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1 DANIEL K. LOUCKS ATTORNEY AT LAW PRACTICE IN. ALL COURTS! Carefal attention to all legal buai •special attention to bankrupt cy Matters, probate and collections. ©Sees 8 and 9 Lamm Block. Telephone 2526 Watertown, S. D. Local Happenings We are here at your service. Walk er the Tailor, 296 E. Kemp. Mrs. John Moodie has returned from he twin cities and Mankato where she •Suited friends. Mrs. J. D. kelton was over from Henry the fore part of the week, do jag some shopping. Ever see "The Other Man's Wife"? Well, she'll be at the Metropolitan tomorrow night. Avoid chilly rooms in the morning by. using Cole's Hot Blast Heaters. They preevnt colds and sickness. The skating rink is expected to be in readiness for use within the near future if this cool weather continues. For Sale—-Bargains in second-hand autos. Mitchell Sales Rooms, 123 S. Broadway, opposite postofflce. 23tf Tou need an Overcoat. -See Walker he Tailor, 206 E. Kemp. Some of the automobile radiators were caught in the stiff breeze of ladt week. '-it'-. Miss Helen Bronson' went 'to Sioux Falls Friday to visit at the home of her brother, Howard Bronson. The weather man has consented to let it ^earm up a few notches, for which he h&s the thanks of the com munity. Geo. K, Burt, the South Shore banker, was down from the northern part of the county yesterday, attend ing to business matters. County Auditor J. S. Johnson.'and Mrs. Johnson drove over to Willow Lakes to spend Sunday at the home of Mrs Johnson's parents. Water town Candy Company Restaurant Meats an! Short Orders at all hours Special Sunday Dinners Confectionery, Frait, Cigars and Tobaccos H6me Maie iFine Soda Fountain Kemp corner Maple METROPOLITANS A'* Ordinal and Only Company. t. ®S§1 lt. *ood I# Comes from Halbkaf* Chas. F. Halbkat Jeweler and Scientific Optician Watch Inspector for Four Railroads WATERTOWN, 8. 0. Geo. H. Marquis, Lawyer. (Ex-Judge circuit court) Heegaard Block. 26U Hon. A. C. Johnson arrived in the city last week to spend a few days at the home of his daughter, Mrs. J. G. McFarland "Hobo Day", at the State College wasn't so bad, after all, despite the threats of ^he weather man. that he would do something objectionable. Many tickets have been sold for the Choral Society's entertainment to be given tomorrow evneing in the Meth odist church. Do you shovel right handed or left handed? If you don't know, ask Cy Williamson or John Moodie—they don't agree. M. T. Cogan and J. C. Schultz were UP from Sioux Falls, attending to busi- i""" the fore part of the ness matters. week.* Mr. U. L. Freed and Mr. Earl Sours have formed a partnership for engin eering services. They have establish ed an office oa Second street N. E. Mr. and Mrs. Stitzel X. Way and Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Albrook went to the twin cities last./reeek to be absent over Sunday "r.7 Herbert Hanson came up from Bad ger to spend Sunday at the home of his parents, and Mrs. H. P. Han son. .• .»v musical program tomorrow night. It's one of the best you will get a chance to hear for the season: Hon. E. W. Anderson was over from Clark last week, attending to business matters. HTe was accom panied by Mrs. Andersen. Miss Sara Reevn, county superin tendent of" schools, returned from Brookings where she attended the conference of county superintendents. Carl W. Stutenroth of Mason City, la., who was in the city last week, visiting at the home of his father, former 'Mayor C. W. Stjitenroth, re turned home the first of the week. We can make you the best Suit or Overcoat in town. WalftSfer the Tailor, 206 E. Kemp. ."The Other Man's Wife" at the Metropolitan tomorrow (Friday) ev ening This is presented by Gaskili & MacVitty, and is replete with pleas ing situations and dramatic climaxes. Miss Ruth 'Candy a Specialty theatre "J.' YAMS 4 Case, My noM town girl A O/A EDY'WlTM '"/AU SIC an cr S\ AND NOTABLE AnETROPOLITAN CAST. Ed a von Luke, Alma Youli'n, Maude Beatty, Roy Purviance, .Claxjce Grey Mae. Clinton, Maurice Darcy, Bonnie TlHqa, .rack Hall. 50 People—a 8tage Full, of Glria—"Home Town Girl" Orchestra. Prices 50c, $1.50, %'L