Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-04-01


Blodgett 81 Watertown has
been spending the past two weeks at
the Ecidmore home here and assist
.ingsin the hardware store during the
absence of Bert. who is stiil In Roch-
ester Mimi where he went with
Mrs. Scidmore week ago.--Clark
Courier.
Master Brainard Wolfmeyef Of
Watertown, who has been staying at
the Ghas. Keller home for several
weeks past. left for his home Thurs
day morning. He was accompanied
by MT. C. wv. Keller, who will visit.
relatives at that place for a couple OF
dasss-Hazel Register,
Peter Powderly has returned from
San Diego and other California
points, where he spent q portion Of
the winter. "Pete" likes the climate.
likes the things he got to eat while,
there, likes the people whom he met
there, but. thinks he'd rather live in
Watertown as e regular thing.
Plans for the boys corn contest
have been perfected for the season
of 1915. This year there will be but.
two classes-A and b, the former for
boys between IA and Is, and the lat
ter for boys between 10 and III.
County Agent Palm will have charge.
OF the contest this year, the IN as.
last.
One Of the largest audiences OF the
season attended the Skovgaard recit-
al and concert Monday evening at
the, Congregational church. The en-.
tertainment was OF superior merit
and vas a rare musical treat. The
announcement at the close that the
Palmers are expected here within a
week Or 80 was well received.
John S. johnson, county auditor,
and James Paterson, county commits
isioner, attended the meeting OF the
auditors at Pierre last week. The
meeting was for the purpose Of dis
cussing matters relating to assess
ments and taxation with a view to
securing a greater degree OF uniform
3ity throughout the state.
.I'ye licked a dozen stamps today
for kilograms I've sent; I licked and
stuck one on a bill with which / paid
my rent. licked a stamp to paste
upon a note which ! renewed, and
then l licked another n to make
the mortgage good. I licked these
stamps to show that / respect my
country's will and now I'd like to
lick the man that introduced that
bill"
John A. Ries, who has been in the
hospital for two or three weeks as q
result of an accident when he was
unloading some machinery, is able
to be about again, although still un-
der the weather. It's peculiar, to say
the least, too, that Mrs. Ries felt
compelled TO go to the hospital for
treatment during the same time, both
OF them being seriously afflicted dur
ing the same period.
Referring to the case mentioned
more extendedly in another column
regarding the supreme court decision
in the Idle Hourdamage suit brought
by Mrs. Rowe, it is understood that
the city, having been made one of
the defendants in the suit, will seek,
through City Attorney Mcfarland, to
get q rehearing. 1t was Mr.. McFar-
lands opinion, expressed at the coun-
Gil meeting Monday evening, that an
other Heating is possible, inasmuch
as the court decided the case by q
vote Of three to two.
Al ERE at the residence Of S. b.
Sloan on the north side resulted in
seriously damaging the furniture and
fixtures. The fire was discovered to
be in the roof and the department
promptly summoned. and the
work OF removing the furniture was
begun. However, while the fremen
succeeded In saving the house after
considerable damage had been done
to a portion OF it, much OF the furni-
ture and fixtures that could not be
gotten ont was either greatly dam
aged or entirely ruined by the water.
You have to be mighty careful
what you say and how you say It
these days. One Of ou fraternity In
Wyoming said In his paper recently
that the local milliner was making
improvements in her store and he
was glad to see her stocking up. I'M
agine his CONSERVATION the next day
when the lady In question CAME in
and broke a good umbrella On his
classic brow, and called him . liar
and other unpleasant names. He
read the innocent item over about
one hundred times before he could
see anything wrong in it.-Lead Call.
Judge Sherwood's decision in the
Hanten Bond company case regard
Ing assessment OF certain property
for the purpose of taxation. affects
several other pieces OF property In
the city In the same way. II appears
that the county board raised Ike as
on the Hanten property In
question. An appeal was made to the
circuit court on the ground tnat the
county had no such power, and the
court so holds. The county board