Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-01-10

tAiN III StCAu SAys
The deceased was of a family or
seven brothers. all as whom hare.
passed away with the exception of
John Mcdowell ~ this city,
The county hoard, ali It's meeting.
this week, having had the matter of'
drainage CT section Of country in
the vicinity Of Henry under considers
alton Tor some time, reached q deeis-
Eion in the case. The Mondloch and
West Henry sloughs are to be drain
ed. The board will proceed to get,
ready for active work in the early
spring.
The county board formally organs
lied for 1918 by the election of D. NJ
Rannister chairman for another year.
The board lis composed OF the follow
ing members: Mr.. Bannister, repre-
senting the Watertown district: J.. IA.
Paterson. the Henry-Kampeska dis
trict: III. A. Kranz. Kranzburg dis
trict. ]. r. Michaels. South Shore-Ger-
mantown district. and Jim Groves the
Forence-Wallace district.
G. Slostad, connected with the G.
G. Peterson tailoring establishment,
sustained injuries from burns about
the face and hands yesterday o
while attempting to suppress the flames
due to an accident with a gasoline:
stove, used in the tailoring depart
ment for the purpose of heating the
irons. His injuries proved to be not
very serious, although quite painful.
No damage was done by the fire.
Friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Howard B.
Case deeply sympathize with the.
parents in the loss of their little son,
aged Z, Lorenzo T., who died last
Wednesday morning, January 2. He,
was first stricken Christmas W with.
cerebral meningitis, but continued to
battle for his life, aided by all
that medical science could do, until
the end. The funeral occurred Friday
morning from Immaculate Conception
church.
j. j. Mccarthy, of the Lyric, has re-
turned from an extended western n
southern trip, in the course of which
he visited Kanas City, where his son,
Frank, was stricken with appendicitis
Starting for home, it was deemed adj
visable to stop in Minneapolis for an
operation. which the patient under
went with satisfactory results. He is
now improving and it is expected that
he will be able to be out again in a
comparatively short time.
The Grand Junction News, Grand
Junction, Colo, of recent date, CON
tains the following reference to q for.
mer WATERFOWL man, a son-in-laW of
- Il Ia .,o ~ " lW@ ~ ~ Hrrsan xy * <INE9TE
Flint, well known Jersey breeder of
the Fruita district, spent .yesterdayin1
the city. MI. Flint has a large herd
of purebred Jerseys and ships cream
daily to Colorado Springs. He has.
an up-to-date dairy plant, doing the
milking by machinery, and expects to
enlarge the herd and plant during the
coming year"
The Gary Inter State refers as fol-
lows to a family well and favorably
known in Watertown, the Bartels
having frequently visited this city
(Mr. Bartels as a member of the last
| two legislatures having come in con.
\ tact with WatertoWn's business in;
~terests): "Mr. and Mrs. A. w. Bar.
tells and son, Paul, started Monday
morning for Downey, California. They
had intended going last Friday, but
a sudden illness overlook Mr. Bar.
tells and the trip had to be postponed
a few days. They expect to be alb
sent a couple of months
J.. r. Houlihan,s of the internal reve-
nue. department, with headquarters
at Aberdeen, addressed a full meet.
ing at the auditorium of the Chamber
of Commerce Tuesday night, at q
meeting of the Merchants Association
Many had to be turned away. Mr..
Haulihan gave a very interesting and
instructive talk, replying to numerous
questions and outlining the details Of
the war tax laws, SO far al he wal
able to do so in hte course of a sim
| gle evening. His auditors held him
there until about IL o'clock before this
feature of the meeting closed.
The Hanten Machine company re.
Gently held its annual meeting and
4 chose the following officers: H. Is.
Hanten, president and general man
ager; b. G. Helbing, vice president;
II. e. Millen, secretary and treasurer;
III. "a. Hanten, D. 6 Helbing, H. =.
Millen, HI. Phillips and III. B. Hanten,
/ board of directors. The company's
stock, it was voted. was increased to
500, 100000. In addition to the ma
chinery it handles, it also deals in the
i Chalmers and the Dert automobiles.
The year business was exceptionally
gratifying to the officers and stock
holders
The annual meeting of the Gongre-
gational church was held TUESDAY
evening I'M the church pa.iars TAs
\ following Mdstees We're ahDsesa for M
ensag geser: r. Ferguson; Fl. g
Jasn And Us y Kinds. Mn. Jehl7
Seluiser was continued as saeTintetsdi
aat Of the Sunday school and Mr.. II
g Grow was chosen clerk and tisa.
Icon. Since Tie present pastor Rev
g j. Christensen, assumed charge q
the parish one hundred andsfifty have
joined the church membership, tins
present membership being 2SS. VarI
sus committees submitted reports, in;
cluding the building committee which
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