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Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1919-05-15
v. DONALDSON
WRITES FRIENDS
OF THE FAMILY
Sons Are All in the Army; Grand
son joins Navy; Daughters Are
Teaching in Joliet and Chicago.

or interest to the older settlers in
Codinston county and the city of Wa,
tertown is a recent letter from MI,
and Mrs. w. II. Donaldson, former
Dakotans and residents of Water.
town, to local friends. in which Mr..
Donaldson refers to the part his
family has taken in the war. The four
daughters have been active in Red
Cross and other work, while the three
sons and a grandson We're actively
engaged in the world struggle.
Two of the sons, Robert Stanley
and Will, are grG luates of West Point;
the other son, John, is a graduate
engineer of the Illinois university.
Robert Stanley. VOW lieutenant col
onel at Camp Dix for the demobilizing
of officers, has al army record of
three years in Honolulu, was also with
Gen. Pershing on the Mexican border
and served in France as major in the
10Th Field artillery. 1t. Col. Donald.
son was returned to the states last
winter and stationed at Camp Kearn-
ey, Calf, and later transferred to the
rehabilitation center at Camp Dix.
Will, the youngest boy, was born
in Waterfowl, and graduated from
| West Point. in 1917. AS soon as com
missioped. VIII was assigned to the
| staff. of the adjutant general at Fort
Scott, San Francisco, and served his
| country during the war training
troops.
Jo...a enlisted in the engineer corps
! and is now in France. He has served
through the war as Instructor in an
engineers officers training school,
and has been to the front on five
separate occasions.
A grandson. not yet through high
school, caught the spirit of service
and enlisted in the United States
navy.
The daughters. as many others have
done during the war period, have, in
terwoven their duties with patriotic
work. Minerva, the oldest daughter,
is teaching domestic science in Joliet.
Alice and Stella, the next two daugh-
tiers, are also teachers and following
their profession in the Chicago schools:
Margaret, the youngest daughter. is
in training in the Presbyterian hospi'
tai in Chicago.
The Donaldsons now make their
home in Joliet, III. Mr.. Donaldson,
prior to leaving WATERFOWL, has serv-
ed as postmaster and as mayor of the
city. In an early day he located at
Gary, and was elected to the terri
torial legislature. Later he moved to
WATERFOWL and became actively in
terested in the real estate business,
boosting for WATERFOWL ard South
Dakota during the time of his resi-
dence in the state.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1919-05-15
'POLLYANNA"
sure TO BRING
CHEER CHEER TO YOU

laAEEEEHLE4 I rr4NE
"Pollyanna. comedy Of good
cheer, has been brought to the stage
b. Kisw and Esrfanger and George
Tyler Just at an opportnne time when
|playgoers are surfeised with morbid
themes ana wearied OF the sex TRAN;
gle. Optimism was never more need
ed than now In the worlds affairs
and the amusement of the people. It
is q tremendously popular play that
ECatherine Chisholm Gushing mas fash.
Toned from the rapidfile selling
stories by ELEANOR n. Porter read BY
hundreds Of thousands, young and
grown-up. The comedy Is best enjoy
ed BY men i wo en- OF experience
and understanding. tPoisyana win
he acted L the Metropolitan Theater
ON nez Monday eompanyrheaded
Thy Vida Harper, known al sheyoung.
est and for her years (which IS IN
the most talented Reading lady upon
the Ainericamsetage. lii the cast sup.
iaerting Miss Harper VIII be- George
Alison. Herhert Fortier Blanche
u0nglas. wInIfrsd @Iianley, Masfes
billy BlaisdeHs Frederics Carlton
Tack Morton ana Others.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1919-05-15

more passing through the trench I
i'eard Colonel Engel apologize to the
slime soldier for ~stera.ag on him.
The figure was in q sitting posture
and blocked the runway of the trench
We investigated on receiving no ans,
wer. The soldier had been dead for a
considerable time.
Thence out across a mine-field COW
cred with land mines, a single kick
against one of them and we would not
have been enough remaining to carry
back of the lines.
At that juiicture we heard one Of
our own men, who from his post at a
close upon the German outposts. that
we must hurry TO retrace our steps.
We did so, s%printing across that field
of a hundred yards in less than record
time. This time we We're directed more
carefully and in detail. We scrambled
adam marked with c~raters. We had to
stick to the road because we could not
negotiate the barbed wire that literally
fenced in the sides
As we dropped intt .ou own trench
Colonel Tsngel discovered that Or. Nun
son was missing.
I'm going back for him E said Colo
mel Engel. w can not leave him
out there
AT this juncture the doctor appeared
He had jumped into another side Of tli,
trench All in all it was n of tn,
largest and n~ois.est parties I ever saw
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1919-05-15
DECLINES TO SERVE AS
CHR. MEMORIAL FUND

