The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1917-10-12

Al the close of the first months of
the public schools at Nermillion the
total registration is 5l3. which is
considerable gain over last year.
The feature Of the opening of state
circuit court at Aberdeen was the
admission of eight foreign born resi-
dents Of South Dakota 10 American
citizenship.
The Oliver De Laurier farm of 500
acres, five miles east OF Vermillion,
has been sold. 1t was divided into
three tracts. c. E Prentis paid
S134.50 per acre for 500 acres John
Bruyer paid 500 per acre for SO acres
and Andrew Nelson paid sos per acre
for II acres.
e. f. Canaday instructor in the de.
partment OF mathematics at the Uni.
versity of South Dakota. is one of the
selected men for the national army
and left Vermillion Sunday morning
for the cantonment Mr. Canaday is
graduate of the University OF Missouri
and of William Jewell college
Rev. l.. T. Gwynn, who during the
last IS months has been pastor of
Grace Episcopal church in Madison,
has accepted a call to the pastorate of
an Episcopal church in Chicago, and
will depart about October 16 to as
sumo his new duties His new church
is ST Christopher's church, in the Oak
Park district Rev Mr.. Gwynn is well
known in the Rosebud country as we'll
as in other parts of the state.
Arrangements are being made for
a grand barbecue and joilitication to
be held in Madison on Wednesday, Oc-
tober IT, in honor Of the completion
of the street paving undertaken in
the city this this season. All the resi-
dents of Lake county have been in
vited to be present and participate.
One of the features will be big open
air promenade on the new paving. Din
ner will be served on the new paving.
Dinner will be served to all the Wis
itors.
A temporary organization OF the
South Dakota Potato Growers associa-
ton was completed at Watertown at
the close of a conference called by
Don Livingston, statemarket commits
sioner, to discuss present marketing
conditions. The new association has
for its object improvement of potato
culture better grading, cooperative
marketing and the advertisement OF
South Dakota grown spuds. In each
potato growing locality sub-Organiza-
tions are to be formed.
Considerable interest is being man
ifested in the case of Leo NJ. Fitzpat-
rick, an attorney Of Tabor, who is to
be tried in the federal court in Sioux
Falls on a charge of using the mails
to defraud He will be tried during a
term of court which will convene Oc-
tober 16. A large number of witnesses
have been sommoned in the case,
these including residents of Irene,
Meckling, Tabor and other places II
is charged that Fitzpatrick used ficti.
tious names in procuring office sup
plies
One of the heaviest fines for liquor
violation since statewide prohibition
went into effect in South Dakota was
imposed in the case of the state VS..
August Siegert, proprietor of a Lead
soft" drink parlor, which recently
was raided by the officers, who found
and confiscated a considerable quanti-
ty of booze. Siegert entered a plea OF
guilty to the charge against him and
was fined $500. In addition 10 being
required to pay S35 costs in the case,
days in jail.
Mrs. Charlott, Meade, for many
years a resident o. Pennington county,
has been advised that she is to receive
a comfortab BILE fortune from the estate
Of her husband, who deserted her %
years ago in the east, and whom she
had not seen since that time. BY pro-
viding that she rec Aive the bulk of his
estate as well as MS pension, ne hav-
ing been a veterat, of the Civil War,
ne evidently attes.pted to atone for
desertion of hi- wife. Mrs. Meade
lieving that some day her husband
would return TO ger She was left pen
niless and for many years had made a
living for herself by taking care OF
rooms.
When Company I, Rapid City's com
pany in the Fourth regiment, and the
hospital corps, also stationed at Rapid
City, left for Camp Greene, at Char
lotte. y. c., one family sent three
boys with them and another two boys,
in both cases being all of the sons IN
the two families The family OF NJ
r. Holly SEN three boys as follows:
Norris Holly vent as first sergeant in
Company l, George Holly went as a
reservist with Company !, and Jerry
he older son. went as a private first
cla IS, in the hospital corps. While the
Fourth regiment was on the border
last year the three boys were serving
with Company but both Jerry and
George were dismissed, as their time
had expired. They both re-enlisted
when the call came this summer. The
family OF A. X Thomas, cashier OF the
First National bank of Rapi City. sent
h.,tI, with