Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-05-06

PROGRESSIVE FARMERS, CLUB
PROGRAM,

ne pIoSTdH opened Win music ~
Benthin and Klatt, followed by read.
ing by Carl Zamow and Mrs. John
Iebert, which were fine.
Pointers on Banking" was dis,
cussed by Herman Fromke. Mr..
Fromke gave many good pointers,
and discussed many subjects, among
which were. deposits, time deposits,
certificates, interest," endorsements.
checks. care in issuing a check, why
bankers urge people to deposit in
banks, parents should urge children
10 open a bank account. A dollar
saved is a dollar earned, but it Is
easier to spend than to earn.
a recitation by Paul Scherer fol
lowed, which was loudly applaud I'd.
Miss Loesch spoke of current
events in a very interesting
a, w. Palm gave a talk on recent
experiments in farm Improvement
work, and gave a very interesting
talk on many subjects connected with
diversified farming OF the better kind.
A song by the club, "old Kentucky
Home" followed. Mrs. Lydia Edding
ton played the piano.
Mrs. Aug Klatt discussed House
Cleaning" House cleaning time is
almost upon us, said Mrs. Klatt, and
we housekeepers are all looking for
the best and easiest methods for that
ever ir!3some task. There are prob
ably more than a dozen ways OF clean
ing a house. A good place to begin
is in the cellar, in the early spring.
Go over the vegetables and fruit and
see that all decayed specimens are re-
moved before they can iniure the
rest or pollnte the air OF the house.
After fixing the cellar it is well to go
to the top of the house and work.
down. Take one room at a time.
Don't think that you have got to do
1t all in one day. There is a time
for everything. Don't oqeTwork. Go
at a moderate pace and when you get
tired, sit down an1 play the piano a
while or read q little. There is no
sason the lam home should not
possess all the beauty that nature
makes possible. yet the reverse is
TOO often the case. Too often the
farm home is d collection of unpaint-
ed buildings, often partially wrecked,
with old lumber and timbers piled
up here and there; fenced with no
uniformity; weeds waist high or even
higher; old machinery standing
around or dumped In fence corners
boxes. barrels. tools, old clothes or
harness c%luttering up the porches;
and all the other little things that go
to make up a horrid tumble where
beauty should prevail. The national
cleanup campaign must not be treat
ed lightly by farmers or passed by
as only needed for city and village
jewellers. Tell you what, we all need
TO observe q cleanup day about our
premises and some of u neighbors
could profitably put In a week at it.
Cleanup day need not be confined to
picking up the rubbish about the
house, barns and yards, although it
Efuoul dalways begin mere, 1t may
take d whole day, possibly longer.
to have an out OF door house clean.
ing" but after IT is done, how nice
and neat and fresh everything looks
and what d new pride we take in the
old place! 1t seems as if we could
work twice as hard and think much.
clearer after we have raked and
cemposted the leaves. burned the
brush and carted off the cans, bottles,
etc, which accumulate 10 quickly
The idea Of: a cleanup day Is q
GRAND one--setting aside a special
day Tor a certain Jap, Just n sunday
Fourth of July, Thanksgiving and
Christmas. Let us resurface the
walks and drives, or lay concrete,
repair the fence or build a new one.
plant a few shrubs, vines and trees
for shade, ornament and to hide un-
slightly objects, and set some new
nanes OF glass where they are need
sd. Now. al hands togetner! Celan
npi
The following program will be
given on May IL.
Jokes, Mr., Bentnin.
Corn PLANTING Roy Zamow.
Life on d Claim. Mrs. Eddington.
Recitation, Cora Scherer.
Management of lncubators,1 Otto
ZamDw.
Music, Vivian Mapes.
Reading, Alice Loesch,
"SNall Papering at Home Mrs
a. 4. Klatt.
"srhe Value Of Daily Farm Plans
Bill Nafnow.
Spelling match.
Song old Black joe, Club.
GERMANTOWN.