Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-03-12

III. #. w. schaller: would like
very much to sec Midway kept clean,
N is nor 81 a business street 10Y
than it is an alley and everybody do
ing business on the street or alley
hould see to II that everything is kept
as neatand clean as on any street lii
the city. The paving should be swept
several times during the week just the
same as any other street in the city,
Henry Siverts. Il have painted i
number OF autos this winter and i
expect a good many cars will come iii
this spring. nv work will speak TOR
ITSELF
+. w. Schneider. city engineer: mo
the question, 'supposing a body could
travel q direct line east or west,
around the world, could he starting
from a certain point reach that same
point again by going directly east Oh
west2, the following is the answer and
explanation. II the persons asking
the question mean when they say .di.
frectly east or west on a straight line
the answer is that from points on the
equator are the only points they could
start from and travel directly or q.
q straight line, east or west. If they
started from any other point either
north or south Of the equator, they
could travel continuously east or west
on the same parallel of latitude
around the earth and arrive at the
point from which they started, how
ever they would not be travelling d
straight line, but they would be travs
feling a continually curying line. How.
ever, q person could start in any dis
Erection from any point on the earth,s
surface, Watertown for instance, and
travel continually in a straight line,
around the earth, and arrive at the
point from which they started: but
on having completed half the journey,
they would find themselves as far
south of the equator as WatertoWn is
north Of the anne Parallels OF 1ati-
tude run east and west, and any given
parallel of latitude is at all points
thereon equidistant from the equator,
which is in fact a parallel Of latitude
itself and the n from which all other
parallels are counted. The equator,
however is the only one of these
which is straight, all others are curry
ed lines. Directly east or west, that
is, to travel on d straight line east on
west lis a misnomer for any latitude
except the equator. To travel east or
west on any other parallel of latitude,
a person would have to travel on d
continually curYing line; the rate OF
curvature being very slight close to
the equator, very considerable close
to the poles
Vaud Hopkins: You bet my new
house was warm this winter. i never
knew whether it was blowing outside
or not when | was home. You see /
took special pains in building my new
house to guard against any possible
chance for the wind to get into my
house. OF course II costs a lot more
money to build a house like i did but
you have the satisfaction of having
a warm house in the winter anyway
John r. Michaels, county commits
sioner: During the time / have been
acting as county commissioners for.
Codington county ] have transacted
the business of the county with the
same degree Of caution and conser.
y~atiyeness as though ! was transact
ing the business for myself personal
~. All Of this holler in the Daily
Public Opinion regarding the county
commissioners paying more for our
bridges than neighboring counties is
all bosh. In the first place the Public.
&hEEts
Opinion is sore because that paper
was not named as one OF the official
papers OF the county and has brought
suit against the county commission
ers because il was not chosen as one
of the official papers of the county.
As g matter Of fact there were nine
bidders after the Codington county
bridges and we accepted the lowest
bid. The Public Opinion forgot to
mention when it quoted those figures
the bridge bids from Deuel. county
that the Deuel. county specifications
called for 16 foot approaches while
called for Is foot approaches as
we never build q bridge in this coun-
ty with q 16 foot approach. It seems
to be the desire Of that paper to mis-
represent matters for a political ef-|
feet and possibly with a spirit to getl
with the county commissioners
who did not vote for that paper as
Of the official papers. I have vot-l
ed twice for the Public Opinion to bel