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p* */•«&- rS I I 1. 4 1 i-. :Sr & '3 ••/V-' Meridian Road Project. Continued from J'nge 1. ognlzed in this important movement, which could be done l»y their sup Jjlying the lunches, ami at the comple tion of the grading of the Meridian road, a delegation from each mile, provided with motios. prepared with mucilage, hearing tnio inscription, 'This .shovel was used in the building of the Meridian road, lime 191 could put them hi place on handles of the shovels used on th it occasion. If desired these shovels he retained as souvenirs. 4. The organization and handling of tiie shovel briuach' he in the bunds of the military men—the he:t'I ot which would he Adjutant Gener il C. H. Knglesby. 5. As an additional inducement to those 'Alio are willing to participate in this work, there might be pre pared a roll of honor, giving thd names of those who participated in the movement. This eouid be ind Bomely framed, and hung on toe wall of the court house. Detailed Working Plan of Each Com mittee of Five. Section U. 1. As mentioned above there will he twenty-four committees of five each, who are responsible for the building of each mile of road, if the working plan for the building of one mile of roid by one committee is explained, it will effectively explain and illustrate the manner in which all the units will be constructed. It is true, it will rei]uire more men and more work on some of (lie units than on others. This Is understood ami the necessary strength can lie added from tliej reserve force— see section 3. While it is true tint a:iy commlttoe of five could follow out their own Ideas of building their mile of road, it is suggested by the committee, that the course as herein outlined, be pur sued. 2. After due publicity has been given in the manner outlined by the publicity committee, so the whole of the people of Codington county, under stand the plan, each committee of live can go over the ground of their assigned mile, consulting with the township authorities and road com missioners, and ascertain what strength is available in the territory as set forth in section 2—that is plows, graders, scrapers, horses, men, etc., and the availability ot sand and gravel, and report their findings to the Meridian road committee, who will furnish the necessary reserve force us Bet forth in section 3. 3. Each committee of five to con fer with the road overseer that may be available, who has been selected and chosen by the committee, through the advice of the citizens living east and west laterally of the mile of road they expect to build. Said mile to be always the one mile north of the sec tion line, so the miles will come out ©yen. They will also designate this road overseer as captain. He, with the advice of those concerned, cboos lng his lieutenant, and the actual •working of the mile, to be done under his supervision, with the help of his lieutenant and the assistance of the committee of five—subject to the sup ervision of a sub-engineer under State Engineer Lea, as will be explained In a subsequent paragraph said captain •will be furnished with State Engineer Lea's blue print. With the assistance or *.W the blue print, and the sub-engineer or division superintendent, he will be able to meet the various conditions he W9U encoudter In constructing the road. 4. Of course, there cam be no ob jection to those committee of flvj, In any township, organizing and work in gin harmony In building the six miles of road through the township, Indeed It will probably be necessary for them to do so to the extent of procuring tools and team force for doing the work of their respective miles—but this will not lessen the re sponsibility of each committee of Ave, seeing to It of having all the help thay can get to have the work done In each respective mile, 6. Sub-engineers or division super- rut ntendents. In your committee's.opt* 70Uld be "Pf arable to have a !nt«»a«»t"over 4. ®5~*lther every six miles of aa enstaeer or one com petent to direct and guide the captains along his six miles division. This Party to be designated as a ®tete S. tmb-en- *1 division superintendent— whose advice shall be used whenever to the explaining of tbe anfl Mu« Prints that the work may be properly done •A Bn«toeer **». If possible, to be present and take charge of the entire 84 miles of road Prtjflmlnarf Work. i' 1 Vtowrs— Un- tteW or h,s asolBt- J*, *111 surrey the Ita*. locate see ^sornenj, center Unto* the road, 8wJe stake* and get every- *5 J-Z? .