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Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-12-11

was injured TO such an extent that in
order TO save her life it was necess
sary to amputate her right foot three
inches above the ankle. The woman
and her husband. accompanied BY
their daughter, drove in wagon to
the home OF y. r. Shoup. neighbor,
to get possession OF sheep which
Shoup had taken up as estray sew.
eral months ago, and which Shreiver
claimed. A bitter dispute ensued be-
tween the two men, and Shoup finally
went into his house. Shreiver be-
lieved shoup had gone for q gun and
reached down in the bottom of his
wagon for rifle which he had taken
along. With the intention of avert.
ing trouble Mrs. Shreiver seized the
weapon, and during the struggle be-
tween herself and her husband for
possession of the weapon 1T was dis
charged, the bullet striking her right
ankle an dtearing the foot almost to
pieces. The husband drove her at all
speed to Onida, and local physicians
assisted by a physician from Pierre
amputated the mangled foot.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-12-11
WATERToWN BUSINESS COL
LEGE rs GROWING,


a One Of 1.-THE most important business
interests in Watertown today, and one
which should receive the hearty sup
port, both moral and material OF
every one OF our citizens, is the Wa
tertown Business College. 1t is 10.
Gated in the third story of the Stokes
building at the corner of Kemp ave-
nue. and Maple street. in one of the
most pleasant and best lighted rooms
in the city.
The equipment of the school is first
class. The desks are all nice individ-
lual oak desks and very easy for the
occupant. Photographs are used for
dictation, and they have plenty of
typewriters for practice. Twelve or
fourteen new typewriters were boughe
last month for the use of the school.
Mrs. Vath, who has had entire charge
of the school for three years, is a
lady of excellent business ability, at
tested by the splendid success she
has achieved. She has able assistants
in the work The attendance far ex-
.teeds that of any time in the history
of the institution and is steadily grow
ing. The larger number of students,
of course, come from South Dakota
towns but the school also draws pu-
pills from Minnesota, Nebraska, North
Dakota and even farther away.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-12-11
Buffalo on Increase
in Dakota Reserve

In the Black Hills country. in the
Wind Cave park, range has been
set apart for the domestication of the
buffalo It lis a singular fact that
South Dakota has to 30 to New York
for Its herd Of buffalo to start this
park although within the recollection
of men now living, the priaries Of this
state were covered with buffalo by
the hundreds Of thousands. Every
one of these immense herds was
slaughtered long ago and had not the
New York geological society preserv-
ed a few of these disappearing animals
South Dakota could now have no bui-
faio park. Pierre Free Press.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-12-11
Believes Arid Lands
Can Be Irrigated


Many years ago when Spain owned
Panama the project Of digging canal
across the isthmus was under consid,
era.fod. It had made considerable
progress when the priests Of the
church effectively put ii to sleep by
denouncing II as sacrilege, for, il
God had intended to connect the two
oceans at that point He would have
done It III the day of creation.
The people and the religious orders
have outgrown those narrow views
and hare long come To i realization
of the fact that God lett thousand
things tor man 70 do whenever he|
became wtse enough to proceed to the
arcomp plishmsat n tas right way
The canal has bsen dug ana man has
dons many other sondersui Il, ir!
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-12-11
Soliciting Aid for
Crittenton Home

m
Miss Helen W. Mccartney, repre-
senting the Florence Crittenton Home
of Iowa, is visiting the city in the
interest of the work.
The home is located in Sioux City,
but most of the girls received come
from the country and towns adjacent.
Last year it cared for 122 girls and
1875 babies. A new maternity hospit-
al costing s25,ooo is under construc-
tion.
The home trains, protects. and gives
to girls who have made the most un-
fortunate mistake of their life, an
opportunity to start right again. They
stay in the home from six months to
a year.
The mother must take her chill
when she leaves the home. She can
not abandon it; nor may she ever
reenter a Florence Crittenton home
for the same offense.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-12-11
POPULAR YOUNG PEOPLE
MARRIED DEC. 10.

