Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-09-20
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MILITARY NOTES.

MILITARY NOjES.
Some of the cavalry boys looked
sad. Of course when bidding goodbye
To the dear one left at home but it
was noticeable that as soon as they
headed back for the train their heads
went up into the air as If they felt.
they were rendering their country
special service, as indeed they we're
Mrs. H. 7. Kenney, wife of Major
Kenney of the medical department Of
the cavalry, departed last Friday for
Sioux Falls, S. o., where she visits
at the home of Captain a. B. Ses-
sions,, following which she will visit
friends at Milford, Ia. Later she.
will go to Deming to join Major Ken
ney. Mrs. Kenney. by the way, is al
sister of Fred B. Stiles, cashier of
the First National bank of this city.
Many people are 1aboring under the
impression that Deming is a sort of
forsaken, out-of-the-Way place, about
which nothing but cactus grows.
Mr.. Charles H. Lester. the noted
auto traveller, tells The Saturday
News that Deming is located in the
midst of a stock country of more than
average All through the
country in which Deming is situated
stock fourishe in large numbers and
large herds, says Mr.. Lester.
Besides stock, agriculture forms no
mean asset of the county. Within q.
radius of twenty-odd miles of Deming
there are thousands of acres of irri-
gated lands. which produce large
quantities of grains and vegetables:
and alfalfa.
Deming depends upon these re-
sources, as Watertown depends upon
the agricultural features of the terri
tory that surrounds it.
The cavalry boys, therefore, are
not going to a barren waste, as some
people have thought was the case;
Doubtless some Of the readers Of
The Saturday News recall Frank y
Windle, who served as a lieutenant
in the South Dakota National Guard
and who saw service in the Philip
pines during the Spanish-American
war. Lieutenant Windle has recent
l1y been commissioned captain in the
auartermaster's department and has
been assigned to duty at Fort Riley,
as reported by the Implement and
Tractor Trade Journal, Of Kansas
City.
Captain Windle has been granted g
leave of absence by the company OF
which he has been the general agent
the GAINESVILLE Machine Co. Of Kan
sas City, the sales manager OF
which. S. s. Bean. is quoted by the
Trade Journal as follows: We are
all very proudso % Captain Windle, and
We are proud to be SO ably repre-
iFF-1E aFSEM MEHNB tGeNxsaLg
scented iii the war. While we miss
Mr.. WindIe very much. we shall re-
Ijoice that he is giving his services TO
our country.
colonel Lee Slower is perhaps one
OF the worst sufferers, from imam
cial standpoint, on account of the de-
parture of the boys. The colonei
presented his son, Captain Walter p
slower, with a big saddle horse, 9
ued at $4,000. which, Of course, the
young officer duly appreciated. But
the. day preceding the departure Of
the boys for the training quarters,
Captain slower walked into the colo
Inel,s office and said, in substance:
sSay, dad, | find it impossible TO get
q Ford roadster, and SO I've#decided
Ito take yours. You can get another,
you know, while ] can't wait any
longer. well said Slower the el-
der III guess you'll do nothing Of the
sort! How am Il to along with
out that roadster-will you tell me?
IYou Just hike along AMI wait until you
|can get one down at Deming' But
Iit was noticed that when the train
pulled out Saturday morning the
|noioners roadster was among the
military effects,-havingy been en-
trained during the nights-and nov
|the colonel is taking his rides out in
walking!