Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-02-22

Howard B. Case made a profession
al trip to Florence the fore, part Of
the week.
DR.. 3. c. Fischer left yesterday fol
the twin cities, where he will attend
a meeting of dentists.
DR.. T.. R. Walton arrived from Red.
field a few days since and is spending
the week in the city.
Miss Eva Putney of Milbank is in
the city, a guest at the home of DR.;
and Mrs. w. A. Kriesel.
Mrs. j. D. earle Joined Mr.. earle
at Pierre last week., to spend a short
time at the state capital.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. G. Meisel Of Brook.
home a portion of last week.
Mrs. Brown, of Clark, accompanied
by Miss Beatty, of the same place, are
in the city, guests at the DR.. A. O.
Stutenroth home.
Hon. II, A. Sasse, Henry's efficient
1 ~ III oSAOpolfC 1855 Wa0 aGtCiiG-
ing to business matters in the city
the fore part of the week.
Mayor A. T. Hopkins and Judge
Sherwood spent a portion of last week
at Brookings, where the Judge held a
short session of circuit court.
E. st. Claire Snyder departed last
week for Chicago to attend a meeting
| nf tho ctofai q 0onfc4 IF tho L1i1,ov,, aate
Fund Insurance company, of which he
is district agent.
IT don't understand" declared
Jones, why Jenkins and his wife
fell out. She used to call him the
light of her life.' "Yes,' said Brown,
80 she did, but he went out too Of
ten"
DR.. L. S. Spencer has returned from
California, where he spent some
weeks with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Is. F. Spencer, in viewing the sights
of the Pacific coast and enjoying the
sea breezes.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. w. Wilson depart
ed last week for the twin cities to
visit friends for a few days, before
proceeding to points further east.
They expected to be absent from the
city for several weeks.
Miss Ida MuIholland departed last
week for New York City and other
points in the interests of the Schaller
department store. She expects to
select a stock in her department for
the spring and summer trade.
The Pipestone Indians were defeat
ed in this city last Friday evening in
a contest with the local basketball
team, the standing "a to IA.
The game, while considerably one
sided, was an interesting one.
The state senate last week passed
the bill conveying to the city the
camp grounds at the lake which were
donated to the state some years ago
by the citizens Of the city through
voluntary contribution. The state
having ceased to use the site for the
purpose for which it was donated, the
senate deems it but right to give back
to the city the land in question.
1t is expected that eventually a dup
licate of the Hanga building front
will be put on The Saturday News
building, SO as to give the two build
ings the appearance of a double front,
as if combined in one structure. The
stairway leading to the second floor
has been made into a joint affair, the
same entrance and stairway serving
for the second floor of both buildings.
There was a persistent umo the
fore part of the week that somebody
had blown up the Statue of Liberty in
New York. Later reports indicated
that it was a false alarm. According
to some rumors, a German submarine
had sneaked UP into the harbor,
stuck its nose against the base of
Liberty Enlightening the World
snorted a couple of times-and the
statue toppled over.
Those local mothers whose boys
have to get along with a few dollars
a syear for spending money, and
scarcely ever have more than two
shirts at a time, while three pairs Of
sox would be a luxury, will be inter
ested in knowing that the widow Of
the late John Jacob Astor recently
went before the court and testified
that $20,000.00 a year is wholly in
sufficient, for the bringing up of the
Astor boy.
Mrs. Clinton H. Coe arrived in the
city a few days since from southern
climes, where she had been spending
a portion OF the winter. She will re
main in the city for some time, 1
guest at the home Of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Barr, at the Country
Club at the lake. Mrs. Coe has but
recently recovered from a severe siege
Of sickness. and her journey to thu
south was Tor the purpose Of assisting
her to regain her health. Her nu
merous friends Will be glad of an op
iportunity to renew acquaintance aftel
her absence from Waterfowl for sev
eral years.
WATERFOWL
CHAUTAUQUA