Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-08-16
IN SOUTH DAKOTA
Occurrences Of the Week From
All Over the State.
NUMEROUS lNTERESTINGlTEMS

Events chronicIed In Brief Form In
Order to Facilitate Their
Rapid Perusal.
Marguerite Dippert, q nine-year-old
girl living near Ada, was thrown from
a horse on which she was riding and
killed.
At a joint meeting of the officials
of the Great Western Sugar company
and directors Of the Commercial club
of Belle Fourche information was
given out which will practically as.
sure the erection Of uga factory in
Belle Fourche in 1918.
Robert Schlitz, a farmer living near
Mount Vernon. committed suicide in a
most thorough manner. He slashed
the arteries in both wrists, cut his
throat and also made several smaller
cuts over his heart with a large knife.
In addition to this the man drank
some poison.
George w. Hobbs, who conducts a
farm two miles north Of Ellis, reported
an unsuccessful attempt was made to
burn his grain field. Mr.. Hobbs dis.
covered fire In one of his fields OF
grain and but for the fact It was too
green to burn the loss might have
been complete.
On the Pitlick ranch north Of Pierre
an old mother cat has adopted a litter
OF skunks. Taking advantage of her
charity other young skunks have
been brought to her, to be raised for
their valuable spelts. The cat gives
her strange foster children every at.
tention that could be conferred upon
real little tabbies.
Barley and rye, which are being
harvested near Plankinton now, show
extremely good yields, according to res
ports from the farms. JIG. Peck was
compelled to use more than 100
pounds Of binding Irvine for twenty.
seven acres OF rye and West brothers,
who have started cutting 200 acres of
oats, expect to use 100 pounds Of
Irvine.
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damage to crops in certain sections Of
Perkins county. Many farmers are
cutting their grain even though it is
still a little green in order to save it
from the hoppers. r. B. Crawford, q
farmer near Cash, reports that the
hoppers have stripped his alfalfa field
and that he has cut his small grain
with a mower to save it from devasta-
ton.
C. M. Henry has resigned as a mem
Der Of the state tax commission and
has taken up his duties as head of the
state rural credits board. The board
at its first regular meeting for bust
ness at Pierre decided to issue $780,
900 Of bonds and Chairman Henry.
Treasurer Ewert and Governor Nor
beck have left for Eastern points to
ascertain the best terms for such an
issue.
Eight counties have within the last
few days filed their petition for the
establishment Of Red Cross chapters
at their county seat with the state
Red Cross headquarters committee
and within a few days organizations
will be perfected in Walworth, Dewey,
Jones, Potter, Todd, Sanborn, ziebach
and Jackson. Two counties, Mellette
and Aurora, have perfected their or.
CARNATIONS.
In memory Of Robert Warren of
Yankton, the first South Dakotan to
lose his life while serving with an
American ambulance corps In France,
women Of Sioux Falls observed tag
day to raise money to- equip an a1nbu-
lance which IS to be the gift Of the
people Of South Dakota. The fund is
being raised underst the auspices of the
Daughters Of the American Revolution
Of South Dakota
joe Gardo, arraigned before United
States COMMISSIONS Wil1iam%Wallace
at Aherdeen,was placed under $40 900
bonds, which he could not furnish, for
stealing private papers from govern.
ment secret service agent, Some time
ago Gardo, who was employed at an
Aberdeen hotel, stolea trunk which
was owned b q government agent.
The penalty may be- as high as ten
years "A prison and as5,Ooofn
While boring q well On his place q
mile and ahalf from McIntoshs ri X.
Rowland, q well known farmer, struck
watsr at depth ofi twentyshvefeet
which was strongly impregnated with
OH, He kept the discovery secret for
III time and elanalysessm inside.