Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-07-03

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we We're IN tne city MONDAY THIS
week. We didn't figure on beginning
70 celebrate the glorious fourth that
day, but we take it we drank one
glass too many and in the deal lost
cur Jews book, SO we're a little shy
this week on items. Well, Mr.. Bark.
u. Wen make up for it some time
when we get voluble some week,
BY the way we noticed some of
them thar abridged skirts on some
of the gals; now they amt SO bad as
sore Of the folks try to make out,
hut then, ! guess they would look a
litt1e better il they had a little more
cloth in them.
And the News office and show
room of the WATERFOWL Printing and
Binding Co.! Say, they look like they
We're getting quite a business worked
up. Got a dandy line Of office fixtures
and supplies in stock and every time
the helping force.
The months drought was broken
into last Wednesday night, /. e. for
this neighborhood. One Of the hard
est falls Of rain we have ever seer in
the country. Luckily it did not last
but a short time, but as it was, the
soil was beaten into a hard crust and
considerable flooding of fields occur
red, The precipitation was accom-
panied by hail which in spots, IS.
pecially where some few pieces Of
grain were heading 80, did more or
less damage, The Dan and Tracy
ranches suffered in r.2ces, also Harry
Sasse, Patrick Burke, Fed Brown. Al
Tessier and others Were damaged to-
some extent-some fields and parts
of fields are about IA so per cen loss.
Mr.. Sasse was insured, also Mr.. Tes-
sier. Corn in some fields looked
pretty well used up Thursday morning
but now shows little trace of the pelt-
ing.
Another rain, n of the slow falling
species (the desirable kind, came
Sunday evening and the gardens and
growing crops look fine again.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cleveland Falvey and
Mr.. and Mrs. N. J. Falvey spent the
main part of last week in the Twin
Cities, They made the trip overland
in their autos.
We saw our genial friend II. c.
Tigner in the City the first of the
week. He is busy with his new barn.
Mr.. and Mrs, Lee Tracy were shop,
ping in the city the first Of the week.
BY the way, the combined ball
mines, that is, picked men from the
mines Of Fred Heathcote and Frank
Carnes will cross bats at the Outlet
the Fourth with the Florence aggre.
cation. Frank says, come over and
see the game, that they expect to
play ball.
Through the kindness of Mr.. and
Mrs. l. G. Tracy we enjoyed a fine
auto trip last "Wednesday to the Tom
Peterson farm. where was held the J
mammoth farmers meet, picnic and
making. To our surprise and l
delight. we found here one Of the
finest and most delightful farm homes
we have ever seer anywhere. Trees
In South Dakota? Why here were a |
Dozen different kinds @ eyergreens to
FAY nothing Of scores Of shades trees :
Of many kinds. Also fruit in an
The house, standing on :
the outskirts of this great grove, is i |
farm mansion, but few resi-. !
derces in Watertown being larger !
than Mr. Peterson's home. The visit Z
TO the place was a pleasure indeed
as We're the addresses by Prof. Hume
OF the State College, Mr.. Hall of the :
Great Northern Railway. Mrs. DeGroff
q Waterfowl, and especially the talk $
A.. E. Chamberlain OF the Great
Northern Railway and the Dakota $
Farmer. As Mr.. Tracy remarked; !
'ssirs Is q live wire" .,~..s 49,
AZ III. ne meet We met Rev. Tanner Of
Henry. He stated all were we'll. We
acknowledge an invitation to call on
them, Wen drive over, Rev. Tanner, !
some nice Sunday. !
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