The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1917-12-21
SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS

oheFlH Hertz, OF Gregory county,
has returned from O'Nenl, Neb, hay-
ing in custody William Veal. of the
Carlock district OF Gregory county,
who viii be required to tace a statu-
tory charge
Dakota Wesleyan university at
Mitchell will soon start a campaign
for an additional endowment of $780,
900, according TO an announcement
made following a meeting of the
board Of trustees.
For the first time in its history the
Milwaukee railroad suspended trains
On account of coal shortage Trains
from Mitchell east were annulled, 9th
ers cut down or delayed. Traffic gen
orally was suspened.
The Dick Cooper estate of 400 acres,
i've miles south of Lennox, was sold
at public auction for $61 800, an aver
age Of Sl54 an acre The land was
sold to different local men, each pay
ing spot cash for his purchase
\ Rotary club has been organized
at Mitchell The club starts out with
about 20 charter members. There are
now four cities in South Dakota hav-
ing Rotary clubs. these are Sioux
Falls, Aberdeen. Watertown and Nit
cEell
In order that the town as 4 whole
can show its patriotism, the city coun-
Of Gregory has purchased fine flag
STAFF. from the top of which Old Glory
will be kept flying The purchase of
the pole and flag is approved by every
resident OF Gregory
Joseph Drips, whose death is re
ported at Camp Cody as the result of
an attack of measles, followed by
pneumonia, Is one of the first Of the
South Dakota soldiers to die in camp
lie was 19 years of age and was ,he
son Of J. V. lIripS. editor and publish
er of the Belvidere Times.
Frank Lehman, Z8 years Old, said to
be a dra:t eyader. was taken TO Aber
deem by Captain A. Harkins Of the
local home guard shot through both
legs as the result of a battle with
members of the home guards, who had
gone to his ranch to arrest him for al
legged seditiOus utterances
In the case of the state versus d.
Ward Grosser, on trial at Sutrgis in
circuit court, the jury brought in YER
diet OF not guilty after being out 80
minutes. GrOsser was charged with
arson, brought about by the burning
Of property belonging 10 George Cole
man at Elm Springs entailing 6 loss of
$4,000
For a long time Wilbur DUnlap,
engineer on a Milwaukee train on the
Harlem branch" running north from
Andover, observed a coyote standing
on the prairies not far from the rail
road track. every morning, watching
the train go by. Dunlay secured "A
shot gun, and dropped the animal The
coyote was nearly as large as tim
Der wolf.
suffering severely from burns over
various parts of their body. DR. /. w.
ArtZ and Dr. r. II. Dickinson Goth
veterinary surgeons, are in an Aber-
deem hospital Tne burns Were sus,
tained as they rescued Mrs. Art2 from
the burning Artz nome Both men
will recover, and the house was saved
by the fire department after beinh
considerably damaged
Fire of unknown origin starting III
the basement of The school house al
Warner, a small town 20 miles rom
Aberdeen, destroyed the building. The
Aberdeen fire department was ap
pealed to for aid and made the run
over the frozen roads in short order
but too late to save the building,
which was new. having been construct
ed but yea" ago at cost OF so
o00
clad only in her thin night clothing
the body of Mrs. John Crookshank
wiic OF a farmer living near White
Lake. was found lying beside a hay
stack. The body of a 3-week-old child
was near her Death had been caused
hy freezing, the thermometer register
ing % degrees below zero at the time
the grewsome discovery was made
Comnambulism or delirium are blamed
for the double tragedy.
Joseph Langner, aged 30, was ar
rested at the Ellison hoist of the
Homestake mine at Lead by DEPUTY
United States Marshal Brooks on the
charge of making statements whici
tended to discourage enlistments il
.he United States army. Among othel
things which it is alleged the prisonel
said is that "one German soldier cal
lick ten American soldiers Lang
ner had taken out his frs; citizen
ship papers.
Reports received at Sturgis indicate
that there have been no serious losse:
OF live stock in northwestern Soutf
Dakota and northeastern Wyoming
Notwithstanding the severe wintel
weather which has prevailed during
the past week or more with the TEN
perature reaching many degrees below
zero on several occasions. All TEN
prature records at Comp Crook wer'