Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-07-11

1 the. Nonpartisan League, delivered a
patriotic address at Lake Poinsett on
the Fourth of July, in the presence of
q large and enthusiastic audience conn
I posed for the most part Of farmers and
farmers families. The meeting was
held under the superintendent of Mr..
r. G. Shaw and others, composing a,
committee OF the membership of the
league in the vicinity of this noted
body of water.
Music throughout the day was sup
piled by the Concert Band of Grover,
with the greatest of satisfaction to the
B large cOncOurse OF people. A bowery
dance, under the direction Of MIR. Emil
Dixon, was the evening feature Of the
occasion.
Arrangements, by the way, have.
been perfected for connecting Lake
Poinsett with the Big Sioux river
through the means Of a canal, which,
it Is expected, will be completed the
s coming fall. This lake is about seven
4 feet lower than the river, and, having
neither inlet nor outlet, excepting in
periods of exceptionally high water,
the level Of the lake becomes very low
now and then.
summer Resort
There are various attractions on the
lake, among which is gasoline launch,
owned by MIR. Bake, living on the
lake shore. This launch is at the dis
Y posal of the public for a moderate price.
Fishing is good, many fine groves,
both natural and artificial, mark the
shore line, and bathing is delightful,
even for the inexperienced, because Of
the gradual slope of the lake bed. One
may easily wade out for many rods.
without going beyond his depth.
Following Mr.. Thomason's address,
there was short program of Sports.
and prior thereto some ten or dozen
ladies took UP a collection for the Red
Cross, the contributions amounting to
$4,000, to be turned over to the Ma
tional Red Cross fund
Thomson Was Late
Mr.. Thomason spent Wednesday
night in Mitchell, where heavy rain
fall made the roads almost impossible
However, it was learned Thursday
morning that the rain had extended
j but fifteen to twenty miles north Of
Mitchell, and the speaker and his little
old Ford pulled out for Poinsett, about
10 O'Clock, reaching the scene about
80 in the afternoon. where he found a
large crowd patiently awaiting his
coming. notwithstanding his long and
hard drive. the speaker plunged at
once into his subject, following a few
intro uctory words
Mr.. Thomson has been speaking for
the league for the past two or three
:. years. with the exception of the presi-5
dential campaign of 1916 when he ask;
ed for lea We Of absence in order to
stump North Dakota for Mr.. wv ilson.i
You see, ~ jocularly said II may
claim the I ist motion Of having elected
Mr.. Wilson e DR. the second time. Had
Nsrth SDakot gone against him he
would have been defeated. He carried
4 North Dakota by only about / 300
majority, so that il / could show you
that 1t was my csInpaig Hing that help
ed to win the state for him you would
see that he owes his reelection to me-
But I am not asking for any appoint
ment at his hands on that scorer
Must Support War Policy
Ihis summary Of Mr.. Thomasons
address is but a touching Of it in the
high spots, E as 1t were, and should be
Z accepted as the gist OF his observations.
No attempt has been made to quote
\ him verbatim, but the IDEAS he advanc-
ed are set forth in condensed forn1
1T is everybody's dlty--that is to
/ say every true Americans duty, and
there should be room in this country
4 for no other kind OF an American dur
ing this waI'-to support the war
policy Of what r believe to- be the
greatest president America has had
4 since our niartyred preside lent, bra ham
lincoln.
The United States government from
Ii the day of its foundation under the
/ great Washington. has been recognized
throughout the world as furnishing the
greatest measure Of individual and col.
1ectiye liberty Of any government on
earth. was because Of a desire on
the part of our forefat theirs to establish
such q government that for lie past
4 hundred years our people have been
blessed with such freedom They