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

Local Happenings

metropolitan Theatre, May Is and IA,
in the second production of her own
corporation released by Aircraft. II
is called The Pride of the Clam and
as the central figure of a Scotch story
of strong human and heart appeal the
famous star will create the role of a
lassie of the heather, adding another
interesting impersonation to the al
! ways remembered favorites that make
up the gallery of Mary Pickford ere.
ations.
Seed Flax for sale. Flax Fibre Co.
1880
The Frank Korth cast again goes
to the supreme court. 1t will be re
membered that the circuit court in
this city sentenced Mr.. Korth to four
years in the penitentiary, following
the returning of a verdict of guilty
by a jury which heard the evidence
charging the defendant with having
set fire to his own property. AttorS
neys Sherin & Sherin have succeeded
in securing another hearing of the
case before the supreme court, and
May rs has been fixed at the late for
the rehearing.
The Fruita (Colo.) Mail refers as
follows to a former resident of Wa
tertoWn, a son-in-law of Mr.. and Mrs.
f. F. Tracy: "Mr. Will Flint recently
had an Empire gasoline milking ma
chine installed by Mr.. Longshore of
Grand junction, and is now able to
handle all of his milking himself. he
is milking fourteen COW at present, so
the machine is a great help. This is
the first milking machine to be in
stalled in this district so Mr.. Flint is
doing quite a little toward making
this an improved and up-to-date
neighborhood."
The old police motorcycle, which
had a speed capacity of anywhere be-
tween 40 and 100 miles an hour, will
be sold, since it is not adaptable to
the purpose for which such a ma
chine is desired in this city. A new
motorcycle has been secured for the
police department. The new contriv-
ance can be slowed down to something
like sane speed, whereas the old n
bucked like a broncho if brought down
to a mere trot. 1t insisted on going
at a gallop or not at all. The new
machine will either trot or gallon.
| glide or run.
1t doesn't pay to monkey with
guns. A lad living west of town the
other day fired at a stone in the road
way, SO he said in response to Judge
Myers questions, at the hearing in
the municipal court, and hit an auto
mobile, driven by Roy McBath, bare.
ly missing the occupant of the car.
The shot was fired after Roy had
passed the lad in the road between
this city and the lake. The court im-l
posed a sentence of fifty dollars for
the lads -carelessness. He said bows
should not carry guns, anyway, par
ticularly in places where people are
passing to and fro.
Isidor Hanten, who has been asso-I
ciated with the Hanten Machine Co.
since Its organization, has disposed
O his interests therein to his asso.
ciates, who will continue the business
along the same lines, and has formed
a partnership with E. A. Benson. The
new firm will be known as IITTanten 81
Benson and will conduct a general
machinery business, including auto.
mobiles, occupying the Aultman-Tay-
Tor building, now in process of con.
on First venue N. e. The
gentlemen expect to open their house
about the middle of this month.
The county board has decided upon
the construction Of eight new bridges.
The locations will be as follows
across Willow Greek, on the Kranz-
burg road east ,of the city; Henry
township. between sections 80 and
Graceiand township, sections %
and 80; Rauville township, sections
% and SO; Germantown. west Of
South Shore; two in Dexter town.
ship, and n east of Watertown nearI
the II. Mathiesen farm. The menu
bers Of the board have driven over
county IN automobiles, inspecting
the, various sites on which bridges
asked to be built.
The circus is expected to visit Wa
tertown July 5--the day after the 4th.
The 4th this year comes On Wednes-I1
day. hence the circus will be here on
Thursday. For the past several
years. every time circus has come tol
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