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Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-02-08
Codington People,
Nearly Strong, Attend
Los Angeles Reunion

Los Angeles, Calif.-The annual
midSwinter picnic of the State of
South Dakoa Association was held at
Sycamore Grove. this city, on Satur-
day, January 81.
Beneath the balmy skies and smiI-
ing sun. a happy crowd of twenty
five hundred former South Dakotans
and South Dakota tourists spent a
day long to be remembered.
Ole friends met and talked over the
good old days spent in Sunny South
Dakota. Short speeches were made
by prominent speakers and a general
good time was enjoyed by everyone.
South Dakota praises were sung by
all. Southern California also got its
share of the happy spirit that pre-
vailed, and all agreed that the picnic,
as usual, was a big success.
Watertown People Present.
The following persons were regis
tered from Codington county:
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Lee.
Edmund Lee.
George Kruckman.
r., l.. Archer.
Mr.. n Mrs. Waldo Reed.
c. C. Maxwell.
A, II. Loomis.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. F. Spencer,
DR. Lyle Spencer.
Mr.. and Mrs. n. f. Nishet.
Mrs. A. c. Gilruth
Rev. n Mrs. A. D. Traveller.
Herbert Traveller.
Mr.. and Mrs. Holden.
Mrs. DR.. Clark.
r. c. Little.
p. A. Dashburn. :
Mrs. Elliott.
Mrs. Fannie Seaton Reeves.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. H. Richards
Mr.. and Mrs. C. w. Goodman.
r. A. Miller.
Mrs. ]. N. Harper,
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. /. Monks
Mr.. and Mrs. John Kemp. Y
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Stokes. t
Mr.. and Mrs. John F. Brock. i
Mrs. o. P. Kemp and daughters. h
Mrs. George A. Dodds. d
Mr.. and Mrs. Claire Kemp. q
Mr.. and Mrs. Monroe Kemp. c
Absent, Lee Slower. b
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-02-08
NOTICE OF HEARING PETITION
FOR LETTERS OF ADMIN
isTRATloN.
e. Of South Dakota, County Of

State OF South Dakota, County Of
Codington, SIS.
In County Court.
In the Matter Of the Estate Of Julia
Clark, formerly Julia Menchel, ~
ceased.
The State of South Dakota ssAas
Greeting to S. w. Clark, Cora Weaver,
Lulu Evans and Clinton Garner and
F. A. Countryman, Guardian ad litem
for Clinton Garner, a minor, heirs at
law and next OF kin of Julia Clark,
formerly Julia Menchel, deceased, and
to all to whom these presents nay
come.
Notice is hereby given that s. w.
Clark has filed with the Judge OF this
Court, a petition praying that Letters
Of Administration Of the Estate Of
Julia Clark. formerly Julia Menchel,
deceased, issue to John N. Weber, of
Watertown, South Dakota, and that
Monday, the fifth day OF March, 1917.
at ten o'clock a. M, of said day, be-
ing a day of a special term Of this
Court, at the Office of the County
Judge in the Lamm Block in the City
of WATERFOWL, County of Codington,
has been set for hearing said petition,
when and where I'M person interested
may appear and show cause why the
said petition should not be granted.
Dated at Watertown, So. Oak, this
seventh day of February, A. D. 1917.
John Nicholson,
Judge Of the County cert.
Attest:
Ralph III. Horswill,
clery Of the County Court.
s(Seal.)
William G. Gesley,
Attorney for Petitioner,
First pub. Feb. s, last pub. Mar. y
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-02-08
Thereby Hangs a Tale.

Editorial Notes.-In a private note
to the editor, the writer of the. fore.
going dispatch accounts for the nota.
ton OF Colonel Stover's absence. 1t
appears that some years ago he was
present upon the occasion Of the an.
nual picnic OF the association and. OF
course, was called upon for a speech.
In a humorous way he fayed Southern
California % the queens taste, "He
made the sand piles and the leas Jump
s~idesTays," say the correspondent
T Sc who heard his short but
brilliant talk speak OF it unto this
day and at each annual gathering ask
And Yet We Grow.
Despite the fact that more than two
thousand South Dakotans and former
South Dakotans are reported to have
been present. and despite the fact that
nearly fifty Watertown and former
Watertown people were there, both
South Dakota and WATERFOWL contin-
ue to grow, the former having approx
imately three-quarters of a million
and Watertown approximately ten
thousand people left.
It goes to show that people come
and go, come and 60, and the country
keeps on a-growing.
Watertown extends its greetings to
these good people, whether or not they
still live here-when they're home.
What Some OF EN- Did.
Il viii be noted that the list of about
half q hundred WATERFOWL and for
mer Watertown friends an interest
Ing feature is the fact that they rep.
resented
IS former mayor fBrock).
a former postmaster (Monks).
A former policeman tKruckman)
a former presiding elder Gravel
ler).
a former station agent lGoodman)
Besides these public and semi-pub.
He functionaries various professions
and callings We're Represented Id the
list Of Codington county people. as
al readers Of this paper viii instant
az recognize upon perceiving the
nAraes.
Some characters are Ike some
The evening world., 1917-02-20
LAWSON JOHNSTON
IS SUED BY WIFE,
I DUNLAP HE|RESS
Rich EngliShman'S Name Is
Linked With That of Actress
in Divorce Petition.

