Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-03-29
The Aberdeen school board has


mendatioDs i'll regard to summel
school and plans have been made to
start on the Monday following the
closing of school in June and to con
tinue classes for six weeks for those
who wish TO attend, Five teachers
will be the instructors.
FIVE law firms of South Dakota have
volunteered their services to institute
n mandamus suit against State Audi
tor Handlin for Adjutant General Nor
ris and Colonel Wales of the Fourth
regiment, in behalf of the guardsmen
who served on the border, to test the
appropriation act" giving each man
SIS, it was announced. The auditor
has questioned its constitutionality
and refused payment.
The following South Dakota post
masters have been commissioned:
Rosa l.. Moorhead at Dalzell, Ida F.
Schultz at Clearfeld, Elizabeth Fam
miner at Folsom, Nettie c. B. Geiser
at Conata and John M. Schoch at Ho-
samer. Mrs. Ira f. McCabe has been
appointed postmaster at Farm1ngdale
to succeed Erma NJ. Klutbe, resigned.
The civil service has been requested
to hold examinations of applications
for appointments at Lucas and Green
wood.
John Schone, about twenty-thTee
years old, member of a Sphinx county
family, living about eight miles north
noct rf pndHnlI committed c,,5niIn OF
his home. Schone lived with his two
sisters. who kept house for him.
Schone had recently had trouble and
had undergone a court trial. This is
believed to have proved on his mind,
as he left a note saying he had taken
the easiest way to end his troubles.
He also disposed of his property in
the note.
Because the hero in the home talent
play that was scheduled to be present
ed at Wagner accidentally slipped a
ball cartridge amons the blanks in the
revolver with which he was to shoot
the villain the villain is now in the
hospital. 1sadore Reifel was the
Villain The bullet pierced his right
hand The heroine absolutely aban-
doned her attitude OF contempt for the
villain" when she saw real blood fol
low his realistic ouch" But Reiffel
SAYS he's off that villain stuff. for
life"
Egg day" the day on which the
merchants of Aberdeen will give the
farmers of that vicinity $1,000 worth
of thoroughbred" egg settings, has
been tentatively set for April IS, H.
P Watkins, secretary of the Retail
Merchants association, announced.
The auditorium of the municipal build
ing is the probable place OF distribu-
ton 1t is planned to have one or
more poultry experts give a talk to
the farmers on that day. The mer-
chants have already contributed over
$1,000 to the fund and it is expected
the remainder viii be raised In a lew
days.
The cream Of the Brown county
schools Industrial exhibit viii be en-
tered in tie county exhibits at the
state fair and will also be ON display
al the Harvest festival at Aberdeen
next fall, Fl. n. AFFORD. superintend-
| ent Of schools. announced. Mr.. Az
ford is selecting the pick, the rafffa.
work. water eolors. pen sketches, nee
die work and booklets for entry. The
pen sketches of Johann Geertz Of the
MERCER school and the color work of
katherine Mankanen of the Dneota
school are considered the "ciass" Of
the exhibits and are expected TO win
prizes at the state fair.
The Milhank board OF education has
chosen Miss I. O Goddard. the present
ipTtTfi raj 0 tHfls high shoof, al sfsDer-
intendeni 10 $40 ont for the remainder
of the yea when Superintendent j. Il.
Glenn soes tp taae charge Of the Aber-
deem schools. Professor Easser of
| South Dakota unive.sltg ras clleaan to
I'LL The vacant Office Of principal until
| the spring vacation. II. C. sondar or
| the Valley City On. ~ Normal school
will be the superintendent Of the Mii-
| bank schools next year. Mr.. Sender
is wen acquainted with the conditions
In the Milbans schools as he waa for.
meriy superintendent OF schools for
Grant county.
Northern Normal faculty mambera
and graduates OF the school figure
prominently IN the program o. The
fourteenth anniIai seHGion OF The
Northern South DAKOTA Educational
association. which Will be held III Mo.
bridge, March "a 20 aaa 81. Presi.
dent Willis i. Johnson, former Gov.
ernor ~. n. Ferris Of Michigan, Pres
ident n G. Perisho OF State college
and Stare Superintendent q. n. Lngp
are araons the principal speakers for
the meeting. Professor q. e. s:tech
q. G. Woodbnrn. M. M. Gubin, snper,
intendent r. 4, AFFORD and Miss Har.
riet Carpenter also are on the pro.
gram. Aiobriige Is preparing 70 enter
tain 400 teseliers,