Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-09-23

~ iSSuCl SVuAts Adtk OPCuSu ySS~l
for a four days session; The
real program, however, commences
today and is expected to reach the
zenith tomorrow, which is designated
as WATERFOWL day. 1t is likely that
quite a bunch Of WATERFOWL and Cod
ington county people will attend to-
morrow or Saturday. Last years fair
in Deuel. county was interesting
throughout and attracted good attend
iance. This county has had annual
fairs for almost a generation. and
they have been uniformly we'll att
tended, growing better from year to
year.
Water having backed up in the
Schaller department store basement.
owing to the heavy downpour Of last
Friday. some of the goods We're dam
aged to some extent before they could
be removed to a place of safety. Mr..
Schaller has been having q water
damage sale this week, beginning
Tuesday morning, which has attract
ed more than the usual allotment OF
customers. Included in these water
damage specials, have been many
specials that were not affected by
water, so that the weeks run at this
popular establishment has been such
as to keep the corps of clerks on the
jump.
Coal bills are a large part OF your
living expense-reduce both by using
Coles Hot Blast Heaters.
The Methodist Episcopal church
and Sunday school, since occupying
the new building, although it is. yet
incomplete as to small details. have
rejuvenated, as it were, after the in
convenience Of a year OF so with ser
vices in the theater. Mr.. ID. f. Jones,
who formerly served as superintend-
ent of the school for upwards of
eighteen years, but who had been on
the retired list within the recent
past, has been called again to his
former position, with MI. Malmquist
in charge of the junior department
and Mrs. L. ]. Shaw presiding over
the primary department. The church
is now preparing for the ~dedicatoEs
services to be held IN the near future
Professor A. w. Palm drove as
Breckenridge, Mimi, last Saturda,
afternoon, where he remained eve
Sunday. He was accompanied by Mis-,
Mabel Grinols, VINO embraced the op
portunity OF Mr. Palms drive over
land to visit old-time friends in til,
Minnesota town. Among those Their
is her niece, Miss Hazel Grtnols
employed as a teacher in the Breck
enridge public schools. The return
journey was made Monday, and TIL,
distance of about 1870 miles WIS coy
cred in five hours Of actual rmnnin,
| time. The professor enjoyed til
j luxury of having to stop to repair
blowout on the way home. While i
Minnesota Professor Palm secured
| few seed potatoes which he will e1
| pertinent with in this vicinity mex
season. He leaves this week for
trip to Sioux City and the famon
Black Hills in South Dakota.
II For light draying, and prompt de
livery. 15c to 25c, call phone 2289.
Mr.. r. w. Sykes had a narrow es
cape frlsan death last Friday aftel
! noon, during the storm, when light
ming rendered him unconscious. III
WAS Operating ia tfhreshing maohin
separator neal Hazel, and had STOP
ped the machine in order to put on
canvas cover to protect it from tn
min. Suddenly there came a Has
and Mr.. Sykes Teeled and fell ffror
the side Of the machine. Anothe
man under the machine WIS likewis
affected, while a horse on the oppc
site side of the separator was knock
ed down. Associates, reachin
Mr. Sykes side. say that his hea'
and feet were resting on the groun,
J with his body arching above. How
J ever, fortanately he recovered COZ
~sciousness in a short time and doe