^t there be no. delay the the work Is to be coswnenc- First Day. 2. All the force must be in evi dence, such as plows, graders, scrap ers, team force, men. etc, necessary to do the sloping of the banks anl to make drainage to culverts drag ing and leveling would come in in I its proper place. Surplus men with shovels distributed at various sand and gravel pits—uncovering and get ting ready sand and grivel prepara tory to lightly sanding and graveling 'lie entire road the second day The boys to be in evidence at all times, with plenty of fresh water for all, and the ladies at the nonday hour, to be on hand in their respective plai es. with plenty of good substantial food so that all may be refreshed for th" v. ork of the afternoon. Second Day. Steam rollers and traction en tines should be in evidence early in the morning of the second day, so as to go over the grade and make It in good condition, preparatory for the sanding and graveling:. This can be done simultaneously with the rolling— but it is desired to hive the road bed as firm as possible before the wagons are put on to it preparatory to put ting a light sprinkling of sand and gravel over the entire road to keep the surface dust from slicking to the .vheels of the vehicles. When the ro id has been solidly pa«ked and level jeil, and the sand and gravel distrib uted lightly over it, then the great finale of the second day—the workers homeward bound—-autos and teams, the engineers occupying the first, so as to ike the road directly in the center and in as straight and true a Mine as possible so that the traveling I over the road may be started right. It is irnestly desired that this pre (aution may be taken to avoid making ruts by traveling on the sides of the road. Autos and teams driving over their respective pieces of road, wend ing their way homeward -perhapj weary but happy in knowing that they had performed a work that they can look back with pride, and thus sot an example for good road building 'n Codington county. 4. It is of course uuderatood that when the road is put in good Bhape, that it will be necessary to use the king drag or split log drag to keep ft in an intelligent manner and at proper!Ime after each rain. This will soon get the surface in shape so water will run off freely. This work has been done In other places at a cost of about 40c an hour, and would have to oe arranged with the farmers living along the road to do the work under proper direction. It might be well to say at thte time, that the building of large stretches of road somewhat under tht manner outlined in this report has \een successfully accomplished in dif ferent sections of the country in one or two days. The cause which makes the ques tion of good roads all the more im portant to the people of South Dakota, is probably one that is and will make the question of good roads of vital Importance—the fact of the perfected gasoline tractor, which as many of you are aware, is already In use in various parts of the county. It is used not only in preparing the fields, and reaping and threshing the harvest, but hauling to market a small train of wagons, containing from a thousand to fifteen hundred bushels of seed. The condition of the road is a large factor In determining the economy with which these gasoline tractors can be successfully operated. The matter of laying out and con structing this road is not a matter of today, but is only the commencement of what will be, with what the pro phetic eye can see, a vast net work of roads, which can be likened to a gigantic railway system—the- trunk line of which is the Meridian road, an dthe branch lines, the lateral sta tion roads—making it possible for the farmers, with the aid of the gasoline tractors, to haul their grain and other commodities to market—which will materially advance the farmers' inter ests—as well as to solve the problem of cheaper living to the consumer. In order to make this plan for the building of the Meridian .road suc cessful, It will be necessary to have the hearty co-operation of all—both In the city and county. Your com mittee has given a large amount of time and hard work In preparing, this plan, and It has been approved by competent judges, and we are assur ed that if e&ch will do his share, be it ever so smaiil,-there will be-a work accomplished that will be a credit to Watertown and Codington county. Your committee will understand that thfere are other roads that need to be btrtlt and your good roads com mittee will have them in hand as soon as possible—but the Meridian road g&st have the right of way and first place until completed—and it is contemplated by the National Aero plane association to make a trinscoifc tlndntal Hight ov«r the entire Meridian road sometime in July—thl# will be followed by a large numberof autos containing a cerpa of newspsper men THE SATURDAY •-••'.A r:- NEWS, representing the large cities of the east. At a meeting held April 22, there was a publicity committee appointed by acting chairman Ex-Mayor Martin, composed of Judge Irvin H. Myers, S. X. Way, John H. Conley, F. W. Lyon, and George Baxter. There was a meeting heid by this committee, April 28—with a number of the Meridian road committee, and it was unanimous ly decided to hare this plan published in your city papers as