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VOL. 8,/NO. 30
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A Largt Number of Stalwarts Meet
at Yatertown and Plan for
WI|L NAME COMPLETE TICKET.
Another Meeting Will Soon be
iield to Perfect Plans—En
thusiastic Gathering
&
,5 At WaterfoWn, despite tW cold
Iweather and blockaded railroads,
about 100 stalwarts gathered here
Sast Friday night in a conference
and it was unanimously voted and
lit was declared to be the sense
of the meeting that a complete
state and congressional ticket be
•endorsed for the June primaries,
and a meeting was called for
.Huron on February 1st, 1910, to
'take spch action. Col.»Lee Stov
er of Watertown,was made chair
man of the meeting and Geo. R.
.Douthit of Sioux Falls was ap
pointed secretary. A committee
^composed of .A. G. Berneski of
Salem, J. F. Halliday of Iroquois,
John Longstaff of Huron, H.F.
Atwater of Sturgis and C.M. Day
of Sioux Falls was appointed to
4raft a call for the Huron confer
ence and reported the fololwing:
We, your committee, appointed
%o draft a call to the republicans
\o{
South Dapkot for the conference
iat Huron, February 1st report the
iol lowing:
"All republicans in South Da
kota who are opposed to the extra
vagant mismanagement of the
.•presant state administration are
^hereby invited to attend* a confer
ence at Huron at 11:00'a. m,, Feb
"ruary 1st, 1910,
•Ji-
for
the purpose of
^ndoraing^.^at§apdJonKre88
Signed, Lee Stover,
Geo. R. Douthit.
Among those who addresse the
conference were Senator A. B.
Kittredge,Former Governor Elrqd
and Ex-Senator E.L. Abel.
These men were heartily cheer
ed during their addresses and
many telegams of encouragement
were read .from those who could
not come on account of the lack of
train service and on account of
1
the blockade. Preliminary steps
were taken and it may be taken rs
V' final that
the
stalwarts of the tate
are confident of. success in June.
There wad no discussion of in
dividual conditions Jphn Long
staff! of Huron was
made
chairman
of general arrangements. It was
two last Friday morning beiore
the conference adjourned.
A vote of thanks was given to
the Watertown Business Men's un
ion
for
the use of their rooms for
•the coherence.
®r
:fr Card of Thanks
We -tfesire thru this medium to
thank the many kind friends who
so kindly lent their assistance dur
ing the illness, and death of our
beloved father, Michael Kirsch.
Mrs. John Nevenheim.
Mrs Albert Hanten.
Mrs. John Fox.
Mrs. Adam Sutton.
Matt KirscKjJf
^icK-Kirseh^'^^
A'dandy ll4 afttonaobi le
robes, both fuf and piush atC, A.
NelH'o- J*"?
xertown
ou
al ticket for the consideration of
the republican voters at the prim
aries to be held in June 1910. We
urge all republicans who believe
the time has come to demand a
sudden stop in the present waste
ful management of state affairs
which is now costing the taxpayers
of South Dakota $2,000 per day,
which iB more than better manage
ment cost the taxpayers during the
•two ears of the Elrod administra
tion. We also ask that all repub
licans join in this conference who
'deplore the needless accumulation
of state debt, $1,000,000 in the
last three years the highest taxa
tion for three consecutive years
'•ever known in the state who re'
sent the unnecessary accumulation
of offices to pay political debts
and desire the restoration of the
sane,
safe, and economical and
businesslike administration of
state affairs.
The Hagnft Lumber Company,
who ha a line of yards in North
and South Dakota, have secured a
location in Watertown anil will
make this city their headquarters.
This company has a paid up cap
ital of $100,000 and is operated
by good live business men. This
company will be distinctly a
home institution. The importance
of this fact will be readily un
derstood when" it is considered
that only one of the several lum
ber companies doing business in
this city is a hoiqe institution,and
that company is the Melham Bros.
