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

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Two ultra hot days appear in the REQ
ord Of last year, FOR July, the 7th and
the gard, with Q high temperature oil
so and 80 respectively, at noon,
Corn is all laid by, barley generally
cut and in shock, early pieces oil
wheat are being cut. Some pieces OF
grain are quite good, some light,
Many fields are badly infested VIII
wild oats, .r'D ,- 1T
The most disagreeable feature ef
the harvest is the innumerabla flies
that so poster he poor horses tnat
at times they are indeed dificult TO
manage and not at all pleasant to be
around. 1t takes about two men and
a boy to take four horses out Of the
barn these days and hitch them up.
Likely the only remedy is to clothe
horses completely as a man dresses
All the "iy scoot," fly chaser Fly
killer" etc, etc, yet on the market
is worth about W whoops. The
best we have tried will keep the flies
back fairly well for about an hour
and three-quarters in a closed and
darkened barn, outside in air and sun
about fifteen minutes. The man WHO
invents the means to eradicate the
fly is at once a multi-millionaire. He
will have the world on a down hill
pull. If this pest becomes much
more serious we will have to discard
the horse as q motive power in the
harvest field and buy oil tractors.
Scientific agriculturists and all who
make a study of the problems of the
farmer please take notice, for, in all
seriousness, above the moisture aud
fertility Of the soil, at this time of
the year, is this pest.
Lee Tracy is the pioneer in this
section as far as Stacking grain is
concerned, He has stacked his early
oats.
Well, with the exception of some
few to whom a circus is on attraction
and a few sturdy souls who resisted
the show, Well, we had no grain
people of this community attended
he show. Well, we had no grain
ready, no hay, our weeds were cut.
the lawn moved the garden in fair
shape. so we attended the greatest
show on earth t?). Well the crowd,
at least, was there. All. or many,
seemed a little disappointed in this
show, as indeed, we were, Well.
Kendall and Kendall feel they have
had circus enough until 1918, that's
an even Ave years. We happened to
be looking over a folder of this show
the day after the performance and we
coui not help being quite forcib,y
struck at the advertising in the book,
as IN comparison with that we saw.
For insatlce, the hook said three miles
OF parade. # " Q saw said three miles
OF parade We'll eat our old hat. The
BOOK said three times the largest me-
nagerie in the world, or at least three
times larger than exists In any park
insthe country or with any other show.
Where did they have the animals.
while in Watertown? The book said
~ elephants and about half that nun.
Der appeared in Watertown. The
advertising things the way they are
EsG5Ja W. MAIDS tfnEf M ~, - #L%.Z.95.
the average circus.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lorenzo Brown were
IN the burg Wednesday Of last week.
calling on old friends. They were
enroute to Doland TO visit relatives
friends. They hail from Fargo,
4. p, their present home. Mr..
y Brown, We understand, was for TWEEN
~ Years or thereabouts railway agent
at Kampeska, being the first agent
ct this place.
we are glad to note that Mrs. b.
n. Wheelock seems to have fully re-
covered from the serious burns she
received q few weeks 8
Ihe little folks sewing circle met
With their leader and founder, Miss
Vicf Wheelock. Wednesday last week.
company Of the younger ladies
~ the community met with Mrs. Lee
Tracy Thursday OF last week ana en,
5oyed & very pleasant afternoon. They
organized an embroidery club. The
club meets with Mrs. Geo, Williams
this week Thursday,
Mras Donahne, q Watertown. and
daaughter Miss Mary. made 4 business
calI III Rsichlaad Thursday.
Wlle az The show We had the