Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1916-01-27
Correspondence
KAMPEskA AND HIGHLAND.

h@mFESkR ANU RICHL9ND.
We forgot to mention last ISSUE
mat NJ. Hc-".an Frcntz and sister,
Miss Martha, had returned home
from their visit to Minnesota.
Miss Geraldine Walsh was Z a
grippe victim the past weeF. She
stuck to her school. but not Jha sh"
felt like teaching.
Mr.. G, Murphy also has been in
duIging in some grippe the past week.
Mr.. Fred SaHsc put mp ice Wcdnes.
day this week George WiIl.an. IL
cutting ice. The Toby farm alsJ put
NJ a stock Of ice this week.
We dropped in at the drpO, rrr Il
momen Thursday afternoon. Notrd
the thin. pale look Of baby Johnnie.
Upon inquiry, was told mother. in
fact all, | believe ii was. had been
quite sick with the grippe. Johnnie
had been quite poorly. Winter has
had the grip good and hard Of late
and we guess everyone has had the
grippe pretty hard.
Mr.. j. e. Morris reports grain on
the raise. Thursday barley was Csc
and 64c, No. l durum Sill. 40. ,
durum $l.08 or $lpO9.
We found Mir. Noble, Mr.. Snyder
and the rest of the section folks hard
at work ~uncovering the side track
from the quite deep drifts of snow.
Word from Mrs. Nelson Porter,
whom some of our readers know,
gives us the information that she is
not at all well and will have to so TO
a hospital for treatment and possibly
an operation.
Mr.. f, II. Oleson recently fell in
the barn in such a manner as 10 in
jure his side. He believes the fall
cracked a rib or two
Miss Ellen Wishard is still in Min
neapolis taking treatments. Is get
ting along quite we'll.
MT. Wishard finds he is not free
from rheumatism, yet having slight
attacks OF it since coming home. He
trusts, however, that ii will not get
80 serious again.
Saw Mr.. Joseph BIais at the sore
Thursday. Was dressed up real nice
ly We take it he was bound for the
city.
We note hogs are moving up~ard
again. Likely will be valuable prop
erty ere the year 1915 is over.
Did you notice the fine articles on
sweet clover in the last issue Of the
Dakota Farmer? Worth reading
And now Frank Goacl, Of Hum
boidt, Iowa. worlds premier heavy
weight wrestler, is in the game again.
Has Joined SeI's-F1oio shows for 1916
meets all corners. etc. Likely after
one Joseph Stecher, of Dodge, Neb.
Well, Frank, remember the years are
growing on you and If you persist,
some day you'll lose your crown and
f~ame-iargely.
AT the store Friday evening we
shook hands with our friends Mr.. Guy
McFerran whom we had not seer
for some moons. Guy is looking we'll
and reports the McFerrans, Joe, Win
and families, as well. also, John. too.
Will Murray and Oscar Smith spent
Friday night in Henry attending the
dance, picture show. etc.
Miss Bird spent Saturday with rela-
tiyes in Watertown. The Misses
Walsh and Beath also took the train
to Watertown Friday evening. Miss
Beath Is teaching near Sam Purcell's
this school year. She reports 10 reg
uIar students. She is making her
home with Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Will
liams. Miss Beath remarked that
Miss Reeve had called on a stormy,
cold day. We assured her Miss Reeve
war not afraid of cold or storms, wind
and snow. She was born and reared
to brave such things as that.
Miss Lucy Riley, of the Kampeska
school, spent the interim between
school weeks with her sister in Hen.
ry.
Miss Coleman returned Sunday
from near Coggan, Ia, where she was
called by the death of her father.
Miss Coleman teaches near Henry.
A car Of hogs war shipped from
our burg Saturday Several of our
farmers shipped together as we un-
derstand 1t. Messrs. Lee Tracy, a.
A ,Carnes. j. II. 0leson and F. NJ.
Brown were among the shippers. The
right idea. fellows, Looks good TO see
our stock yard used some.
Mr.. r. d. Wheelock received word
OF the death Of a brother.in-law, Mr..
Walter Muir. Of Hunter. North Da-
kota. Mr.. Muir married the eldest
sister of Mr.. Wheelock. Mr.. Muir
was nearly 50 years OF age. and had
been a prominent farmer Of North
Dakota having retired some YEARS
ago. He was a leading spirit among
the democrats of his state for years.
He lacked but four votes In the legis-
iature OF the state of being elected to
the unitd States senate. At the time
of the Civil War Mr.. Muir was an
officer in Uncle Sans navy. was I'M
der Admiral Farragut and took an
aictire part In the important oper
atoms around Mobile. Alabama. In
1864.