Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-03-15
kAMPEskA AND RIcHLAND.
This and That.

This and That.
Now here is a remedy for bloatins
in cattle (can't say how it works on
ksrses OF sheep. 1t was recently Civ
On US by Mr.. F. N. Brown, who has
repeatedly tried it out and states that
1T works very quickly and effectuaIly.
He was told the remedy by Mr.. James
Rand.
Take one-fialf cup of kerosene oil
and a like amount OF water and drench
the afflicted animal.
1t is said that in d~renching cattle
and especially calves. it is well TO
8 caution or they win possibly choke
suite seriously. One rule we believe
1t is best to not raise the head 100
high.
Aessrs. Allen, Greer, Mcdowell.
Archer, etc, please take notice Of
above.
tAfter thought, II the oil com.
panies keep adding water TO their oil
it will not be needful 10 add water
give a cupful straight.)
Mr.. Lou Eastwood states In the
Herald that the winter Of 1888 has
nothing on 1917. That the aosd AIM
ers' hereafter will only need 10 date
back to 1917. Well now, the young
gentleman possibly may be mistaken
This writer has e e some pretty bad
weather, and III would have been
very much worse IL we had had the
loose snow lying around the country
that we have had in past winters. 1t
is true we seldom see so strong a
wind with SO low a temperature az
we experienced this winter the stormy
week. but had We at that time a foot
and Il half of freshly fallen snow we
fear the tale would have been much
different, but even then we question
II 1t would have equaIed In nature
1--WE do not refer to loss OF life and the
suffering caused by the 1883 storm.
other conditions existed then in the
settlement OF this country we say we
question II this winters storm would
have equaled the 1888 blizzard and
even had there been a plenty Of loose
snow. BESIDES lacking In the snow
10 s 1t lacked also in velocity of
air current, another very important
feature. The Saturday News printed
2 few weeks ago a letter from a gem
flernan residing in Brooking who was
here In 1888 and with a friend ven
tured out into the storm. We read
the article and in our heart branded
~ az largely hot air. Well, We have
made several Inquiries of old timers
relative therernto and not all or them
windy BY any means. and they all
concur IN the statement that the 1893
storm has been ut all eaua1ed
hereabouts, thatsit was d REGULAR win.
ter tornado and that the writer from
Brookings did not one iota oyerstafe
the facts. Mister, II the blizzard.
storm. cyclone, tornado, or whatever
~ was that struck the northwest In
1883 was as the gentleman from
Bookings stated and as these men
tell mo the storm OF 1917 was child's
play and Sunday, February 18th. 1917,
a summer day In comparison.
editorial ncte,--AilowinE for 4
flight play upon the Imagination ih
the Brookinga mana article, wherein
ne 8speaks o. hooking holes. Ia the
misty air I'm order To be able to-
breathe. the gentleman from brook.
,ingS did not over-State the facts. We
lived through that storm ourseIf.
Saw our Old friend, AL Lapnier. IL
the sAle held at the home on Mr.sand
MrBs Bert Lewis.
rB George Croft md Miss Murfel
weFe assisting Mrs, Lewis the day al
.the sAle Messrs Alexander Purcell,
Eectt Oatrander and Glen Croft helped
39ks@IaMfss Hert ~0xpreased hfrneSif
III Mell pleased with me sale. 4 VeSS
3Afe9 crowd was present in aptfo 81