Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-01-24


Rued Olson vent to Watertown
Sunday evening Francis Ellsworth
spent Sunday III watertown visiting
with the Matherssak Noraen I'm
terprises
Elmer Loyre was = visitor AZ Wa
tertown the irst 81 the week.
Mrs. 3. Finland returned the hrsst
Of the week after 4 weeks visit with
relatives ana friends at Watertcwn
and Goodwih.-Toronto Herald.
Grandma Wright visited her5daugh-
ter. Argo, whose husband IL iii.
IA Watertown. Miss Ostroot, teach
Il In the city schools, WAS at Water
town over Sunday visiting her moth
er who Is in the hospital.-Clear Lake
Advocate.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. a. Sasse departed
for California Monday evening. AT
Watertown they were Joined by Miss
Augusta sasse. who Will make the
trip with them. Enroute they plan
to stop at Deming for q visit with the
soldier boys.-Henry Independent.
Ed. Fischer and Malvin Kunn, Of
Watertown, $. p, spent afew days
With the r, J.. Henrichs home 4 few
days last week. They left Friday for
a short stay with friends and relatives
near BelEngham before returning to
Observation-Disclosures (Minn.1 Review.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. b. Walseth took
their youngest daughter. Clara, to Wa
tertown Saturday for an operation for
q dificulty with n of her ears. The
operation was very successful. but
Miss Clara is quite ugly with the doc
tor who so scientifically relieved her
of her ear trouble. Mr.. Walseth re-
turned home Monday morning. but
Mrs. Walseth remained with her
daughter, and will be home soon
Clear Lake Courier.
a. NJ. Walrath and wife and j. y.
DeWall and wife took in the show,
Fair and Warmer at Watertown,
Monday night. Attorney ]. w. Hop
kins was down from WATERFOWL Mon
day visiting with some OF his many
frindes. Mt. Hopkins was a former
resident Of this place while practic-
ing law and filing the position Of
states attorney OF Hamlin county
3Castlewood Republican.
Thos. Jennings was a WATERFOWL
visitor Saturday. s. VIM. Sonnenburg
was a Waterfowl visitor Wednesday.
4. Walter Wiese returned from Wa
tertown Friday evening 3. Miss Har-
riet Meaghan left Thursday for Wa
tertown. She will be employed in
the Wig drug store in that city. s.
Word has been received from Water
have been put into Bert, but there was
nothing better to be found, 80 that's
why Bert Neibuhr isn't better than he
is. Along about the first of the year
he was promoted by the company and
asked to take charge Of the station
at Pierre. Everybody who knows Bert
knew that he would make good, and
consequently 1t liz no surprise to hear
that he is meeting expectations.
Mrs. G. d. Retrum, Of Dawson, Min
nesota, died At q local hospital, from
the effects of blood poisoning. The
remains were taken to Dawson for In
ter1nent, accompanied by the husband
The Clark Courier, speaking Of the
return Of Mrs. 4. 3. Adams from Camp
Cody, says: "She reports much sick
ness among the boys at camp and
ssIso deaths from pneu-
monia and there were several deaths
each day during her stay there. On
the day she left Forrest Cook was
taken to the hospital and has been
very low since as messages reported,
received by his mother here, a mes
sage yesterday stated that he was
improving and that he had passed the
danger stage The sickness is caused
by the days being 50 hot.sdown there
and the sudden change to chiiliness
when the sun sets and is rather cold
during the nights. There is al1aost d
continual cloud Of dust and sand be-
ing blow, and within a short time
after v~enturirg out one Is covered
with a dust. Our occasional Das
kota dus storms are not in II with
New Mexico
word mas been received tllat Ser
geant Albert Hayes, formerly ser:
gsantinstructor of the South Dakota
National Guard and for considerable
time stationed III this city. has been
promoted from first sergeant to ord