Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-03-22
Occurrences Of the Week From
All Over the State.
NUMEROUS INTERESTING ITEMS
Events chronicIed in Brief Form ii
Order to Facilitate Their
Rapid Perusal.

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Huron raised $87 in one day toward
the state Belgian relief fund. The
work continues.
Henry Montgomery, a pioneer resi-.
dent of Alexandria and former legis-
lator, is dead of apoplexy.
The county commissioners. at a re.
cent meeting at Washington Springs.
decided to employ a county agent.
Wagner will have a modern hos.
pital In the near future. Dr.. R. Towns.
ley Of that city plans to erect q two.
story structure modernly equipped.
The University of South Dakota.
with a showing of seven Victories and
only one defeat in the state. claims
the basketball championship of South
Dakota.
Aberdeen merchants are raising a
fund of $1,000 to purchase 1000. set
tings of eggs of high grade. chickens
which will be given to farmers of that
territory.
Reclamation of arid land in Mime
haha, McCook and Lake counties was
decided upon at a joint session of the
commissioners of the three counties
held at Sioux Falls.
Trip county will hold an election
April IL to vote on a proposition for
bonding the county's 5000, 900 indebted
ness and to authorize expenditure Of
$65,000 for a new courthouse.
One of the movie theaters at Sioux
Falls has inaugurated a prize essay
contest on Sin" More than 800 COM
positions have been Sent in. Prizes
aggregating $15 will be offered.
The latest word from Sioux Falls
says that more than $1,000 has been
raised in Minnehaha county toward
the Belgian relief fund. OF this $500
was raised On Self Denial" day.
During the past two weeks twelve
immigrant cars have been unloaded
at Miller alone. Hand county has an
unlimited number OF farms to develop
and these settlers are welcomed there.
Every back yard and vacant lot in
Aberdeen is to be planted to tabie
vegetables this year by pupils or the
city schools, it has been announced
BY the school agricultural department.
Plans for the early construction of
= $135,e09 woman's building and one
$4,000 unit OF al engineering building
tsr the University OF South Dakota at
Vermillion have just been announced.
Plankintsn high school lost t. Co
Mmbus academy at Chamberlain i n q
debate on compulsory military train
ing and Columbus Vol also from Ptaa-
kinton on the other side Of the ques-
Hon the same evening.
Wearing : different overcoat and
cap at each store he entered . man
giving the name OF Steve Scion cashed
a large number of checks at Madison,
obtaining = diamond ring. other art
icles of jewelry and cash.
For thirty-fvs years Judge a. Y.
White Of Yankton has been treasures
OF the Yankton fire department and
IA honor of the event the boys OF the
fire department OF that city recently
gave him and Mrs. White q silver
shower.
Mitchell 10 agitating the question
sf bonds for improvements. It has
the lowest bonded Indebtedness of
any city of the same size in the state
-$195, 900. Mitchell needs water and
sewer extensions and an auditorium;
also fire equipment.
Barney Winger, master mechanic.
made a good shot when he toppled
over a six-foot chimney, 1875 feet tall
and 10 feet from the ground, belong
ing to the Morrell plant at Sioux
Falls. He was assisted in the work
by small crew OF men.
For the ensuing year the salary or
Superintendent Elect A. A. Mcdonald
OF the Sioux Falls public schools has
been fixed at $4,000, according to &C
ton taken by the board OF education
at q special meeting held for that pur-
pose and to consider the election Of
teachers.
Recognizing the interest which he
has displayed N the Northern Normal
and Industrial school ut Aberdeen the
board Of regents has voted to name
the new $126, 900 dormitory to be erect
ed on the campus. Lincoln hall IN
honor OF State Senator Isaac Lincoln
~ Aberdeen.
Records Of tho government weather
bureau In Pierre show that the winter
Just closing was the cold0st since the