Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-05-24

land Denver. for Bellevue, Colo
where she win visit for ! rev week!
at the home 81 her daughter. MIS-. d
L Miller. who was formerly Miss re
iola sykes
Fishing last Sunday day wheI
quite q number If fishermen may bs
seenson the lake-was too windy fol
comfort on the water. The waves
rolled along swiftly and not far be
tween. The average fishing boa1
would have had to do some lofty aero
battle performing to keep from dipping
water.
Mrs Frances T. Hopkins celebrated
her birthday anniversary last Satur.
day at her lakeside cottage. Mrs,
Hopkins has been ailing for several
months. having been confined to- her
home during no inconsiderabIe por
ton Of the winter. but her numerous
friends will be glad to learn that she
has percepfibly Improved OF late and
is able to be out Of doors each pleas
ant day.
H.O.. Mathlesen was in the city over
night last Thursday. en- route to his
home at Naples from attendance upon
the convention Of retail merchants at
Sioux Falls. s. D. Hakon. as he is
more Familiarity known by his Water
town friends, has a wide circle of ac-
quaintances in this city and vicinity
who are glad to hear that he and his
family are prospecting IN their Clerk
county home.
Judge Sherwood last week sentenc-
ed George Karn to two years in the
penitentiary, having plead guilty to
the charge of burglary in the third
degree States Attorney "A. u. Hau-
gan took the prisoner to Clark to ap-
pear before the circuit court, follow
ing hearing before Judge Myers ID
this city, where he was bound over
in the sum of $4,000. The prisoner
offered to plead guilty before Judge
Sherwood, 30 he was taken in hand
by the states attorney, who thus
saved the necessity of a trial here.
Those personal friends living in Wa
tertown Of Congressman and Mrs. G
H. Burke will read with interest the
following from the Pierre CAPITAL
Journal regarding their SON: Walter
Burke, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. g. III.
Burke Of this city, was very prompt.
" accepted at TT. Sheridan near Chi
cago as a member of the officers
training force. He had served six
years at st. Johns School, four years
under a lieutenant Of the regular army
who is in close touch to the command
ing officer Of the Fl. Sheridan camp
and this vouched for his qualifications
without the usual Investigation.
The funeral Of Mrs. George Fiseh-
er was held from the residence Of her
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Axel Hanson.
last Saturday afternoon, where the
deceased had been suffering from i'll
ness for some time. Mrs. Fischer,
who was Miss Ruth M. Hanson, who
lived with her parents at Clear Lake,
s. D, until a few years ago, when the
family removed to this city, is suryiv-
ed by her parents, her husband, her
sister Miss Hazel Hanson1, and her
brother, Guy q. Hanson, all Of this
lefty. She was held in high esteem by
a large circle OF friends III this yfcin.
ity and at Clear Lake, whose sympa-
thy goes out to the bereft husband and
relatives.
The South Shore Republican takes
the radical step of advising its read
ers to come in and order groceries
from the catalogues of two mail or
der houses. We have written for
each Of them and when they arrive
they will be at the disposal of any Of
our readers who desire to get good
groceries at q fair price, The espe,
cial reason given for keeping these
catalogues on hand is this: Inas-
much is the grocery merchants III
South Shore do not care enough Tor
your trade to ask for It through the
advertising columns of the Republi-
can, we feel justified in calling your
attention to tbs bargains offered BY
the above firms
Attorney Olaf Eidem Of Brookings
was In the city last Saturday. attend
ing to professional matters. MI. Ed
en- and the editor Of The Saturday
News had the pleasure Of journeying
to Colorado together HI the spring 81
1914 and spending several weeks in
the same town In the western part u
1.-The Rocky Mountain state. walled ii