On Wednesday. Dec. 10, at higa
noon, occurred the marriage Of Miss
Ruth Spencer to James Donneliy. both
well known young people Of this city.
The bride is the daughter Of Mrs.
Margaret Spencer of Florence, and
has lived In the city for many years.
She is loved and respected by all,
who know her.
& The groom Is the eldest son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Sam Donnelly OF this city.
and has resided here for the past ten
years or more. He is employed at
the First National Bank, and is q
young man Of industry and exemplary
habits.
After widding trip in the east.
they win return to this city and make
their home.
The many friends Of the happy
couple unite In wishing them all the
happiness possible In their new estate
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-12-11

one in the courtroom to his tsnecktie
party"
When asked if he had anything to
say before sentence was passed Spel-
Ger arose and walked toward the
bench. Fearing an outbreak against
the court, two bailiffs kept at his side.
You know want to talk" he said
to the court, "but it would take three
hours to say all / have to say"
Let us hear it, said the court.
Il was sent to Joliet for ten years
when was boy because ! bought a
suit of clothes for five cents he
said ''The suit had been stolen.
81 went. down again for ten years
for embezzlement.
My youthful spirit shriFeled up in
that hell-hole. The light went out OF
my soul it died. No wonder, they
call me the man without soul
Spencer went on to say that he de-
Eberately planned, if ever he were
arrested again, to confess to muir
der and be hanged rather than go to
the penitentiary again. He did not
say why he expected to be in danger
of serving another term.
when read of the murder of Mrs.
Rexroat i carefully stndied xhe case;''
he said. Il went to the scene, learned
all the circumstances, arranged for
my arrest and confessed. / could tell
all about these murders, for / had
read the papers. did it for a pur-
pose. did not kin that woman, but
/ arm not a coward. / shall go to the
gallows VITA my head up and ] shall
hang like a man.
Gentlemen turning to the crowd,
.'the Judge is about to set the date for
the necktie party. ! invite each one
of you to come and see it. 1t viii do
you good. =
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-12-11
Over 100 Meetings
We're Held in State

Brookings, s.. D., Dec. 8.-There
were over 100 minority and majority
republican meetings held December
End at the court houses throughout
South Dakota to start things the first
time under the new primary law
The friends of the new law point to
these numerous and we'll attended
open, representative meetings as a
marked contrast to the pernicious
workings of the old primary law,
which permitted just a few self-in-
terested politicians to convene secret
ly and hold derby-hat primary in
some private Office to make up the
factipnal slate before circulating the
petitions. Hereafter. the proposal
naen will be elected by secret ballot at
each primary election. No more mass
meetings will be held in the future.
The purpose of the meetings just
held throughout the state was to elect
the first proposal men to make up
the factional platform and tickets for
the primary ballot in an open and
representative way until primary
election is held when they can be
elected in each precinct.
This completes the second success
full step under the Richards primary
law which is finally into its own.
Many who formerly objected to the
law and criticised it are now endors-
ing it. Very little i'll feeling was
brought to the surface at the meet
ings as reported thus far hence sep
arate minority and majority calls
seem to provide for a natural demanl
in organization and prove wise.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-12-11
Drinkers Sentenced
to attend Church

Churches are we'll attended in
Green Forest, Ark, and for that rea-
son there is no use for jail in the
town, says press dispatch. All do
not go to church through their own
inclination, but prefer it to jail SEN
tence. That is the plan under which
Mayor Andrew =. Kinney operates.
Since taking the mayors chair Mr..
Kinney has insisted upon sentencing
all drunks to church instead of to
Jail. This has caused great many
of his townspeople to form the habit
of going to church who were not in
that habit before. South Dakota Mes
senger.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-12-11
MRS. BAUER rs FOUND DEAD
AT KRANZBURG.

Mrs. Anna Bauer, Of Kranzburg,
was Found dead at her home iii Kranz.
burg last Saturday morning. Mrs.
Bauer had lived alone in the village
and has been in poor health for some
time Deceased was aged Sc years
and was highly respected by all who
knew her.
The surviving relatives are as fol
lows: Mrs. c. F. Kranz Of KranA-
burg, Mrs. ]. J. Kranz OF Kranzburg,
Geo. Bauer of Hampton, s. D.; Mrs.
G. H. Whistler of Boyesville. wis;
Anton Bauer of ST. Paul; Mrs. I'm
Beztor of Brownsville, Minn.; T. F.
Bauer of Laniman, Mimi, Sister NJ.
DONNA Of the Dominican Order, Ra.
cine. Wis. and A. P. Bauer of st. Paul.
The funeral was held from the Holy
Rosary church at Kranzburg at 2100
O'Clock Monday afternoon.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-12-11
MRS. MARY A. GoGGINS DIES
AT LOCAL HOME.