Seats at ^reiser's Drug Store Wednesday. Mail Orders Filled, Nowv \A Ouar^nt^dBy Ig ABE YOU BEADY to ftvall yourself at the advan ces and itt-etectlba of this Jaw? g| (Jov- Xt eofit* yoa nofhiug1 individually. Yow erhmettt provides the means .at a323olutc!y tvom mf oliaace. j®1' iibanks, I mrftce, awiiatitm airectorate mn amwe cap offered you by the PEOPLES SAVINGS BANK llCE. Casbiei Miss Thresa Lamm and Mrs. Jensen went to Brookings Friday to attend the State College Hobo Day exercises and to visit with friends. The first dance of the season, giv en by the Raven Club, was largely at tended last Thursday evening in the Goss hall. The occasion was a very delightful one for all present The government thermometer, by R. Q. Wood, registered four de grees below zero Tuesday morning and three degrees below yesterday morning. William Cochrane, assistant eity engineer, departed for his old, college home at Ames, la., the first of the The Season's Biggest Musical Attraction Direct from an Engage ment of One Month at Auditorium ^Theatre, Chicago. FRIDAY, NOV. 24 Eib4*01£ESS U*-\ i- V: A"D 1 rtf INT/RE- Th LS Positively Guaranteed attraction. The ma State Bank, Peposits,?Now i&t .. .*%* a-.'.STJf ,r to be absent ten day a or a cou ple of -weeks. He will Visit U* par ents at Corning whije^away. E. E. Little was gansmoned to Hazel Tuesday to the bedside of his father, who died the following day. fie was accompanied by Ms brother. H. E. Little, whose home is near Waverly. The funeral takes place this after noon at Haitel. The many friends of Andrew Froeh lech, of Moriz, will be glad to learn that he is getting along in Luther hospital as well as could be expected, in view of his critical illness. Mr. Frohlech 1b a brother .qf Mrs. John S. ft"1-frrtA, jonnson. Mr and Mrs. Don Pope are the proud parents of a daughter which arrived yesterday morning. Mrs. Pope, who is at Luther hospital, is getting along nicely, while the baby—well, Don thinks there never was anything like it Drs. C. E„ and Dell Schoolcraft, Graduates of Osteopathy,. Medicine and Surgery and Chiropractor. 107}£ N. Broadway, Watertawn, 8. D. 30tf Samuel S. Mitchell, Jr., son of Rev. Samuel S. Mitchell, rector of Trinity Episcopal church, has been promoted from the position of .corporal to that of sergeant in his company with the South Dakota regiment on the border. The Choral Society's- well prepared and high-class program to be given in. the' First Methodist church tomorrow (Friday) evening. It is under the! direction of Professor Cook and. will be one'of the finest" musical.programs of the season. 1 Never mind the loyalty to home in-j stitutions, so far as the Choral So f.iety's entertainiiient tomorrow even-1 ing In the Methodist church is con-] v. cerned, for you'll gets-your money'si Don forget the Ch?ral Society worth anyway. Some of the finest! vocalists of the- city- .belong: TO the society and are on the program for solo and duet parts. The Watertown Printing anl Tend ing Co., in addii'oa to ofiiee 6 tlies 1 and furniture, ^uoh as desks, fine re volting chairs, etc.* for Mr. M. 0. Peterson and Senator Olai A. Lendf of Canby, Minn., has also closed a deal with the Allen Land Co. and At torney J. N. Johnson for office equip-' ment. Some high-grade chairs, desks I and settees are included in the sup-j plies purchased by these gentlemen. I Ed W. Munson, formerly president of the Commercial Bank, which liquid ated'some months ago, was up from Sioux Falls last week attending 10 business matters. He was accompan ied by George Adams, O. H. Gibson and A. B. Dolthorp. Mr M'insc.n is now connected with one of the lead ing banks of Sioux Falls Perry F. Loucks returned fror the twin cities the latter part of last week, where he had attended to pro fessional business. Mr. Loucks. be fore leaving home, forgot to drain the radiator of bis automobile, and when he reached home the thing was pretty well "friz up/' However, the dam age was ^ot as great a^jt^jmight have been. Wilbur Fletcher, attending the Uni versity of South Dakota, has been chosen to lead the cheering in the athletic games, and particularly in the football games in which the univer