Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-05-02

CID Hess III Sherisl.
William. D. Melham came home the,
frat Of the week from Ames, lows
where ne had been attending the falnsE
GUS agricultural college 81 the Hawk
EYE state He Intends to spend the.
summer in the city.
The Minneapolis Journal OF recent
date refers as follows to former
Waterfowl girl: y hOda Smell Glad.
render. and Lucille Frankman, pianist.
viii give q novelty program st Studio
recital hall tomorrow night The pro
gram will consist OF piano numbers.
dramatic readings, m0nol0glles In coas
tune and interpretative dances.
Special, this week. We have Il nice
line Of trimmed hats, Ia hustle and
poke esleets. for e3.8 10. Aioo nice line
lof new large hsts from q TO $50
BEST values Of the season. Miss Jor-
uenson, over Tarbetl Q Nilliamses,'s.
4 Reports from various parts 81 the
state indicate that last Saturday Of.
and Sundays rain and SNOW
were quite general over the eastern
| past Of the state. Much moisture fell
during the storm period, and proved
to be very gratifying to the farmers.
whose ground hed become somewhat
ldry II places. particularly the higher
lands. sss;
The Modern Woodmen Of America
had great meeting again this week
A class Of about ffty was Initiated.
Supreme President T. b. Hanley of
Des Moines. Ia. was present as the
special guest OF honor, and WAS assist
ed BY A. u. Jones. one OF the supreme
directors. Arthur Il Sharin, state
lecturer, was among the local resi-
dents to participate in the speaking
program, having had assigned to him
the topic Of "O1r Service Flag.
Geo. IT Marquis, Lawyer. (Ex-Judge
circuit court. Heegaard Block. 2ltf
The following WATERFOWL girls,
students Of the high schools, have been
offered stenographic positions with the
federal government In the event OF
their successfully passing the reQuir.
ed civil service examination following
the close OF the city schools this
month: ella Short, Eva Johnson,
Tressa Colwell, Gladys Olson and
Anna Vaughn. The government, by
the way. is anxious for many more
photographers and -OtheB to fill clerk
ships.
The Dakota Life has commenced to
raise the roof ON the western portion
Of the building formerly known as the
Lamm block, the corner Of the ground
floor of which is occupied by the OwS-
| ley Mercantile company The re-
modelling OF this building will be conn
|pleted within the near future, when
/ lit will become the home Of the Da-
kota Life, which will occupy the top
door of the western portion OF the
structure. The Owsleys will continue
to occupy their present quarters.
A. g. Patterson. for many years
past connected with the South Dakota
Central and the Great Northern rail-
| roads, died at his home in this city,
Saturday night, following a sudden
attack Of illness. He had been in his
| usual health during the preceding
ldays, having no thought Of sickness,
but during the night Mrs. Patterson
was awakened by his hard breathing
land arose to telephone for a physic-
ian, but Mr. Patterson passed away
before the doctor arrived. The de-
]5ceased had been a resident Of Water
town for some years and had been a
faithful and painstaking official of the
railroads with which he was employed
The son, Arthur Patterson, arrived
from Sioux Falls Monday evening and
"a son-in-law, III. w. Rice, of Minneap
oils, reached the city tn the morning.
The funeral took place yesterday at
lsternoon from the First Methodist
lchurch, the remains being inferred in
Mount Hope cemetery. 2ss
William Roe and wife, of Bitter
Medicine Lake, were in the city Mon
day attending to business matters.
Mr.. Roe is the man who discovered
| the lake Of many medicines. For
ages and ages nobody knows how
4 long "a little spring on his, homestead
on the western shore Of the lake has
been spouting "a small stream Of wa
tier into the lake. This crystal fluid
1 IS heavily charged with minerals Of
/ medicinal properties, and as the sun
i and atmosphere eyappTate The wafer
summer after summer it naturally
I1eaves a greater and greater proper
ton OF the liquified minerals in the
lake bed hence, d hundred thousand
| years. maybe hundred millicn
years, more or less, as the case may
| be, Of d continuous filling up Of the
lake with this mirlefalized water and
1.-THE continual evaporation of the wa
tier without taking up the mineral ele.
lments, has resulted in producing with
I'm the confines Of Codington county q
basin Of water and of mud which bids
/ flair to olitrank. at some future day,
| the famous mud baths for which many
people pay princely price,