Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-09-06

w. A. Rutherford, a farmer several
miles northeast of Pierre, lost his en-
tire crop of small grain in a fire in
his stack yard. He had Just finished
stacking mis- crop OF oats, wheat and
speltz when the fire broke II
The comptroller of the currency has
issued a charter to the First National
bank of Kuhn, with capital OF $25, 1000,
and has approved al increase in the
capital of the Sioux Falls National
bank, Sioux Falls, from $4,000 to
$100, 900.
Threats to defeat Governor Peter
Norbeck politically and charges that
he had apportioned county draft quo
tas unfairly were contained in the pc,
tition signed by German farmers of
Hutchinson county, which resulted in
the arrest OF thirty of them to stand
trial ia federal court. Federal officers
believe the warrants have broken up
opposition 10 the draft and pro-Ger-
rnanism in general in Hutchinson
county.
Thirty Germans arrested near Trip,
for alleged violation of the esplon-
age act, have been taken to Yankton
in custody Of federal officers. The
men are charged with having signed
a petition TO Governor Norbeck protest
ing against the draft and the war.
These arrests bring the total number
OF Germans taken by federal author
tiles in Hutchinson county since Aug
IA, charged with violating the espion-
age act, up to sixty.
The coming state fair at Huron is
a great educational institution, says
President E. C. Perisho of State col
lege, therefore State college viii send
to the big exposition at Huron a valu-
able series of exhibits from eleven diff
ferent departments. These displays
are not only of great educational value
but are intended to show the conf
dence of the college in the merits of
the state fair and a desire to cooper
ate with the state fair board.
Roy Burge, a young married farmer
of Midland township, Hand county,
drove to town with his wife and baby
4 W ScG aDouI IGiiiS SAGilptcA tloLi
service in the national army, for which
he had been drafted. On their return
home the ear ran away and Burgess
leg was broken. effectively assuring
his exemption from military service
for some time, at least. If the depend
ent wife and baby had not already
provided reasons for exemption.
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The South Dakota Farmers union
this month will launch q monthly per
iodical as the official organ for the
state, according to the announcement
made at Mitchell by Rodeil B. Warne
of Loomis, secretary of the state or-
ganization. The editor will be j. Glenn
Richards, a Plankinton farmer, former
ly in newspaper work in California.
The purpose of the publication will be
the promotion of the union through
out the state. At the present time
there are about 255 local unions in
South Dakota, with q membership OF
about 1000 farmers.
Anna Wernens and Alma Goether of
Sioux City, Ia, were taken from a
train at Dante on the charge of aban-
doning babies at the home of Ed and
Will Carroll. near Wagner. and later
they confessed to desertion. They
were taken TO Yankton for sentence.
The women registered at a hotel at
Ravina. Later they left with the ba-
bies in two baskets. When they re-
turned empty handed the hotel pro-
prietor was Informed that the babies
had been left in the care of d family
north of town. He investigated. found
the story false and caused their re-
moyal from the train on which they
had departed.
ut Riach, a former merchant and
highly respected citizen OF Aberdeen,
passed away at his home In Stirum,
N. ID. after an Illness of only four
days duration, caused BY erysipelas.
AT the time OF his death MI. Black
was eighty seven years old and had
been a successful merchant for over
fifty years having been active In his
place ri business up TO the time he
was taken i'll. Mr.. Black was a pio-
neer Dakofan, having settled ait Plan
kinton in 1882, later going d Aber.
deem, where he conducted a grocery
store for about ten years. m 1899 he
moved ito Harlem and q few years
later to SttruIil. B