sity team participates. A football game without noise all around the exterior would be a very time affair, and Wilbur's special duties will be to see that there is no lack of noise. An exchange tells the story of a boy who went to market with a sack of rabbits and lingered around town all day. When asked by his mother why he had not sold the rabbits, he said no one had asked him what was in the sack. How many merchants are like this boy? They have plenty of goods for sale, but fail to tell the people what is in the sack. Mr. and Mrs. K. N. Wood left yes terday morning' for California where they will spend the winter. While in the west they will visit for a time at the home of Mr. Wood's sister, Mrs. G. W. Hubbard of Tustin, later going to San Diego to visit relatives and friends. They expect to visit other portions of the state during the win ter. This is the first visit Mr. and •Mrs. Wood have made to the coast state and they anticipated a pleasant sojourn. We clean and press for the gentle men and we dye for the ladies, Walk er the Tailor, 206 33: Kemp.-? "I wish you would send your paper to our folks for the winter," said a Watertown gentleman the other day to the office manager of The Saturday News. 'Tou see," he went on, "there is more news, about Watertown and surrounding community In The Sat urday News in a week than appears in any other paper in the county in a month, excluding none. That's why our folks like to get The Saturday News when away from Watertown. They .. get it boiled down, and, as 1 have already said, more of it than in any other news channel." "Hobo Day"—although a. lot of peo pie wonder why a State College so labels its great field sport day—was a great attraction at Brookings last Sat urday, drawing attendance from all the surrounding counties. There was a comparatively large attendance from Watertown, many o£C Water-. young people beea «tu-l dents at tw State Colfeg'e. The foot- Icge te^tn from North Dakota, the Souih Dakotft boys winning phoBticat ly -^'in a walk/' ^Tpon -motloiifof Stated 'Attorney the criminal eascsr against B. L. Denis, proprieWar of th^ West Ho tel, aad QiaxaOy werer dismished In., circuit court by JMge"'ISherwood Monday, Mr. Haugan Baid thai* one ofi the principal .^witnesses ior the stater Jiad Jett the city and' that an otJjef Tsifeess cannot be'relied ttjpxffl to tell the truth, hence ho agked ffer "dis missali\ He intimated, in this connect tton, floit-information could be, fileC' matters of a kter date vtsm thbse in* volv^d itt the action for *!tfeli he aek. ed dismidsaJ, y,,z .1 FRESH OYSTERS, per quart COFFEE (Real Coffee) "per pound. -'THWiW..: TEA (Best Uncolored Japan)f per potmd BACON (Wrapped), per pound PICNIC HAM, per potuid 2 1-potmd cans PINK SALMON 3 cans TELEPHONE PEAS guy h. of the election of Mr. Wilson. About all the musicians that could be scraped together were employed to furnish the music. The principal feature of the parade was that which included General Mark W. Sheafe leading a donkey on which sat W. JV. Wilson, better known as "Woodrow" Wilson. The donkey emitted a succession of brays now and then which but added to the amusement of the spectators and caused a discordant tremor to run through the band music. Various short speeches were made at the Goss hall following the unique parade. Herman Obenauf and. George Leary brakemen on the St. Louis railroad, have been bound over to appear in federal court. They were brought be fore Judge Nicholson, the United States commissioner, on the charge of stealing beer in transit They are charged with having broken into freight ears and Liking beer there from, presumably for the purpose of selling the same, inasmuch as it. was claimed that they had stolen several hundred bottles of the liquid. The men were held in bonds in the sum of $500 each and until their bands were signed were turned, over to United States Marshal Clausen. Mrs. Lottie Kruckman arrived In the^ city, from California a few days since, having come to be with her mother during the winter, Mrs. Howie not enjoying the best of health. feif .1® JtmSsk, 110 W. Kemp WH|K |Um ARE ICF Me. Kruckman will "paddle his own ca