Mrs Mary A. Goggdns, aged So
years, died at her home in this city
last Sunday. The cause of her death
was assigned as heart disease. The
deceased has resided in this city for
several years and was loved and
respected by all who were fortunate
to make her acquaintance
She leaves several children to mourn
her death, all of whom have reached
their majority.
The funeral service was held Thurs.
day morning at Z o'clock at the I'm
maculate Conception church and the
body was taken to Madison, this
state. her former home for intermens.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-12-11
CAUGHT ON THE FLY
together too small to accommodate
the increasing membership"
BY THE PuFFED ONE.

together too small to accommodate
the increasing membership.
Jack Rathburn: What makes me
look so peaked? Oh, nothing only
that l have been wrestling with bad
case of tonsilitis for about week
There was one spell when it almost
had me two points down but am
feeling finer than a fiddle owgot
a hammer lock- on it,
City Auditor o. M. Lane: You
will observe that am having all OF
this down stairs room to myself now
Judge Myers has removed his munic-
ipal court room to the second floor
where he has fixed up neat office
Oh, we will have things in pretty
god shape around the city buildings
after while-takes little time"
Col. William Douthwaite: Il have
a shepherd dog only six months old
which caught full grown jack rab,
bit the other day. Yes sir, | have
the best shepherd dogs that eyer
came to South Dakota. The mother
of this pup saved my life last summer
from the attack of tramp-she just
about ate him up without salt and he
was glad to get away with his life
John Mahowald: 81 just returned
from Sioux Falls where the vehicle
and harness goods dealers have been
having a big convention. There were
a large number of men representing
large factories in the east present at
the convention. Some of the speak,
ers at the convention said that there
had not been such a demand for high
class carriages and harness before for
the past ten years. The factory men
claimed that practically alk Of the
rich people in the east We're going
back to the fine horses and carriages
= H a. <
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-12-11
Woman's Death is
Caused BY Sneeziing

A fit of sneezing seized Mrs. ). NJ
Dunn, a pioneer of McCook county,
when she returned from a funeral and
began to prepare the family supper
So violently did she sneeze that a
blood vessel in her brain was ruptured
and her death resulted. First iapsing
into unconscinusness, she later was
able to converse with members of her
family and told them she suffered no
pain. Sinking to sleep again she re
manned in that condition, until her
death. She was fortg.seyen years of
age. A husband and nfre children
survive.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-12-11
apparent viola alton of natures laws.

appa trent yio1ati of nature ss laSxss
such ais flying III Tie a
Doane son, tate hiatoria
one who bslieves that God nessr
doomed Western South akota to alss
ways sntfer from a lack of mois staire
nor did He intend the waters of the
Missouri TO pc foreyer wasted lle.l
they contain "a over that should ba
utilized for mar benefit sslgSI
MT. Robinson says there are twelve
places on the Missouri n this state
where dams can be erected, giving an
ayailable water head Of 22 and % Feet
and IN one place Little Bend Il heal
OF 40 feet can be got, with A, ,0Q0 horse
power. The Missouri has fall from
the north 20 the south lines OF the.
state OF S17 feet, good for 2S1 900
horse power at low water and more
than SOC, 600 horse power iron, year
TO year.
n From these dams we can irrigat n
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-12-11

of immigration, amounts to more than
100000, 900 bushels. The average
yield was forty-two bushels to the
acre. At current market prices the
value of the crop would exceed s7o,-
100000. Much of the corn, however,
lis consumed at home and fed to hogs
and other stock. An extremely con.
seryative estimate of its farm value
is $50,0o0,ooo. Forty years ago prac-
tically no corn was grown in Mime
sofa. The farmer in southern eoun-
ty who could point to a three-acre
patch of nlatured old Indian flint corn
thought it a remarkable experiment.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-12-11
City Saloon Yields
Large Net Profit

