Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-02-08
PELICAN.

week. He made the trip by way G
SNOW.
A South Dakota blizzard visited thi
section on Wednesday and continues
until Thursday night.
No school in this district Wednes
day. Thursday and Friday of the pas
week, on account Of the storm ant
cold wave.
No train service through Grovel
for several days.
Among those who were snowbount
in Watertown the past week or ter
days were Bill zamow, Mrs. Lydis
Eddington and daughter Dorothy, Mrs
Cyrus Holmes, George Mapes and
William Zamow.
Paul Scherer was showed in at the
Scott home during the severe snow
storm.
Jesse Mapes spent Wednesday and
Thursday at the Frank Lebert home
returning home Friday.
The Great Northern section boss in
this section had out a force of men
s%hoveling out the track Friday.
Graundhog day was the coolest day
we had this winter. The thermo-
meter registered 40 below zero. Indi
cations are for six weeks more win
ter.
Cyrus Holmes was a caller at the
Ferris home on Friday last.
Mable, daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs.
James Ferris, here with her husband
visiting at the Ferris home and Wa
tertown vicinity.
Efferdt Kallis visited with Dale
Zamow from Tuesday evening until
Friday afternoon, and was a guest at
the Zamow home.
A genuine blizzard visited this sec
tion Saturday evening and continued
until Sunday night.
All our Pelican citizens were glad
to Sunday at home. Spent the day in
reading and some social talk over the
telephone.
4 sad misfortune happened to Err
nest Birchall of the Oxford district
Sunday morning. He went to a neigh
boris home to call a physician by
telephone and on returning home lost
his way. He found himself at noon
at the Frank Anderson home about
three mides from home with his face
and arms badly frozen.
Born TO Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Birchall, a son, on Sunday last. Mr..
Rirchall is a prosperous farmer Of
Oxford township, Hamlin county.
On account of the snow storm S..
P. Loesch did not have his public
auction last week.
The Great Northern snow pillow, en-
CINE and caboose were derailed here
in the Pelican section, last Monday
morning.
A. T. Klatt and son were out splic-
ing telephone lines Monday afternoon
in this district.
A little daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Paul F~uerstenau Of Grover was taken
seriously i'll on Sunday and was taken
to a Watertown hospital on Monday
by team.
School began again in this district
the first Of the week after a short
vacation.
Cyrus Holmes was a pleasant call
er at the Albert Thiede home Mon
day evening.
Philip and Jesse Mapes were call
ers at the Hamows the first OF the
week.
Albert Thiede and John Hacker
We're Watertown shoppers Tuesday.
The Kallis brothers were hauling
hay from this vicinity Tuesday at
ternoon and Wednesday.
On account of the crippled mail
service we were unable to get last
weeks news in in time to be printed.
We hope to see same in print this
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Scott enter.
tanned neighbors and friends at their
home n evening the past week
Cyrus Holmes called on Fred Fer.
ris on Tuesday afternoon.
Albert Hendricks was a pleasant
caller here the middle OF the week.
The Zarnows entertained neighbors
on Thursday evening.
Paul scherer was a Grover caller
on Thursday afternoon.
Coda Mclaughlin is troubled with.
an liberated tooth and did not at
ten school the past week.
George Mapes and daughter, Ruth.
were Grover passengers Saturday
morning. enronte to Waterfowl.
Herbert Klatt was somewhat under
the weather fbiu lost rracy - asA