Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-12-27
News From Neighboring Localities

: NEWS IIOM NClg
kAMPEsKA AND HIGHLAND.
AGATEs AND ASHES,
tBy Agricola).
II hope the world will see
another Christmas like this one. One
can hardly conceive of the state o
things which must exist in Europe
and think some of our own young
men are on the road that leads tc
that awful place and do do not know
either how long this war will last
Mrs. d. f Jones.
~ would as quickly believe that
Great Britain had quit the fight as 10
believe Japan had declared wal upon
the United States,"-F. ]. Cory.
well, Mrs. Reddy and / are not
spending a great deal Of money this
Christmas. / don't think We ought
do so. ] think we ought to rather
save until we see just where this war
will take u in our needs."-James
Reddy.
every American citizen ought 10
read My -Four Years in Germany
by Ambassador Gerard. | tell you that
shows you where we are at, and what
the kaiser pIanned.''-E. ID. WheeloCk
81 don't think I'll ever forget the
fall of 1917 and the miserable frozen
potatoes I've handled overt. j.
Keogan.
(Mr. Keogan and son called at
Prairie Lawn Sunday enroute to the
farm in RichIand and to make a call
or two on old freinds.)
II am afraid our prohibition is too
drastic a law. | fear the state will
lose to the saloon element again, when
it comes TO another test. | meet and
talk with a good many men and tie
sentiment against it is quite general.
If Minnesota goes dry it will help
Iowa and this state a good deal. Lots
of liquor is, no doubt, shipped from
Minnesota into this state and into
Iowa. The automobile is a very fruit
full means OF smuggling the stuff over
AJt int. ltes ldd d itllO" dliSSsSQ
who had a metal tire Supposed so be
his extra) covered with an old rub
Der casing. He could bring over five
gallons at a trip, selling it al fancy
prices in dry territory. Several autos
were fitted with a divided gasoline
tank, one compartment for whiskey.
If we could have nationwide. we'll
enforced prohibition it would be a
great deal better all around and much
more effective."-A. NJ. Tessier.
"Yes. we believe we have sold the
320-acre tract lying west of the ]. g.
Purcell place to an Iowa man, if he
makes good. We have a house now on
the S0-acre piece by the Lee Tracy
ranch. Wen fix it up for the market" =
III. D. Rice.
II clean our beans we got IL bar
ley seiYe out Of Il threshing machine,
put q wagon box On the ground, piae-I
cd the seiye across the top Of the
hax, o1le hoy got hold Of each end Of
the screen and shook it over the box.
A third bay put the beams on the.
screen. When the seiEe col fun Of
pods etc, they dumped it oyer onto
the ground end at il again. After
this process we run the beans through
The Tanning mill to blow away the
fine dirt.
I'VE think we did real we'll III our
township with Red Cross menber-
ships. II every like section III tla
county does as we'll a good round sum
will be collected for Red Gross work.
No doubt 1t is a good in~vestment aud
we'll worthy every true Americans
support; IN fact, it's our duty TO snip
rore these things.-H G Tsner.
The writer and wife rece we'd i
very attractive card from Mr. and
Mrs. Al. w. Ransom. Following the
seasons greetings and an appropr ate
verse Of scripture came their names.
all In a pretty style of type printed
for the occasion. To the lei. appears
q neat little figure, below The date
Here's hello to you, friends, and ali
good wishes.
We were mighty glad to see our
boy tGlenl again after his months in
Montana. Glen expects he viii be
called to the army soon, perhaps. and
wanted to see father and mother and
sisters before that time, He got a
transfer from Montana to South Da-
kota, SO now he can go from here if
he does have 70 go. Say, but he looks
fine. That country out there seems to
agree with him exactly.
Yes, Was pretty badly done III
the past week. I was all in as we
say First time in my life, ii seemed
Ito me, tilatl WasEsp BADLY used up.
Getting old, guess.
want two bushels OF your beans,
George. Going To plant six or eight
acres, this year. Also A believe III
put in about twelve acres of potatoes,
this next ysar-Geo. Croft.
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