Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-08-07
Happenings.

Local happenings.
The little son of Mr.. and Mrs. Carl
Gray was quite seriously ill for ser
eAl days last week.
Mrs. Z. Simpson, Of Webster, is n
the city visiting at the home OF her
daughter, Mrs. J. A. Skinner.
The Sons Of Veterans succeeded in
raising $50 by selling tags, for the
Gov. Mellette statue.
George Christion spent several
days in st. Paul last week buying his
fan and winter stock of shoes.
I. NJ. Kirlin has gone to Chicago,
where he has accepted a position as
chief electrician with the Common
wealth Edison Power company.
Sam Donnelly and son James, are
home from Montana, where they
spent a couple of weeks looking over
that country.
E. /. Lampy returned home last Fri
day from Sisseton, where he. has been
checking over the affairs of Roberts
county.
Miss Laura Hallauer, who under
went an operation at st. Mary's hos
pital at Rochester. returned home
last week.
A. Struble, Of Omaha, Neb., has
rented the Wiley building on west
Kemp avenue and will open a first
class roomiRg house.
Mrs. Jack Wigaard, of Lennon, is
in the city visiting at We home Of
her parents Mr.. and Mrs. G. q.
Whistler.
Mrs. Haight has returned to her
home at st. Thomas, Ont. after .
pleasant visit in this city at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. John Goggins.
City Commissioner F. A. Country.
man visited several towns southwest
of Watertown last week adjusting in
~surance matters.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. J. Graves are re-
joicing over the arrival of a 10-pound
baby boy which arrived at their home
last Saturday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. John McPhee and fam
lily returned home last week from an
extended visit with relatives and
friends in Iowa.
The little daughter of DR.. and Mrs.
Frederick. who broke her arm while
playing n day last week, is report
ed as recovering nicely.
F. b.. Paulis, of the Paulis Dry
Goods company, of this city, has gone
to New York for the purpose of pur-
chasing his fall and winter stock.
VIM. Jacobs, Of Tracy, is in the
city visiting at the home of his broth
er, B.. J, Jacobs, the agent for the
local Farmers Elevator company.
Lost-One hunting dog, white and
brown, about a year and a half old,
left home July 4th. Mr. Redline,
South Shore. 7-Ss
have closed my account with the
Security National Bank. Please draw
on me through Commercial or Citi-
zens National Bank. Signed, Thomas
nj. Davis. TO
Velvet chaff wheat is said to be
very light in some localities this sea
son. The straw looks good but there
il nothing in the heads. 1t is said
to have been injured by black rust.
Flies are worse this season than
they have been for many years. They
seem to fatten on "fy dope and when
one Of them is "swatted. a thousand
come to attend its funeral.
VIM. Hesse, OF the Kampeska Ma
terials company, departed last week
for an extended visit in the west.
Before returning he will visit Yellow
stone National Park.
L. j.. Shaw, undertaken, went to
Castlewood n day last week and
took up the body of Edward Dunn,
who died sixteen years ago and in.
TERED the same beside the body Of
his father in the Catholic cemetery
of this city.
Paving operations have been stop
ped for a few days this week on ae-
count OF, a shortage of gravel. The
gravel is being furnished by the Kan.
peska Materials company and the
workmen struck n day last week,
thus tying up the whole paving crew.
Prairie chickens are reported as
being very plentiful this season.
Game Warden Pete Schoenberger ID
keeping a strict watch for violators
Of the law and it will make no die,
ference to him who it is when a vic.
lator is caught. He will receive the
limit Of the law.