Aberdeen, MAY l.4-Dwight Camp
bell, who was selected as Brown
county chairman for the soldiers inc
sailors memorial project by Which it
is planned 10 erect a costly building
at the state capitol through popular
subscription, has decided NOT to m
dertake ;he work. Mr.. Campbell was
chosen by Doane Robinson, on a visit
to Aberdeen last week after A. w.
Voedisck, The original chairman haG
resigned because of pressures Of his
business affairs. Mr.. Campbell. in Il
letter to Mr.. Robinson explains his
reasons for concluding not to act in
b matter, for the reason that he
deems it i:hpossiblc to raise $25 900
in Brown county for sue. a purpose
and because the people of Aberdeen
and Brown county generally. he be
lieves, are not in favor CT a memorial
taking the form proposed, although
they are all anxious to pay suitable
tribute to the soldiers of the great
| war.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1919-05-15
How IT FEELS
TO Be LOST IN
NO MANS LAND
Three Officers of the 10Th Infan-
try Spent Three Hours Mean
dering in the Forbidden Area,
One Of Them Relates Expert
ences n New York Paper.

Among the peculiar and discomfort
ing things that happened to men in
The recent European fracas was that
Of getting lost in No Mans Land. Get
ting lost anywhere and at any time is
said by those who have experienced
it to ne most unpleasant. And a more
disagreeable place could not well have
been selected to get lost in than No
Nuns Land, With a cIrstclass war go
ing On in the immediate vicinity and
the place itself muddy and all torn
lid with shelllloleS and criSScrOSScd
with mines and dead mon lying about
and ever and annon flares shooting
across the sky so the gentle Huns could
see just where to point their guns,
Amid exactly such surroundings did
three officers of the 107th infantry de
eide that it would be drilling to lose
they proceeded to do so, spending the
next three hours ~meardering about,
Overwhelmingly lost in the area interVen.
ing between two hostile armies, each
constantly displaying its irritation to-
ward the other in a pronounced and
dangerous manner Eventually they
were saved, and one of them tells of
their experiences in the New York sun
as follows:
1.-THE regiment went over the top at
zorro hour, September %. AT 2 o'clock
the following morning word from bri-
gade headquarters made n ~reconnais-
sance necessary. DR.. Munson, Col,
onel Engcl and I set ever the entire
left flank to ascertain the position of
the units. A constant, drizzlo made
walking difficult. The night was brok-
en- by countless German flares and
Very lights, which shed their sickly
s,reenish rays over one of the most un,
natural bits OF scenery 1t ever has
been my fortune to gaze upon.
Zone could not walk without stumb'
ling. Our men had organized the
front.trench system out of shell holes
and broken trench sectors. They We're
lying in the mud and water in holes
dug in the side of the trenches. Theig
equipment lay about them. Walking
past them at that point was impossible.
The three of us jumped up on the
makeshift parapet and V the top.
Colonel E1igel led the way, which
led aloya the support trenches, where
we saA our hospital men carrying q
street her bearing Sergeant Adrians of
Company A. He had zee badly wound.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1919-05-15
FARMERS PRO-
VISION GETS A
COOLING PLANT

The Farmers Provision company
has recently installed a York ice
plant for the purpose of supplying a
cooling system for the refrigerators
and cole storage compartments.
While its nam would Indicate that
it makes ice, as a matter of fact ii
does not, or rather is not so used
but instead brings water to Il very
low temperature. thus taking the
place Of ice in the cooling compart
ments,
This is the fifth plant of similar
character to be installed in Water
town. one of the most extensive being
in the South Dakota Packing an(
Shipping company's quarters. The
North American Creamery has also
such an equipment, as have two OF
the markets.
The water is conveyed through g
system of pipes under heavy pres
sure, the power being supplied by ar
electric motor.
While the Farmers Provision PEG
pie have used the equipment but 9
few days, they think it is going tt
work successfully, and will relieve
them of the necessity of laying in 6
stock Of ice two or three times 8
week
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1919-05-15
PAN MOTOR CO.
PLANT VISITED
BY WHISTLER
Watertown Resident Spent
Half a Day in Pan Motor Co..
Plant at St. Cloud, MINI. Says
It's a Very Busy institution,
Turning Out Large Quantities
Of Implements.

