Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-03-18

tee appointed to cOusfder the raorgan
ization ofthe Commercial club was
taken up ait 4 special meeting ali
Woedman haIs Tuesday evening. The.
eoncensus OF opinion seemed TO be-
that there Is need OF reurganizinE
Mp6n a basis OF grahuated dues, up
on q scope sufficiently broad to en-
able residents DIT Watertown's trade
territory to be eligible for member
ship. the selection of a paid secretary
%hc shall devOt e practically his
whole time to the duties of the posi-
ticns a budget to- bera feature of the
future work or the association, ard
The naming OF standing committees
for The various phases of the work.
Speaking of the weather bureaus
.coining of a word to represent an
idea,Sa contemporary says. The es-
teemed weather bureau has sprung a
new one. It is the word nsmogs and
it means smoke and fog. The bureau
explains that very frequently there
are times when this mixture is ap-.
parent in the atmosphere and It ON
siders the new word a great little
idea. Very well, asmogs, let ii be.
Hlt why end there Let's call a
mixture OF snow and mud ssmud.
a mixture OF snow and SCOT .tsnoot
and a mixture of snow and hail
snail Thus we might have a wealth
3er forecast: Snail today, turning to
snoot tonight; tomorrow smoggy with
smud."'
A short time ago a local paper cons
tanned an article which intimated its
belief that a couple of young chaps
who had ~canvassed the town for GER
tain periodicals were takers and that
theapeopIe who paid them money
would probably never hear of either
the boys, of their money or Of the
aforesaid publications. Those who
felt confident that the lads were on
the square now have their faith con-.
irmed, as the papers for which they
took subscriptions have begun to ar
rive regularly through the mails.
Local acquaintance of former STATE
Insurance Commissioner o. s. Basford
will be interested in learning that he
has become one of the i~ncorporators
of a new insurance company organ
lied in North Dakota, with head
quarters at Bismarck.
aaEtEgTfs8 @4hGtEESaS
The Phi Delta Theta banquet was
held at the Kampeska hotel last Sat
urday evening, a large gathering be-
ing present from surrounding towns.
Among the institutions of learning
represented We're the following. Uni
yersities of the Dakotas, Minnesota,
Iowa, Colorado, Nebraska, Vermont,
Washington, DePau, Lombard, Frank
lin. Among the notables in attend
n g We're Congressman Royal &.
johnson and former Governor S I'll.
Elrod. With r.. f. Gault acting as
toastmaster, the following participat
ed lib the program: g. r.. snyder. s..
2H. Elrod, Porter LoWrey tUniyersitg
OF South Dakota ROYAL G johnson.
The music feature was supplied by
the Schliesmann orchestra.
1t is with pleasure that the Adj
yocate is able to announce declares
the Clear Lake Advocate, ".that At
ltorney Perry II. Loucks, WATERFOWL,
has recently taken up new and com
modious law Offices covering half the
second floor ofHthe Stokes building at
the corner of Kemp avenue and Ma
pie street. As Attorney Loucks is
n OF Deuel. county's original boys
the Advocate Is pleased to make this
mention of his progress and advance
|ment. He is ably assisted by Attor-
5ney Al. H. Hasche, a former partner
of Ex-Governor Elrod, and by his
brother. d. Is. Loncks, who has
charge OF the general business man
agement and the collections depart
ment; and Miss Harriet Lorimer,
stenographer. May the tickle god
des OF fortune continue to smile on
Attorney Loucks.n
Ed. p. Troeh, formerly one of Wa
atertoWnss live wires, particularly in
the workmanship line, and who was
considered IN expert at chess, met,
his chess Waterloo a few days since
when he ran UP against Frank =. Mar
SHALL the American champion. Ed.
was one Of the number selected at
Portland, Oregon, to show Mr.. Mar
shall where to head in at in the great
game which SO few play and which
fewer yet understand, but which, new
ertheless, is a great pastime. In his
tour across the continent MI. Mar
shall gives exhibitions of his match
less playing-matchles SO far as Ann
erica is concerned. although he has
been beaten by DR.. Lasker and some
other world-famous chess experts.
Marshall plays from ten to fifteen
games at the same time with as many
different men. Troeh. like most OF
those who are put up against the
American player, fell beneath the
champions onsIaughts.
Many of the readers Of the satlir-
day News will be glad Of an oppor-
tunity Of witnessing the performance
fhis ~pyaninp At the Metrono1ifan