Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-02-16
GETTING OUT OF WAR
JUST like GOING TO
heaven SAYS SOLDIER
Albert Bourne, a Dakotan In
British Service, Looks For
ward to His Release.

Egan, 5. d., Feb. 12.-Hundreds of
south Dakotans are closely following
the personal fortunes of Albert Bourne,
a former resident of Moody county,
ana who is we'll known in Egan, Col
man n other towns OF the county.
VINO has been serving in the British
field artillery in the European war zone
since the commencement of the war,
una VINO Will be released from fur
'her military duty on February %.
FRIENDS in South Dakota are count
ing 'he days until he is released and
hre a~n%lously awaiting news that he
Illli'ary service without losing his life
or pelng wounded. He is one of the
iew who have served since the open
ing DAYS OF the war, and when he is
Isleased on February 2S-if he lives
untll that time-he will be acknowl-
eusea TO have done much more than
his Bit AS the Germans have re-
GENTLY been exhibiting much activity
alohG the British line in Belgium. fears
are entertained for the safety of
bourne. 1T would indeed be the irony
oI rate II he We're killed only a few
Gays before he would nave been re-
leased from further military service.
AT lnervals during the wal Mr.. and
MRS. Rolf. of Egan, old friends of
bourne, nave received letters from
nm. In a letter received from him a
rev Gays ago he, among other things,
stated: Only think what that (his re-
,ease) means to us few survivors who
nave been through the whole 10
month fighting Gam sorry to say
there is a very small percentage left
VINO came out here at first), and then
10 be sent home to our wives and chill
dren and comfort, out of all the mis-
erles OF war n the depth of winter,
etc. The hardships out here during
.he winter are understandable, and then
racing death every minute-it would be
IKE going back to heaven from the
worst possible place Imaginable, and
then to be given an honorable dis
charge. paid up, and to know that our
nghtlng days are over for always. If
l climb through without any more
wounds 1 shall be one of the happiest
men alive"
Early in the war Bourne was badly
wounded, but returned 10 duty when
he had recovered.
STATE IRRlGATIoNIsTs FAVOR
JONES BILL; NAME OFFICERS
Pierre, S. d., Feb. 12.-At the irri-
CATION congress S. T.. Wilson was Sc
lected as chairman and p. F. Ward
as secretary, and submitted the fol-
lowing resolutions:
~ ny assoC!ddoH eject as pres
ident. Doane Robinson, of Pierre; G..
A. Nystrom, of Rapid City, ais secre-
tary, and Chas. l.. Meltettc, OF Fort
Pierre, treasurer. and the following
members, with the above named Of
ficials. to be the executive association
of the colnn1ittee: p. f. Ward, Hot
Springs: j. a. Stanley, Lead: John Nc
Iherson, of Fort Pierre. and G. w.
White, Of VIVIAN
The following vice presidents were
elected by the association to act as
eX ofticic members of the executive
committee:
Len H% NJ La Greek. Bennett
Butte county; J.. j. Fenelon, Campbell
county. Pollock; I;noch Norbeck, of
Platte, Sphinx county; John S. Ander-
SON, OF Watauga, Corson county; NJ.
T. Thompson, of Buffalo Gap, Custer
county. Jesse Knight. of Timber Lake,
Dewey county,. S. L. Wilson, of Hot
Springs. Fall River county: o. A. Pat
terson, of Gregory. Gregory county;
A.. II. McDearmon. of Camp Crook,
Harding county; Chas. f. Crew. of
Pierre. Hughes county; Nate Frank,
lin. of Deadwood. Lawrence county;
j. G.. B%artine. of Oacoma. Lyman coun-
ty: S. J.: House, of sturgis, Meade
Mellette county; Orville Rinehart. of
Rapid City, Pennington county; P. J..
~Tscharner, OF Lennon, Perkins coun-
ty; Harvey Lyman, of Eals, Potter
county: julius H. Johnson, Of Fort
Pierre. Stanley county; H.. c. Snod-
grass, Of Interior, Jackson county; r.
A. Bielski, Of Philip, Haakon county;
L. e. Snyder. Of Onida, Sully county:
e. v. Youngquist, OF Carter, Trip
county; John S. Comstock, of Mo-
bridge. Walworth county; G. A. Nc
Garrauh. of Dupree. Ziebach county.
The association made the following
resolution and adopted it:
B It resolved by the South Da-
kota Irrigation association. in annual
meeting assembled in the hall of the
house OF representatives of the state
capitol in Pierre, this 9th day Of Feb
ruary. 1916;
That this a~ssociatit.l favors the en-
actment by the ongress OF the United
States of the socalled Jones BILL hav-
ing for its purpose the guarantee by
the government of the lands of such ir-
rigation districts rs may be properly
organized n supervised in the west
ern states. believing as W. do that
this measure enacted into law will tend
greatly to increase the development
and prosperity of South Dakota. and
the west. and we most earnestly COM
mend the same to the favorable con-
sideration of our senator's and repre-
sentatives in congress"
M'cAFFREE Is NAMED
HEAD OF LABOR EXCHANGE
Pierre. S. D., Feb. 12.-lmmigration
Commissioner McCaffree has returned
from the national farm labor exchange
meeting, and he was again chosen