Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-05-24
Occurrences Of the Week From
All Over the State.
NUMEROUS INTERESTING ITEMS
Events chronlcled In Brief Form In
Order to Facilitate Their
Rapid PerusaI.

The ambition of Dawson county
to build up it's Red Cross chapter I
1000 members.
The recruiting office at Lemmo
has been closed and those in charg
have returned to Mobridge.
Governor Norbeck is requesting al
state departments to stamp the out
going mail with the legend, Buy
liberty loan bond"
The completion of the organization
OF a Red Cross chapter took place a
Hecla when fifteen new members were
added, bringing the membership up tC
more than seventy.
Arlington has decided, on account
OF the war, to have no baseball team
this year and the Tri-County league
of which Arlington was a member
therefore will not be ~reorganized.
Pukwana township has set a new
good roads mark for that territory by
deciding to purchase traction engines
and graders to maintain the roads.
Each of the e~ighty-one farmers of the
township owns an automobile.
h state equal suffrage organiza.
ton has notified the governor that it
is ready to take up any work required
OF 1t in the war situation and is sub
ject to call for any duty which may
be required of it by the governor.
Charles Sanders OF Plankinton is
ha1jaVal tn hara A,tn1l.lol -. C..A,
Dakota record for returns from a ship.
ment OF live stock from one feed
patch when he sold fourteen cars of
cattle and ten of hogs for $54.915.
Farmers have been rushing their
spring work. hut on account of the
lateness OF the season the wheat acre.
age will be small. In place of wheat
the acreage of potatoes, beans. corn
and fodder crops will be increased.
II, Wakes has been brought back
from Arkansas to face the charge of
causing his wife's death in Bonhomme
county last February. Tt is alleged
that shortly after his wife died
Wakes Went to Arkansas and mar.
ried.
Mayor George w. Burnside of Sioux
Falls has ordered that no sales of ex-
plosiyes or firecrackers will be al.
lowed in Sioux Falls after June /.
The idea is to conserve all explosives
for wal uses and to avoid fire danger
OIL July 4.
Louis Larson OF Mobridge met with
a serious accident while employed as
a brakeman. Slipping in some way
his foot was drawn under the wheel
OF Q freight car. He was taken to the
Mobrsdge hospital, where it is thought
the injured foot can be saved from
amputation.
BY unanimous vote the members of
Cavalry Troop M of Webster. which
recently vas mustered into the sery-
Ice OF the state and nation, have
elected the following as officers of the
troop. Captain, Lewis w, Bicknell;
first lieutenant, f. w. Pitsor; second
lieutenant, w. A, Arthur.
Probably the largest assemblage
ever gathered in the Black Hills re.
gion took part in the Loyalty day ex.
ercises at Deadwood on May 16. A
parade In which approximately 5000
persons participated marked the eel.
During the demonstration
tWenty-one guns were fired. Later a
mass meeting was held.
Crop conditions are exceedingly.l
good in the vicinity Of Watertown. In
many sections small syndicates have
organized and beans and pota-
toes. wartime products, will be
raised on a large scale. The labor
situation has not been serious. While
there is an evident shortness Of help
most farmers have been able to get
along BY working extra hours.
a number Of the ladies 81 Pierre
have formed themselves into a knit
ting club to knit articles of wear for
the soldiers, these to be of q class
ana character which is approved BY
the war department. Several ladies'
had secured tile necessary instruc.
tons and begun work on the indiyid.
nal initiative and from this start the
work h to be pushed with organized
effert back of Il.
Charles 4. Howe, who has been ex.
aIniner fn charge OF the old Meade
County hank for several years. has
rendered his resignation and Robert
MAckier. who has been In chargesof 4