Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1916-06-15

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er was formerly Miss Sadie McBath
and has 4 large circle OF friends In
WATERFOWL and vicinity. They ex-]
pect to remain in South Dakota sew
eral weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. A. p. Houde drove
their car down from Sisseton last
Monday ard spent the g. A. R. and
w. n. G. and s. of ". week in the
city, guests at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Tom Croft. Mr.. Houde exper-
fenced some inconvenience, to say the
elaat, in driving through the mud
which he encountered between this
city and Milbank, but he finally got
through, landing at the Croft door
about 10 o'clock in the evening, after
the family had retired for the night.
Professor A. w. Palm and Miss
Hazel Grinols drove up to Webster
last Saturday afternoon to visit with
friends overSahday. On Monday
they returned home by way of Clark,
finding the roads very muddy. At n
point they ran into a mud-hole and
We're compelled to camp" there for
a couple of hours, awaiting the ar
rival of a team, which had been sent
for to pull another car out of the
same ~predicament.
Miss Margaret Olson, who has been
connected with the Watertown Light
and Power company for some time
past. has been compelled to resign her
position on account of i'll health. Miss
Olson was confined to her rooms in
tho aifu fa.~ cnunro1 urno1ye 1ooA x,y;,,
ter, only recently recovering sufa-
GENTLY to her duties, which
she finds she is unable to continue
to perform on account of her failure
to regain her usual strength. She
will spend the immediate future in
st. Paul.
E. I. Lampy, who was employed
some time ago by the city council to
go over the books of the city for the,
purpose of getting a fresh start in
the city's financial affairs, is still en-
gagged on the work. Since he is going
into the accounts in detail, compar-
ing the books with the vouchers and
warrants on file, much time is re-
quired to complete the auditing of
the books and accounts. He was in
structed to make an absolutely thor
ough job of it, which he is said to be
doing. When his report will be ready
to submit to the council is not as yet
known, but it is supposed that he
will require another week or so to
finish the work.
Judge G. G. Carpenter and family
came down from Mobridge the first of
the week to visit friends for a few
days, preparatory to enSconcing
themselves in a cottage at the lake,
Mrs. Carpenter and the children to
remain for the summer. Mr.. Car
penter will vibrate between his home
town and Watertown. Judge Car
penter, by the way, is pleasantly re-
membered here, where he spent the
greater portion of his boyhood. Mrs.
Carpenter, too, is a "Watertown GIRL
having lived here during the larger
part of her girlhood. She is a daugh-
ter of the late NJ. d. Flint and a sis
ter Of Mrs. Adams, whose husband,
DR.. Adams, practiced medicine in this
city for seveal years. The old-time
friends of the Carpenters will rejoice
over the privilege Of renewing acr
q~uaintance.
William Skinner has purchased the
drays line and business of l.. S. Dem
ing and formally took charge last
Monday morning. For the next few
weeks Mrs. Deming will remain In
charge of the Office and MIR. Deming
will lend a helping hand here and
there, until the new proprietor be.
comes thoroughly Broken in" Hav-
ing been connected with the Deming
line for the past two years, or there
abOutS. and being a personally non.
ular young man, Mr.. Skinner will un-
doubted1y succeed in his venture.
When asked what ne was going to
do, Mr.. Deming said, in substance,
well, / think we'll go fishing for a
while. You see, we have been in this
business for the past eleven years,
without vacation or interruption, SO
we thought it time to quit