Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-08-02

and Moody counties are co~nsiderins
hias which have been, Submitted fol-
the construction OF an immense drain
age ditch through sections of the two
coundess One of the bids Submitted
is for Ycomplete construction at a
price of $S2;4s7.
The state land department is receiv,
ing application forN permission =. to
place improvements upon leased state
lands. e Under the present law such
peEnlssion mast be secured and in
case of change of lease the parties
themselves adjust the matter of val
nations of such improvements.
Between four and eight feet under
the surface of the ground c. E. De-
land Of Risrre has found pumpkin
s8s ii. g6M condition, also a piece
og pumpkin rind and evidence of an
Indian caEnpsat least LOO years old.
The soil vas windblown and it re-
quiEed% many decades to cover the
relics. The Indians of the period in
dicated were agiicu1turists. not war
rioFs, LIE the later Sioux.
coopSation with the state sheriff
irS& De, enforcement of the state liquor
prSffAtory laws, private invasties-
ti9&s and oversight of che activities
Of states attorneys in the various
counties OF the state were outlined
RECENTLY by r. N. Holsaple, superin-
rendent OF the anti-saloon league.
MIR, HoIsaple declared, among other
things, that whereas the campaign
had been anti-saloon heretofore it viii
now be anttaIcohol.
Regular army officers in this state
claim to have reiiabIe information
that Industrial Workers Of the World
leaders are in possession OF maps OF
the principal AGRICULTURAL districts
and have ri2eh stationed throughout
the state who viii make simuItan-
eous attempts 10 burn this seasons
crops, il was made known recently in
Sioux Fails, Federal officers have
been appraised Of the plot and every
effort viii be made 10 apprehend
those connected with the plot.
Denial bg the Interstate Commerce
commission OF the plea OF the carriers
for. 4 a~orizouaaJ Increase of Is per
cent . freight rates win mean a say
ing 0f appYoNmatelEs $500 a day to
shippers, according to an
estimate by a. j. Bransoozn, manager
81 the traffic bureau OF the Aberdeen
commercial clsb@ Mr.. Branscom is
preparing evidence with which to
the proposed increase of Is
a ton in fgight rates on Goa
Sndsfoke,xa the bureau contends the
rates to Aberdeen ARE higher
han to inteEIqediFte points.
FFe revival ofthe an1ou Black
Hills trail over which in the seven
les hRndfede of wagons piled, freight
2~g%pfoyisions and machinery from
Bismarck to D~eadSyood and other IA
nous, camps, returning loaded doFn {
With geAds was decided on at a meet I
iIsgsenmon last week of directors &
4 the tssBeyils IKE, Bismarck and {
slack Hills Tai association. The
~ FSfs nsw opan rs entire length
&oln Devils I.aEe TO Lead, Papid
sitg au3aEsa md thea5e IS & {
vel defined system Of aItcE1obile /
k,ads .sG5tqg into an4 Dem
Rr Befnite plans for .improving the
ligssNay and msltns the 2ablic f@n-
iISf wNh its advantages viii be de-
fded in at a meeting of the direc- :
to BE Held in august. :
Frank Mcbride, who with Louis !
dAes attempted to rob the bank fof
will recover from shot
s@&fnds inflicted by the posse that Z
Injured the two r. j. Cliff ii
I'D, a mail clerk, who fred the shots
hat brought Mcbride down, is not /, ,
erIpusly fRconyenieroed by his own
Iidries; eaEture of the robbers was {
pDmarfly to the fact that they J
ode iato town in an automobile, (
wearing masks. Seeing them, citi i
ems dropped their business, grabbed ,
runs and formed a reception party
the bank doors. The robbers.
Tho had lived m Condo some time
md were favorably known, had com-
the car of C. o. Wing, q ]
travelling salesman, near town. (