After seventeen years Of married
lifo. Mrs. Fannie Roberta Lawson
Johnston, hcircss 10 the fortune left
by the lato Robert Dunlap. hat manu-
facturor, and her husband John Orm-
iston Lawson Johnston, one Of Eng
lands richest business men, have
parted. Their decision to separate
for good became known to-day when
Mrs. Johnston, through her attorneys,
oGorman, Battle & Nandiver. sued
for divorce in the Supreme Court.
'Thc suit was filed quietly. due to
Mrs. Johnston's desire that the pub
lie be not informed Of an cstrauge-
ment betYCcn couple looked upon
In society circles here and abroad as
an ideally married pair The young
woman alleged TO have come between
them Is Claire Lynch, q former Now
York actress now appearing upon
the boards In London. The miscon-
duct charged took place, 1t is al
legged, in house in Jermyn Street,
London.
Few American women have en-
Joyed the social prestige credited to
Mrs. Johnston. Shortly after her
marriage in st. Thomas's Church in
this city in 1900 she and her husband
went on tour OF the world in the
Whyte Ladye. the palatial yacht for
merly owned by Johnston's father,
noted yachtsman and friend OF SIR
Thomas Upton.
A steamer load OF English society
people came over 10 attend the we'd
ding and Mrs. Johnston was hailed
as the original American girl. Ta-
nous artists pictured her and she
was considered the leader OF the
younger society set, which included
Lily Wanamaker, Susan de Forest
Day Edith Morton and Helen Bene-
dict, whose weddings took place in
the Easter season Of 1900.
Yourg Johnston. who succeeded TO
his fathers millions. met his bride on
a yachting trip. Cpon tho death OF
his father he succeeded 10 the i'm
mense fortune founded upon "Bovril."
beef tea extract. Like Upton, who
made his money in tea, Johnston
smasscd his wealth with beef tea and
indulgad in expensive sports lie par
ticipated ir an international! yacht
race. Mrs. Johnston's fortune at the
time Of he marriage was estimated
at Si0.0o0.9Oo, and her father had
built 1t from the hat industry.
after th'ir honeymoon tour Of the
world Mr. and Mrs Johnston settled
down IN Inycrirdy Castle, which the
elder Johnston leased from the
Duke OF Argyll Tor tho ncwlywcds.
During the past ten years tho couple
have visited Now York almost every
year making the Dunlap homo at 40.
Ill West Seventy second Street their
residcnC2.
The evening world., 1917-02-20
Morgan Enables Old Composer 90
Retire In Comfort,

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 20.-John
Towers. eighty-two years old, veteran
singing master and composer, yesterday y
poor struggling musician. fully re-
signed TO spend his last days in the
Theodore Presscr Home for Retired
Musicians, has become overnight. a
master both prominent and wealthy
enough to enable him to retire in COM
fort The cause for this sudden meta
morphosis was mis- selling a volume en-
titled S.ol7 Birthdays Of Living and
Dead Musicians" to T. Picrpont Morgan
for comfortable fortune. Towers Is
preparing the book. which Is considered
one Of the most complete OF Its kind
ever published.
The evening world., 1917-02-20
TINE NEASIRI,NE>r.

