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

Friends of the family will be paine
to earn of the death of Mrs. Fran.
+. Phillips, which occurred at he
home at The Dailes Ore, last Mon
day. Mrs. H. A. Park and Mrs. Gee
WHITMAN, in response to a Telegram
announcing the critical condition o
their mother, left last Saturday bu
their mother passed away before the,
reached her bedside. Mrs. Phillip
was one Of the pioneers Of Cooling
ton county. She was a woman of su
perior attachments and Won and re
tanned the warm friendship of a large
circle of friends. Mr.. Phillips in tn,
early days was county treasurer, ant
later was appointed to the position
of railroad commissioner by the late
Governor Mellette.
Information is received to the effect
that Mrs. H. A. Loomis, who recently
Wenl to Pittsburgh, Pa, to visit al
the home of her son, died Monday
afternoon. The remains will be
brought to this city for interment
and it is expected that the funeral
Will take place today. The deceased
had been a resident of Codington
county for many years, having come
here with her husband and family at
a. very early period in the history of
the community. A further reference
to this estimable m will be
made in a subsequent issue.
The plans for an automobile boule-
ward around Lake Kampeska are de-
veloping. The local committee, con-
sisting of J. w. Dougherty w. H.
Stokes, ]. c. Southwick, J.. w. Mar
tin and j. B. Hanten (Alfred Steich-
en- acting for the last-named), met
with the supervisors of Lake town
ship a few days ago and went over
the situation. The township was
represented by M. E, Henning, J. P.
Leonard, Warren Welsh and Jake
Ritz. The general scheme is to have
a boulevard extend clear around the
lake, running within about 200 feet
OF the shore 8 10 far as practicable.
1t is believed that it is not only pos
sible but quite probable that this
roadway may be in passable order
a comparatively short time.
It is a matter hat the people of this
city and those living in the region
the AXE have had in mind for some
Years, but for some a or other
10 definite arrangements have devel-
,ped until the past year, and now it
s felt that the proposition is on the
we Of completion.
A vigorous protest was presented
0 the city commissioners Monday
'vening against the lifting of the
an on Sunday theaters. Several Of
he ministers, among others, present
d their views. The ordinance re-
the one %forbidding Sunday
.musements was passed early in tn
ear on its first reading, and then
aid on the table for the time being
week ago Monday it was taken
.p again and passed. 1t is under
TODD that if the commissioners Per
ist in retaining the repeating ordin-
nee in effect the act will be referred
0 the people for approval or rejection
t a special election. The city conf
said that since no protest
ad been presented against the lift
ng Of the ban they assumed that
here was no sentiment against il
yhereupon the ministers said that
hey had never even heard thai the
epeaT;ng ordinance was pending or
ook place weeks g and then The.
natter was seemingly dropped, sud-
emily called up again and passed
he commissioners, however appc.ll
q next Monday evening as a date fol
the other side giving those
Sunday shows an opportun-
" to be heard, assuring the delega.
ion present that unless it %deyelopei
hat the sentiment is favorable TO
shows the repeating ordin
nee will be itself repealed.
Hon. w. r. Thomas, n of the
ioneers OF the city, the man who
RATED the old city charter, who rep
esented Codington county in the ter
itorial and state legislatures. is in
me friends and to attend to business
latters. Mr.. Thomas with his most
stimable family, left Waterfowl
ONE years ago to locate at Las Vel
as, Nevada, where they have since
His many friends are glad
{ the opportunity tt renew the ac-
of old. There was a time
i the early period of the city's his
,ry when the Thomases CIV. r. and
C.}, like all men of their stamp
aggressive, politically and in
business way-were dominating
,rces in the city's progress. 1t is
ven related that one of their polit-
al foes. glancing upward and be-
the air filled with grasshop
ers, shouted out anathemas against
,e whole Thomas tribe, saying that
le populace might have known what
leysd get if they persisted in stand
IL by the Thomases. Subsequently
lie subject Of these few lines pulled