O. n. Whistler. travelling for a
sr;le5 company. in WatorloWu over
night, recently visited ST. cloud.
Mimi. and it may interest the stock.
holders Of the PAN Motor CO., OF
whom thcro are said to be Il number
in Watcrtowp and vicinity, to know
chat Nh. Whistler visited the plant
spending 4 half day looking t over.
Nh. Whistler says that he under,
stands Pan Motor people have one Of
the best cquippcG drop forge buiId,
ines i'll the United States. Through
out tho entire plant, said the former
WATERFOWL man, there umUHal &c.
tIvity. Tho machinery, Of which
there seems 10 be Il very large
amount, comprising the very best of
its class to he found, seems to be
operating to its full capacity.
During the latter part Of tho war
the plant was turning Il n consider
able amount Of government work.
Mr.. Whistler learned, hut with The
close of hostililies ii began to resume
its normal workt 10" -hc Present,
workmcn arc engaged to a large eX.
tent in preparing tools and equipment
for the m%nuracture Of automobiles,
which, he said, the company is plan.
ming TO begin to turn out sometime
during the summer, probably as carly
rs July.
Certain parts of the Chevrolet cars
are manufactured at st. Cloud, said
Mr., Whistler, by the Pan people, and
he understood that The plan is also
making parts for other cars. In ad,
dttion, it is manufacturing a large
variety of tools and implements for
the general market.
Referring TO the pending suits in
federal court, Sle principal offers
lowing the dismissal of the case be.
fore the federal court in Minnesota,
MIR. Whistler said that the people of
st. Cloud. so far as he was in contact
with them. are confident that the
federal authorities will fall down on
the prosecution. The Pan people, he
said, seem to command the utmost
confidence throughout st. Cloud.
NO" said MI. Whistler, replying
to the suggestion that he may be one
of the stockholders, II am not a
stakeholder and never had. any stock
in the company. / am speaking only
of my personal observations while iii
st, Cloud recently and of the local
standing of the institution. st. Cloud
people expect the plant to dev@lor
into one Of the greatest manufactu.-
ing concerns in the northwest"
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1919-05-15
BILLETED
IN HISTORICAL
FRENCH CENTER

Grondccourt, France, April % Ry
Mail.l-Though j, probably is not very
generally known. the G~rondecourt
area. which is now occupior by the
SSth Division composed mostly Of
northwest men. is in the heart of one
OF the historical regions of France.
In every direction from here arc
towns and place which are famed for
many reasons, says an article in til"
Overseas Camp Dodger.
To the Americans, Crondecourt it
self is famous because it was her"
that the first American d~tvision-the
Wrist Division on July 6, 1917-loca+
ol, and where the first American
training camp was established For
about a year and a half, the Amer;.
cans have occupied this tow II dis.
trict.
Other points &C interest are the Ger
man prison camp west of town on the
road to Horvillr. the ancient fortifica-
lions on the bluff east OF Abe Rue
Haute and the schools. Until tho
time Of Louis NV, Grondecourt was p
fortified place, but when Louis ascend
ol to the throne he demolished all tho
Qualifications. The Germans held this
town in 1870.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1919-05-15

ed Al that moment the guns, which
had been firing Internationally, let
loose . rpll salvo, These four men
or 4 COMPANY carried Adrlans under
y,.rl firn moro thar five hundred
Yards. Aad they had bocI fighting.
df..efna ana virtually citing mud
,n,,.. civ o clock the morning bcrUrc-
n,o,.,. than twantv hours. 2u they
nov,,. f7ltrrrd.
"tt - f5nrIIou Of The support iiars
ne stopr,rd at Australian HeJGuuar-
tc,,s ia rtr.;u - egffa One assi-ne4
tn me- and We eet out. following in tho
r,o+1,ans If ono we suppo2el Wa ouI
railr lTr started 20 run. We ram.
TOO ~r.l,jn,r FOR Linn to srrik, % slower
pace. Tlr soldier didn' look "r9""'i
FINALLY lc i.pnptI tNiu a lr"'I"Ih. N'
followed mud fouud ii wasn't oar %'Id"
at all, bui an orderly ON urgent ms
sion,
"'ar away in the distance We h"lro
another calling:
care sou thcr", sir! Are you liirf".
SIR
We were, ana responded. 1t was
own guide, We picked him up ana pro
2ccded TO adFanc" to trauHH.lfIofS'
which was ~ u ot&ou' 7'A'| I''l "''P
ON earh d'il S''P Two S"'''''' ",l'
huIdIe" i" """S' ""' n''S''"7 ''.'
that i@''!"" '"" "'"E'" '""' CIV wv
rbtiTn area.
ina NuS''"'F'" '"'"'''''"' m"'''"''
us as 10 IN" 'A'c' S'''''''"' '"'S w
peclcd thal inc AuS''''''9 ""''' y
low the io'''' P''SS '"'""I" '"'''' "s
wanted t" MAKE S"'' u ''' INN an"
location % IN" "'''S an" 10 ''''''' "'
oi''cerS t'At inc IVA" "'> ""' !" ~
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1919-05-15
Ruins DO. Highways

