Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-06-07
Occurrences Of The Week From
All ever The State
NUMEROUS INTERESTING ITEMS
Events chronicled in Brief Form In
Order to Facilitate Their
Rapid Perusal.

The Sioux Falls board of education
has subscribed $4,000 of its sinking
fund to the Liberty loan.
Four members of the Pierre higf
school graduating class, Luverne Bal
lou, Francis Hengel, John Kelly ant
Clarence zigler, have enlisted in the
army.
Directors OF the Dakota Wesleyan
university at Mitchell at their annual
session at the spring commencement
voted to purchase $1,000 worth of Lib
eFty loan bonds. it was announced,
The Commercial club of Faith has
been racrganized with r. G. King of
the Faith Gazette as president, G. o.
Thompson. secretary and treasurer.
and G. ", Potter. Robert r. Saul and
w H. Pine directors.
Carl yoss. a we'll known character
OF Rec Heights. is in the county jail
there On the charge OF having shot at
s ulzn named Carpenter. Judge Water
usnrs court held him 10 the circuit
con in the sum of S2,5ao bonds.
The state beard Of pharmacy has
recommended to druggists that they
onsit Il take out liquor permits under
the Few state law after July /, in view
OF the numerous burdens placed by
the law upon druggists holding such
permits.
While handling a gun in the Rus
sell hotel at Trail City, t~wenty-eight
miles southwest OF Nohridge, Clara
Herset accidentally shot and killed
her friend. Ella Psaf. The authori-
ties asserted that the shooting was
accidental.
In an effort to test the state law
relative TO automobile license num-
hers 1--WE prominent business men and
bankers OF MobFidge were arrested
and in municipal court were fined 500
each. All announced that they viii
appeal the cases.
Lennon has organized a baseball
team. Roy Phelps is manager. G. G.
Joy secretary and treasurer and O. j.
Bartells captain. A committee con
sisting OF a. B. Young, C. C. Joy and
Thomas D. Potwin will solicit financial
support for the team.
William THORN OF Canton, who as
a soldier in the French army has
been noticed several times in reports,
is now In a hospital at Lyons, France.
awaiting discharge. He was so seri-
ously disabled by being gassed that
his soldering days are over.
Sheriff MCGEE of Roberts county
has returned from Baker, Mont. hav.
ing in charge b. f. Rassett, who is
charged with having deserted his wife
and two children who reside near
Peever. Bail for $1,000 was furnished
for his appearance at the next term OF
court.
Although rain threatened during
most Of the day the Memorial day
parade at Pierre was the feature OF
the davis devotion to the heroes aff
ether wars. Headed by a and | com
panies of the South Dakota national
guard more than a mile of marchers
passed the reviewing stands.
Crop conditions in South Dakota
are the most favorable In years. &C.
cording to land men and farmers. De-
spite the late spring wheat has a
good start and an unusually good
stand is predicted, Fall rye has made
a good showing and early corn is up
In many sections of the state.
Principal G. A. Chasing OF the city
schools of Fairfax has accepted an Of
fer from the Fulton schools to become
their head for next year. He Is a
good school man and a t~ireless work
er. Fulton Is erecting a $4,000 school
building, thoroughly modern, and viii
have d four.year high school course.
The University OF South Dakota at
yermillion has decided to 60 ahead
with all Its athletic schedules, accord.
ing to Director Blaine McBusick. The
university will have a football team
next fail and VIII fill all It's contracts,
he said. regardless or the loss Of star
men and the impaired strength of the
equad.
Otto Olsen. living ten miles north of
! Faith, was working iii the fields when
thunder storm came up. He in.
litched and started to drive his team
to the barn when he was stricken
down and Instantly killed by 4 bolt 81
lightDing. He was i~lfty.seven years 81
age and widow Il four children
survive him,
TWventysAye schoolboys os Stanlay