Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1916-09-07
correspondence
kAMPEskA AND HIGHLAND.

last.
Mr.. Robert Archer, who has beer
assisting in the farm work at Prairie
Lawn, returned to his home in Wa
tertown the last of the week to be
ready to resume his studies in high
school commencing Monday of this
week. Robert plans to get a good
education which shows the proper at
titude for a boy or young man, He
is a good clean fellow, by the way,
and worthy of all success
Miss Nellie Kendall met with quite
a painful accident the past week in
that she burned her arm with hot
water. She is better at this time,
We had the pleasure of shaking the
hand of Mr.. Carl Record at Kampes-
ka, Thursday forenoon. Mr.. Record
looks about the same. Not old look
ing in spite of his sixty-nine years
OF age. MI. and Mrs Record recently
returned from a ~soiourn of some time
in sunny California Read your
Kampeska items out there said Mr..
Record, and always glad to get The
Saturday News and its news columns
to learn OF people here whom l knew"
Mr.. Record came to spend the day
with Mr.. Perry Burk.
DR.. vesper Shaffer and Miss Vesper
shaffer left for their home in Chicago,
Saturday. Miss Shatfer will re-enter
school in that city. She has been
spending her vacation with her uncle
and aunt, Nh. and Mrs. f. NJ, Brown.
Mr.. Wick and family, Of ,Riehland,
were shoppers in the city, Saturday,
Miss Ruth Croft has returned from
her quite extended trip 10 points in
Wisconsin She reports a very an
ioyable time.
The first of the past week the ladies
OF the F. NJ. Brown home were dinner
guests Of Mrs. F~ahnestack at their
cottage on the lake front.
The various schools opened Monday
of this week for the ensuing year. Miss
Grace Clegg, Of Watertown, will teach
in No. 6, Richland township, Miss
Beath resumes her job at the Sam
Purcell school. Miss Edith Savage
will teach the Kampeska school,
Mr.. and Mrs. f. j. Cory were din
ner guests Of We humble scribe and
Mrs. Kendall, Sunday. After the meal
Mr.. Cory kindly took all for a drive,
heading for Bitter Medicine Lake.
After several vain attempts OF roads
having ponds or muddy places on
them we finally arrived On the west
side Of this famous body Of water.
This is our first visit since last sum-
mer and We noted considerable i'm
provement in bathing facilities at the
lake. Now there are fairly spbstan-
tial lighthouses, closets, etc, on both
the south and west fronts which make
it far more convenient for visitors
at the lake, especially those who go.
into the water. Whoever PUT these.
up is deserving Of credit even II they.
did have an eye to business They
were badly needed indeed. Mr.. How
ard Reeve is n of the men who
brought the change about. Mr.. Reeve
is a brother of our present county
superintendent of schools. He has a
farm west i've believed OF the lake.
On the northeast side is situated
Medicine Lake Ranch" owned by Mr.,
and Mrs. Don Allen Of W~atertown.
If yon come up to the lake from the
east via the north road and want to
strike the lake on the west beach, go
past Mr.. Aliens ranch, a yellow paint
ed house at the northeast corner of
the lake. If you desire to arrive on
the south side of the lake, tuhn south
down through the cut lit appears 10
bel just east of their ranch
The beautiful farm home you pass
on this north side road (which. by
the way is, we believe, the best way
to the lake, Is the splendid home of
Mr.. Tote, a brother of Mrs. Thos.
Nicholson OF the city and indeed q
fine farm home 1t IS. The father OF
the present owner took the place al a
claim years ago.
Mister, If Won have a ear and have
u visited this same Chain Lake
country, drive up some nice day. II
will gay you, we believe. Some quite
nice scenery hereabouts and a visit
To this same Bitter Medicine Lake IS
we'll worth your while. The medical
u mineral qualities Of the water of
this lake is no myth II fancy at all
us d medium for the bath u Ii superb;
a cure for skin diseases II has no
equal, and Is very beneficiai indeed.
for maI ailments when taken M
ternally.
~ IS very easy te learn to swim and
I foat In this lake because the water
win almost support the body, like the
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