Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1916-08-17

GIs <iG DliIAl Ludt u M L .
Smith. near Thomas, we believe, had
threshed a field Of barley that yielded
2S bushels an acre and graded No. /
feed.
A young gentleman from southern
Illinois, who Is helping Mr.. Sam Dean
With his harvest states he had eighty
acres of wheat sown this year at his
home In Illinois and when he cut 1t
he got less than thirty shocks of grain
Also the writer is in receipt of .
letter from Mr.. Howard Blackjack, of
Virgennes. I'll, just north of Cairo,
stating that crops there we're poor
small grain very poor and corn being
greatly damaged by lack of rain.
Speaking of poor grain, the other
day a South Dakota young man, Rob
ert Archer, Of the city. who has been
helping with the harvest at Prairie
Lawn spoke of the story some Iowa
boy had told him Of small grain SO
thin and poor in Iowa that they used
q horse and buggy TO drive from one
windrow to another in shocking the
bundles. Mr.. Archer laughed as he
told Of II and remarked that he had
always thought it q Joke or hot air
We assured oar friend that such was
not the case; that we had seen 1t
done ourselves.
We understand the international
Harvester Co. reports thousands Of
orders for t~hresBing machines, en-
zines, etc, have been countermanded
because Of poor crops everywhere,
SO You see how the poor crops which
hurts n class OF men-the farmers
goes back along The line and affects
other meu In other lines of business.
With the good rains and Favorable
weather We should have corn and po-I
tatoes anyway.
Mr.. and Mrs, Joshua Purcell were
Sunday dinner guests Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Hanlon Purcell
Again this week cur little burg has
added fresh evidence Of its rank as
q stock chipping point. Friday,
A~Iessrs. L. G. Tracy and William Toms
q carload Of cattle billed to
Chicago and Saturday Messrs. ]. ].
Purcell and f. NJ Brown shipped three
of cattle TO South ST. Paul, We
believe ne one accompanied the car
10 Chicago but Messrs. Brown and
Purcell went with their stock. Ought
to have sold the cattle the last Of
June and bought wheat with the
money" said Mr. Brown.
Mr.. H, D. Rice and a. B. oquist
are erecting their silo at the farm al
his time. It is a hollow tile silo.
To those who know Miss Doris Por-
.er, 0 Mrs. a. G. Lehman, will state
The and her husband are well. They
moved from Garden City to Wei
,ome, Mimi, and are building a. nice
lone at that place with furnace heat,
lights, bath, etc, included;
bout a seven or eight room house. i
Welcome is near Cherburn, where re-
l.
tide the parents of Mrs. Lehman.
Mrs. Lehman has been in Cresco, Ia,
or several weeks visiting her mother,
Mrs. N. w. Porter, and family and !,
relatives and friends. !,
Mr.. A, a. Carnes called upon Mr.. +,
md Mrs. Leon Tracy, SUNDAY. !,
We are very glad to know that Mrs.
Bert Lewis is much improved and !,
I'M home from the hospital Sunday. !,
Mr.. and Mrs. Stromberg attended !,
seryices in the city Sunday.
Oquist and Mr.. and Mrs. A. W.. J
'alm spent the day st Lake Norden
n honor of their mother, Mrs. Palm,
# that place.
Mr.. and Mrs. Toms called upon Mr..
md Mrs. Wishard one day last week.
Mr.. Tom Peterson and a cousin, !
Hiss Berdine Olivet, called at the Sam /.
Purcell home Sunday evening.
Mrs. Baker and Mrs. Toms were in
he city the first Of the week. Mrs. :
saker is to be the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. L. g. Tracy the last OF the !.
week. Mrs Baker Is a sister Of Mrs. !.
and Mr.. Tracy. Her home Is in
tacoma, Wash.
Mr.. A. A. Carnes met with quite J
painful accident the middle OF the
week He Is quite fond OF lit (,
colts and in playing with one such
T his home the little chap kicked in .
lay and struck Mr.. Garnes square .
u the end Of a finger, causing a pref .
y sore affair. J
Rev. and Mrs. August ~Jellhoefer, of
anton, $. p, are present guests Of
AZ. Fred sieyert and family.
Lester and Alexander Purcell, the !
Dung ladies Of the Sievert home and
heir cousins took an overland trip to
win Brooks. Sunday. 9
Mi. and Mrs. Green OF the e. ii Il =