John G. Knapp, mayor of Sisseton,
while in town last Friday, and talk
ing of the saloon question in his
town, said that there are many people
watching with considerable interest
the experiment of Sisseton in grant
ing license to only one man who is
paid a regular salary and turns the
profits of the business into the city
treasury and the good roads associa-
tion, half and half While there are
those who object to having the city
go into the saloon business, this is
nothing more than what the city does
under the license system, with this
difference in favor of the Sisseton
plan that instead of the profits being
divided between the saloon keeper
and the city, the whole amount is
turned over to the public, and the
bar keeper sharing none of the, pro-
fits has no incentive to push his trade
hy selling doctored liquors, by selling
to men already drunk, by selling at
forbidden hours md breaking the
laws in other ways. in fact his posi-
tion as barkeeper depends upon his
observance of the requirements of
the law, and there is no personal gain
or advantage to him to violate the
laws, city or state. If the saloon is
a necessary evil and men continually
vote it upon the community the Sis
seton plan is better in every way than
the private ownership of the saloon
under a license for a personal profit
of the saloon keeper II the saloon
is productive of public evil, and this
is not disputed by intelligent people
then the public should receive any
remuneration the institution has to
offer for the evil that it produces.
Mr. Knapp states that the indications
are from the receipts and expendi-
lures of the Sisseton saloon there VIII
have been turned over at the close
of the year something like $4,000 as
profits of the business for city and
good roads Milbank Advance.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-12-11
DIR. CRAEG ACQUITTED or
NUMBERING DIR. KNABE

Shelbyville, Ind, Dec. Judge Al
ONO Blair today instructed the jury
to dismiss the case against Dr Wn1.
3. Craig. charged with the murder o.
DR.. Helen Knabe at indianapolis, Cot
ober 23, 1911. The motion to dismiss
the case was made by Attorney Henry
Spaan for the defendant yesterday
when the state concluded Its evidence.
The sudden termination Of the case
was not unexpected by those who
have watched the progress Of the
trial It was the general opinion that
the state failed to make d strong case
against Or. Craig who is dean Of the
veterinary college at indianapolis.
Mr. Spaan in his argument to dis
miss the case said he believed Dr.
Knabe was murdered. He declared,
however, that the state had failed To
connect Or. Craig with the crime ana
also had failed to establish any mo-
tive for It. Attorneys for the state
argued that their evidence was sur
ficient to convict but they were over
ruled by Judge Blair.
Or. Helen Knabe was one Of the
most prominent women doctors In the
state and at one time was connected
with the state board OF health. She
was found dead in her apartments II,
Indianapolis on the morning OF Oct
ober "a. 1911, by her Office girl Miss
Katherin Mcpherson. The police at.
ter long investigation reported that
Or. Knabe had committed suicide.
Coroner Durham Of Marion county
conducted an independent investiga-
tion for more than a year. Two:
grand juries considered the case, but
made no reports.
Women Of indianapolis became IN
terested and employed a private de-
tectiYe to gather evidence. Ii was
Dn the detectives report that the third
grand jury which had considered the
case, returned indictments December
l3, 1912 against Craig and Al. Nj. Rags
iale, an undertaken and administrators
of the Knabe estate. Ragsdale was
indicted as an accessory after tbs
sact but now that Craig has been ac-
luitted probably will never be tried.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-12-11
M. B. a LODGE ELECTS OF.
FICERS.

AL a meeting CT the Modern Broth.
erhood OF America last Friday even
Ing, officers for the following year
were elected as follows:
President HI. w. Smith.
Vice President Mary McHugh
Secretary and Treasurer q.
Sherin.
Chaplain Sarah Hess.
Conductor Mary Smith.
j Trustees--I.ewis Brickell, n.
Wood and william Luck.
Musician Agnes Sherln.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-12-11
Electric Short Line
is Making Progress

) =
The following from the Minneapolis
Journal shows that the Luces are on
the job:
DeKoyen HEnter. returning to Min
neapolis after eight yearg' connection
with the Kentwood & Eastern rail
road in LouisiaEa, property of the
BEoaks-Scanlon humber interests, to-
day assumed his duties as general
manager of the Electric Short Lice
Railway company He is arranging
preiianiaaries for operation of the new
Luce lines to begin within a month
Mr.. Hunter was a former classmats
at the University OF Minnesota or Col.
p. p. LaIce, who watched his rise ia
the railroad world. In the capacity OF
auditor of the Kentwood & Eastera
lnad, Mr. Hunter was practically IN
charge Of the management OF the line;
He had headquarters at Kentwood,l
La from which place he has brought
his family to Minneapolis.
Twenty-Five miles Of Luce lino ex-
tending to Lyndale, Mimi, win be in
Operation by Christmast' said NM.
Hunter, and Medicine Lake, Wayzata
Long Lake and Stubbs Bay will be-
served. Weather conditions have
been extremely favorable to the pro-
gress Of construction work, and ii. r.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-12-11

