Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-03-28
Happenings.
Carl Hess for Sheriff.

Isidor Hanten made a business trip
to Raymond Tuesday.
Mary McAllister in PANTS; Char
lie Chaplin in WORK" metropolitan
Theatre, Saturday. 10c and 15c.
Miss Nellie Dalton, of Adrian, Min
%nesota, is in the city, a guest at the
home of MI. and Mrs. Tim Curley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Blinkinsop
leave today for Bowman. N. D., where
they expect to make their future
home.
Mrs. John Goggins left the first of
the week for Mankato, MINI, to at
tend the funeral of her sister, Mrs.
Martin Alworth.
Mrs. Geo. Talon, wife of the sta.
ton agent of the Northwestern, was
summoned to Minneapolis last eve
ming on account of the illness of a
sister.
The local food administration com
mittee wish again to call attention to
the food demonstrations which are
taking place each Saturday afternoon
at 3 o'clock in the rest room Of the
public library. All ladies are cordial
ly invited.
Mrs. Martin Alworth, of Mankato,
Mimi, formerly a resident of Water
town, passed away the first of the
week. The Alworths were residents
of Watertown several years ago and
the sad news will be a severe shock
to their many frineds.
The Easter services at the Presby-
terrain church will be an Easter mes
sage Easter anthems and Easter
music and flowers at HOO am. AT
500 p. m. the Easter song festival of
the Bible school with the assistance
of the choir viii be given. A cordial
A cordial invitation is extended to all
to enjoy these services.
The city council has formally auth
orized the signing of the contract for
IN appraisal of the water plant by
the engineering firm of Burns & Nc
Donnell. The work of determining
the value of the waterworks plant,
including the piping, standpipe, etc,
must be concluded by June i. Pro
. vision is made whereby the engineers
!. are to make examinations of the pip
. ing, the pumps, equipment, taking
measurements of the pipe lines, etc,
with a view to fixing the present
!. value thereof, for the purpose, among
. other things of using the valuation
. as a basis for the proposed new fran
!. chise. the old franchise being about
to expire-the date of expiration be-
. ing next December
A solicitor for a daily paper visited
Wallace not long ago and sought to
add d few names to the list which the
paper already has in that neighbor-
hood. As a means to an end, he as
sured those whom he approached that
|. the new daily" would necessarily be
a day late since it would be unable,
SO he said, to get the morning news
service. els that so," replied the
person solicited. Most assuredly.3
declared the solicitor. well" re-
torted the gentleman approached. II
don't care if it's a week late-I am
going to subscribe for it, all the
same. And that's about the general
sentiment In the farming communi.
tiles in Codington county, according to
the best information which reaches
The Saturday News Office.
The people of Codington county viii
recall that the tax case involving the
assessment Of Luther hospital was
appealed to the courts for adjudica-
tion. The hospital authorities CON
tended that, inasmuch as the institu-
ton was not conducted for the pur-
pose Of making profit and that np'
dividends are ever declared and tfTat
no interest is ever paid on the money
privately advanced excepting in casr
81 direct loanse for building improve
ments, the hospital should not be as
sessed. The al ros In 1916. when
the hospital paid taxes. approximating
5000 90 under protest. The supreme
court Of the state has Just rendered
d decision which snstains the posi-
ton Of the hospital authorities, ard
which exeanpts the Institution from
taxation. The county VIII refund tue
amount paid in taxes:
Deputy Game Warden 2 " scIfoen
berger caused the arrest Of q couple
Of men 4 few days ago for fishing out