Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-06-11

and courtesy. The accident occurred
onsthe Omaha road near Mendoza.
Dick Schulz and his sister. Miss
Laura. have left for Moose Jaw, Can,
where they will make their FUTURE
home. These removals take front
Watertown the last of the Schnil,
family which has been located here
Tor more than thirty years. The mem
bers of the Schulz family are all good
singers, especially Dick, and although
we cannot boast OF, his having sung tol
any crowned heads, we know that he
has many times entertained the round
heads of Waterfowl with his fl1a|
tenor voice. Dick and his brother
Fred. who wal possessed OF a mag
~niacent baritone. were for many years
called upon to help out every enter
tainment where music was a part oil
the program. The Saturday News
desires to wish Dick and his sister
Laura, and in fact the entire Schulz
family. the best possible success In
their new northern home.
The Saturday News desires to call
attention to the graveled road be-
tween the Thomas grove and Arend's
PRgSk, which was built last year by the
Antomobile club, as 81 object lesson.
The writer during the last half dozen
years has almost been obliged to fight
Notwithstanding his peace loving
procliyities) on several different oc-
casions because he advocated the
graveling of roads. There are prob
ably hundreds, if not thousands. Of
men in Codington county today who
MOULD tell you that the putting OF
gravel on roads would ruin them. Let
these men take a look at this lake
road today after all our rainy season,
and they will be convinced that gray
el for the country roads is the solu-
ton Of the problem. Get out some.
where tomorrow and help build and
gravel a road.
The Star Laundry of this city, has
recently changed its form to a cor
poration with Perry F. Loucks, G. M.
Lyon, D. K. Loucks, Mary Lyon and
Jennie Tegner, of Mankato, as incor-
porators. The scope Of the business
will be greatly increased. and an adj
ditional department for dry cleaning
Installed.
Mr.. w. a. McVey, of Casselton, N.
D., dropped into the Saturday News
office the other day and showed us
1.-TWO letters which are entitled to the
designation of heirlooms. They were
written by his great grandfather.
Elijah McVey. to his brothers. George
and James, at Danville, Ill, one dat
ed 1847 and the other 184S, at the
time the writer was serving in the
United States war with Mexico-we
mean the first war, not the present
one. These letters were simply fold
ed and sent without envelopes, but
they are very we'll preserved. About
the only thing in the letters which
would be of public interest was that
Mexico was composed Of two classes,
the high class or plutocrats and the
low class or greasers. The high
class, he said lived up stairs, and the
low class in the basement and any
place they could crawl into. They
mostly all slept in n room and on
the bare floor which was for the most
part dirt. The condition of the Mex.
lean low class was the most deplor.
able imaginable, as he described
them, and we understand that those
conditions have not materially chang
ed ince that time.
The funeral Of Mrs. Al. D. Wells, an
early settler of Watertown was held
here yesterday. She died at Kansas
City.
Master Philip Stokes who has been
in attendance at the Culver Military
Academy the past year has returned
to his home for the summer vacation.
Ernest Eberhart, who has been a
clerk in the Duffner drug store has
accepted a position in Sioux Falls.
Miss Lorese Shaw, daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. =. j. Shaw, accompanied
her grandparents, Mr.. and MIS-. Jas.
Shaw, to Mitchell, for an extended
visit.
The regular meeting of the Equal
Franchise League will be held in the
basement Of the library building Mon
day evening, June Is. a large attend
ance Is desired IS urgent business is
TO come before the league.
R. 7. Gesley has purchased the stock
of the Star Grocery on First Avenue