J. A. Zimmerman: Talk about n
mild winter in South Dakota. just
came in from the farm and / noticed
that one of my neighbors has recently
bought mosquito net and placed it
: over his windows to keep the flies
and mosquitoes out of his house.
This is not so bad for the month of
December in South Dakota"
VIM. Gesley: Yes, / will be a
candidate for the republican nomina-
ton for the office of clerk of courts.
l win make my formal announcement
little later
r. L. Eddy: 81 will be candidate
for the republican nomination for the
office of register of deeds of Coding-
ton county / have lived in this
county for long time and have never
held county office and it is not so
much my friends who are urging me
to make the race as it is myself.
want the Office and want it very badly
If | can get it,
Hugh Headley: yes, we got in q
shipment of eight 1914 five passenger
Fords. The 1914 Fords are practical
ly the same style as the 1918. About
the only changes are little difference
in the coils and the new body Is made
a good deal stronger than the old
bodies. / have contracted for a good
many of these cars and don't think
l will have any trouble in disposing
of them all.
Dave Miller: "The Eagles lodge
is coming fine. We have over forty.
applications for membership to be
voted on at the, next meeting and
there seems to be a steady increase
in the membership of the order. The
lodge will probably build a home Of
its own some time next summer as
) our present quarters are getting al.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-12-11
sMAsoNs ELECT OFFICERS

The annual election Of Royal Arch
Masons officers was held one evening
last week The officers Of the order
for the ensuing year are:
Hight priest Dr. s. p. Dickinson.
King Gilbert Best.
Scribe Harry Wood. saG 81
TreasurerRoy Goepfeft,
4 Secretary ID Carle.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-12-11
WOMAN LOSES FOOT; SHoT

Onida, Dee. II Ais the result Of al
shooting accident, Mrs. VIM Ehreiver,|
A well knpwn Resident IL this vicinity,
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-12-11
Minnesota 2 reduces
Immense Corn Crop

ST. Paul. MINI, Dec. The 1913
corn crop ia Minnesota, as estimated
~ Fred b. Sherman, commissioner
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1913-08-22
Fred Croft Missing.

Fred Croft, former captain of the
west side fire department., and butcher
ny trade, has been missing from his
home here for three weeks, having
disappeared while his wife was visiting
her parents near Chesaning. He left
his butchers tools at Affords meat
market in West Owosso where he was
working, but his employer has not
heard from him for three weeks and
had no intimation that he intended
leaving. Mrs. Croft, who has three
children dependent upon her, says she
is at loss to account for her husbands g
departure, as their relations had al.
ways been pleasant. If she does not
hear from him soon she will go to the
home of her parents in Chesaning.
Croft is about 35 years old. He was
proprietor of meat market here sever.
al months after leaving the fire depart.
ment. His wife says he left his best
clothes at home and she believes he
wore his working clothes when he de-
parted.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1913-08-22
State Award Roads Approved.

Representing the State Highway
Commissioner, Inspector Sawyer visited
the county the last of the week and &C
cepted several roads built this year by
the county road commissioners, finding
the work satisfactory. Mr.. Sawyer
recommended little additional gravel
on one mile of road, improvement in
the drainage for another mile and said
with this work done the roads would
be better than the average state award
road. The roads accepted include the
mile south of Garland in Fairfield town.
ship, two miles in Owosso and Middle
bury township, mile east of New
Lothrop and mile on the Flint road
running east from Corunna. Our
county road commissioners haye every
reason to be we'll pleased with their
work so far this year.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1913-08-22
William Rohrabacher.

The death of William Rohrabacher
occurred at the home of his son Floyd,
near Byron, Monday, August IL, 1918,
aged 80 years. The funeral was held
Wednesday.
His brother, Peter A. Rohrabacher,
died at Howell less than month ago.
July II. There are two brothers left,
Freeman Rohrabacher of Howell and
F. l.. Rohrsbacher of South Lyon, and
one sister, Mrs. Cordilia A. Haigler of
Cohoctah
William Rohrabacher was born in
New York state October 90, 1888, and
came with his parents to Michigan in
1914, the family settling near South
Lyon. In 1862 he was married to Miss
Mary Smith and settled in Burns town.
ship and has since lived in that vicinity.
The widow, an invalid, and three sons
survive, Frank and Charles of North
Dakota and Floyd of Byron.