Lumber Co. The other companies
represented here aire only-agencies
and the bulk of their business is
transacted in other cities where
thev have theirfheadquarters. The
new lumber ompany will be a
good thing for Watertown?" 4§
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yk
Mr^ Kate McDowell Weds
6ould.'
Samuel
ome of the Ijrfde'a par
ents, Geri. and Mrs. G. W. Carpen
ter at 5 o'clock Monday afternoon.
Rev. J. P. Jenkins united in mar
riage Samuel Gould and Mrs. Kate
McDowell, both of this city.
Mrs. McDowell is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. G.W. Carpeiter
and has resided in Watertown
most all of her life. Mr. Gould
is engaged in the milk business in
this city. The wedding was a
quiet one, t-he immediate family
and a few friends being present.
The ring service was used. A
bountiful lunch®was served.
Mr. and Mrs. Gould will keep
house at 717 Oak street sou th.v
TRANSPORTATION.
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No More C. 0. D. Liquor Business
in the United States.
On the 1st of January there went
into effect" what is known as the
Humphrey amendment, to the Fed
eral Papal Code, under-which it is
necessary to plainly mark the con1
tents of all packages entering in
terstate commerce, when such pack
ages contain spirituous, malt or
vinous liquors. The amendment
contains three sections, known
as 238,239 and 240, and the penalty
for the violation of the first sec
tion, which forbids the delivery of
goods by a common carrier to any
but a bona fide consignee, is a fine
not to exceed $5,000 or imprison
ment not to exceed two years, or
both, for offiicials or agents of
the offending carrier. For viola
tion of Section 239. which forbids
C/O D. shipments of liquor in
interstate commerce,the penalty is
fixed at not more than $6,000 and
the shipment shall be seized arid
condemned
OFFERINGS FOR
A QUEEN
could be fouijd in our mas?nt
ficent arr iv of. fine jewels.
Society Queens Utvow where to
buy their exqusite jewels tet in
the .latest most unique
desings. and Ayhetber lor per
sonal adornment or as wedding",
anniversary tw'. birthday gifts
they kn.iw the}' can always rely
upon the honor reputation
JEWEtEft OPTlCIAJj^
WAT£tfrOWN7s,pA&
raa
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TH# t,IVE WEBK^tJo^Til IifvB V,
AUCTION SYSTEM
OF LANDS
Measure to be Introduced in Con
gress in the Near Fntnre. Thot
to he Way Ahead of theQld
Lottery System. !K,v
Seeking to eliminate the. siwcu*
lator in lndian lands and give' the
settler an opportunity to purchase
a farm without going thru a- vast
amount of red tape, at bill is to
be introduced' in congress in the
near future, if £$Saed,will largely
change the methods of handling
the5 sale of the red man's proper
ty. The measure is expected to.
prove of inestimable value in' at
tracting substantial farmers to
those states in which Indian lands
are still to be thrown open to
settlement.
The proposed bill will providu
that' all the Indian lands in the
United States shall bp sold on th$
deferred payment plan and a,
smaller deposit than 20 per cent
will be required. It will provide
also for the sale of the. lands
-•ither under the sealed,'1)itl sys*'
tem as now, or at public auction,
as the secretary of the interior
may deem the most advantageous
to the Indian and the prospective
purchaser.
All lands will be sold tinder the®
public appraisement system, which:
was inaugurated a few months ago
in eastern Oklahoma, and which
has been found to be working,
Modern Brotherhood Installation.
The Modern Brotherhood of
America held an open session
Frida" night at the Odd ,Fellows
hall and installed the following
officers. President,J. P. Foyjvice
president, Mabel Brickell secre
tary, Arthur L. Sherin treasurer,
Wi 11 iam Luck chaplain.Mrs.Lusk
conductor, Mrs. Mary Smith-.physi
cians, Dr., Burlingame, Dr. Magee
and Dr. Freeburg watchman, as.
Kennedy: sentinel, Geo. Dixon.
After the installation a few hours
were spent in games and dancing
by the younger people. There
were about one hundred present
and a very pleasant evening was
enjoyed.
