Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-06-04
same day and she is also c%onvalesc.

same day and she is also convalesc-
ing.
We have a few plats OF the city Of
Watertown for sale. Unmounted $1.50
Mounted ON two rollers. $3.50. Sat
urday News.
A big fire occurred at Bemis early
Sunday morning in which Perry
Green lost his building and stock of
| general merchandise. The postofice
was also located in his store, as was
the telephone central Office. All the
mail vas burned. His oil house and
one residence also burned. 1t is sup
posed that the fire originated by the
electric storm at the time. Mr..
Green was rully insured and :t is I'm
derstood that he has made arrange
ments to rebuild at once.
l.. O. Lasseson, OF Thief River
| Falls, Mimi, was In the city yester-
day and favored the Saturday News
with a pleasant call. Mr.. Lasseson
was on his way to Waubay where he
Is talking of purchasing a paper and
launching into the newspaper bust
ness. He wa forced to remain here
several hours and looked over our
city pretty thoroughly. and to say
that he was pleased with the Gem
| City of South Dakota is putting it
mildly.
The places chosen where speeches
| will be made at the time the Holden
train comes to Watertown on June
| goth are as follows: WATERFOWL,
Robert Schull's residence, Mrs. Aug.
Zamow's, T. N. Babcock's, Fred J..
Stroup's. Chris Huppler's and Hans
Ustrud's. These meetings will all be
| held at s o'clock in the evening and
thes logan for the campaign will be
Alfalfa On every farm, and a silo for
every barn." Every man, woman and
child who can possibly do SO should
get out and zeal one OF these talks.
They will be worth while.
Perry F. Loucks announces the dis
| solution, by mutual consent, Of the
firm Of Loucka, Mather & Slower and
that he will continue the practice Of
law at 2O6 East Kemp Avenue, Com
merdial Bank building, Watertown,
South Dakota, (the Offices occupied by
said firm until January 1st, 1914. Per
ry F. Loucks. May 20, 1914. Phone
2432. Adv. Sol
The Central Safety Committee Of
the Chicago & North Western railway
reports that during the last twenty.
four years there have been killed in
the United States 10S,009, and injur-
ed 117,257 persons who We're walking
on railroad tracks or Tipping on cars.
Of this number Sc per cent or 149,163
were citizens of the locality in which
accident occurred and were mostly
wage earners; IA per cent or 31,049
were children under Is years of age;
20 e cent or 45,054 wer tramps and
hoboes. The company asks why II
would not be a good plan to make
and enforce laws to prevent this
slaughter.
Day county has perfected an or
ganization known as the Day County
Auto club, having for its principal OBJ
ject the promotion of good roads. Ed
itor Bronson is at the head of the or
ganization which is a pretty good in
dication that it will be a success II
every way. Good roads Is just nov
and will be for some time to COM
the most important subject before
1.-THE pe~ople--much more importan
than the question of who is to be thu
next governor. And it is especial.
important to the farmers. Every
man who has any kind of a vehicle
( from a baby carriage to a self-acting
brain-eauipped automobile, should b
] deeply interested in better roads.