Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-08-16

Some excitement was caused in the
vicinity of Webster the other day
when it was noised about that the
local members of the cavalry were
all sympathizers with the Kaiser
The reporter for the Webster Report
er and Farmer FASTENED abroad tc
find out about it, whetting his jack
knife in the meantime, in anticipation
of the consumption of lead pencils in
making notes. When he had run
down the rumor he felt much disap
pointed. The fact is that while the
boys were out hiking they passed a
grain, and the soldier boys turned in
like mad and shocked the whole field
for the farmer, whose name was (and
still is) Kaiser, and who was and is a
German by birth without his own con.
sent, his parents having decided his
nationality for him. But since he's a
good American, and since the Web
ster boys knew it, and since they also
knew that his grain needed shocking
the Webster newspaper man con
Guided not to report 'em to the war
department for sy~mpathizing with the
Kaiser.
The l.. w. Cooke Music House has
a novel display in the show window.
1t is what may be called a patriotic
fully equipped, artillery, ammunition,
ETC., ETC., sandwiched with musical
goods, representing forts and trench
lines. Among other instruments, is a
snare drum of more or less antiquity
presumably the one which w. N.
Mcintyre carried into the service and
out again when he was a mere "kid.'
Mac, by the way, was on the fight
ing lines within three months from
the time he enlisted. In those days.
when the ~contending forces were hard
put for men, the boys were not drilled
and prepared for months and months
before getting into action. 1t is true,
though, that the system of fighting
was somewhat different then. The
machine gun had not been conceived;
the big guns didn't carry twenty odd
miles, nor did the infantry rifles have
a killing power four miles away. The
boys, when Mac and his comrades
went into action, generally waited un.
til they could almost see the whites
Of the enemies ayes before beginning
to shoot. Now if they wait that long
there's non of EN- left to do any
shooting.
Mr.. j. E. Wess pulled a minnie
ball" from his pocket yesterday, while
%conversing with a representative OF
The Saturday News. a minnie ball
by the way is a continuance made Of
lead, about a half inch in diameter
and perhaps an inch and a qua ter III
length, and formed tie pranciIal rifle
projectile in the days of the Civil War
The sol6ier had to have fairly good
front teeth to be a success in hand
ling this ammunition, since he was
forced to bite off the end of the re.
ceptacle containing the ball and then
proceed to load his gun. This pro
cess vas repeated following each dis
charge of the weapon, no repeating
rifles having been invented up to The
time Of the war In question. The ball
which Mr.. Wess exhibited is one
which had passed through his LEG
Just above the ankle. He felt the
sting of the missile, andslater reached
down and opened the top part os his
shoe, ~wheaeupon the ball fell ont
having passed through me side 81
the shoe and clear through the fleshy
part Of the side of his leg and lodged
against the inner side of the shoe
top. MI. Wess picked IT up and thrust
~ Into his pocket and has since Re.
tanned It as 9 souvenir Eof the day
fighting.
The DR. ii. ] Bartron hospital, IN.
der the management Dc DR.. Bartron
and with the cooperation Of his as.
sistants. Drs, Hammond and Smith,
authorizes the announcement that thu
hospital will treat, free % charge
both Tor hospital services and fol
Surgical attendance, case X III
applicant for enlistment in the United
States army upon these conditions. ~
plainued somewhat ii detail hat ii
ne pay, Is the party az rejected on
count Uf durable dpfact sIinh 81