a means of pub licity. Respectfully submitted, W. H. Stokes, Chairman, J. C. Southwick, Secretary, li. D. MaeCosham, E. I. Lnmpy, John Ries, F. A. Countryman, A. Zweig. Will say for your information, that on Wednesday, the 1st, State Engin eer Lea, together with Engineer Dra goun. and the full board of county commissioners, went over the entire load, and the commissioners at that time, state that tlV? bridge work" would be completed by the 10th of June, and at that time, they agreed to furnish the culverts, and let the township authorities put them in po sition. Engineer Lea and Mr. Dra joun together with the county com missioners, seemed well pleased with the physical condition of the road, Engineer Lea stopped and made die tation through Mr. Dragoun, who has these preliminary notes, and he will probably make his report direct to the Commercial club. Young Men Drowned. Continued From Page 1. ner\e and hold on. Beck was making a brave fight for life. The large root I of a tree came floating down and Beck seized hold of this but it kept turning and offered no assistance. Fin ally he abandoned the tree and mad3 a grand effort to reach shore. He swam strong with head and shoulders well out of the water, but good swim mer that he was he was unable to get out of the treacherous waters and finally sank. Yost had seen three of his compan ions sink beneath the water, and whether this disheartened him, or whether his previous exertions had weakened him, will never be known, but he loosened his hold from the hoat and after a few feeble efforts to swim, he too sank from sight. As is usually the case when an acci dent of this kind takes place the newB travels rapidly and in a short time thousands gathered on the bridges and along the banks of the river. Men in boats with grappling hooks and pike poles were seen at work in an effort to recover the bodies. It was 3:30 when Deputy Sheriff Art Muchow, who was handling a pike pole in one boat, brought to the sur face the body of Mat Yost, which was immediately taken to shore. In prae tically the same place and about two hours later, Muchow brought up an other body which proved to be that of Meehan. It was shortly after 6 o' clock that parties in another boat, who had been dragging with a grap pling hook, brought up the body ol Beck. The search for the body of Dahl continued all night, but without rersults. The unfotunate young men ranged in age from 19 to 26 years of age. Mee han being the youngest and Yost the oldest. Tost was in the employ of the Haley-Lang company. Meehan was shipping clerk for the Sioux Falls Fruit company, while Dahl has been in the employ of the Fenn Brothers candy factory for several years. Beck had returned to Sioux Falls hurt a few months ago from serving four years In the navy and was con templating another enlistment Meehan had asked for and received a vacation to start June 4, when he was going to make a trip to the old borne in Wisconsin to be present at Ihe graduation of a sister. Meehan is a nephew of George Miller of this city. Yost's face showed no marks, bit the face and head of both Beck aid Meehan had many bruises on them, probably from coming in contact with the rocks. Beck was one of the best swimmers in this'section of the country. 'While in the navy he saved three parties from watery graves and in recogni tion of his heroism and his splendid work as la swimmer the United States government had presented him withga handsome gold medal. It Is the general belit* that Dahl's body is close to: the dam and the work today has Been centered in that di rection. There is talk of resorting to dynamite with hopes that ,I|, may bring the body to the surface^" Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Addison, *ccoi% panled By Mesdames R, P. Camphett and O. H. barbell and Mr, IS. S. AdjU son, autoM to Aberdeen last Thai* Cue Machine Co. WATERTOWN, day. where S. H. Addison had vx .most ronusn S. D. All the world loves a good loser, Stitz. Teddy seems to be getting Taft's "goat." No, Mr. Attorney General—we meant a gnost—not a goat. Many a candidate has lost his reputation in the political shuffle. MINNEAPOLIS SYMPHONY CHESTRA MAY 31. It's easy for a woman to manage a man—if she isn't married to him. Most of us would be glad to get rid of our experience at less than A miser is the man who kills two birds with one stone and then ins the stone back. Don't let any of the state pie-eaters bluff you on Egan. We will win Mire as the sun rises and sets. Teddy and Bill are making faces at each otiier in Ohio at the present .me. Great game this game of palities. Watch the state pie-eaters open their mud batteries on Hon. Geo. W. •iu.in—but every knock is boost for his. Stitz Way is getting so thin since he lost the city printing that 'v .mi ifli whether he has the backache or the stomachache. Th* state pie-enters are trying to stampede the Egan forces but they ••in'i ut the