Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-02-22
Take The Train---Be Here Saturday

operate the spur to both roads. 1oints
Nv, and that this would be s~afisfacfOry
to the Northwestern.
The Saturday News today rOes t0S
press with shortage of rural corres
spOndence. compared with its usual
batch There's less than d parASt0-
day. This correspondence, ~ tie
way, Is one of the eason for@TheI
Saturday News having so large s list
Of subscribers throughout the county.
the weather bureau reports an-
other cold wave coming, That fs
treputed to be dangerous to stock
Whether snow accompanies the apNl
preaching wave III not stated. but the
assumption is that 1t does. hi any
event, AMI Is q case where the general
public will be inclined to hope chat
the weather bureau is mistaken.
Clay G. Carpenter has purchased
the Rau residence property on North
Maple street.-the dwelling formerly
owned by B. Ii. Cartford. Arrhitects
are now engaged inpreparing piansa
for reri1odeling the building and put.B
ting It into frst-cfass condition for
the Carpenter family. who will move
into it as soon as ready. which. II is
expected, will be In the early spRing.
The Lake Norden Enterprise thus
describes phenomenon of recent Ocs
ctrrence. People ~fortunate enough
to be out about 1890 Saturday ey-
ening witnessed an unusual phenom-
n o when an unusually large meteorg
fell to earth, The firebaiI appeared
as large as an ordinary football and
during the few seconds of its visible
flight cast a wierd green light over
the earth. When about 20 degrees
above the horizon the parent ball III
said to have broken into three small
balls much like stars shooting from
an exploding skyrocket. No reports
as to where the meteorites struck, IL
they did reach the earth, have been
received
Former Governor 81 III. Elrod vas
over from Clark yesterday, attending
to professional matters. The COVER
nor's son expects to graduate from
law school insthe east next June, when
he lis expected to return to HIS home
town of Clark and become associat-
ed with his father in the practice Of
law. Many WatertowM people enjoy
the personal acquaintance the
young man, having known him from
Iboyhood, and they believe that the
lad win prove himself q capable and
conscientious Unconstitutional 1t iss
admitted that some people don't think
a combination or the Two is possible.
as some other people think that a
newspaper that doesn't seek to de-
Pcefve its readers now and then is such
IA rarely as TO be practically an i'm
possibility.
On March !, one week from today.
Miss Mabel Grinols, who has been il
the ofics and sales department. of the
Watertown Printing and Binding Co.'S
establishment forthespast three years,
Will enter the empruy Of the Water
town Light and Power CO., having ac-
cepted q position In the main Office
During her connection with the
Printing and Binding company she
has been useful In a high degree and.
it Is with deep regret that the man
d6CilGlAL Rt1kL6 WlGn5 lAGAASCA WHEEL > nstI
she will make good In her new posi-
Itions is the general belief OF those who
know her best and particularly of
those who have been associated with
her for the past three years. For the
time being, at least, Mr.. DiIts Corr
viii occupy the position she has hello
with the company.
For Sale--Two good work horses.
Dwsley Mercantile CO. 37-4G
Fire broke out in the small build
Iings north OF the Stokes building on
Maple street and practically destroyed
the two wooden structures located
there. Cine of the Dom var occupied
fby the Helmer Nelson tailor establish
ment and the other BY s.. X. Ness.
The fire originated in the former
building and D communicated 1T
self to the latter. Mr. Nelson was
seriously burned, resulting from an
explosion of a gasoline store, the
the floor. Fortunately his injuries;
the attending physicians finding no
i bones broken but severe burns about
the body as well as cuts due to con
ttact with the edges OF partitions and
furniture as hefeH. Thesiire depart
ment, arriving on the scene soon at
| ter the cali was sent in, succeeded
In s~nppressing the lames,sbut not nm
TIL the structures were pretty well
burned, owing to their extreme dry
condition.