From the AunhCra Sta'asmIn)
"Been waiting very long for me.
dear" asked the sweet Young thing. ~
she camc into the paI!or rcdolcnt with
the scent ~ violet
mot Vcry," was the mans reply:
sAonly six cigarettes
The evening world., 1917-02-20
SIDEWALKS FOR SPEEDWAY,

'NF'A rom N'A' 'oHflohlenf.l
ALBANY. Feb. 90 The New York
City Committee to-day reported out tho
Dowling Speedway Rill. Tho bill pro.
vidcs among other things that the De-
partmcnt of Public Parks shall lay out
as part Of tho driveway two sidewalks,
each net less than ten nor more than
thirty fect in width. one on each side OF
the driveway, for the convenience Of
foot passengers. and shall proyid, tur
and construct bridges over or subway 4
under the driveway so that II may bt
crossed otherwise than at grade. No
portion OF the driveway shall be used
for any other purpose than for driving
OF horses attached TO light carriages,
except as may he provided for IN res
olutinn adopted by n vote Of three
fourths OF the members of the Board Of
Aldermen and three. quarter vote OF
The Board Of Estimate.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-10-09
LOYALTY IN 1863 AND 1917.

President Wilson has his troubles. They are similar to those that tried the soul of the patient Lincoln during the dark days of '63. The anti-draft sentiment existed then as now, all though more pronounced and there was plotting and rioting that threat ened to shake the Union to pieces. The differences between what took place then and when is taking place now, however, lies in the origin of the propaganda to hamper the govern ment. The anti-draft conspirators of the Civil war period were limited, al most to man, to the bitter political opponents of Lincoln. Thus it was that the dastardly movement was fos- tered to harrass the president and pre- vent the free use of the man power of the nation to preserve the govern ment.
 Ir this respect, President Wilson is to be congratulated. He enjoys the unqualified support of his erstwhile political opponents. It is to the glory of the nation and the credit of Ameri- can politics that Republicans are standing behind the administration. Lafollette is no exception, for he has long since passed outside the pale of respectable politics. The opposition
The Cordova daily times., 1917-10-09
KAISER OVERLOOKED A BET.

Many silly attempts have been made to fix the original cause of the war, but the most asinine argument of all is that advanced by the London Satur- day Review. This contemporary de- clares that as long as there is money and as long as there are women to spend it men will fight with one an other, and when groups of men or na- tions fight there is war" The idea is so original and far-fetched that one wonders perforce, why the kaiser did not think of it first. Since it is matter of record that the original sin was charged to a woman, and through all the ages that have followed the troubles of men have been ascribed to the daughters of Eve, how was it that his imperial majesty happened to overlook this we'll established alibi?
 But this English editor really takes himself most seriously in his endea- yor to fix the blame for the awful con flict upon the women. He suggests the adoption of two measures which would do more to prevent war than all the leagues of money and treaties imaginable, namely, the prohibition of the loaning of money by one nation to another, and the enactment of universal sumptuary law, forbidding women to wear precious stones, cost ly furs. expensive laces and other filmy fabrics, restricting them exclu- sively to a garb of either cotton or wool" What a dreary old world it would be, and what a price We would have to pay.
 We quite agree that the greed of financiers has had much to do with the waging of wars. It requires little imagination to see how money mad ness sometimes finds full expression in military machines that threaten to shake the earth asunder, and that the spirit which moves some armies is the greed for gold and commercial con quest. But heaven help us if all we have to fight for is the luxuries of our women. The very thought of this is a contemptible reflection on the mil lions and millions of brave hearted women in this land and every other, who are standing shoulder to shoulder with the men ana sharing every sacri- flee. Men are fighting for their wo- men yes, and for luxuries, too - but not those luxuries that only money can buy. They are fighting for the luxury of a true woman's love, a hap py home and peaceful contented life that freemen should of right enjoy. And when these blessings are assailed they rise in their might, heap all their gold and the treasure that gold will buy on the altars of a common sacri- flee, and then, if need be, seal this offering with their life blood - all for the land that harbors their loved ones, living and to come. If this be luxury, then we have gone to war for 1 luxury.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-10-09
CORONA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1917.

to the military draft proceeds directly from potpourri of Socialists, l. w. w. and other pirates who prey upon so- ciety whenever the opportunity pre- sents itself. At heart, they are as traitorous to the government in times of peace as in war. and should be so dealt with. In undertaking to rid the country of this seditious element, it goes without saying that the president can count on the same solid support from the Republican party that he is getting in the prosecution of his war program.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-10-09
NO CAUSE FOR ALARM.

