Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-03-29

fSEA TA1lF0Ad the TlSlL ID CONSTRUCT q
spur along the alley to the rear of the
Park Grant warehouse has been
referendumed. r. G. Bush, being very
! much opposed to the proposition,
along With others, has secured a pc
tition TO the council, asking that the
question be referred to the people Of
the whole city and that the matter
be submitted to a vote OF the city. in
accordance with the provisions of the
state constitution and the statutes. The
council has not yet fixed a date for the
special election.
A contract forSthe construction of a
new building to take the place Of
those burned on Maple street has been
awarded to the B. b. Construction
Company. the members Of which are
". d. Bratt and O. B.. Buckingham,
both of whom have had wide expert
ence in the work Of construction. Mr..
Bratt has been contracting and build
ing in the.city for the past year or SO
and Nr. Buckingham has also been
in the city for some time. The gentle
mee determined a few weeks ago to-
organize a construction company and
engage upon the work upon a larger
scale.
Prank q. Mccall, Of the extension
department of the State College at
Brookings, has been in the city for
several days, comforting with County
Agent A. w. Palm. The two gentle
men have visited various farmers in
the county, offering suggestions in re-
Spouse TO requests, for improvement
along certain lines. Tuesday they Wis
tied the county poor farm with q view;
to iaying out a parking plan to pre-
i,sent to the county board, for the
identifying of the poor farm grounds,
in accordance with an intimation from
the board that anything which the
gentlemen may have to offer would be
accepted and duly considered by the
county dads.
A certain wise man has discovered
that it is unhealthy for two persons
to sleep in the same bed. Another
savior Of health has learned that 1t Isl
unsafe to ride a horse another person
has ridden or to attend church where
other people attended. A kiss has
been branded as a tempter of death
in all manne of diseases. Hand shak-
ing is nov considered extremely dan
gerous. Some people now think if
things keep up it will be unhealthy
to be buried in the same graveyard
with other people. o! well, the only
place q person can be safe from dis
ease or getting run over is in a bust
ness place that does not ADVERTISED
Marvin Monitor.
PIANOS for RENT. Rentals to ap-
ply on purchase. u w. Cookies Music
9oase.
Htiends of Geo. w. Egan will be
interested in learning that the SUI
preme court Of the state has refused
to reinstate him in the practice Of
law in South Dakota. 1t appears that
Mr.. Hgan, on the eve OF his reported.
departure for Chicago, applied for re-
instatement, submitting a petition
signed BY practically every lawyer in
Sioux Falls and many other citizens
The state. supreme court, in declin-5
ing to comply with Mr.. Egan's re-
quest. intimates that il Nj. Egan de-
sires to practice law in the state of
Illinois he should apply to the I'LL
nois courts and let them decide wheth-
er they consider him q at person to
be admitted to the Illinois bar.
Mrs. Van Lew, formerly q resident
Of this city, when the late Mr.. Van
Lew practiced law in Watertown, vas
In the city Monday night, accompanied
by her daughter, Mrs. McClelland,
OF Clark. Mrs. Van Lew now resides
at Spokane, Wash, where her son,
Roy, lives with her. She reports Roy
as enjoying good health. The Van
Liew family have a large circle of
friends in Waterfowl and vicinity
who are always glad to renew ac-
q%uaintance with any member thereof.
Her numerous friends will rejoice to
know that Mrs. Van LEV, too, is in
the enjoyment Of health and that she
retains the charming vitality which
made her a fayorite among her lake
city acquaintance.