NEBRASKAN WEDS
WATERTOWN GIRL
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WATERTOWN, SOUTH DAKOTA,^FRIDAY, JAN. 14, 1910.
BO
well that Indian Agent Kelsey of
the Union Agency at Muskogee has
reported to the Indian office that
the teles have increased 50 per.,
cent and Jthat the price paid per
acre has averaged an increase of
22 per cent Over sales under thg
ol(ji system of secret appraisement*
\t has not a8^yet_t^pn^dcftnitel
purchaser will be given before he
must pay up the tutal amount bid
for'the land, but it will be made
as easy as possible for the profjpgc
tive settler.
Vliss Amy Elizabeth Rice, Pop*
ular Young Woman, Becomes
the Bride of Wm. Asbory—Home
Wedding. .mm
The marriage Of Miss Amy Eliz
abeth Rice, daughter of
MrS.Belle
Rice and William Andrew As
bury.was quietly celebrated at the
home of the bride's brother, H.D.
Rice, January 1, 1910, in the pres
ence of about forty guests. The
ceremony was performed by Rev.
R. L." Palmerton. At 8 o'clock
Mrs. Bertha Cosgroye played the'
bridal chorus from Lohengrin and
the {Jbride and groom preceded to
the parlor where the ceremony
was preformed. Only relatives
and a few intimate rfriends were
present.
Mr. and Mrs. Asbury will make
their home in Newcastle, Neb...
where the groom is in the real es
tate business.
The bride is one
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Jtf
the beat
known and mftst popular youiig,
women in the city and her4 hosts
friends in this city extend their
best wisiKsa^tQj |l^feap]
eftiple.
MEETING HELD.
Ductus
New Commission
Government for
Majority Present
in Favor of the
Plan of Gty
Watertown.
Seemed to he
Ounce.
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Amass meeting of ^citizens was
hlldat
GOBS
hall Wednesday even­
ing to discuss the advisability of
Hanging our form of city govern-
tent
from the present, special
tarter, which was a special act of
the'- territorial legislature thirty
years ago. When the old spe
cial. charter ,was granted for Wa
%rtown it was when Watertown
as a small village and the ifien
ho drew up the old charter did
pt anticipate that Watertown
ould ever get out of her swaadfc
ing clothes.
A number of prominent citizens
dicsuBsed the subject among them
$va8 Alderman C.H. Lester. Mr.
Center has been a member of the
City council of this city for the
ast ten or twelve years and .knows
[Very weak spot in the old city
arter. He explained ttfe matter
oroly and said that while he was
t' particularly in favor of the
|ommission plan of city govern
ment, he was in favor of a change
either the commission plan or
^hanging over to the general laws
the state governing municipali
|es.
Judge Irvin H. Myers spoke on
0ie matter from a legal standpoint:
fand went into details explaining
'the old special charter Which the
city iB
now working under and
the good features of the proposed
Commission plan. Hi« talk was
ery Interesting and 'instructive
irid while he said he would try
ivet tfaejapfeiect thesamecare
ful consideration that her wot^d in
charging a jury in his court, he
could not help but admit that he
was heartily in favor of the com
mission plan in preference to the
old charter.
"H. Li Loucks spoke at some
length on the initiative and refer
endum features of the commission
plan. He explained that under
the commission plan any elective
officer could be re-called by a peti
tion signed by 5 per cent of the
lectors,and that all ordinances and
franchises could be passed by a
direct vote of the people..
Col. Lee Stover was the last
speaker and his talk was very in
teresting lind instructive and shows
that he is thoroly familiar with
the subject. The colonel explained
how the city was1 hampered with
the present old charter and how
the small propertj owner was com.
pel led to pay double the tax that
he should in order that the city
might raise money to keep the mu
nicipality moving. He explained
how under the old charter, people
Owning acreage land worth $200
per acre were allowed to go with
out paying one cent of city tax/
Some of Col. Stover's remarks
brot Gen. Sheafe to his feet, and
he proceeded to eulogize Water
town on the wonderful progress
she had made under the much de
spised old city charter. Col. Sto
ver answered this later by saying
that Gen. Sheafe was the owner of
some choice acreage property with
in the city limits which wasescap
ing city taxation under the old
»ity charter.