mustard.'' E\ery Egan man is as firm as a rock. Stitz Way evidently wants that city pruning so bad tha.t he can iisto it. He will not taste it again—not for five long and weary years. The attorney general's opinion in the Daily Gimlet is objected to on iie grounds that it is "incompetent, irrelevant, immaterial and has :io bearing on the case whatever. Watch which candidate the Daily Gimlet is supporting for office ind then bet your money the other way. Stitz Way is surely a "black '•at" to any man he supports for office. Lucille Stevenson, soprano, and Gen evieve Wheat, contralto, were with them last year for the concert given in Watertown and are still with them. Horation Connel, baritone, and Joseph Schnecke, tenor, are new men with the orchestra but are very highly rec ommended by musical critics in the eastern and southern states who have had the opportunity to see these men with the orchestra during the winter season. Mr. Dan Bannister has charge of the orchestra again this year and reports that he has met with great success in the sale of tickets. He returned yes terday from the south and west and re ports that there will be a large dele gation In from Norden, Arlington, VI enna and Willow Lakes,' and "if the weather is favorable a large crowd will drive over from Bryant There will be two concerts this year, one In the afternoon and one in the evening. Sdats are on sale at Kreis er's drug store. Those desiring to at tend will do well to purchase their tic kets early. If you will drop in and look at the plat, you will realise the wisdom of this, NOTICE TO„CORN CONTESTANTS "The dateitor enrollment in the Cod ington county corn contest closes on May 25. If there are any who have not yet enrolled and wish to do so, they may send their names to the county superintendent before the hove named date." The rules of the contest are as fol lows: pT Contestants mutt be between tie age oi 10 and mailt tarnish' his nee* matters to transact with th$ own seed which imwt be a dent corn may pJmst any 9 Some of the other senatorial candidates are sore at Senator Gamble because they have not got the garden seeds to give out about this time of the year. The best ot it ia that Senator Gamble's i°eds grow, Col. William Wallingford Douthwaite is invited by the Saturday N'ews to a seat at the Idle Hour any evening he may designate. He will find tickets awaiting him at the counting rooms of the Saturday News. Some one ought to give that poor, little scrawney Stitz Way a piece of political pie. He really looks hungry. We would suggest that the new city administration boil an egg and give him the water off tue egg. It seems strange how the Daily Gimlet would receive a letter from the attorney general before the city attorney who asked for the information. But for "ways" that are dark and tricks that are vain btitz is peculiar. It is rumored that the attorney general of the state is one of the unfortunate holders of a block of stock in the Daily Gimlet If he is not he h*s been accidentally overlooked by Stitz Way as he has landed almost every other sucker in the state with a block of stock who had a political bee in his bonnet. The next big noise will be the "Big Three Conventions1' in this city the last three days of thismonth. Then comes the June primaries when thS people of South Dakota will knock the old state pie foundry into a cocked hat and nominate Hon. Geo. W. Egan. on the republican ticket for governor. Don't let this matter evade your consideration. It will be a big event—and you want to be there at the "rat killing." OR- Watertown will again be favored by a visit of the world's famous Minne apolis Symphony Orchestra, on May 3J st The Orchestra Is larger and bet ter than ever, hating most of the old stars, and several very capable new ones. than 100 hills must do all the work or directly supervise it must make such reports as are asked for on blanks which wil be sent out later by the secretary. Mr. and Mrs. Pat Redmond visited at Henry Friday. P. E. Cochrane of Clark was a busi ness visitor in the city Saturday. Don't forget the free lecture to be given at the Scientist church next Sunday at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. Miss Ethel McCauley, the nurse, who has been visiting at the home at Clark for several days, returned to Watertown the first of the week. Mrs. Frank Cannon and son who had been visiting relatiyes and friends at Aberdeen, stopped off at Clark on their return home, visiting at the Attorney Sherwood home. The auditorium of this Scientist church has been redecorated and .other wise repaired, and services will again be held in that room instead of the school room as has been the rule since work on the auditorium started. Tou are cordially invited to hear a free lecture by Willis B. Boss, C. S. B., of Boston which will be given at three o'clock Sunday afternoon, May 19th, at the First Church of Christ Scientist. Word was received the drst of the week of the death of John Ginther, at Winoha, Minn., last Sunday. Mr. Gin ther was an early wittier of Codington county, residing near Henry for a num ber ot years. Dan W. Bannister is at Clark today on business connected with the Sym phony orchestra which in to appear In this city in the near future. CSarlt sent down a delegation it GOBS, ma Quantity not lees C/-8. B., of Boston, member of the lectureship board of the First IChnrch of Christ Scientist, of Boston, will give a free lecture at the local church, next Sunday -after nooh at three o'clock, to wfeich all are Invited. At half past two spec ial selections "win'"fe given on the or gs*. v- Vr .1 Official Proceedings of City Commissioner* Board of commissioners met at cltr ball. Called to order by Mayor Wag ner. Present, Commissioners Snyder, Countryman, Whooley and Bush. Minutes of last regular and one special read and approvd. Motion made that title of office of Frank Bennett be changed to read. Garbage Collector. Carried. Motion made that $35.00 be donated to G. A. R. and warrant drawn for that amount. Carried. Communication read from Enkma & Co. regarding their refusal of bonds. Motion made that license petitions be laid on table until next regular meeting. Carried. Moved that city attorney be instruct ed to prepare ordinance covering the' necessary preparation for the work of paving streets, such as fixing of curb ing, gutter, water, sewer and gas pipes and telephone, electric and telegraph wires and report next meeting of the board of commissioners. Carried. Ordinance No. A1 read. Moved that ording of Ordinance A1 be corrected by striking out reference to ending May 31st, 1913 on roll call carried by vote of five ayes, no nays. Ordinance A1 with corrections pass ed second reading and as then put upon final passage and passed by vote as follows: Ayes Snyder, Country man, Whooley and Mayor Martin. Mr. Geo. Faragher appeared to re quest that alley running from 3rd St N E. to 4th St. N. E. North of 10th Ave. be opened. Referred to City Attorney with in struction to notify owners of property. Sidewaik petition for 3rd St. S. W. laid over to next meeting. Mayor Wagner says city can not use new garbage tank. It was agreed that Ir. Mayor and board of commis sioners meet to investigate various propositions to furnish city with a tank. Mayor Wagner offered Hess & Ran check for $37.50 for license of Met ropolitan Opera House up to June 7, 1912. Moved and seconded that check be accepted. Carried. Mayor Wagner, Commissioner Sny der and Bush report that they confer red with county commissioners and they agreed that east south and west of court house be paved and guttered. Commissioner Snyder reported go ing on tour of inspection with Health Officer H. J. O'Bryan and Chief of Police R. P. Jones. Motion made that David Baker be appointed City Scavenger with bonds of $200.00. Carried. City Auditor was Instructed to noti fy Mr. Baker of his appointment Commissioner Countryman spoke regarding catch basins and their con nections with drainage canal. City Engineer Schreiber instructed to pre pare estimate of cost of installlns catch basins. Mr. Schulze, manager of the band came before board of commissioners with petition signed by business men requesting $2,000.00 per year for part support of the 4th Regiment Band. Statement of account of last year pre sented and filed with City Auditor. Motion made that petition lay over until next regular meeting. Carried. Public library matters discussed. City Attorney read law on appoint ment of public library trustee. Moved that John B. Hanten be appointed public library trustee for 3 years. Car* ried. Moved that recommendation be made to board of trustees of public library that library be opened every day of week from 2 to 9 p. m. Carried Mr. Wagner spoke regarding Hght» on Northwestern crossing at 3rd St. N. W. near the gas works and sug gested the C. ft N. W. Ry. would pay for one Hght. Motion made that warrant be drawn on library fund in favor of public lib rary trustees for purchase of new books. Carried. -i-y- Bond of F. .W. Schreiber approved?-: Moved that warrant be drawn for bills as read. j*- City Attorney reported on visit ttf' Sioux Falls for purpose of Investigat ing system and forms. Board adjourned. tsfasie lov- ers when the aggregation appeared in Watertown a year ago. Willis F. & 1 Moved that City Auditor be Instruct ed to get figures on 5,000 blanks from local printers and have printed at once as cheap as posslfe^., .parried., for Sellifg" Rotten Potatoes Albert Deklotz of Flandreau. wa* arrested at Huron last week where he was selling & carload of potatoes, whidh were found to be portly rotten. He was fined (If and costs for selling^ Jthe ^cayed spuds. \«!K ^'4 Charles Barrett® spent aeyeral day» In Aberdeea thls week, attending the Odd|3FeIlows grand latest pbioh w«* in s^sion there, . *«hR dsa