Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-10-09

paving in that city, it having cracked
and broken in good many places.
am very glad that Watertown adopt
ed the asphaltic concrete and think
it is the best kind Of paving for our
city that could have been selected"
Roy Ritchfe: Il have purchased
the G. G. Kinsman residence property
on south Maple street and will move
the ED house tss the esT the iut
and erect new modern bungalow on
the front will also remodel and
make the old house modern.
Frank Bradley: eyes, that was 8
fine rain but we could stand lots more
of it. Plenty of rain in the fall is a
pretty good sign Of good crop next
season"
Tom Sweet: Yes, am through
threshing. My wheat averaged pretty
fair for this year, going from is to
20 bushels per acre on the average.
Ny barley went s7ss bushels to the
acre. Not SO bad-I am satisfied"
will be candidate for the republi-
can nomination for states attorney.
Isn't it customary to give a fellow
the second term if he has made good
the first term?"
Webb Warner: 81 have an acre of
ground where I live in the west part
of the city. l raised 80 bushels OF
the finest potatoes you ever saw. /
raised about fifty bushels of tomatoes
besides numerous other garden truck.
How old am 1? Well, that is lead
ing question-but there is no secret
about it. am crowding 73 years
pretty hard. Yes, | was one of the
| first settlers in Codington county and
took that claim west of Lake KAN
peska which is now known as "War-
ner's Grove" planted those trees
in the spring OF 80. feel fine and
do lots of work for an old fellow
take care of the pool and billiard
hall all alone. always feel good
when am working
| Wes Dory: Il am glad to get back
to Watertown. have been away for
several months and have been treat,
ed fine-but there is nothing like
South Dakota for me and meeting my
old friends. / feel fine for man
who has been dead twice
Mont Bannister:: Yes, Montana is
booming. Thousands OF people are
going into that country every day and
money is plenty. saw wheat in the
Judith Basin that went SO bushels to
the acre and it was not grown on ir-
rigated land either
S. B. Sheldon: Il will never for
get the time when the editor of the
Saturday News and Bob Hunter ran
that race for a pig. If / remember
the incident right, a farmer who was
couple or three years indebted to
the old Public Opinion for snbscrip-
ton came into the Office one day and
wanted to know If the proprietors of
the paper would take their pay in
pork. Barker and Bob Hunter were
both employed on the paper at that
time as printers. They both had
something coming and each wanted
that pork. Bert Ransom, who was
the manager of the paper at that time,
decided to cut the pig in two and
divide the same between Hunter and
Barker. Barker was not satisfied with
half a pig and suggested that Hunter
run race with him to ascertain who
would get the whole hog. When it
came to the final point, Barker began
to dodge by saying that he was much
heavier than Hunter and that he
ought to have a handicap in the race
It was determined that Hunter was to
make up to Barker's extra averdu-
pois by tying that much pork on his
back. Everything was all ready and
the race for the much coveted pork
was on. Ransom gave the signal to
start with an old shot gun. Both men
started out like shot out Of a gun
but Barker ran into low spot in the
street and never will forget he
missed his footing and commenced to
laugh but Bob did not look behind
until he reached home several blocks
away. Barker lost the race and the
pork and was comepelled to see Bob
pick mis- teeth for several months af-
terwards and tell about the fine flavor
of that ham and bacon which he had
made from that pork. Those were the
good old days when hay was so cheap
that we burned 1t In our stoves.
John H. Conley: q was just won
dering If horses which are sharp shod
would not chop the asphalt pavement
all to pieces when they are left tied
any length of time, especially in the
summer time when the flies are bad
Maybe it would not be bad scheme
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