Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-02-04
OUR CHARGES ARE REASONABLE

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- JEWEzER6 op HcAMI
MTERT0M S IAN
oils this week, attending the automo-
bile show. Among them are Hugh
Headley, Ed. Anderson, Mont Bannis.
ter and Paul Dory,
Our checker players have received
a challenge to play q Pipestone
(Minn.l team either at that place or
at Watertown. Our boys would like
very much to accept the challenge,
but they are saving up their ammuni-
ton for defense against the nearer
enemies.-South Shore Republican.
Hon. H. IL. Hopkins passed through
the city Monday evening on his way
home from Mitchell where he attend
ed the meeting of the stock growers
association. Mr.. Hopkins delivered
an address before the Mitchell meet
ing as a member OF the bankers, as
sociation. He was accompanied to
Mitchell by Hon. John T. Belk.
DIR. Z. G. Hill has returned from
Chicago, from which city he favored
the Saturday News with pamphlet
issued by one of the managers of one
of the Chicago's leading hotels eon-
corning one of the main methods for
the restoration OF prosperity to this
country, Perhaps extracts therefrom
may appear. in these columns in some
subsequent edition.
Mr.. and Mrs. Il. q. DeGroff have
been enjoying d visit from Mrs. De
Croft parents, Mr.. and Mrs. e, b.
Carter, Of Austin, Mimi, and also
from her sister, Mrs. w. u. Tyler,
Mrs. DeGroff,s guests have made
many friends during their brief SO
journ in the city who will always, be
pleased to greet them again.
1t speaks something for the aefHc-
iency of Professor L. B. Parsons that
the school board has unanimously
chosen him to superintend the city
schools for another year. It is sci.
dom that one remains SO long at the
head Of the public schools in the
same locality, and 1t is particularly
rare that after one has remained SO
long there is no protest against con,
tinuing him yet another term.
AS an outgroWth of the failure of
the Bancroft bank, Mr.. Syverson has
brought certain suits against q. Nv.
Munson, president OF the Commercial,
which was recently merged into the
business OF the Security National,
ny 1draffuM q "a MI xnnrcrr1 N eynsrCf r. ar
Munson and involve certain claims
that Mr. Munson sets forth regarding
the disposition Of certain notes which
he claims were placed In Mr.. Nun
sons hands for certain alleged pur,
poses.
Mr.. =. p. F~uerstenau. Of Hazel, who
came In the first Of the week to pay
for d year In advance orthe Satur-
day News for n Of his neighbors
who had commissioned him for the
case, has recently returned from Ak
aska, in Walworth county, where he
visited for time at the home OF his
brother, Rev. Arthur Fuerstenau, sta
toned there. The brother will be
pleasantly remembered as a former
resident OF the vicinity of Hazel.
Bread has gone up to six cents a
loaf, buns and rolls have moved up
two ~pegs--to twelve cents d dozen
and Goughnuts have scared skyward
to the tune Of fifteen cents a dozen,
net, to the consumer. That's Id Wa
tertown, where there lis re War--ex-
Scepting newspaper war now and
then. re a little local war OF that
sort will cause such an advance In
the price Of the tstaff Of life,1 1T
would not appear to be surprising
that the people OF Belgium and some
other regions within the theater Of
war r starvtngi
Many WATERFOWL people are ac.
quainted with M, ]. B. Hyde OF Clark
and they VIII sbe interested in learn
ing that he lost his house through
IRE one day last week It appears
that Miss Ruth Hyde had been using
some gasoline to clean some clothes
and the gas generated in the ciosed
room exploded resulting In scatter
Ing the burning oh " & the room.
The young lady had b narrow escape
from serious injury II not death, but
fortunately no member of the family
sustained more than minor burns.
The house although not entirely de-
Asfroyed, was very seriously damag.
ed necsssttating rebuilding.
Mr. nj Eddy formerly 81 this
city nov the superintendent of malls
Vat the postofice al Aberdeen, WRsin
Ethe CITY the first Of the week To at.
tend b eaflineraI of John Eddy. c0u.
rim; MI Eddy looking bale and