Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-05-10

The Connary club s expected Is
open M the summer within
The merit two weeks Nh. Barr
wilIhave charge again Tor the year.
M. a Sherin has received news
/ from his sister. residing IN Canada,
that her son. Marvin SKennedy (Mr.
I saerfn nephew fell III battle i
France 4 short time ago. He mad
pa~rticipated IN the terrific drives al
this spring, taking part Ii the tnickest
the fshting.
The High school Annual like the
spring, IS late. Owing to 4 temporary
Interruption. the STAN was unable to
getthe cory prepared IN time to start
workas early as expected. but the
assurance IS given that the book win
be out in time for all to secure copies
by the closeof the school year.
The first voluntary bath of the sea.
son in Lake Kampeska was taken last
Sunday morning by g. G.. Barr Of the
Country Club. A tribe cool, 4 tribe
cool said Nj. Barr. when asked
whether the water was fine. II vas
noticeable that the bather didn't stay
in aong-only about long enough to
getSwet.
IA Canada, when a married man is
accepted III the army, the govern
ment sees to it that the wife and
children get a stipulated salary while
the husband and father is at the
front Besides paying her so much 4
month tabout fifty dollarsl, the gov
eminent sends the wife one-half cfs
the husbands monthly wages.
Phillip stokes writes from Fort
Benjamin Harrison IN Indiana, to his
father, ". 81 Stokes, OF this city, that
he has been accepted by the federal
government for the three months,
training 81 citcers and has already be-
gunghis duties. Phillip took q course
in the Culver military academy and
is consequently well prepared to en-
ter military service. He has applied
for = commission in the regular army.
Harry Il. Hill has returned from q
two weeks stay in st. Paul, visiting
at the home of his parents. His
brother, Guy H., had enlisted In the
marine corps and Harry went down
to join him, but failed to pass the
physical examination. The brother
left last Friday evening for Mare Is
land, Calf, where he goes into train
ing for fourteen weeks before being
formally transferred to the service.
It has developed, is is stated. that
@. N. Lane. former city auditor, on
tributed $1,500tOO to the campaign
fund which resulted in the election Of
e s.. Johnson TO the United States
senate. IN return for the cash and
influence contributed by Mr.. Lane, be
was appointed to the United states
land Office at Rapid city. but served
in that capacity only long enough to
draw about 100000 out Ia the way
of salary.
Hrs. Robert Best has received in
formation from Canada, her former
home. to the effect that two Of her
nepheWs, who went to the front with
the Canadian regiments. have been
slain in battle, the older having fallen
some time ago and the younger 4 few
days since. The latter was with the
machine u men and had spent q
year and q half with the guns. Both
were serving IA that pcrtionsof France
held by the Germans.
The knights of Columbus have se.
cured the service OF David Goldstein,
Of Boston, for a lecture Id this city
on Saturday evening Of this week
May IL. Mr. Goldstein will. speak Ii
loss hall, taking for his topic. nPeace
and War There will be no charge
for admission, and everybody ii cor
daily invited. The editor Of The sat
urday Newshas heard this noted lee
turer and gives the assurance that he
IS a speaker Of superior ability.
The next Mary Pickford picture ID
be released BY Aircraft will be sThe
Pride of the Claag which has JUS,
been produced under the re~sourcefu.
and artistic di~rectIonsof MaurIce Tour
neur, The French producer All Of the
scenes are Scotch and Mary Pickfort
plays the pert Of Iassie with vii
Of her WI and q charm that per
vades every incident of 4 strong Az
unusually human story. It is said Il
present he bestzsna exterior set
tings that have eyer been seen Id !
PicKford Prcductions MetnDpolitaz
Nay e and II.