Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-02-22


+. 7. Heathcote departed yesterday
for Iowa.
Wanted-Live chickens. Owsley
Mercantile Co. 37-4(
Today is "ngWashington's Birthday
hence no p~ostof1ce carrier delivery,
Judge Nicholson united In marriage
Tuesday Mr.. John 1. Appledorn Of
this city and Mrs. Emma I. SchooIey
OF Sioux Falls, S. D.
Miss Ada Watson, of the Schaller
department store, has returned from
an eastern trip in the interests Of the
millinery department.
q. d. Rodman and F. b. McDaniels
have returned from Sioux Falls. s.. ID.
where they attended a meeting Of the
representatives of the Gideon Camps.
Word has been received Of the
death Of the father of Mrs. G. M.
Lyon and Miss Jennie Tegner. Death
occurred at st. Peter, MINI. The la
dies left yesterday morning to attend
the funeral.
F. A. Marvin, captain in the Ma
tional Guard, has been requested BY
the authorities to proceed to Fort
Crook, Neb., to assist in the muster
ing out of the South Dakota regiment,
The boys are expected to reach home
about March !, possibly q few days
later.
Guy Z. Mcintyre is in the city, a
guest at the home of his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. w. NJ. Mcintyre. Guy has
many friends in this city and vicinity
who r pleased to hear Of his bust
ness success in Chicago, where he lis
interested in the management Of one
of the big music houses OF the our
try.
j. G., Bennett OF Sioux Falls. rep
resentative of the Gideon Camps OF
the state, is expected TO be ia the
city tomorrow or Saturday and VIII
embrace the occasion to pay a visit
to the local camp. An informal re-
ception will be rendered Him at the
home Of MI. and Mrs. Al. %. George,
liz Second Avenue s.. w.
A draft was received this week for
100000 to pay the Insurance. policy
held by the late Frank p. Phillips In
the A. O. 70. w. The proof Of death
was received and forwarded on Fri
day of last week and on Monday,
three days later, the draft reached
Watertown, showing that the order lis
especially prompt in meeting its poi
icy obligations.
For the third time during the win
ter train service was demoralized this
week, owing to a breeze which moved
the recent light snowfall. While the
weather vas not severe, compared
with the former blockade, nor was the
winds velocity great, nevertheless
there was enough snow to fill in some
of the railroad cuts. 1t is expected
that all trains will again be moving
on schedule order by tonight.
e. M. Jones, the Clark druggist, and
Former Governor S. III. Elrod came
over to attend the annual meeting of
the stockholders of the Dakota Life
and found themselves blockaded. They
went down o the depot Tuesday night
and waited there until 2 o'clock In the
morning, then to be informed that
there would be no train through to
the west. Nor was there a west
bound train yesterday. The deep
ttcuts," from which the snow had been
thrown and piled along the track,
only served to make it easy for a little
flying NOW to prevent the operation
of trains.
H. Il. Loucks returned a few days
since from Pierre, whittier he was
called last week to confer with parties
interested in some Of the subjects
J which Mr. Loucks has been publicly
discussing within the recent past. Mr..
Loucks, by the way, has found a ready
response, especially in some sections
of the country, to the opinions he
has advanced along economic lines
The first edition of his book, recently
printed by the Watertown Printing
and Binding Co, in this city, is near
ly exhausted, and he contempiates
the issuance of a second edition in
the near future.
The city council, at a recent meet
ding, favored the granting Ito the
Great Northern the right to construct
a spur up through the alley to the
rear Of the Park & Grant Mercantile
warehouse. This is a matter tina,
was pending before the council re
garding the petition to grant sucf
right to the Northwestern road, blu
which was rejected BY the council al
q former meeting. a communication
from one OF the Northwestern ON
Gals at Huron suggested that the city
might grant the right to build ami