Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-08-21
NEWS BREv|TIES
Minor Events Of the Week In
Condensed Form.

beer steer, as well as the all wheat
farmer who succeeded the cattleman.
MOST or the homeSteaderS in the new
country west Of the river keep from
one to a dozen or fifteen cows and
the cream buyer is a recognized fac
tor In nearly every town in that sec
ton. Faith, Mobridge and Dupree in
particular are centers OF the dairy
industry in the new country and the
homesteaders in that region are rap
idly becoming independent with the
help of "old bossy."
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r. o. Richards has announced his
candidacy for the Republican nomina.
ton for governor at the coming March
primaries to be held under the rev
party law which bears his name. Com
menting upon the Sioux Falls state
Republican mass meeting, held on
July % last, he says: THE spirit
manifested and the declaration of
principles adopted at this meeting
proves conclnsively the sincerity OF
purpose OF the signers to the call and
OF all who attended the meeting. | do
most heartily approve Of the platform
adopted at Sioux Falls"
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The annual convention OF the Ep-
worth League organizations of the
Sioug Falls district of the Methodist
church elected the following officers:
President, Miss Ethel Noble, Canton;
vice presidents, Miss Ella Black of
Yankton, Miss Lydia Cfaussen OF
Beresford, Miss Julia Potter of CAMS.
tota and Llewellyn Calkins of Par
ker; secretary, Ira Butterfield, Mont |
rose; treasurer, Frank Thompson.
Beresford; superintendent of junior
leagues, Mrs. C.. r. Myers, Elk Point.
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The first prosecution to be made
by the state food and drug depart.
ment under the sanitary law passed
last winter was made at Miller. Com.
plant was filed for the department
by Inspector w. M. Cox of Rapid
City, who found the condition of a
slaughter house at Miller SO extreme
~ bad as to demand immediate Wig |
orons action. The proprietor was
summoned to q justice court, where !
he pleaded guilty and was fined $40
and costs.
The public affairs committee OF the
Aberdeen Commercial club has adopt
ed resolutions asking the city COM
m~issioners to appropriate $4,000 for
park improvements for next year.
The plans recently adopted by the
city park board call for the expendi-
ture of that sum and the resolutions
express the belief that the money
would be wisely expended. The plans
provide for the further Improvement
Of four of the cityis system of parks.
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The state deputy game wardens
appear to be busy in the enforce
ment of the new game law. especially
in regard to shooting by ''sooners''
and reports OF arrest and confisca-
ton of guns, dogs and bags of birds
to come to the department.
In this the state wardens are not ar
fected by local interests and are ap-
parently starting out to make a rec
ord of enforcement of the new act.
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Many Germans from all parts of
South Dakota are expected for the an.
nual meeting of the South Dakota
German-American alliance, which will
be held in Aberdeen on Sept. 25 and
26. At a meeting of the Aberdeen
branch of the alliance all preparations
were shown to be in fine shape. Re-
6uced rates have been secured on all
While the other members of the
family were visiting at the home Of q
neighbor an old man named Nord.
who was SO helplessly crippled that
he could not escape, was burned to
death in a fire that destroyed the
of b. HI. Lillehang in Jer
aud county.
Mrs. Fred Fiene. wife or a farmer
living near Reyitlo, was burned ia
tally by the explosion of q kerosene
a which her husband had used to
start the kitchen fire. Mr.. Fiene
also was severely burned. He Will
recover.
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The honor of contributing the first
money to the Governor Mellette me
mortal to be erected in the courthouse
square at Watertown belongs Ito the
Woman's Relief Corps OF that city,
they having voted $50 toward the
fund.
The concrete work on the new
5000, 900 sewage disposal plant for the
city OF Aberdeen has been completed
and the contractor estimates the Ell.
tire structure VIII be anished within
the next two months.
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The farm lands assessments as re-
turned by the counties to the state
tax commission will be over 800, 000,-
900 when all counties report. With
eight counties out the returns are
ss633s5,53T $685.
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The state tax commission increased
the assessment Of the property Of the
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