fellow sort of pause for a
time and wonder II it were not a bet.
Ter lot down among those lovely hills
infested with cooling breezes and
fragrant with flowers, and burdeued,
too, these summer days. with thous-
ands Of bushels of tempting peaches
and early apples as well, than here
upCI the vast level stretches of fer
tile soil Of this great grain state
The peaches of which we partook
were from a sample Mr.. Z. L. Ives
sent to his friend, H. y. Rice of the
city, They were fine indeed of q
Far : type, rich flavor, lrm flesh
pale cream On one side, while the re.
verse side was a lovely red, skin and
flesh. In a letter Mr.. Ives states the
peach harvest is on in full swing in
the Zarks now and a good crop is be.
ing harvested. That a single peach
handling company shipped 404O rates
of peaches, s carloads on a single
day the week the letter was written.
and the local canning factory at
Brandsville is running at It's fullest
capacity night and day 10 take care
Of the peaches not fit to ship. Mr..
Ives is a stakeholder and director In
this company,
Nj. Ives, who, by the way, is re
ported as having the finest young
peach orchard in his section Of this
fruit country. will harvest a few bush,
els from his own trees, two years old.
II" pruned them quite rigidly in order
to have a better future bearing and
shaped tree or he would have had a
considerable crop this year The Al
berta peach of this section has be-
grade peach and carries the enyiable
record OF topping the market in New
York city for several consecutive
years.
Mr.. Ives feels we'll satisfied With
his new home and the conditions and
prospects Of his fruit, poultry and
hog business in this rapidly develor-
ing country,
Mr.. and Mrs, Ives are well but very
busy with building and all but ever
wish and write to be remembered to
their old neighbors and friends in and
around Kampeska and WATERFOWL.
Mrs. Perry Burk's mother, Mrs.
Dodge, and her two sisters, Mrs.
Smith and Mrs. Bennett, were here in
their auto visiting Mrs. Burk and her
daughters a couple OF days. Their
home is in Austin, Mimi.
Nern Croft, who has beer working
at Joe Crott's, is quite sick with ty-
phoid fever. He is with his parents,
AIR. and Mrs. Tom Croft, in Water,
town.
Mrs. H. G. Tracy called upon Mrs.
Kendall and Miss Doris Porter We'd
nesday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Lewis called at
her folks home Wednesday evening.
The Misses Augusta and Edith Mel.
ebert called at the e.. D. Wheelock
home Wednesday afternoon. They
also IN Mrs. Dean a fine bouquet
from their lovely flower garden. 1t is
certainly a pleasure to go to a farm
home and find a well kept lawn
and flowers. 1t indicates neatness
and t~horoughness. Mrs. Everett
Wheelock also has a fine flower gar
den.
Miss braves, who has been helping
Mrs. l.. G. Tracy since March, re-
turned to her home north of Water
town Sunday. "
The Embroidery Club was we'll at
Gended Thursday. Mrs. Geo. WIA
liams was hostess. Mrs. C. Falvey
VIII entertain the ladies this week
Thursday. L
G. FaIvey has bought a new thresh.
er. He will have a splendid outfit
now with his new Pioneer tractor.
Miss Coleman of Iowa, and Mrs.
Murphy of the city, called at the g..
P. Kendall home Saturday. Miss
Coleman win be the teacher at the
oleson school.
HIGHLAND.