Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-03-01
Happenings.

49,
Ban Bannister made a business MI
to Aberdeen last week.
Or. Freed, OF Goodwin. Was attend.
ing TO business matters in the city
last week.
Frank McDermott, of the Overland
company, made a business trim IA
Sioux Falls last week.
Mrs. d. F. Minnick returned Sat,r.
day from an extended stay az her
former home in Wisconsin.
Mrs. L. ]. Shaw was summoned "a
Aberdeen last week on account Of the
sickness OF a sister residing there.
Floyd Perkins and John Wagner al
Clark were guests at the ]. Huntxick.
er home the latter part of last week.
Mrs. James OsToole arrived in the
city from points in Montana last
week, where she had been VISITING
friends.
Mrs, Tina Thompson, OF Vienna.
spent the week end in the city. q
guest at the home OF her sister. Mrs.
}. G. Brown, and family.
1t is said that over three hundred
attended the Woodmen supper last
week, given for the members of the
lodge and their families.
The March term OF the circuit u
for Codington county will open on the
18th. Some Of the cases that were
to be tried have been privately set
tied.
The members of the Raven Club
held a banquet last Thursday evening
in the japanese room OF the Kampes.
ka hotel. 1t was an exceptionally
enjoyable event.
III. o. Herbrandson, of the federal
crop bureau, was compelled togo to
Luther hospital last week on account
of illness. His friends will be glad
TO learn that he is improving.
For sale-Two good work horses.
owsley Mercantile Co. $40
Judge C. G. Sherwood postponed
the regular term OF circuit court in
Hamlin county from February to
March 5, when the strictly court
cases will be tried. The Jury cases
were put owe until May o..
Recently Erwin Ruegemer resigned
his position in the office of the county
auditor to accept a position with the
Hanten Machine Co, with which he
had formerly been associated. County
Auditor j.. S. Johnson has appointed
Herbert Hanson to succeed Mr.. Rueg-
emeT.
A farewell reception was rendered
Rev. Franklin r. Lewis and Mrs.
Lewis Monday evening. Many of the
people outside the regular congrega.
ton embraced the occasion to extend
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis a parting greet,
ing. They leave this week for the
new home at GAINESVILLE, Wis.
6. f.. Lester sends the Sunday
Times from Ell Paso, Texas-a paper
that is large enough for a New York
City, ora London, during the times
OF high-priced print paper. Ell Paso,
by the way, has been growing by
leaps and bounds since Mr.. Lester be-
came a resident thereof. Whether
the growth is due to his presence may
be open to question, but he certainly
took down with him a big bunch of
energy frpm the north.
Geo. III. Marquis, Lawyer. (Ex-Jadge
circuit court.) Heegaard Block. 26tf
The weather man was again mis-
takeH-the great storm predicted for
last Thursday or Friday failed to ma
teriaIize in this section of the state.
Watertown's altitude is given by some
as the probableAcause of some Of the
predicted storms failing to arrive on
schedule time. Watertown is 1740
feet, or thereabouts, above the level
of the seattle highest point in the
state east of the Missouri river, ex-
cepting a small region north and east
of the city.
Postmaster J. w. Martin has been
placed on the program committee of
the real estate mems association In
the state. The committee had a
nesting at Huron last Tuesday to out
line the program for the state con-
yention which will be held at Huron
on April 4 and s. The whole com
mittee is composed iof the following,
in addition to MI. Martin: j. w.
ParInley,M Ipswich; G. W. Wright Of
Huron, Charles e. Crew, Pierre; NJ.
Squire, Aberdeen: Jacob Tschetter,
Bridgewaer; ], S. Everitt, Redfield.
Andrew Daley, who recently re-
turned from his farm back to the
city. has leased Office rooms in the
Wiser block, over the Olson-Lee cloth
ing store. He VIII devote his time
and energies largely to insurance
nre. tornado, plate glass, etc. Mr..
Daley needs no Introduction TO the
people OF this city and vicinity, where
he was a factor In business circles
for years prior to his removal to the
farm, northwest Of the city. He is
ma who is built on the SQUARE, as
those who have had extensive busi-
ness relations With him have learned
to know.
HthGSTF ENMlA