Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-05-10

counties of Douglas, Hutchinson
Charles Mix, Bon Homme, Trip ant
Gregory, Miss Winifred Lenehan O.
Wagner Won first place.
A passenger train was tagged neal
Estelline by an employee of the Water
town and Sioux Falls railway in time
to save it from crashing into ties that
had been placed on the track in al
apparent attempt to a wreck.
The South Dakota State Dental so
ciety meeting at Sioux Falls voted to
join the Preparedness League of Amer.
lean Dentists as a body, agreeing to
perform dental work free for recruits
teeth.
An interesting event at Cotton vas
the celebration of the golden wedding
anniversary of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Brandsvedt, prominent pioneer resi-
dents of that section. They were pre-
sented with a purse well filled with
gold coins.
Residents of Trojan. mostly Italians,
have flung Old Glory to the breeze
from Terry peak, the highest point in
this Northwestern Black Hills. The
elevation is more than 1000 feet. A
company of infantry. composed of
men who have served in the Italian
army, has been organized.
AT the annual business meeting ct
Armour of the stockholders of the
Douglas County Fair association the
following officers were elected for the
coming ear President, c. E. Alien
burg: secretary treasurer. Eli Thorn
as; speed secretary, T. Norton,
Two real estate dealers al Miller
report top prices for grass land rem
tails. One quarter of hay land in ST.
Lawrence township brought q hid CT
$3.50 and q fenced quarter of pasture
land in Miller township brought S169.
Both are close in quarters and were
in considerable demand.
DR.. E. C. White, d well known vet,
Urinary surgeon of the Platte section,
died at Geddes hospital, near Platte,
rs the result of a shooting ARRAY in
the White home at Platte the night of
n pa IL 0Rt IA Which liS aaS S4sSt s43Eet
times, Mrs. White was held in $1,000
bali pending the outcome of Whites
struggle for life.
Carl ". Brockman, aged sixty-eisht,
who recently was seriously hurt ut
Lsnnox as the result. of q section of
concrete wall which was being torn
down falling upon him, burying hirl
under a mass of jagged pieces of cor
crete. has succurnbed 10 his injuries.
He Is survived by a widow. three sons
and two daughters.
Sigler Hogan wa the victim of the
Platte -Four horses attached to a disc
became frightened and ran away. Two
of the animals became entangled in
1he harness and fell beneath the ma
chine and were badly nlangled, one CT
them dying shortly afterward- In con-
trolling The horses Hogan was badly
bruised aBa nut
a r~efrcagtiye wage raise for NJ
pIoyes Of the Homestake mine, rang
ing from 10 TO Is PEI cent and eifec-
tive from April /, has been announced.
The 7 PER cent yearly bonus viii be
dispensed with in the case OF all ex-
cepts those employees receiving more
than S. a day. The new advances
viii not affect those highly paid
workmen. however.
DR.. r. J, Gilmore of Huron, presi
dent of the South Dakota College Ath-
letic conference. has advised members
to lao1a up football schedules until the
September meeting OF the conference.
Ii the war is still going on then the
question OF abandoning football viii
be considered. Or, Gilmore said the
intercollegiate track meet. to be held
at Huron college May is. probably
Gentlsl he eanee1ad Many South D ID
kota college athletes have enlisted.
Governor Norbeck named a state
council OF defense to have charge of
all activities Of food conservation
and other matters in relation to war
In South Dakota. Those
raned are Charles ri. Anderson,
Pierre. chairman; U. S q. Cherry.
Sioux Falls; George AZ. Dixon. Water
~ " II sME 1abI6sf No. 0as tEoH, Ell itiEzCly
George " Wright, Huron; d. ~
Hickey, Belle Fourche; A. p. Hin.
Mitchell: Robert D. Oiway, Aberdeen:
Elwpod g. Perisho, Bookings: Charles
McCaffery. Pierre. FL a! Oldham. WIN.
ner; S II Wilson. Hot Springs, and
Tbeo j r. Beidt; Eureka,
Despite loss Of several players and
prospective loss of others through en-
IistlsaeIts South Dakota university at
Nerf1iilicn plans To play its scliedtiaa
football games next fall unless oDso.
nents cancel them Baseball and track |
schedules have been abandoned, how
ever Harold Spragae. Il 1916 half
back, and Hugo Allesnan, tackle, have
enlisted. Melvin Gondolfo and Frank
Mccormick, both backfield men. are
stndying for examinations for second
l~ieutenaficies and Ferdinand Duncan,
captail OF last years eleven; III. ~.
Frankenfeid and Walter WHY. regis.
lafs last E have applied for places