Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-04-08

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business only. with no deliyeryAsThey
say that they have cut prices to cor
respond with the reduced expense In
cident to no bookkeeping, no collect
Ing, no bad accounts and no delivery.
Rev. q. NJ. Butterfeld left today
for Lake Preston TO be present ut
the meeting OF the N. +. confrence
of the Watertown district. The OBJ
ject Of this meeting Is To- launch a.
campaign to raise fheneeessarYMen-
dowrnents fpr the wesleyan univer-
sity. It was undertakes to raise
100000 by the last this month
OF this amount 100000 has already
been subscribed and the balance has
to be gathered during the next thir-l
III days. AT this meeting methods
will ba discussed ard decided on as
to which will be the best way to pro-
coed in securing the desired amount.
CLARK Courier.
The Saturday News has no idea
concerning the identity OF the party
mentioned by the Clear Lake Advo-i
cate, but 1t seems that the authorities
or Deuel. county found themselves
holding the bag, as 1t were. al indi-
Gated by the following from the local
columns OF the Clear Lake paper:
"a certain individual from Water
town, who makes periodical trips To-;
this city carrying a mysterious look
ing grip, was ON the carpet before
Judge Parish last Monday. The
sheriff took the prisoner as soon as
he alighted from the train. In hopes,
OF finding evidence that the Water
town man was bookkeeping In this,
dry town, but q search of his grip
and ether effects brought to light no.
discriminating evidence, and he was
told to &c on his way rejoicing
IN accordance with intimations re-
Gently made IN the Saturday News,
the financial dificulties Of the South
Dakota Central have eliminated /
court having named IA. G. Stebbins,
the general manager, for the posi-
ton. The suit vas Instituted by the
bondho1ders, it Is understood, on ac-
count OF default In payment OF inter
est. AS stated in these columns, the
matter of the extension of the line
north from Watertown will be held
in allegiance. probably awaiting in a
measure the result OF the suit insti5
tuted by the contractor against the
company on account OF the work
done on the proposed line last fail.
If the company finds itself on Its feet
again within the near future, and I'm
ancially able to handle the extension,
the plan will probably be carried
through according to original plans
AT a recent annual meeting Of the
Presbyterian church IT developed |
that the church had just completed
one OF Its most successful years in
Watertown. D. X. Loucks acted ash
chairman OF the evening, with Mr.t
Skells as secretary. After the read
ing OF the various reports covering
the work of the. church, which show-t
ed marked advancement along ALL
lines, the following officers were1
chosen. Sunday school s~uperintend-
ent.SP. &. Belts; u. b. Caldow and G
&. Vinegar, trustees to NIL vacancies
on the board; g. w. Skells, church,
treasurer. and G. p. Vinegar treas.
urer Of benevolent funds. Rev. {. 81
Ksarns accepted the unanimous cali
to continue as pastor for another
year with an Increase of salary. The|
trustees were authorized to take such
steps as may be necessary for thei
building OF the church as soon as
the weather becomes settled IN the
spring.
The Clark Courier calls attention.
to a law recently enacted which re-
uuires the publication OF reports OIL
school districts In some newspaper
nearest the geographical center OF
the district. The paper continues
seThis statement must give a comprast
hensive idea OF the receipts and dis
bursements and state in what bank
the balance of funds are Deposited.
The bill was introduced into thei
house by Representative Courtney, 81
farmer whose school district had suf-
fered q loss Of $4,000 by embezzlesi
ment. something that could not have
occurred had this new law been in
effect at the time. The school taxi
is the heaviest tax our people pay
and they are entitled to know what
is done with the money Inc how
heavy a balance is being carried. In
dependent school districts have all
WAYS been compelled To- publish
statements and the new law brings
country school districts under the
same rule
ZIG GOVERNMENT LAND oPENkMGH
SOD, 900 acres homestead land to-
omen for settlement in state Of wash
ington. Send SO cents for deserip:I
ton and map showing location. The
Gassert Agency. Spokane, Wash.