Ruins Of several ancient village, dot
tie Hills along the highway between
ll%enacourt AMI I-igny. northwest Of
hero.
South of Ligny there Is a big mon
umcnt erected in tho memory OF 2
French aviator who was killed on that
spot. He was one of the early exDeri-
menters OF the present plane. The
accident happened about Is years ago.
A~hainville, about two ki!ometers
north of ~Grondecourt, has one oe tho
finest American railroad shops in
France. In the yards car be seen al
kinds Of war equipment, trench en-
gines, armored cars, pontooa boats.
etc.
N~eufchaseau is another big r~ailroad
center for the United States forces,
It is said to. be one of the biggest
shipping points in France.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1919-05-15

perform the functions of a joint stock
land bank, and base credit upon finan-
cial responsibility and integrity ir-
respective, of party affiliations.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1919-05-15
WATERFOWL IS
CHOSEN FOR 20
BY LAUNDRYM'N

Sioux Falls, May 14.---Watertown
was chosen as the next meeting place
of the South Dakota Laundrymen's as
ISOLATION at their meeting here yes.
terds,S. Officers elected for the com
ing year:
John F%aosberg, Huron, president;
o. NJ. Tiffany, Aberdeen, vice presi-
dent; H. Fish. Redfield, secretary. and
a. J. Burnette. Sioux Falls, treasurer.
WHAT GERMANY ESCAPES
b. L. 4. in the Chicago Tribune:
Sure, Germany is getting off easy"
agrees a sympathetic soul. stshe might
have had prohibiticr force5upon her. q
HOW sEsIMER COMES
Minneapolis Journal: Spring is a bit.
diffidsnt, but some day now we shall
wake up and find the screens dusty
and the mercurys50 in the shade.
GEh 49, EEE ENFL EE- ~ ~
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1919-05-15
Rich in History

The next most important historical
place to the Americans is Domremy.
the home of Jeanne dare, whose
memory is sacred to every French
man. There the three places of inter
est in that town-the home of Joan,
which is in q remarkable state of pres
ervatior; the old church where she
received her first communion; and
the big church being erected in her
memory about two kilometers from
the town. Receipts from the sale %
souvenirs is paying for this magri.
ficent edifice.
About IA kilometers south OF Cron-
decourt is the little town of Grand.
There Caesar is credited wit, having
built an immt nse amphitheater Parts
of the walls ale still standing and the
MOSAIC floor can easily be distinguish
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1919-05-15
WASEIIN & TON
TO DECIDE ON
NOR. OAK. BANK
Minneapolis Tribune Reports Con-
ference of North Dakota Of
hciaIs With Authorities of Fed
eraI Reserve Bank. Whether
State Bank Ahliates With Re
serve Bank Up to Washington.

Yesterdays edton of this paper con-
tanned - dispatch from Bismarck, N.
D., relative to the negotiations of the
North Dakota Officials With the Fed
eral Reserve Agents. The appended
~2r:iclc from The Minneapolis Tribune
of yesterday throws further light on
the INSTRUMENTATION
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1919-05-15

The state Bank of North Dakota,
created by the Nonpartisan league and
which is to become the depository for
between $50, O00. 600 and $50, 900 900 of
state funds, is TO operate under provi-
sions which the banks officers believe
will mako it eligible to the Federal Re
servo system according to Nonpartisan
league officials who We're in Minneapo-
lis yesterday to confer with Theodore
WoId and John H.. Rich, governor and
chairman, respectively, Of the Minneap-
oils Federal Reserve bank.
Whather the state bank will be adj
mitted to the system depends wholly on
the attitude of the Federal Reserve
board in Washington, according to Mr..
Rich. While the North Dakota officials
went over the eligibility requirements
with Governor Void no official appli,
cation for membership was filed.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1919-05-15
Policies Agreed Upon

J. r. Waters, manager; r. w. Cath
70, director, and Oliver S. Morris, sec
rotary of the Industrial commission,
who met with Mr.. Void and Mr.. Rich,
said that the Industrial commission
and tho bankers of the state had just
reached an agreement on the policies
of the new state bank with a $4,000
600 bond issue for capital authorized
by the recent Nonpartsan league ma
! iority in the North Dakota legislature.
There are many contingencies that
| effect a banks eligibility to the Fed
eral Reserve bank system, Mr.. Rich
said.
That the State bank Of North Da-
kota, is to withdraw the state funds
from the banks of the state and take
them to the central bank az Bismarck
was denied yesterday by Mr.. Morris.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1919-05-15
To Deposit Moneys.

