Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-07-15

KAMPEskA.

Mr.. Carl David was a business Wis.
ltor in the county capital Friday. MIR
David has just completed q fine large
barn and now is building a rev hoe
house. Evidently Mr.. David has ac.
quiFed considerable faith in South
Dakota in his few years residence
here.
Patrick Burke was In the city Sat
urday.
The Senator Vardaman lecture was
another fine piece of word painting
and a giving of q lot of good infor.
nation. Every time you hear one of
such lectures you are just that much
q bigger and better informed man.
Mr., j. Al. Morris of the Farmers
Elevator Co, of kampeska, was so
very unfortunate as to lose a fine
hunting case gold watch. He believes
he must have lost ii while in the act
OF cranltins his ear In Waterfowl Sat
urday afternoon last week. Mr.. Nor
ris will give five dollars for its re-
turn to him In good shape.
Another loss OF chattels occurred
Monday OF this week In the little burg
Mr.. Lester Purcell lost a bale of
binder twine from the load he was
hauling from the car to the farm.
An auto WAS seen to stop and back
up about where this was supposed to
have been lost and then scurry to
the south through Kampeska giving
Mr.. Morris d yell at the elevator as
they shot past. Mister, IL you have
the bale of Irvine you will sleep bet-I
ter to bring her back. Please feel
assured that If any of the PURCELL
family got a. bale OF Irvine the seller
or buyer would surely get 1t again.
Neal Falvey was In the little town.
the first of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. r.. G. Green returned
Saturday night from their visit I'M
Missouri and report a fine trip and
visit.
W. spent an enjoyable time Sun.
day with MI. and Mrs. A, NJ. Tes-
sier at the city, who spent the after
noon at Prairie Lawn. Mr.. and Mrs.
dean and Ronald also spent a portion
of the afternoon with us. Mr.. Dean
lis building a porch on the north sideit
OF the residence at the farm. !;
Mrs. Geo. Croft and Mrs. N. WI
Porter we're In the city Saturday at {
ternoon. The ladies stoutly affirm
that their conduct In the city wasI j
strictly decorous but 1t would appear I
suspicious. After their arrival home I
one of them fell out of the carriage i
and the other down the stairs. i
Perry Burk, who is the official CEN &
sus taker In his township, states that i
be never has been able to properly !
write a capital s9T's, until of late since
he has taken the census at the Tigd
her home.
Mr.. Fred Brown has been finishing
ais ice and power house. Has a dam d
place now. Mrs. Brown will d
wash, cilurn, etc. in this place. By ii
he way, a curious thing happened ii
recently at this place. Mr.. Brown
salled our attention to it as we were u
around the farm a short time
A couple OF wood peckers had Il
made their nestinside OF d boxelder q
Tree near the path which leads to a
the barn. The tree had q split In 1t !,
which opened when the tree rackedl NJ
ii the wind, During one Of those mo-
Eaents when the tree opened one Of ii
NE birds thrust his head through the
opening. soon realized Its mis-. 1,
take but, alas . too late; brides head II
stiiI bs q q but hts life paid
the penalty of sticking his nose into|K
something where he had no businessa =,
to 50 IN object lesson to the 8
genus homo Il