W. H. Stokes also spoke against
the, proposed change. Mr Stokes
also has some valuable acreage
property within the city limits
Now that the electors of Water
town will soon cast their votes for
or against the proposed change
in our city government, it might be
Well to look Jnto the matter a
little. Some one has written quite
a comprehensive explanation of
the proposed commission pi an
which we print below:
The commission plan of munici|
pal government provides' for a
mayor and four councilmen, who.
compose the ''commission,'* ill
to be elected at the Bane ^™6*
every two years. -r
A non-partisan primafy if-neld
two "Weeks before the election.
Anyone can become a candidate
itji the primary for either mayj|
oj| epuftci!man by filing a petition
i#ira the signature of 25 voteril.
The Jtwo. getting the highest VQfe
for in the primary become
A
candidates for mayor in the elec
tion the eight getting the high'
est votes for councilmen inA th#.
primaries becom candidates /|or
councilmen in-the election.
Pluralty. vqte rules in
The ^ity government ia divided
into five departments:. Public
affairs, accounts and finances, pub
lic safety, streets and .public im
provements, parka and public
property. The mayor is at the'
head of the department of public
affairs and a jcouncilman ^t the
head ol' the other four.
Regular meetings of the, com'
mission-must be held at least once
a month and the mayor or any
two councilmen can call1 a special
meeting at any time. Ail meet*
ings at which any person hot a city
offcial is admitted are open to the
public.
Three members of the coramis*
8ion constitute a quorum for the
transaction of businessv Jt takes
a majority vote of (he entire com
mission to pais any measure,. The
vote of each councilman
on
every
proposition is recorded in writing.
The mayor is the presiding officer:
at meetings the head of the de
partment of account, andjiinances,
vice president.
Every ordinance. fr^B'chite and
contract must be open 'to public:
inspection for seven days before
passage, and no measureigoes into
effect until ten days after paasage.
unless it be for xthe immediate:
preservation of publicpd|ce,neat^i
or asfety.and such a measure, must/
have a two thirds vote of'the com
mission. /et/''
Each month the commission must
publish in pamphlet form a detail
ed, itemized statement of receipts'
and expenditures and a' sdmmary
of the proceedings of the month.
Each newspaper in the: city is to
be provided with this report wd
pamphlets are to be available for
all citizens. At the end of each
year the years businep is to be
given .to the public lif the same,
'.All'
:citf
-offiee&^ifi&ite
commission itself—are filled by.
appointment by the commission!
This includes the solicitor, asses
sor, treasurer, clerk, auditor,civil
engineer, physician marshal, fire
chief,
market master and police
judge-
No city official can be interested
in any contract or job in which
the city is interested, nor can he
be interested in any contract or
job in which public service cor
poration iB interested nor can a
city official accept any pass. lree
service or favor from any public
service corporation.
Upon petition of 25 per cent of
the voters any ordinance must be
submitted at a special election.and
upon its approval by a majority
vote it becomes a law,
Protest may be filed against any
measute adopted by the commis
sion and upon petition of 25 per
cent of the voters, within 10 days
the measure must be held up ana
submitted at a special election,
and upon a majority vote in oppo
si tion thereto it becomes null and
void.
Upon petition of 25 per cent of
the voters a special election must
be held at which any commissioner
may be ousted from office upon a
plurality vote for another man.
The petition must give grounds
for removal.
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A Qoiet Wedding?
Last Saturday evening at the
Methodist parsonage,- Rev. J. P.
Jenkins performing the ceremony,
occurred the marriage of William
J. Quick and Mrs. Florence Phil
Hps. The groom is a prosperous
farmer residing in Fuller town
shlp and the bride is a widow lady
residing on south Oak street. The
happy couple took a short wedding
trip to the twin cities. Mr.
