The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1917-12-14
SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS

land banks show they have aggregate
deposits OF more than 100000.
new record in high prices Of Min
er county farm land was established
when Robert Maley sold what is
known as the John Balk farm, north
OF Howard, To an eastern party for
| $l60 an acre cash.
William Belach. "A Waubay man,
appeared in the circuit court and en-
tered a plea OF guilty To the charge OF
obtaining money under false pre-
lenses He mortgaged cattle which
! he did not possess.
After many years as editor and pub
| Usher OF the Estelline Tribune, Will
| lam Leighton announces the sale OF
| his paper 10 Don Osbon. editor and
! publisher OF the Estelline Journal. The
two papers will be consolidated.
Huron knights OF Columbus have
been called upon to aid in the nation
wide drive for funds 10 provide com
forts for the soldiers at the front and
in the training camps. The campaign
will be under the direction Of John
T Breen. Of Huron.
G. b. Wall. who farms seven acres
on American island. in the Missouri
river al Chamberlain. will have real
lied over $l,5OO from the crops he
raised on his little farm" when he
gets them all marketed He raised
mostly corn and potatoes
Farmers in the vicinity of Morris
town have suffered from the depreda-
tions OF some unknown person who
has shot no less than II horses in
the Grand river neighbodhOod, south
Of the town. one suspect has been
arrested and it is probable other ar
rests will be made.
With 10 below zero weather and
the pontoon bridge Of the Chicago,
Milwaukee Il st. Paul railroad of
Chamberlain out OF commission on ac-
count OF an ice jam which dislocated
the structure the railroad faces
hard problem in keeping traffic NOV
ing across the river.
Before the circuit court was com
pleted the second trial of a suit for
personal damages brought by Harry
Gartner, OF Platte. against Mayor ]. j.
Mohan, OF Geddes. The verdict of
the jury after about four hours delib-
Grafton was for damages to the amount
OF 1900 and costs.
John Frederickson a young farmer,
recently bought "A farm near Dupree.
When he went to take possession of
the farm he found that some one had
stolen one side and one end of a good
sized barn on the place, removing il
by means of a wagon, as the tracks
about the barn indicated
William Mueller Associated Press
operator in the Aberdeen American
office during the last four months. has
enlisted in Uncle Sans wireless serv-
ice and has left for his home in Chi
cago, from where he will go into
training at Camp Dodge. Des Moines,
la. Mueller is the eleventh man to
20 from the American Office.
Walter Waakley. employer by the
Nielsen Implement company at Co
lone, sustained such injuries in an
automobile accident a few days ago
that his death finally resulted He
was driving along a country road when
he encountered another automobile
which had been stopped because OF
some trouble and did not have lights.
Fire completely destroyed the six
story elevator and office building OF
the Freeman-Bain company. grain and
seeds, at Aberdeen. The loss is esti-
mated at $4,000 on building and con-
tents. with $4,000 insurance. There
were $4,000 bushels of wheat, 1000
bushels of corn. large quantity OF
alfalfa seed and other seeds in the
building.
At the mid-winter meeting of the
executive committee of the State Sun
day school association, held in the
Office of General Secretary George
w Miller. OF Huron, plans were out
lined for the state convention to be
held at Watertown. May IA, Is and
@N' SH' NAiN Va tht oNiOHStSl pro-
grams ever offered in the state was
prepared.
Two men have been taken into Gus
tody on the charge OF killing and cut.
ting up three-year-old steer bearing
the brand IN H." which is owned
by +. !. Cummins and son near Wash.
Ia. They are Arthur Goff and McKin.
ley Trask, who as the result OF their
preliminary hearing were held under
bonds OF $1,000 each for trial in the
circuit court of Pennington county.
Alarmed by the large number of
grain elevators which have been
burned In the northwestern section of
the state. evidently by the phosphorus
gang OF the |. w. W.. and fearing that
the operations of the gang may be
extended to this part of the state,
arrangements have been perfected for
guarding the elevators and business
houses at Hudson. A night watchman
will be employed. and in addition
strings OF electric lights will be ex.
tended around the elevators, so the