Under the plan of organization"
he said. "the central reserve bank will
take custody of the public moneys and
re-deposit them where they are need.
ed. At the present time these funds
are deposited in banks throughout the
state. 1t is remembered, for instance,
that Western North Dakota has seen
several crop failures and that bank
ing funds in that section are short. The
purpose of the state bank, therefore,
is to stabilize credit. We do not in
tend to bring the money to Bismarck
and put it in the state bank. Although
the national banks viii not be members
of the state bank of North Dakota
there will be no discrimination against
them and they will receive public mon
ey for deposit just as the state bank.
Mr.. Morris asserts that the state
bank will not 10 a commercial bark.
ing business. but will do discount bust.
ness and will make farm loans. 1t is
also believed, he said, that the bank
will fill the need for a joint stock land
bank In North Dakota, institutions
which may =" formed privately under
the federal farm loan act.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1919-05-15
Bond Sale May Be Easy.

The banking officials assert that
there will be no difficulty in selling the
$4,000, 900 worth of bonds to provide
the necessary capital to launch the
banking program. At first only $780,
600 is needed, they say, and this has
been guaranteed by the banks of the
state. They said that there would be
little douht as to the STABILITY of the
balance of the bonds outside of the
state after he state itself. has absorb
I'd one-fourth Of the total amount Of
the issue. Between so and 40 broker
age firms have offered to sell the bonds,
Mr.. Morris asserted.
At a conference yesterday at Bis.
marck, attended by an advisory corn7
mittee of the State Bankers associa,
tion and the industrial commission. inn
portant policies of the state bank were
decided pon These policies were out
lined to the Minneapolis Federal Re
serve bank, officials say.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1919-04-30

The Ladies Guild of the Baptist
church were entertained at the home
of Mrs. F. Mace Thursday.
Miss Anita Opperman of Mount YER
non spent over Sunday with home
folks.
Lieut.. e. K. Campbell returned from
Texas Saturday. Earl enlisted in the
aviation branch of the service last
summer and took the necessary train
ing and received his commission as a
pilot about four months ago. Since
that time he has been an instructor at
Ellington Field.
Michael G. Elder, pioneer resident
of Strawberry Point, passed away on
Thursday, April 18th, 1919, after a
long and useful Christian life. He was
a member of the Lutheran church. He
was a native of Baden, German, and
is survived by nine children; his wife
preceding him in death some years
ago. Mr.. Elder was one Of the earliest
settlers of Cass township. and served
for many years as trustee of Cass tow
ship, and will be sadly missed by his
children and host of friends. Our
sympathy is extended the children and
their families.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1919-04-30
HONEY CREEK.

James Barr was a business caller
in Strawberry Point Monday.
George Prayer of Manchester was
in this vicinity last week.
]. C. Barr of Manchester assisted on
the farm last week.
William Martin of Edgewood assisted
James Barr in setting out his apple
and cherry trees and raspberries and
STRAWBERRIES Tuesday. Mr.. Barr Is set
ting out a nice variety from the Plat
nursery in Oelwein.
Henry Hilsenbeck of Greeley was a
business caller in our vicinity Thurs
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Puffet and son
Harold of near Strawberry Point were
trading in Manchester Friday, and also
called at the Frank Schmock home.
Walter Lehman was business call
err at the Forestville Mill Friday.
Edward Hooker of Manchester Is
visiting Frank Schmock this week
Mr.. and Mrs. William Rudy were
trading in Manchester Saturday.
NJ. J. Fitzpatrick was business
caller in Manchester Friday.
Mrs. Walter Lehman is setting out
nice large strawberry bed at this time.
Clarence Dunsmore, student at
Iowa City, visited over Sunday with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Milo Duns-
more.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. c. Warehouse were
Dubuque visitors Tuesday.
Grover Kahrs is still confined to his
bed with rheumatism.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Puffet and
children were Sunday visitors at the
Oscar Lehman home.
Mr.. and Mrs. w F. Reinecke spent
in Gutenberg.
j. l.. Anderson was in Elkader on
Monday.
DR.. and Mrs F. A. Hennessey of CAL
mar visited a part of last week with
the formers father John Hennessey,
at Strawberry Point
Walter Flicker, student in Wart-
burg college in Dubuque, spent the
Easter vacation with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Chris Flicker.