Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-08-27

from New Uim, Mimi, where he and
Mrs, Fletcher visited for 8 few days
with their daughter. Mrs. Minimum
lformeriy Miss Mariorfe), and other
friends. Mr. Fletcher said that the
roads became so bad for auto travel
that he came home on the train
leaving Mrs. +. there for the time
being.
Chas. Wensing was up from Water.
Town last Fridy, visiting his sons,
Joe and Frank, and getting an esti-
mate on the yields of wheat and oats
on their places, some Of which they
threshed out on that day. They have
something like 1000 acres of grain
and think they will get a good yield.
Mr.. Wensing spent a few hours Of
pleasant conversation in the Forum
office before returning to Waterfowl.
FLORENCE Forum.
w. j. Dean has returned to the city
for a brief sojourn with friends. Mr..
Dean for many years was q resident
of WATERFOWL and still regards this
as his home, although for the past
two or three years he has been away
the greater portion Of the time, hay-
ing travelled extensively over the
mountainous regions OF Uncle Sans
domain and having also spent some
months in the east, going as far as
Boston.
The many friends of the Judge Mar.
quis family will be pleased to know
that Carlyle, the third son., who fns
ished high school at Watertown this
year, has been appointed to the naval
academy at Annapolis by Senator
ESterling's recommendation. Carlyle
is one of our. best Deuel. county boys
and we know he will make good
But we dread to think Of SO many
young men of nation learning
the ways Of war.-Clear Lake Cour-
Ter.
C. and III. Lundgren are advertising
an auction to take place September 8,
at the Yves Dory farm (SEA 35-117-
51), near Kranzburg. Many head OF
horses, some household goods, a large
bunch OF cattle, including a bunch OF
yearlings, and SO forth and SO on will
be offered to the highest bidders. M.
H. Makepeace will serve is auction
seer. The sale will commence at 10
O'Clock in the morning and continue
until the goods are disposed OF. A
free lunch will be served at noon.
The Fruita Mail, published in Mesa
county, Colorado, contains this ref
erence to a former Waterfowl man:
SSyIJ IT Iuf,@ rryo - I'm fCrrrr, ~ nd r a ND
informs us that he is putting up his
silo and will soon begin cutting seven
acres of corn with which to fill it. He.
has Just purchased a new orr binder,
and besides cutting his corr ex-
poets to cut corn for several of his
'neighbors.a Mr.. Flint is a sonin-law
OF Mr.. and Mrs. F. r. Tracy, having
married their daughter, Ethel.
The editor of the of the Gettysburg
HNews-Courier, returning from an east
ern journey, witnessed a peculiar
spectacle a short time ago. He re-
|Iates it as follows: "a curious sight
was witnessed by the passengers on
the train coming to Gettysburg Tues
day afternoon. The train raj into a
thunder storm this side OF Faulkton,
and a sharp flash of lightning struck
the ground a few rods south OF the
train. "A terrific crash of thunder
followed, and dirt and dust were
thrown into the air where the light
ming had struck in the open field.
The Castlewood Republican reports
that grain in the vicinity OF Castle
wood, thus far threshed, is yielding
from six to fifteen bushels per acre
for wheat, from twenty-five to thirty
five for oats, and from fifteen to
twenty-five for barley. Corn, it says,
is making rapid progress stand We
believe it will come down the home
| stretch an easy winner. 1t adds
that the hay crop is one OF the best
in the history of the county. "The
grain crop is something Of a disap-
pointment,e the Castlewood paper
ayers, but the indications are good.
prices will be realize1.
The Clint and Bessie Robbins com
pany, as announced last week, Is
holding forth at the Metropolitan this
week, with an excellent company OF
| artists. The Robbins are 81 we'll.
known in WATERFOWL that a mere an
nouncement of their return engage
ment would have been sufficient TO
have drawn a full house on the open
ling night-Monday. They have added
vaudeville features along with their
! other specialties, and interest In each
! performance never 1ags from the
moment the curtain rises until IT
drops at the close OF the last scene.
Ia Saturday afternoon matinee is an
nounced for August 20, with admis-
sions at 10 and IS cents.
The Clark Pilot-Review reports the
farrest Of two parties in Clark county
last week, one charged with selling