noe" In the west during the winter, where he is engaged in the real es tate business. It will be recalled that Mr. and Mrs. Kruckman started for the west in their car, but, having en countered some very bad roads -be fore they passed through the gumbS regions west of the Missouri river. Yes, we Enow everything in the grocery been boosted beyond bearableness, but we stiy jtfiivj few prices that will bring*T)ack memories of (ildeni times again, as follows: 50c 25c 45c 25c $ „u„»sgiving SAEDTITSS 25c 25c Call for a Coupon Book and Get the Cash Discounl ""51 ffe We carry Pillsbury's Best Flour, CSold Medal Flour, Monogram Flour* I 3 bars PALMOLFVE SOAP,., .Sy.'Jg...... 3 caxia- SIUSTARD 1 1 bushel POTATOES 3 pkgs. OSACKEE^ (reg. 10c size) '•Kj,,?. Half pound can COCOA SWEET CORN, per can «W» CAMPBELL'S SOUP, 4 ft per ca» •m "1 PILLSBUSY'S VITOS (better than Creai^of r" *$')&•£ WSWmm they sold their auto and covered the balance of the Journey by train. We used to get eggs for 5 cents per dbzen they now cost us S6 cents and before the winter is over—iff the war continues and the hens' strike is not called off—they will cost 40 cents or better right here where we grow 'em! Then again, there's the old rooster we used to purchase for 10 cents which now costs us anywhere from 75 cents to $1. Flour, meats, potatoes, butter, milk—the common necessities of life •—are higher than a cat's back, but the price of the country newspaper in 99 out of every 100 cases, has remained stationary at the old $1.50 rate. The printer is up against it good and hard and the only salvation for him is to raise his rates and prices.—Exchange, Mr. E. Overgaard, secretary and treasurer of the South Dakota Pack' ing and Shipping Co., arrived last Saturday from Sioux Falls whither he had'gone to complete the details for removing his faaiiiy to this, city, so that he might enjoy the pleasures of home life while attending to the office management of the company's inter ests. Mrs. Overgaard wiU be extend ed a most cordial welcome to the city, with the hope that she may find her residence here to be as congenial as-it was in her former home. Mr, Overgaard, as-.stated heretofore, was connected witli the packing plant at' Sioux Falls for some time, but for the two or three years preceding his re moval to this city was connected with one of the leading'banks of the south ern city. oes#y^.NovemlSr'l] ALL LINENS 'AT BEFORE illE WAR' laud Flour J&p1 ^A ter won by a considerable score against the South Dakota boys. Some of the Watertown spectators were in clined to think that th» university lad# looked training along the lines essential to win from a good team, such as Notre Dame* The Water town contingent statest however, that there was every evidence that the chief of the cheering "gang", who was Wilbur Fletcher* had beea suf flclwitly trained. The editor tools in a few dollars oa subscrption, says an exchange, and blew it all in o& eatables, determined to get filled up, for once, And such a dinner as he didi eat, After the least. lie waddled over to the office and sat down In the olid easy chair. In a few minutes the door opened and several townsmen entered, announcing a de sire' to pay up back subscriptiprlB and a few years Hi advance. Other' |ol- ||gt lowe&'quickly and in a shefrt time ttte office wzb crowded and the noiae ot,Lia,' dialing dollars was almost deafen-^" Ing.' Out in front two farmers were askinf as to where the editor wished, them to deposit the loads of jiprjt ai potatoes they had hauled island z'fe lng their way through the cfowd the Quite a bunch of Watertown boys went down to Sioux Falls last Sat urday~ morning to .witness the foot-,, ....... ball game between the South Dakota ofihe chair and woke up. university and Notre Dame. The lat- But such a heaven# dream. OUR BIG 1 I & ,f $ -.1 1 Jr 1 -,*• -y- 1 A A fv. HT la office, four of the leading. m«r» chants shouted request for a®r»rtfS-! ing contracts,,'signing up fca-'^ner-' ouf tots of space,. Things wefe pwjC gre«ang i^rthiSyrttajyi^r and the editor fcegan. to see h^wavi toward meeting expenses^ Jpat es he reached for the fourth. Receipt "book 1 BK 1 */«•»wt Ml