Quick has rented his farm and will
make Watertown his future home
Come in and nay your subscrip
tion to the Saturday News and you
will sleep more peacefully. Any
man who does not pay his sub
scription to his local paper will
always have bad dreams-
Union evangelistic services "at
the Methodist church Sunday even
ing with sermon by .Rev. 4-JB
Keeler. Morning theme at Meth
odist church t"The Mark of Cainf.'
Morning thetfte at-Baptist church
"Girding for a Sfew Race. "Every
body cordially veloomejd
Harry Thorn
son,s Real
Estate
Exchange
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OFFICE AX SA.TUKDAY
Office—,Phone 80S
688
Now is the Atce^
I have some exceptional
snaps in eity property this
month The time to buy
is when people want to Beu.
If yoti arein the market for
Watertown city property I
can show you some'&fMdsJj
that
rwill^suyely
surprise^
you. ^his4s |be season? o^
the year v^en iome people
are forced, to sell. Marl?
these words
?„OitypfOpert^
will advance 25 per
the next year.
A 8PLENDID UTTLE TRAC^3?l*i
LAND CrtEAP5
-I
can give you an
(n acre tract* of lait4 In the A
h"ve
trac\!V*f^WBvi^
from 8"o 40 aor«c.
there- trmeta Is boun^^^jejiM* ']|i
value Tn tifi# next two or kftree year*,
Get In on- tlje flrwmjl. and
make some mSney. oertali^,
pay you to buy some of this.
have
also about two
55^—A good |tou*e offi rootfts
elass repair, large Jot, oholce I oca-
43.~A 2-story house of
%,
.9
hundred v»- y,
cant lota at prices that will surpi
y^ai. Coma and see m« about
of them. Let me help yo#ta
%ome money.
1
tion 91800
54.—A fine new two-story house of 8
splendid rooms and bath room, baq§. v:
ment, furnace, light and gas. Best
neighborhood In the. city. 942S0
33.—A fine new cottage,. 6'rooms ai^dl
bath room, full basement, furnace,
cistern, electric light and gas, pa*. ..
ment walk, full .size lot, close In,
?31od
#7: rooma -4plf
first-clasa' condition, good bai^f
buggy shed and chicken house, tfjl^
60-ft. Jo^#. A splendid bargain,
'U 92500
25.—A 12-room 'house as'good as nMv,
suitable for rooming or boarding
house, close to depots, corner lot
50x115, stone foundation, large o*l
iar stoned up- and cemented. You
could not build the house for the
price we ask for the entire prop
erty $2360
24.—A new 2-story house of 8 rooms,
bath room, basement, furnace and
electric light. Large lot. In one
of thp.^eft ,neighborhoods In the
city
60^—A fine new house of 6 rooms and
bath room, pantry, basement, ftirv
nace, electric light and gas, .and two
fine lots. The house is newly fln-
Ished In hard wood. Every, room Is
beautifully papered. THe Jocatlon
is the test In the city $4000
46.—A splendid two-story house of 7
roome^ east ftwritj^jce. trees, largo
lot *82250.- '.
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15.—Five-room
acre
will
.^1
1
rooms, sewu.
er and' water. in .house, cement-: side
walk -fine trees, good lot -close
r"-?28oo^
18.—A good cottage of 6 robmS(! al
most fn the heart of the city,
$1500 o»«h w|M 'bu*
16.—A house of 5 rooms and kMwA:.
bam, lot 90x200. $@50 takes
cottage and barn,. one~
al ground. Ror quick tiuyer '../ js
take .f.i.»A.& -.1.81500 i|
2-»tory
:house
of 8 -ooms, iol|
lot good location,. ..$1150'
j, -1'
4.—A 6-rooni cottage In good oondb
tion, barn a«d iplendld lot,
Price
^torv^jio^se rooms*
,»good neighborhood
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