Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-01-04

kAMPEskA AND HIGHLAND.

ANU HiC
Mr.. Bert Lewis drove to the city
Thursday in spite of cold. Miss Muir
iel Croft returned with him to spend
a few days with her sister and fam
lily.
Mr.. Ben OQuist and Miss Palm re-
turned Wednesday from their Christ
mas visit to the Palm home near Lake
Norden. Pretty cold drive, we'd say,
thatday against that bitter west wind.
Mr.. Oquist ran the car to the Seiverts
home then being informed by one
Zene Tobey that the lake pass was
risky, he borrowed Alexander Pur-
cells team of drivers and sleigh chow
lucky Alexander was at the Seivert
home land finished the trip.
We are informed Mr.. A. w. Palm
also was 20 miles away from home
the same day and drove home.
Pshaw! you can't stop that there
Palm!
Mr.. Patrick Burke declares he is
positive that these Indians don't know
a blamed thing about the signs, etc.;
that they can't tell when we are go
ing to have an open winter.
Well, people, December, 1914, was
a bad time like this December and
January and February were nice in
deed, only n other cold spell and
that the last of January. So per
haps we may hope for a letup after
a while. ~Howsomever, there was not
much of a letup last winter but the
sever cold weather did not start
until about Christmas or New Years.
e. H. Oleson also states that when
the Indians ct al ~foretell a mild win
ter he will put more banking around
the buildings and two more IONS of
coal in the basement.
In company with Mr.. Harry Porter,
Mrs. Kendall and the Moses Erna
n Geneva, we spent a very pleasant
evening at the Geo. Brown home
Thursday of last week. Found the
inmates all well. We noticed the new
light plant which uses gas from gaso-
line and lights the home up in real
city shape. A very proper item in
home furnishing for the rural home
and we are glad such things can be
had and more and more of our farm
ers are coming in touch with these
things to beautify and render attract
i've and satisfying to themselves and
families the country home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Brown are progress
i've folks, believing that these things
properly have a place In the farm
home. that they help to keep the
boys and girls at home and satisfied
with their home and that anything
that CITIES the rural home is a good
investment.
Mr.. Brown and son, Wilbur, like
many of u more thoughtful farmers
believe that this state has come and
more than come, to the place or point
in her agricultural career where a
greater variety, a largely different
style or system of farm operation is
imperative and more, happily, remun-
eratiye when once gotten thoroughly
installed.
Miss Dorothy, the young lady OF the
home, is q student at high school in
Watertown, a junior this yea and
will resume her studies in that insti-
tuition this week
Mr.. Brown was showing us a photo
OF the home 0 a brother situated at
Lincoln, Nebraska. A very pretty
home, built solely by the owner him.
self who 10 a carpenter in Lincoln, an
adept at finishing.
Lincoln, you'll remember, is the
home of Mr., Bryan. The writer at one
time passed through Lincoln every
day during the short period he hustled
baggage on a Rock Island train from
Omaha west
In the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Brown
Is found a tool or machine. whichever
It may be, likely the first, that we ven
ture to say is not found in many /
home in the state and that Is 4 turn
Ing lathe. MI. Wilbur Brown, BY the
IA possessing considerable abilit,
as 9 wood worker. made the lathe
himself.
M. and Mrs. ED Wheelock are ii
Minneapolis ct this writing visitin,
friends and relaAlxea. MI, Warrer
Wheelosk. assisteds ~ Miss Wei. i
handliing aIaifs 4 TIE store.
We intended I mention last issu,
hat Mis- Hortense ahaRer ii snand
ing her midwinter vacstion AZ he
kouae a ChIcago.