A foreign military expert expresses great surprise that General Pershing should manifest strong preference for young men as commanders of the American expeditionary forces in France. This, in his opinion, is a grave mistake. and a decided reversal of the rule. Military genius is much like old wine, We are told-it ripens with age Then he cites history to show that all the great chieftains of the world were we'll advanced in years at the time of their successes.
 We are reminded that Prince Bluch- CT was near eighty when he joined forces with Wellington at Waterloo to accomplish the defeat of Napoleon; that the great field marshal, von Mott ke, was in his seventies when he won the Franco-Prussian war; and that Lord Roberts was seventy when he was sent to South Africa to retrieve the losses sustained by the British and turn the tide against the Boers. Also that in the present war Field Marshal von Hindenburg was called out of re- tirement and is now in his seventieth year directing the gigantic operations of all the German armies; that Field Marshal Joffre was an old man when he turned the Germans back at the Marne; and that the brilliant Italian commander, Cadorna, just recently celebrated his seventieth birthday.
 All this is quite true, but it tells only one side of the story Has Gen eral Pershing's critic forgotten that Napoleon marched clear across Flu rope while yet in his thirties? And if he had taken the trouble to scan American history he would have dis covered the fact that all of our great chieftains were comparatively young in years. Washington was only forty three years of age when he assumed command of the Continental army. Jackson was forty-six when he fought the battle of New Orleans. Grant was Appointed commander in chief of all the Union armies at forty-two. Sher- man was forty-four when he made his famous march to the sea, and Sheri- dan was only thirty-three when he waged his remarkable campaign in the Shenandoah valley. General Lee was just past fifty when he assumed command of the Confederate armies and Stonewall Jackson was but thirty nine when he lost his life at Chancel- lorsville.
 : Does all this mean that military genius natures earlier in the Ameri- can soldier than Is the rule elsewhere? The answer to the question affords most interesting speculation. But cer- tain it is that our friends across the water need entertain no fear lest our young commanders fail in the crisis. In times past we have relied upon young blood to meet the emergency, and it has never failed to measure up to expectations. And so it is that General Pershing who is still far from being an old man himself is but holding true to American tradi- tions when he pins his faith to the youth of the land.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-10-09

New Workers are all upset over the news that the Order of Bath recently conferred upon Ambassador Gerard by King George of England does not carry with it the customary title They had all but decided to name him Sir Jimmy" when the shock came. But since they insist upon being familiar with the erstwhile dignitary, why not call him Uncle Jimmy" and be done with it?
The Cordova daily times., 1917-10-09
AMERICAN FARM MACHINERY IN
 GREECE
(By Associated Press)

ATHENS, Oct. 8. - American agri-
 cultural machinery is to be used or
 a huge scale to develop the rich agri-
 cultural resources of Macedonia and Thessalay, which have lain for ages
 in an undeveloped state. One of the
 largest orders ever given by Greece has just been placed with the United l States concerns, and the first ship ments of 200 farm tractors, 15OO auto rakes and a whole shipload of other
 large implements left New York on
 the first of the Greek liners to sail since the entente blockade was raised.
 A company with $S,OOO,OOO capital has just been founded to carry on this development of Macedonia and Thes- saly. It is chiefly Greek money, with some French and American. But part of the plan called for utilizing modern American methods, by which farming is conducted in the western states on huge scale. The ancient methods of ploughing and harvesting still prevail in Thessaly and lower Greece, and this will be the first time that the big l steam farm tractors have been oper ated here on large scale. Even the primitive wooden plough is used by | many peasants, but at Volo, in Thes- saly, iron and steel ploughs have been turned out for some time now.
 This development of the Balkan granaries on a large scale is one of the necessities forced on Europe by the war All of the countries have sud denly realized that they could not feed themselves in the pinch of war Greece alone has bought about $15,- O00,000 worth of grain every year from the United States, Russia and Bull garia. With these countries cut off by submarines and war conditions, i Greece is now trying to get wheat l from India. The other Balkan states are in the same condition. They have lots of land but are feeding themselves from America and beyond seas.
 The formation of this new company has resulted from this determination, encouraged by the government, to de- velop the fertile Balkan regions so that Greece and the other Balkan countries may hope to ..s self support ing and even contribute to the grain supply of the rest of Europe. Mace donia virtually is virgin soil, very rich and capable of large crops. The Macedonian tobacco already com mands high prices in the worlds mar kets. It trebled in value the last year
 Thessaly is the region where the French high commissioner, M. Jon mart, introduced intensive farming the past summer in order to meet the pressing needs of Greece. It is one of the best wheat regions, and even with primitive methods it produced last year 5,000,000 bushels of wheat, oats, barley and rye, 10,000,000 pounds of tobacco, and much cotton and rice.
 With the large consignments of Am. erican machinery now on the way, and abundant capital available, 1t is ex- pected that these products of Mace. dOnia and Thessaly will be enormous ly increased, and that the hope will be at last realized of making it one of the great granaries of Eastern Europe.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-10-09

