Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1916-08-31
Correspondence
KAMPsskA AND RicALAND.

Mr.. Joshua Purcell made a trip Il
the city Thurday in his Ford, bring
ing home a cargo Of shingles ant
cement.
Mr.. and Mrs. F ]. Meier and III.
young ladies of the family called a
Prairie Lawn the last of the week
Very pleasing folks to meet. MIR. ant
Mrs. Meier were former residents o
Iowa, living south of Des Moines
They lived for some time in the cap
ital city of that state. They have q
fruit farm in the south on which or
anges is their chief cop. Mr.. and
Mrs. Meier state they like it here
very much. Mr.. Meier has been en-.
gagged in high school and college
work a great par Of his life, having
held some good positions in that line
of work. He was connected with the
Mitchell college just prior to coming
TO Watertown. Through the influence
of a friend who is quite prominent
in insurance circles he had left peda-
gogy for insurance and at present is
the local representative Of the Min
nesota Mutual Life Insurance Co, OF
st. Paul.
AS we spoke of the extreme wet
and the very heavy fall of rain that
occurred here the evening of August
18th, Mr.. Meier stated that during a
visit he paid TO the state of Texas
twenty inches Of rain fell in one day
in the vicinity where he was stopping,
ter inches in the morning and ten
in The afternoon. Now do not say,
mot" 'Fishy," etc, because a good
many of your folks like the writer,
are not acquainted much in Texas.
Furthermore, unless we are mistaken,
Mr.. Meier is not given TO stating
things that are questionable or cannot
be verified.
We are sorry TO know that upon
coming to our fine little city, one of
the very largest in the Sunshine
(~exeuse us, we mean to say rainy
state) he inquired of a leading citi-
zen of the place where he could find
the Y. NJ. c. A., as he wished to see
the secretary.
"Why-er-ah-1 don't know I.
can't tell you You'd better see the
editor of the Public Opinion
Soon Mr.. Meier found directions toi
this public citizen and hither turned
mis- steps.
Wei, my dear sir" said the great
man, we have no Young Mems
Christian association in our city. II
was quite surprised TO learn this, said
Nr. Meier, considering The size Of the
city
And, my fair city alive with business
growing into prominence. budding ia
possibilities, talking Of elec
trio line 10 cur fair lake, OF convent
tions and auditorium, why not along
with these worthy aud laudable pro-
5ects and things Of a greater Water
Think of the other things
that, tao, tend to greatness, and, too,
to a bigger city, and, too. a splendil
advertising for the place, a good
fiirstelass Young Men's Christian
Association, and alec a Young Wom-
ems Christian ACCUSATION!
And, dear sir, electric lines, audi
toriums, railroads, packig plants, big
factories, etc, etc. are greatly
needed. very desirable, indeed, they
are every public spirited citizen fuliy
realizes it, but, too, just as keenly
needed are institutions where the
relifious, the moral. the educational,
ueeds Of the city are fully met. Parks
beauty spots, rest places, too, are i'm
portant, and, may we state, we feeli
the city was wise, very much So,
in obtaining the tract of land an the
shore, its recent purchases.
Money spent in making 1t a rest and
beauty spot i'll the day to come will
be splendidly spent.
Coming back to the x. NJ. C. A. and
to Mr.. Meier, this gentleman stated
that they now had organized a ..Busi-
Mems Bible Class and it was
hoped that from that would grow the
future Y. NJ. G. A. OF WATERFOWL. If
50 and Nj. Meier has been i~nstru-
mental in u, rs we think no has. he
Will have helped in a something In the
city most worthy and needed indeed
Messrs, Dean, Tracy. Sheets. Blais,
Faavey, Best Bros, Frentz and other
are trying TO get started
at the business but the weather and
snggy rowing condition b sh
grain makes II mighty hard work, In
deed almost impossible to make
work at AL.
NJ joseph Purcell stated he neyer
saw in South dakota as much rain
n the length d time al came Ia us
the 10th.