Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1916-08-03
Tipped End Over End
Texas Would Almost
Bump Into Canadian.
"A Resident Of Texas Tells Why Hlan.
kets and Under Clothing Are
Needed in South.

N * 5st5k
There has been some newspaper
discussion regarding the need OF blan-
kets and under clothing for the nortA
ern national guardsmen who SO south
during the heat Of the summer.
This discussion is apart from the
statement In some quarters that shoe,
dy stuff is furnished by the govern.
ment to its soldier boys. 1t would be
the same we're it admitted that the
clothing is the best that money can
buy.
Rarined Atm ospheres
1t is especially noticeable by eastern
men who spend some time during the
warm summer months IN the western
regions in rather high altitude thai
when the mercury is registering 11o
| to 100 in the sun one ehills after go
! ing from the hot sun into the shade
One man relates that he tried to DO
Las some Of the harvest hands in the
1 days Of his youth used to do 60
4 without under clothing. by iust Jump
ling into his shirt and overalls in the
4 morning and completing his gcwning
by adding pair of shoes and a straw
4 hat s
I This man found, however, that af.
4 ter sweating and putting and putting
and sweating in the sun, With the
4 thermometer ranging around 115 to
120, he felt perceptibly chilled upon
going into the shade Of tree and
i remaining there for a few moments
4 The result was that he again donncd
his underwear.
4 Lester's Experience.
In this connection Saturday News
4 Representative learned from Chas. H
Z Lester that In sonth hwestarn Texas
4 whore he resides and whose Aiti.ude
4 ;approximates 400 feet above the
level OF the sea, the nights are espe-
|cially cool, Notwithstanding the heat
|5of the day in the SUMS rays
The atmosphere. itself, said Mr..
Lester, does not appear to absorb and
retain the heat. No matter how hot
i it may seem to be in the sun, one
i finds the shade quite cool. Even the
4 shade OF 9 telephone pole is inviting
in lieu of anything better, said Mr..
4 Lester.
/ When night rolls around the air
becomes cooler and aoon after mid
night one is apt to reach down for
the second blanket which usually lies
at the foot of his bed.
Night on Desert.
| Travelling once across the Texas
desert in the southwestern part OF
the state, Mr.. Lester ran up against
some engine trouble. He and his
son, Roy, worked until about 9 o'clock
trying to adjust matters and then as
rertained that it would require sew
aral hours to. complete dhe work.
They concluded to remain there until
morning
Wrapping himslf up in two blankts
Roy "bunked' In the rear part pf the
car and Mr.. Lester, buttoned up
within his winter overcoat, laid down
on the sand. Both were awakened
some time after midnight because Of
the cold. They endeS=ered to return
to dreamland but suffered from the
sold SO that they arose, went down
to the railroad track. some distance
away, skirnaished around until they
found a railroad tie. and built a slow
fire to keep themselves warm until.
sunrise.
Texas Houses.
S It is rare, said Mr.. Lester, contin.
uing to speak Of the peculiarities OF
his southern home, to and woodena
house that is to say, q house made
of lumber throughout, as Is the rule
n the northern sections. Brick and
stone form the principal building ma
terials for the outside walls. Ell Paso
ts q city Of approximately 81, 900 popu-
slation. and to see 4 house whose
outer walls II wood Is 4 novel sight.
The wooden buil ldings absorb the
heat more than the brick atxncturas.
a the country the adobe dwelling