Tomorrow's Daily Times will con tain the standing of the candidates in the subscription contest, and it is believed that some surprises are in store, as all of the contestants have been busy the past few days and have rustled a great many votes. Today a week will be the last opportunity to take advantage of the extraordinary bonus offer.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-10-09

John R. Beegle, one of the best known men of the Ketchikan section, was recently appointed by Governor Strong to succeed J. R. Heckman, a member of the territorial fish hatch cry board.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-10-09

Sporting goods. cutlery, flashlights, at The Northwestern Hardware Go.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-09-21

The story told of the brutality OF
submarine officers and crews by Wes-
ley Frost, until recently U. S. consul
at Queenstown, Ireland, that appear
ed in the Spokesman-Review of Sun
day, is the most narrowing Indictment
of the methods employed by the Ger
man nation in the conduct of the war
that has ever been presented to the
American people. No man in this coun-
try possessing drop of the milk of
human kindness in his system can
read that heartbreaking story and
then stand up for people that resorts
to such savagery, the like of which
has never been surpassed even in the
darkest ages. The man claiming Amer
lean citizenship that can endorse such
methods as revealed in Mr.. FroSt's
statements is as much of a savage at
heart as those who perpetrate the das-
tardly outrages. Sinking merchant
ships without warning may be justi-
fed by the eXigencies of war, but
no excuse can be found for deliberate
ly numbering men, women and chill
dren at a time when taking the
chances Of surviving in a raging sea,
where the waves are no more heart
less than the submarine crews.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-09-21

The most wonderful fighting record
during the prevalence of the worlds
war, where marvellous pluck and un-
surpassed courage have been display
ed by the soldiers of every nation
standing at odds, is that of the 1tal-
ians in the advance into Austrian ter
ritory. For tenacity of purpose and
indomitable bravery the Italians have
not been surpassed by any OF the ma
tons engaged in the bloody conflict
although that section of the front has
attraced less attention than the strug-
gle in France and on the eastern Dor
der. The obstacles that the Italians
have been forced to overcome are al
together different from those on any
other front. The fighting has been con-
fined to almost inaccessible mountain
Businesses, above the clouds, largely
amidst perpetual SHOWS, where posi-
tons fortified and held by large bodies
of Austrias appeared to be impreg-
nable. With incredible energy and pa
tience the Italians have surmounted
difficulties that at sight would seem
unsurmountable, and while progress
has been necessarily slow from the ma.
ture of the country, and every foot OF
advance has called for heavy sacri-
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-09-21
Serial No 06649
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Department of the Interior; u. S. Land
Office at Waterville, Wash. August 20,
1917.
Notice is hereby given that Henry P.
Decent, of LOOMS, Wash, who, on july
10, 1909. made Homestead Entry Serial
No. 06649, for List No. 6-42, now included
in Homestead Entry Survey No. 80, de-
scribed as follows:
Beginning at corner No. /, whence the
section corner common to sections l, Z,
35 and 36, TIPS 3S and 80 N, r. rs e.
w. NJ, bears N. $40 chains extending
7S5 chains to Corner No. 3; thence 5. 0S
min. e. ITO chains to; Corner No. 4
thence N SO deg. IS w. 1916 chains to
Corner No. 2; thence N. SO deg. Is min. w
thence N SO deg 81 min. Il. 20 chains to
Corner No. 5; thence N l deg. Is min. II.
AZ chains to Corner No. 6; thence N. IA
deg. Is min. w. So chains to Corner No
Z; thence N. 10 deg. Is min. w. 1910
chains to Corner No. 8; thence n. 81 deg
Is min e. GIT chains to Corner No. g.;
thence N. 81 deg. 6 min. e. COG chains to
Corner No 10; thence N; 81 deg. Z min. p.
1919 chains to Corner No IL; thence N.
~ min w. LIE chains to Corner No. l, the
80 N, r. rs e, VIM Net area 1917
acres" has filed notice of intention to
make Five Year-Proof to establish his
claim to the land above described before
Geo. j. Hurley, United States Commits
sioner, at LOOMS, Washington, on the 9Th
day of October, 1917.
Claim names as witnesses: John WOOD
ard. William Kepp, Lee Rhoden, and c. w.
Hurley, all Of Loomis, Washington.
BEN SPEAR, Register
First publication September 7, 1917.